Finance

 

I did this to refer back to when making my film poster. It will help me decide which type of finance to use and which would be best suited to me. I evaluated the meanings of each type of finance and which I would be able to use. I chose self finance and evaluated the pro's and cons.

From looking at the pros and cons, I decided that this was definatley the best one for me to use as I will not be working on a project that will be requiring a lot of money so it would be easier to use my own money.

What is media?

Media is a form of communication and a way for companies to make communication with its audience. It is also a form of entertainment.

What is a soap opera? A soap opera is a fictional programme that is shown most days on TV with a continuous story line. It focus' on a specific location and is a dramasation.

Codes and conventions- realism, settings, characters, narrative themes, structure and format.

History- the term “soap opera” was first used by members of the American press to describe some of the first radio shows being produced and sponsored by companies of cleaning products. The first soap opera was in 1930.

Examples- Eastenders, Coronation street, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Doctors, Neighbours

Viewing figures- Coronations highest viewing figures this year is 8,240,000 and their lowest is 5,170,000.

Prominent actors- Craig Charles, Anne Kirkbade (coronation street).

Cost- coronation street costs £50,000 per episode on average but for special episodes with special effects it can cost up to £1 million.

What is a doccumentury? A documentary is non fictional and is fact based. The facts are usually based on a certain subject. It portrays real life and is informative.

Codes and conventions- voice over, real footage, technicality, interviews with experts, sounds, setups, visual coding.

History- documentaries began when the first films were made by the Lumiere brothers in 1895.

Examples-  Steve jobs, Amy, Meru, Finders keepers, blackfish.

Viewing figures-  Educating Yorkshire got an audience of 2.62 million in one night.

Prominent actors- major documentary presenters include David Attenborough and Louis Thoruex.

Costs- Five years in the making, Planet Earth cost $25 million to produce and involved 71 camera people filming in 62 countries across the globe. The crew used cutting-edge filming techniques and technologies to capture all sorts of wild creatures doing what they do.

What is an advert? An advert is a short video clip or sound clip which promotes a product or service. It is shown in a lot of ways such as on websites, radio stations and TV.

Codes and conventions-  shot types, music, special effects, computer graphics, camera angles, editing, lighting.

History- commercial messages have been found in the ruins of Pompeii and ancient Arabia dating all the way back to even the Egyptians.

Examples- Coke, Cadburys, Andrex, Evian, Sky, EE.

Prominent actors- David Tennent, Cheryl Cole, Johnny Vegas.

Costs- the Cadburys gorilla advert cost an average of £700,000

Clarendon News report

For this part of my media work, I have created a news report based on the opening of the new college. This activity let me work on my editing skills using premier pro as I have never used it before. It has also helped me practice my filming skills and using the DLSR. 

I think I did well on the editing of this piece of work as it was my first time using the editing software. I think that the actual filming process could be improved by using a microphone to get clearer sound and use a tripod to make the camera more steady so it doesnt shake.

I decided to include interviews in my piece of work as people will be interested in other peoples opinnons on the new building to compare tot heir own. I found this out becuase I did a survey poll to see what people would like to see in this piece of work.

Clarendon news poll results

 

 My results form my poll show that people would like to see:

1) interviews with students

2)sports report

3)weather report

From my findings, I am going to do the top 3 things that people would like to see in my work.

Clarendon news poll

Research and planning

I did some research to see what stages are needed to complete research and planning and put a description of what each aspect involves. I did this to help me when I carry out tasks like the music video I will be creating. It will speed up the process alot and I will be aware of all the necessary steps before I start my filming etc.

Media job roles

I decided to look what job roles films and soap operas have in the closing titles and how they differ to each other. In general, the roles do not differ that much but they are just in different orders.

Films tend to have more complex roles than soap operas as they are more technical. For example, they have dialogue directors.

Comparing British and American films

   

We compared British and American films and how much they differ in terms of their budget and how much they cost to make. My findings were that in this case the English film cost more than the American film. Normally English films cost a lot less as they are not on as big of a scale as American films, whereas in this case the English film was estimated to cost £121,000,000 more. Usually English films aren't as successful as American films as they don't have as high of a budget. Although this is true, on some occasions English films with loweer bidgets are very succesful like 'The Bridget Jones Diarys'.