One Shot Film Upload

Well it seemed to take forever to upload but its finally on...my one shot film.

One Shot Film created for the narratives module. Its a short film about a boy and girl meeting randomly in the street after a one night stand a couple of weeks earlier. Subtitles show the conversation they are actually having, while the voice over describes what the girl is thinking.

Short Film Script

Draft of Script

B- Boy G-Girl

Meeting between B and G after they have had a one night stand. B is not as fit as G remembers, she was very drunk. Upon seeing B again, she regrets it happening, is glad he left early and hopes none of her flatmates saw him. B wants to ask her out again...
Scene begins with a pan following G as she’s walking. B comes into shot and she sees him waving at her.

Why the hell is he waving at me?!Oh crap I remember!
B: You alright there, Hayley right?
G: Hi...yeah, how you doing?
Fuck I don’t remember his name, did we?
B: I’m great, did you have fun last weekend? [Cheesy/sleazy grin]
G: It was ok but I was a bit of a mess.
B: I think we both were. [Reveals huge teeth]
G: Yeah [Flinches]
OMG the teeth! How did I miss them?!
B: Well sneeze away, don’t stop on my account.
G: Oh don’t worry, I won’t.
I hope no one’s looking.
G: So umm...what are you doing around here?
B: I’m going to work, I live just up there. [Points in direction G is walking]
Shit he lives round here!
B: Where are you going?
Lie! Lie!
G: Oh I’m just...going to see a friend.
B: Really? It’s just I remember walking back from around here.
Lie again!
G: Can’t be I live quite far from here.
B: Oh ok, well I was a state in the morning. [Cheesy grin]
That was close.
B: Sorry I left so early.
G: Don’t worry, it’s not a problem.
Really, not a problem at all.
B: Yeah I had to go home that morning for my mum’s birthday, we went to church.
G: Aw that’s sweet.
Praise the Lord!
B: Thanks, I don’t normally go but she likes me to go with her sometimes.
G: Hmm
Shit, here it comes! Don’t ask...please just don’t!
B: Look, do you want to go for a drink sometime?
G: Maybe...but I’m really busy at the moment. How about I call you when I have more free time?
Like in the very distant future.
B: Yeah that would be good
G: Cool, but I’ve got to go and I’m sure you need to get to work.
Please go to work!
B: True, I’ll see you around?
G: Sure you will. See you. [Walks off]
B: See you. [Watches her leave]
Never again! Good job he didn’t stay for breakfast, I’d never live it down.

Colour Change #2

This is a photo of Manchester City Centre at night. I wanted to change the colours to emphasise the lights as much as possible. I altered the Hue and saturation in Photoshop to achieve the blue buildings and bright yellow lights. I think this change has been quite effective, there is now a better contrast between the two.

Colour Change #1

This is Newcastle Uniteds' football ground St James' Park. I decided to change the colour of just the pitch. I wanted to change it to red to create the 'fever pitch' kind of look. By having the pitch red it signifies danger, battle and the intense atmosphere that a football game has.

Figuring Light

'Evolver' by Rebecca Partridge.

When i went to the Figuring Light exhibition, my eyes were immediately drawn to Rebecca Partridges' work. The five different pieces that i saw were all quite similar, they all created the same effect. This particular piece uses rectangular shapes and different shades of colour. Your eyes are immediately drawn towards the centre of the piece, where the colours are more vivid. I like the different colours she had used and also like the shapes are becoming larger and more spread out the further out of the picture you look.

By having the shapes getting lighter it makes the centre part look much whiter, which attracts attention and stands out more, the colour around the edge of the piece looks a lot duller and almost grey. By having the colours brighter toward the middle and having such a large contrast with the shades towards the edge it has made our eyes see the white differently. I believe having each side of the shape different colours also creates a good effect. The rectangles are also partly transparent, this means other shapes are visible through other rectangles, this allows the artist to create the effect of the shapes being drawn out from the centre, as if they were moving and turning outwards from the middle.

There are also a set of paintings that have a black background, these also prove effective at drawing the eye to the centre of the piece by using darker shades toward the middle, however, the colours do not appear as vivid due to the darker background.

'These are not only paintings about colour, expansiveness, synaesthesia, or universality; they are also about the body. I suppose I’m unfashionable nowadays because I like the idea of tactile energy being contained in the act of physical creation. When you paint it feels like you’re making a living thing. That may seem like an exaggeration, but that’s what it feels like.'

Rebecca Partridge

http://www.rebeccapartridge.com/

Kanye West - Stronger Video

Kanye West - Glow In The Dark Tour

On Monday 17Th November i went to see Kanye West to perform his sellout 'Glow In The Dark' Tour at Manchester's' M.E.N Arena. Kanye is renown for putting on an amazing show and always pleasing the fans. The Glow in the dark tour uses amazing lighting techniques and special effects that make the show so entertaining.


To open Kanye is lying down on stage with a screen behind him and then the large main screen behind that. The show was based around him crash landing on this planet and not knowing what to do. He is seen talking to a 'spaceship' on the smaller screen on several occasions during the show. Special lighting effects start on the smaller screen and spread out onto the main screen. this can be seen on the video bellow. I filmed some of the show with my phone, so the quality is not great, but the effect can still be seen.

As can be seen, the flames start on the smaller front screen and then spread onto the main screen behind the smaller one.

