8 Shot Journey Evaluation

I am going to evaluate each of the shots i did for my 8 shot journey that i made last week. I tryed to use a different shot for each shot and i thought carefully on what type of shot is suitable for different actions within a sequence of a journey. Firstly, i wanted to show that Reece, the traveler, has realised he is late so i used an ECU of his face to show this emotion, which worked well, before him then starting to run. For the second shot i used a MLS to capture Reece just after he began running and continued the shot untill he got a bit further up the path before cutting for the next show. This shot worked as i just wanted to show him running and by using this shot type it showed clearly what was going on as he was clearly in the frame the entire time of the shot. The next shot i did was my favorate one, i used a ELS to show reece running from the sideways up a slope going right to left and then making a u -turn to come back the other way to make sure he keeps going right. By using a ELS i feel i chose the right shot type as it shows clearly what reece is doing and any other shot type woudn't be able to show him for the entire shot. I then used a LS to show the continuaty of travel which showed Reece appearing from the end of the last cut and then continuing his journey down the steps, and then i kept following him on the same route onto the next shot using a MS as he ran past the camera. For the next shot i wanted to return to the idea of him stopping to show emotion using a CU so i had him run into the shot looking tired and then taking a break to regain his breath before setting of on the journey again. I once again thought this worked well as by using a CU it clearly shows his face and the emotion. I then did the second last shot which was a build up to him getting to his destination using a MLS to show him running towards the bus stop, which i also show in the shot in the background as he makes his way there. This was a good way to then cut into the final shot as i used a MCU to show him arriving at his destination and showed through his actions that he has made it there in time. I felt this was a suitable shot and way of doing the final shot as it clearly shows him getting to his destination. I felt overall that the task went well and i was pleased with the outcome of my film, if i was to do it again i would use a bigger variety of shot types but overall i felt everything went to plan.

8 Shot Journey Facts

- We were set a task to make a short film showing a 8 shot journey of one person as they go from one place to a certain destination.
- We were giving Video cameras by the college to film these around the area
- The sequence is silent with no script.
- First we designed story boards to give a step by step plan of the journey.
- A shot is made up of frames and is a period of action on screen that lasts until the end of action.
- A frame makes a shot as it is a single cell of film that takes lots of still images to make one smooth running action.
- The entire sequence was only 30-40 seconds long.

8-Shot Journey Movie

CHECK OUT MY JINGLES!!

Wasup! i've uploaded my SNC LIVE radio jingles make sure you check them out!

Download Alex Palmer - News Jingle

Download Alex Palmer - Station Ident

Download Alex Palmer - Show Promo

Evaluation of Jingles Part 3 - News Jingle and Conclusion

After finishing the Ident I quickly made a start on my News jingle, for this one I wanted to create an exciting but also ideal way of letting the audience know it was the part of the show for the news. This jingle was also very brief and short so I tried to fit in quite a bit of content using music, sound effects and voices in a small amount of time to make it all exciting and appealing to the audience and also to give the news a powerful statement. After I finished the jingle I still had plenty of time to use so I made a few changes to polish it up and I felt the finial outcome was a success and very suitable of a News jingle. Overall I felt all of my jingles turned out well and I very much enjoyed making the radio productions and using the Sound Booth programme.

Evaluation of Jingles Part 2 - Station Ident

The second jingle I made was my station Ident which didn’t take as long as it was only 15 seconds long, for this one I just wanted to advertise the radio station by saying the name, SNC live. I used one song for the entire length of the jingle as well as a mix of different voices all advertising SNC live, I made sure every voice was loud and clear enough and all similar to make the jingle run smoothly. This jingle took me a morning to make as it wasn’t as long as the promo so I had time to fit it in aswell as the News jingle, which was also quite short, in one day. I was pleased with this jingle as it does what I wanted it to do which was to just advertise the name of the radio show in a upbeat and exciting way.

