Doc 2

Regional,National and international Tv and Film Industry


This essay is going to inform you about the Regional,National and international Tv and Film industry.


Regional Tv is television that is broadcasted to a certain region, usually only highlighting events from that particular area, for e.g burton Tv news covers news from burton, informing the people of burton.
Television isn't always broadcasted on a Tv like burton Tv news and many other news channels are broadcasted on the web.
This differs from National channels and international channels such as Channel 4 and Fox News as they are broadcasted on Tv and they don't rely much funding as such but make profit from advertising.
Another difference between channels like Burton Tv News and Channel 4 is the quality of the material released, Burton Tv News does not have a big budget like Channel 4 news this means they are not very well known as they only broadcast to a small area. They are funded by local businesses advertised on their website 'Creative Wear'. Burton Tv News play a big part in getting the community involved this is different to national channel like Channel 4 as they report the News as a whole.
This also applies to the film industry as well for e.g the Quad in derby which allows people to watch many different kinds of movies not only high budget movies but also low budget as well which helps people who are trying to get into the industry this is a pro.


Midlands today is another type of regional Tv channel it is broadcasted on Tv in the midland area of england, it is similar to burton tv as it focuses on the specific region but it is on a far bigger scale because it is broadcasted on tv by the BBC who are an international corporation. Midlands is also different to Burton Tv news because it gets its funding from the tax payer instead of being funded by businesses .


National Tv companies broadcast to a nation as a whole, covering news from every corner and also broadcasting entertainment to the whole nation as well, this is different to international broadcasting as it focuses on a nation instead of a country as a whole. An example of a national tv company is the BBC, offering news and entertainment such as comedies, films and soaps that can be viewed anywhere in the nation. The BBC gain their funding from the tax payer and they have a lot of publicity because they are well known, this is different to channel 4 as they get their funding from advertising. A down side of the national industry is that they don't report on certain peoples areas so you may never get media coverage everywhere in the nation as they focus on the largely populated areas. Another con is people in other countries can't tune in to national television. A pro of national television is broadcasting a television program nationaly allows everyone to watch the show and raises the television ratings quicker. National television allows certain shows to be exclusively watched in a certain nation.

In the film industry Film4 plays a large role in the national broadcasting of films, Film4 is a Television channel available in the England. The channel broadcasts mainstream hollywood movies everyday nationally. Channels like Film4 make it possible for people in England to watch hollywood blockbusters this is a pro. Film4's Sister networks are E4, Channel 4 and many more these channels also broadcast movies nationally.


International television is television that is broadcasted to different countries this consists of entertainment and other types of television programming. An example of an international broadcasting corporation is FOX which is an American commercial broadcasting television network that is available internationally to many different countries. A pro of this is that people from a different country can watch shows that are made and broadcasted in America which makes the Network popular world wide.
Another pro is because of international success the Fox Network can afford to branch out to target different audiences all over the world. The Fox network is owned By Rupert Murdock who also own Fox News Channel which is a cable and satellite Television new channel thats owned by Fox entertainment Group, available to 102 million homes in The USA and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting is primarily from its New York Studios. Rupert Murdock also owns 20th Century Fox which is part of the Fox Network, 20th century fox is one of the 6 major American film studios most popular film franchises include X-men, Die hard, Alien, Diary of a wimpy kid and many more. 20th Century fox is responsible for some of the best films without it the industry wouldn't be the same they play a big part. Another corporation that has contributed greatly to the industry is the Warner Bros Entertainment corporation which is owned by Barry Meyer and is responsible for films such as Rush hour, Blade, Austin Powers and many more, also Television shows like The mentalist and Alien in america. Many of the shows produced by Warner Bros can be watch internationally , some shows are co produced by CBS.

FMP

The next few days

In the next few days I will be going out to film my FMP Music Video for the song What it Takes By Aerosmith. There is no particular reason  for choosing that song it just fits the music video in my mind.
What I plan to do is to take two days to film so on the first day id film at the train station then after id film at Birmingham then after il go edit the parts  then hopefully it will be done

Doc number 3

The Beatles Help! (Original 1965 Promotional Video)

This is a music Video from the 60s of the Beatles song Help.This is to start off with is different to the 50s song for example the quality of the camera has improved since the technology has improved in 10 years. Also what also has happened is that In the 60s they started to do videos with the miming into the camera as if they were performing the songs live  instead of the whole dancing scene that was there in the elvis video of course some aspects were there in that era aswell but now the mail thing that artists did was performing into the video.



At the start of the video You see the Beatles in a long shot sitting down on a bench at one angle Then at the second time the word Help is said The camera angle changes to a close up at  the front of the bench then after the word is said again the angle changes  to a long shot at the other side of the bench which is timed well to the song. This at the time was probably a big effective idea whereas in the modern days anyone could do that on windows movie maker.
As the song goes on you see different medium shots and a different long shot plus two more close ups that follow the band up and  down the bench. also you find cuts of the close up at the start of the video
throughout the music video

These ideas in this video are basic compared to the videos you would find today for example for this video by Jessie J this also has kind of the same setting (in a studio) and it has a range of shots but the difference is that It has many more cuts and effects on the video and the way its done makes the video look more active.
But you can see how the basic techniques  from the Beatles video have pretty much grown into what has become in the Jessie J video.

