Article planning and production
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The document provides guidance on conventions for film review articles, including using prominent titles and images, as well as fact boxes with release dates. It suggests a primary image, secondary images to show the narrative, and a fact file in the first draft. The draft should also include an introductory paragraph, quote, captions, and final verdict, with titles to divide the text into readable columns. The author produced a poster with separate text and images then combined it, though improvements could include better image layout, more color, and additional pop-out boxes.
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The Pitch
Fred Flint created this presentation about designing a magazine. He began by researching existing magazine covers and music genres to promote. Fred selected rock music and decided on images for the cover and double page spread. He created a mind map and developed logo ideas, collecting more information and photos along the way. Fred plans to include his own instruments in some images and find people to pose for pictures, with the goal of finalizing the magazine design.
Title analysis
The document analyzes the title sequences of 3 action films - Catch Me If You Can, Top Gun, and Blade Runner. It finds that the most common order is studio logo, producer, director, key cast, film name, then additional cast. However, some films vary the order, such as Blade Runner which lists the key cast before the film name. Based on this analysis, the document proposes listing the titles for their own action film in this order: 1) Studio Logo 2) Producer 3) Director 4) Key Cast 5) Film Name 6) Additional Cast. This is intended to follow genre conventions while also building intrigue and impact.
Planers machine
The document describes a planer machine, which is used to generate flat surfaces and cut slots. It moves the entire workpiece beneath the cutting head on a reciprocating table. The main parts of a planer include the bed, table, column, cross rail, and tool head. The bed supports the machine and table, which holds the workpiece. The column and cross rail guide the reciprocating motion of the table and movement of the tool head, which can have multiple cutting tools. Planer operations include planing horizontal and vertical surfaces as well as slots. Safety precautions must be followed when using the heavy machinery.
Magazine Review Analysis
Magazine film reviews typically include several common elements. They provide a synopsis of the film's plot, opinions on the actors and director's style, and an overall evaluation. Reviews usually feature the film's image, title in the largest font, and background information on cast and crew. The body text is in multiple columns and a smaller font. Star ratings and the author's name are also regularly included. The review concludes with a verdict summarizing the critic's commentary.
Magazine Review Analysis
Magazine film reviews typically include several common elements. They provide a synopsis of the film's plot, opinions on the actors and director's style, and an overall evaluation. Reviews usually feature the film's image, title in the largest font, and background information on cast and crew. The body text is in multiple columns and a smaller font. A star rating and concluding verdict are also standard components. Understanding these codes and conventions allows the reviewer to design and write an effective magazine review.
Evaluation question 2
Media evaluation question 2: How effective was the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
idea development unit 1, 2nd year
This document outlines the planning and research for a factual production video. It includes concept boards with different color schemes, fonts, and mockups to inspire the design. It also includes a structure outline for the video with an opening introduction, interview questions, and closing summary. Research materials include reviewing a past successful video for interview style inspiration, stock footage needs, and ensuring clear audio quality for the interview-driven content. Camerawork plans incorporate a mix of tripod shots and some handheld footage to achieve a professional yet casual viewing experience.
Secondary Products
The document proposes ideas for layouts of a magazine review and movie poster for the film "Avatar." For the magazine review, it suggests using large images from the film with consistently formatted text and prominent display of the film title. The movie poster ideas include featuring the main character, a tagline, critic quotes, film title, director and actors, and key information about the film release printed in a color reflecting the film's mood.
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The Pitch
Fred Flint created this presentation about designing a magazine. He began by researching existing magazine covers and music genres to promote. Fred selected rock music and decided on images for the cover and double page spread. He created a mind map and developed logo ideas, collecting more information and photos along the way. Fred plans to include his own instruments in some images and find people to pose for pictures, with the goal of finalizing the magazine design.
Title analysis
The document analyzes the title sequences of 3 action films - Catch Me If You Can, Top Gun, and Blade Runner. It finds that the most common order is studio logo, producer, director, key cast, film name, then additional cast. However, some films vary the order, such as Blade Runner which lists the key cast before the film name. Based on this analysis, the document proposes listing the titles for their own action film in this order: 1) Studio Logo 2) Producer 3) Director 4) Key Cast 5) Film Name 6) Additional Cast. This is intended to follow genre conventions while also building intrigue and impact.
