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)
Ancillary Task: Production Update
At the
beginning of this week I completed my first ancillary task, the DVD front
cover. After continuously looking at my final design there were many changes I need
to make before I was 100% happy with it.
One of
the changes I made was with the title. Initially, I had five sets of footprints
going up/ away from the ‘I’ in Jimmy’s. these footprints were going to be
placed on Oliver’s (Jimmy) face to symbolise tears but when I printed the
design off the footprints looked very harsh and bold whereas the other aspects
of the DVD cover very soft and bright, for example I used the ‘fade’ effect on
the majority of my pictures. After some helpful advice I decided to remove two
sets of footprints and also make each set of footprints darker and they got
they reached the ‘I’. Additionally, I decided to rotate the footprints so they look
like they are rolling down Oliver’s face as this will make the audiences
realise they are tears more than what they would if they were going upwards.
Initial
title idea
As I
have finally completed the DVD front cover I can now focus on editing and
completing my opening title sequence and my magazine front cover.
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Production Update
Today
I managed to complete the remaining scenes meaning I have now finished taking
pictures ready for my opening title sequence.
At
first I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to get the pictures of Jimmy
leaving, whereby he has to walk across a field, as the weather was awful. It was
hail stoning and the rain was very heavy. Luckily, this passed over and we were
fortunate to be able to complete this scene. Initially, I stated that this will
be done on Wythenshawe Park however there were a number of football matches
going on so we decided to use the field at Timperley Cricket Club. I took a
range of shots including:
- A close up of Jimmy’s feet walking
- A long shot of Jimmy walking away (his back to the camera)
- A long shot of Jimmy turning to face Maggie and Blake
- A Long shot of Maggie and Blake together as they watch Jimmy walk away
Right
hand side:
Left
hand side:
By
the time I and the characters were ready to do the scene where Jimmy sees his
mother and Blake arguing in the window the weather had brightened up so I worried
whether the sun would reflect on the window meaning I couldn’t see Maggie and
Blake in the window. Luckily, this did not happen so I was able to see them
arguing in the window clearly.
The
final scene was where Maggie (Jimmy’s mother) is comforting Jimmy after he has
been to visit his biological father’s grave. This was done in my living room. The
first two pictures I took were with the flash on however this made the images
very bright and harsh therefore I decided to turn the flash off and use the
natural lighting.
With
the flash on:
With
the flash off:
Finally,
I decided to take a picture (a long shot) of some holiday homes at Agden Brow
as I thought this shot would look good on my DVD front cover as it would show
the background of Jimmy’s life and give the audience some incline that he is a
Gypsy as they usually gravitate to these kind of areas and living spaces.
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Shooting Schedule
Sunday 7th December
Maggie meets Blake and is
introduced Jimmy
On
Sunday 7th December I am going to be completing the scene which is
highlighted as I have recently done the scene where we see Blake and Jimmy
together.
This
will be the ending of taking still images for my opening title sequence.
Shooting Schedule
Sunday 7th
December
Jimmy Leaving
Due
to the location of this scene I was restricted to certain days because during
most days of the week there is football matches and training sessions taking
place. As my dad is highly involved in Saturday and Sunday league football I
asked him which teams play on Whythenshaw Park. After this list was made I rang
the different teams to find out when they either trained or played matches. From
this I decided the filming date and time and luckily my actors/ actresses were
able to attend this date.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Editing Update
In
today’s lesson I chose the pictures I wanted to use from the three scenes I have
recently done. These scenes being when Blake is introduced to Jimmy, Jimmy
meets Burdine and Jerome and finally Jimmy meets Sadie.
After
I completed this I decided to begin editing my music. As I was certain that I wanted
to use the ‘Gray Knight’ soundtrack that I had originally found on www.freeplaymusic.com I decided to edit
this first. To begin with I had to revisit this website and download the soundtrack;
I then had to import the media to Final Cut Pro X. once I had done this I listened
to the track all the way through and picked out the bits I liked the best. As this
music is being used during Jimmy’s movement to Manchester I wanted it to sound
very bold and determining to symbolise how Jimmy is feeling. When I was
listening to it I found that it wasn’t as exciting as I first thought so I decided
to pick out two parts and try to overlap them. When I found the parts of the
soundtrack I liked I had to drag one side of a box at the beginning of the part
and the corresponding side to the end of the box, this box was then dragged and
placed on top of the pictures of Manchester City Centre and will be on top of
the pictures where Jimmy is walking across a field when they have been taken. I
then had to use the blade editing tool to make sure that the overlapping of the
song fitted well and sounded good.
