Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Evaluation
By doing
this confirmatory project I have learnt how to become more confident,
Independent and have self awareness. In this process of work I had to develop
my ideas throughout the whole 8weeks which was a good amount of time to produce
good work. In my brief I was dreaming about what I want to do but I clearly did
not have the final outcome vision in my head. In other terms I had too many
ideas running across my mind which made my process run really slowly. Therefore
I started off by doing a mindmap and looking at someone else’s mindmap to help
me. Also the project which helped me was the pathway ‘Camera never lies’. It
was all about Identity which relates to this project.
Firstly I
tried to think about my final outcome and how I can reach that target but there
was a bridge in my way which I couldn’t pass me being in the hospital which
delayed me for a month for me to recover. However when I came back to the main
point I thought to myself I should change my brief a bit to make people realise
what it’s really about which is myself being in ‘Forgotten Roots’ and ‘how it
changed me as a person’. So I then looked at documentaries of celebrities and
the most enjoyable one was ‘Justin Bieber never say never’. An eye-catching documentary
that makes you wants to see the documentary by it using big fonts. Forgotten
Roots was the best idea to do my confirmatory on to show my lifetime
experience. Doing a spider diagram was a great idea because I had so much in my
mind which I needed to write on a piece of paper to make my mind feel lighter.
So the thing
I changed from my brief was to show people it’s all about me in Forgotten Roots
because it’ll be more engaging with the audience and they’ll get to know my
experience on the show. So one day I was told to watch a moving image on
YouTube to develop my ideas and to think outside the box with my experience. Watching
‘Out of sight and the vertical collage’ made sense on how to become more
creative. I watched it so many times I can remember everything with watching
it, to me it is a very effective piece of artwork. Both amazing clips were
inspired by David Hockney. This is how I then started to climb up the ladder
which led me to an artist which I thought I wouldn’t have to look at. Then I
examined on David Hockney’s work and I actually admired his work and tried
relating it to my work. The work which really inspired me was the work was
Hockney used 9 different cameras to film the four seasons which was ‘AMAZING’.
I think his work really made a difference to me and how he develops them.
I went to
record some of these footages which are no longer in use and which I had wasted
my time editing a bit. My main mistake was I filmed in portrait which I didn’t
realise until I had put them up on the computer. Then I got really frustrated
because I didn’t have much time to come up with something better at the time
then I came up with interviews as the documentary is about me so I thought that
be the best thing to do. So I set up the living room with Forgotten Roots
posters to show I’m in a studio or somewhere to do with Forgotten Roots I then
wrote my questions on a piece of paper which I need to be asked when I’m being
interviewed. I had a clip of my past which I was dressed ‘ghetto’ in a street
style and the other was my present which I presented myself in a formal style.
As I was doing the present Interview I had difficulties answering because I
found it hard to tell the truth whereas while I was doing my past Interview I
found it extremely easy to lie and I had no mistakes while the camera person
was filming me. I filmed the nature life in London to put in my footage it
shows how beautiful some of the places are by looking at the colours.
The software
I used to do my edits was ‘Final cut pro’ because I knew that software is
easier to use than any other software’s and I’m experienced it before. As I was
doing the first draft of my documentary it was simple and not that effective
for a media student. But I really enjoyed doing the sounds and the cuts on FCP.
I loved using the levels because I think I did a great job playing about with
it. So I then showed a teacher on what they think of it and they said it’s
really simple and looks like a normal documentary. So that’s when I thought of
looking at websites to help me upgrade me documentary and I found this website
called ‘VideoHive’ which has some good templates for me to use and make my
documentary more interesting. So I purchased the template online and downloaded
to the computer so I straight away used that to help me but I found it difficult
using after effects it was too complicated and had too many icons to look at
but eventually I got the hang of using it. After effects is one software which
you can produce good work but for me it’s very hard whereas I find FCP much
easier. My present was on after
effects and the Past is on FCP to show the messy and bad side of me.
The other
stuff which inspired me was the Productions I was part of I think they really
showed me how it really works being in the media because they had to do the
planning researching developing the ideas to produce this amazing reality show
which is now successful. TV channels, Production crews, Settings etc. I have
now got a good idea on how to produce my own product.
Making
changes to my project at the last minute was frustrating because I spent ages
understanding After Effects even after disliking it but the only thing that was
not syncing was the time. The template was for 1min and my actually video was
for 4mins and the after effects timings would not let me to change the timings
and I had difficulties rendering. Therefore I completed my documentary in Final
Cut Pro because it’s easier to render and I added the animations, which was
done really quickly. So my first edit is my final outcome with extra hand drawn
displays and everything just flows nicely. There reason why I added extra
templates is to enhance my creativity and to show my framed present life.
Also I asked
for a plinth to be made for me for my exhibition because I want to provide
items which links to my reality show and culture. I want the audience to be
able to use their 5senses when they see my work so I am going to put incense
sticks, and Asian instrument ‘Tabla’, Bangladesh flag and use Forgotten roots
poster. My plinth in 580 high and
426 x 375 which tells me I can most probably fit everything on my plinth.
Overall time
was a big issue in this whole project, if I was to be on time I would have been
on track and tried producing something a bit more high standard and tried
learning about after effects on my pathway study. But I can fix it by using
time and learning my mistakes.
Hand-Drawn Display
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Screen Shots
After Effects the screen I have been working on for few days and trying to figure out the icons.
Final Cut Pro easier way to produce final outcomes and effectively.
Video Hive was the website I looked at to use it in my final outcome.
Softwares
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors. The software allows users to log and transfer video onto a hard drive (internal or external), where it can be edited, processed, and output to a wide variety of formats.
Since the early 2000s (decade), Final Cut Pro has developed a large and expanding user base, mainly video hobbyists and independentfilmmakers. It had also made inroads with film and television editors who have traditionally used Avid Technology's Media Composer. According to a 2007 SCRI study, Final Cut Pro made up 49% of the US professional editing market, with Avid at 22%. A published survey in 2008 by the American Cinema Editors Guild placed their users at 21% FCP (and growing from previous surveys of this group), while all others were still on an Avid system of some kind.
Final Cut Pro transitions I thought of using in my work to create emphasis.
Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing (image adjustment, color correction etc.). After Effects can also be used as a basic non-linear editor and a media transcoder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects
Monday, 7 May 2012
Past/Present Image
Questions for Documentary
Present:What does Forgotten Roots mean?
Do you want to go back to your roots again?
Did it change you as a person?
Would you recommend it to anyone?
Whats your friend circle like?
What have you learnt?
Past:
What does Forgotten Roots mean?
Do you think going back to your roots will change you as a person?
Whats your friend circle like?
If there is a reality TV show would you apply to it?
Do you want to go to your roots?
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