after releasing our Documentary we reviewed it by talking about what was going on and how we filmed the documentary as an explanation to the audience.
We went over what went well and what we could have improved if we were to film it again.
With the documentary we found that the beginning was interested as we were basically giving people a tour of the school so starting off at the school sign and gradually getting to the school common room then into the class room. If we were to do this again i think we would have done more footage of the school that the sixth form see but we would have speeded it up so that it wasn't too boring.
After that we explained the students we would be following for the documentary and how they are around school before we went in to the interviews.
We started off with interviewing Jade and we had some footage of her walking around the school and how she was in class and around her friends. We mixed all of this with her interviews so that we could show different angles when filming her. If we were to do this again I think that we would have made sure that we picked the surroundings better for the interview as often the background noise was very loud.
After that we started interviewing Olly, the footage we had originally got of Olly wasn't any good so we had to re shoot his interviews so that we could hear him and get more information out of him as he doesn't talk much! We interviewed him outside where we could here him a lot better and again we put clips of him in class mixed into the interviews too.
Lastly we filmed Tyler, he was the most interesting person to film as he had a lot to say and he enjoyed being filmed so we managed to get a lot more footage of him. We also added footage of him playing around having fun whilst also being serious doing his work. At the end there is a clip of Tyler stating that he feels like a Kardashian being filmed all the time, which was funny because that was what we were basically doing.
At the end we have some black and white pictures of Jade, Olly and Tyler where we have spoken about what they are doing now and what they plan to do next year, we felt this was a good end because it was an ending to the documentary.
Friday, 5 June 2015
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Annotated Screen grabs
This is the first step of creating my animation. I have gathered all the pictures I have taken and then imported them all onto the editing software 'final cut'. I have put each photo in order to create my stop motion animation video. this will be shown when i hit play, however there is still a problem. The animation is shows each photo for a log period of time.
My animation is slow due to each picture to be shown for a too long of a period. to make my animation flow better i had to change the duration of each clip. once i selected all the clips, i changed the duration to about one 8th of a second. this made my animation run a lot smoother and give it a good flow.
I added various different sound effects but some had to overlap each other. Such as the park scene I have birds singing, footsteps and also a dog barking. I have added these three sounds effect in as I wanted to show and give a realistic sense to the location.
I have put in many different sound effect to give the sense of what is happening and where it is happening. But I also want to give more emotion within the animation, so i have decided to add a sad moving music at the start to set the mood for the animation and then to finish it of throughout my last couple of scenes i wanted to give a better emotion, setting the mood That help for heroes does a good job.
Feedback Questionnaire
1ST PERSON
1.) What do you think the message of our Animation is ?
In my opinion i believe that the animation that you have created gives off the message that people don't appreciate what "Help for Heroes" for the families and people whom has served the country in the army.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
I personally think the overall process of the character regaining health and strength after the accident really makes the viewer feel happy and pleased that the person whom put their lives at risk for ours has received good treatment and recovered to full health again.
3.) What would you improve if you could?
The only thing i would improve if i could would be the length of the advert, i would love to learn more about this character and understand what she went through during her service within the Army.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
I would love to this this on TV, i believe that many people after seeing this advert will realise how important Help for Heroes is and what they do for those in need including both those who has served time in the Army and their family.
2ND PERSON
1.) What do you think the message of our Animation is ?
I believe that the message from the Animation you have created is to show the viewers what "Help for Heroes" stand for and what they do to support those who have served time in the Army and their families.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
I think the best part of the animation is the character competing in the race at the end of the video. The reason why i like this part so much is because it shows how Help for Heroes supported this person after being hospitalised to the point where they have regained full health and is competing within a race. It lets the viewers understand the amount of hard work and support that the charity go through for those in need.
3.) What would you improve if you could? The only thing i would improve would be to show more about what the character done within the Army and what she had to go through every day when she was putting her life in the line to serve and protect her country. I believe this will help the viewer have a greater understanding on what these kind of people go through during the army.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
Yes, i think by having this shown on TV it will raise the awareness of Help for Heroes and help them gain the recognition that they deserve.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
3.) What would you improve if you could?
1.) What do you think the message of our Animation is ?
