Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds mentions that an image should be split into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and those important compositional parts should be placed along these lines or their intersections.It is important to line the body up with a vertical line, and have the person’s eyes along with a horizontal line.

When filming our interviews, we need to follow the rule of thirds allowing adequate looking space and consider the mode of address of our speakers.



This video helped us understand concept of rule of thirds

Evaluation

In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:

1. In what ways does your media media product use, develop or challenges forms and conventions of real media products?

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2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

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3. What have you learned form your audience feedback?

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4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

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Post Documentary Questionnaire/Update

I will use the post documentary questionnaire as part of my audience feedback.

I gathered people to watch the documentary twice. The first was to watch the documentary only, during the second viewing; I asked them to take notes on critical and positive points of the documentary. I collected the notes, and then handed out the questionnaires for them to fill out.

I could have improved my audience feedback by filming the audience state their opinions and suggestions on improving the documentary.

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Is University Worth It?

Eventually the documentary is completed. This was a very long, tiring process involving planning, constructing, structuring and merging together. I believe the documentary involves codes and conventions and genre of a public service production. I believe the documentary does inform the audience making the film more engaging. There are numerous ways I can improve the documentary. For example including further balanced fine quality interviews, adding clear, high-quality cutaways and creating more graphs, charts etc to display data. In my opinion the best element of the documentary is the score. The score relates to the documentary in a great way, the debate is on a serious topic; however the score brings more entertainment and energy to the documentary. In addition I like the way on-screen graphics and the title is presented. I think it is creative and unique.

Radio trailer

Radio trailer  by  user5280227

Radio Trailer Script

Music:
Style – Electronica
Song – House Fever
Version- Break It Up

Voice over
Will the increase in University tuition fees really have a negative effect on students who want to apply for a University course?
Will students be put off by having to take out a loan or has the increase had no effect at all?

Speech from Terry Justice Conservative Chancellor of Dagenham and Rainham

Voiceover
On Friday 18th December at 6’o clock HCTV presents Is University Worth It?
You can’t afford to miss it!

Newspaper Advert

Codes and conventions for a Poster

Codes in operation in TV posters
 Photography
 Language – register (high or low)
 Layout
 Typography (fonts – important in terms of mode of address (formal/informal)

Conventions- (application of codes)
 Imagery – simple and condenses key theme, could be symbolic
 Image needs to be engaging and emotionally involving
 Sentence- simple (include factual figures/questions/statements)
 Typography- upper case(links idea with current affairs)
 Fonts - elaborate in design (clearly contrasting with background to aide readability)
 Broadcaster Logo/links to website
 Layout – headline, framing, anchoring image
 Good quote from interviewee( facts that engage audience)

I took the codes and convention of a poster into account when designing my poster

Update - newspaper advert

I found an established image from the internet and played around with the manipulation of the image using Gimp. As it was my first time using the image manipulating software, I had to familarise myself with what it offers. This included using layers, colourising, merging etc. It took quite a while to get used, but I improved bit by bit. In the beginning, I downloaded Picasa; this was an easier programme to use, though there wasn’t much choice and variety on what I could do to the image making it weak.


When it came to taking my own image, it did not work at all. It was hard to get hold of a university outfit and graduation hat, so I scraped the idea.




Next I came up with the idea of graduation certificate with money surrounding it. The flash of my camera worsened the picture, which made it look messy and unclear.



Finally with help from media teacher, I decided to take 2 pictures. The first image was coins stacked up against a white background, second was a model carrying something against a white background as well. Then I had to merge the two together. Problems that occurred were the background, even though the background came out white and bright on the camera, on the computer it was grey. To fix this problem I used the magic wand, which is a fuzzy effect, select the images I wanted. I then placed the coins on top of the model’s hand. So it looked like the coins were weighing the model down.

There are so many ways I could improve image, but time was running out. I added the title, a simple statement to the poster that related to the topic, the broadcaster’s logo and a link to website. Typography was bold, in upper case, making more clear and appealing.

Score Notes

The music chosen for the documentary was called Reaction Time (night walker), the style is electronicals. It is copy right free material. I used this, as it was simple to use compare to copy right music I need to get permission to obtain.

The score is supposed to convey a tone and mood for the documentary. I chose this score as it had a formal but had an entertaining tone to it, which suited the documentary really well. The score is also meant to engage the audience in the debate; I believe this song delivered all those techniques.

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Shot List

Is University Worth It? - Script

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Voiceover/update

We chose Andy Popperwell for the Voice over for of our documentary. The voice over should be clear and delivered in accent, meaning it should be understood by all, following a high level of English in terms of grammar and vocabulary. This makes it the voice of authority. Andy Popperwell was the ideal voice actor; he conveyed the essential voice over elements.

Structure of voice over
1.Introduce topic
2.Key facts and figures
3.Opinions
4.Conclusion
5.Projection

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List of Cutaways

• Queen Mary University - voiceover talking about facts or figures about university tuition fees

• Havering College- Can be used over an interview when a Havering College Student is talking.


• Queen Mary University Classroom, Canteen, Dorm Rooms and Common Places of Interest - used when interviewing a university student or lecturer to show the environment that they live or work in.

• University students walking around campus - used over a voice over while discussing some facts about going to university or during interviews

• Student Packing a suitcase to go to university- used at the beginning of the documentary or while a university student is talking about accommodation at university.

• College Student in lesson - used while a college student about their opinions

• College student on UCAS website - used over a college student talking about applying to university

• University Lecturer in teaching - used when the a university lecturer is talking about the number of students at university

• Taxpayer working - used when a taxpayer is talking about his money going towards university tuition fees

• Newspaper Articles - used when talking about facts and figures about university tuition fees increasing

• Banks advertising student loans available - used with voiceover to show the support available to students who want to go to university
•University Prospectuses – used during interviews or voiceover regarding applying or visiting university

Rule of Thirds/update

The rule of thirds mentions that an image should be split into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and those important compositional parts should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

When filming our interviews, we need to follow the rule of thirds allowing adequate looking space and consider the mode of address of our speakers. It is important to line the body up with a vertical line, and have the person’s eyes along with a horizontal line.



This video helped us understand the concept of the rule of thirds better

Profile on Interviews & Update

As group we tried to get good interviews for the documentary.

We contacted people through phone, email, visiting etc. We manage to get 6 in total. They were Noel Otley(Principal of Havering College F&H Education),Magaret Hodge (MP of Barking, Terry Justice (Chancellor of Dagenham and Rainham),Dave Wood(University Lecturer.

I tried to get interviews(through email,visitng,phone calls) with a bank manager, as they could inform of any support they provide for students and the borrowing of moneyand their views. Furthermore,I treid contact student unions such as NUS and MPs. It very hard to get in touch with them, in the end it did not work out.

I used these sites to get details.
http://www.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/mps_and_lords/alms.cfmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Kingdom

Robin Wells (Mayor of Newham) interview did not turn out well, due to technical problems linking to the sound.After capturing the video, there was no sound, so we could not use that interview.

I could not use the interview with the postgraduate student as the tape was misplaced and has not been found since then. This affected my documentary in many ways, as I could not add essential points of view of a student who has been through the University experience and know the types of student support available. Also how they feel about the increase in tuition fees and how it may affect students wanting to apply.

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Pre Documentary Questionnaire

I distributed copies of the questionnaire people, so they can answer relevant question linked the documentary. The answers will give insight on their views and opinions and it will also give idea of the target audience for this debate. Also it will show ways of how I can improve the document film.

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