Front Cover And Contents Of Magazine

                                                                       FRONT COVER

CONTENTS

Production Of Magazine

For the production of the magazine, we began by taking photos using a digital camera, and these photos would then be put up on the magazine and contets page.  The photos i took were of a Student with their arms stretched out, and this was for my front cover.  The other photos i took were of the new canteen and a close up of two students faces looking in opposite directions, and this was for my contents page.  i began my magazine front cover in photoshop by selecting a mast head which was the name of my magazine 'INSPIRE' and i edited this to have a verdana font and a golden/black colour to match the photo i would add.  i then added a photo of a student and cut out the background and put him in the middle of the cover, his t-shirt had a golden/black colour which matched my mast head.  i then did four seperate articles around the cover using black and dark red colours.  For the background i used a gradient of gold and white and this went well with my colours i used for text and mast head.

For the contents i used the same font and style of mast head as the front cover and this one read 'CONTENTS'.  i then typed into a text box like i did with the articles, the contents of my magazine and the pages they were ojn and used a dark read colour for all of this text.  next to this i inserted a picture of the new canteen and resized it to fit well with its surroundings.  at the bottom of the page i used two photos i had taken of different students and cut out the background, and placed rthem next to each other looking up in opposite directions.  for the background of my contents page i used the same colour for the fronty cover but a slightly different gradient.  i then added a page number '3' to the bottom right of the page to show that it is page 3.

Brief And Pre-Production

For our magazine we were given a brief which was to create a magazine cover and contents which would be suitable for the school.  The front cover had to include a mid-shot of a chosen person, a mast head which had to be at the top and the font i will be using is Helvetica and this will be used for every other piece of text on the front and contents.  on the front cover there will be the price, barcode and text boxes showing snaps or articles.  these were then put on the contents page to whow which page they would be on.  the photo of the person i have chosen is center of the cover and holding out their hands.  the colours i have used are dark red, blue and some white.  on my contents page there will be photos of two different peoples faces with thoughtful looks on their faces and this will be put at the bottom, a picture of the new canteen in the center and above this is the contents and pages they are on in a blue colour, font Helvetica.  the mast head of the contents page will be a dark red helvetica font and will be at the top of the page.  when we had finished our designs we went out and took the photos we needed, which would be used for our magazines.

Production

During the production, we were given another groups storyboard, which we had to create a film for, to show that we could understand a different storyboard than our own and use the detail on it well, to make a good film of different shots. On the first piece of paper used as the storyboard we could not understand where the 'phone' was to be in the scene because in the description of the frame it only mentions a phone but does not show what was needed to be done with it so we used our initiative and left out the phone but still had the shots the way they were written. We managed to have the characters do everything correctly and there was no difficulty in this part. We did however film one shot twice as laughter took over, but this was okay as we managed to do it in 2 take and we did not waste any time. For most of the shots we had the camera on the tripod at eye level for the mid shots of the character 'Oli' walking though the corridor, we then had a close up of the door being opened showing the arm and hand of Oli on the door. There was then a reverse shot if the character coming through the door from the other side. We then had a mid shot of the other character 'Harry' sitting down being approached by Oli. When both characters were sitting down the camera was moved to an over the shoulder shot and the tripod was shortened to stand on the bench next to Oli so that we could see Harry over his shoulder as Harry read out his dialogue, this then changed to an over the shoulder shot of Harry looking at Oli as he read his dialogue. The camera was not hard to use and we were able to get on well with each other while filming and directing, we were able to get around the details in the storyboard which were hard to understand and made a few things better.