[HD] Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (official music video) + LYRICS (BEST QUA...

This  music video is for the song Bohemian Rhapsody by the band Queen

This Music video has evolved quite a bit since the Beatles music video in many ways for instance its now in colour Also in the Queen video they have more effects for example at one point they have footage over lapping other footage and also they use more transitions such as fading in and out. Also they zooming effects in the music video so you see how its grown from the 60s to the 70s.

Michael Jackson - Black Or White

This is the music video for the Michael Jackson song black or white which is from the 90s
This I have found that it has evolved from the 80s era by becoming more sensible and a little bit realistic
 but only by a little bit if you look at the 80s era videos they get a bit silly with everything like how in the A-Ha video the girl goes into a comic book where as in this music video the dad gets blown to africa which still is a bit silly but then on after its pretty much in the real world just dancing about which could be a small similarity to the 50s when Elvis danced also.

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)

This Video is a video from the 50s by Elvis Presley This is a music video for his song Jailhouse rock
and basically what happens  in this music video is that hes just dancing in a prison with other cell mates.

In this Video its Pretty Obvious that this very different to the type of Music videos we get today For starters whole  set looks pretty cheap and unrealistic and even the pole at the start wobbles  about but thats what most sets were like in the past from low budget. If you look at the Video By the Arctic Monkeys in Comparison which is mainly based in a prison you can see in the screenshots that their is a huge difference in this. For example In the 50s video everything is more jolly and happy looking where as in the 2012 video it looks pretty gloomy and an unpleasant place to be in. Another thing  that I realized about both of these videos is that the modern video from 2012 was more realistic then this  video from the 50s as in with the elvis song everyone is dancing about and having a blast but in the Arctic Monkeys Video Its more serious like as in there is a man all on his own in a cell. Another major difference is that back in the times of the 50s they always did the whole massive dancing things in video  where as that tradition pretty much died out as the years go on. Another way these eras are different is that the camera angles differ from each other such as the elvis ones just change from different shots like long shots and medium shots also its slowly tracks elvis at some points.
 Then in the Arctic monkeys videos its got more advanced techniques  still got long shots and mid shots  and tracking but it also has lense flare bluring background and imdependant shots of like faces, hands, eyes, cars, windows and more. also it has a other special effects added to it Like coloring effects to suit the mood of the footage plus there is more of a story in the 2012 one so that you see the main  character escapes from prison.

Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

This song is a song from the 80s Called Sledgehammer

Now this is a famous music video since it has won many awards such as MTV awards and the best British video at the 1987 Brit awards
The video was directed by Stephen R Johnson who Directed many Other Music Videos

Also Adam Whittaker produced the music video  who also works with Aardman Animations with the Wallace and Gromit (animations which is a combination  of working with clay and stopmotion animation )

As you watch the video you can clearly see why the got Adam Whittaker involved with all the stop motion animation and the clay work.


This was in the 80s and in this era music videos were pretty different compared to the other eras
As technology advanced the same thing happened to the other music videos and more advanced animations appeared in music videos this happenes in this music video. Another good example for this would be the music video for the song by Aha-Take on me
Which also used animation techniques.

As you can see When you look at it in the past eras like the 50s and 60s this is nothing like them at all the music video has completely evolved from being something pretty basic that takes not much time to make whereas the take on me took 16 weeks to make.

Director Cut

After the shooting is finished the director can turn his/her attention to working with the editor and further improve the cut of the film . This is the time where the first cut is altered to create the film in the vision of the director. While working this cut which is refered as the directors cut , the director and editor go over the whole film re ordering tweaking, removing and shortening different scenes and shots. In some cases with doing this they would find plot holes , missing shots or even missing parts which could end up needing more scenes to be filmed.

Final Cut

 usually  the director has had his/her chance to oversee a cut .the rest of the cuts are sometimes supervised by one or more producers who represent the production company and/or movie studio.

Continuity

Continuity is a term that means a series of shots should be physically continuous like the camera just changed angles in the course of a single event. An Example would be if you look at an empty bottles of water in one shot the in the next shot it wouldn’t be full. An example of very continious footage would be footage that is live. Since the operators are changing from one live feed to another the shots match very closely. Many people look at inconsistencies in continuity as mistakes and in most cases the editor gets the blame but if this was in the case of a film continuity is almost the last things on the list to maintain. The scrip supervisor who sits next to the director is look at as the editors watchman if shots are captured out of sequence which is often the case he would be the one to make the bottle is left in the empty state the editor uses these notes made by the script editor in the post production stage to log and keep on top of the vast amount of footage and takes a director may shoot.

Film Roles

This essay is talking about the many roles, which are needed for the film making industry.

Director

A director is someone who directs and leads the film crew, the visual storyteller. A director is involved in all three stages of making a film, pre-production, production and post-production.

