Assignment Montage Portfolio

31st October- I had to create a montage as one of my assignments on final cut. The theme for my montage assignment and our portfolio , is the theme of water. I will take around 20 pictures which I will then add to a piece of music of my choice that match the mood of the pictures. The music that has influenced my piece is the group Klannad see http://www.moyabrennan.com. I wanted to create an atmosphere that was low key and haunting.

I felt that the music went well with the pictures as it suited the tone and the mood that I wanted to create which was a calm atmosphere then I wanted to build up the tension. I used fade out shots to create transitions to different parts of the music that would bring the pictures back on the screen on the beat, for example there was quiet instrumental music that that I wanted to show with the image of trickling water.

Ross's Water Montage from Ross Weir on Vimeo.

Assignment Radio Station

27th October-We were sorted into our groups where we explored differnt ideas that we thought would make a good radio staion programme that would interest the audience. We explored the idea of What it is like to be Fresher whilst participating in their first week at University. It will be aimed at Bath Spa Students.

3rd November-We discussed with a panel about our idea and they decided if it was good or notwe all took it in turns to pitch our ideas, this was good as it allowed us to build up our confidence both within ourselves and our idea. We talked about the treatment of the radio station what we were going to include and use, for example "Vox Pops" and interviews and how we will start and end the show.

10th November-We discussed Team working and how to record minutes where one person from the group is assigned to keep a record of meetings of who is there and who is not, key points of the meeting and the time and location, also to monitor progress and decide action points of the meeting. To finsih we decided on agreeing a date and location for our next meeting to carry out Vox Pops and editing.

24th November-Group meeting – Radio Programme project

Present: Annie and Ross.
Absent: Harry and Rachel.

Action Points:

Waiting to hear of progress from absent members of the group. If vox pops have not been completed by Friday 27th November we will have to record some of our own and use them as Plan B. Currently unable to take an active editing role due to a lack of things to edit. Next definite meeting will be Tuesday 1st December, however if we hear back from the group in the meantime then we may arrange to work on the project over the next few days.

1st December-
Action Points:

Rachel and Harry in Wednesday to edit Vox Pops at 10.00
Have to email Student President.
Interview Mike after lecture.
All in Thursday 3rd December-Rachel, Annie, Harry and Ross.
-Recording Voice-Annie
have to request and book microphone for Thursday.
-Arrange the Vox Pops
-Research Music-Ross

Assignment Soundscape

27th October-I Had meeting with Mike to discuss my options for my soundscape location which was to be filmed at Bristol Airport. We decided that he idea worked well, although it did have its limitations as their was a limit to how much sound I was allowed to record due to security restrictions. We also discussed what I could record e.g. the sound of the engine from the planes or passengers.

31st October-I emailed Bristol Airport requesting for me to film sound in and around the airport.

15th November-Carried out recording soundscape at Bristol Airport and recorded sounds of people, ,footsteps, the engines from the planes and restaurants.

Beatsystem Photos

I was given the task of taking a series of photos that matched a downloaded piece of music of my choice and the task was to match the pictures with the music.

Soundscapes

A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an environment. The idea of soundscape refers to both the natural acoustic environment, consisiting of natural sounds, including animal vocalisation and, for instance, the sounds of weather and other natural elements.

Also environmental sounds, created by humans, through musical composition, sound design and other ordinary human activivites, including conservation work and sounds of mechnical origin resulting from industrial techologies.

The term soundscape can also refer to an audio recording or performance of sounds that create the sensation of experiencing particular environment, or compositions of an acoustic envionment either exclusively or in conjunction with musical performance.

Deconstructing a Radio Station

"Heart Bristol"

-Introduction [introducting the show through the use of the theme song]

-Music [pop songs and 80s songs]

-News Coverage [includes stories that are every 20 minutes that cover controversial subjects that are in the interest of the public. For exmaple The Royal Mail strike.

-Ends for a break for adverts with the radio theme song

-Music pop song countdown [50 top UK albums]

-Celebrity News, for example new Madona Video.

-Theme song and advertising

-News and weather, repeats news for people who hav missed it earlier, for example The Royal Mail strike, Student Tuition fees [students leaving Universiy with debt] and celebrities that are going to be performing on "The X Factor" e.g. Michael Buble'.

Treatment for Do I Really Need...

The documentary programme will start off with arcive material from "Slumdog Millionaire", and will show the scene where the main character Jamal Maik [played by Dev Patel], wins 20 million rupees. The audience will experience a documentary that starts off by showing you how wealthy the character is and will describe his life before that.

The documentary will take the audience throught his life through the use of a live interview where he will discuss his previous life as an orphan who lived on the streets of london and who is how a young wealthy person due to his knowledge of entering a gameshow.

Reconstructions will be used to show his plan to change his life for him and his family and to give thm a better life as he was given the chance appear on a gameshow. It will explore his day-to-day life by the use of "Vox Pops" asking him what it is like? and How does he cope?.

This will create synpathy and empathy from the audience who will feel for the character and will want him to successed and change his life. Photographs will be used to show him winning the show, for example having photgraphs with the host and his family.

The documentary willshow the audience thew steps he took to appear on the game show and the effects that the winnings have had on his life, for example archive material showing him helping other people who are not as fortunate e.g. offering food, shelter.

There will be interview with members of his family on how proud they are and how it has changed his life, for example interiews with his mum and dad and the way that earning money before was difficult.

There will also be interviews and "Vox Pops" with celebrity hosts such as Chris Tarrant who hosts "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and how he is astonished on how much the winnings have changed the character's life compared to his life before by the use of archive material.