Production diary 

For my assignment I must make a poster for the tees fuse festival (Recently changed to UK Cinefest) the target demographic are 16-25 years old students from the local area. The aim of the poster is to encourage film students to enter their films or come to the festival to experience the festival atmosphere. 

6/1/15

As a start for my film festival poster I will be looking at posters from previous years to get some inspiration. 

This is one example from one of the previous years. this poster is quite colourful and doesn't have much text. It is quite common to not have much text. it is common in film festival posters to not have much text on the cover.

This poster references to the subject of the festival as well as the country that it is held in

  This poster was used for a horror festival and it clearly shows from a first glance that it is a horror festival. It looks like it is inspired by the scream mask. 

This poster is quite abstract. A common idea is to use the image of film however the use varies and normally depicts pieces of film as something.

This is my mood board, it has some of the images that I used in my first draft as well as some that I may use in my second and third draft. I picked pictures that were relevant to the type of festival it was as well as a picture of the location of the film festival. The moodboard doesn't include the logo because

When I started I went through my mood board for some ideas on what I wanted to put in my poster. I wanted to add a piece of film in some respect as I was inspired by how film was used in other film festivals, an example of which would be in the riverside international poster and the italian film festival.

This is one of my initial ideas. I used two images of an old cameras as well as an image of and old piece of film to connect the two. I used a camera grain as the back ground because it has a similar colour to the cameras. I then put some text in  for the festival so people know what festival the poster is advertising. To change the directions of the cameras and make them bigger I used the free transform tool so I could move the image around and make it bigger, I also did this for my film strip. To get the text box I used the text box feature, I chose the semibold font as well as changing the size to 48pt.

I updated my first poster by adding the Middlesborough college logo I did this so people would know what the venue for the festival was.

I used this image as the background for my first drafted poster. It is a camera grain.

I picked the silhouette because it was quite a popular theme and was used frequently in these specific film posters and works quite well with the topic. I made sure that one of my posters would be a bit different in the use of silhouettes by making the silhouette white on a black background instead of the normal black silhouette.

This is my second draft for a poster for the tees fuse festival. I used a silhouette as well as a sunset for my background. I changed my silhouette to a white one because the camera man was mixed with the black background. I used white text so the text wouldn't mix with the background and it would instead stand out and catch peoples eye. 

This is an updated version of my poster. It has the Middlesborough college logo and the year that the festival is being held in.

This is my 3rd poster. It has a mix of different colours instead of one consistent background. I used black text to make it stand out and catch viewers eyes. I used two black silhouettes facing each other at the bottom to make the poster more interesting. I put the Middlesbrough college logo so people would know where the film festival will be held.


For my posters I went for a simplistic effect as that was what the client had asked for. We are still missing the logo for the tees fuse film festival so I haven't been able to add it to my posters but I have been able to add the official Middlesbrough college logo.

For  this poster I experimented with lots of different colour combinations before coming this combination which matches both the white and the black silhouettes.

The title had to be changed for the poster because of copyright reasons with the words tees fuse. As a result I have had to change the title for  my final poster.

Evaluation 

Our brief was to make a poster, leaflet, ticket, web flyer and certificate design. I aimed to meet the requirements by using both my digital graphics lessons and spare time to complete the drafts and final products of each product that was needed, however due to time constraints it was deemed unreasonable to create all of the products in the time given to me. As a result I just had to make three different drafts of a poster and one final poster product. The poster had to include the name of the festival, the Middlesbrough college logo as well as the festivals logo which wasn't and hasn't been provided to me. The request was that the poster have a simplistic theme as well as any color scheme that we choose. It was asked that we don't add pictures of the of the location (Middlesbrough/Stockton-on-tees).

In terms of planning I researched lots of different posters film festival posters to get inspiration for what I should put on my poster and what kind of themes I should keep to. I was not able to see previous poster designs for the tees fuse film festival because it wasn't available for us so I took ideas from other posters and tried to put a different spin on it. A lot of posters used strips of film in their design however I don't think that I used film strips well in one of my original designs so I moved away from it in my other draft designs and in my final poster design.

I used Abode Photoshop for all of my poster designs. I used Photoshop because I am more experienced with it than Adobe Illustrator. In terms of problems I had little to no problems creating my poster on the technical side just forgetting certain methods and key bindings but they were quickly solved with no further issues.


I think that the silhouettes worked well as well as the color combinations on my final posters. However  I think that I could have done more with it and maybe made the poster look more interesting and eye catching. In terms of appealing to a target audience I think that it did appeal to young film makers because of its vibrant colors and the camera man silhouette so it would appeal to the demographic. I wouldn't say that it was up to a professional standard because the poster is pretty basic. If I were to go back and do it again I would add more layers of complexity to the poster like different shapes to make up the poster instead of just three rectangles, I would try to do something more with the silhouettes or used something else with varying colors instead of just black and white silhouettes.