Pre-production 

Script analysis 

Story boarding

Scheduling

Location scouting

Casting & talent 

Production

Set design

Crew hiring 

Shot selection

Actor performance

Post-production 

Picture edit

Sound edit

Music/Score- Partial.

Cinematographer 

The director can collaborate with a cinematographer some directors choose to do their own cinematography. Cinematography is the creation of motion picture images. It can involve the use of film or digital imagery but usually with a movie camera. 

A cinematographer is the one photographing with a motion picture camera; the cinematographer is the one who is in charge of the camera and lighting crews. They are responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the imagine.

Highly experienced cinematographers make up to £500,000 

Starting cinematographers make on average £25,000 - £30,000

A DP that’s just started may earn £250 a day, experienced DP's make up to £9000 a week

Producer

A film producer initiates, coordinates and supervises also controls matters like raising funding, hiring personnel and arranging distributors. A producer is involved is the whole process of making a film from development to the finished thing. Producers make £40,000 if they are beginners, experienced producers make from 300,000 to 600,000

Executive producer

An executive producer is the person who develops the idea for a film. This can include purchasing/optioning a book, a short story or screenplay overseeing the adaptation. The producer can in some cases be involved in hiring the director, writer/s, and lead actor/s. They determine how long the film can be shot for and are involved in hiring/firing decisions.

Average pay for a executive producer is £54,000, this depends on the film budget most executive producers earn percentages that allow them to make six figure salaries from a film.

Production designer

The productions designer is responsible for the look of the film. From early on in the development of a film the production designer collaborates with the director of photography to establish the visual feel and specific aesthetic for the film. The production designer guides the other crew such as costume designer, the key hair and make-up stylists, the special effects director and the location manager to make sure they all have the same view of what the film should look like.

Prop master

During production the prop master maps out where all the props will go, making sure the props are positioned in the right place throughout the film. The job is a calibration with the director, production designer, cameraman and set decorator and many others to express their stylistic and aesthetic requirements. The prop masters maintain their own budget. 

Special effects:

The person in charge of the special effects team would be the special effects supervisor. This person would instruct the crew on how to design moving set elements and props that would explode, burn, smash, collapse safely. To make this work they would need to work close with the special effects technician also they are responsible for the weather conditions in a film. A disadvantage for this job is that the greatness of the effects depended on how much budget the film had so if it was say a B movie it would have to use the basic effects. The cost of a visual supervisor can vary from as low as $3-400 a day or as high as 10k per week. Some go for $8,500 for five days, $11,050 for 6,

The Visual Effects Producer

Works with the Visual Effects Supervisor to break down the script into storyboards, and advises the Director as to how they should approach the scenes. Together they determine which sequences are to be shot as live action elements, which would work well in miniature or if they should be computer generated.

Visual effects supervisor is responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director through the use of visual effects While it is a creative role, most supervisors have a technical background and are capable of making  decisions about the most  effective technique to employ . Often a supervisor will work with a visual effects producer and CG (computer graphics) Supervisor. The disadvantages of this job is that some directors / producers may not be easy to get along with which if that did happen could possibly damage the film.

production sound mixer
is  responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking using professional audio equipment, for later inclusion in the finished film, or for reference to be used by the sound designer and sound effects editors,. This requires choice and placing  of microphones, choice of recording media, and mixing of audio signals.

The sound mixer is considered a department head, and is  completely responsible for all aspects of production sound including the hiring of a boom operator and utility sound technician, planning the technical setup involving sound including both sound equipment and ancillary devices involved in syncing and time offsets, guessing and discussing sound-related problems with the rest of the crew, and ordering and preparing the sound equipment to be used on the set. The disadvantage with it is that if some of the mics go wrong you would have to halt some of the film production. The average salary of this is $49,000.

Storyboard

Risk assessment

Photo Essay evaluation

My Evaluation
What I did for my photo essay to tell a story of our day out at the german market that myself and family were planning to go to.
so basically throughout the day I took pictures of what we were doing and what we were looking at also I took the picture of us leaving the house to get to the train station just so it actually tells the story.
after I had got the pictures I edited the pictures in Final Cut which what I did was get the pictures in order and put the bad pictures out of the timeline also what the video needed was a soundtrack I could either have noises that you would have heard at the german market or have some music I decided to go with the music , the reason I went for music is because the song I wanted to have for the  film (Arms Christina Perri) made it more dramatic and also it sorta builds up the tention as we get to Birmingham.
What I like about the video is the soundtrack that went with it and also I liked how it starts at the house in the day the ends with everyone returning to the house at night.
What I didnt really like about the video was that for some reason when I had exported the final thing the quality of the pictures had gone really bad and I dont really know the reason for it.
When I showed the group my video I had got a mux of good comments and areas how I could improve. What they got the story so I knew it actually told it well. What the people wanted me to improve on was that the music became bigger during the train journey scene but everyone thought it would have been better if it grew when you first see the market.
So In some spare time i had I just changed it to grow at that point in the film  where you see it.
If I could do this video again what id do differently would try to find a better camera and  also try to make the oictures change to the chord changes of the song