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week 6

This week we had Time-Lapse workshop By Nic Kocher.

He introduced us some useful methods about  how to create time-lapse video.

I think it is very useful to know because everytime I watch the time-lapse scene in movies, i was always wondering how they created such poetic and beautiful thing,.

Now I know.

Firstly we have to use tripod so we can make every frame even and match. And we need to use manual exposure, in case of flicker, and use manual , the light wont automatically change that we can see the small changes of light little by little.  But if we are shooting over day and night, or in a large condition of lighting, we can use the semi-auto aperture priority setting which will vary the shutter speed. And we also need to use manual focus. so the focus wont jump again and again, it will affect our visual flow. But if we wanna things stay stable , we can set the aperture smaller in to increase the depth of field , or use a wider lens, it also helps with the depth of field to.  And what we need to do before is shoot pictures on small or medium size, so check the menu settings.

The most important thing is that we should know how to do the Time-lapse Maths:

a=length of final movie (in seconds)

b=frame rate of playback (fps)

c=length of time of event you wan to shoot (seconds)

c/ab=how many seconds apart each shot needs to be

we mostly do 15 frames per sec

if we want a blur effect —  make the shutter speed 30 sec

post-production: Apple prores.422 (HQ)

if not H264

Seminar 2 Melbourne Hub

Seminar title: MELBOURNE HUB

1. Appropriate questions (research, moderation, hosting)—D

Though it is at the beginning of our seminars, it is very successful with its style and structure. This seminar’s focus is different types of media jobs in Melbourne. They did a good preparation of the video and power point. The first impression is from the introduction on facebook event page.

And the point is that it is not easy to keep the topic fresh, because each guest speaker is responsible for different media areas. So it is appealing to most of students there as we may be interested in different types of media jobs.

But I did not notice the importance of the hosting, maybe because the guest speakers already have their orders, so the host becomes a little bit unnecessary.

2. Guest relevance to the topic—HD

In general, the guest speakers are working well. They covered most media jobs and they gave us some useful tips on looking for job. I have to mention Dwayne Thompson (Promotions Coordinator Future Entertainment)—-he is good at showing us his work. I really like the video he has showed us. And it is really cool to see the whole process and to know his daily life. And he showed us the importance of social networking. For Ruedilyn Schwegler ( Marketing Coordinator Channel Nine>, she demonstrated her personal experience on trying on hunting jobs, I believe everyone is interested to know how a graduate to find a way to the future career. For Chas Mackinnon and Brad Goble ( Creators of online design studio BETTY WANTS IN), I really what they were talking about, because the online media is getting popular, and it is leading a trend of media producing,

3. Quality of seminar facilitation (including set-up, staging, refreshments, audience interaction, flow, technical eg sound, IT)—D

The technical side is good with playing video both the audio and visual. The set-up is cool, so each guest speaker can be memorized well. In the Q&A part, the interaction is also not bad that from the involvement of students, also between each guest speaker.

4. Seminar Content —–D

Because this seminar’s topic is big, and it covers a lot so it makes everything has a limit of its depth. But this seminar impressed me with its style and good selection on guest speakers. The content is successful with its hot topic—-TV, event. Digital media, though the TV section is a little unclear to me about the exact working process of the guest speakers.

Research again ~

1. Melbourne Films: helps companies meet their video communication as well as web and multimedia solutions everyday. Whatever they need, we have the ideas, the drive and the vision to help you. We inspire our works to continuosly grow with strong support by its passionate and highly skilled in-house… team. Our extensive and trusted network of creative professionals means we can fulfill short-term turnaround and a range of varying business needs – from anywhere in the world.

http://melbournefilms.com/

2. it is a cool company , and i believe the people working in this company can talk about the commercial and technology side.
http://www.cproductions.com.au/

3. nfsa:
i think i ll just call them or visit the place tmr . Melbourne Street AddressLevel 3, 114 Flinders St
Melbourne VIC 30011800 067 274

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/

4.Dave Redman :
Dave Redman is an award-winning film & television editor based in Melbourne. I think we can interview him that how he market his idea to make films .

