Final Artefact - Looking back at what I have made...

After having some feedback at the end of my presentation of my final Artefact, I've realised that there were a few improvements that could have been made. Firstly the lighting needed more consideration to give the video clips a horror feel, with possibly just the use of a small lamp rather than using a normal light.

Secondly after editing I found that I should have merged all footage together into after effects, to upload as one video to youtube, as this would have saved opening a new video for each clip, to continue the interactive story. This would have made the footage more effective as a horror, which as a result would have beeen more enjoyable for the user!!

Work-based report...

Next week I am aiming to start my work-based report on my main placement from summer 13'! I've decided to base my report on my time at Lime Pictures  working as a set dresser/stagehand/runner, as I worked there for 6 weeks and enjoyed this placement the most! Working on Hollyoaks at Lime was the perfect job and I would love to work there after I have finished at University next year. After working in the camera department as well as the design department I managed to get a feel for what I'd enjoy the most, which led me tov want to work in design in the future!!

Dissertation Topic...

After a meeting the other week with my tutor I've decided to base my dissertation on Reality TV, and how particular reality TV shows are so popular and effective in reaching a large audience. I've enjoyed all work on Reality TV up to now on my course so I think that this would be the most interesting topic for me to choose for my final year dissertation!

Final Artefact Research & Planning...

Before I presented my piece of work for the creative media module I researched into the type of project I was going to produce and planned what themec and method I felt most comfortable using! I decided to choose YouTube annotations as my method as I enjoyed producing this during practice excersises. I also decided to base my theme around halloween as I began planning around 31st October, therfore decided to produce sequence of horror clips on youtube, that form a small interactive game. Here is some of my planning/research oahead of the final piece!

For my final Artifact I decided that using YouTube Annotations was the best way to present my project as:

• Easiest method to present a horror sequence
• Best way to combine music and video for a horror feel
• Genuinely preferred using an interactive project as this has allowed the user to make choices throuhhout.

I found this online article useful, in helping me to create the typical edgy atmosphere for a horror film. This gave my guidance in paying attention to the use of Audio, costume, Graphic Scenes, Use of victims and generally creating a spooky atmosphere for the user, when interactive with each short clip.

http://voices.yahoo.com/characteristics-horror-movie-8691959.html

I based my horror sequence on the popular 'American Horror Story Series, combined with the Friday 13th series. Having watched the first 2 series of AHS, I decided that this would be an ideal piece to base my work on; an old fashioned approach to Horror films. The 'Intruder' in my horror scenes is based on character Jason Voorhees, from Firday 13th. I attempted to recreate his appearance and use a sneak-up scene to imitate the muder scenes in the films. I decided to capture all of my footage indoors and base most of it in the living room & kitchen, the same as in America Horror Story Series 1 and also the Friday 13th Series. Many Horror scenes happen in a house in AHS, where my idea of having an intruder entering a home worked. To make this work as an interactive game, I looked at a range of clips from the AHS episodes, and worked out how I would offer the user a set of options/choices throughout the film, before leading them to an ultimatum: e.g. The big decision between picking two items in a fridge, which would lead either losing or winning at the game. For the series of videos, once I had annotated and linked each video togethers, I then picked a suitable soundtrack for each one, and attached this to the video via YouTube. I searched for the most appropriate sound that would give the sequence a horror feel.

Feedback for production project...

Last week I received feedback for my production project. After originally basing our project on the music event we run in liverpool's shipping forecast, we found that from the feedback given, this idea would not work as it is has too much focus on ourselves and would not produce a successful project unless we were basing our work on someone other than ourselves.

After a useful discussion, we have decided to change our idea to basing our project on liverpool's only non-alcoholic bar, 'The Brink'. We think that this would be an interesting and diverse idea that would result in a better final production project with richer and more interesting content! Taking our first step into this, we will have to check out the bar and get a feel for what angle we can aim approach this from...

Production Project Proposal!

Last week we had our presentations for our production project proposals, prior to further planning of what we are aiming to produce for it! I had some trouble gettting to uini this day due to bad weather and handed my work directly into the staff office. My proposal is based on the idea of an interactive websitem, presented as a timeline of events, showing the growth and development of our music event that myself & orlagh dooley set up back in may 2012. In the proposal I have outlined what we aim to include on the website to bulk it up and make it full of interesting content that will work well in a timeline, that the user can interact with! Now it's time to get working properly on this, by beginning interviews and gatehring live footage of some of our events...

Individual Artefact Proposal - Halloween Interactive Thriller / Horror

For my indivuidual artefact for creatuive media practice, i have decided to produce an interactive horror/thriller, as this also fits with the current halloween theme. For this assignment I'll have to consider a variety of factors to form a plan, before i start the task.

- Equipment (camera + tripod)
- Use of after effects
- Use of youtube editor
- Use of outfits (halloween costume)
- Locations (possibly flat in city centre)
- Rooms I would film in
- Length of interactive footage
- Stages of interactive videos and order of videos


Would this work?

What other factors would I have to consider to make it stand out from just a practice task?