Planers machine
The document describes a planer machine, which is used to generate flat surfaces and cut slots. It moves the entire workpiece beneath the cutting head on a reciprocating table. The main parts of a planer include the bed, table, column, cross rail, and tool head. The bed supports the machine and table, which holds the workpiece. The column and cross rail guide the reciprocating motion of the table and movement of the tool head, which can have multiple cutting tools. Planer operations include planing horizontal and vertical surfaces as well as slots. Safety precautions must be followed when using the heavy machinery.
Magazine Review Analysis
Magazine film reviews typically include several common elements. They provide a synopsis of the film's plot, opinions on the actors and director's style, and an overall evaluation. Reviews usually feature the film's image, title in the largest font, and background information on cast and crew. The body text is in multiple columns and a smaller font. Star ratings and the author's name are also regularly included. The review concludes with a verdict summarizing the critic's commentary.
Magazine Review Analysis
Magazine film reviews typically include several common elements. They provide a synopsis of the film's plot, opinions on the actors and director's style, and an overall evaluation. Reviews usually feature the film's image, title in the largest font, and background information on cast and crew. The body text is in multiple columns and a smaller font. A star rating and concluding verdict are also standard components. Understanding these codes and conventions allows the reviewer to design and write an effective magazine review.
Evaluation question 2
Media evaluation question 2: How effective was the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
idea development unit 1, 2nd year
This document outlines the planning and research for a factual production video. It includes concept boards with different color schemes, fonts, and mockups to inspire the design. It also includes a structure outline for the video with an opening introduction, interview questions, and closing summary. Research materials include reviewing a past successful video for interview style inspiration, stock footage needs, and ensuring clear audio quality for the interview-driven content. Camerawork plans incorporate a mix of tripod shots and some handheld footage to achieve a professional yet casual viewing experience.
Secondary Products
The document proposes ideas for layouts of a magazine review and movie poster for the film "Avatar." For the magazine review, it suggests using large images from the film with consistently formatted text and prominent display of the film title. The movie poster ideas include featuring the main character, a tagline, critic quotes, film title, director and actors, and key information about the film release printed in a color reflecting the film's mood.
Secondary products
The document proposes ideas for layouts of a magazine review and movie poster for the film "Avatar." For the magazine review, it suggests using large images from the film with consistently formatted text and prominent display of the film title. The movie poster ideas include featuring the main character, a tagline, critic quotes, film title, director and actors, and key information about the film release printed in a color reflecting the film's mood.
Secondary Products
The document proposes ideas for layouts of a magazine review and movie poster for the film "Avatar." For the magazine review, it suggests using large images from the film alongside text of consistent formatting. The film title would stand out in a different font. For the movie poster, it lists including a main character picture, tagline, critic quotes, film title, director and actor names, key details, and colors reflecting the film's mood.
Research - Film poster
The document discusses the author's research into film posters for both a professional feature film and a student short film project. The author analyzed several posters, including "The Dark Knight Rises", identifying common elements like the main character, film title, and production company credits. Most posters followed guidelines having the character in the center, background image, and text placements. The author then designed a poster for their student short film, applying what they learned. They created a template summarizing typical poster elements and concluded posters should look professional while adhering to these conventions.
Marketing 'the cellist'
The document discusses marketing a film called "The Cellist" through creating a film poster and magazine review. It describes researching conventions of these materials, such as including the director and cast on the poster. The poster created features a large central image suggesting the film's genre, with the title as the largest text. The magazine review layout mirrors researched examples, with columns, page numbers, and a review of the film. Both marketing pieces were created to professional standards informed by research into conventions.
Media q1 part 2
The document discusses the creation of a short film cover and magazine review spread. The creator analyzed 6 case studies of professional covers and magazines to understand conventions like typical layouts, common elements, and design techniques. For the short film poster, conventions were adopted like large title text, character images, and a simple color scheme. The poster cuts up the character images to hint at the film's action/thriller genre. For the magazine review, conventions included title, cast, images summarizing the film, and separating text and images on the page. Both the poster and review incorporated key elements while adapting the style to fit the film's theme.
