Wednesday, 9 November 2016

The Power of Advertising

The Power of Advertising
Advertising is good as it can make or break a product or service if it is not done right then that product will soon become unavailable as it will become out of business but on the other hand if it is done right then the sales of said product can increase dramatically. 
Some times advertising is made well but might not have any thing to do with the product or service it is trying to market which is not very good.

Shot Analysis 2

Shot Analysis 2
Like before in shot analysis i looked at different shots and how they can give a character emotion and that every camera angle happens for a reason.
So our task was to only take 5 or 6 different shots and see how we can make a scene seem as though it is progressing.
The different camera angles make the character seem as though they are equal or even superior at first but then as it goes on he becomes less as the camera angle is pointing down at him making it seem as though he is not as strong as he was at the start.

This is what i came up with:

Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation
We were tasked with the project of making a Stop motion animation on something to do with fire. we were told that there should be about 12 frames per second or more and that we could make it using Plasticine or paper.
Our idea was of a guy walking towards a bonfire and roasting a marsh mellow which caught fire and then caught the guy on fire which then he drops the marsh mellow and runs around to get rid of it. but as we were making the animation we found that it was a bit short so we made the guy role on the floor to get rid of the flame then get up and eat the marsh mellow and walk away like nothing had happened.

This is the finished product:


Board Game Production

Board Game Production
After looking at the brief i am confident that i can meet the requirements and parameters, as most of them are plain common sense and meet what is usually classed as a board game: Must not exceed international paper size A3, which means i cant make it too big.   games must not be harmful or hazardous in any way, for obvious reasons that no one gets hurt.
I intend to work on my own as i feel that it is easier than having to rely on other people as they might not do there job properly and it complicates things.

I am going to research about what my target audience could be and what games are out at the moment and wether or not there popular. i will look online to get some inspiration and ideas.
I do have an idea of what i might do and it is based on the game battle ships but in stead of ships it has airplanes in stead and it could have different sized planes.
The questions i might ask are, is there any other alternatives to battle ships already on the market? what audience will i aim at as that could change the out come of the logo design and game all round.

Monday, 7 November 2016

Stop motion thing

Stop motion thing

we watched a clip that was about stop motion animation 
the bit that i found most interesting is that they told us how long it can take to make a stop motion clip. the bit i found the least interesting is when they gave reasons of why they don't like CGI as i think CGI is great and when it is done right you don't even know it is there.

sorry i didnt know the difference between american and european animation

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Logo Designing

Logo Designing 
this is what i made today

these are logos i made that are of my initials.

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Shot Analysis

Shot Analysis

Shots play a big part in films as they can change then idea of how a character or scene is perceived. for example on a scene were some one is angry and throwing things around if you film it with a wide shot it will seem as though there is meant to be some sort of comedic factor too it how ever if you filmed it with close up and mid shots to show were the things are thrown too and what the characters facial expression is then you feel an emotional connection to the character making it seem like an intense and emotional scene.

I chose to look at how a shot could be used to create tension and comedy in a scene from Django Unchained.
it started out with a close up of Dr. Shults replacing some money with explosives in side the tooth above his waggon to give some context to later on in the scene. 

then it went to an over the shoulder shot of three of the raiders looking over a hill on to the waggon, then it showed a close up on to the three of them getting up and walking away.

then you see the rest of the raiders showing up on there horses waiting for orders from the three that scouted out the waggon, then we see a wide shot of all the raiders running down the hill on their horses towards the waggon and surrounding it.

then it goes to a shot that in the time line happened about 5 minuets before they surrounded the waggon, were they are getting there orders from the three leaders at which they put on the pillowcases that they use as masks but then they find a fatal flaw that they cant see out of them, so then it goes to a close up of the main leader ripping the eye holes to make them bigger and then failing. then for the next 2 and a half minuets we see back and fourths of the leaders and the raiders arguing what they should do about the masks and how rubbish they are. what i find interesting though is that at the start of this part of the scene the cameras look up to the leaders and look down on the raiders to show power and authority but then as they argue it slowly levels off between them showing that the leaders are no better than the rest of the raiders. 


once they get over the argument it goes back to the scene were they are running down the hill and circling the waggon how ever the first time we see them circling the waggon we are looking up at them but now that we know they struggle to see and raiding blind we now are equal height or even looking down on them, at which they realise that Shults and Django are no longer there.

then we get a close up of Shults and Django with a gun who then fire at the explosives from earlier which blows up most of the raiders which we see by a combination of close ups and wide shots. then finally we get one last close up of Shults and Django laughing that they managed to out smart the raiders .


Here is the full scene: