Keeping track

Task 1 Research Checklist

GREEN - DONE

RED   - NOT DONE 

ORANGE - TO BE DONE IN MORE DETAIL

·       Bowling for Columbine notes

o   Identify documentary modes (expository, observational etc)

·       Bias in the New notes

o   How bias is created through selection, headline, caption etc

·       Mind map of VTs with selection, assigned to group members and breakdown of main interest, interviewees and duration

·       5 W’s of Journalism worksheet

·       Identify 5 Ws in articles identifying  use Inverted Pyramid with example of it being applied

·       30 – 50 word lead for a news item you are covering

·       Identifying research types, methods and sources of research

·       Purposes of researching notes

·       Researching the news

o   Primary research

§  Interviews, surveys, questionnaires, observations, focus groups etc

o   Secondary research

§  Internet articles, videos, audio, books, magazines, journals

o   Audience research

§  Demographics, audience classification(socio-economic, age, gender, occupation, education), media preferences, buying/consumption patterns

o   Market research

§  Product market, competition, competitor analysis

o   Production research

§  Content, resources (personnel, equipment, set up, cost, viability)

·       Interpret results – collate research, evaluate and summarise the research that you have

Research scrap book

How to make my grade better- Chris Cunningham Essay

Darren Thomas

 

Purposes

• Change how you see the world.

• shock you and make you think...

• How are we entertained?

A) Audience -
Entertainment
Gives us a chance
To get closer to the musical artist/band

B) Industry
Induce the music
videos to market the song to sell more records to make money
- music videos are advertisements

C) Band
Showcase the band
more well known
get closer to fans
to promote themselves

D)Film makers
Creative expression
a way of making money
promoting your work
portfolio
memorable
advertising their services
reputation - relying on other people

E) Video has a message
Change peoples views
moral of the story
political




The purpose of the Chris Cunningham music videos, gives an abnormal entertainment to the audience, for example come to daddy. It shows us how Chris Cunningham's strengths and lets the audience to get to know the director and what he could do.

In the industry music videos are used to market the song to sell records to make money. Like an advertisement for himself and his moral, which will and have other record companies being interested in you and they'll hire you.

However in a show band it'll promote themselves and the director will became better known to music industry. Along with getting closer to fans who'll admire you.

With film makers, it expresses a creative idea. you'll have to have rely on other people to do their jobs. It'll be a way of making money doing something you are interested in, you'll have a portfolio which will allow you to show of your strengths. Chris Cunningham will be memorable only because he makes a creative expressing on something that's not been done before for example Window licker, there's not a music video like it. Expressing his perspective such as he don't agree men should have a sense of 'perverting' women, just because there females.

By making a video you might have a message to express which may impact on other peoples perspectives, expressing morals and political points such as Bjork all is full of love. In this his expressing that were all the same 'Robots' and sexuality is nothing.

Job roles for other news show groups.

Paul cousins

News show:SCN

Title; camera 3.

My job role had changed to a runner (wasn't too sure why) but this included wiping the windows because it was in the shot of the camera.

I also helped set up the studio, taping wires down for health and safety reasons being nobody would fall over. I also had to tidy up the studio room making it look clean so it was presentable on camera.

My most important role as a runner was consistently putting the cameras battery on charge and giving the ones with most charge in the camera as most of them was running out of battery.

News show: B.S

Title: Presenter 

I played the job role of a presenter with partner Chris Martin. We had scripts to read from and practise countless of times.

They were many stage directions involved. This type of show is relevant to a Russell Howard's news show. Their attentions are attempting to make a humours show. 

News show: 

Jobe role: Sound

My responsibilities were sound control, I had too make sure when the V.Ts had started, I had to turn to the mics off/down set so it don't interrupt the V.T.

I also had to get the mics and ear mics to the presenters, and camera men so they can interact with the team in the studio.

