Fiction Adaptation- The Cenotaph

This is my fiction adaptation film. I believe it has turned out very well from the original idea, I think I managed to create something that matches my script. I think the parade footage is well shot for most of it as it was live.


Although I like the piece there are small things that I could of done to make it better, the character Robert does not seem to have a story arc which is a fault of my own for not creating a story. I think that on the shoot I should have tired to make it less hand held and more try-pod based as this would have helped when it went shaky.

Fiction Adaptation- Final Essay

For this essay I tried to do as much research as possible but I think there was still more to be done, this would have required a larger word count though as to have more theories I would have needed more examples. 

Fiction Adaptation

Fiction Adaptation- Editing

While editing it was hard to keep the continuity for the first two shots. I needed the first shot as it was the establishing shot, the second is a longer shot in which David gets up. But between the first and the second David moved, this made it hard to edit. Lex gave me a good idea to put the credits between the two shots just long enough to make it seem like a natural transition, and that he moved while the titles were on screen. I added the fade in and out to make the cuts less harsh. 

Fiction Adaptation- Sound Editing

During the editing process I found a few problems with my buzz track and some of the sound attached to the clips. 

The clip where David shuts the gate had some sound issues as there is a builder shouting in the back ground of the clip. To fix this I decided to use a audio from a different clip that had the gate shutting but no talking in the background. I had to time it correctly for when he shuts the gate. 

I also had to change the sound for the last post as it came in to loud during the talking of David. I turned it down for that section the back up with key frames, it continues onto the credits. 

During the buzz track of the parade I found I had a couple of conversations that could be clearly heard in the background so I had to chop up the background to make sure that the audience could not hear the conversations and be distracted by them. 

Digital News- Case Study

This is my Digital News Case Study:

Case Study Digital News

With this case study I tried to show a knowledge of the news and how it is created and also why it is presented in certain manners. I only used two sources but every paragraph has a quote present.

Digital News- Film

ARMA News program, this is the piece put together with the two news stories and the anchor. The two news stories are a live and a package. Each have different stories but can be related to a technology news channel. We have made sure that over all, all reporters are casual matching our script in how the news is told. 

I think that overall we managed to create a news program that matches our branding, it is casual but has serious tones in how it is handled. There are some small scripting errors and the trolling story could have had some more creative ideas but we were not best at time management and therefor didn't manage it.

Digital News- Short descriptions

For the digital news we needed to create short descriptions to be used under the video on the website.
These are the descriptions I have come up with so far.

U2

Apple has released a U2 album on iPhones across the world, all iTunes subscribers were given this album on their iCloud. The album Songs of Innocence was transferred to iPhones on the release of the iPhone 6 with U2 present to play a live set. This has not overall had a positive reaction as some iPhone users are left wondering how the album was put onto their devices without their knowledge.

This has lead to a question in whether Apple has crossed the line in breaching their consumers privacy. U2 later apologised for this oversight, they had good intentions that were not best received.

Trolls

This story refers to the new phenomenon affecting a generation that rely on the internet, there has always been an issue of bullying but it has now taken a new form, it has moved on to the internet and anonymity has helped those ‘trolls’ to offend other internet users.

This has become an issue of safety for internet users, as it can be said that they are put in a danger of being cyber-bullied but now also threatened by those that may have never even met them.

The government are now stepping in to update the law in reflection of the world and the times. It can be said that the abuse spreads across the internet if in person was expressed then it would count as verbal assault, this has raised the question for years that ‘trolls’ should be punished in the same way that an verbal assault will be.

We have consulted councillors and online charities that often deal with these issues and have been able to create some simple steps to help keep you safe online.