The document discusses three comedy films - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It provides plot summaries and production details for each film. It also includes analyses of the trailers for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball, examining how they conform to genre conventions. Finally, it discusses what attracts the author to the comedy genre and how they learn about new films.
The student followed the brief closely and used Photoshop and Illustrator to complete mockups and final designs for a project on Romeo and Juliet inspired by hip hop Shakespeare. Feedback from classmates helped improve the designs. Research was effective due to prior knowledge of the topic. While time management and planning could be improved, the creative process went well and the final designs matched the target audience and brief. The student is happy with applying new techniques and feels the designs are effective, though some look rushed.
The document discusses how to analyze films by examining their genre. It explains that a genre analysis involves looking at elements like codes/conventions, mise-en-scene, narrative, and iconography. Most films follow genre conventions, but some directors like Quentin Tarantino break conventions in their films. Pulp Fiction is used as an example of a film that breaks crime genre conventions through its nonlinear structure and subtle differences. The document also discusses how the film Leon, directed by Luc Besson, breaks from action film conventions through a more realistic portrayal of a contract killer compared to films like James Bond.
This document contains the production diary and progress updates for a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production final major project. It outlines the plans and progress over several months, beginning with setting up pre-production templates and continuing with tasks like completing a pitch, mind maps, location recces, risk assessments, storyboards, and production schedules. It notes plans to start filming and editing in mid-April while continuing to update documentation and blogs. Contingency plans are not provided but the document tracks progress on completing pre-production and moving into the production phase.
This document provides links to YouTube videos and images as part of a final music video project. It lists hip hop artists and music video directors that were influences. It states that the genre of the music video will be hip hop as that genre suits the music and lyrics being produced.
Iron Man 3 follows Tony Stark as he deals with post-traumatic stress from The Avengers. He creates new Iron Man suits to protect Pepper Potts. Terrorist attacks occur across the US seemingly orchestrated by a man called The Mandarin. Tony confronts him but his home is destroyed. Stranded, Tony befriends a child and repairs his suit to confront The Mandarin, discovering he is not the true threat. The real threat has immense power and an evil plan, with Iron Man as the last hope for humanity.
This document contains the production diary and progress updates of a student working on their final major project for a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production. Over the course of several months, the student conducted research on existing music videos, developed ideas and storyboards for their own music video, completed filming and began editing. In each update, the student summarized the work completed in the prior period and outlined plans for the next steps, including contingencies in case of delays.
The document discusses three comedy films - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It provides plot summaries and production details for each film. It also includes analyses of the trailers for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball, examining how they conform to genre conventions. Finally, it discusses what attracts the author to the comedy genre and how they learn about new films.
The student followed the brief closely and used Photoshop and Illustrator to complete mockups and final designs for a project on Romeo and Juliet inspired by hip hop Shakespeare. Feedback from classmates helped improve the designs. Research was effective due to prior knowledge of the topic. While time management and planning could be improved, the creative process went well and the final designs matched the target audience and brief. The student is happy with applying new techniques and feels the designs are effective, though some look rushed.
The document discusses how to analyze films by examining their genre. It explains that a genre analysis involves looking at elements like codes/conventions, mise-en-scene, narrative, and iconography. Most films follow genre conventions, but some directors like Quentin Tarantino break conventions in their films. Pulp Fiction is used as an example of a film that breaks crime genre conventions through its nonlinear structure and subtle differences. The document also discusses how the film Leon, directed by Luc Besson, breaks from action film conventions through a more realistic portrayal of a contract killer compared to films like James Bond.
This document contains the production diary and progress updates for a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production final major project. It outlines the plans and progress over several months, beginning with setting up pre-production templates and continuing with tasks like completing a pitch, mind maps, location recces, risk assessments, storyboards, and production schedules. It notes plans to start filming and editing in mid-April while continuing to update documentation and blogs. Contingency plans are not provided but the document tracks progress on completing pre-production and moving into the production phase.
This document provides links to YouTube videos and images as part of a final music video project. It lists hip hop artists and music video directors that were influences. It states that the genre of the music video will be hip hop as that genre suits the music and lyrics being produced.
