Task 2 - Who's Who
I have created a brochure of job roles in the film industry, it contains details of each major job role and contains a flowchart at the end. You can see the front and back of the brochure below (you may have to zoom in to see some of the text):
Front view of the brochure.
Back view of the brochure.
Task 3 - Limitations and Obligations
Legal and Ethical Obligations
During production, producers may often face barriers such as legal and ethical obligations. In the case of legal obligations, this means that producers must comply with all legal procedures when they make a production. An example of this would be that they must not use copyrighted material without the owner’s permission – to do so would be a crime, and producers guilty of wrongly using copyrighted material could face severe consequences. Producers sometimes wrongly use copyrighted material because it can be expensive to buy the rights to use them. For example, if a producer wishes to include some professional music in a production, it may cost around £20,000 to receive the rights to use it, which can be expensive – especially for smaller producers.
Ethical obligations are basic morals that producers must comply with when making a production. This means that the producer must be sure that their production doesn’t offend its audience, for example if a show contained many harsh homophobic insults without good reason for doing so, it may offend the audience.
Producers may also face contractual obligations. These obligations apply for any contracts the producer may have signed during the production process. In short, it means that both parties must agree to any contracts that have been made.
During production, producers may often face barriers such as legal and ethical obligations. In the case of legal obligations, this means that producers must comply with all legal procedures when they make a production. An example of this would be that they must not use copyrighted material without the owner’s permission – to do so would be a crime, and producers guilty of wrongly using copyrighted material could face severe consequences. Producers sometimes wrongly use copyrighted material because it can be expensive to buy the rights to use them. For example, if a producer wishes to include some professional music in a production, it may cost around £20,000 to receive the rights to use it, which can be expensive – especially for smaller producers.
Ethical obligations are basic morals that producers must comply with when making a production. This means that the producer must be sure that their production doesn’t offend its audience, for example if a show contained many harsh homophobic insults without good reason for doing so, it may offend the audience.
Producers may also face contractual obligations. These obligations apply for any contracts the producer may have signed during the production process. In short, it means that both parties must agree to any contracts that have been made.
Task 4 - Developing Technologies
For this task I created a website on Photoshop. I named the website Finfo - short for 'Film Information'. I created three webpages about the history of film technology on the website. I made the website/webpages in Photoshop entirely from scratch, you can see them below:
Task 5 - Planning for my Future
Here are some examples of my work from the past couple of years that I could show to a potential employer:
Space Club
Space Club is one of the first projects I made, it is also one of my best. Space Club is an eight minute documentary about space, it is made for children and teenagers. The video took a long time to make. I had to design a logo, which I then got printed on to t-shirts for the presenters to wear. I used lots of special effects such as green-screening, a multi-camera setup and lots of sound effects. Below are some screenshots from Space Club:
(2:12, 6:31, 7:42): The Space Club transition. The purple background pulses. The logo comes in from the right with a swoosh sound effect, stays in the middle for a couple of seconds and then slides out to the left with a swoosh. This transition is used between scenes.
(2:18): In this scene, Michael talks to the viewers about the Voyager I Space Probe. We see use of the green-screen in this scene, as the background has been erased and replaced with a background of the Earth's curvature.
(3:30): This is from the interview scene. We found a "Professional Astrophysicist" to conduct an interview with. The interview is about space probes, and lasts around three minutes.
Pumpkin Head
Pumpkin Head is a stop motion animation that I made. This is my favourite video that I've made. I had to create two figures, a pumpkin and a table and chair out of plasticine. I also had to create a backdrop. It took a while to make everything, but the outcome was worth it. To make the animation I had to take a picture of a figure, move the figure slightly and take another picture, so that when you put all the pictures together it gives the effect of a moving image. The video is two minutes long, but it took over 600 pictures to create, meaning it took nearly three days of constant filming until it was finished. The target audience for the animation is children as I think they'll find it funny and enjoyable. Below are some screenshots from Pumpkin Head:
(0:11): This pumpkin appears in the intro scene. It's featured later in the video also.
(0:33): In this scene, we see the main character carving a pumpkin. There are some scraping sound effects as he carves into it.
(1:31): In this scene, we see a close-up of the main characters wife putting lipstick on. This model took longer to make as there was more detail needed such as the hair and lips.
Below I've created a personal statement to show to potential employers:
Personal Statement
Creating media is something I've always loved to do, whether it be making short films and animations or interviews and presentations. I've been involved in several different roles in video productions for example performing camera work, acting in videos, writing scripts and doing even more in post-production like editing with special effects and sound.
Video editing in particular caught my attention when looking at different roles in film-making. Whilst I do enjoy recording footage and acting, I especially enjoy editing the clips afterwards. I've used lots of different video editing programs and I'm experienced in the use of video filters and effects such as green-screening, motion editing, visual and sound effects in programs such as Final Cut and Sony Vegas as well as creating logos and pictures in Photoshop.
From an early age I've always been fascinated by films and how they are made. It started with my love of superhero films when I was very young - Spider-man in particular. I always wondered how they created the effect of him swinging around the city, I found it all really interesting and I still do to this day.
I love Media lessons, I enjoy the film-making aspect in particular. When I'm assigned a new task involving video production, I see it as an opportunity to create something exciting and enjoyable rather than a piece of work I have to carry out. I've made several videos during my media course ranging from a single-camera horror production to an interview and documentary on the science behind space. Also, to ensure the videos I make are of top quality I often go a step further, for example when we were assigned the task of creating a single-camera production I hired a church building where my film-crew and I could film for the day. I'd also designed a logo for my documentary production which I then got printed onto t-shirts for the presenters to wear whilst filming.
Because of my experience with video editing software I'm often helping other people with their own videos when they need help, and if anyone has any questions or needs any assistance I am always more than happy to give them help.
I was part of an amateur drama/acting group at a small theatre in Coventry for three years where I learned lots of important aspects of stage-acting, including voice projection, expression and movement. I have had a major role in three small theatre productions in front of a large, paying audience. I have had several different roles in these productions varying from the role of a main character to the role of an extra. I feel that the skills I picked up at the drama group are relevant to film-making as I have used skills such as script-writing, acting and directing in both my acting and my media lessons.
I have travelled around the world visiting countries such as China, Italy, America, Spain, France, Poland and Austria. This has given me knowledge of other societies and cultures from around the world, for example, when I went to China I got the opportunity to visit some famous Chinese icons such as the Great Wall of China, the Terracotta army and Tiananmen Square.
I work well as part of a team, I can lead and I can follow instructions. I'm responsible and always carry out tasks to the best of my ability.