A2 Media: Busted Remake

Pre-production: we had problems in pre-production, where certain people couldn't stay on certain days so the order in which we shot the sequence wasn't efficient. Also people seemed reluctant to bring props or costume in so we had to make the most of what people did bring. It's fair to say our organisation could've been a lot better. I as the director should have made a shot list which would've cut time down instead of wasting time doing shots that could have been done at any other time.

Production: Filming the sequence took longer than needed as Myself being the director, I wasn't happy with numerous shots due to lack of effort or people being too shy. Eventually we got there and the shots were decent, not great but alright. Trying to mimic the cinematography was quite difficult, but practise makes perfect and we then managed to get the majority of the shots as close as possible to the real thing. I also learnt that having only to film 50 seconds it was more time consuming than I initially thought. Also I believe I managed to get people knowing what was required of them in the shot so there wasn't any confusion.

Post-Production: Editing the shots I found relatively easy as I've had previous experience using Adobe Premier Pro, however certain parts were quite difficult, I still find getting the lip syncing very hard to get perfect and would require precision and a lot of time, I enjoyed working on premier pro and taking from the practise I've had I will take this onto my music video next year by making it as precise as possible.

Overall I'm pleased with how well the project went, having learnt from certain mistakes will help next year so I'm glad we had this practise before the coursework begins.

Evaluation 4

My magazine meets the demographic needs of those who are labelled at C1's and C2's on the Jicnars scale. Which is what i set out for initially, as for psychographics, well my magazine is set for the radicalists, individualists, utopians and realists.

Typically associated for people who:
Have respect for everything natural.
Live a cheap and happy lifestyle.
Enjoys the rain and sun together.
A holiday to a place that is only ever mentioned at the Olympics.
Are agregiously open minded.

A2 Media Studies

I learnt a lot in the process of lip syncing, initially when filming i didn't think that there was much of a problem until it came to editing, we learnt that you have to have the song playing in the background when you say the words to get your timing right otherwise it just won't work, also when you do say the lyrics you have to accentuate the words clearly else it just looks like you're mumbling.

Evaluation 3

My magazine

Evaluation 4

My magazine meets the demographic needs of those who are labelled at C1's and C2's on the Jicnars scale. Which is what i set out for initially, as for psychographics, well my magazine is set for the radicalists, individualists, utopians and realists.

Typically associated for people who:
Have respect for everything natural.
Live a cheap and happy lifestyle.
Enjoys the rain and sun together.
A holiday to a place that is only ever mentioned at the Olympics.
Are agregiously open minded.

Evaluation 2

 The photo above I used for my front cover before i edited it, it's a bust shot of Martin whilst i had the camera set to a slow shutter speed so it created an eerie effect as he moved his head from right to left, now as i targeted my audience at 16-29 the music based around the magazine is similar to that of James Blake who used this effect for his album cover. This photo challenges the dominant ideology of young adults/teenagers being drug abusing, havoc causing, annoying reprobates because it shows a creative and in a sense, a mature, serious aspect to life. I wanted to keep the photo as plain as possible so by having just Martin infront of a blank background keeps it simplistic and makes us think that he's the only thing that matters. Which the audience will appreciate as it should only be about the music instead of everything that popular chart artists are promoting/recieving today e.g film releases, perfume, toys etc.

This photo i used on my double page spread again before it was edited, i decided that a Medium/Close up of Martin portrayed as an artist would make the audience feel closer to the musician and his music. I tried to keep the lighting in the photo as dim and dark as possible while still getting a good image, by doing this it creates a melancholy and eerie outlook, especially as the lyrics in the genre of music are dark and truthful, as well as complex and deep. Which in itself challenges dominant ideology as teenagers are being labelled as stupid and thoughtless, maybe you could argue that teenagers are just putting their minds to other subjects rather than the ones expected of them. Again i wanted to keep it purely focused on Martin so the audiences attention is fully focused on him and the music, nothing else.

Evaluation 1

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