5.KATRINA MATHERS:
Aside from her work as a writer or director, Katrina’s credits also include working as a television director (The Wedge,

Channel 10), producer (Standing Up for ABC TV), producer/director (Skybus TV for Immediacy), first assistant director (Totally Full Frontal, Network 10), short film selection panel member (Melbourne International Film Festival), project manager (St Kilda Film Festival), and comedy writer (Granada Productions, Cornerbox, Act 3 Animation and ABC TV) and she’s been an invited guest speaker or judge at a number of film forums, awards & conferences.
Katrina continues to also work as a professional actor, voice over artist and animation voice actor, most recently she’s been appearing as a regular actor on Channel 10’s popular sketch series The Wedge. Katrina starred in Economy Class, an Australian telemovie with Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell and Marg Downey, as well as the ABC TV comedy series Flipside. She appears in the original short film that was made for Saw; the multi-award winning interactive production about heroin addiction Shot,

6. Richard Wolstencroft
MUFF Fest Director

1st brief of Indie Online

Indie Online: careers on the fringe of new media

Brief:

This seminar will explore career opportunities in the new media economy. It will profile those treading new, original and exciting career paths, unheard of in traditional, big-media landscapes. While considering our own skills as producers, the predominant focus will be on apps and online projects in the following categories:

1. Online video

2. Media apps

3. Gaming apps

4. Online audio/pod-casts

5. Marketing the idea

How can we move into these different areas? How do our skills apply to these areas?

Online Video

For those of us interested in professional screen production, you’d be forgiven thinking there were two career options – film and/or television production. Yet can online video offer us a third choice?

While online video has long been associated with user-produced, low-resolution content as seen with the rise of Youtube, faster internet speeds and shrinking production and connection costs are opening up the online world to professional-grade video content.

What possibilities does the online platform offer? How will the inevitable rise of online video affect distribution and creative practice? What possibilities exist in the field now for us as media graduates, and what direction can we expect online video to go in over the next decade?

Web examples

Video vortex – annual conference discussing academic sides of online video

Potential guests

I’ll get back to you.

Media apps

1 kajillion iPhone applications were sold last year, and millions more through Android and other mobile app stores. Clearly, there is a lot of money in mobile content. But we (as Media students) don’t have computer programming skills, we can’t exactly develop these applications. So how can we leverage ourselves in to this burgeoning area? We can make video, audio and text with ease, we can load it on the web, we know what works well on the net.

Can we get a job in the area of mobile applications/media?

Web examples

http://www.abc.net.au/services/mobile/ – someone must create the content that is available in these apps?

http://www.bushrangers.com.au/#/news/article/bushrangers_launch_iphone_app_in_australian_first

Potential guests

Anthony Harrison: Digital Marketing Manager @ Cricket Victoria. He launched/runs the Bushrangers iPhone app linked above. Can definitely do it, but I haven’t confirmed in case we find something even more relavent.

Gaming apps

Mobile application downloads are growing exponentially, with the iPhone App store reporting a 400% rise from its first year of operation to its second. As enthusiastic digital natives, we – media graduates – will be positioned at the forefront of this highly lucrative market.

While perhaps lacking the programming skills required to actually produce a gaming app, there are a myriad of other positions that we might be capable of filling. But just what are these positions and what skills do they require?

Web examples

Firemint: A Melbourne-based developer and publisher of video games that is responsible for one of the most popular iPhone applications of all time – Flight Control. Despite a relatively small number of staff, founder Robert Murray believes his company will be worth upwards of $200 million in the medium term.

Articles on Flight Control/Murray – The Australian; Computer World

Angry Birds: The most popular application of all time, which now averages, according to this article, 60 000 downloads per day.

Angry Birds In-Game Trailer: Wow this is cool, but who would they have possibly found to make something like this. Duh, I dunno….maybe somebody who knew something about media (to be read in really dumb voice).

Potential guests

Larrissa Hjorth (RMIT media lecturer… probably know people if she’s not available)

Robert Murray

Online Audio/podcasts

Broadcast radio must conform to requirements set by the station. Such ‘editorial guidelines’ will inevitably affect the voice, style, length, post-production, budget and technical production of a program, and in turn, restrict creativity.

A wave of new, innovative and original audio work has arrived due to the advent of Podcasts and internet radio. Programming for long-tail audiences is now a viable option, and new funding structures are proving successful.

