Question One
https://www.powtoon.com/show/eKb7fpGM2ca/q1/#/
Question Two
https://www.powtoon.com/show/bU9YXYNSTSX/q2/#/
Question Three
https://www.powtoon.com/show/gmLxwEbXGOp/q3/#/
Question Four
https://www.powtoon.com/show/fdhLfN5sSHd/q4/#/
Friday, 27 February 2015
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Institution
Understanding
institution is about understanding the following:
- Who produces the media product
- What their set of codes and values is
- Their relationship to us an individuals
BARB research
In
order to gain more knowledge and understanding about the different channels
available to television owners I carried out some research into the BARB
website. This is ‘The Broadcasters Audience Research Board’ and is an
independent organisation which measures ratings for television programmes.
I
began by searching the ‘Top 10’ programmes broadcasted on the CBBC to see
whether my teen drama would be suitable enough.
Because the most frequently watched programme was ‘Wolfblood’ I decided
to complete further research into this. I found this programme is a fantasy/
supernatural British television series which is aimed at teens. This obviously
worked in my advantage as this supports my argument of a teen drama being
suitable for broadcasting by CBBC. Further evidence to support this is their
use of a tag line, “Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager
is ten times more complicated.” This clearly shows the media product has a
target audience of teenagers.
Scheduling
Programmes
that are broadcasted on CBBC, such as ‘Wolfblood’ and ‘Horrible Histories’,
generally consists of approximately 30 minutes each episode. ‘Wolfblood’ is
broadcasted at 5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on both CBBC and CBBCHD.
My final decision
Conclusively,
my programme will be broadcasted by CBBC and CBBCHD on Wednesday’s at 18:33 and
will having a running time of 30 minutes each episode. Over the last few weeks
CBBC had shown series 1 of ‘Shaun the Sheep’, at 18:25, before showing the
latest one straight afterwards, at 18:33, therefore I will place my programme
in the time slot of 18:33 and move the new series of ‘Shaun the Sheep’ to 18:25.
This is because Tracy Beaker will be broadcasted straight after my programme
therefore this will be the time for teenagers to watch the channel, instead of
placing ‘Shaun the Sheep’ (series 3) in the middle of Tracy Beaker and my
programme and having children watch a teen drama which may not be completely
suitable for their age.
Monday, 15 December 2014
Friday, 12 December 2014
Final Production Update
As I
have previously stated I was going to use motion picture to portray each of the
characters personality however I have now decided not to do this. My final
opening title sequence is approximately 40 seconds long and if I decided to
still use motion picture it would make the final product far too long as
generally opening title sequences for children’s TV are approximately just
under a minute. However, I have used motion picture when showing an establishing
shot of the new school Jimmy will be joining.
Another
final task I had to do was to create a final image that could go at the end of
the title sequence stating the name of the show. For this I decided to use the
half face effect, the same colour palette and the same rhetorical question as I
have used on my DVD front cover as this would be recognisable for the children
and parents. I have also included the ‘BBC’ and ‘CBBC’ logos as I believe these
are unique selling points and are very important.
When
editing my opening title sequence I thought that a voice over would sound good
therefore I decided to record Oliver (Jimmy) saying “I miss you” for the image
where he is knelt beside his father’s grave and “I have to go, I’m sorry” for
when he is walking away from his mother and Blake. I thought this would be
effective as it would allow the audience to get a sense of the narrative and
the feelings of the main character.
I recorded
this voice over on a normal video recorder and then separate the audio and
motion picture so that I just have the audio.
Throughout
my opening title sequence I have used a number of different transitions in
order to make it more continuous. Below are the following transitions I have
used:
- Cross dissolve between the images where Jimmy is visiting his biological father’s grave
- Lens flare between the image where Jimmy is walking across the field and the image of the Manchester Wheel as I believe this transition represents a new beginning
- Circular motion
- Clock
A
final editing technique I have used is ‘echo’ which shows the name of the
character and the name of the actor/ actress. This effect will be used on
images where each character is shown and not throughout the opening title
sequence. For each different name I have changed the colour so that it
brightens it up and looks more enjoyable which will appeal to children more
than having a plain and boring colour. Finally, as my final image has the same
font as I have used throughout I have had to change the font of the ‘echo’
effect titles so that it looks continuous and relates more otherwise the final
image with the title on would not fit well with the rest of the opening title
sequence. The font I have used is ‘market felt’.
Production Update
Over
the past week I have been solely concentrating on editing and completing my
main task, this being the opening title sequence.
This
process began by choosing pictures from the final few shots I most recently
gathered. After making this decision it was then decided that I wanted each
picture to be of different timings. This was because I wanted the timing to
portray the mood of the scene/ setting and therefore I made the high action
shots a lot smaller and the slow/ sad shots longer. For example the picture
where Jimmy is visiting his biological father’s scene is 3:00 seconds and the shot
where Jimmy is leaving and walking across the field, all the 5 shots are 00:23 seconds long.
When considering music I was initially going to use a number of songs
throughout the opening title sequence but due to the complexity of getting the
songs to sound continuous without any noticeable jumps was extreme therefore I
have decided to use one song. When I first decided on using one song I chose
‘Gray Knight’ as this was very high action and portrayed determination however
it did not fit well with the first few scenes where Jimmy is still living with
his mother and Blake. I then tried a song called ‘Discover Tranquillity’ but
again this did not fit well as it was very depressing and saddening throughout.
This then led me to other songs I had found on the www.freeplaymusic.com website. After
listening to a few I decided on ‘Serious Elevation’ as the beginning of the
song is very slow moving and as the song goes on it increasingly gets louder
and more upbeat. After downloading the song and putting on Final Cut Pro X I had
to match the picture of the Manchester Wheel with the part of the song where
the music changes.
I have also made the music longer than the actual opening title sequence
as when the actual programme begins I want the music to still play for a few
second. Furthermore, I have made the music slowly fade out instead of
completely stopping.
Ancillary Task: Change to the Magazine Front Cover
In recent
posts I have blogged about questionnaires and results based on what my target
audience wants my magazine to be called, the font of the title and the colour
of the title. However, after much discussion over what is expected from the
ancillary task as a class we have come to the conclusion that the magazine
should be titled the same as the series and therefore the title of my magazine
will be ‘Jimmy’s Journey’ and the title will be the same font/ style as what
has been used throughout this process.
I have
informed my target audience on this decision and they have agreed that they
like the font choice and colour. They have also decided that they still want
the following featured on the front cover:
- Interviews with the cast
- Top secrets on the cast
- A competition
- A free gift (to lure the audience in)
- A game (character profiling quiz)
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