Advert footage

Today I have filmed my advert in 2 locations. I enjoyed filming the advert because it was really fun. There was a few outtakes throughout the filming but it went really well. My favourite part was the whole process of filming because it was fun, I enjoyed getting all of the shots for the advert. The worst blooper/outtakes that I did was opening the coke can because I didn't realise I was actually opening the coke can. All of the coke kind of came out of the can and a little bit spilled on the floor. This was quite funny at first but then I sorted myself out. I love the advert footage so far. The editing is going to make things a lot better and more realistic.

Evaluation

The assignment was to create photos, images using freak or unique as the title. I had to make images or photos freaky or unique looking because that was the main brief that I had to follow. I think the brief was something to do with freakiness to get used to montaging images together.

The images that inspired me with this project is the freaky images that I found off the internet. The inspiring images that inspired me was the image of a dog and some-ones face in it, another image that inspired me was an image of a person with a doll face. This inspired me because it made me feel as though I could do something very similar. Also it showed me that the image was a freaky image from the fact that it was more than one image merged together with another image. These were the images that I could recreate because they were simple to recreate and they only used about 2 images joined together.

The characteristics of freaky/unusual photography would be strange, odd and slightly scary looking. I think this because that is what I think freaky images are. They are also images that are unusual because they have strange parts joined together like the baby and doll image. Freaky images to me are images that use more than one image to make one freaky image. They are also freaky if they have some strange, unusual part on them that they wouldn't already like a face growing from the body. This is unusual and freaky because you wouldn't literally have a face growing out of a body.  This is what I think characteristics of a freaky image is.

My ideas that I intended to do was to have a doll and mix it with a person. I didn't do this in the end because I ran out of time to do this. I wrote a proposal for the idea that I wanted to get across. I managed to do and finish my merged final freak or unique piece using photo shop and photography lessons. My idea was to merge a doll and a person together to create a new freaky doll. I quite liked my idea because it would have worked if I finished doing it. It would have been freaky looking also if I did this because of the face or body with a doll. This would have been very unusual which is what I wanted to get across to tell the audience the advert that I wanted to create a doll type advert crossed with something like a dog.



I had to take into account the location of where I would have taken the images, how long it would take me to take the correct and the right number of photos. I also had to take into account the lighting of where I would take the photos. This was hard to sort the lighting because the room that I took the relevant photos in wasn't as great as it probably could have been. I had to set up the camera and the tripod with the backdrop for the lighting to create the descant images. This was because I didn't want the lighting to dark otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the photos, I wanted it to be bright enough so you could see the images.


The editing process that I had to go through was using photo shop to edit my four images. I did this by using levels and curves on the adjustments setting of photo shop. I used photo shop to edit my images because it was the easiest programme to edit the images that I needed to edit. The images of mine that I took that I found the hardest to edit was my images of images. This was because they were images of images. I found it hard to edit because I found it hard to change the colours of the images. I had fun taking photos of photos apart from having this problem.


I haven't got examples of my final advert that I would have liked to do but I have my magazine advert example on my blog. This is because I didn't have time to finish my actual piece so I used my magazine advert. This is because my magazine advert is joined with the two lessons. This is because they are basically the same type of thing. The magazine advert is joined with making the advert. It isn't freaky but more of a unique piece instead of a freaky one. I feel as though the magazine advert has gone very well. It has gone better than I expected it to which is great and amazing.




If I was to do this project again I would change my proposal abit. This is because my proposal didn't fit my actual piece. I ran out of time to make my final piece which would have fitted my proposal. I have learnt from my first assignment that I need to keep up with time and do things on time. This is because otherwise  I would be behind work which I don't want to be. I think next time I do another assignment I should keep my proposal identical/ slightly different to my actual piece so it fits. Otherwise it looks slightly strange and odd.


I have learnt some new skills whilst I have had Photography. I have enjoyed the lessons because I have managed to learn new skills that I didn't think I would be able to. I have liked learning how a simple photography camera is used with all of the techniques and buttons on the camera. I have loved using the camera and the tripods because it gave me new skills to  get the grips of when taking simple photos using a camera.