Film poster and magazine research
The document analyzes the conventions of magazine covers and film posters. It finds that magazine covers typically feature the magazine name and issue number with the main article image centered and overlapping the name. They also include the main article name, subheading, freebies, barcode, price and date, as well as additional article listings. Film posters commonly have a main image, the film name, critic recommendations, actor and director credits, and institutional information.
The town magazine
The review provides a visual and textual analysis of Empire Magazine's review of the film The Town. Visually, there are two stills from the film showing Ben Affleck looking powerful and FBI agents in action. Textually, the review has a teal color theme, uses bold titles and italics for taglines. The language is laid back but uses strong language and swearing, suggesting an adult audience. It provides indented quotes from the review and a star rating verdict to help readers decide if they want to see the film. Additional information boxes give more details on the filmmakers and plot without long blocks of text. The purpose is to both entertain and inform readers about this new action film release.
Film magazine analysis
The graphics and main image on the magazine cover are intended to relate to and advertise the film being covered. Additional headlines for other films are included to inform readers of more release options. The layout aims to attract audiences for the featured film and other topics through striking fonts, photos, and categories of information grouped together.
Draft layouts for film poster
The document discusses layout ideas for a movie poster. It proposes positioning the movie title at the top of the poster with the main image covering most of the poster below. Additional elements like the billing block, tagline and release date would be placed at the bottom to allow the viewer to focus on the image. Having images of the main characters would make clear who the film is about.
Poster Analysis
Draft 1 and 2 of the author's article show progress made in including common magazine conventions like a picture of the author and a quote. The document compares the article design to a sample magazine article, noting features copied like the page number location, genre words in the top left, main image placement, and column text format with a concluding quote. The author also included a film rating and title to prompt audiences to watch an independent short thriller film.
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The document discusses ideas for a movie poster and film review for a short film called "Facebook Famous."
Two poster design ideas are presented that draw inspiration from movies with similar themes. The first idea includes elements like the names of actors, a slogan, title, release date and additional information. The second removes some text and rearranges elements.
The review layout proposal includes elements like a magazine logo, title, picture caption, review text, rating and publication details. It also discusses using a still image from the short film and feedback is requested on the poster and review ideas.
Film magazine analysis
The magazine cover summarizes information about films in four key areas:
1) The central image features the main character from the film Inception to represent the main topic of the magazine.
2) Headlines around the edges advertise other films being released at a similar time.
3) Graphics relating to the design of Inception are used in the title layout.
4) The font and lighting of the central image aim to convey the mysterious nature of the film.
Film ptch media
AJK Productions is working with partners to create a 5 minute short film over the course of two nights, either live action or animated, about a lonely boy whose electrical appliances begin malfunctioning in his house, with paranormal activity occurring and possibly taking him. They also plan to create either a film poster or radio trailer/magazine review to accompany the short film.
Digital technolgies
Digital technologies were used extensively throughout the production process. This included using the internet for research on short films and festivals using websites like Slideshare, Vimeo, and YouTube. Various software like Prezi, Garageband, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro were used for planning, practice, production, and distribution of media texts. However, overreliance on technology also presented issues like computers slowing down due to many systems connecting to one server and systems freezing or crashing without saving work.
Ami question 2
The target audience for the horror film poster and magazine review is male, aged 15-25 from urban areas who enjoy horror films. The poster uses dark imagery and minimal text to subtly imply death and mystery. While minimal, it would work as a "teaser poster". The magazine review includes stills from the film to set the atmosphere, compares the film to others in the genre, and gives an overall positive review, aiming to attract the target audience to the independent short film. Feedback suggested the poster effectively captured horror conventions while the article could be improved with a clearer layout and more film information.
Survey results
The survey results showed that:
1. The target audience was 60% male and 40% female aged 15-25.
2. Social networking and watching videos online were the most popular internet activities. This suggests using viral marketing through blogs and social media.
3. Social networking was also seen as the most effective form of advertising films. The document recommends using viral marketing through social media.
