Evaluation

I think my magazine went well, with the use of various colors and texts working well together. It is a simple but straight forward layout. Nothing to complex for the reader. To make my magazine better for next time I could better manage my time.

Pre Production

I made a sketch of the magazine illustrating the possible, but more likely layout to the final piece. I choose the color because they all work together as do the text. The all make a final piece with nothing too bold but nothing to shallow.

Production

I achieved the making of the magazine by using the image editing suite called Photoshop CS5. This program allows me to use a wide variety of editing functions such as gradient fills and many text effects. For my magazine I used a gradient fill, text editing and layering. This all helped me maximize the look of my magazine by making it appeal more the reader.

Post Production

I have created a school magazine. Within the magazine I shall include stories which are happening in real-time around the school, such as The New Head-teacher, and Where’s The New Reception? These titles, in my opinion, will make the pupils interested in reading the magazine. The contents will include all the sub-titles in an interested layout, instead of a more boring approach with just a list.

Intro - Magazine

Our task was to create a school magazine. The magazine had to to be new and fresh, making the pupils of the school intrigued and wanting to read on. Within the magazine we need to include stories and other headlines.

Magazine Covers

These, above, are demonstrations of 5 different magazine covers. The 5th picture, Maxim, particularly demonstrates the 3 colour palette rule.

Preliminary Task - Video Work

• Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.

• This task should demonstrate match the action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Elements of Storyboard Frame

• Frame/Shot Number
• Settings
• Shot Type
• Camera Directions
• Camera Angle
• Camera Directions Into Next Frame
• Add An Image To Show the Camera Angle
• Frame Connector To Show Flow
• Editing Notes
• Camera Direction Arrow (Tilts, Pan and Zooms etc...)

Shots To Include:

• Long Shot
• Medium Shot
• Close Up
• Extreme Close Up
• Match On Action
• Over The Shoulder
• Shot/Reverse Shot

The 5 C's and Different Types of Shots

Language and Forms, Genre, Representation and Audience

5 C’s

Camera angles

Continuity

Cutting (aka editing)

Close-Ups

Composition

When ‘telling’ the audience where the film is set use a long shot. This  lets you show all the important info.

A medium shot is the most commonly used in cinema. Its is used to show any character interaction.

Something/someone important to how the audience then use a close up.

Continuity

Generally refers to a visual errors. In very basic terms it means having a character in a red top one second then a blue top the next. 

Cutting/Editing

Essential otherwise films would be in real time and never end.

Its allows a director to change locations.

Main use is to either add pace to a scene to make it exciting or to slow it down for dramatic emphasis.

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity

Camera Angles

Continuity

Continuity is a clip of footage that follows a logically timeline. Without any errors and time jumps.

Cutting (AKA Editing)

Close Ups

Composition

The way everything is put in every frame.

StoryBoards

Above is the Storyboard which we had to follow in order to complete our work. As you can, we had to record the a person walking down the Corridor, into and through a door, then a short discussion between them and a second person using various camera angles and shots.

Film AS Preliminary Task

In our task, we had to shoot a scene which involved in a person (Tom Simpson) walking down a corridor. We then had to shot Tom opening a door. Walking into the room. Then walking to the chair. After this a short interview is carried out between Tom and Sam. 

We had to use various camera shots such as:

• Midshot
• Longshot
• Close Up
• Extreme Close Up

About Me!!!

Hello my name is Ollie Pick and I like playing computer games.