AS MEDIA STUDIES

The first and most significant prop of my film opening is the main characters Diary , here are all her secrets. This diary represents who she is , and when is taking away from her, it affects her in many ways.  Diaries have the connotation of a book in which one keeps daily record of events and experiences , it is to be kept a secret. This prop symbolizes very much to the film opening because it is one of the main reasons that causes conflict between the characters on the film opening. The phone symbolizes the bullying in my film opening so it is really important to show the impact that it creates on all of the characters to then be able  to convey the  main idea of what my interpretation  of what bullying is . The phone also represents   my  intended audience because, mobile phones are mainly used by teenagers that are constantly texting each other, and using their phones to do different things throughout ...

One of the first and important locations is a school , as the main character in my film is bullied I need to show where it starts and why. Most bullying situations occur firstly at a school so my idea was to have my first shot be at a school and then build into the climax to keep my intended audience interesting on what was happening. This is also a good way to show mise en scene and the impact of it.  This location was supposed to be for my other idea, of my media product. As my idea changed, I changed the location in order to be able to create another context for my media product.  This is the updated version of my new chosen location. I thought it would be better to change the location to a more urban setting, to highlight my context and the story line.  Changing the locations has been affected by the change of weather yet I have chosen carefully dates and times to be able to shoot my media product.

Animatic are animated storyboards. They are used for various purposes depending on the medium for which they are being produced. Animatics are used every day in the advertising industry to test commercials. They're used to preview scenes of live-action films before they are show. You'll also find animatics in the pre-production stages of animation and in the video game industry.  Once I tried to create my own Animatics, I had so much fun with working with different tools and just watching is as a real film opening. The music that I added to it, it the music that I will be using for my own film opening so I thought it would be good to just dd the music to make it seem more like the real thing. 

Once I looked at Production logos from other film companies, I began to work with after effects and photoshop to experiment the different features and explore the best options for my production logo. I wanted my production logo to be very simple but to also reflect my film genre through the use of after effects. Working with photoshop for the first time was very complicated, not knowing what tools to use and which ones are the best to be used was very challenging but once I became to watch tutorials on YouTube helping me how to use photoshop; was really helpful and it helped me improve my editing skills.  After effects is  much easier programme because there is many different tools, for example making the text move or making the back round itself move and creating illusion. After various attempts, I then decided to use after effects because the content of the programme was much easier to use and the end result was much more satisfying then when I used photoshop. Explori...

Diegetic Sound Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: Voices of characters  Sounds made by objects in the story  Music represented as coming from instruments in the story Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world, Diegetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever is source is within the frame or outside the frame. Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound.  Non-diegetic Sound Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: narrator's commentary  sound effects which is for the dramatic effect mood music           Non diegetic is represented as coming from the source outside the space. The distinction between diegetic and non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of the film viewing and listen...

Before I even start my own personalised company logo for my film opening, I decided to do a little bit of research to understand more the use of a logo and what they resemble.  A Production logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce, production logos are normally seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie.  Logos are either purely graphic or composed of the name of the organisation.  A logo is the visual identity of a company, so the design is a very important area. The design of a company logo, will represent the company as a whole, so the colours used, the font, the name has to be carefully chosen by the company funders to represent them. Colour is a also a key element in logo design and plays and important part role in brand differentiation, colours tend to have connotations and associations so when choosing the colour for the logo, it has to be very well evaluated to fit in with what they are trying to conv...