Iron Man 3 follows Tony Stark as he deals with post-traumatic stress from The Avengers. He creates new Iron Man suits to protect Pepper Potts. Terrorist attacks occur across the US seemingly orchestrated by a man called The Mandarin. Tony confronts him but his home is destroyed. Stranded, Tony befriends a child and repairs his suit to confront The Mandarin, discovering he is not the true threat. The real threat has immense power and an evil plan, with Iron Man as the last hope for humanity.
This document contains the production diary and progress updates of a student working on their final major project for a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production. Over the course of several months, the student conducted research on existing music videos, developed ideas and storyboards for their own music video, completed filming and began editing. In each update, the student summarized the work completed in the prior period and outlined plans for the next steps, including contingencies in case of delays.
This document provides an analysis of the 1994 action thriller film "Speed" directed by Jan De Bont. It examines whether the film conforms to or breaks conventions of the genre in terms of its technical features, codes and conventions, setting, characters, themes, narrative structure, iconography, and ideological message. For each category, the document finds that the film breaks conventions by including quick cuts, appropriate locations and sounds, a young heroic main character, high levels of violence and death, a suspenseful narrative structure, American iconography like roads and accents, and a message of being safe and cautious.
The film Superbad, directed by Greg Mottola in 2007, is a comedy that breaks conventions of the genre in several ways. It is set in an American city and features high school students trying to buy alcohol with a fake ID in order to bring it to a party. While it includes some acts of violence and profanity typical of the genre, the realistic portrayal of teenage antics and struggles resonated with audiences and conveyed a message of making the most of one's youth.
Film Fiction Sky Fall from 2012, directed by Sam Mendez, is an action/spy thriller starring James Bond. While conforming to some genre codes like exotic locations, weapons, and a heroic protagonist, the film breaks conventions in several ways: it features non-stop action throughout instead of isolated scenes, Bond is shot in an unexpected setting on a train, and the villain dies in an unusually violent explosion rather than a standard final confrontation.
The document provides summaries of three comedy films: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It also includes analyses of trailers for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball focusing on how they conform to genre codes and conventions of comedy. Additionally, the document discusses factors that influence the author's decisions about wanting to watch films and how they learn about new film releases through marketing techniques like trailers, posters, and advertisements.
Remakes are made to capitalize on existing popular films with less financial risk. Companies remake films that were previously successful to guarantee popularity. This allows them to make additional money through related merchandise. One reason for remakes is to expand the target audience by translating or adapting the film into other languages or cultures. For example, the Spanish horror film [Rec] was remade as the American film [Quarantine] to reach English-speaking audiences. The timing of releases can also influence remakes - the producers of [Quarantine] rushed to release around the same time as the original [Rec] to catch existing fans. Vertical integration, where larger production companies acquire rights to smaller films, also facilitates remaking films on a
The document discusses three comedy films - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It provides plot summaries for each film, including the date of production and director. It also includes a trailer analysis for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball, examining how each trailer conforms to generic comedy conventions. Finally, it discusses what attracts the author to the comedy genre and how they learn about new films.
The document analyzes and compares three television idents from ITV, Channel 4, and BBC Two. The ITV ident features a yellow windbreak blowing in the wind with the ITV logo. The Channel 4 ident shows a camera flying over a desert and planes with the Channel 4 logo between planes. The BBC Two ident depicts the number 2 as an insect eaten by a Venus flytrap shaped like a larger 2 with the BBC Two logo. All three idents effectively promote their respective channels through creative motion graphics while fulfilling their purpose of clearly identifying the channel.
Interactive menus allow audiences to interact with DVDs, games, and other media using remote controls. They provide easy navigation of content through clear buttons and simple animations. Title and credit sequences inform viewers of important production details at the beginning and end of films and TV shows through flashing text over scenes or longer credit rolls with animations. Animated captions are brief graphics used in video games, TV, and other media to describe actions, advertise, or display news in a visually engaging way.
Pixels are the smallest individual elements that make up images on digital displays. The resolution of an image refers to the total number of pixels it contains and a higher resolution means more detail. Aspect ratio describes the proportional relationship between the width and height of an image or screen, commonly expressed as two numbers separated by a colon. Frame rate refers to the number of individual still images or frames displayed per second in a video, with a higher frame rate creating a smoother appearance. Data compression reduces file sizes by removing redundant or unnecessary information, though lossy compression discards some data while lossless compression does not.
This music magazine questionnaire asks respondents for demographic information like gender and age, as well as questions about their music interests such as favorite genres and artists. It also inquires about their magazine purchasing habits, including how often they buy magazines, what attracts them to purchase specific magazines, and how much they are willing to pay.