Essex online - Back ground logo + logo

Back ground and intro logo

                                 
                                    TIME  RIGHTS EXPENSES 
          LIFE  EVIDENCE RESEARCH  FACTS
             NEWS SAFTEY STORYS   SCHOOLS BASILDON
ESSEX ONLINE INFORMATIVE  LOCAL
              DEVELOPMENT WEEKLY 
          SOUTHEND  FOOTBALL BALANCED
                                                           POLITICAL 


A power-point presentation for Essex Online news show - 

Main image page for the fore background on TV.

The power point is mainly aimed at statistics and quantitive research.

Introducing the subject of Gabel hall secondary school.




The presentation is soon to be on blog
 ***** 

Mood board ideas

Alternate - pre credits VISUAL ONLY

Pat  Higgins

Alternate - pre credits

EXT: out side cathedral, dark, trees fluttering, Wind.

Nicey raymond, beautiful, strong will, curious, light brown long hair, brave.

Trees waving about, Close up on niceys face, breaths taking deeper and deeper, a behind shot running up towards her, she turns rounds.

Flash bang

INT: In a hospital room, white sheets, clean, late evening.

Her dad lying on his death bed, she holds his hand tightly, with tears slowly running down her face.

Cut to the heart beater beside the bed. Non diabetic sound then occurs blocking out any sound, with a heart breaking build up.

Cut to his lips concentrating on the words that can't be heard. 

A close up of Victor's eyes after the last deep breath, he releases his grip from the hand.

A close up of her face, hesitating to let go, screaming with destroyed emotions.

Non diabetic sounds consist to build up now more then ever, using SLM (slow motion) as her fears had just came to life, loosing the one person who means most. 

fade in-fade out

Diagetic sound of gentle wind. 

INT: in Nicey's room, alone, quiet, calm, 2:00am, double bed, window open with dull curtains fluttering.

Lying in her bed with beige quilts wrapped round. (Sleeping)

A Close up of her hand, holding a picture following up to her face (CLOSE UP) Tears have stained her face. The stress had taken a toll on her. 

white flash bang

INT: A grave out side an 'unknown' cathedral.

A women dressed in black clocked devil looking over throw, eyes glistning with the ghost of her past. pointing at the camera(NICEY)

But no face of this women has been seen, Nicey dreams to see her EYES which is most important. 

NICEY wakes up, she had rubbed her sore eyes got up, and with out eating she puts on her cloths and walks out the door, with out one sense of emotion to suggest she's given up on hope.

EXT: An image of a house with dangling bells out side, with a dream catcher and stairs that walk up to the house.

Nicey then rotates and pans around to see Nicey standing there waiting for something or someone. walking towards the house on an autum day with leaves everywhere. 

Cut to, Nicey knocking. Opens the door of a women.

Dian mayne, Happy, 60 years of age, grey hair dressed in a spiritual type necolos.

Dian smiles like she's been expecting her, she opens out her hand in great kindness. Nicey then accepts and walks in, closing the door on the camera.

SOUND EFFECTS (MYSTERIOUS) WITH (DRUMS) 3 WHITE FLASHS

1. EXT: Out side dark grave yard.

Screaming running from 'something'

FLASH

2. INT: Nicey in an old looking house Medium Shot

 FLASH

3. EXT: Just out side the cathedral Nicey opening the door slowly and carefully, a faded ghost figure (only feet) above the door)

  FLASH

FEEDBACK



Visual Story-telling

Pat Higgins

Visual Story-telling

Few lines - are a few seconds.


Direction on screen
The new characters such as a Hero enters from left to right. Reason being because we absorb information, and normally the Bad guy will enter for Right to left. We are not used to it, but somehow the audience will more likely take a dis-like them. 


Leading the eye
Pin point of light, exposes a area for the audience to pay attention.


Balance and imbalance
Audience looks for symmetry, we could play with it.
a full shot such as a bed, with one person in it, is a imbalanced visual because something or someone is missing. 

Size
The joys of film making, we are not limited with sizes. For example a nail which has fallen, could fill the whole screen.
They use this for important objects to emphasis a meaning. 

Lines
Audiences looks for boundaries, colours are used for warnings.
Lines are used to separate two visuals for example:
Jaw, as the man who'm seems to be nervous and aware about danger runs down the beach quickly but is stopped by the water. 

