I have now completed both proposals for proposed ideas for the factual programme and social action and commnuity, which includes and highlights; the audience, the budget, the equipment etc. The proposed idea for the factual programme which was based from MY Magazine assignment, was facts about Chichester College and what is available such as; activities, course information etc, Where as the proposed idea for the social action and community was the concept of the cut of EMA and the effect it will have on students. Through both proposals I have highlighted the establish concept and portrayed my knowledge within copyright, budget, codes of practice etc.
I have also completed the social action and community worksheet which gained me knowledge into different existing social action and community documentaries and understanding within a social action and communtiy documentary. I researched into existing social action and community documentaries to gain an unerstanding and highlighted the impact on peoples lives and the community. Within this worksheet I also highlighted Quantitative and Qualitative research methods and Primary and Secondary Research, and how I will be applying this within the production of pre-production and post production. Within this worksheet I also explained the issues and needs which I need to consider within creating a social action programme and how to overcome these.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Assignment: Social Action and Community Task sheet
I have now completed the task sheet based around social action and community factual programmes. Tasks included within this tasksheet consisting on highlighting and describing existing social and community documentaries which I researched into 'The Secret Millionaire', 'Home is where the heart is' and 'Living in the slum'. Through researching into each programme I identified and included each programme's purpose of the documentary, the director, title, year and production company. Throughout this worksheet I also highlighted Issues and needs with resolutions for the proposed Idea, the last task within this worksheet was to create a proposal to highlight the content within producing the production, through research I also included the budget, locations, facilities etc.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Assignment (Homework): Company Ownerships within the Media
I have now completed task 1 within the homework assignment booklet which was to research into two global companies with their history, ownership across different media platforms with a research dossier and powerpoint presentation. I have carried out secondary research into two large companies of The Walt Disney Company and The BBC News, and researched into the history and identified their ownerships within the media industry and their media outlets to the audience. Within part 1 and 2 of this task, I also identified both companies main sources of income, employees and their main competitors within the media industry, within part 2 I also stated how surprised on how much the companies own and the main advantages and disadvantages of owning such large companies. I have creating a research dossier of both companies and put together a PowerPoint presentation of both companies including detailed summarys of the companies. Within this work sheet there were also two questions to be answered which included the amount of employees of both companies with their main competitors, income and the disadvantages with advantages of owning such big companies.
Documentary Assignment; Investigation into Factual Programmes
We have now started the investigation into TV Factual Programmes whereby I have been researching into Issues needed to be considered on the television such as; the accuracy of material deliverd to the audience, privacy issues for the contributers with issues of consent from the contributer or a third party, also about information on withdrawing consent, also the issue of Impartiality and the priority to portray fairly equal information to the audience, with information on all sides of the story. I have also undertaken an investigation into the codes and conventions of factual programmes on of the News on TV such as; field reporters, interviewing, actuality footage etc. I also have included the different modes of documentarys such as; observational, interactive, reflexive etc. Within this investigation I have also learnt and highlighted examples of the different modes of documentaries and the styles used also I have researched and seen examples of codes and conventions used within factual programme of the News and how different factual programmes used these, I have compared different News Programmes such as;Sky News which is a 24 hour news channel which is targetted to a working audience of people at work or at home, another news programme of South Today which is a local news channel which is targetted to those who finish work at a generic time of 5, the other news programme was Newsround which is targetted for a more younger audience. I have researched into their different styles to target to a specfic audience such as formal, or informal. I have annotated onto all research undertaken within factual programmes and about to start writing my investigation in a word document to represent my findings.
Introduction to New Assignment: Factual Programme & Homework Assignment
We have now been introduced to our 4th Assignment which involves creating a factual documentary of a specific topic or subject which can portray informative facts and the audience will gain more knowledge into a certain aspect, the subject will also include social and the community, whereby we I am aware we will be creating our own factual programme and then editing another group's factual programme as a social community based film. I have also furthered my knowledge into documentaries and identified the components and conventions used to portray a documentary by watching a number of documentaries such as; Michael Moore's popular documentaries, and seen the different styles and modes which can be found in documentaries. Conventions of documentaries include portraying to the audience some background of the subject which films also generally use to portray the audience the scenery and become familar with the background and location, interviews are very popular within documentaries and they generally include interviews with experts within the subject, interviews with the general public and interviews that have been affected or have an opinion on the subject, therefore the audience can retrieve more knowledge and understand more.Within the next few days, I will be developing and adapting an idea for a factual programme with some relevance to social and the community such as; health issues-smoking, drinking, STI'S, Enviroment Issues, Crime Issues to raise awareness and to hopefully be beneficial to people affected by these issues.