My poster did meet the requirements of the brief as it has the title, logo and some reference to the film industry on the poster, In terms of working with the client I wasn't given much instructions as the poster design was completely up to us in terms of what color schemes and what should be on it except there needed to be the logo of Middlesbrough college and the tittle with the year 2015 which it does.

Stop motion animation

Model based animation 

Clay based animation is normally a very wacky variation of animation with inhuman pre portion and strange visuals. to make model based stop motion animation you would take a picture then move the model a little bit then take another picture. Keep on doing that and you've got you're stop motion animation. Most mainstream clay based animations are for children, however some animations are more suitable for adult audiences. 'Claymation' was trademarked in 1978 by Will Vinton, however clay based animation has been around since the early 1900's

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/59445.aspx

This is a special christmas episode of the show community where they changed the show from a live action format to a full stop motion episode. in the episode there are new enviroments and new character models which really takes advantage of the possibilities of clay based animation. 

The episode came out on the 9th of December in 2010. Directed by Duke Johnson.

This is an episode of wallace and gromet which has a model man and a dog which acts like an adult in the animation which is something you couldn't do in live action.  

Pingu is a famous children's show which takes advantage of stop motion animation to make a family of penguins come to life in a Antarctic like environment. the animation involves cooking, eating and a penguin riding a sledge along the snow. 

Pixilation animation 

Pixilation animation takes the same concepts as the other types of stop motion animation but it differentiates itself by applying these techniques to a live action setting instead of a paper or digital format. To make a pixilation animation you take a picture, move slightly and them take a picture and proceed to do that till the pixilation animation is done. Different to other types of stop motion animation you will have to think about how you can creatively use pixalation to justify using it above normal live action entertainment because it isn't a digital experience.

The pixilation makes the video more entertaining because of the pixilation animation. It works well with the video instead of against it. The part with the Mario parody works well with the type of animation used in the video.

Cut out animation 

Use real life objects as a tool for you're animation (normally something thats paper like). A few shows are made like this such as south park. To make a cut out animation you need to have cut out something (whatever you want) and move in slightly every time you take a picture. It works a lot like the other forms of stop motion animation that we have talked about before. 

This show is normally computer animated with a cut out style however one episode is fully paper based cut out as they didn't have a contract with comedy central at the time.

Here are some facts about the show and how it is made.

This is an old piece of cut out animation using silhouettes. Lotte Reiginer, the creator was known as a pioneer of cut out animation.

Lotte Reigner 

Lotte Reiniger was a German animator who made the adventures of prince Achmed, The HPO and Daumlienchen. She was known as a leading pioneer in silhouette animation.

http://animationresources.org/category/lotte-reiniger/

 Timelapse 

A timelapse is a series of still frames that have been played in quick succession. to get an effective timelapse you will leave the camera to take photos for a long time and then speed it up in post production. Timelapses can be both good or bad, depending on what you put in front of the camera will decide whether your timelapse will be good or not. A frequently used scene for a timelapse is the sky or some sort of interesting extreme weather like tornados. The core idea of a timelapse is to film a slow moving and changing image into something faster and more interesting. George Melies was the first one to incorporate timelapse into his films which is one of the reasons it is debated to be a form of animation or not as it was used in a normal live action film instead of an animation. 

At 2:51 and 3:15 you have a timelapse of the road.

This timelapse shows of the american skys and other nice looking locations. using the timelapse people can view the different interesting things that the sky does without having to wait for days for it all to happen.

Here we see a slow process sped up for the sake of keeping the audiences attention. If the video wasn't time lapsed then it would have been considerably longer and may have lost a lot of peoples attention.

Cell based animation 

Cell based animation is the digital equivalent to the other types of stop motion animation. Unlike regular 2d digital animation the cell based animation uses the same rules as the other stop motion animation in that you move the the figure slightly then create a new frame  and repeat until you have your stop motion animation. Although cell based animation used to be completely drawn it has recently gone digital. Early examples of cell based animation would be disney's beauty and the beast as well as other tv shows not produced by Disney such as the Flintstones and Scooby doo.   

Here is an example of a cell based animation which wasn't digital. The video shows the basic principles of cell based animation. 

This video shows the two different versions of the Simpsons opening sequence which shows both the digital and drawn types of cell based animation.

