BTEC Extended Diploma Creative Media Production Level 3 – Unit 23 Multi-Camera Techniques

BTEC Extended Diploma Creative Media Production Level 3 –  Unit 23 Multi-Camera Techniques

Multi-Camera Setup otherwise known Multi-Cam is way of making a film and producing videos. It is a technique that involves using several cameras either film or professional video camera's are setup on a set to simultaneously record a scene. Multi Camera usually consists of two outer cameras and they shoot close-up shots or crosses of the two most active characters on the set at that given time. Then there is usually a central camera or central cameras that shoot a wide master shot to capture the overall action of that scene. Using this technique multiple shots are obtained in one single take without having to start and stop the scene. This is a more efficient way for programs that are shown a short time after filming such as daily soaps like Coronation Street and Hollyoaks. 

 

Using this technique is more time efficient when it comes to post production as it will mean less time is spent on editing the footage. Also scenes might be shot a lot more quickly as there is no need for re-lighting and the setup of alternative camera angles in different locations on every new scene. It also reduces the complexity of tracking continuity issues that may occur when the scene is reshot from different angles, and this is an essential part of live television broadcasts. 

The use of the Multi-Camera technique dates back to the development of silent films with the earliest example being the first Russian Feature film "Defence of Sevastopol" which was written and directed by Vasily Goncharov and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in 1911. Sound came into the picture when multiple cameras were used to film multiple sets at a single time. The use of multiple video cameras to cover a scene dates back to the earliest days of TV where three cameras were used with the broadcast of The Queen's Messenger in 1928 which was the first performed drama on television. BBC have used multiple cameras for their live TV shows since 1936 onwards. Although it is often claimed Multi-Cam setup was pioneered for TV by Desi Arnas and cinematographer Karl Freund with "I Love Lucy" which was released in 1951. 

In the late 1970's Garry Marshall was credited with adding a fourth camera which was known as the 'X Camera" and occasionally known now as the "D Camera" which he used to film his series "Mork & Mindy" which featured popular actor Robin Williams. The multiple-camera method gives the director less control over each shot but it is faster and less expensive than a single camera setup. Multi-Cam is usually used for genres such as Sports Programming, Soaps, Talk Show, Game Shows and some Sitcoms. Multiple Cameras can take different shots of a live situation as the action unfolds chronologically and is suitable for shows which require a live audience such as Big Bang Theory and Mrs. Browns Boys. For this reason, multiple camera productions can be filmed or taped much faster than single camera.

Most British sitcoms and dramas from the 1950's to early 1990's were made using the Multi-Camera format. Unlike the United States Of America

Digital Graphics Assignment 3 - Prawn Shocker

Digital Graphics Assignment 3 - Prawn Shocker

This is the image i started off with. This was the image presented in the assignment brief from the client so i thought this would be a great image to start off with.

Then i wanted to make it quirky and something different. So i found an image of a cartoon Prawn and added it to the face of the photo i started off with. 

I then thought adding some tattoo's to the face and neck of the image would be good. It would separate my work from everyone else and would be something unique.  

And then to finish off the album cover i added "Prawn Shocker" in text with a clear font to the image.

After finishing my album cover i began to work on the logo for the band. So i selected another image featured in the assignment brief which shows underwater in the sea.

I wanted to make the logo simple and effective. So i simply added an image of a prawn and used the same text from the album cover but made it bigger and bolder to stand out.

When i was sent the assignment brief for Prawn Shocker the first thing i did was research. I googled the band to find out information about them, and also found them on YouTube. I listened to their music and it was unlike anything i have ever heard before. It was very unique and obscure, but i felt like something like this would make great work. As i could experiment with different designs and be a little quirky on what i create as i felt like the music was different then anything else i have ever heard before. So with the album cover i decided to do what felt right when listening to the music. So i decided to edit the photo that was sent with the assignment brief from the client. I added tattoo's and a cartoon prawn to the image that was sent, since the band is called "Prawn Shocker" i decided to go with a cartoon prawn so it appears friendly, but then also adding tattoo's to go for a mature look. Then with the logo i decided to go for something very simple but very effective, so it stands out. 

Digital Graphics Assignment 2

Digital Imaging For Print

Digital Imaging For Web

Unit 8: Understanding the Television and Film Industry - Developing Technologies and Career Development Material (Assignment 4/5 of 5)

Developing Technologies and Career Development Material (Assignment 4/5 of 5)

Satellite TV is an innovated idea where signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna usually referred to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block downconverter. A satellite receiver then decodes the desired television programme for viewing on a television set. Receivers can be external set-top boxes, or a built-in television tuner. 