The document describes the process of creating a magazine, including research on existing magazines, primary research through questionnaires, comparisons of magazine covers and contents pages, designing a logo in Photoshop, editing photos, and creating the final magazine cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Feedback from 10 students praised the images, style, and text layout, but critiqued some images and lack of text on the cover and contents pages. Areas for improvement included time management and further editing photos to a professional standard.
The document summarizes a photography student's photo shoot and editing process. It includes:
- The student aimed to capture rural landscapes beautifully but urban landscapes darkly.
- Photos were taken from a parking garage of Eccles town center and edited in Photoshop.
- Other photos included landscapes, trees, and a cityscape edited to look dark and gloomy.
- Rejected photos didn't meet the theme or were too similar to others.
- The student learned techniques like depth of field and will plan shoots more in the future.
Richard O'Connor will create a photography portfolio including edited rural and urban landscape photos taken at multiple locations. He will take inspiration from photographers known for portraying cities as dark and polluted, and nature in a positive light. Richard will use a Nikon D3100 camera, 18-55mm lens, and tripod. Techniques like rule of thirds, shutter speed, and depth of field will help convey his vision. Specific shoots are planned for Eccles Centre on November 1st, Salford Quays on November 19th, and a rural area on November 25th, taking safety precautions.
The document discusses the editing process for several photos. For the first photo, the photographer made it darker around the edges and added a blue cooling filter to give it a sinister, gloomy feel of the city. For the next photo, sharpness and vibrance were increased to make subjects and colors stand out more clearly. Another photo was cropped and had its hue, saturation, and contrast adjusted to make the image sharper and brighter. The final photo's brightness was lowered and contrast increased slightly to define sky and tree details while keeping the plain scene simple.
The document analyzes and compares two magazine content pages. The first page has a large main image and minimal text, while the second includes a smaller main image, secondary image, and more information. While the second includes more details, the author prefers the simple, dark style of the first page as it looks more professional. They would design their own content page with a plain theme like the first page, but arrange elements neatly like the second page to avoid wasted space.
The document discusses editing images for use in a magazine, including removing backgrounds using the magic wand tool, adjusting brightness and contrast, altering color balance to create black and white images, controlling contrast to make subjects more prominent, applying filters like watercolor to look unusual without over editing, and removing backgrounds to manipulate image size without distortion.
This document provides an analysis of the 1994 action thriller film "Speed" directed by Jan De Bont. It examines whether the film conforms to or breaks conventions of the genre in terms of its technical features, codes and conventions, setting, characters, themes, narrative structure, iconography, and ideological message. For each category, the document finds that the film breaks conventions by including quick cuts, appropriate locations and sounds, a young heroic main character, high levels of violence and death, a suspenseful narrative structure, American iconography like roads and accents, and a message of being safe and cautious.
The film Superbad, directed by Greg Mottola in 2007, is a comedy that breaks conventions of the genre in several ways. It is set in an American city and features high school students trying to buy alcohol with a fake ID in order to bring it to a party. While it includes some acts of violence and profanity typical of the genre, the realistic portrayal of teenage antics and struggles resonated with audiences and conveyed a message of making the most of one's youth.
Film Fiction Sky Fall from 2012, directed by Sam Mendez, is an action/spy thriller starring James Bond. While conforming to some genre codes like exotic locations, weapons, and a heroic protagonist, the film breaks conventions in several ways: it features non-stop action throughout instead of isolated scenes, Bond is shot in an unexpected setting on a train, and the villain dies in an unusually violent explosion rather than a standard final confrontation.
The document provides summaries of three comedy films: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It also includes analyses of trailers for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball focusing on how they conform to genre codes and conventions of comedy. Additionally, the document discusses factors that influence the author's decisions about wanting to watch films and how they learn about new film releases through marketing techniques like trailers, posters, and advertisements.