Scene to Scene
One scene to another you need to lead the audience when entering another scene. something similar or different. 

Alternate Readings

Pat Higgins

 

Alternate Readings

 

Example:

 

The Shinning : About a haunted hotel? OR How Kurrick faked the moon landings.

 

Inception is about : Dreams OR Film making.

 

Snow White : A fairy tale about a princess + a poison apple OR  About cocaine addiction.

 

Spider man : is about a guy who gets bitten by a spider and turn into a hero OR Puberty.

 

X-Men : Hero OR Gay rights.

 

 

 

My Alternate Readings : BUGS LIFE

 

Bug survival? OR

 

About Socialist(BUGS) + Capitalist(GRASS HOPPERS) because Grass Hoppers think their in a higher hierarchy then the bugs(BIGGER).

 

Socialist = Every body who is the equal

Capitalist = Believe in hierarchy

Research Techniques and Purposes. News Show

Sam's Lesson

Essex Online

To identify types, methods and source Research.

TYPES

• quantitive data (Statistics)
• qualitative data (opinion)

METHORDS

• Primary 

- Interview / QA

- Self shot / observation / witness

- Experiment/ Test

- Surveys/ Questionnaires

- Conversation / word of mouth / gossip

- E-mailing

• Secondary 

- Books

- Newspaper

- Internet

- Videos

- Films / Documentary

- Leaflets/ Flyers

- Radio / Audio

- TV / News programmes

• Audience Research

- Surveys

- Questionnaires

• Market Research

- Competitors

• production research 

- Behind the scenes
- how many camera angles 


SOURCE OF RESEARCH

• People
• Internet
• Books
• Videos
• Documentary
• Leaflets
• Flyers
• Audio / Radio
• Tv / News programmes 
• Archives
• (Everything above)

Purposes of Research?
Mental health has increased for people who have C grades and under. Could be the cause of social problems ect.

Sources of Secondary research

• http://www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/millennial.student/Mental-Health-Hernandez.html
• http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/may/20/students-stay-silent-about-mental-health-problems
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/25759330

- What information might a researcher need?
To use information as evidence to back up your facts, To talk to someone with a C grade student. Statistics of how many people who will have mental health issues by lack of education, social behaviour, over the years.
The reason of increase. 

- Why might they conduct research?
We would do this because it would be more reliable to why the secondary report would suggest only C grade students will have mental health issues. If we had their opinion maybe that statement is more of a biased comment. 

- What would a research need to consider? 

To consider legal and ethical research, has to be balanced. 


To be able to apply a range of research, methods and techniques.

1. Primary research

V.t with AQA and Hospital nurses.

1. Secondary research

Internet for statistics and quotes 

1. Audience research

A survey or a quick questioning people in town.

1. Market research (similar news)

Internet

1. Production research

• interpreting results

Conventions of a documentry - Bowling for Columbine

Conventions

Darren Thomas

Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore

• Introducing the scene
• Linking images together
• Humours
• Based on factual
• Biased opinions that are shown
• Threads of story's that have cause ciaos
• Offering guns if you sign up to a bank
• Showing the normality of guns are shown
• Sound/ Voice over/ Diegetic sounds
• Interviews / V.T
• Footage
• Racism
• Fear
• Stupidity
• Guns
• Law
• cinematography
• Editing
• Mise en Scene
• Narrative
• Crime going down
• Research
• Referring to 9/11
• Guns are made to feel safe
• forcing to make links to think of connections
• Gun ownership
• Influence media
• Murder in columbine
• Ignorance
• American Values

America has got a mild capitalist belief by making money from fear, statistically Crime is going down and fear is rising up by almost 300%

- Crimes involving guns are normalised.



Leads to other questions to suggest weather guns are a positive or negative, such as...

 

1. Why would they go bowling before killing fellow students and teachers?

Michael moore threads storys repeatedly using images voice over linking them together, investigation.

Bias or Propaganda > Persuasion, ideology?