Assignments

Assignments 

So now that I have completed my Creative Media Practice module, I now have to focus on; 

• Final Project - Website/interactive documentary on ‘Fear Itself’.
• Dissertation - On Reality TV; Formats and Second Screen.
• Independent Report -  4000 word report focusing on a media company; Mocha TV.
• Wow Statements 

Final Project;

Thankfully I am working within a group for my final project and the group I am placed in we work really well together so, we should really enjoy this task. We have a plan of what we need to do so we just need to research and finally schedule our filming and editing to fit in with our other modules. 

Dissertation;

I am currently researching for my dissertation reading a few books and finding some information that may help when coming to type up my dissertation, I’m looking forward to my tutorial meeting next week as it will give me an idea of what I need to focus on next.

Independent Report;

I have already had a meeting with the company and got the information needed for this report, also if I need anymore information the owner as explained I can always email him and he’ll get back as soon as possible, which is another bonus to this module. I am currently working on this report as I go along with other modules, I have typed up at least a quarter of this report already.

Wow Statements;

I have currently completed the first Wow statement focusing on reflection;

-Self Awareness

-Personal Values, Motivation, Drive & Energy

-Relating to Others

-Emotional Intelligence

Before I send the statement off I just need to read over to make sure I have mentioned all I need to say for each area in the statement. Once I have booked a slot for my statement to be marked I will then move onto the next statement that goes alongside my independent report. 

So as you can see got a lot of work to be done, and not a lot of time to do it all, it seems there’s not a enough hours in the day, this year is flying by where already in November! 

Creative Media Practice: Final Project

Final Project

Friday 1st November 2013 - Friday 8th November 2013

So after a stressful week last week, this week began great as I had already created some QR codes and I decided to plan out the tasks, I needed to complete such as; filming, editing, completing my presentation and also creating a leaflet to go alongside the presentation. 

Monday - I decided to film the locations, that I had decided would have videos attached to them such as; St Luke’s, Ayrton Saunders Buildings, Bold Street. I found filming the locations really easy as I had the shots I wanted in my mind before so filming didn’t take to long. 

Tuesday & Wednesday - On both days I made sure that I focused on editing each clips and adding the information to each clip. So on Tuesday I made sure the two locations that would contain the footage and text where completed which thankfully I completed on time. For the two videos I used Adobe After Effects which I thought was easy to edit with until I began editing on Adobe Premier. 

So on Wednesday I decided to edit the last clip with Adobe Premier, this clip contains audio along with the footage. I thought editing this clip would be stressful, I was completely wrong as I found editing in this software rather easy. I felt using this software made everything fall into place, and made sure I had enough time to complete all the other tasks before my presentation time on Friday at 12.45pm and also to create the rest of the QR codes needed.

Thursday - As all the QR codes had been created the day before, I spent the day completing my presentation on prezi, I made sure that I had explained each locations properly and also discussed positives, negatives, developments and areas for improvements. 

-An example of a positive would be that I found a lot of local history out that didn’t even know myself and has made me want to learn about more history of our city. 

-An example of a negative would be that I didn’t use my time wisely for this project leaving everything till last minute and not being in the right mind frame on certain days.Another a negative of the project would be that I had the project all planned out in my head, but unfortunately the project did not look or work out the way I thought. It had the features I plan but the presentation was not as I planned in my head.

-An example of developing and improving this project would be expanding the the QR codes and stories, finding different locations outside of the city centre. Another would be using a range of media instead of just using; YouTube videos, Voice notes, Texts and Web Links e.g. I could of created a website containing all the stories and history for the locations. 

I also created a leaflet contain all the images of the locations and QR codes so that it would be easier for anyone to scan the codes instead of trying to scan them off the presentation on the big screen. Along with the leaflet I also created a word document containing all information of my original ideas, proposal, outcomes, positives, negatives and also the developments. 

Friday - So Friday was my presentation day, it began smoothly but for some strange reason I started to get nervous just before my set time. I think I started to become nervous because I wanted my presentation to be perfect and to run smoothly, thankfully my presentation ran smoothly without any hiccups. Also all my QR’s worked and my tutors could see all the media connected to them, which was another bonus!

After the presentation I received some feedback about what I could have done to the project, the feedback I received I agree with e.g. actually going to the locations and placing the QR codes on them, I would of done this with more time. I would of made a short video of somebody walking up to all five locations and scanning the bar codes, as this would explain who the QR codes work.  

Altogether I have really enjoyed this project, I think I picked the right option of creating a project using QR codes and given the option again I would pick the same. 

Below is the link to my Prezi presentation which consists of all the QR codes, make sure you have a smartphone that can scan QR codes so you don’t miss out also make sure you have headphones you may need them. 

Other Side of Town QR Stories - Presentation

Creative Media Practice: Final Project

Final Project

Monday 28th October 2013 - Friday 1st November 2013 

After coming up with my final project I spent the week researching different locations to use for this project. 

My idea of locations changed all the time throughout the week but I finally decided on a number of locations, instead of doing each location on the presentation I picked five main locations to focus on;

-St Luke’s

-Elevator Studios

-Ayrton Saunders

-Philharmonic Hall

-Bold Street

For each of the locations I researched background history of the buildings e.g. what the building was used for previously and what it may be used for now. Also who helped create the building e.g. John Foster snr & Jr. 

After collection research information for each location I then had to come up with what each QR code will connect to videos, voice notes, images, websites.

-St Luke’s will have two QR codes one connecting to the churches website and the other to a short video with footage from around the church and also some background history of the building.

-Elevator Studios will have a number of QR codes placed around the outside of the building, a number of QR codes will connect to voice notes which give brief notes about the history of the building. Other QR codes will connect to the elevator studios and baltic triangle websites. 

-Ayrton Saunders will have a QR code which connects to a YouTube video which will contain video footage and still images of the building, the video will contain audio explaining the history of the building and also a personal story of working for the company.

-Philharmonic Hall will have three QR codes outside the entrance to the hall, one will connect to the halls official website which contains back ground history of the hall. Another will connect to a YouTube video which the Philharmonic Hall have created and posted themselves. The third QR will connect to the ‘People’s Stories - Liverpool Lives’ website which contains stories people have posted about the Hall. 

-Bold Street will have QR codes placed at the bottom, middle and top of the street, each QR code will connect to videos containing facts about the street and what it was used for. 

After building up research I have started making a few QR codes for a number of locations. To present my project I am going to use prezi so that everyone can get the idea, and also so that they don't have to go to the locations themselves as the presentation will explain it to them. Now that I have started creating the QR codes, I’m moving on to create the presentation the best I can. The only problem I have had during this project is that I have felt stressed with other deadlines that now I feel like I haven’t left myself enough time to create all the media on the QR codes perfect, but this point will help me when completing other deadlines making sure I manage my time better so that I am not rushing around last minute.