Chloe Jane Hesketh: 2013

Personal Profile

Personal Profile Final Idea...

Each member of our team all created their own personal treatment before coming up with a final idea. Furthermore this was effective as it gave the group more ideas to suggest, whilst be able to see which idea works best when considering; the narrative itself, location, time and contact.

Ideally we choose one of our team members brother who is a part-time Police Officer a long with working in Asda in the meantime. Meanwhile we thought this would be effective as they are two total different jobs. Subsequently we can ask him the comparisons between the jobs, his toughest challenges and which job he prefers and why.

When filming his Police Officer Role we decided to add a role play of him, chasing a victim of crime. This would be effective whilst he was still explaining his job role.

When filming the Asda job role, we tried to be creative when filming this scene, therefore we asked whether he could make a pizza, along with use the equipment behind the counter. Furthermore this would illustrate his job role, whilst there would be a voice over.

Watch the Final Personal Profile Here!

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Creating my own Website

Throughout Digital Media Tools one of our tasks was to create our very own website using Adobe Dreamweaver, furthermore within a previous blog I had explained how I was getting used to the software.

Meanwhile before creating the website I visited a variety of websites, where I looked at specific layouts, fonts, colours and themes. Furthermore I wanted mine to be different to what is already out there.

Click Here to View My Site

I created a logo which would appear on the website this is currently my initials with "Media Creativity" underneath which gives a brief summary of what the website is going to portray.

Furthermore when researching different websites, I had noticed that nearly all had a logo which made the audience aware of what website they are on. Along with advertising that brand name.

I have given a brief summary about myself just to let the audience be aware of who I am furthermore I have also added a link to this blog. Therefore the audience can then see more work which I have done throughout the whole of my media course rather than just the Digital Media Tools Module.

Ideally I also added all the images which I had taken and edited throughout the course a long with the projects which I had completed too. Finally I added a contact page where the audience can view my contact details if they wanted to contact me about my work.

I created the website as simple as possible as this helps the audience navigate easily around the website. Furthermore I did not use to much text, as It was almost an image based site which I think is more appealing to an audience. Subsequently many people do not like to spend too much time reading information. Although, to enhance this website I did initially create an image slideshow for the gallery page, however there were problems with this when using the University's computer. Meanwhile I would also like to add background music too, because this encourages audience engagement.

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Adobe After Effects

Within our Digital Media Tools module we had to use our 6 Frame Animation using Adobe After Effects.

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics software which initially was used in the post-production of television production and film-making.

The story which we would tell through a six frame narrative would be about a female, young character who misses her boyfriend. Although, the audience do not know why, they will have to create their own narrative perhaps such as the idea that perhaps he is working abroad or they live far apart from one another.

I would begin the narrative with flowers which have been edited to a grey-scale, furthermore this makes them look dark, dull and gloomy which signifies how the female character feelings at the time.

Meanwhile the female character is not introduced yet, however the character herself is holding her phone, whilst looking at her display picture of her and her boyfriend.

Due to the character not being introduced yet, we used a close up shot of her looking at her phone. Therefore now the audience know who the character is whilst can reference her on the phone display picture.

Meanwhile there is a knock at the door...

The female character opens the door to her boyfriend with flowers, furthermore we did an over the shoulder shot to represent this as then the audience can understand who is involved in the scenario.

The image has also got a brighter colour to it, which represents the female character being happy to see her boyfriend.

Meanwhile the ending is simply about how happy the female character is that her boyfriend had surprised her by coming home with flowers. Furthermore this relates back to the beginning image of flowers which is unclear to the audience at first.

The final image relates back to the flowers, however in a red colour to represent love and happiness.

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Paul Mortlock...

Within the Production Practice module Paul Mortlock who is a professional Director of Photography, specifically in the North West, came to visit our lecture. Paul himself gave our lecture a brief introduction to his career, as he has worked in the media for other businesses, however now he has decided to become free lance. Furthermore he expressed how he enjoys being free lance, as he can take more opportunities on board a long with the possibility of travelling around the world too. Meanwhile, it can be quite tough as having work to do is up to himself, therefore he expressed how "you need to be motivated, passionate and determined" to have lots of job opportunities. Furthermore, there can be stages where he explained you can go without money for a couple of weeks, or a company may not pay you for a long time as being free lance they sometimes do not treat you as professional, in comparison to working for a well known business. Ultimately the down falls is all a learning curve of being free lance, because throughout the journey you become more confident and know who to come into business with and who not to he explained.

Paul also gave our lecture some advice particularly about lighting on set. Paul explained this in our new Screen Room where he had set up as though ready to film. Subsequently he explained the best ways to use lighting on set thoroughly, whilst answered any questions which anyone had.

I thought this was a really enjoyable lecture, as it gave everyone more of an understanding of the world of work and whether we find this type of job suitable for ourselves. Furthermore we can also use his tips on lighting t0 enhance our own films.

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Adobe Dreamweaver

Experimenting with Adobe Dreamweaver...

