Saturday, 28 February 2015
FIRST PROTOTYPE FOR PORTFOLIO ON WIX
Friday, 27 February 2015
Prototype On Moon Fruit
As I have said I was going to look into building one of my prototype portfolios on MoonFruit. I have found the process a bit of struggle because the site though it seems simple at times can be a bit difficult. When looking at changing things on the site it takes a while to click on the item that you need. When i want to add a video from my youtube on the page it is not coming up properly and it has meant that I have not been able to put the video on which I feel is one of my most strongest work.
Saying that though once you manage to get a hang of it the design is a lot easier to use because first of all it is a simple and professional design and it has managed to get what I want onto the page. Below is the home page to the website its a nice clean and easy design and the reason I have gone for black and white is because it means the writing is then easy to read. It has got my showreel on their so straight away the viewer is getting to know a little bit about me and some of the work I have done on in the form of a showreel
Saying that though once you manage to get a hang of it the design is a lot easier to use because first of all it is a simple and professional design and it has managed to get what I want onto the page. Below is the home page to the website its a nice clean and easy design and the reason I have gone for black and white is because it means the writing is then easy to read. It has got my showreel on their so straight away the viewer is getting to know a little bit about me and some of the work I have done on in the form of a showreel
(HOMEPAGE)
Then the next page is an extended about me section on here i have wrote about myself in a lot more detail I have wrote about being a graduate. I have included a what kid i currently own as I feel it is important that once you are thinking about becoming free lance for example that the person hiring you knows what you are going to be using and if you are suitable for their project.
(ABOUT ME)
Once I had wrote about me I thought I would put a bit about myself work by showing some videos of my work for now I have included three different videos(for now) I may change this too include four. The videos I have put on so far have got a mix of corporate style videos with Boo Boo Kitty. The second which some reason I couldn't get to go up was my Paul Smith video which shows a strong sense of cinematography. Then the last one was the Max Stone video which shows elements of both the other videos in one.
(WORK)
The last page was just about getting in touch with me over work which makes senses because without it there is no way of people being able to talk to you about your work.
(CONTACT)
Thursday, 19 February 2015
What I Want On My Portfolio?
After looking at the work of other practitioners I have decided to narrow down what I want on my portfolio. The work I have been looking at is those who have a keen interest in video work. So in the portfolio I want to show that I have an interest in things such as cinematography in my work. This means explaining a bit about myself and some of my work.
Here is how I want the pages to go:
The first page I want is a homepage with a picture of me initially.
The second page will be the about me section where I can write a bit about my work and what my main career aims are.
The third and fourth pages will either be some of my work and a show reel. I may look at adding the show reel to my home page but that depends on how feedback goes. The work I will be put on will be between three and four different videos. I will look to add some of my stronger work such as the Paul Smith video for example
The next page will be about contacting me via email which people can email me regarding work
Here is how I want the pages to go:
The first page I want is a homepage with a picture of me initially.
The second page will be the about me section where I can write a bit about my work and what my main career aims are.
The third and fourth pages will either be some of my work and a show reel. I may look at adding the show reel to my home page but that depends on how feedback goes. The work I will be put on will be between three and four different videos. I will look to add some of my stronger work such as the Paul Smith video for example
The next page will be about contacting me via email which people can email me regarding work
Feeback On First Edit For Qmc
Today we got feeback on our video for the QMC placement video. During the shoot i feel that nothing really went wrong but obviously it is always important to get feedback to see where things can be improved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1OZ_tVplnU&feature=youtu.be here is a link to the first rough edit
As I didn't do the edit it was also my first time seeing the video and straight away the first thing i picked up was the standard of the audio. I had used an external microphone for the video but in hind sight I think it would be more valuable to use a better external mic such as a radio microphone. Another thing I want to change about the edit is changing the pacing so have it mixed between the students and the staff as i feel the last part of the video is a long and if it is a bit more mixed we could first of all bring the time of the video down as well to about three and a half minutes. Another thing i would do is use the same lens for the straight on shots and cut aways as that way though out the video it keeps the same consistency.
When I pitched the video to a focus group to get their opinion I got similar feedback. Straight away it was brought up that the audio when the girls are talking is a bit quite and that the music can be a bit distracting from the important interview. The cut aways we have got are good but just need to be a bit more stabilised and maybe slowed down. Other things that can be changed are doing things such as colour grading and just changing the pacing of the video slightly.
But we did get positive feedback on the use of the music as keeping it with a fun kind of theme at the start it works. Our intro's for the girls in the interview are good and brings out the positive message for the course. The backgrounds are fun and interesting and but doesn't take the focus away from the people that are being interviewed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1OZ_tVplnU&feature=youtu.be here is a link to the first rough edit
As I didn't do the edit it was also my first time seeing the video and straight away the first thing i picked up was the standard of the audio. I had used an external microphone for the video but in hind sight I think it would be more valuable to use a better external mic such as a radio microphone. Another thing I want to change about the edit is changing the pacing so have it mixed between the students and the staff as i feel the last part of the video is a long and if it is a bit more mixed we could first of all bring the time of the video down as well to about three and a half minutes. Another thing i would do is use the same lens for the straight on shots and cut aways as that way though out the video it keeps the same consistency.
When I pitched the video to a focus group to get their opinion I got similar feedback. Straight away it was brought up that the audio when the girls are talking is a bit quite and that the music can be a bit distracting from the important interview. The cut aways we have got are good but just need to be a bit more stabilised and maybe slowed down. Other things that can be changed are doing things such as colour grading and just changing the pacing of the video slightly.
