Showreel For College

`My show reel was too big to put on 3d learning,I put my show reel on Youtube and inserted it in a link so you can see it.

Part A-Taking part in an art activity.The shauning Spoof of The Shining.

For part A of the arts award we got to take up a activity that we take part in learning a new skill.As a outside project from college me and a couple of my friends decided to do our own version of The Shining but we put our own twist on it.I wanted to develop my filmmaking skills and this film was a great oppurnity to help me develop my filming skills and get a outlook at how things are made in the film business. Some of us hadn’t seen The Shining before so we watched clips on youtube so we had an idea and I also watched the film so i could get an idea of camera angles and shots. I was doing the camera and also sometimes the sound i swapped with a person called Isaac who was helping us out. I developed my skills for the camera by doing different camera angles that i’ve never done before and also an over the shoulder shot that i held the camera instead of in my hand.This was a new experience for me and it turned out well.

Shaun who came up with the idea of doing a spoof of The Shining wanted us to do this because he absolutely loves the movie and he thought it be funny to do our own version. Shaun wrote the scripts for him and Rhianne who was going to play Wendy.

When we finally got started to set up for The Shauning we did the scene where Wendy finds out Jack is going a bit mad and he catches her looking at what he had wrote on the type writer. We tried to set up the scene as best as we could because obviously we wouldn’t be able to have the scene exactly the same.

  

Issac did the camera work for that bit because we tired walking with the actor whilst recording which is called behind the shoulder shot.Which i think it looked good when we watched it back it went well with the scene.At this point of the year we had a wide open space to shoot this in which made it look like an abandoned hotel.

The next part after that we filmed where jack is going “Wendy give me the bat” this part was quite hard to film because we had to shoot them whilst they were walking up the stairs backwards which was quite dangerous and health and saftey aswell. So we couldn’t rush this bit we had to take our time and get the scenes right,Shaun had to also fall down the stairs.

The final bit we did for the film was probably one of the hardest bit to film because we actually had a fake door so we could do the “Here’s Johnny!!” part.We got props from the prop cupboard which was the door and the fake axe. I think that this part went really well even though the door was a bit unstable and you could see it weren’t a real door but it didn’t really matter as long as people know this is a laugh not a serious thing.

Overall i think that doing this spoof of The Shining went really well.We managed to get all the scenes done in one day and we didnt have any problems with anything else.If we were going to do something similar to this then i would suggest to look for somewhere that is apprioate for the scene a couple of weeks before and also if we had a scene with a door get a more suitable place so the door didnt swing or fall over as much. From developing my skill i have learnt quite of few new things about filming.I have learnt that from doing different camera angles that some of them dont work how you want them too and you have to have a back up camera angle if that is the case.Also that it takes a long time to make a good film with the filming and the actors and editing. I think if i was going to make another film i would want to be on camera again and try put different styles and techniques into the camera work and experiment more with camera angles.

what we did is down below. The whole thing and trailer.

Part D-Passing On An Art Skill

For this final bit of the Art Awards we need to teach a group of people an art skill of an animation workshop. Myself and group of other people are going to be teaching the year 1’s on animation pro. We are going to help them with something on time-lapse which we did in college last year. I did a step by step guide on what i think we should do in the lesson. So that it helps me when I’m in the class when iam teaching them. In my step by step guide i have wrote things like an introduction and what to teach them like all technical stuff e.g how to use pro-animation and how to set up camera and the tripod for the camera is the right height. Also i want them to have the same experience as i did so will let them go outside the college and collect leaves and twigs for their animation.

Teaching Animation Day:

Today Me and Rhianne and some other people from our class taught the first year a animation workshop.I was really nervous at first and was a bit worried teaching a whole class but turned out it was only 8 students and because there was 3 groups teaching we had 3 students each to make it even.

In this picture is me and Rhianne setting up the equipment,I got to admit because i hadn’t done anything like this in awhile took me a few minutes to refresh my memory on what i had to do. First thing we did once we got in the class we introduced ourselves to the students and then we sent them down to the prop cupboard to get props for the animation whilst us lot finished setting up the cameras and macs. Once they were back we showed them a couple of example of from our class that we did of stop-moition last year.

After we had finished showing them that we told them to get into group of 3 and then me and Rhianne decided which group to take. I started off by telling them about pro-animate and showed them how to use it.I pushed the capture button and told one of the boys to move so they could see his outline and thats how they can tell where there last movement is when they are doing their animation.After that we told them to put paper on the floor for their background which we had some trouble with because of the angle the camera was at in the end we managed to fix it.We asked them what idea they had and it was about being on beach,their theme ended up being summer.So we let them get on with it and just watched over them and gave them any guidance if they needed it.

Overall this has been a good experience helping the year 1 of the media course.It has taught me that the skills i have learnt in the class that i can teach others my skills.I feel like the lesson went well and that i gave my knowledge to other students for when they need it. I think that if i did something like it again i would probably be a bit more organised and get everything sorted before the day. I would also maybe help them to get more ideas because the group i was in was struggling for ideas by the end of it.

The final piece that they did.I thought it was quite clever what they had come up with.