Many of Kanye's clothes and accessories that he wore are glow in the dark and create a good effect. To add to the screens and the glow in the dark things there is also awesome lighting around the stage and arena. It gave me an insight into how important the lighting can be and also how good it can make things look when its done correctly.

Rule Of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a compositional 'rule of thumb'. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Users of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.

The application of the rule of thirds to photographs is considered by many to make them more aesthetically pleasing and professional-looking. The rule of thirds can be applied by lining up subjects with the guiding lines, or allowing linear features in the photograph to flow from section to section. In addition, many photographers recommend treating any "rule" of composition as more of a guideline.

My own Rule Of Thirds Video.

Write a 300-500 word article that tells the audience about a recent multimedia technology that is being or has been developed in the last six months.

Blu-Ray V HD-DVD.

Over The Last few months the long battle between the two high definition movie formats may have come to an end. Both formats were originally announced back in February 2006, with different movie studios taking sides. Blu-Ray was invented by these group of companies: Hitachi, LC, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sharp , Samsung and Sony. HD-DVD was created by Toshiba/NEC. http://www.blu-ray.com/ and http://www.toshibahddvd.co.uk/.

Both technologies use the same blue-violet laser, this means they can focus more sharply than a standard DVD, resulting in a higher quality picture. It also means that far more data can be stored on the discs. There are however bid differences between the discs. Blu-ray packs more data into a single spiral of the disc, this meaning that Blu-ray can fit more data onto each disc than a HD-DVD. The two formats are incompatible.

A blu-ray disc can fit about 25GB of data on a single disc only using a single layer. Double this can be fit on a dual layer blu-ray disc (about 50GB). HD-DVD can only fit 15GB single layer and 30GB dual layer, both these however are far more than a standard DVD which is only 4.7GB single layer and 9GB dual layer.

The most important thing for the consumers however is the price of each technology. For a product to be successful it obviously must function but also be affordable. Blu-ray is seen as a more advanced format, this means the price is quite high. Back in mid 2007 when both formats were competing a blu-ray player cost a staggering £450 while a HD-DVD player came in at £220, half the price. So which would the consumers go for? The more expensive but more widely used Blu-ray format or the smaller HD-DVD format. As time went on Blu-ray started to get more and more backing from the different film studios. The bigger studios were releasing their films on blu-ray rather than HD-DVD, meaning more films were becoming available on blu-ray and not HD-DVD. Because of this consumers were buying more blu-ray films, resulting in an announcement from Toshiba that they would no longer be producing HD-DVD technology.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2300109.ece

So now the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is over can blu-ray takeover from DVD? This totally depends on the consumer. New chart DVDs now retail at about £14.99 while blu-ray discs come in at about £20. Will society be willing to spend extra on the same product for the better picture, specially in the current financial climate? The average blu-ray player is retailing at about £250 while a DVD player can be purchased for £20. Also, to take full advantage of the high definition picture a HD ready TV is needed also costing more money. Its up to the consumer, save money or spend more?

Pixilation Project

Think about what goes on in your head when you buy something new, take a photo of your favorite designed object and answer the following questions:

Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than to function well?

I have recently purchased a new Sony Ericsson C902 mobile phone. I had a perfectly working mobile phone before getting this one, however. It didn't look anywhere near as good. I bought this phone due to both technical and aesthetic reasons. When i think about it though i would probably still have bought it if it had a 3 Mega pixel camera rather than the 5 it has, this indicates that i based my purchase upon the design.
In the current day it is not just enough to have something that just does its function, it has to do something extra, it has to look good while it performs its function. We want people to see what we have and think WOW! that looks amazing. Consumer goods are all based on looks and it is important to have your product 'accepted' by society. No one would have bought this phone if it wasn't aesthetically pleasing, even if it was the best functioning phone in the world!

Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?

While it is obviously important for things to function well and do more and better things it is vital that they look good. Going back to mobile phones, the most popular phones are those that look the best. We always want our things to look the best, people want to be able to pull out their mobile phone and people to look and be impressed by it. Everyone wants to have the latest design, when a new product gets released with maybe only slight alterations with its function but drastic design improvements it becomes must have and so much better.

Internet Problems!

Cant upload anything!!! Im not able to upload my pictures for the 2 peices of lecture work and youtube wont accept my pixilation video!! I blame my rubbish Megaclose internet connection....useless!!

What do you want to get out of the course, in addition to passing?

This year i am actually looking forward to starting, the course excites me and i cant wait to get started. I want to learn new skills and hopefully improve on the skills i already have. I hope to gain some Independence with my work and do what i want to do. I am used to being told what to do and how to do it, i want to cut free from this constraint and do my own thing.

A Fresh Start

Ive been here before. I started at Trent last year doing Product Design, however. After dong the course for the first term i decided it wasn't for me and dropped out. Even after dropping out i stayed in Nottingham and finished my year socially rather than academically. I think i should of taken an official gap year instead of paying £6k to just go out for a year! However, i now feel refreshed and ready to start a fresh doing Multimedia.

As i am obviously technically a fresher again all my friends from last year including my housemates werent, so i dint bother with a freshers band and i simply went out with them instead. I had quite a good first week back, managed to get out quite a few nights and also attend some freshers events.

Its quite strange living in a house with your friends, theres a lot that needs sorting out unlike last year! Living in halls there is nothing to worry about. Weve had to set up our gas, water and electric, sort out the internet and numerous other little things.

I am looking forward to the Multimedia course and cant wait to get started.