Sky TV has many features which enhance how people use their product. They have Sky Store which allows people to go on their Sky Box and purchase new movies, which have just came out of theaters or new on DVD for a low price where you can rent a movie for 24 hours for a lower price than a DVD or cinema ticket. Sky also have Sky Q, a New service where you can record TV Shows and Movies than ever before. You can even save your recordings to other devices such as a smartphone, where you can watch anywhere and anytime without internet connection. 

Virgin also has similar features where you can rent and purchase new movies on their store system. They also have a feature which benefits many people where you can access Apps such as Netflix and YouTube. Which is a bonus to many people who have a Netflix account as they will have everything in on box instead of having multiple devices. 

Film is being made with new innovative technology where VFX is coming more intricate and allowing more effects being used for a better viewing for an audience. An example would be The Dark Knight's opening scene. It was shot and filmed with IMAX equipment which was the same as the following Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. When it shows inside the airplane this shows how much the quality of content has improved over then number of years. 

Streaming Content & Providers: There are many different services for streaming content around the globe. In certain countries they have their own services. Such as the United Kingdom have On Demand services such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Demand 5, 4 On Demand all catch up services for many UK channels. The USA have their own such as Hulu, Showtime, HBO Now and CBS All Access. 

There all also many services which are available worldwide such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. These are the most popular two offering some of the Newest Movies & TV Shows released but also having their own Original programming. Netflix have original TV Shows such as Orange Is The New Black and Riverdale.  Amazon Prime have their original programming especially the popular "Grand Tour" which is New and Exclusive to the service. 

High Definition is better quality imaging which is better than standard. It has two different options of HD from 720p, 1080i to 1080p. It allows people to watch Video in a High Quality. They also have invited a Quality which is better than 1080p, which is exclusive to either Cinemas or certain TV's. Which is 4K Ultra HD, this is featured in most cinemas worldwide and on New Smart TV's. 

Pay Per View is a service where you have to pay a fee to watch something. This feature is available in the UK on Sky Box Office. It could be for a new movie, or it could be for an event. Such as Boxing, UFC or Wrestling which are all available in the UK on Sky Box Office. 

Digital recordings can be many things. You can either record audio from a Recording device, you can film a recording on a Digital Camera or it could even be a digital recording of a TV Show you missed, so you have recorded it. This feature is available on all paid services such as Sky and Virgin TV.

Consumer Products are products that a company/business have created to make more money from a Movie/TV Show or event. For example when Disney release a new film, such as Frozen. They will make a profit from box office and DVD sales. But they will also create toys, clothing and other items to make more of a profit from the movie. 

My Cover Letter

My Media CV

Unit 8: Understanding the Television and Film Industry: Legal and Ethical obligations in the television and film industries (Assignment 3 of 5)

Unit 8: Understanding the Television and Film Industry: Legal and Ethical obligations in the television and film industries (Assignment 3 of 5)

Here is a great definition of the Obscene Publications act that I found from a website called Internet Watch Foundation. Here is their definition "Obscene Publications Act 1959 and 1964. The law makes it an offence to publish, whether for gain or not, any content whose effect will tend to "deprave and corrupt" those likely to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it." 
I think this a good definition because it highlights the key points. 
Here is a link to their website - https://www.iwf.org.uk/what-we-do/how-we-assess-and-remove-content/laws-and-assessment-levels/laws-for-criminally-0

An example of the Obscene Publications act is the movie Human Centipede. This movie was banned in countries, including the UK. This was because of the strong sexual scenes and violence. The BBFC declared this as an obscene film and was not aloud to be shown in many countries. I think this should of defiantly been banned as I have watched the movie. The movie was disgusting, the violence and sexual scenes were something i have never seen before. I defiantly think this movie should of been banned.

Another example of the Obscene Publications act is the movie Clockwork Orange. This was banned in the UK due to claims of copycat violence. Stanley Kubrick and Warner Brothers have been working to get the ban lifted as they feel it should be perfectly fine to watch anywhere. I don't think this movie should of been banned, if you look at the other types of movies that have been banned for the same reasons. They are on a different level to this, as this does have strong violence but nothing compared to something like Human Centipede. 

Here is a good definition of the Privacy law, i found this definition online from Wikipedia. "Privacy Law refers to the laws that deal with the regulation of personal information about individuals, which can be collected by governments and other public as well as private organisations and its storage and use." I think this is a great definition because i talks about the law in a simple manor. 

Here is the link to the web page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_law

An example of the Privacy Law been broken is the "News Of The World" Newspaper scandal. They broke the law when it was made public they were hacking into people's phones, especially celebrities. The celebrities range from Brad Pitt to Paul O'Grady, hundreds of celebrities were effected by this scandal. Even normal people were being effect by this too not just celebrities, they also hacked a dead girls phone and even Madeline Mccann's parents phone to try get private information from people. When the news broke out into the public eye, News Of The World is now no longer a Newspaper. 

