A short flash film was brought to my attention by a friend of mine, which i thought was entirely weird, did not make complete sense, but for some reason liked it. I have been watching a lot of flash videos to encourage me to think of ideas to input into my final piece, but could not come across any good ones. So therefore i asked a friend, and a friend referred me to this video which i thought was extremely weird but intriguing. The main reason why it was intriguing i must say is becasue of the background music and the way it was created. the music kept the tension of the movie rising and kept the viewer engaged to see what happens next, which is what i wanted to input into my peice, but although it was entirely weird i have gained some sort of idea on what im accomplishing and trying to do.
January 31, 2009
Narrative OR Voiceover
Since i have been working on my flash peice, and considering wether to input a narrative or voiceover, i have came to a conclusion and inserting the “voiceover effect”. The voiceover effect as other lecturers have been talking about, is the way forward into engaging your audience and having that special edge towards your final peice. Therefore with the voiceover being decided, i must need a woman to act as if she has lost her daughter which would be inputted in a way as if she is being questioned by a police officer. If it works to plan, it will sound and look amazing at the end. Hopefully it all works out 
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My Bloody Valentine 3D
The miss’s and I went to go watch “My Bloody Valentine 3D” during the week, which i found pretty relevant to what we have been talkin about in recent weeks, and resembles Dziga Vertov’s POV. Although the movie was 3D which was not present back in 1929, it still caputured the feel and actions as if you are in the movie. The 3D effect was spectacular at times which made you feel as if you are in the movie and taking part in the movie; to the point where i was dodging, ducking and even grasping on to my girlfriend almost throughout the whole film. The film was not a horror based, but it was definitly a thriller which exhilirated the thrill by putting the viewer in first person view, which made you apart of the film and not just an auidience witnessing it all. I recommend the movie to anyone who loves there thriller and are into being engaged in a movie more than the storyline, as i personally thought the ending to the movie could have been better, since it mislead you of who the real killer was through the film. Good movie 7/10 for me, but really did emphasize the POV aspect in full detail, as it was enhanced from Dziga Vertov’s 1929′s “man with a camera”.
Flash Problem
My final flash peice, is all coming together until a problem has occured. The problem is where the main idea lays in the train station. The train station was my last camera shot to take but was not allowed to take a picture inside the train station due to copyright reasons, and needed to ask permission and write to the national rail, if it was possible if i can take a picture inside the train station. Although i was not capable to take a picture inside the station, i might just do so and be a rebel, since i have a couple ideas on how i can take a camera shot, without anybody realising
January 24, 2009
Animation
In my recent project, we were instructed to work in groups and produce a digital story board. With that task given to us, as a group we thought of making a animation with playdoh characters. The piece must consist of 2 minutes digital story board, and with our playdoh characters we stuck to a theme of “wish” and made a story of the characters wishing to go all over the world. We had to get cardboard box’s and print out famous landmarks to stick in the box’s and filmed as if the characters are traveling the whole world. The product we decided to make, sounds easy but was actually very tough and made me realize how hard it must be to make an animation that lasts 30 min. like for example Wallace & Gromit.
POV (Point of View)
There are many ways in life an individual can read or watch an item and can have the same perspective and feel that the main character is undergoing, by projecting through the characters eyes. In many films and books the first point of view aspect can either contrast the main character or the narrator who knows about all the characters and can take the viewer through a moment in the shoes of the character. There are many advantages of having POV in either a movie or in a story as it engages the audience/reader in a different manner and keeps the viewer in suspense through out due to the realistic feel of the first person point of view. Personally since i have been brought up watching movies/music videos that engage us with the first person view, i believe that can intrigue a viewer and grabbing there attention as you may want to know what is going to happen next, because everybody once in there life, would admit in wishing they were in someone else’s shoes for a while, if it’s either your favorite super hero,singer,character etc. Kanye West’s music video for “All Falls Down” (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T7KnBnlqOv4) is a famous music video that portrays the first person point of view concept that originated from the director Dziga Vertov in “Man With a Camera” a 1929 movie that used a variety of camera angles and a range of different shots that was being introduced to the world and used in most Hollywood and Bollywood movies. Vertov was the first to introduce the effects to cinema back in 1929, with different camera angles that seemed impossible to produce.
January 21, 2009
Obama Day
Just a slight reminder to everyone that did not know, Barrack Hussein Obama has been elected as the 44th president of United States last night on January 20th, and it has been the biggest inauguration of approximately 2 million people went out to see the newly president in person, before taking his role in the white house. You are probably thinking what does the latest news about Obama have to do with anything related to 212mc; but what really caught my eye is how the way his very charismatic can induce the public into whatever he says as being true, since his knowledge and courage into doing something is beyond the imaginary, i believe everyone should step up in this world and take a big step into really know what you want and try to achieve it, because nothing is impossible at the end of the day. As media students, the media industry is a very hard industry to get into, and therefore need to stand out and work hard from the beginning to develop a strong foundation and spine towards our career.
What I have Been Currently Doing
It’s been a while since i’ve submitted my last entry blog, and many people may be wondering, what on earth i have been up too, through the whole christmas holiday and into the new year; and the answer is my workbook. I have heavily focused and inserted all necessary requirements into the workbook such as research, storyboard, visual art, Dziga Vertov, initial idea, information on my final idea, and reflection. Although we are currently approaching to the end of the module and the final idea is thought of but still not put together yet by using flash, a few problems have occurred such as photography of the train station and other related problems. I have been putting a lot of effort into my workbook and believe it’s time to work on my blog since i have not submitted or been updating my blog in such a while, i have came to a conclusion where 15 minutes of my precious time is going to spare before going to bed, so that i can write as much as i can and reflect day by day until the end of the module.
