Tuesday 25 June 2013

Photograghy Unit 57


Here is a list of all my photos as well as a video describing my chosen ones

 




I polarised this photo and changed the contrats to make it look less sharp 
I changed the lighting here and the colour balance to lighten the blue 
Same here i changed the lighting to make it less sharp and lightened the blue with colour balancing 

This photo i fiddled with i upped the blues on this one to make them a bit darker and i sharpened the area around the ball to show of photographing techniques 



I lightend the below pictures by upping the whites and crushing the blacks i also fiddled with the colours a bit to make it more emphasised on the ball and bat 


on this photo i upped the saturation and gave it a light map filter to really show off the natural light i also made it less sharp with a denoise filter toned down

On this photo i focused on the ground added a bit of blur and gave it a more rustic old fashioned look. 
i wanted to show off decay 
In this photo i used the shadow created by the box to add detail to the photo i added some minor lighting edits to make it look less sharp. 

In this photo i sharpend it and emphasised the details of the pub such as the friar and the clock 

In this photo i focused on some parts of the graffti and defocused others originally it looked quite dull so i fiddled with the colours to bring out the individual merits of some of the graffti. 

On this photo i add some ambient glow to make it look more realistic and more human i also desharpend  it and upped the contrasts of white 


On this photo i added a heat map filter and changed the colours to make it look more like the angel was giving off a heat signature. akin to what you see in the predator movies 

In this photo i wanted to make it look surreal almost ghostly i uped the contrasts and gave it an old fashion filter toned down i also added ambient light coming in from the gaps to make it look more ghostly. 


I did not edit the below pictures as i wanted to show of natural lighting technique

In this photo i focused on the shadows and the lights beaming down thru the trees 


In this photo i focused on the path and used the natural light as a good indicator of where the path leads 
In this photo i used the natural light to show off the fields and rolling hills there is a shadow behind me which comes across in the right hand side of the picture. 





Thursday 31 May 2012

My top 3 Music Videos Tre!

                                                          Steel Panther-Death to all but metal!

this music video is actually suprisingly well made taken into account its CRAZYNESS which is one of its appealing factors! it has proven very popular with a suprisingly large crowd of people it certainly has a unique art style very insulting and very crazy specific elemants would include the build up where you view the only metal head in a typical sceniaro of a american high school who is asked the question "what is the most important music genre in the 20th century and dont say heavy metal"which kick starts the whole thing the way steel panther dress reminds me of something along the lines of glam rock but either way its certainly there own style taking leaves of everything to make there own odd but kind of awsome crazy sauce video.
the music video conventions would include visually interpreting the lyrics of the song as the singer continues to insult other bands whilst ripping down pictures of them from the wall and making profound signs towards the camera as well as extending the songs meaning in a very blunt way by litterally insulting all others that make allusions to other actually metal artists as they mention in the song "where is def leopard where is motley crew?"  one of the wining factors of this video for me has to be the editing it cuts constnatly but seemlessly from a stage filled with lights to a classroom going about doing crazy wierd things with dancers and even a few famous actors jump on the crazy bandwagon it includes two narrative scenes at the start of the video and at the end when hes talking to the we assume pricinple of the school.

My Top 3 Music Videos Due!


                                              Shipping up to boston - Dropkick Murphys


second on the list is dropkick murphys it features a highly nattrive driven video which suits the style of the music played it starts of with a showing of bagpipes and typical scenes  in boston then moves on to some poor bloke getting mugged then chucked off a fence into a ditch it then moves onto the band memebers meeting up with some of there mates and then jumps straight to a cut of the band playing we see several other gang memeber esk scenes which lead on the narrative with cuts back to the band as the story progresses eventually we see two gangs clashing and eventually getting arrested after chasing down one of the band members. it deffineatly has the "dropkick" style irish styled music to irish themed gang violance which has proven popular with alot of people celtic music as its referd to for some unknown reason has seen the rise and fall of very popular bands some one hit wonders but one above the rest has to be dropkick murphys who are one of the most popular bands on youtube and other media networks.
conventions used would include narrative without doudt the entire video is driven by it i would also call it a homage to a move called the boondock saints which features some very similar scenes with a similar theme it extends the songs meaning as well as vissualy interpretaing the lyrics of the song
it also uses several editing techniques such as "hewing" and very quick and snappy scenes.

My Top 3 Music Videos Uno!

ahoy there today im going to discuss some of my favourite music videos and then analyse them for future studys alright lets begin

Mumford & Sons - little lion man

Mumford & Sons adopting a mix of folk and irish pub music have proceeded to recreate some in
there own little style which has proven insanely popular with a very large audience quickly reaching over 2 million views in 1 week on youtube.
The style of the video i believe is very unique i dont know any music video thats anything like it they seem to have it based in some hall of sorts which seems to be empty with hanging light bulbs in beatuiful patterns all around the hall it features heavily on the band memebers and then onwards to there instrumants which matches the tone of the music it then moves up a beat to a medium paning shot from right to left showing them playing to a crowd which isnt there. 
the convenstions used in this video include interpretative and i would even say a surrealist aspect is included 
the filming and editing techiques present in this video include paning shots close ups medium shots long shots and many others however there is one worthy of note
1. the pan from right to left behind the band it pans from left to right then again about 2 minutes in from left to right showing that the stage is empty but they are still playing towards it

Thursday 29 March 2012

weekly report - 29/4/12

Today we watched everybodys music videos and it was fun to see everybodys music videos seeing as bizinga is only a day away some organsisation was done around this as some finishing touches were added

below is our band list for the gig

Thursday 15 March 2012

Weekly Report 15/4/2012

this week i continued filming my music video as well as had to come up with several new ideas due to a lack of timing. it was quite fun and enjoyable to proceed and it was nice to be flexiable for a change on tuesday we did plenty of work around defintions as well as a projection of creative media projects in context with explaining forms of research

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Questionair Summary

Below is a list of totals and a summary for the questioniar we performed today (24th Jan 2012)  



Averages:
Age: 15-24
Sex: Male
Location: Newbury
Days Listening: 2-3 Days A Week
What Time Approx Do You : 6-11AM
Time Spent Listening To The Radio: Up Too 30mins a day
What Do You Listen Too: Radio 1
Fav Radio Station: Heart FM
What do you like most about this radio station: Music
Favioute Decade Of Music: Noughties/Current
What Type Of Radio Do You Most Enjoy: Music Chart Show


Above are the averages out of the data we collected today it prooved to be a worth while questioniar and provided us with some pretty useful data even if some of it wasnt take seriously the majoirty of the data we collected will be very usefull indeed and will hopefully provide more help in the future