Copyright Law: Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use.

An example of someone breaking the copyright law would be if somebody uses someone else's property. Such as Video Footage, Music and also any kind of work somebody has created. If you use that without paying an agreed amount or asked for the permission you are breaking the copyright law and could face prosecution or a heavy fine. 

An example of a copyright case was when Elijah Schkeiban claimed James Cameron stole his screenplay for the World Of Pandora. Cameron won $2.5 Billion in a case fought by Sci-Fi writer Bryant Moore, who was accused James Cameron of steeling his screenplay.

Libel Law: Libel is a method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies, or any communication embodied in physical form that is injurious to a person's reputation, exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person in his/her business or profession.

An example of somebody breaking the Libel Law, would be somebody in the form of writing and it could be either slander, discrimination, racism or sexism. Somebody could write a false Tweet on Twitter which can be seen as Slander. This is breaking the law if it is false, and could potentially ruin somebody's career. Someone could also discriminate someone or a group, such as somebody could discriminate against somebody/group who is homosexual. Also people could be racist and insult somebody because of the colour of their skin. There are many ways you could break the libel law. 

Laws:  Laws are written and you MUST abide by them, breaching a law could end up in prosecution and even imprisonment. it is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

Contracts

Confidentiality: A Confidentiality Agreement is also known as non-disclosure agreement. It is simply a contract between two or more parties where the subject of the agreement is a promise that information conveyed will be maintained in secrecy.

Exclusivity: Exclusivity contracts are exclusive dealing arrangements are essentially requirements contracts in which a seller agrees to sell all or a substantial portion of its products or services to a particular buyer, or when a buyer similarly agrees to purchase all or a portion of its requirements of a product or service from a particular seller.

There are many different types of contracts in the media industry such as, Full Time, Permanent, Part Time, Fixed Term, Freelance, Shift Work, Office Hours and Salaried.

Full Time, Permanent means you work on a full time basis usually 39 hours per week. A permanent contract means you are a regular member of staff part of the company. Part Time means you would work a fraction of the full time hours, but you will have set number of hours a week and are entitled to some benefits of full time work. Fixed Term and Freelance are similar as you work for a set amount of time but only for a certain length it is not permanent. Shift Work means you will work a set amount of hours at a certain time of day such as 7am - 3pm. Office Hours are traditionally 9am - 5pm every day Monday to Friday. And then salaried is where you will be given a yearly salary but paid monthly so for example, it would be advertised as £12,000 a year. But broke down into 12 months it would be £1000 a month. 

Ethics

Ethics are like a moral code that you should follow, although you legally do not have to. they are moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Embarrassing Bodies is an example of a TV Show that pushes Media Ethics. This is because it would have to be shown past 9pm at night for it to be acceptable so children aren't watching something that could scare them and is highly inappropriate for a younger audience member. Most episodes feature nudity, and weird body disfunction's. I think this show is morally wrong as people have something they are embarrassed about and go on a national TV Show and show it for millions of viewers. 

Sex Box is another example of a TV Show that extremely pushes Media Ethics. This TV Show is where two random people or a couple go on National TV and have sex in a room on TV. This is morally and ethically wrong as many people will be offended by this Show and it already have 31 complaints in the first week it aired in 2013. The show can also offend people with certain religious beliefs too, who believe waiting until marriage for sex with their partner.

Naked Attraction is another example of a TV Show which pushes the ethics in Media. This TV show is where people stand in a box with just their body showing and people have to decide if they are attracted to them or not just by looking at their body. This is morally wrong because some people will say its not just about looks and that they don't know the person properly before making a decision. 

Another case was Sachsgate, this was a case where Russell brand and Jonathan ross left a series of lewd messages on Andrew Sachs voicemail, this led to rand and Ross were criticized by a number of people including then prime minister Gordon Brown, and the BBC received a record number of complaints. The BBC suspended Ross while it and Ofcom launched investigations. Both Brand and Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigned from the BBC. On 30 October, the BBC suspended Ross without pay for 12 weeks. The BBC was fined £150,000 by Ofcom

The Film & Game Industry

Film Poster

Film - Chips

The current UK Film Market features a wide range of different genre's of film in the Top 10 Box Office. It ranges from action movies such as The Great Wall to family friendly movies such as Sing and The Lego Batman Movie. 

Chips doesn't have any main competitors. Looking at the Movies been released the same time or the movies that will be in theaters during the time Chips is. With Chips being a comedy, there isn't any other comedy movies like this in the theaters at that time. 

The main genres that would be competition would be comedy and action. There isn't many movies in the theaters when Chips is that is seen as competition apart from the bigger movies that are part of  franchise or are going to be a big hit. Such as Powerangers, Kong Skull Island, Beauty And The Beast and The Boss Baby. 