But we did get positive feedback on the use of the music as keeping it with a fun kind of theme at the start it works. Our intro's for the girls in the interview are good and brings out the positive message for the course. The backgrounds are fun and interesting and but doesn't take the focus away from the people that are being interviewed.
Monday, 16 February 2015
WIX
The second domain website I have been looking at is WIX. I have to say so far I have prefered it to the Moon Fruit website that I have used the last few days. Similar to the MoonFruit it has a wide range of different pages you can use ranging from Once I had signed up it allowed me to have a pick of various different templates that i can start from as shown below
In the corner you can see there is a quick selection where you can find what you are looking for in terms of a template for your page. I typed in video portfolio which helped me narrow down what I want to use below is what come up
I liked the look of the first page on the site so I have decided to use this to build up my second portfolio
This is the home page for the site. So far I am liking it layout a bit better then moonfruit. Firstly it is a lot easier to to change things on the site and the HTML 5 means a lot of it is just dragging and dropping it will be intresting to see how it develops once I have started sorting out my work to see what it looks like. One thing I will say I'm not a fan of the background I think it is a bit dark and I have to admit I do prefer the more simple black and white writing which has been used my some of the practitioners I have looked at so far.
The menus at the side have a variety of links you can add to your site such a social media, videos and pictures and images and gives you the option of building up a better stronger site and making it your own.
Like MoonFruit it is free to build your site but you can upgrade this includes a free domain, ad free. I think having a domain is something that can be very important because it means you can have that brand recognition and means finding your site becoming a lot easier
Once I have made a prototype for this I will upload it on here.
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Thursday, 12 February 2015
MoonFruit.com
Looking at where to develop my site will be key. There is various I have been looking at such as Wix.com.. But one wesbite I have come across is MoonFruit. It allows you to build up a website for free. Which for me is something that is quite interesting because this is a great chance for me to get my work out on a public domain for people to see.
As you can see from the page before there is a range of different pages you can pick to start your website from. This can range from a gardening and travelling site. One page I have come across is one called something called minimalist. Because one thing I want to do is make sure that my website is something and a viewer can use it this is something I want to look into.
So once I've clicked on minimalist it then comes up with this page above.
One of the things I have noticed though even though it says it is free you are only allowed to make one website with it unless you upgrade it. So this might mean me looking at using wix as my main source for my portfolio. But for now I will give MoonFruit a go just to see what the quality is like.
Once on the page you get four pages come up. The first page is a home screen. It has an about section on it. Then there is a work page where you can add youtube links to your work with a description of what should be on the site. Then there is also a contact page where people have got enquirers.
I will update my blog once I have started a site doing a prototype of my site on here. But one more site I want to look at doing is wix which i feel could be a little easier to navigate.
One of the things I have noticed though even though it says it is free you are only allowed to make one website with it unless you upgrade it. So this might mean me looking at using wix as my main source for my portfolio. But for now I will give MoonFruit a go just to see what the quality is like.
Once on the page you get four pages come up. The first page is a home screen. It has an about section on it. Then there is a work page where you can add youtube links to your work with a description of what should be on the site. Then there is also a contact page where people have got enquirers.
I will update my blog once I have started a site doing a prototype of my site on here. But one more site I want to look at doing is wix which i feel could be a little easier to navigate.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Looking At A Practitioner
http://www.calthomson.com/
Cal Thomson is a freelance camera operator and editor from Manchester. In his about me section he has decided to use a third person description. I think the reason behind this is because he is selling himself more as a practitioner. For me personally I think at first I will be doing mine in first person because when people enter my site I want a more friendly approach and at this current time I don't feel I have enough clients to warrant a third person approach. I feel once I have built up a better amount of work that I could then ask clients for example to give me a reference on my work which I could put on my website. He has also a wrote about his background work and equipment. Once again this is selling himself as a freelancer for me at this moment I think my main aim is actually looking for work and freelancing could be something that is more of a side project.
His showreel which is in the link below is a great example of what I want to aspire to in a few years. He has got a good blend of independent work such as short films. Corporate work such as promotional videos. For me I want to get into a position like this is because I in terms of the future I would maybe look into getting into more freelance work which could help me bulk up not just my work and showreel but my experience but I think going into the work I think I could do more experience of bigger scale productions to help me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdakQsiqOM
Cal Thomson is a freelance camera operator and editor from Manchester. In his about me section he has decided to use a third person description. I think the reason behind this is because he is selling himself more as a practitioner. For me personally I think at first I will be doing mine in first person because when people enter my site I want a more friendly approach and at this current time I don't feel I have enough clients to warrant a third person approach. I feel once I have built up a better amount of work that I could then ask clients for example to give me a reference on my work which I could put on my website. He has also a wrote about his background work and equipment. Once again this is selling himself as a freelancer for me at this moment I think my main aim is actually looking for work and freelancing could be something that is more of a side project.
His showreel which is in the link below is a great example of what I want to aspire to in a few years. He has got a good blend of independent work such as short films. Corporate work such as promotional videos. For me I want to get into a position like this is because I in terms of the future I would maybe look into getting into more freelance work which could help me bulk up not just my work and showreel but my experience but I think going into the work I think I could do more experience of bigger scale productions to help me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdakQsiqOM
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Just some quick layout ideas for my portfolio
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