Walt Disney 

Walt Disney is the founder of the conglomerate Disney which has made a large amount of animated and is the most well known animating studio in the west. He is the creator of the iconic figure Mickey mouse which is still relevant to kids in the modern day. One of the first cartoons made with Mickey was the steamboat Willie  which is Iconic and is referenced every time western animation is discussed. He went on to make more and more classics such as Snow white and the seven dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi and fantasia, All of which won awards and are still watched to this day.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000370/

Other information about stop motion animation and the different devices can be found in the location.
http://chrispalmercreativemedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/history-of-2d-animation-george-melies.html

The persistence of vision theory 

The persistence of vision theory is the idea that when you look at something an after image is left on your retina for approximately one sixteenth of a second. The theory was disproved in 1912 by Wertheimer but is still discussed in modern media theory.

This is an example of a persistence of vision. If you stare at it for a while then close your eyes for a little bit then open them the image will be projected wherever you look for a while.

George Melies 

George Melies was a French film maker as well as a Illusionist. George Melies was responsible for the film  A Trip To The Moon which had a scene where the use of stop motion photography makes the  moon  slowly approach the camera and then would then be hit by a rocket. This was the first signs of animation in the film industry.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617588/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Winsor McCay 

Winsor McCay was and American cartoonist who started out working in an American magazine, making small cartoon strips. After four years he made the animated cartoon called 'Little Nemo' which was his first piece until 1913 when he made his most popular animated cartoon 'Gertie the dinosaur' which became a big hit. People were amazed by how McCay could interact with his cartoon while it was being animated. He did this by drawing ten thousand different images while re drawing the background every time. Winsor McCay was inspired the flip book and how that produced animations using lots of images in quick succession.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565560/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/winsor-mccay-google-logo-little-nemo-doodle_n_1966649.html

Early animation devices 

Phenakistope

The Phenakistope is another device which was used to view short animations. To use the Phenakistope you would put the device in front of a mirror and then spin the device to see the images move and create the illusion of a moving image.

The Phenakistope was made by Joesph Plateau in 1941.

http://www.mhsgent.ugent.be/engl-plat5.html
http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm

Zoetrope 

The Zoetrope is a device which is used to view pre animated animations. The Zoetrope can only be used to view one animations because there is only one set of pictures on the device. The Zoetrope works in a very similar way to a flip book by presenting multiple images in a quick succession to create the illusion of movement.

The Zoetrope was invented by William George Horner in 1833.

Picture from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetrope

Kinetoscope 

The Kinetoscope was an invention by W.K.L Dickson who was an employee of Edison, he was hired to create the Kinetoscope which was used to view short films. The device is driven with an electric motor which would spin the film around a wheel with sprocket holes in the film. A light would be shinned on the film so you could watch the short film. To view the film you would put both of your eyes on the top of machine and look down to view the film.

The Kinetoscope had a prototype released in 1892. 

http://www.earlycinema.com/technology/kinetoscope.html

Picture from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Kinetoscope.jpg

Mutoscope

The mutoscope is a cheaper, simpler version of of the kinetoscope. It operates on the same principle as the flip book. It also only allows one person to view the animation at a time. Each card would be attached to a circular core known as a rolodex which has about 850 cards which would last about one minute of film.  

http://www.victorian-cinema.net/machines

he flip book technique 

One basic form of animation is the flip book technique which to put a different image on every page. The idea is to create the same image but slightly different. Once flicked through quickly you should see the illusion of movement. The same principle is applied in some of the devices listed above such as the Zoetrope and the Phenakistope which revolve around the same idea as the flip book. 

An example of which is used in the film hot fuzz. This shows that you must flick the pages very quickly to produce the illusion of a moving picture.  

Speak package production assignment 

In this assignment I will be talking about video games and whether you should pre order video games. The purpose is to try to encourage students to save money and buy games which are good and a faithful to what was shown and previews and are functional on release. The aim is to warn people to spend their money wisely as they don't have much money to spare and can't buy every new game on the market. The speech package will be warning people of the shady techniques companies are using to get you to buy the product involving showing content that isn't in the final product and making downgrades from when it was first shown to audiences. I will be talking about hype that surrounds some games and how it is a bad thing to over hype games and how you should always be skeptical before purchasing a product.

Treatment for my pre ordering video games speech package 

My idea is to have a speech package on weather people should pre order video games. I'm talking about this because it is becoming a rising issue in the industry as companies are taking the issue farther and farther. The purpose of my speech package is to make sure that people don't waste their money because of false advertising. 

My target audience are college students ranging from ages 16-19. My speech package will be targeting both genders, the only requirement will be that they are interested in video games and enjoy playing them. A lot of people in this age range plays video games to differing degrees, they also have a limited income so by making people aware of the shady business techniques they can be more skeptical and save money  instead of buying a game that wasn't what was promised. My style will be more on the formal informative side than the bubbly light style of some speech packages. I will be including students opinions so that the demographic does feel more involved and can relate to the speech package easily. 

