So Happy New Year to anyone who reads my blog. I am now back in Nottingham and have started the competition. Last year was a useful experience for myself as our lecturers threw us in at the deep end with it to see how we would cope with a pressure situations as we had three weeks to come up with an ident, logo, marketing campaign for Notts TV. For me personally i embraced it and though in the end other people let the team down i was proud of our teams effort. This year we have been given the task to produce a similar concept except this time it is celebrating the life of Paul Smith. Also this year it is up to me take more responsibility being second year and as i know what the competition holds and I hope to help the first years out.
This year i feel we have a good team which can produce a better campaign. I will be working on the production side of things and have been given the responsibility of being in charge of things. As well as working on the video production i will help with pre-production making some idea of who Paul Smith is and then creating a template for the video with things such as risk assessments, story boarding. Our aim is to create three different videos with each one not making it obvious we are talking about Paul Smith and let Nottingham talk about one of their most famous people. This was only day though and there is still three weeks to go. Tomorrow we are meeting Sean Macaskill at The Hive which will be good to hopefully make a few ideas of how we can go forward.
I will be keeping an update of the progress of how it goes and hopefully Team B will be winners
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Friday, 6 December 2013
Critical Thinking Research.
So today i found out i should of being blogging all the information that i have been looking at too help with my work with this flash project(sorry Ben) but for me this project has come together a bit for me as in terms of actually making something that could work and considering the stress i have had on this module i am relived it is coming to an end. Once i realised what would be required of me during this I was a bit worried due to not being used to working on flash before.
When I started on this project I had a look at a few examples of flash websites to get a better idea of how i wanted to set out my site. I took notice of how these sites used pre-loaders and that is when I made the decision to make one of my own. I then had a look at what kind of content was on these pages. Highlighting use in particular of having a good first page and how easy it is to connect to each page.
http://mono-1.com/monoface/main.html This was one of the most creative flash websites I looked at during my research. But I knew I didn't have the skills to make something as flashy as this so I went with keeping the flash stuff simple and the content better.
The next part of my plan to make sure there going to be some decent content to put on to my flash site. I made the choice i was going to be writing about video production and this is what I have gained experience in working with camera and sound as well as helping with editing of videos. So the aim of my site was to help someone who is looking to get in this line of work could sit down look at my flash site and get an idea of what would be required of them and the skill set that is needed for this particular work.
Once this was worked out it was just a case of making sure that everything looked good. The first thing I knew I was going to be doing was my Pre-Loader so I watched a few videos on YouTube to help me do this. Then with further discussions with Ben and a bit of help the homepage was made. Then it was making pages to go on the flash site. I thought the obvious choices would be what is video production? So i will write about the different parts of video production and what is involved with each section. Next i will write down a few key skill sets that will be required to help working in the video production. The last part was the interview with a practitioner which i have had some difficulty with so i will be looking at trying to get a practitioners tips online and putting some key points on to my page.
So this was the easy bit planning everything i was going to put on my page was done. But i still face the challenge of making the site. The key to this is working out the different action scripts on flash to help my work flow. I decided to make buttons that would skip back and forward on each page and the buttons are in the shape of buttons you would find on a camera.With some guidance from Ben i managed to get my pages together so then it is all down to me to add the content that will be needed
When I started on this project I had a look at a few examples of flash websites to get a better idea of how i wanted to set out my site. I took notice of how these sites used pre-loaders and that is when I made the decision to make one of my own. I then had a look at what kind of content was on these pages. Highlighting use in particular of having a good first page and how easy it is to connect to each page.
http://mono-1.com/monoface/main.html This was one of the most creative flash websites I looked at during my research. But I knew I didn't have the skills to make something as flashy as this so I went with keeping the flash stuff simple and the content better.
The next part of my plan to make sure there going to be some decent content to put on to my flash site. I made the choice i was going to be writing about video production and this is what I have gained experience in working with camera and sound as well as helping with editing of videos. So the aim of my site was to help someone who is looking to get in this line of work could sit down look at my flash site and get an idea of what would be required of them and the skill set that is needed for this particular work.
Once this was worked out it was just a case of making sure that everything looked good. The first thing I knew I was going to be doing was my Pre-Loader so I watched a few videos on YouTube to help me do this. Then with further discussions with Ben and a bit of help the homepage was made. Then it was making pages to go on the flash site. I thought the obvious choices would be what is video production? So i will write about the different parts of video production and what is involved with each section. Next i will write down a few key skill sets that will be required to help working in the video production. The last part was the interview with a practitioner which i have had some difficulty with so i will be looking at trying to get a practitioners tips online and putting some key points on to my page.
