Advertising.

Idea Generation.
We watched a program and basically, when they professionally came up with ideas by doing lots of research, thinking, mind maps, picture drawing, gathering lots of different ideas to choose a final one. They tend do come up with sayings like the McDonald's 'IM LOVING IT' quote.

Shock tactics.
In the programme we seen an advertisement for anorexia. It was shocking becuase it was giving out tips on how to hide the illness and saying things like 'you can never be too thin'. Also, at the end it shows it was all on anorexia websites and 'thin-speration'. Some poeple thought it was a good advert but most thought it was shocking and a bad idea, i personally thought it was a bad idea due to people in our days feeling the 'pressure to be perfect' and it could have made someone go anorexic with 'you can never be too thin' quote.

Star vehicles.
Clelebraties in adverts

Personality type results.

Personality type results

EI: 13 out of 17
Extrovert |-------------------------------------------------| Introvert
                                               |
                                              76%
SN: 9 out of 17
Sensation |-------------------------------------------------| iNtuition
                                   |
                                  52%
TF: 12 out of 17
Thinking  |-------------------------------------------------| Feeling
                                            |
                                           70%
JP: 12 out of 17
Judging   |-------------------------------------------------| Perceiving
                                            |
                                           70%

Is TV Dead?

How much time do you go online every day?
Roughly i would log into websites about 4-9 times a day depending on where i am through out that day. If i'm over a friends house i will use their internet a couple of times (taking turns) and then i'd go home and log on. Then i'd log out and  let someone use my laptop, then i'd get it before i go to bed an then i will log on again.
I spend most of my day using the internet. I use it for all sorts. I roughly spend about 12 hours a day on the internet. I use it for research, social networking sites, youtube (watching videos) and tumblr and things.

Why is BBCiPlayer so good?
I'd say it's so good because if you miss a programme (e.g. EastEnders) then you can always get it back up on catchup and it's there for when you want to watch it so there's no rush if you cannot watch it on the time it is on TV.

Why are social networking sites the way forward?
I'd say they are the way forward because people are able to share thoughts and pictures and chat to people without wasting mobile phone credit. It is easier to contact people and write on peoples walls on Facebook and going on cam to chat to each other. It is also the way forward because you are able to mail people in private where no one else is able to see what you're writing to each other in 'private mail'.

How much does the program say on average that teens go online a day?
The program says that on average, teenagers spend at least 2 hours on the internet a day.
I personally use way more time than that if i am honest.

How much time DID teens used to spend a week watching TV?
Teens used to spend at least 6hours a week watching TV. Apparently American teens watch more TV than they do go online! People go online to download series from TV whether its legal or not. If they want it, they'd get it.

Why has there been such a drop in audience figures between the 16-24 year olds?


Why does TV need the youth market?
Because advertisements need to try and get us teenagers to be more successful in the future and to know more things than what we know now.

Why are the 16-24  revolutionaries?

TEST SHOTS! EVALUATION- LUCY

Here is an over the shoulder shoot. 

Here is my mini version of  a birds eye view. She was texting. LOL!

Here is a test shot of my sister putting the fairy on the christmas tree.

Here is an image of christmas decorations being put up.

Here is a birthday picture of my three year old sister.

My ideas were to go onto fashion photography but my plans changed and i done more emotive photography. 

The reason why I didn't use any of these images was because i felt like i could have done better. I wasn't particularly happy with the out comes of these although i LOVE the one of my three year old sister! I just wanted to choose ONE final picture for my final piece. I am happy with the one i had edited and chosen. I wouldn't change it. I did try to do different angles of pictures in which went pretty well if you ask me :) These images are only a FEW of my test shots but out of the bunch i chose and edited the one below. It's my favourite!:D