I plan on interviewing a professional lecturer who specializes in the games industry and how it all works and why the games industry does the things that it does to sell copies. I will be doing my vox pops with both some game students as well as some students who enjoy playing video games.

For my music I will be using a mix of sound ques and soundtracks from video games in the background. For my actuality sounds I will have some clicks and some money noises.

For my secondary research I shall be searching for different people opinions on the subject and information about the latest pre order schemes in the industry.

My second idea about Japanese animation

I will be talking about Japanese animated series and how they don't line up with the common misconceptions that people associate with it. My speech package will encourage people to try watching anime and not to associate it as a childish cartoon show. This will be targeting people who are college students ranging from 16-19. More specifically people who are avid tv watchers or people who are interested in the medium of anime. This speech will have a light fun feel to it with a more positive and vibrant tone with an empathizes on encouraging people.  

My speech package will relate to my target audience because a lot of anime is aimed at a teenage demographic as well as introducing a new medium of entertainment to its key demographic.

I will interview an animation expert who teaches animation at the college I shall be getting some vox pops from people who watch anime and people who don't so I get balanced views on the topic. 

For my music beds I shall be using popular soundtracks from several different anime. for my actuality I will be using sound effects from different animated shows

For my secondary research I will be searching for reviews of certain animated shows and researching the different genres and there target audiences.

Treatment about netflix 

I will be talking about Netflix and its impact on the film and tv industry. I will also be talking about how there is a divide in what shows are on region especially the different shows that are on the north American region and the European region. I will be talking about the different range of shows on Netflix and whats new on Netflix this month. 

My speech package will relate to my target audience because a lot of people watch television and films and use Netflix to stream there tv instead of watching television. this will work as a sort of whats new type of show for Netflix by informing people of the new shows on Netflix. The speech package will be a mixture of informative discussion as well as some casual conversations about some of the shows on Netflix with some comments on the how people enjoyed certain shows and some jokes about shows that some people didn't like. 

I will be interviewing people on the streets about Netflix and how much they watch and if they know what new shows are on Netflix  this February. I will be talking to people in the film industry about how Netflix effects the industry and if it has a positive influence or a negative influence.

For my music beds I will be using music soundtracks from tv shows and films that are on Netflix.

For actuality noises I will use typing noises as well as recorded sound samples of shows playing out of a speaker to give the sense that someone is watching something on Netflix.

For my secondary research I will be watching reviews of Netflix original shows and looking for surveys on what are the most watched shows and films on the service. 

Scripts 

Video games

"The tripple a games industry is getting increasingly less trust worthy with its sketchy business practices. So can you trust these companies anymore:? Should you pre order games from the tripple a publishers? Where going to have a discussion about whether or not you should put you're trust in these games. 

More and more games are coming out with less and less content or innovation in the tripple a market. Some games aren't even complete, and example of which was Aliens Colonial Marines which advertised in game content which wasn't in the final product as well as promising intelligent ai which turned out to be false. A more recent example would be Assasins Creed Unity which is a massive mess for the pc platform making it virtually unplayable. The way to prevent this is to be skeptical about every pre release footage which is advertised. Wait until reviews from trusted sources are out so you can get a clear idea of what the game is actually worth the 60 pound price tag.

I'm here with .... to talk about whether you should trust publishers enough to buy the games the sell before the official release date.


I went and asked people on the streets about what they think about the current price of games and if they have been effected by shady business practices.

I encourage you to do some research and be skeptical about games before they are released so you don't waste your money on games that are unfinished or that you wont enjoy."

Vox pops questions

1) Do you pre order your video games? 

2) Have you pre ordered a video game which didn't meet you're expectation?

3) Do you think you should pre order games?
4) What makes you want to pre order a game?
5) What was the last game you pre ordered

(and why?)

Interview questions

1) What do you think about the current pre order culture?

2) Do you think that we should trust publishers with our money before the games release?

3) Do you think that dlc has gotten out of hand in video game pre orders? 

(and why)

Japanese animation

Vox pops questions 

1) Have you watched any animated films or tv series from Japan?

2) Would you be interested in seeing more/ Would you watch one (depending on what the answer for the first question was) 

3) Will you watch some in the future?

(and why?)

Interview questions

1) How does Japanese animation differ to western animation from a technical stand point? 

2) What kind of techniques are used for this style of animation? 

Netflix treatment 

Vox pops questions

1) Are you subscribed to netflix and if so what have you been watching? If not would you be interested in having a netflix account?

2) What do you think about certain shows being region locked in north america? 

3) Have you seen any of the netflix original shows and what do you think? 

Research 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zxKMSSM4U 

This video talks about why you shouldn't pre order video games in todays market. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Uj4XIT1Y