Ami evaluation 2
The document discusses the use of iconography and score in a horror film. It notes that no dialogue is used once the film enters a state of disequilibrium, allowing the eerie score to build all the tension. While some horror conventions are followed, the main prop of a torch could also suggest action or adventure in other contexts. Due to the nighttime setting, the torch takes on significance by providing light in the dark and unknown surroundings, furthering the tension typical of horror films.
Ami evaluation 3
The document discusses the narrative and themes of a short film called "Night 1". It analyzes how the film both challenges and follows certain narrative theories. Two main themes in the film are time, shown through establishing shots of daylight, and technology, through the main character's heavy reliance on a flashlight. While the film has one main character fulfilling different character roles, as proposed by Propp's theories, it challenges conventions through its ambiguous villain and lack of closure. The document also evaluates how the film uses two of Barthes' five codes of narrative to create tension without fully revealing threats or solutions.
Ami evaluation 1
The setting takes place at night in Joe's typical home, creating a dark and ominous atmosphere that connotes horror. An average house that people can relate to makes for a conventional yet frightening location for a horror story by following genre conventions.
Audiences and reviews
IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are both online databases that provide information and reviews about movies. IMDb was launched in 1990 and is owned by Amazon, while Rotten Tomatoes was launched in 1998 and is owned by Flixster. Both sites allow users to submit reviews, but Rotten Tomatoes reviews are primarily from professional critics, while IMDb reviews come from registered users. The document compares the two sites and includes reviews for the movie Saw 3D from each site.
Short Film Festivals
The document describes several major short film festivals around the world including Telluride, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto International, Berlin, AFI LA, Los Angeles, South by South West, Tribeca, and Seattle International. Telluride is one of the oldest in Colorado and focuses on new films. Cannes is held annually in May on the French Riviera and is the highest honor in the festival world. Sundance is often called the most important independent film festival in the US and is held annually in Utah.
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Research - Film poster
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Media q1 part 2
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The town magazine
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Film magazine analysis
The graphics and main image on the magazine cover are intended to relate to and advertise the film being covered. Additional headlines for other films are included to inform readers of more release options. The layout aims to attract audiences for the featured film and other topics through striking fonts, photos, and categories of information grouped together.
Draft layouts for film poster
The document discusses layout ideas for a movie poster. It proposes positioning the movie title at the top of the poster with the main image covering most of the poster below. Additional elements like the billing block, tagline and release date would be placed at the bottom to allow the viewer to focus on the image. Having images of the main characters would make clear who the film is about.
Poster Analysis
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The review layout proposal includes elements like a magazine logo, title, picture caption, review text, rating and publication details. It also discusses using a still image from the short film and feedback is requested on the poster and review ideas.
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Ami question 2
The target audience for the horror film poster and magazine review is male, aged 15-25 from urban areas who enjoy horror films. The poster uses dark imagery and minimal text to subtly imply death and mystery. While minimal, it would work as a "teaser poster". The magazine review includes stills from the film to set the atmosphere, compares the film to others in the genre, and gives an overall positive review, aiming to attract the target audience to the independent short film. Feedback suggested the poster effectively captured horror conventions while the article could be improved with a clearer layout and more film information.
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The survey results showed that:
1. The target audience was 60% male and 40% female aged 15-25.
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Ami evaluation 2
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The setting takes place at night in Joe's typical home, creating a dark and ominous atmosphere that connotes horror. An average house that people can relate to makes for a conventional yet frightening location for a horror story by following genre conventions.
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- 1. Article Planning and Production
- 2. Looking at existing film reviews and articles, I found these are the conventions: Titles of the films stand out Primary image, with secondary images Extra boxes from extra information Clear photo of the main character to introduce them to the audience There is often a photo that is larger than the amount of space the text takes up Final Verdict ‘Fact file’ of what is happening around the film (release date etc.) Planning and production of posters (Ancillary)
- 3. First Draft Primary image and secondary images to show the film’s narrative ‘Fact File’ Introductory paragraph Quote from an interview with producer Captions Final Verdict Titles dividing the text and making it easier to read Columns
- 4. I only had one draft of my poster as I took everything and produced it separately (the text, stills etc.) I then put them together and was happy with the article I had. The improvements I could have made, would be better layout of images, more colour, and more pop out boxes.