This is releveant artwork which will effect the cd sleeve, poster and my music video. The themes are surreal nature old fashioned and often rural objects.

This is a ledum shrub

Lyrics For When The War Came
by the Decemberists

With all the grain of babylon
To cultivate to make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
'Til the war came
'Til the war came

A terrible autonomy
Is grafted onto you and me
A trust put in the government
Is all their lies are heaven sent
'Til the war came
'Til the war came

And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
And they're picking out a rise by coal and candlelight
When the war came, the war came hard

We made our huts of avaram
We'd not betray the sole Ledum
The acres of hysterisy
To our own pangs of starvation
When the war came
When the war came

And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
And they're picking out a rise by coal and candlelight
When the war came, the war came hard

With all the grain of Babylon

Noun 1. avaram - evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

cat·er·waul (ktr-wôl)
intr.v. cat·er·wauled, cat·er·waul·ing, cat·er·wauls
1. To cry or screech like a cat in heat.
2. To make a shrill, discordant sound.
3. To have a noisy argument

The song contrasts between nice shrubs and coal and cannon balls. My video could do this also.

This is an example of what can be achieved with stop motion. Things usually impossible can be done. I think this piece is amazing and I love the music. It is quite an old piece but things still being made today are very similar. The ideas have noe become what is expected from stop motion, toys + dolls + creepiness. I need to decide whether to embrace these conventions or challange them.



This film has given me ideas for possible stop animation drawings, (i think pen and ink would look good) and is just so amazing. The imagination of this guy must be insane.



This is a trailer for a film the band made
I think i can reference this in my music video. There is a small ammount of stop motion in the film, seeds and plants form patterns much like a kaleidoscope.

Here is my favourite music video by the band i plan to make a video for.
The home made feel means I would be able to achieve something close to it. I may well use the bands love of eccentriv victorian objects and dress in my video. The also like nautical things and nature.

location

maybe a warehouse or outside on some dirt. . . a kind of plain baron looking place.
I am not sure how important the location will be as it will hardly be seen. The shots will rarely show the background and when it does the foreground will be in focus. However i think fitting in with the general feel of the band will be important. So perhaps a field or old fashioned feeling place will be best.

Prop hunting

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I think I want some plastic men NOT SOLDIERS!

This ^^^ was written before i thought of the song being called when the WAR came. So I think it is ok to use soldiers in this case even if it is a bit cliche.

I need some grain...

maybe a smoke grenade.

My target audience is an under 25 'indie' audience, he drinks tea at the playhouse/art centre and wears tweed and hats and corderoy and denim. his name is archibald. He has a keen interest in underground film, he goes to cinema city.

This year I want to:
Make my blog detailed and coool.
I want to have more options rather than a single avenue.
Take LOADS of takes and extra footage.

This year I will avoid:
A poor blog
having to go back and do the things on my blog which i shouldve done before.

G325

Digital Technology

• How has digital technology helped you to capture your ideas for media production?

Imovie allowed me to change my mise en scene which was a huge factor in the atmoshpere which was my main idea - a creepy bleached out isolated ancient landscape.

• What benefits do digital technologies offer? Are there any disadvantages?

They offer a huge range of and easy to use possibilities. Everyone uses similar programs which can mean there are similar outcomes.

• How did digital technology influence your work in post-production – for example in the creation of video effects, or the manipulation of images.

I used the timings in several ways, slowing things down for dramatic effect and continuity, i also sped up the clouds to increase the sense of urgency. As previously mentioned i changed coulour to created a mise en scene.


• How have your skills with digital technology developed, and how has this influenced your productions?

• What role might digital technology play in the distribution of work such as yours?

Youtube offers the potential of millions of viewers with no cost to release.

G324 Action Plan

Research some music videos in my genre, in terms of mise en scene, sound and editing.
I want to make loads of storyboards,
and also make a pilot of a few seconds to see how viable things are.
I also want to do some audience research with both questionnaires and interviews, with sample videos, and I want it to be done in a cool way utilising the technology available to me. Vox pops at the playhouse?
I need to sort out props and setting, with some reccy's and a trawl of the charity shops and other cheapo places.
I also need to email the band.

Stop motion plan??

Research and planning

• How did your research into genre contribute to your production work?
My interviews made me think that atmosphere was one of the most important aspects for a horror film.

• How did your research into audience contribute to your production work?
i dont think it did really

• How did your research into institutions responsible for the production and regulation of the media influence your production work?
i dont think it did really.

• What pre-production planning techniques did you employ (scripting, storyboarding, shot-lists etc.)? How effective was your planning – how did it help you in the production phase?
I made several storyboards which gave me good ideas for which shots i would need to take when i was out, and an idea how it would look like. I think it helped but i didnt always stick to it.

• What did you learn from planning your first production that helped you to improve your planning for the second?

• How did you use audience feedback to influence your production work while it was in progress?
One of the major changes was in the film's tempo. but i made several tweaks after someone made a suggestion.

G324

Childrens tv idea: Hire a funny suit and use a funny voice and silly words. bingo the bear huh huh huh hello kids!!!! where mr splot? he's behind you et cetera. in a fun colourful world full of niceness with no shadows, BUT there is an evil guy called kinrade who the kids and bingo must defeat each week to keep happy town running, they defeat him with the power of maths!!!!

short film: a classic corny horror complete with poster: NIGHT OF THE LIVING WHEELIE BINS in scary font. people get chased by stop motion wheelie bins which eat them. film niory shots black and white maybe lots of running round deserted new york at night.

Where will you film it?
How will the wheelie bins move, if they move?

• What features of your work would you say are original to you?
Literally nothing

• Which media texts and producers have influenced your creative decisions?
The Shining's edit. The Wickerman's location. The shots which spring to mind a the eye painted on the boat and when the masked people pop up from behind the wall. Horror film genre in general.

• How successfully does your work engage its audience and provoke its interest?
I think it's quite interesting several people said they want to know what happens. The scene is progressive the walking gives it a sense of it going somewhere a sense of anticipation.

• Consider some of the creative choices you had to make during the course of your production – how to use cameras, lighting, dialogue, colour etc. How did you make these decisions, and how did these contribute to the final production?
I made the decisions taking firstly into account personal preference and then practicality. I think my natural lighting and washed out colour gave the film a bleak feel, the lack of dialogue creates an eerie isolated feel. I think the single character wide empty shots all add to the sense of isolation which is a creepy element i focused on.

Children TV

One option is an original children tv drama, i don't think i want to do it. . .

whats in a2

g325 is your g324 portfolio work 1 hour 2 questions
1 development and progress across AS and A2
2 focus on A2 in relation to a topic. . . .

1. My research tasks were audience research via interview
a reccy
watching several similar texts/

2. Several storyboard and photo edits into the feel of the film
designs for costume and a fitting?!?!?!

3. well i spent ages editing and there were loads of issues like mise en scene dubbing and timing

finish the bits up there ^
look at kerry and harriets blog
then go onto ocr