Saturday, 22 October 2016
Prelim Task - Evaluation
This our completed preliminary task, titled "School Musical High", which is a play on "High School Musical". I originally suggested the title to be "School Musical (Everyone Is) High), in order to show further the sarcasm and parodying nature of our prelim, however it was decided that was too long a title.
I'm extremely pleased with the way our prelim turned out, and think we all (me, Charlotte and Harry) performed well, which was helped by the fact we enjoyed what we were doing and found the comedic parts funny ourselves.
I'm also very happy with how it turned out in terms of editing, especially the small montage in which I'm stalking Harry's character, Roy - I wanted there to be at least a few short clips in various locations to clearly show my character following him.
Feedback for this included many positive comments, including:
"It brought tears to my eyes from laughing"
"I like the transitions and how the jump cuts are timed"
As a group, we feel that this task went very well and came out how we wanted it to.
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Preliminary task - production diary
11/10/16- In today's lesson, we were put into our groups and I found out I am working with Charlotte and Harry. We were given the genre "Musical", which initially felt challenging - however, we soon began to have a lot of ideas, including our main idea of making a kind of musical spoof, with the cliché of a girl and boy meeting and falling in love (played by Charlotte and Harry), with the comedic character of another girl who is obsessed with the boy (played by me).
12/10/16- Today we worked together to create a storyboard and plan out the exact scenes and plot, which enabled us to figure out which songs we wanted to include.
13/10/16- Today we began filming, using my camera, a school tripod, and Charlotte's phone. We were only able to film a short piece of footage however, as we spent most of the hour helping another group film their prelim, as they did not have enough people to play the characters they needed. We decided against using the footage we filmed eventually, as we knew we could recreate in a better setting.
14/10/16- Today we filmed the first scene, where Charlotte and Harry meet for the first time, with Charlotte tripping and dropping all her things, and Harry helping her to pick them up. We used a lot of the required shots, including close-ups, over the shoulder shots and panning. We had to film the same parts a few times, in order to get the different angles we needed, but we were able to film the whole scene, including Harry and Charlotte lip-syncing to "Start of Something New" from High School Musical, and my character screaming and slamming a locker in anger.
17/10/16- In this lesson, we filmed the scene where my character stalks Harry's character "Roy", following him to the water fountain, and becomes angry when he talks to Charlotte's character, "Babriella". This took the whole lesson to film, as we needed the right angle for my character peering round a wall, and a cutaway point where one shot jumped to another.
18/10/16- In this lesson we put together and edited the footage we had so far, and decided to include a song for my character to make her role of being obsessed with Roy clearer. The song we decided on was "Hello, I Love You" by Adore Delano, as it included essentially perfect lyrics for my character, with lines such as "I like the outfit you got yesterday at 12:23, and my favourite thing to do is watch you dream in your sleep", and "I think you blocked my number so I got a new phone".
20/10/16- Today was the last lesson working on our Prelim, and while editing we realised we had not included a required shot, so had to quickly use a school camera to film Roy walking through a door and his hand on the door handle. We edited this part into the final cut and matched up all the songs, then added our title of "School Musical High" at the start, leaving us with a finished piece.
12/10/16- Today we worked together to create a storyboard and plan out the exact scenes and plot, which enabled us to figure out which songs we wanted to include.
13/10/16- Today we began filming, using my camera, a school tripod, and Charlotte's phone. We were only able to film a short piece of footage however, as we spent most of the hour helping another group film their prelim, as they did not have enough people to play the characters they needed. We decided against using the footage we filmed eventually, as we knew we could recreate in a better setting.
14/10/16- Today we filmed the first scene, where Charlotte and Harry meet for the first time, with Charlotte tripping and dropping all her things, and Harry helping her to pick them up. We used a lot of the required shots, including close-ups, over the shoulder shots and panning. We had to film the same parts a few times, in order to get the different angles we needed, but we were able to film the whole scene, including Harry and Charlotte lip-syncing to "Start of Something New" from High School Musical, and my character screaming and slamming a locker in anger.