Documentary photography Final piece – Lucy

For my final piece my original idea was to do a fashion photo. Ideas changed and it became more about the person and her emotions. The reason I made it black and white in Photoshop was to bring out the correct emotion that is being shown. I edited rain drops out of the image, changed brightness and contrast, made it black and white and used ‘spot healer’ to make the face a bit more smoother than what it was. The strength of this image is the emotion in it and the story behind it. It just shows a young girl picking at a bush but she looks very sad and a little bit bored... Different stories could be put into the story – maybe. The weakness would be not enough lighting and could have added a little bit of additional lighting so that the headpiece stood out a little bit more. This picture was my favourite one out of the bunch I had taken and that’s the reason why I am using this one for my final piece. It’s my favourite because it has more emotions and it’s just really nice! My model for my image was my sister Emma. Overall I am 80% happy with my final piece. If the lighting was changed, it would have been much better! 

HERE IS A 'BEFORE' PHOTOGRAPH AND AN 'AFTER' PHOTOGRAPH.

My film poster

We we're researching some films and then we had to make a poster of our previous films that we had already made during college times. My poster is from the video i made called 'The journey'. It is about a young girl that gets kidnapped, she gets out the room she got locked up in, she escapes down some stairs, beats up a person who tries to stop her from running and she manages to get outside. She thinks it's all over and that she's finally free. BUT SHE'S NOT!!! One of the kidnappers see her and beat her! She did NOT manage to escape in the end. 18+.

Film poster research

The three film posters i researchered were called Darkness falls- made in 2003 and is an American horror film, Ted- made in 2012 and is an American comedy film and Bridge to Tarabithia- made in 2007 and is a fantasy drama film. 

Darkness falls is about a tooth fairy that kills children when they lose their last baby tooth. If you see her you're dead. She is not allowed in the light. She is only allowed to be in the darkness. It is a horror gore movie and i have seen the film, IT IS REALLY GOOD!!!!! I really like the graphics and the reason i like the film is because the woman in it (Caitlin Greene, 12 years later) asks Kyle to help her because her little brother goes through the same 'night terrors' with the tooth fairy as Kyle did when he was younger except everyone realises, it's not night terrors and the tooth fairy does actually kill people when they lose their last baby tooth, but she is unable to go in the light because her skin is sensitive to the light because it got burnt when she was alive, and people killed her and exposed her face to the light. The film is rated an 18's. The special effects are great, for example, when Kyle jumps from stair case to stair case along with a few other people trying to avoid the darkness and jumping into the lights as the tooth fairy makes them turn off one by one. The meaning behind the poster shows that it is going to be scary and dark and dull, it is aimed at adult entertainment. The poster looks doomy and gloomy. It looks very dull and a little bit plain. Everything looks so far in the distance so it looks as if some thing in the distance needs to be avoided, but thats not the case. The darkness is supposed to be avoided. If i am honest, i would not have used a plain poster like this, i would have made it more interesting and make people want to watch it more. Although, the film is excellent!

Ted is about a little boy getting a teddy for christmas and he wishes for the teddy to be alive and to be bestfriends for ever. The teddy (Ted) was alive, the boy and teddy grew up together, Ted and the man smoked illegal drugs and had alcohol. The mans marriage almost suffers because he is always around Ted, but Ted gets kidnapped by a man and a boy, they are strickt, the boy pulled Teds ear off for his bad language. In the end Ted dies, but he gets sewed back together and the mans wife wishes for him to be alive and he comes back!! It is an hilarious movie, one of my favourite comedy movies!!! Got to watch it! The special effects of Ted himself is great. To me, Ted looks realistic and the effects are awesome when Ted has a fight with Mark Wahlberg (the main character). It looks so real. Ted is rated a 15s film. The meaning behind the poster shows that it is a humorous film and it is aimed at teenagers and adult entertainment. Contains bad language. Not suitable for children! The poster looks very vibrant and you can tell it is comedy by the way the man and teddy bear are laughing and drinking alcohol. You don't see a teddy bear laughing and drinking these days... The poster is very bright and i think the colours in a poster change people's moods on how to feel about it. The poster shows the man and teddy in hysterics so it shows that it must be funny - and thats exactly what it is- HILARIOUS!