In my opinion i believe that the animation that you have created gives off the message that people don't appreciate what "Help for Heroes" for the families and people whom has served the country in the army.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
I personally think the overall process of the character regaining health and strength after the accident really makes the viewer feel happy and pleased that the person whom put their lives at risk for ours has received good treatment and recovered to full health again.
3.) What would you improve if you could?
The only thing i would improve if i could would be the length of the advert, i would love to learn more about this character and understand what she went through during her service within the Army.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
I would love to this this on TV, i believe that many people after seeing this advert will realise how important Help for Heroes is and what they do for those in need including both those who has served time in the Army and their family.
2ND PERSON
1.) What do you think the message of our Animation is ?
I believe that the message from the Animation you have created is to show the viewers what "Help for Heroes" stand for and what they do to support those who have served time in the Army and their families.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
I think the best part of the animation is the character competing in the race at the end of the video. The reason why i like this part so much is because it shows how Help for Heroes supported this person after being hospitalised to the point where they have regained full health and is competing within a race. It lets the viewers understand the amount of hard work and support that the charity go through for those in need.
3.) What would you improve if you could? The only thing i would improve would be to show more about what the character done within the Army and what she had to go through every day when she was putting her life in the line to serve and protect her country. I believe this will help the viewer have a greater understanding on what these kind of people go through during the army.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
Yes, i think by having this shown on TV it will raise the awareness of Help for Heroes and help them gain the recognition that they deserve.
3RD PERSON.
1.) What do you think the message of our Animation is ?
I think that the message of your animation is to simply respect and understand those who go into the army to represent our country and protect it. At the end of the day people are putting their lives at risks for ours and the work that Help for Heroes does is not appreciated enough.
2.) What do you think is the best bit of the Animation ?
The best bit of the animation is when it shows the character alone on a park bench upset. However it then shows a representative from Help for Heroes sitting down next to her to support her and regain full health, this is my favourite part as it shows that Help for Heroes will always be there for those in need.
3.) What would you improve if you could?
If i could i would improve the length of her recovery process just to show the viewers how much support and work that Help for Heroes go through to help those in need and to return to their normal lives they once had.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
4.) Would you like to see this on TV.
I think by this video being shown on TV, it will be a huge positive boost for Help for Heroes as a charity in the way that it will be great publicity for them which in the long run will help those recovering from live in the army.
Camera Test Shot analysis
During our animation that we created, we tried to produce a number of different camera angles within the animation to give the whole video more of a dynamic/realistic look and feel to animation.
From this example we tried to create a close up shot during this scene. The reason why we chose this specific camera angle is to show to the audience the characters emotion at that current point in time. As you can see from the photo shown above the character is clearly upset and crying, with the use of a close up angle we are able to show this clearly to the audience so they can engage with the characters emotion first hand and understand how she is feeling. This specific camera angle also allows the viewer to clearly see the characters facial expressions such as features and in this example tears.
This second example shows the character in the gym. In this scene we wanted to make sure we included as much gym equipment in the scene as possible to give the viewer a clear understanding of the environment that the character is in. To accomplish this we chose to create a wide angle shot, this allowed us to include as much gym equipment and the "Help for Heroes" banner in the background. This was done to not only add more interest into the scene but as previously mentioned before, to allow the viewers to have a clear understanding of the environment that the character is placed in at that point in time.
This final example plays a very important part in the animation due to the fact that its the event that puts the character into hospital. As this is such an important scene in our animation, we had to make sure we created the perfect camera angle to make sure we included everything that was happening in the scene so that the viewer sees exactly what happens. We chose to create a wide angle shot for this scene as we wanted to make sure that the car crash was clearly in the scene for the viewers.
Copyright Research
What is Copyright?
Copyright is essentially a legal document which allows you to protect any idea or creation you have come up with. This "Protection" will stop people having the right to take your idea and use it as theirs or use your idea freely (such as songs or video footage). Copyright tends to be given to the originator for a fixed number of years.
How can you use Copyright?
You can use copy right to protect any valuable work that you have created yourself to stop other people from either using it or claiming it as their own. For example if you create a song and someone else hears it and use it, they can claim ownership of that song. However if you place copyright on that song you have created, no one can legally take that song and claim it as their own apart from the person who originally created it.
Types of Copyright?