Evaluation of Jingles Part 1 - Opening and Show Promo

All week I’ve been using a programme called Sound booth on the Mac computers making three different radio jingles, for the college radio station SNC live. I made one for the radio Indent, News and Promo and all three were less than one minute long. The first jingle I made was the promo which is by far the longest at 45 seconds, when I first started making this jingle I was still new to the programme so I was learning new things as I went along. However, I picked it up very quickly as it’s a relatively straight forward programme to use and had very few problems, the promo took me the majority of Tuesday to complete but it was worth it as once I was finished I was left with a successful jingle that I was pleased with. In the jingle, all of the music used was my own that I had brought in on my memory stick, I used three songs that I mixed together including one which was ideal for the beginning as it’s a morning show so it instantly gives the jingle that morning feel. I did the voiceover myself for the jingle giving a brief idea what the radio show is about and important information that people would need to know including when the show is on.

Jingle Plans

Jingles Plans -

Target Audience: Teenagers, 20-25 year olds
Time: Breakfeast Show 7-10
Name of Station: SNC LIVE
Presenter - Alex Palmer

Show Promo -
Voices: Alex Palmer, Karmal Shaddad
Music Used: Chris Moyles Morning Jingle, Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne - Let It Rock Instrumental, Fort Minor - Remember The Name
Script:
Alex: Get ready for me, Alex, every monday to thursday from 7-10 am on SNC...
Kamal: LIVE!

Station Ident -
Voices - Alex Palmer, Reece Selva, Ryan Long, Josh Parker, Karmal Shaddad, Perry Rosher
Music Used - Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling Instrumental
Script -
Alex, Reece, Ryan, Josh: SNC LIVE x4
Kamal: SNC x4
Perry: LIVE

News Jingle -
Voices: Alex Palmer, Reece Selva
Music Used - Joe Budden - Pump It Up, Trick Daddy and Lil Jon - Dirty Instrumental, Don-P - Gone Jook, Outkast - Ms Jackson
Script -
Alex: Now its time for the news, 107.3, SNC LIVE.
Reece: NEWS.
Alex: SNC LIVE, 107.3

Radio Jingles

Radio Jingles
For this we had to make up three jingles. Show promo jingle (up to a min), Show Ident jingle (8-10 seconds) and a News Jingle (15-30 seconds long). we did this on the Mac's using the softwere Soundbooth. we had 2 days to make these jingles. We listened to BBC 1xtra, BBC radio 1 and BBC radio 4 jingles to help us understand what a jingle was.

Key Codes And Conventions
we had to take in to consideraction the, Target audience (what age group), Music (rock,pop,hip-hop rnb dnb etc), Relevent infomation (the show name etc), Sound effects and name of presenter guest's etc.

Evaluation of Pin Hole Camera Photo

Overall, i feel the outcome of my Pin Hole camera photos didn't turn out as good as they could have done. There are a couple possible reasons for this, the first being the quality and condition of my created camera as it wasn't as light tight as possible which means to much exposure. So i used the most successful photo i got and played around with it a bit on photoshop to make the image as clear and effective as possible. The outcome was better than the original which im satisfied with alothough still not overally pleased but the editied photo i created looks cool and unique.

Original Photo from Pin Hole Camera

This is the original outcome of the photo taken using my Pin Point Camera before editing it.

Pin Hole Camera Photo

This is a photo i created using a pin hole camera. It was taken in the Suffolk College atrium, it managed to pick it up particually at the bottom of the photo.

We were set the task of creating a pin hole camera using some kind of box or tin, it had to be light proof and we painted the inside layers all black to prevent light. We placed a suitable size peice of photo paper inside opposite the lence to capture an image.

A pin hole camera has a lens, shutter and Aperture.

Aperture - The hole/opening through which light travels. Measured in increments called F.Stops.

Lens - Captures the light and brings it to a focus on the film/detector.

Shutter - The device that allows light to pass for a certain period of time to expose photographic film and light. Senisitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.

HELLO

Wasup... im Alex Palmer and this is my blog... Follow me!