So this was the easy bit planning everything i was going to put on my page was done. But i still face the challenge of making the site. The key to this is working out the different action scripts on flash to help my work flow. I decided to make buttons that would skip back and forward on each page and the buttons are in the shape of buttons you would find on a camera.With some guidance from Ben i managed to get my pages together so then it is all down to me to add the content that will be needed
Monday, 25 November 2013
Last Two Weeks
So this is a quick update of how my work is coming along and what i expect to happen in the last two weeks of term. Since i last updated my blog I have had a lot of improvement in terms of my work at NCN after finally being able to get a successful code together this has now enabled me to improve on my work and since i have linked up the pages to my flash site and all i have to do now is get the work put on to the page and i will be happy with actually handing something in. This will be getting some images together, finding some relevant videos and making a few paragraphs about my line of production. Even though this isn't over complicated i am happy to get some work together to hand in as this is one module i have not enjoyed and as soon as this is done i will be happy to never use flash again.
In terms of my industry futures module i have now had a better explanation of what is required of us and now it will just be about taking the work done earlier in the term and making a lot of improvements to this. I have decided to change the product to the lynx product and discuss how the successful adverts that it has had have also caused a lot of problems for the company in terms of sexism. I will keep the practitioner as Edgar Wright and discuss his films but also in terms of hybrid film genres on the influence his work has had on films in the past decade. Then I will write about my personal skills and how the placements at university and also my problems and how i will go about improving them. This work will be done in terms of a 2000 word report as well as a presentation. Even though this might be a lot of rushed work i think it will be do able.
In terms of placements for next term i had an interview last week but this is for a project i have had to turn down as there in not enough time in terms of filming and editing. I have updated my CV so i am hoping by the end of term to have something ready for when i come back after Christmas.
In terms of my industry futures module i have now had a better explanation of what is required of us and now it will just be about taking the work done earlier in the term and making a lot of improvements to this. I have decided to change the product to the lynx product and discuss how the successful adverts that it has had have also caused a lot of problems for the company in terms of sexism. I will keep the practitioner as Edgar Wright and discuss his films but also in terms of hybrid film genres on the influence his work has had on films in the past decade. Then I will write about my personal skills and how the placements at university and also my problems and how i will go about improving them. This work will be done in terms of a 2000 word report as well as a presentation. Even though this might be a lot of rushed work i think it will be do able.
In terms of placements for next term i had an interview last week but this is for a project i have had to turn down as there in not enough time in terms of filming and editing. I have updated my CV so i am hoping by the end of term to have something ready for when i come back after Christmas.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Critical Thinking Update
So its been a few weeks since i last put any update on my flash project and its because there is not a lot to update. I still don't have much clue on flash and it is something i have had a lot of difficulty with and it is fair to say it is something i will try to avoid after this module is out the way. I am also having a lot of trouble getting any replies from practitioners I have emailed a lot of people but have had no reply which has also got me pretty down as well about this project.
But I'm struggling to get a start with the whole thing. I have been watching videos on flash I get some things but there is other things such as the writing of making the flash that is confusing me. I am hoping once i have managed to get a hang on things i will make something that is ok. But as things stand this is a little while off but i have managed to start to build up the image i want to use for this project and have played around with these on photoshop which has been helpful. The only thing i have managed to do is my pre-loader but i might not even use it depending on how big my work is.
Ben has gave me a lot of advice but for some reason nothing seems to be sticking in my head at the moment. I have got an idea of what i want to do. I am looking to make a blurry image which includes a shutter camera lense which will be then clicked and enter into the next scene which will have some interactive boxes which will included the footage of my interview and then hopefully scrolling images but i need to spend a good few hours sitting down and researching a lot more about the flash. I did chat to Ben last week about my problems and he tried to assure me but I still don't understand which is frustrating for me right now. He showed me something to do and i will have a try at doing this.
I am counting the days till this project is over and at this time i'm currently not trying to get stressed over it right now. But this is going to be a long month ahead for me.
But I'm struggling to get a start with the whole thing. I have been watching videos on flash I get some things but there is other things such as the writing of making the flash that is confusing me. I am hoping once i have managed to get a hang on things i will make something that is ok. But as things stand this is a little while off but i have managed to start to build up the image i want to use for this project and have played around with these on photoshop which has been helpful. The only thing i have managed to do is my pre-loader but i might not even use it depending on how big my work is.
