The Future

http://karl190793.wix.com/karlmossmedia This is the link to my final portfolio ready for hand in.

There is maybe a lack of content concerning my videos. But there is some videos that I have that are ready for editing or some that I want to make sure I do my own edit. The reason I have taken this decision is because at this current stage I don't think they are good enough to go on my site or portfolio but once I have sorted them out I will be adding them on to the site. The videos I will be adding are my current project that I am doing at clifton campus at Nottingham Trent and my "Made In Nottingham" project. Im hoping that once they are done it will allow me to justify calling myself a camera operator and editor.


I added photography to my page because I want to bulk up my content I had justified my reason for adding it is because I feel that photography and video have very similar themes when you have to think about the rule of thirds and depths of field for example. But overall Im pleased with my photography as it is a working process at the moment and one thing I have enjoyed this year is working with Danny Kaye

Feedback From Peers

Today I have been asking for some comments regarding colours on my website. My current design is a lemon shape background with blue writing. I asked the people on my course to give some feedback. The background has been something which is quite popular and worked well which is pleasing but people have claimed there has been problem with the blue and that they have found it difficult to read and that the font could do with changing. So this is something I will look at doing.

From the feedback regarding my lemon background is quite pleasing for me the reason I did this is because a lot of the practitioners I have looked at mainly use a black and white background so I feel that doing a yellow background makes my site out and its quirky. In the future I may look at doing a logo based around a lemon. Maybe make this part of my brand.

So this is my original homepage with the blue writing. For myself it works because the blue and yellow seem to work together but as other people have commented on it I have decided to look into trying some other colours to see if I can improve on this.

I have decided to go with purple instead because I feel that with the yellow and purple being contrasting colours it means that the text will stand a little easier to read. I have also changed all the text to Times New Roman and removed the shadow so this will not effect the readers when they are reading my site. I will then apply this to all my pages after to keep a running theme though out my work.

Other feedback regarding my was that my buttons at the top of the page where a bit large. I had changed the original menu because I felt that the writing was a little small and by changing to buttons it would allow the viewer to scroll though the pages a little easier but I have adjusted them to a smaller size now.

Thinking About My Photography

I have taken the decision to add a bit of photography onto my page. For me I love taking pictures of nature and landscapes. The reason behind this is because it is very natural and can't be altered when taking the image. I think to develop my photos I will look to experiment with photoshop a bit more to give some of my images that little bit of an edge.

So adding photos to my site I will just adding pictures of some of the flowers I have seen a various other photos current I am using a lensbaby composer pro sweet 35mm and Canon 40mm f/2.8.

Adjusting My Portfolio From Feedback

From getting feedback for my portfolio one thing I had not thought about was what it would look like on a mobile. When i had sent my portfolio out for feedback I had not thought about what it would look like on a mobile. Lucky on Wix it allows you to adjust it for mobile as well as desktop which is something that is pretty helpful because it means there is more access to my site and for example if you wanted to show your work to someone you had met instead of having to pull out a laptop and show it you can load it up on your mobile there and show your work and its pretty simple to sort out in the editing process on the site.

Below is an image of what my homepage will look like a mobile

Reason I Haven't Used A Logo

After giving some of my peers some feedback one thing that I have noticed is peoples use of logos for their sites. This is one thing I have not done so far. If I am being honest it isn't something that I had not thought about doing. A logo is something that can make you more noticeable and makes you more of a brand or product.

For now I will not a use a logo in my work until for maybe a year or two. My reason behind this is because I want to build up more a portfolio and clients before I start thinking about logos. But once I have got to that level then I will think about doing a logo to include of my website, videos and pictures for example. For now I just want to keep it simple by just being myself and allowing my work to be more of my brand instead of my logo.

Making Adjustments To My Portfolio

I am looking at changing various items on my portfolio website. One of the first things that I have looked at doing is adding a photography page. The reason I want to look at doing this is because one thing that is similar between photography is doing the frame work for the picture of the video.

In sense it should make work that having both photography and video shows my frame work is up to scratch. For myself personally i think that my video is much stronger then my photography but I feel that my photography is something that is a working process so when I am thinking about the context of my development i think that is something I can add to my strengths.


Though my main love remains with cinematography and editing which is something I have enjoyed doing in my time during university and outside. But now I have started to experiment with different lens such as  40 mm, 35 mm, 24-105 mm for example I have got a new look at my work from always using the 50mm or 18-55mm which I have regularly used during my time at university. The whole journey is meant to be that I have developed from first starting. I remember coming to university interview with some still images that I had done on a disposal camera. But when I think about it I was pleased with that work because unlike on a digital camera you have to make sure you get the picture perfect because you can't go back and delete and re take the picture.

Another thing I will look into changing is the sizes of the buttons on the page because I feel that at this current state that they are a little on the small size and that if i change them to be a bit bigger it will allow the viewer to look though the site a bit easier. Im waiting for other feedback to help improve on my work.

Below is a look at the design of how I want the page to look

Another Practitioner

http://mattprior.tv/

Matt Prior is a Camera Operator from Sussex. What I like about his site is the detail that has gone into it. He has given a description of himself and his work which ranges from promo videos to music videos. He has a nice showreel on his site so people can get a feel off his work and what he is all about. The only thing I don't like is the grey background on his site I think its a dull and a bit of turn off as if i was looking at this I would be a little put off.

But once you start looking into his work he has got range on content on his site to please the audience below is just a taste of some of his work. Once again because of some of the bright colours on his site it highlights the grey even more so one thing I will look to do in terms of my website is looking at making a brighter site in terms of my background.

 One more page that he has included on his website is a little about his equipment. On one of my prototypes I have wrote about what equipment I use but in reflection I don't think I will do this. My reason for this is because if a company hires you without knowledge of the equipment you have it seems pretty useless having a list equipment the only way I could justify having that in there is if you are going to give some context to the actual equipment and how it could benefit a company and why they should hire you. This is something he has not done