Part c-Art Art hero Henri cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier Bresson is a french photographer he is considered as the farther of modern photojournalism.He was an early adaptor of 35mm format, and the master  of candid photographer. He was born August 22nd 1908 in chanteloup-en-Brie in france.

After unsuccessfully trying to learn music,as a boy was introduced to oil painting by his uncle Louis,a gifted painter.In 1927,at the age of 20 Henri entered a private art school the parisian studio of the cubist painter and sculptor Andre Lhote.Henri cartier bresson often regarded Lhote as his teacher of”photography without a camera. He came inspired by a 1930 photographer by Hungarian photojournalist Martin Munkacsi showing three naked african boys caught in near sillhouette running into a surf.

His photographs were first exhibited at the Juilien Levy Gallery in New York in 1932 and at the Ateneo club in Madrid. He also did filmmaking with french director Jean Renoir.He was in two of Jean Renoir films Partie De Campagne in 1936 and in 1939 Le Regle Du Jeu for which he played as butler and served as a second assistant.Renoir made Cartier-Bresson act so he could understand how it felt to be on the other side of the camera. Cartier-Bresson also helped Renoir make a film for the Communist party on the 200 families, including his own, who ran France. During the spanish civil war, Cartier-Bresson co-directed an anti-fascist film with Helbert Kline, to promote the Republican medical services.

Henri Cartier Bresson first work to get published were in 1937 when he covered the coronation of King George VI for the frenchly regards. His photography took him to many places such as china,mexico,canada,united states,india,japan and the soviet union. He became the first western photographer to photograph freely in post-war soviet union.

Henri cartier Bression died on August 3rd 2004 at aged 95,in 2003 he created the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation for his wife and daughter to perserve and share his legacy.

What i like about his work is how natural all his photographs look.I like the way he captures everyday life and this becomes history for everyone to see in the future.I like him because i like to take pictures of everyday life and be able to look back at the time it was taking and think about that time.I also think that the pictures being in black and white,it makes them look more break taking and more unique.

The Source Pitch.

Today we did our pitch of our ideas that we came up with for the section of art.We came up with plenty of ideas such as local photographers,review on films and local art galleries.We all planned when each of us were going to talk and how long for.I think that our pitch went really well.we all said our bit when we were meant to and the people from the source looked like they were interested and engaged in our pitch.When it was my turn to talk i felt like i spoke to fast and messed some things up and didn’t get my point across all the way.I tried to talk about my idea of local photographers in Hertfordshire and that we can write a review about them and their work and try and promote their business through the magazine.I think that everyone else in the group said their ideas well and got them across to the people from the source magazine. If i had a chance to do it again i would try and calm my nerves down before i went well and didn’t speak so fast.Then i would of been able to get my point across but i think they understood what i was trying to say.

On Friday 21st September my college class went to the Harry Potter Studios in Watford.This is where you get given a tour around the Harry Potter sets where they made all eight films.

When you first get there we had to wait around whilst they got things ready for the big group that we were and we got given a Harry Potter passport and in it there was things telling you about some of the sets and also telling you to find things as your going around the tour.

Once they were ready for us they took us into this dark room which had loads of screens in them with every single Harry potter poster that has been made from the 1st till the 8th.They weren’t just the posters they had all the different languages from all over the world for Harry Potter. It was fascinating seeing all these posters in different languages from other countries. When we had all finished looking at these poster a tour guide starting talking about the films and how it all started and how it became a world-wide phenomena. Then we got taking into another room which turned out to be a cinema and we got showed behind the scenes which no one sept the people that have been here have seen.

Once that was over we got taken into the great hall where in the film all the events happened like breakfast,dinner and party’s.For me it didn’t feel real being here seeing it on the films and then seeing it in person felt like a dream. Everything still looked the same expect the ceiling which is from green screen so that was just where camera and lights would of been.They even had dummies standing where the actors would of been sitting during the sets.                                                                                                               

After that we was aloud to wander off where ever we wanted to look around.I saw all sort of stuff from wigs that the actors wore to all the tattoos design to all the sets such as the boy dormitory and grinffidor common room. For me this was fascinating couldn’t believe i was  seeing this all in front of me. This was one of the best trips that i have been on something that i’m interested in and i knew about so when i was looking around i knew what everything was from.

What is an Art Award?

Today in college we looked on the Art Awards website to find out what an Art Award is. I have learnt from looking at the Art Award website that an Art award is supporting young people to develop as artists and art leaders. They’re five different levels discover,explore,bronze,sliver and gold.Its for ages 7-25 so there is a wide range gap for children and adults.You can explore any art forms including performing arts,visual arts,literature,media and multimedia. The awards builds confidence and help young people to enjoy cultural activities and prepare them for further education or employment.Its a great way for children and young people to be inspired by and enjoy the arts. It is an opportunity to develop creativity and leadership skills for employment in the future. The art award is managed by Trinity College London in association with arts council England. They work with 10 regional Bride organisations. Since its launch in 2005,the award has grown quickly and is now flourishing in arts centres,colleges and schools,community projects,libraries,galleries,local authorites,theartes,youth clubs and youth justice settings.