This
is a screenshot of the editing I have done to the soundtrack:
I
am still considering the other soundtracks I am going to use as I believe that
using different soundtracks may be too complex for me to edit together to make
it sound good and continuous.
Ancillary Task: Magazine Font Questionnaire - the results
I
have decided to use the fonts that I originally found for the cover lines as they
stood out to me from all the different fonts. This is good because a convention
of a magazine front cover is to have a bold and eye-catching title which draws
the audience in.
When
I revisited the website I used to find the cover line fonts (www.fontspace.com) I found another two
fonts which I liked and throught were highly appropriate. These are ‘Omniblack’ and ‘Mouse Memoirs font’
(shown below).
Omniblack
Mouse Memoirs font
To
come to a final decision on what font to use I printed off the different fonts
and asked 20 students (aged 12 to 16 to fit my target audience) which font they
liked best. Below are my findings:
|
Font
|
Number of participants who chose
this font for the title of my magazine
|
|
Playball
|
1
|
|
Cutie Patootie (see
through)
|
0
|
|
Cutie Patootie
(bold/ filled)
|
1
|
|
Really Awesome
|
3
|
|
KG A Little Swag
|
0
|
|
Hug Me Tight
|
5
|
|
Lobster Two
|
3
|
|
DJB and My Shadow
|
1
|
|
Typo Garden Demo
|
0
|
|
Love you through it
|
3
|
|
Omniblack
|
0
|
|
Mouse Memoirs font
|
3
|
From
this I can clearly identify that ‘Hug Me Tight’ was the most popular font
therefore I will use this font. Conclusively, this means that my final magazine
title design will be the ‘Hug Me Tight’ font in the colour light blue.
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Ancillary Task: Magazine front cover details
Now that I have come to a final decision on the title of
my magazine I can concentrate on the font of the title. To do this I will
research different font types on www.fontspace.com and ask my target audience
which they like best.
Summary
of my magazine: (conventions)
- I will include an official website link for the series
- I will have pictures of the cast members
- I will include the production company as this could be my unique selling point due to their well-known success
- I will feature interviews with the cast, tope secrets on the cast, a competition, a free gift (to lure the audience in) and a game (character profiling quiz)
- A main image of Oliver (Jimmy)
- Price and barcode
- A tag line
- A cover line
- An eye-catching title
- Slogan
- A masthead
Ancillary Task: Questionnaire Results
Question 1
|
The different names
the participants had to choose from
|
Number of participants
who chose this name to be the title of the magazine
|
|
Jump!
|
9
|
|
HEY!
|
3
|
|
Babble
|
4
|
|
Hint
|
4
|
Question 2
|
The colours that
the participants had to choose from
|
The number of
participants who chose this colour for the title of my magazine
|
|
Purple
|
2
|
|
Green (light)
|
1
|
|
Green (dark)
|
2
|
|
Blue (light)
|
10
|
|
Blue (dark)
|
3
|
|
Orange
|
2
|
Question 3
|
Option
|
Number of participants who chose this
option
|
|
Yes
|
2
|
|
No
|
18
|
Question
4
|
Font
|
Number of
participants who chose this font for the cover lines of my magazine (out of
20 as they could choose more than one that they like)
|
|
Playball
|
10
|
|
Cutie
Patootie (see through)
|
11
|
|
Cutie
Patootie (bold/ filled)
|
11
|
|
Really Awesome
|
12
|
|
KG
A Little Swag
|
8
|
|
Hug Me Tight
|
14
|
|
Lobster Two
|
17
|
|
DJB
and My Shadow
|
7
|
|
Typo Garden Demo
|
5
|
|
Love you through it
|
15
|
Question
5
|
Option
|
Number of participants who chose this
option
|
|
Yes
|
14
|
|
No
|
6
|
Question
6
|
What to include in
my magazine options
|
Number of
participants who chose this option on what to include in my magazine (out of
20 as they were allowed to choose more than one option)
|
|
Interviews with the cast
|
17
|
|
Top secrets on the cast
|
14
|
|
Games
|
11
|
|
Competition/ chance to win
|
12
|
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