Pre-Production

For our film, we have just drawn and written out a storyboard of 4 different sections, for 4 of us. We have each been allocated 4 frames each on the storyboard and so altogether we have 16 which show all of our shots. Our film is going to be of a character walking down a Corridor, towards a door, they will then be opening the door, walking through it and then sitting down at a desk or table, and another character will be greeting the first character to sit down. The 4 frames of the storyboard I have been allocated begins with the first character in the room and we see him/her in a long shot, with the top of the second characters head in the shot to give little detail of what they look like, it then goes into an over the shoulder shot of character 1 and we see character 2 is sitting in his chair facing the opposite way and character 2 then says 'welcome to my office' slowly with a deep voice, the next shot is then a mid shot of character 2 spinning in his chair and when he is centre of the shot, he then says 'take a seat', the final shot is a mid shot of both characters, looking at them from the side and character 1 moves towards the chair slowly, and says 'thank you' as he begins to walk to the chair, replying to character 2's request of sitting down.

Hot Fuzz

 

In the opening sequence of Hot Fuzz, the camera angle used is a long shot and we see a dark figure walking through an empty corridor and don't know who it is and this creates a bit of tension for the audience because he is walking towards the camera at a steady pace, and the audience want to know who it is.  The way he is centre of the shot makes it seem that he is an important person which the audience needs to focus on and the sound of his footsteps getting louder as he moves towards the camera make him seem powerful as they become louder after every step.   The lighting used, makes it look like a halo of light that is shining down on him and creates an atmosphere of him being heaven like, or an angel, which could mean he is a pleasent person and looked up to.  When he approaches the camera we see a close up of his face and there is a serious look on his face which is then replaced by him holding up his police identity,  on this is a photograph of him with the exact same face which shows that he is a serious man and will likely always have this face when he is at work to show that he is committed and faithful to his job.  His name 'Nicholas Angel' gives an idea of what he is like as Nicholas can be shortened to Nick and you are put in the 'Nick' when you are arrested which shows that he is good at his job and arrests alot of people, and Angel being his last name shows that, like the halo of light, he is like an angel and will not do anything in his job that is bent and will stay true to it.

The 5 C's Of Media

In films there are 5 different things to look out for which begin with C, these are;
Camera angles,

This is an example of a mid shot and shows good detail of the character in the shot but only a little detail of his surroundings,

This is an example of a long shot which shows a lot of a surrounding area and you can see many things in the shot, it is not just focused on one particular object, or character.

This is an example of a close-up and is focused on only one thing in the shot, in this case it is the mole and it gives the audience a detailed view of what the mole looks like closer to the camera.

This is an example of an extreme close up and shows a lot of detail of an object or character, and shows nothing of the surroundings, this is good for focusing on little detail which is hard to see from a further away

This is an example of an over the shoulder shot and allows the audience to view the scene as a character would,

This is an example of a point of view shot which is used to make the audience feel like they are part of the action, or like they are in the film.




Continuity- this generally refers to the visual errors in a film or programme, in basic terms it means a character at one second could be wearing a scarf which is green, and the next could be wearing an orange one. So to have good continuity the editing must be very precise to make all the shots follow on properly and show everything as it should be as if it were real, to make the audience believe it is actually happening.



Cutting- This is also known as editing, it is highly necessary otherwise a film would never end, it also allows the director to change locations quickly, but it's main use is to either add pace into a scene to create an exiting atmosphere or slow it down for dramatic emphasis.


Close-ups, have been shown in camera angles (see above)


Composition- this is everything that is shown in the scene from the colour of the wallpaper, to the position of a table or chair. The audience might feel it makes no difference whether something is in a scene or not but everything in the scene has been put there for a reason.

HELLO

Good morrow, i have chosen to do media as an AS level because i enjoy watching films and listening to music.  They are a good source for entertainment and enjoyment. My favourite artists are Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias and Eminem but there are many more I enjoy listening to. My favourite film is the Lion King and has been since I was younger, but I also enjoy many other films which tend to be comedies like 'Step Brothers' and 'American Pie' or action films like 'Transformers' and 'Terminator Salvation'. My favourite TV programmes are 'The Inbetweeners', 'Family Guy', all of the soaps, 'Skins' and 'celebrity Juice' which I think is hilarious. I do also like Twilight films, they are brilliant!
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