Friday, 1 April 2011
Production of Front cover, Double Page Spreadsheet and Contents Page
Front Cover
Through research I found generically within student magazines and community magazines that one main striking image is used across the front cover with over lapping texts and other images. This style is very striking and as the image is large, this catches the audience's attention, especially if the model within the image is making direct eye contact to the audience, it creates a sense as if the person on the front cover is looking and talking to the audience. The main image portrays what can be seen within the magazine, therefore the image must have relevance and be eye catching to the audience. Commonly the main image consists of one person to show the simplistic, easy to read nature of the magazine and to create a more interesting, bold impact, however I will be using 4 images of 4 different students within my magazine, as the brief stated the magazine is for both sexes and different socio economic backgrounds, I felt it was suitable to use 4 images of 4 different students of both sexes to portray the magazine is for all student readers, and as the students within the magazine are within the same age of the target audience stated within the brief, they can relate and will be intrigued as they're within the same age category. The layout of using a number of different images but layed out so they are all within the main image, I also found through research within magazines such as; a rock magazine called 'Fireworks' and also a feminine magazine called 'Nylon' which also uses a number of different images but appearing as the main image which I have included within this post. In conclusion, I have begun the production of my front cover for the magazine and added the style of using a number of different images, as the same image, I have also added the masthead which I have designed, also included the features with yellow symbols next to them to highlight them, college logo for the magazine, the bar code which will link to the college magazine. I included an advertisement of discount on a fashion shop, appearing on my front cover as students are interested in fashion and try to keep up to date with as the brief stated that the secondary audience would be potential advertisers, therefore if there audience is students, then they are garanteed their target audience will notice their advertisements if they appear within their student magazines. Within the a layout, I included within the Masthead, the college logo and title, with the date and season of the issue, therefore students recognise where the magazine is from, and can keep up to date with the issues, Then as I used 4 images as the main images, I positioned them across the page within the model which simply consisted of the images, therefore it didn't seem too busy, then at the bottom was where the features and content of the magazine is found with a sub title stating the magazine is new and free to the audience. I believe my magazine front cover is striking to the audience as they can relate to the images as the images are of students, interesting features are portrayed on the front cover and the layout is easy to read and clear. I will carry out primary research to the target audience again to gain feedback on how they feel about the outcome of the final products, and ways I could improve.
Double Page spreadsheet
I have now completed my double page spreadsheet, I used the colour scheme for half of it of blue to follow through from the front cover and contents page and the other half of pink to relate to the ballet interview. Half of my double page spreadsheet includes activites throughout which are highlighted ontop of boxes which symbolize important notes and reminders with the symbols of pins, to emphasise this. I added images with the activite to add more interest and intrigue the audience to join in with activites, I presented the images slanted as through research, this was popularly used, and added more interest and creativity. I kept with the colour scheme blue as it flows with the front cover and stands out. Within the other half of the double page spreadsheet I included an interview with a past student which from secondary research into similar existing products, interviews with artists or students were included; which could inspire the audience, also through primary research, I carried out a questionnaire to the target audience, and they stated they'd like to read about interviews and past students achievements, therefore I combined the two which would add more interest to the audience. The audience also stated they'd like to read about sports, therefore I chose dance as it can be both sexes and is inspiring, which as the colour scheme for the interview on the double page spreadsheet is pink this symbolized the topic of ballet, as ballet clothes and shoes are pink.
Contents Page
I have now completed my contents page, where I also used the colour scheme blue with the colour yellow which was also found throughout the front cover, therefore it flowed. Through secondary research into similar/existing products, I found that contents page can use some images of the content of the magazine to intrigue the audience furthermore, as the audience will scan the front cover and the contents page, therefore it is important to make the contents page attractive. Through research, I also found the use of using boxes for the layout for images and content list to overlap them, to seperate the images contents, therefore it is clear to visualize. I used 7 box layouts for the masthead, images and contents list of a darker blue then the background to follow the blue colour scheme. I used interesting images to appeal to the audiene of; a qr code, a smart camera, students having fun and sports, therefore contents of social life and student life are included. Within the contents list I included features within the content of the magazine of; sexual health, ucas information, fashion, interviews, competitions, film reviews etc, to appeal to the audience. In terms of font, I continued to use the font Garamond to make the font clear and flow with the rest of the front cover, I also used Bickham Script Pro for the page numbers and the C for contents, to combine traditional and modern to make it appear more interesting. I am now going to create a questionnaire to gain valuable feedback from the target audience.