Bridge to Tarabithia is about a boy meeting a girl who recently moved next to him, they become bestfriends after having no friends and they explore around in the woods and they make up their own little world with their minds and they can see it all! In the end the girl dies becuase she was swinging accross the lake with the rope but the rope snappes and the weather was bad so the lake got a bit violent and she drowned. The boy feels alone and upset for a long time but then he remembers her from good memories. This fantasy drama film is really good and when i seen it i really liked it. The graphics and the special effects are amazing, for example, all of the fictional things such as giants with toe jam and more. It is a PG rating for family's and children. It is extraordinary. The best thing i like about the film is that the boy and girl has no friends so they become best of friends but i think it's really upsetting when she dies. The meaning behind the poster shows that it's very interesting but mysterious and it gets people wondering what the 2 people can see. They look stunned. It is aimed at children and family entertainment. The poster shows two children looking dramatically at something but it is not visible in the poster so it gets people wondering what it could be and thats what makes it look interesting to watch. It looks pretty dark and dull but at the same time theres light so it doesn't look as dull and horrific.

Photographic task- lucy.

detail.

including at least one person.

including no people.

Ant's eye view.

Bird's eye view.

looking through.

Lowest iso.

Highest iso.

overall view.

Lucy - final piece

For my final piece, My work is going to be inspired my Helmut Newtons work. His work is absolutely fantastic. I am not completely sure if i am going to do all my work black and white, but i might. Black and white photos are my favourite. For my final piece i'm using fashion. I LOVE FASHION!

Eagle eye cherry- save tonight

In my opinion, the video to Eagle eye cherry- save tonight is very interesting and different. The man in the video plays a lot of different parts such as innocent, criminal, homeless. The best bit about the video is how he is in lots of different places playing lots of different characters all at once.

Final piece, Lucy.

For my final piece in Lucy's lessons, I'm doing fashion documentary photography. I'm doing fashion because i love it and in our days people dress to express ans there's so many different styles going around in 2012. No one is wearing the same style. Everyone has their own unique fashion.

The photo above is one of the images i have already taken and edited. I love this picture. It's amazing and it reminds me of a 60's style. This picture is amazing!!

The waiting room

I worked with Jade, Katherine and Roxy for the waiting room video. For this video we planned for two girls to be in a relationship. Suddenly one of the girls find out she's pregnant and the two girls think it's a miracle. The pregnant woman gives birth and waits to find out she has a beautiful baby boy.

I didn't really enjoy doing this video personally. Although it was a laugh. I  think that if we all pulled together and stopped our laughing and made it more realistic then it could have been a LOT better :).

Advert- mouthwash.

I liked doing this advert for mouthwash, It was fun. It took a few shots to get it right though!!! The only thing i would have changed was maybe making it a little shorter. We edited it in premiere and done split screen in which i thought looked cool and i might use split screen in some other work when i get the chance:).

Fairy tale- Goldilocks.

For my fairy tale, my plan was to use voodoo dolls. My plan changed into using Plasticine, card, paper, paints, pencils and pens. The story was that Goldie was lost in the woods and she suddenly found a mysterious cabin. She was so hungry so she decided to go in and see if there were any food available for her. She walked into the kitchen and seen a big bowl on the wooden table. she reached up for it and she realized the bowl was full of human brains. She quickly ran outside, it was thundering and lightening and raining. Suddenly the 3 flesh eating cannibals  appeared before her eyes. She was so scared and has no where to run. She covered her eyes and every time she moved her hands from her watering eyes, the flesh eaters got closer and closer. As they got extremely close she suddenly awakened in her bed. She realized it was all just a nightmare. She lay down and closed her eyes and dozed back off. A dream? NO! It was not a dream. The flesh eaters were stood by her little bed. After that Goldie vanished. Nobody knows where she went or what happened. It is all mysterious and nobody speaks of that terrible story. To be continued...


I liked  doing the animation for Goldie. I think the only think i could have changed was slowing down the video in some parts because it was a little too fast. I lost some of my work, so i done a back up plan and that was to use text instead of the images.