The film release date for Chips is March 24th. He chose this day because like previously stated at this time there is no movie that is a comedy like this in theaters. Apart from the big movies coming out as listed above there is no direct competition for Chips when it is released on March 24th until two weeks after Chips is released when The Fate Of The Furious comes out. This will be a competition because it will attract the same age group of people. 

The target audience is a mixture between young adults who are looking to watch a new comedy, and people who watched the TV Show called Chips from the 1980's. So it will appeal to young adults between the age of 15-25 and people who enjoyed the Chips TV Show from over 30 years ago. So it would attract a older audience too from 30-60 years old. 

Gaming Poster

Game - Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Wildlands

Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Wildlands is a new game on the gaming market. It has only just been released over a week now and is becoming a popular game. This moment in time Ghost Recon does no have any main competitors that have released a game so far this year. However other competitors that released games late 2016 are still big sellers this week. Such as Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare that is still in the Top 10 Weekly charts for games, and the game was released November 2016. Genres that are similar to Ghost Recon Wildlands are Shooting Games, Adventure Games and Strategy Games. Other games in this genre currently on the gaming market are: Grand Theft Auto V, Watch Dogs 2, Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Watch Dogs 2 is probably Ghost Recons biggest competition. It was released in late 2016 but is still in the Top 20 of the weekly game charts. This is a big competition because they are similar. Both have strategy parts where you have to plan your attack for example. They are also both shooting games that are open world, and online. The target audience is 18+ as the age rating for this game is over the age of 18. So the Target Audience would be Males who are young adults and older around 18-30 years old. 

Local Entrepreneur

Steve Cochrane

Steve is a local entrepreneur in Middlesbrough, where in 1982 he first opened his clothing store called Sliced Tomatoes. Then in 1993 Steve then opened his first Psyche store on Linthorpe Road. Just one of the boutique enclaves of the Middlesbrough store, just announced as being in Vogue’s top 100 Best British Shops. “We beat Harvey Nics in Leeds and Selfridges in Birmingham,” says Steve, the man described as “eccentric” by his staff.

Wearing a three-piece tweed suit himself it’s clear speaking to the Gazette is only one of a million things on his mind today. “This is full of my notes,” he adds, opening his black leather organiser, “I’m already thinking about Autumn 2013 so I have to write everything down.”

The flow is almost immediately interrupted.“Can you smell food? I’ll need to pull them up on that. You don’t want to buy clothes when you can smell food,” Steve says, referring to the workmen turning a section of level two into a Jamie Oliver-style restaurant for local college students. it wasn’t backed up by a 30-year success story it would seem too good to be true.

But this year alone almost £350,000 will have been spent remodelling the three-floor store - almost all of which has been invested by designers desperate to get their brands on the shelves of Psyche. And it’s no wonder it’s a hot spot for big names such as Armani and Paul Smith. Last year Psyche’s sales increased by 20% on the year before and the average spend is around £160 a visit. With 64 staff working for him - and two more in the pipeline, it’s quite an empire for a little lad from St Alphonsus Primary School. Fitness fanatic Steve adds: “To be a success these days you have to go over and above. The staff have to be the best there is, the shop has to look its best; every detail needs to be thought about. We work hard on that.

“I’m still really involved with all the creative side of it. Actually, too involved. But I’m as passionate about it now as ever. “The missus has to tell me to come home. I live, eat and breathe this place.” The Psyche story began in 1982 when Steve opened Sliced Tomatoes on Station Road in Redcar. Named after Steve’s own “punk meets new romantic” band which failed to hit the big time, the former ICI engineer and oil rigger decided to make and sell the type of clothes he loved to wear. “There was nothing like it in the North-east. People came from miles to buy our jeans and frilly shirts. “The men’s dressing rooms in Psyche are bigger than the whole shop was. But that was the start". He’s come a long way from tie-dying his own T-shirts and spraying bleach on jeans in his front room. This year Steve and his buyers, among which is his own partner of nine years, fiance Alex Thomas, attended all the major trade fairs and catwalk shows in Milan, Florence, Paris and London. They have secured a two-year deal to provide all the suits for the Middlesbrough FC squad and have royal approval from Savile Row for its tailoring services. Dad-of-two boys, Steve first moved the business to Middlesbrough in 1984 when a now-hairdressers on Linthorpe Road became his first more fashion-aware store.

Communication Skills Assignment 2 - Research / Pitches

Task One

I taken a Review of Brotherhood from EmpireOnline.com I chose this movie because Brotherhood is very similar to my TV Show idea "Borohood" because it is the same genre, and will be the same type of Movie but just set in a different location. In this review they have rated a 3/5 Stars, which shows they thought the movie was average, not bad and not amazing but they enjoyed it. They have said it shows the life of London, showing the environment and the behavior that goes on in the streets of London.