One of the tasks allocated in the Digital Media Tools module is to create a website using Adobe Dreamweaver. Meanwhile due to having no experience with Dreamweaver I initially had to have a play around with it, along with doing further research on the internet along with watching YouTube videos.

Initially I began inserting a background, this worked effectively therefore now I will know exactly what to do if I do need to insert a background image.

Meanwhile, if I just wanted a coloured background the option for this is above the background image which I would browse for.

I also inserted an image, however I did not like the colour of the scroll bar and wondered whether I could change this.

In order to change it I changed the coding of the "Scrollbar" colours depending on what I wanted for instance "scrollbar-arrow colour:white;"

Creating a Navigation Bar:

The table would then be added to the page, however I needed to insert text in to each column. I decided to give them appropriate titles which would reflect my work within the Digital Media Tools module.

Once I had inserted the text I then changed the properties according to what I wanted. Meanwhile I also change the background colour of the columns along with the text colour and alignment too.

Now a needed to create a new page to the website for the text on the navigation bar table to link to:

A new page then appeared, which I renamed the same as the text on my navigation bar. Subsequently I will then be able to reference it easily when linking the text to this page.

Furthermore I then saved the page "About Me.html".

Then I pressed ok, finally I reviewed the website "Preview in IExplorer"- selected the links and it changed the page when clicking "About Me".

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The Half Marathon, Liverpool

The Factual Short is the final brief in the Production Practice module; it will be a 3-5 minute documentary of either a theme or subject which reflects Liverpool life. Initially our group was going to film in a home where there are people who need taken care of due to illnesses, however after getting permission of the business, we then had to get permission of all of the families which was too much for the employees of the business to do. Meanwhile, one of our team members who is originally from Liverpool new about an event named the "Half Marathon" taking place in Liverpool. Subsequently, we thought that we could film parts of the marathon a long with asking some of those participating in the marathon, why they are taking part, how long they think they will take to complete it and what satisfaction do they get by doing the marathon?

Before filming we had to plan the different locations we would need to go to, in order to capture different parts of the marathon. Furthermore the types of shots we want to use to illustrate the narrative too. We visited the website which gave us extra information about the marathon a long with an image of the track course which the participants would be running a long.

After looking at the map we planned for two of the camera crew to stay at the starting point where we will film a time lapse of the people entering the race. Along with the others to film further on in the race, as we will have to use two cameras to capture extensive footage. Meanwhile, we also planned to take public transport to enable ourselves to capture footage of the marathon at Sefton Park, whilst the others will film on the Liverpool Marina. The camera crew at Sefton Park would then go back to the finish line were we will film the end of the race.

The beginning- Setting up & Beginning Time Lapse

The Start of the Race... (Man Island)

Sefton Park

The filming went according to plan!

We were able to capture everything we needed to by locating to different areas to capture the race. The scenery around the Albert Dock and Sefton Park in Liverpool added to the illustration too. We were able to interview people who were participants of the race, as they explained why they were doing it along with whether they have trained or have any experience before taking part in the Half Marathon. Overall I really enjoyed filming this project, as the atmosphere was fantastic when individuals were cheering the participants of the race.

Watch The Factual Short Here

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Lilly Lo

My own Character...

I decided to create a female character who is named Lilly Lo short for Lilly Louise. Lilly is originally from Belfast in Ireland, yet due to going to Kingston University she now lives in London. Lilly admires fashion which is ultimately why is studying fashion and textiles at University.

Likes: Fashion, bright colours, Vogue magazine, photography, socialising with friends, being organised, buying new clothes, accessories, lipstick, nail varnish, sunshine, holidays, chocolate, Chinese food, chart music, Rihanna, fashion blogging.

Dislikes: Spiders, snakes, negative people, waking up in the morning, gloomy colours, cold weather, when everything goes wrong in one day, being told what to do, when my room isn't tidy, being away from my family and friends.

Subsequently once I had got all the relevant information for the character to make her as real as possible, I then signed Lilly up to Facebook.

Initally it was important that Lilly had as many friends as possible on Facebook as people do not like accepting strangers especially when they have hardly any friends. As there are many people who set up fake Facebook accounts. Furthermore I interacted with people through messages, accepted Facebook requests, added Lilly to Facebook Events, along with adding photos and relevant information about Lilly.

Furthermore by doing this is made the character become more realistic and believable to audiences.

I have also shown the Activity Log which provides evidence of what Lilly has been doing on Facebook.
- The people she has become friends with
- The statuses she has liked
- The Facebook pages she has liked

Once I created a Facebook, I then will keep updating this regularly. Another social networking site Twitter is another media platform which I signed Lilly up to.

I have also created a blog on behalf of Lilly as due to her being interested in Fashion, and that she enjoys blogging I thought that creating a fashion blog would be ideal.

Below are the links to all Lilly's media platforms...

Facebook Twitter Lilly-Lo's Blog

We also did a presentation within a lecture explaining about the Character Lilly Lo along with Clive Clover too. We created a Prezi to illustrate our work.

View Prezi Here

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