You can receive copyright for many different types of media such as:
- Books
- Film/Video Footage
- Music
- Photographs
However the copyright holder also has the right to sell their creating to another company, for example Dr Dre who created "Beats" recently sold his creation to Apple which gains them the right to feely sell the Beats product and make a profit from it legally.
Copyright within Adverts?
Adverts will usually have a copyright to simply stop other companies from stealing any ideas or creations that other companies may produce. An example for this could be "Compare the Market" their adverts features a loveable Meerkat whom is well known for the Compare the Market/Meerkat adverts, however if another company creates a car insurance advert also using a talking Meerkat, due to copyright reasons Compare the Market could sue the other company for illegally using their idea to make money.
Copyright within Film?
Films will always have a copyright, this is simply because of the popularity in illegal film downloading also known as "piracy". Films if successful can make Billions of pounds, therefore it is extremely important that the footage shown and created within the film is copyrighted to prevent anyone from using the footage at their free will to potentially make their own money from it. Again if caught illegally using copyrighted footage, you can receive a huge fine and in some cases receive a prison sentence.
Copyright within Music?
New music is being produced and released every second of every day. Even though copyright isn't as important for those who are just starting out in the music industry, mega stars such as "Jay Z" and "Ed Sheeran" create songs which will then create a huge amount of money, sometimes millions. This then means any song/music idea they come up with or create MUST be copyrighted to prevent anyone using their song ideas to create their own and make their own money from it. There are still court cases being brought up to this day by song writers which create a song over 20 years ago and claim that people are copying their song now, this is a common problem which can sometimes end in a artist receiving a large fine for breaching copyright and essentially stealing someone else's song.
How does this link with my animation?
Due to the fact that our animation is an advert for a charity, if this was a real life scenario we would need to get the animation copyrighted to stop anyone else from copying our idea that we have created.
Copyright is essentially a legal document which allows you to protect any idea or creation you have come up with. This "Protection" will stop people having the right to take your idea and use it as theirs or use your idea freely (such as songs or video footage). Copyright tends to be given to the originator for a fixed number of years.
How can you use Copyright?
You can use copy right to protect any valuable work that you have created yourself to stop other people from either using it or claiming it as their own. For example if you create a song and someone else hears it and use it, they can claim ownership of that song. However if you place copyright on that song you have created, no one can legally take that song and claim it as their own apart from the person who originally created it.
Types of Copyright?
You can receive copyright for many different types of media such as:
- Books
- Film/Video Footage
- Music
- Photographs
However the copyright holder also has the right to sell their creating to another company, for example Dr Dre who created "Beats" recently sold his creation to Apple which gains them the right to feely sell the Beats product and make a profit from it legally.
Copyright within Adverts?
Adverts will usually have a copyright to simply stop other companies from stealing any ideas or creations that other companies may produce. An example for this could be "Compare the Market" their adverts features a loveable Meerkat whom is well known for the Compare the Market/Meerkat adverts, however if another company creates a car insurance advert also using a talking Meerkat, due to copyright reasons Compare the Market could sue the other company for illegally using their idea to make money.
Copyright within Film?
Films will always have a copyright, this is simply because of the popularity in illegal film downloading also known as "piracy". Films if successful can make Billions of pounds, therefore it is extremely important that the footage shown and created within the film is copyrighted to prevent anyone from using the footage at their free will to potentially make their own money from it. Again if caught illegally using copyrighted footage, you can receive a huge fine and in some cases receive a prison sentence.
Copyright within Music?
New music is being produced and released every second of every day. Even though copyright isn't as important for those who are just starting out in the music industry, mega stars such as "Jay Z" and "Ed Sheeran" create songs which will then create a huge amount of money, sometimes millions. This then means any song/music idea they come up with or create MUST be copyrighted to prevent anyone using their song ideas to create their own and make their own money from it. There are still court cases being brought up to this day by song writers which create a song over 20 years ago and claim that people are copying their song now, this is a common problem which can sometimes end in a artist receiving a large fine for breaching copyright and essentially stealing someone else's song.
How does this link with my animation?
Due to the fact that our animation is an advert for a charity, if this was a real life scenario we would need to get the animation copyrighted to stop anyone else from copying our idea that we have created.
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