Beth Allen Advanced A2 Portfolio

While editing our music video we found that on one particular part we wanted a blur effect around the outside to make it clear that it was a flashback. We tried many different ways but they didn't look quite right so we decided to search on YouTube and see if we could find a video that helped. We found this video below: This video taught us how to use a 'Gaussian Blur' which was a lot easier to do, all it took was placing a circle over the part we wanted visible and it blurred the rest! This is the finished image we got and the edges looked a lot smoother than the previous attempt so we were really happy with how it turned out!

In lesson today we looked at exam questions and how we can apply some theories to the questions that we could face in the actual exam. Section A - 1 hour 2 x 25 mark questions = 50 marks Question 1A - You don't have to talk about theories and the progress you make from AS to A2. Question 1B - You have to analyse one of your productions, and answer a question while adding in one of the theories.  Question 1A   Always asked about progress from AS to A2 and it could include topics such as: How you used research and planning to good effect Understanding of conventions of real media texts (textual analysis) Digital technology Post-production Creativity                                            Question 1B Apply theories of one of the areas below to one of y...

We were asked to do a post on CD packs, I decided to look at some of my favourite artists and bands CD packs and analyse them closely to see what they contained and if I could get any ideas to suggest to our groups pack. I decided to present this information in the form of a slideshow. Analysing CD Packs from beth allen

In today's lesson we looked at some previous music video's that had been created by media students and we acted as the examiner so we gt a mark scheme and had to mark the video's ourselves and then we found out the true level they got. Some were surprising and some weren't, we found that actually a lot of us were a lot more harsh than the examiner would be!     This A2 Music video production was done to the song 'Chandelier' by Sia. The video got near full marks and was graded A*. Watching the video I can see many techniques that we are looking at incorporating into our music video such as at the beginning they use a motorway to get images of the cars moving in the dark, we are also going to use this but just speed it up. Many of the techniques such as the reverse that is used at the falling of the wine glass and the smashing make the video tell the story and it is easy to understand what the producer of this video is trying to get across to us as the audi...

we had a practice at some logo's for our artist, we tried a range of them to see what suit's the name and her persona best. we produced these on logojoy, by doing many different designs it gives us a range of choice and so we don't feel stuck to going down one path with how we want to present our star. here are our practice logo's.

For our video we have had to complete a risk assessment form, this is due to the fact we are filming outdoors in locations such as Meadowhall, Hardwick and on a bridge overlooking a dual carriageway. We have had to point out all the potential risks we could face in the form of tick boxes. We had to outline our risk of at which points in the video we are most at risk and also mention the locations of the risks.

We also decided to do a prop list which will help us when it comes to filming so we know what we need. we have delegated specific items to each person so that the responsibility is shared out and we are not just relying on one person. We had a budget and made it quite lenient to what we were willing to put in, we made the budget £25 and managed to spend under that with the end total being £14 which was a bonus for all of us.