Rebecca Wood 9282 A2 Advanced Portfolio

I've decided to experiment with glow sticks as a source of lighting. My original plan was to use them as a lighting source in my music video. Although I might have overestimated how much light they actually give off. For the camera's sensor pick them up, the iso needs to be incredibly high (resulting a grainy image the higher you go), or the shutter speed needs to higher (meaning that the length of time the before the image is captured is much greater, creating more motion). For filming a shutter speed of 1/50 is advised (to go along with the frame rate of 24fps), so using glow sticks isn't really ideal. But on the flip side they can still be used for the ancilllary tasks (the digipack or the website). Setting the shutter to around 5-15 seconds I was able to create some motion with the light. Below are the test images, the first one is a CD test cover: Update: Here's another CD cover idea. I think I'm going to use these as part of my band's previous singl...

After interviewing, and getting a focus group to fill out a short survey on what they thought about the screenplay I have written for my music videol; I have an interesting set of results. My questions for the focus group questions centered around getting the representation of the protagonist correct, and to raise awareness of mental health issues. Rather than on the contrary, creating a negative representation that would make people very uncomfortable. Transcript from a feedback conversation I voice recorded: 'The protagonist is represnted as more neutral, as we don't get to see that much of them to see whether they are they are presented as positive or negative.' ' I think that [the protagonist] conformes pretty well to expectations, and with people that have schizotophrenia' 'The weakest part is when they wake up with the alarm clock, because that's cliche' 'The strongest part I'd say is the last part' From the feedback I...

Performance shots in this music video were strong and were typical of those found in music video (close-ups of the instruments and the band members) There was also a narrative element to the video The first shot had a good composition with the song title layer over the top One of the down sides was that there was a little bit of camera shake on some of the shots Colour grading could also have been used to give it more of a conventional look Using the mark scheme I would have given this music video 32 The use of a black and white colour grading in the reverse shot of the photo being effectively un-burnt was visually interesting and creative It includes some convention of the genre. For example playing guitar in a countryside location The video focused on the artist quite a bit, and that is typical of a music video, but it does get repetitive after a while.  The shots are a little limited and do have a few exposure issues Using the mark scheme I would have...

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Stuart Hall's Reception Theory states in its simplest form that: NO MEDIA TEXT HAS ONE SIMPLE MEANING The audience themselves help to create the meaning of the text. We all decode the texts that we encounter in different ways as result of our life experiences. Reception analysts have found that factors, such as gender, our place in society, and the context of the time we are living in can impact massively on our meaning of media text. Even though the makers of the media text encode it with their own life experiences, audiences may decode it in a different way. Hall identified three types of audiences reading messages: 1) Dominant -How the producer wants the audience to view the media text 2) Negotiated - Accepts parts of the producer's view and their own 3) Oppositional - Rejects the preferred reading and creates their own meaning of the media text

I recently came across a GIF taken from Panic! At the Disco's 'La Devotee' music video. I liked the way they have used a low key lighting in the video and then added a red still of the same shot as the camera zooms in. After looking and experimenting with colour isolation I'm looking for different ways to visual represent red and blue, so I am planning to try out this effect and see if it is something I would like to include in my music video.

In order to practice for the ancillary task of creating a band website I have signed myself up to the website creator, Wix.com, and have began trying to create an indie style webpage. I have used a picture that is incredibly blurry for the 'enter site' page and minimalist house style to keep with the indie feel. It's a current working progress, so check back for updates! http://10woodre.wixsite.com/a2rwoodpractice

Wrapped and edited, the pitch video to coincide with the one page pitch is done. I have try to express what I mean with the black and white, and red and blue colour grading within the video. Using After Effects to achieve the contrasting red colour of my scarf in the video against the black and white. Editing a one minute section took around an hour to properly track the mask manually, as I found the automated setting to not be very effective. Therefore I am skeptical about using this technique through the video, as I'd have to edit every single frame of each scene and take, which would be time consuming. Hence I am currently on the hunt of a different way to represent the blue and red colour scheme.