I have made some images using the camera that I am very proud of. In my opinion my favourite piece of work that I have done is probably the mixed piece of work. This is because I have emerged a photo shop lesson and a  photography lesson together to create a montage/magazine advert image. I like this image because it shows a few skills that I have learnt throughout the weeks. Also it shows how well I can work when I have a time pressure which is great practise for the future.

Throughout this course I have learnt what A,S,M and P means. They mean Apature, Speed, Manual and Program. I didn't know that the cameras have these dials, letters on them which indicates a new skill of the cameras.

 

 

 

Memory Check( Photogrpahy list)

Q1. Look at the following images  and name the rule of composition?

This image is Rule of Thirds rule because of the horizon line in the  distance

This image is Cropping because not all of the image is here

This image is viewpoint because you are looking down onto the image

This image is leading lines because of the lines leading to the windmill

 

Memory check(quiz)

Q1. What two Greek words make up the term ‘photograph’?  The two Greek words that make up the term photograph is Drawing with light. It means drawing with light

 Q2. List FOUR genres of photography and explain the genre  Four genres of photography would be Portrait, Landscape, Abstract and Architectural photography

  Q3. List two essential items you need to complete your photography course To complete your photography course you need an SD card, Camera(digital)  and a Hard drive

 Q4. What do we do to make the camera achieve focus? To achieve focus , you need to press the shutter button on the camera to achieve focus

Q5. The ‘mode dial’ on our camera has the following four acronyms, what do they stand for and what do they control?

The four acronyms that is used on the mode dial of a camera is  Speed, Program, Manual and Apature. The apature controls the focus, The Manual lets you take the photos (images), Speed controls how fast or slow the image is, Program controls the camera. Program lets you choose the different settings

Memory check

Q1. Would we use a large or a small Apature to achieve a shallow depth of field? When you are achieving a shallow depth of field you need the Apature to be small due to the detail of the shot

Q2. When would we use the ‘S’ control setting one the camera mode dial. We would use the S control setting on the camera when you are capturing speed, fast or slow

Q3. What do we do to make the camera achieve focus? To make the camera achieve focus you need to gently press on the shutter button

Q4. Name three items needed when producing a seamless background lighting set-up Three items that you need when producing a seamless background lighting set up is a redhead, white piece of paper, camera,tripod

Q5. When focusing the camera, what do we place on the object/subject to ensure it is the centre of focus? To make the camera stay in focus, to ensure that it is the centre of focus you need to

Q6. What must we do when we finish using the light to ensure it doesn't get broken? You must let the red head cool down so it doesn't get broken. Only then when it is cool enough you are able to put it away so it does not get broken

 

Q1. What is ISO and what does it effect? ISO is International Standards Organization. It effects the light when using the camera.

Q2. When would we use the ‘P’ control setting on the camera mode dial. We would use the P control setting on a camera for Program when you want to change the Apature speed

Q3. Name two important consideration when attaching the tripod baseplate to the bottom of camera? Two important considerations when attaching the tripod baseplate to the bottom of the camera is to make sure the arrow is pointing the right way from the lens. The lever needs to be at the back of the tripod.

Q4. Name three important considerations when using a red-head lighting kit Three important considerations when using a red-head lighting kit is to not touch the barn doors, no touching the bulb and to let the red head col down before you put it away

Q5. When focusing the camera, what do we place on the object/subject to ensure it is the centre of focus? When focusing a

camera you place a green rectangle that is on the camera. Also you press the button gently for a better focus

Q6. Name two techniques we can use to adjust the brightness and contrast of a photograph? Two techniques we can use to adjust the brightness and contrast of a photograph is to use the shutter speed, to use ISO and let more light in by the Apature

 

Video work evidence

This is the storyboard for my advert, we used this as a group. We only had 3 scenes on the storyboard because there is only 3 main scenes to add for our advert. This worked well as a group.

 

This is the brainstorm that my group used for the product. There is two because there was two brainstorms in my group. It wasn't just ideas for main advert tit was other notes such as how a advert works, a few adverts. That sort of thing that worked well.