Web examples

A life Well Wasted: an internet radio show about videogames and the people who love them.

Funded by poster sales and donations

This American life: Broadcast on NPR but predominantly podcast. Long, expensive program that relies on audience donation

Potential guests

Robert Ashley – A life Well Wasted

Stephen Fry (as if) – broadcaster and new media advocate

Ira Glass!

Marketing the idea

As we know, social Media are a valuable and influential communication tool in this technological era such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, blog and etc… Those are great networking tool for over millions people in the 21st century world are utilising its many features no matter for personal or business reasons.Therefore, social media could be an effective platform in which media networks and broadcasters can use it to themselves.

For any new in media industry, self-promoting is very important for them. They can share their works through any types of the social media. Although social media are normally user-friendly, there are still have different areas that need to be careful and notice. Likewise, how to make use of your social media tool to promote for you, how to draw attention and gain notice from the public is what you need beyond finishing the production.

Web Examples

http://www.pandemiclabs.com/blog/social-media/the-paradox-of-self-promotion/

http://davefleet.com/2008/12/5-lessons-about-self-promotion-in-social-media/

http://freelancefolder.com/5-misuses-of-social-media-that-could-kill-your-freelance-business/

http://wiseleeinternet.com/blog/category/interner-marketing-for-students

Potential Guests

Ross Hill – Innovative Analyst – Deloitte – ross@rosshill.com.au www.deloitte.com.au (Ross Hill will be in Thailand for a few weeks)

Keith De La Rue – Independent Consultant – Acknowledge Consulting – keith@delarue.net – www.acknowledgeconsulting.com

week 5

I think it is a good time to see others’ improvements from the draft to the final productions.

After we viewed Claire’s group’ work , I think it is good to get visual of the “death”, which is totally different than before. And the previous version has no sense of ’sense’,  the visual was lack of power but the music was awesome. So this time they kept the music , and re-shoot the footage . Though I like the colour changing , and the ink in the water in their previous video but this time they have got their character ,  and they used quick jump cut between the candle and the facial expression of the character. playing around between darkness and the light,which got rhythm as well.

Jim’s group’s : I really like the feeling of the slow-motion. and the way of 2 screening. they become a kind of comparison.   But the voice-over and the figure makes me a little confused , maybe it is their abstract style

Julianna’s:  I really their work however I personally prefer the previous one. I like the second part of people walking on the street which is a good movement. and the shots of people saying “hi”.  They perfectly fit in the poem.  Also they used different angles of camera. The new one, they changed the second part and the ending, everything goes to a new direction, it is like saying people like “mask”. I do not really get it. But I also like this kind of “happy ending”.

About our video, people it is interesting, but we need more changes about it. Like the backgrounds. And maybe make it longer.

And one classmate that she was expecting more changes of the background. Actually i was thinking about the same thing, but i think audience will recognize the changing of the location from the graffiti.    But I think we still need more work on it.

today is my bday

hey today is my birthday, But hey you know what , I found this video .

exactly what i want to express about myself !

Breath-taking !

And here is the linknk of the original photos

and I know where the place is , because on the link below, there is a map.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11837637

here is another one which is also beautiful I love the tree, like a lonely girl waiting for something or someone.  I wish I could find this kind of place to film something.

so beautiful

it is Fujifilm S5pro Time laspe Movie.  The music works well with the visual . And I like the changing of the light, the color, the snow on the mountain is so beautiful,  and I love the way sun sets over the mountains, gorgeous footage .

How to make money in online video

I think this article it is very close to our topic —how to market your idea and i think it i s quite good to see a chart that shows the difference of  ad level with different professional contents.

And also in this article, the author also mentioned Youtube and blip, we can use advertising to make all publishing online profitable based on these platforms or using other methods. And here are some methods in videos to put ads in :

contextual display banner , branded content sponsorships.viral video.

After all, on TV you spend millions creating an ad but you need to buy media spots to promote it.  It’s not going to be that different online.

Bad Apple – Stop Motion PV

Thinking more about our second video and look back and make more things that inspired us.

It is a very cool video,  6566 stills for 200 seconds! Amazing !   And we can see the editor keeps the similar shape when the subject  is changing to another one.