Monday 3 July 2017

The Pre-Production Process

The Pre-Production Process

The types of moving image production (media forms):

The type of production that we produced was a 90-second short film for Depict, in our group we come up with this idea the girl hides this necklace in the girl’s bag next to her. Unfortanly for the girl that receives the necklace is given more than just the necklace she is given an evil spirit with it.  So the type of moving image production for are group was a horror and scary short film. The way we distributed our film was through YouTube, there are many of other ways you can distribute a film through the professional industry. Professional films could be distributed through the box office and from this; there can be a large profit. Some production company's release films straight to DVD; they can then avoid the theatrical window and save money on promoting the film.  The types of moving image products are films, TV shows these can be found on TV channels or in websites.

The finance and sources of funding for moving image:

 Films normally have a budget, especially big films with lots of cast and crew. Most film have to pay for the equipment, the actors, customs etc. The people who create films will need to get funding from somewhere but where would they get founding from well so film makes get founding from websites were they are donated money towards the film websites such as Kick starter. Those people who had helped by investing in the production will normally ask for a small amount/percentage of the profit made from the film.

The requirements for any production:

 The money that is given for the film will/ would be spent on things like  equipment but also things that need to be paid for such as Video cameras, special effects, props and costumes, lighting, sounds, music etc. for our depict film we didn’t have any cost involved,  as it was all filmed and acted out by our group but also we used/ made our own props.

Personnel:

In a low budget short, you would not have many people, as you wouldn’t be able to afford to pay for everything so you would have people paying more than one part in the film, as you would have someone doing the hair, make-up and costumes. Then you would have someone doing the storyboard but also editing the film.

Time:

Most film productions have deadlines that they have to meet; these deadlines are given so that the film can be distributed on time. In addition, if these deadlines are not meet then people can lose their job but also there is a chance that money could be lost. Unfortanly in our group we didn’t meet the deadline due to people messing around and not working well as a team but we finally got the film done and completed.

Equipment/Facilities:

In most films or moving image productions the Equipment and props are rented or made especially for the film/ moving image. In our depicted product, we managed to get everything needed for the film from the college and the props were borrowed from friends in the classroom.  

Locations:

In most films/ moving image productions their needs to be location recess are used to scout out a place to film, they can eliminate any danger when you are filming. The location releases give you permission to film in that area and it covers the landowners for any damages. We chose to film in East Norfolk Sixth Form College as it were we all go but also as it, meant we didn’t have to travel to any places and waste time.

Legal issues:

When you film in areas where many people have access too, you have many legal issues to consider. You could be filming an action scene where you have to use a gun, even if it is fake, you would have to alert the police and the people in the surrounding areas to what is going on. That is where the location recess and release forms come in. however; Copyright is also a big part of the legal issues, as you need permission to use certain music, products etc. You can pay for the rights to music so you can then use it in your production. For our production, we used a song, which was copyright free.

Trade unions and trade associations:

A trade union is a group of workers who form together to achieve the same common goal. This goal is normally something along the lines of helping to protect the integrity of a trade or helping to improve safety standards. Some examples of trade unions are:
  • ·          Artists' Union England
  • ·          National Society for Education in Art & Design
  • ·          Employees United
  • ·          FDA
  • ·          Writers Guild of Great Britain

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Friday 30 June 2017

An introduction to the news.

An introduction to the news.
What is meant by the term news ordering? This is meant by the order of which news is showed or told it shows what order the new will be showed/told.
What is the term given to the list of stories that will likely appear on the broadcast? This would be called the running order. The editor will make the final decision on this.
Which story is likely to be shown first and how / why is it selected? The stories that are likely to be shown first are the ones that are the most important to people like a massive flood or massive road accidents.
How do the other stories appear? The other stories are shown but not told about the can be found on the new website or maybe mentioned in newspapers.
Why is the ability to think and act quickly important in news? They need to be able to think quickly because they may be told some breaking news updates as they are speaking and have to re-act quickly. This may be different to what is on auto-cue or script. Also, if sending news from a war zone or disaster scene such as a flood, they may have to move quickly to be in a safe place.
What is meant by the term 'slow news day'? The term slow news day means that there is a day with very little news to report or no news at all to be reported.
What is the final story often called and what is its function? It is called an “and finally” story and its function is to round up the programme with some light-hearted news story to cheer you up.
What is meant by the term 'news values' and which G & R wrote about them? News values, sometimes called news criteria, determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet, and the attention it is given by the audience. It was Galtung and Ruge's
Find a topical example for each of G & R's news values.

Currently the Grenville fire in the London flats is the main story on the news due to the great damage caused and loss of life caused by the fire and the follow-up enquiry. The audience are interested because it was shocking how quickly the cladding burnt and the concern for other people living in similar flats. People have opinions about it and so are still talking about it and this keeps it predominant in the news. 

Documentary mini - task.

Documentary mini - task.

The different types of documentaries are,
Expository Documentaries: it is emphasises verbal commentary- often using a narrator it also addresses the spectator directly, with titles or voices that propose a perspective, advance an argument or recount history. This is most associated with television news programming.  In the example of ‘City of Gold’ it has a voice over of the film maker talking about his town where he and his dad lived. In the documentary it has some historical event and describes the life of the goldmines. In the town where the filmmaker lived it shows the day to day lives of people. This documentary is quite interesting because it was filmed during the 1950s-1960s when Gold was priceless.

Observational Documentaries: these typically have no voice-over commentary, no supplementary music or sounds, no intertitles, no historical reenactments, no behavior repeated for the camera and no interviews. Social actors behave as if no filmmakers were there.  In the example of In the Room with JFK, some of these points are contradicted as you can hear footsteps and the door opening abut also the voice over. The film maker is narrating the documentary and is observing the President’s talk during a meeting. The narrator is telling the story of JFK’s daily life.

Participatory Documentaries: Involves an interview between the film maker and subject. This addresses the audience through voice-over commentary. It also involves input from the film maker and social actors.

Reflexive Documentaries The viewer is the focus of the attention and speaks about more issues than the historical world. The documentary sets out to be persuasive while giving two sides to the story.  It makes you question your own morals, you know what’s right and wrong but sometimes you want to follow the social media.

Poetic documentaries: stresses the lyrical, rhythmic and emotional aspect of the historical world also sacrifices films conventions. For example continuity editing and a situated time and space, to explore association between images, objects and patterns. .In the example of Jonis Iven’s Regen (1929) film it starts off all dark and gloomy and with use of music reflecting the imagery and then picks up and becomes lighter at the shimmering water scene. My mood changes at this point and picks me up. Next it goes to boats and workplaces and the music livens up which matches the industrial scenes. Towards the end of the film it goes dark and gloomy and then livens up again. Listening to the music works better than listening to words because it is more meaningful.

Performative Documentaries. Is showing emotional scenes to get people to feel sensitivity and hurt. For example the London Terror Attacks, where dozens of people died, making me feel devastated and sorry for all of those who lost family and friends. People question things like the police said they knew the terrorist, and were watching him for a while, but they didn’t do anything to stop him. If this news item was to be made into a documentary it would have someone interviewing people and talking directly to the camera.  

I think documentaries are about showing the audience things and making it clearer and easier to understand things. but also i think documentaries are very useful because it can also help people or things like charities they make a little documentaries to get people to help. 



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