Company Logo and Progress Picture

 This is the original prototype that I made in class with one of the teachers. He had brought in some images off the Internet for us to mess around with and see how we could use different images and overlay them in order to have a final picture as our 'company logo'. The example name used was 'Fish Eye' and I really liked the product I had made so I decided to keep it and eventually use it.

This was the first step I took towards actually making my logo. I saved and put my images into Adobe Photoshop and then opened them both. I took the image that was to go on top (the starfish) and used the 'magic wand tool' on the left hand side to cut out the image from its background. From there I needed additional assistance from the teacher to alter the background of the cut out starfish so that I didn't copy a black background with it onto the beach image.




This image is of the nearly finished logo. By this time, I had put the image of the starfish on top of the image of the beach but was trying to find the right font. Luckily for me, the font tab in Adobe Photoshop shows you a sample of letters for each font. I started from the top with 'A' and saw it pretty quickly. When I found the correct font, I had to choose the font colour. I realised that I couldn't use black since the edges were black and it wouldn't show up so I used the next best thing: white.



This was the final product: polished, finished, and ready for use. I am really proud of the end result. Needless to say for me, none of this was done without assistance. Again, I'm still unfamiliar with Mac Books and how the applications work but I'm getting there.

Risk Assessment

If this were a real production, as in I were to making a real movie, I would have to do a risk assessment which is basically an official piece of paper noting all possible risks and hazards, and how to prevent or avoid them. We used Riverside TV Studios' risk assessment form.

Experimenting with Double Vision

This is a video clip that was used to show me how to make double vision a reality because I am not a master of Final Cut. In actuality, the only thing that I did in this was videotape Sam (the boy in the clip) asking me if I was alright. Don't be fooled by his seemingly helpful appearance, it was scripted.
In the end, I probably still need to do another experiment with Final Cut because I'm still not sure exactly how to operate it yet. In time, audience; in time.

Scanned Storyboard Pages and Edits

As required of us students who choose to do Media Studies, a storyboard of our mini-film (actually an opening sequence) is needed to show how our knowledge of how films are made. So now I give you: my storyboard not without many flaws.

PAGE 1.

-Every time I had put 'Mid-size' as my shot size, I had meant to say mid shot or medium. There is no 'mid-size'

-In the 2nd shot, my mid-size should actually be medium long shot

-In the 3rd shot, again, mid-size should be medium long shot

PAGE 2.

-1st shot is not a close-up, it is a medium long shot

-I have been advised to separate my actors' names and interlace them with action shots

-4th shot would not be a close-up, it would be a medium shot only because the person is sitting down

PAGE 3.

-Using my new-found knowledge, the shot size is a medium shot moving into a long shot because the camera pans across the classroom [set]

-The shot of the ceiling may or may not be a long shot. It could be a very long shot but I'm not sure yet since I do not posses a video camera

PAGE 4.

-The 1st shot should be noted as a medium close-up, not a close-up

-The 2nd shot does not have a shot size, it should be medium close-up moving into a long shot since the person is standing up and it is a POV shot

-Note that in the 3rd shot, the effect of 'double vision' is being used. This will require me to learn how to do this on Final Cut

-4th shot I corrected it to be a big close-up

-5th shot is a medium close-up

PAGE 5.

This page needs more action shots in between the credits.

In addition, more production team credits.