Researching camera technique ideas.......

Since we are supposed to be using a bus in our film, I quite like the beginning of use of the camera here.

Lecture 1: Introduction to Threshold Concepts and ExistenZ

I didn't make the first lecture since I was on the plane back from Barbados, however this evening I have looked at the powerpoint to Threshold Concepts. I think I have got the just.....basically it represents a transformed way of understanding, looking at different concepts in an unusual way. Also in which the concept can be interpreted.

Apparently we have to look at the film ExistenZ and apply the three

Narrative

Interactivity

Convergence

I researched these to find that narrative is a chain of events in a cause effect relationship. It's planned lay out not just strung together.

Interactivity is video gaming presented using full motion video

The last Convergence has a number of definitions however the one we will be looking at is video that shares resources and interact with each other, synergistically creating new efficiencies.

Applying this to the film ExistenZ was quite strange because to be honest its the weirdest film i have watched. However this film was about interpreting trying to get the human mind around consensual concepts in the film.

The  concept of the film was decent. It portrayed an image of what future gaming may be like now. Th film was made in 1999 and since then technology has progressed rapidly. Recently, the xbox kinect that has been released that allows you to control your character via a camera that detects movement. And so you can link this within the film because the game users are in the game itself! 

The gamepod was apparently biologically influenced however this could not really be done in real life however looking at threshold concepts.....it may be possible??

The narrative was obviously there, the directer had a very intelligent idea with the film and put it together i just think not everybody gets it and may be for a smaller audience that enjoyed the film because it is very different.

A start to 2011!

It was my first day back at uni today and iv found out my first project is film! very happy about that one already dreading animation! We have been put into groups and ours is all girls in which I am the Director which shall be interesting! Our script we have been given seems  alright it may change a bit we shall see. Next week i will be looking at ideas for short films to give our group some new inspirational ideas on camera work etc. We will be creating story boards etc too! I ll be having a look at the following key terms too:

script breakdown, film production roles, pre- production, treatments, pitching,

Interactive Space Project: Making Maps

Finally my interactive project has been uploaded to making maps. I am very happy with my project. I made the theme prominent, ie, study vs party and seemed to have worked well .There is a narrative in my project in the fact that if you party with no work then your going to fail. However, on the other hand if you work hard and study, you will reap rewards. This is shown in my interactive space project.
        To be honest, at fist I thought HTML was impossible to use! I found it extremely difficult even when I had both lecturers being extremely patient with me......I still didn't have a clue! And so the next day I went into uni and taught it myself eventually after a ridiculous amount of time I seemed to have got the hang and I got it done! Once I learnt how it worked I found it quite simple, just time consuming.
       If I got the opportunity to make another project then it would be of a much higher level because I now understand more clearly what I am doing.
       I also enjoyed taking the pictures used in my project. I edited them on my mac computer. I used different effects to create a certain ambience in the project. For example, with the studying pictures I edited them to black and white to make them slightly more dull than the coloured bright pictures used. With the party pictures they were the opposite. It was common sense really in the fact that naturally when people think to do work it is usually a negative feeling, on the other hand going out is exciting. And so I tried to employ that in the project. I found choosing the pictures the easiet part whilst using dreamweaver more difficult. I tried to use some techniques in my photography, for example, I blurred the edges on a picture:

 Here is my final Interactive Project:

I did this to take the focus off the picture to concentrate more on the A* pass.

I also used other techniques to improve the pictures enhancing them etc. I have much preferred this project than the animation project because I found it so difficult. But I understand practice makes perfect!

http://makingnewmaps.com/

My Own Edit to One Shot Film

Finally I have edited my own film REVERSE as we did as a group previously. I enjoyed editing it and used a variety of music techniques to bring the film to life and give it depth and texture. It took me a while to synchronise the timing of music parts with the film. The text used also correlates well with the music as seen. I am happy with this and i think it is a much better improvement from our group edit. I prefer this film in colour its more interesting....and here it is:

editing pictures for interactive space project

Today I have planned what pictures I am going to put in my project and I have edited them to suit the mood of each picture. I have pretty much been stereotypical in how i have edited my pictures. For example my story is based on going out to a party or choosing to stay in to do work. The work pictures are in black and white and the party pics are bright and colourful. I have used blurred effects and distorted a couple of the images. I shall be putting them together on Tues to come up with my space!

Interactive space seminar--IDEAS

In our seminar, to help with our interactice space project, I found this very interesting and very realistic. Even though I will be ony using photographs in my project this you-tube obviously uses video footage is much more complex. It gives you choices throughout the video as I will be doing in my interactive space project. Lots of camera techniques are used and the mans face is not seen thorughout the video which is quiter unusual. there are also lots of closeups in which detail can be used however, the format is small.
This has helped me in giving me ideas in the way I will be taking pictures in my project.