Through research I found generically within student magazines and community magazines that one main striking image is used across the front cover with over lapping texts and other images. This style is very striking and as the image is large, this catches the audience's attention, especially if the model within the image is making direct eye contact to the audience, it creates a sense as if the person on the front cover is looking and talking to the audience. The main image portrays what can be seen within the magazine, therefore the image must have relevance and be eye catching to the audience. Commonly the main image consists of one person to show the simplistic, easy to read nature of the magazine and to create a more interesting, bold impact, however I will be using 4 images of 4 different students within my magazine, as the brief stated the magazine is for both sexes and different socio economic backgrounds, I felt it was suitable to use 4 images of 4 different students of both sexes to portray the magazine is for all student readers, and as the students within the magazine are within the same age of the target audience stated within the brief, they can relate and will be intrigued as they're within the same age category. The layout of using a number of different images but layed out so they are all within the main image, I also found through research within magazines such as; a rock magazine called 'Fireworks' and also a feminine magazine called 'Nylon' which also uses a number of different images but appearing as the main image which I have included within this post. In conclusion, I have begun the production of my front cover for the magazine and added the style of using a number of different images, as the same image, I have also added the masthead which I have designed, also included the features with yellow symbols next to them to highlight them, college logo for the magazine, the bar code which will link to the college magazine. I included an advertisement of discount on a fashion shop, appearing on my front cover as students are interested in fashion and try to keep up to date with as the brief stated that the secondary audience would be potential advertisers, therefore if there audience is students, then they are garanteed their target audience will notice their advertisements if they appear within their student magazines. Within the a layout, I included within the Masthead, the college logo and title, with the date and season of the issue, therefore students recognise where the magazine is from, and can keep up to date with the issues, Then as I used 4 images as the main images, I positioned them across the page within the model which simply consisted of the images, therefore it didn't seem too busy, then at the bottom was where the features and content of the magazine is found with a sub title stating the magazine is new and free to the audience. I believe my magazine front cover is striking to the audience as they can relate to the images as the images are of students, interesting features are portrayed on the front cover and the layout is easy to read and clear. I will carry out primary research to the target audience again to gain feedback on how they feel about the outcome of the final products, and ways I could improve.Double Page spreadsheet
I have now completed my double page spreadsheet, I used the colour scheme for half of it of blue to follow through from the front cover and contents page and the other half of pink to relate to the ballet interview. Half of my double page spreadsheet includes activites throughout which are highlighted ontop of boxes which symbolize important notes and reminders with the symbols of pins, to emphasise this. I added images with the activite to add more interest and intrigue the audience to join in with activites, I presented the images slanted as through research, this was popularly used, and added more interest and creativity. I kept with the colour scheme blue as it flows with the front cover and stands out. Within the other half of the double page spreadsheet I included an interview with a past student which from secondary research into similar existing products, interviews with artists or students were included; which could inspire the audience, also through primary research, I carried out a questionnaire to the target audience, and they stated they'd like to read about interviews and past students achievements, therefore I combined the two which would add more interest to the audience. The audience also stated they'd like to read about sports, therefore I chose dance as it can be both sexes and is inspiring, which as the colour scheme for the interview on the double page spreadsheet is pink this symbolized the topic of ballet, as ballet clothes and shoes are pink.
Contents Page
I have now completed my contents page, where I also used the colour scheme blue with the colour yellow which was also found throughout the front cover, therefore it flowed. Through secondary research into similar/existing products, I found that contents page can use some images of the content of the magazine to intrigue the audience furthermore, as the audience will scan the front cover and the contents page, therefore it is important to make the contents page attractive. Through research, I also found the use of using boxes for the layout for images and content list to overlap them, to seperate the images contents, therefore it is clear to visualize. I used 7 box layouts for the masthead, images and contents list of a darker blue then the background to follow the blue colour scheme. I used interesting images to appeal to the audiene of; a qr code, a smart camera, students having fun and sports, therefore contents of social life and student life are included. Within the contents list I included features within the content of the magazine of; sexual health, ucas information, fashion, interviews, competitions, film reviews etc, to appeal to the audience. In terms of font, I continued to use the font Garamond to make the font clear and flow with the rest of the front cover, I also used Bickham Script Pro for the page numbers and the C for contents, to combine traditional and modern to make it appear more interesting. I am now going to create a questionnaire to gain valuable feedback from the target audience.
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