Sunday 28 April 2013

CIQ Monday 29th April 2013

Please post your responses here.


1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Wednesday 24 April 2013

Young Creative Chevrolet Project

Here is the link to the end image you need to make sure is included in your Chevrolet Young Creative submission.

There are 2 versions. One version is an alpha channel overlay and the other is a solid black overlay. They are both .psd files so you will need to adapt them in Photoshop.

Link to Alpha Channel Overlay  HERE

Link to Solid Black Overlay HERE

This end image MUST be included in your 1 minute 20 second time limit.



Additionally you will need to use the official Font's that Chevrolet supply to add the manes of the creators and also the college/uni.

The link to the official font Durant regular is HERE

The link to the official font Durant bold is HERE

The Link to the official font Louis regular is HERE

The Link to the official font Louis bold is HERE

Any questions please get in touch as this is important/essential.

Tuesday 23 April 2013

CIQ Tuesday April 23rd 2013

Please Post Here:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Individual Progress Review

Progress reviews will take place the week beginning Monday 6th May.

You only need to come in for you review if you need to please.

Please comment on the time you would like. They should take approximately 30 minutes. You will all need to have one!

Monday 6th May

9.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.30, 13.00, 13.30, 14.00, 14.30, 15.00

or Tuesday 7th May

9.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.30, 13.00, 13.30

Your next progress review will be the week before the Summer Half Term (Monday 20th - Friday 24th May).

Monday 22 April 2013

CIQ Monday 22nd April 2013

Please Post Here:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Broadway Cinema Nottingham

Can you comment below on who will be coming on the trip to Nottingham on Thursday please.

I was planning on meeting at the broadmarsh bus station near to the underpass towards the broadmarsh shopping centre at about 10.30am?

Will this be OK?

The film is 140 minutes long.  The screening is at 3pm. I think it will finish about 5.45 - 6pm

CIQ Tuesday 16th April 2013

Please Post Here:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Monday 15 April 2013

CIQ Monday 15th April 2013

Please post here


1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

BBC writers room

We have been discussing lately the best ways to contruct a script. To assist you in this process I have been informaed about the following event that may be of interst to you.

The BBC are putting on a "Scriptwriting Top Tips Seminar - Curve Theatre, Leicester"


 

The seminar is at the Curve Theatre, Leicester on May 11th from 11am - 2pm.

To book your free place for this phenomenal opportunity, please either visit Curve in person; call the Curve Ticket Office on 0116 242 3595 or send an email to tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk quoting “BBC Writersroom” in the subject line, and providing full contact details (name, address and contact telephone number).

Link for further information HERE

Setting White Balance Canon 7D

For Richard

How to Set the Custom White Balance on a Canon 7D by mahalodaily

Friday 12 April 2013

Fiction Project


Information for Monday 15th April 2013.

Assessment Task 5: Inspire Film Festival

1: Pitch your proposal - Ideally I would like this conducting this week - Monday or Tuesday AM. If not it needs to be conducted the following week - 23rd April. It can be either a PowerPoint presentation, a discussion with visual imagery or a video pitch (Kick-starter style). Additionally, for your word press sites, you will need a paper based proposal/treatment (available on this blog) that is completed in full.

2: Pre-Production/production/post-production - Please make sure that you are submitting the required evidence. You cannot just submit the video. The brief (on moodle) specifically lists the evidence toy need to submit. Make sure that you can provide some evidence for each of the italicised sub headings. If you do not, you will not have sufficient evidence to meet the grading criteria of the unit, as some of you have already encountered with the editing unit during semester 1. Listed below is the evidence required:

Be able to devise and pre-produce moving image fiction productions

Devise: subject idea; format; genre; style; audience; intended aim; budget, eg research costs, crew costs, travel, accommodation, subsistence, contingency

Pre-production: roles and responsibilities; proposals; script; shooting script; production schedule; production meeting minutes; call sheets; locations; recce report; risk assessments; health and safety

Logistics: time management; feasibility, deadlines; booking actors; acquiring properties; crewing; studio use; designing sets; building sets

Legal and ethical considerations: clearances and permissions; privacy; consent; release forms; filming in public

Be able to manage production and post-production for moving image fiction productions
Production: shots and sequences, eg one shot, two shot; camera movement; white balance; monitoring levels; environment, eg studio, location, public spaces; sound, eg additional dialogue recording, sound effects, music; sound levels; mixing

Production management: monitoring progress; identifying and solving problems; production organisation; logistics management; communication; coordination, eg crew, director, producer, scriptwriter, editor, sound designer

Post-production: log appropriate media; prepare edit decision list; sound design, eg sound effects, music, Foley; editing the image (to create narrative, to convey meaning, to illustrate subject, synthesis of image and audio

Furthermore, It looks as though the Inspire Film Festival is not running this year - Typical.