17/10/16- In this lesson, we filmed the scene where my character stalks Harry's character "Roy", following him to the water fountain, and becomes angry when he talks to Charlotte's character, "Babriella". This took the whole lesson to film, as we needed the right angle for my character peering round a wall, and a cutaway point where one shot jumped to another.
18/10/16- In this lesson we put together and edited the footage we had so far, and decided to include a song for my character to make her role of being obsessed with Roy clearer. The song we decided on was "Hello, I Love You" by Adore Delano, as it included essentially perfect lyrics for my character, with lines such as "I like the outfit you got yesterday at 12:23, and my favourite thing to do is watch you dream in your sleep", and "I think you blocked my number so I got a new phone".
20/10/16- Today was the last lesson working on our Prelim, and while editing we realised we had not included a required shot, so had to quickly use a school camera to film Roy walking through a door and his hand on the door handle. We edited this part into the final cut and matched up all the songs, then added our title of "School Musical High" at the start, leaving us with a finished piece.
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Audience
Who creates the content, the media or the audience?
While this question may have been more easily answered in the past, before websites such as YouTube or tumblr existed, currently it is almost equally both the audience and the media who create content.
YouTube enables people to create and share their own content without being professionally involved in the media - nowadays, short films are extremely popular, often following a very indie route in terms of subjects and plot, which appeals to young adults.
Additionally, websites such as tumblr, Archive Of Our Own and Wattpad enable people to create and share their own writing, and have millions of full novel-length stories that anyone can read for free.
Can the media exist/function without an audience? Can an audience (public) exist/function without media?
Without an audience, there would be no point to the media at all. The media is a corporation based around sharing information in the form of writing, films, music or social networking - the media without an audience is the cyber equivalent of shouting into the void.
While the public would technically be able to survive without media, the lack of being able to know what is happening in the world could lead to potentially dangerous situations. Therefore, society would not be able to function in a stable manner.
Who is more powerful: the media or the audience why/how?
I believe though the media is more powerful - although this power has been abused many times before (for an extreme example, the media was fully taken over by Nazi propaganda in 1940s Germany including radio broadcasts, censorship, posters and films), the media can make drastic changes in the way people think. For example, releasing films showing the horror certain diverse groups have faced (12 Years A Slave, Boys Don't Cry) have lead to negative opinions being changed and more positive activism.
Can the media control an audience?
The media can definitely control an audience and how they think or feel, by putting out content that is aimed at certain groups/ages and manipulating them with content that appeals to that specific group of people.
While this question may have been more easily answered in the past, before websites such as YouTube or tumblr existed, currently it is almost equally both the audience and the media who create content.
YouTube enables people to create and share their own content without being professionally involved in the media - nowadays, short films are extremely popular, often following a very indie route in terms of subjects and plot, which appeals to young adults.
Additionally, websites such as tumblr, Archive Of Our Own and Wattpad enable people to create and share their own writing, and have millions of full novel-length stories that anyone can read for free.
Can the media exist/function without an audience? Can an audience (public) exist/function without media?
Without an audience, there would be no point to the media at all. The media is a corporation based around sharing information in the form of writing, films, music or social networking - the media without an audience is the cyber equivalent of shouting into the void.
While the public would technically be able to survive without media, the lack of being able to know what is happening in the world could lead to potentially dangerous situations. Therefore, society would not be able to function in a stable manner.
Who is more powerful: the media or the audience why/how?
I believe though the media is more powerful - although this power has been abused many times before (for an extreme example, the media was fully taken over by Nazi propaganda in 1940s Germany including radio broadcasts, censorship, posters and films), the media can make drastic changes in the way people think. For example, releasing films showing the horror certain diverse groups have faced (12 Years A Slave, Boys Don't Cry) have lead to negative opinions being changed and more positive activism.
Can the media control an audience?
The media can definitely control an audience and how they think or feel, by putting out content that is aimed at certain groups/ages and manipulating them with content that appeals to that specific group of people.
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