Sounds like theirs a change

The original idea of a low stakes poker game between students has been called off and we've had to revert to plan B.

The new idea involves two people who meet up in the street. One of the people is giving the other person a package, once the package has been given, the two people will talk and discuss something.
The rest is up to me, so I need to get writing a script for the scene itself. We are going to film tomorrow morning, so between us we will figure out how it will be filmed and where.

One Shot Film Progress

The main idea that me and my group have gone for is the "Poker Table" idea, which is based on a low stakes poker game held in a certain students flat.
We managed to come up with a brief storyline and small amounts of dialogue that could be used in the film.

We were thinking of starting with the camera focused on a pair of cards held by one of the participants, then having the camera zoom out to shoulder level and to a distance where all the players can be seen.

The story and dialogue will start as soon as the cards appear on the film and the film will contain many comedy aspects which should appear throughout.

The Rule Of Thirds

Knowing the Rules

The idea is to imagine that your frame or image is split into nine equal parts which is made up of two horizontal lines and two vertical lines.

Once grasping this concept, you can then place your subject or key part of your scene, on or near a point of where the lines cross.
This is not essential in all aspects of photography because the rule of thirds does not work in certain shots and does not apply.
An example of the rule of thirds is shown below in a short video that i made.



Another example is shown below aswell.



This example shows how placing the sunlit peak at one of the hotspots gives this photograph depth and eventually leads us to the desired location.
The bottom third features the foreground, the middle third features the hills and pathways and the top third features the horizon and clouds. This is a basic composition that adheres to the rule of thirds.

Classic Remix

I found these 2 remixes of Michael Gray's - Weekend,on youtube the other day and just had to put them on my blog.
They are nice groovin' house tracks mixed with a club style beat.





Enjoy

Final Pixelation

I managed to upload the new edited version of my pixelation video onto youtube tonight and it's displayed below.



The main editing that I did today was sharpening each still picture and adding a slight gaussian blur to them. Re-editing the video seems to have payed off and the final video, uploaded perfectly to youtube and the quality is great.

Oh yes and before I forget, the soundtrack I used was a song by Future Sound Of London called Moscow (Remix). I never managed to display the soundtrack in the ending credits so their it is.

Now it's time to chill, good night people.

Old College Animation and More Video Editing

Here's an animation that I created for my final major project when I was back at college.



It was based on certain Space Invaders Characters, which were grouped into armies on the actual animation.
It took me about 3 weeks to make, including post-production, sound effects, etc.

After today's lecture, I went to the Horn in Hand with some of the guys from the course and chilled out and played some pool for a bit.
When the rest of the guys went to their seminar at 1pm, I decided to head over to Waverley 105 and re-edit my pixelation animation and test some effects on the video itself.

At present, the video is uploading to youtube, but i'm not sure whether it will be done soon because the file is around 400mb.

I may do some research tomorrow on certain films and try using the thirds method to analyse shots and scenes.

Why Design?

I recently decided to purchase an Apple iPod 120 GB classic at £179. I feel that the purchase was of very good value and that I made the right decision in buying an mp3 player of that size.



I could have gone for something different and less expensive like you usually do, but in my mind, I obviously had the desire and urge as many other people do, to buy something that completely wipes an original plan of purchasing a simple mp3 player with a reasonable amount of storage.



I had to have an all singing - all dancing iPod which can fit lots of music, videos and photos on it, as well as having games, a calendar and all sorts of other built in goodies.

Design played a huge part in my decision to buy, as well as the media and memory capabilities, which are the main factors to consider when buying a new mp3 player, but, did I need to buy an mp3 player of that size? And did I need to spend “X” amount of money, just to get a larger and more stylish mp3 player? I don’t think I did to be honest and I know that my decision was influenced by today’s media and advertisements that rule the nation.