Therefore , I'm looking at entering the work into the Short Cinema Competition, which is held in Leicester. I'll post more information when I have it.


Tuesday 9 April 2013

Chevrolet Young Creative

Link to Chevrolet Young Creative Website.

LINK HERE



Please read the brief carefully and make sure that you submissions meet the requirmnents of the competition.

Deadline for submission to College - 26th April. The College will forward on your submissions to Chevrolet as we are entering as a centre.

On Monday 29th April there will be a group showing where your peers and myself will provide reflection on your productions. Please make sure your video isembedded on to your blog or available in .mov format.

Thanks

Paul

CIQ Tuesday 9th April 2013

Please Post Here:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Monday 8 April 2013

CIQ 8th April 2013

Please Post Here:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?


2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?


3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?


4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Thursday 4 April 2013

3 more shorts



Boy and Bicycle...directed by Ridley Scott and featuring his late brother Tony. This was filmed whilst Ridley was still a student, so it's quite interesting to see this in light of what he has achieved since.

Again, this was selected for the Cinema 16 British Shorts DVD



Who's My Favourite Girl

Another British Short available on Cinema 16 British Shorts DVD.



Who's My Favourite Girl? from adrian mcdowall on Vimeo.

Brown Paper Bag

Another BAFTA winning short film



Brown Paper Bag from L'Coco Web Design Ltd on Vimeo.

Je t'aime John Wayne

A short film that pays homage to French New Wave cinema. Available on the Cinema 16 British Shorts DVD. Also it might be useful for the film studies work you are doing with John.



Je t'aime John Wayne (2000)

Je t'aime John Wayne (2000)

Vezi mai multe video din film








100 Film Festivals


For your research, here are the 100 essential film festivals according to Raindance






Short Film Information

A good document that discusses and explores contemporary short films.

Please read as it makes some good points and is usable for your own research/planning etc...

LINK HERE

Also if you've not seen Paperman (Disney, 2012) here's a link so that you can watch it...well worth a look.






Group Presentation - Short Film Textual Analysis


In groups of 2 or 3, not four (as stated in the worksheet), "prepare presentations on the textual analysis of a short film of your own choosing. The presentation will commence with an uninterrupted screening and you might then wish to go through the short film using the pause button. All members of the group must speak and the presentation (after the screening) should last for no longer than 10 minutes, so please make your points succinctly."



Use the CINEMATOGRAPHY worksheet, and these EDITING and SOUND worksheets to help you in your analysis...

Use this as a guide - worksheet

Inspire film Festival - Short Film

Some early reading on your next practical assignment, which we start next Monday.

To Help you with your assignment I've uploaded timeline sheet on the history of short film.

LINK HERE

Task 1 (For Monday 8th April)

If you have an opportunity then you could start this early (you should use this as evidence for fiction production) but we will look at it on Monday in more detail.

Short Film Analysis Worksheet - LINK HERE

Cinematography Worksheet - LINK HERE

Using the following worksheets analyse the following films. You should watch all of them but you only need to complete each form for 3 of the short films.

Doodlebug, dir. Christopher Nolan.



George Lucas in Love, dir. Joe Nussbaum.


Heartstrings, dir. Rhiannon Evans.


Vincent, dir. Tim Burton.


The Camera, dir. Peter Lewis




The Lunch Date, dir. Adam Davidson


Blood and Chips, dir. Ryan Phillips



Additionally, for this task, you need to create a short film. You can work in small teams but try to keep your groups to a maximum of 3. You can work individually if you want but please utilise other members of your group to help you make your short films.

There are a few constraints you need to additionally adhere to.

1) You must pick one from each of the three categories in this document - LINK HERE
2) Try to keep the short between 3 to 7 minutes - if it's longer you may run out of time.
3) maximum of 3 in a group
4) You a responsible for submitting in the "Inspire Festival" - if it's not running then we will consider an alternative.