Remakes are made to capitalize on existing popular films with less financial risk. Companies remake films that were previously successful to guarantee popularity. This allows them to make additional money through related merchandise. One reason for remakes is to expand the target audience by translating or adapting the film into other languages or cultures. For example, the Spanish horror film [Rec] was remade as the American film [Quarantine] to reach English-speaking audiences. The timing of releases can also influence remakes - the producers of [Quarantine] rushed to release around the same time as the original [Rec] to catch existing fans. Vertical integration, where larger production companies acquire rights to smaller films, also facilitates remaking films on a
The document discusses three comedy films - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It provides plot summaries for each film, including the date of production and director. It also includes a trailer analysis for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dodgeball, examining how each trailer conforms to generic comedy conventions. Finally, it discusses what attracts the author to the comedy genre and how they learn about new films.
The document analyzes and compares three television idents from ITV, Channel 4, and BBC Two. The ITV ident features a yellow windbreak blowing in the wind with the ITV logo. The Channel 4 ident shows a camera flying over a desert and planes with the Channel 4 logo between planes. The BBC Two ident depicts the number 2 as an insect eaten by a Venus flytrap shaped like a larger 2 with the BBC Two logo. All three idents effectively promote their respective channels through creative motion graphics while fulfilling their purpose of clearly identifying the channel.
Interactive menus allow audiences to interact with DVDs, games, and other media using remote controls. They provide easy navigation of content through clear buttons and simple animations. Title and credit sequences inform viewers of important production details at the beginning and end of films and TV shows through flashing text over scenes or longer credit rolls with animations. Animated captions are brief graphics used in video games, TV, and other media to describe actions, advertise, or display news in a visually engaging way.
Pixels are the smallest individual elements that make up images on digital displays. The resolution of an image refers to the total number of pixels it contains and a higher resolution means more detail. Aspect ratio describes the proportional relationship between the width and height of an image or screen, commonly expressed as two numbers separated by a colon. Frame rate refers to the number of individual still images or frames displayed per second in a video, with a higher frame rate creating a smoother appearance. Data compression reduces file sizes by removing redundant or unnecessary information, though lossy compression discards some data while lossless compression does not.
This music magazine questionnaire asks respondents for demographic information like gender and age, as well as questions about their music interests such as favorite genres and artists. It also inquires about their magazine purchasing habits, including how often they buy magazines, what attracts them to purchase specific magazines, and how much they are willing to pay.
The document describes the process of creating a magazine, including research on existing magazines, primary research through questionnaires, comparisons of magazine covers and contents pages, designing a logo in Photoshop, editing photos, and creating the final magazine cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Feedback from 10 students praised the images, style, and text layout, but critiqued some images and lack of text on the cover and contents pages. Areas for improvement included time management and further editing photos to a professional standard.
The document summarizes a photography student's photo shoot and editing process. It includes:
- The student aimed to capture rural landscapes beautifully but urban landscapes darkly.
- Photos were taken from a parking garage of Eccles town center and edited in Photoshop.
- Other photos included landscapes, trees, and a cityscape edited to look dark and gloomy.
- Rejected photos didn't meet the theme or were too similar to others.
- The student learned techniques like depth of field and will plan shoots more in the future.
Richard O'Connor will create a photography portfolio including edited rural and urban landscape photos taken at multiple locations. He will take inspiration from photographers known for portraying cities as dark and polluted, and nature in a positive light. Richard will use a Nikon D3100 camera, 18-55mm lens, and tripod. Techniques like rule of thirds, shutter speed, and depth of field will help convey his vision. Specific shoots are planned for Eccles Centre on November 1st, Salford Quays on November 19th, and a rural area on November 25th, taking safety precautions.
The document discusses the editing process for several photos. For the first photo, the photographer made it darker around the edges and added a blue cooling filter to give it a sinister, gloomy feel of the city. For the next photo, sharpness and vibrance were increased to make subjects and colors stand out more clearly. Another photo was cropped and had its hue, saturation, and contrast adjusted to make the image sharper and brighter. The final photo's brightness was lowered and contrast increased slightly to define sky and tree details while keeping the plain scene simple.
The document analyzes and compares two magazine content pages. The first page has a large main image and minimal text, while the second includes a smaller main image, secondary image, and more information. While the second includes more details, the author prefers the simple, dark style of the first page as it looks more professional. They would design their own content page with a plain theme like the first page, but arrange elements neatly like the second page to avoid wasted space.
The document discusses editing images for use in a magazine, including removing backgrounds using the magic wand tool, adjusting brightness and contrast, altering color balance to create black and white images, controlling contrast to make subjects more prominent, applying filters like watercolor to look unusual without over editing, and removing backgrounds to manipulate image size without distortion.