Ben has gave me a lot of advice but for some reason nothing seems to be sticking in my head at the moment. I have got an idea of what i want to do. I am looking to make a blurry image which includes a shutter camera lense which will be then clicked and enter into the next scene which will have some interactive boxes which will included the footage of my interview and then hopefully scrolling images but i need to spend a good few hours sitting down and researching a lot more about the flash. I did chat to Ben last week about my problems and he tried to assure me but I still don't understand which is frustrating for me right now. He showed me something to do and i will have a try at doing this.
I am counting the days till this project is over and at this time i'm currently not trying to get stressed over it right now. But this is going to be a long month ahead for me.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Critical Thinking Update
So after todays lesson with Ben i now have a better understanding of what is needed to do and i feel with a bit of research and better knowledge of the flash itself i can make a good enough flash site that will be good enough. I spoke to Ben about my idea for what i want to do with my work and originally i was thinking about doing a stage with curtains opening but thinking over it i thought it would be a bit stereotypical and cliche. I then had an idea pop up that maybe get a background image something quite scenic or abstract then have like a camera lense on it being able to take it then it heading into the website i think it will be a nice touch or have like a play menu that goes into the site. I still want to keep the same idea of having a bit about the background of my interviewee then show the clips of the interview and maybe even show some of his work.
Once i knew i had to interview someone with a more creative background i have done a research about local cameramen and come on a website of Jon O'Neill. I found some of his work greatly interesting and i feel some of the stuff is i want to get in. So it would be great if i could get him for a chat. But obviously if i don't there is a few others i could try its just about me taking time out to do some research and emailing people about getting an interview. But i need to know as soon as possible to help me start my flashsite because i then can start sorting out what i need to put on in it terms off background of my interviewee. But until then i can just make a start on what i want to do.
Below is a bit of sample work of what Ben showed me and this is the kind of thing i will be looking to do
Once i knew i had to interview someone with a more creative background i have done a research about local cameramen and come on a website of Jon O'Neill. I found some of his work greatly interesting and i feel some of the stuff is i want to get in. So it would be great if i could get him for a chat. But obviously if i don't there is a few others i could try its just about me taking time out to do some research and emailing people about getting an interview. But i need to know as soon as possible to help me start my flashsite because i then can start sorting out what i need to put on in it terms off background of my interviewee. But until then i can just make a start on what i want to do.
Below is a bit of sample work of what Ben showed me and this is the kind of thing i will be looking to do
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Critical Thinking(Who Will I interview)
So this week I now have to start thinking about who i will be interviewing for my flash project and what style I want to go for with it. The aim is to get advice from someone in the industry. The kind of work I am looking to get into is video production so doing things such as sound and filming and eventually getting into more theatre production doing lighting and sound productions. The flash we will be making is going to used to explain how people can get into the world of production and i have got to use a variety of video, pictures and sound clips.
Last Year I did a placement at The Hive which is based at NTU and in my time there I managed to build up a good relationship with my boss Sean. So my first choice would be him. Simply because he has got a great knowledge of how to help people achieve what they want to. Teaches sessions on a good CV and interview techniques and i think for what i want to achieve he would be perfect for an interview as i could get a lot of material from him to put towards.my site. He also does a lot of networking and knows people in the industry who i could interview and he basically helps with entrepreneurship. If i fail to manage to get him i would try Paul Hough because he has got experience in video production and is currently working free lance and has built up a big list of contacts and it would be interesting to see how he has managed to built this all up.
The kind of questions i would be asking is how they started, as a creative person what do i need to make sure i put myself ahead of everyone else in the crowd? How do i build up a decent portfolio and what should be included in it? when should i be doing this? how did they start out and what did they do build up there portfolio.
How I want the site to be laid out is pretty simple. I want my audience to be able to read though it and feel that everything is understandable. They should be able to look and it understand completely how to get whats going on. The background should be something simple like maybe a studio or something to link in with my industry of choice. Like maybe have some stage curtains opening to see the site.
First of all i want an introduction explaining who i will be interviewing and write a little about their experience and current job. This might mean putting a link into the site from something linkedin. Then i would put on the interview showing the key moments and picking out certain things that i would find important. This might be done on something like adobe premier and then put this on the site. My aim would maybe interview them for about twenty minutes and then each question separate them into different categories.
Last Year I did a placement at The Hive which is based at NTU and in my time there I managed to build up a good relationship with my boss Sean. So my first choice would be him. Simply because he has got a great knowledge of how to help people achieve what they want to. Teaches sessions on a good CV and interview techniques and i think for what i want to achieve he would be perfect for an interview as i could get a lot of material from him to put towards.my site. He also does a lot of networking and knows people in the industry who i could interview and he basically helps with entrepreneurship. If i fail to manage to get him i would try Paul Hough because he has got experience in video production and is currently working free lance and has built up a big list of contacts and it would be interesting to see how he has managed to built this all up.
The kind of questions i would be asking is how they started, as a creative person what do i need to make sure i put myself ahead of everyone else in the crowd? How do i build up a decent portfolio and what should be included in it? when should i be doing this? how did they start out and what did they do build up there portfolio.
How I want the site to be laid out is pretty simple. I want my audience to be able to read though it and feel that everything is understandable. They should be able to look and it understand completely how to get whats going on. The background should be something simple like maybe a studio or something to link in with my industry of choice. Like maybe have some stage curtains opening to see the site.
First of all i want an introduction explaining who i will be interviewing and write a little about their experience and current job. This might mean putting a link into the site from something linkedin. Then i would put on the interview showing the key moments and picking out certain things that i would find important. This might be done on something like adobe premier and then put this on the site. My aim would maybe interview them for about twenty minutes and then each question separate them into different categories.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Adverts
So in last weeks lesson with Paul we started to get to grips with the course and learn what is going to be required of us. We had a discussion about different ways adverts are disturbed and an advert that we liked. The link for it is below.
The advert i decided to watch was an advert from about ten years ago for lynx. Its a simple idea and it is something that lynx uses in their adverts now. Lynx is basically saying once you spray yourself makes you irresistible to women. Is it true? Well i can say for a fact that its not true...not that I've tried it or anything. But its a great way of showing that the product is a step above the rest and once you use it you become a sex symbol to women who probably would not see you in that way.
The reason i like this advert is because its funny. If there is one thing i like when it comes to adverts its something that is funny and memorable something you will be talking about the next day at school or work. This is a great way of selling a product or making you more aware of the product. Lynx adverts have a brilliant blend of using comedy with sex appeal. The women used are usually have a certain look about them. and what is that look? Sexy plain and simple. Some might deem this as a little bit sexist but it sells and this has not stopped lynx making bigger and sexier adverts. The company has some big names in their adverts such as Kelly Brook, Jessica Jane Clement and Lisa Snowdon who are all very desirable women. But do this kind of put down lynx? is the only way they can sell a product is though sex? Well in my opinion i think its maybe a bit late to change their philosophy and why should they?
It has encountered problems with been accused of sexism in 2009 an advert for lynx bullet received numerous complaints for its advert. It was cleared of any mis doing but it is very similar to the problems faced by lads magazines at the moment that images are maybe effecting younger generation but it doesn't stop people from buying these kind of products.
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/lynx-bullet-cleared-of-sexist-campaign/3003786.article
The adverts for lynx are getting better and personally i enjoy them as they are clever, sexy and funny. They even link some of their new products. Last Year they released an advert which predicting the end of the world which was a great idea. This year the lynx apollo has used a big sclae budget with outfits and yet the adverts still have the same idea to them. Use Lynx and you will attract women.
The advert i decided to watch was an advert from about ten years ago for lynx. Its a simple idea and it is something that lynx uses in their adverts now. Lynx is basically saying once you spray yourself makes you irresistible to women. Is it true? Well i can say for a fact that its not true...not that I've tried it or anything. But its a great way of showing that the product is a step above the rest and once you use it you become a sex symbol to women who probably would not see you in that way.
The reason i like this advert is because its funny. If there is one thing i like when it comes to adverts its something that is funny and memorable something you will be talking about the next day at school or work. This is a great way of selling a product or making you more aware of the product. Lynx adverts have a brilliant blend of using comedy with sex appeal. The women used are usually have a certain look about them. and what is that look? Sexy plain and simple. Some might deem this as a little bit sexist but it sells and this has not stopped lynx making bigger and sexier adverts. The company has some big names in their adverts such as Kelly Brook, Jessica Jane Clement and Lisa Snowdon who are all very desirable women. But do this kind of put down lynx? is the only way they can sell a product is though sex? Well in my opinion i think its maybe a bit late to change their philosophy and why should they?
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/lynx-bullet-cleared-of-sexist-campaign/3003786.article
The adverts for lynx are getting better and personally i enjoy them as they are clever, sexy and funny. They even link some of their new products. Last Year they released an advert which predicting the end of the world which was a great idea. This year the lynx apollo has used a big sclae budget with outfits and yet the adverts still have the same idea to them. Use Lynx and you will attract women.
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