When I watched the first episode of this show I actually found it rather interesting because of all the people who the prsenter spoke too. After watching the second episode I did not find it that interesting because it was about politics and the internet and politics isn't something that I am fond of.
But it is fair to say there were some interesting parts to the documentary. Like I didn't know that Twitter was developed in 2006 in San Fransisco.
What I found most interesting about the second episode was when the presenter talked about sites like wikileaks. Wikileaks is a site which publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and coporate misconduct. I found it interesting because I couldn't believe sites like that weren't even blocked.
Speaking of blocked sites another thing that was partly interesting was when the prsenter went on to talk about the Haystack system. Basically it can unblock any site that has been blocked by the government. How cool is that.
To sum up I didn't really enjoy the second episode because it was about politics but I would recommend this show if you are fascinated about the internet and how it has affected everyone.
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Monday 15 February 2010
'A Day In The Life Of'- improving slideshow
After showing my full slideshow to my tutor I had to improve parts of my slideshow. The first problem was that there was too much of someone else's work and the second problem was that the music needed altering because it was kind of distracting you away from the narration.
To improve the first problem I put in photos that I had taken during matchday in the places where someone else's was. But I didn't comment on the photos as they were used to describe why I had chosen the subject of football. But so some of the photos went with the narration I placed in some work that were take by the photographers that I had researched.
To improve my second problem I looked at the music that I created on garage band for the slideshow and took out the drum parts becasue they were distracting parts of the narration. After the drum parts were taken out I altered the parts of the music where there is no narration. What I did was make the music louder at those parts and when the narration was about to come bacl on I altered the music so it would be quieter.
After I sorted these problems I put the improved song onto itunes and plaved it back on the slideshow and from there all I had to do was alter the timing of some of the photos. I think the next time I do a slideshow on imovie I should listen to it carefully so I can se if their are any silly mistakes to correct.
To improve the first problem I put in photos that I had taken during matchday in the places where someone else's was. But I didn't comment on the photos as they were used to describe why I had chosen the subject of football. But so some of the photos went with the narration I placed in some work that were take by the photographers that I had researched.
To improve my second problem I looked at the music that I created on garage band for the slideshow and took out the drum parts becasue they were distracting parts of the narration. After the drum parts were taken out I altered the parts of the music where there is no narration. What I did was make the music louder at those parts and when the narration was about to come bacl on I altered the music so it would be quieter.
After I sorted these problems I put the improved song onto itunes and plaved it back on the slideshow and from there all I had to do was alter the timing of some of the photos. I think the next time I do a slideshow on imovie I should listen to it carefully so I can se if their are any silly mistakes to correct.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
The Virtual Revolution- Episode 1
A few days ago I watched the first episode of a new TV show called The Virtual Revolution. The show shows us how the internet has effected everybody from politicians to businessmen.
The first episode sees the presenter talking to the creators of things such as, the world wide web, facebook, you tube, napster and the 'well' system. I actually found this particular episode rather interesting because it gave some really interesting facts on the internet and its users. According to the show 35 million of people living in the UK go on the internet everyday.
Another interesting fact that I found out was that without the 'well' system created by Stewart Brand things like facebook may not of even existed. God bless, Stewart Brand.
Also when watching the show I was amazed on how young the creators were of you tube and facebook. They looked so young, they looked like they were in their 20s. I expected the people who created them to be like old men with beards.
I have to admit you have to admire Tim Berners-Lee for letting people have the world wide web for free. But you may think he missed an oppurtunity to become a millionaire. Look at Bill Gates.
The first episode sees the presenter talking to the creators of things such as, the world wide web, facebook, you tube, napster and the 'well' system. I actually found this particular episode rather interesting because it gave some really interesting facts on the internet and its users. According to the show 35 million of people living in the UK go on the internet everyday.
Another interesting fact that I found out was that without the 'well' system created by Stewart Brand things like facebook may not of even existed. God bless, Stewart Brand.
Also when watching the show I was amazed on how young the creators were of you tube and facebook. They looked so young, they looked like they were in their 20s. I expected the people who created them to be like old men with beards.
I have to admit you have to admire Tim Berners-Lee for letting people have the world wide web for free. But you may think he missed an oppurtunity to become a millionaire. Look at Bill Gates.
Monday 8 February 2010
'A Day In The Life Of'- full slideshow
After I finished my narration the next day I went to college and I put the whole together on Imovie. Seeing as I did the narration in 2 separate bits to make it easier I dragged and dropped them onto the desktop and opened them up in Itunes. Before putting them on garage band I had to do something similar to what I did in the other project. I had to create an AAC version of the audio clips so they could be put onto garage band. After the versions were created I put them onto garage band. Seeing as in the Imovie slideshow I placed a title at the start for 4 seconds I made sure that the audio didn't start until 4 seconds after the music had begun. I also separated the two narrations that I did by 4 seconds because of another title.
Once that was done I put the whole thing on itunes and from there I was able to put it onto the imovie slideshow.
In the slideshow I put my own work into as well as some of the photographers work that I had researched before hand. I also used some from a different source to describe why I chose football as a subject for the project. After all the photos that I needed were put onto the slideshow I put everything in sync by changing the times of each photographs. When I did this I thought it would take a while but it didn't.
Seeing as that I did it before it seemed alot easier to get the timing right. To make the slideshow look more professional I put in transitions between the photos and on each photo I used the Ken Burn's effect to make it look more professional. The effect lets you choose where you want to start the photo from when it comes up. When you click on the effect button you have box which says start and one that says end. The start box is what you will see first when the photo first comes up and the end box is what you will see at the end. So at the start you can zoom into the main focus of the photo and with the end box you can show the whole photo. If you did this then the photo would gradually zoom out to show the whole photo.
Once that was done I put the whole thing on itunes and from there I was able to put it onto the imovie slideshow.
In the slideshow I put my own work into as well as some of the photographers work that I had researched before hand. I also used some from a different source to describe why I chose football as a subject for the project. After all the photos that I needed were put onto the slideshow I put everything in sync by changing the times of each photographs. When I did this I thought it would take a while but it didn't.
Seeing as that I did it before it seemed alot easier to get the timing right. To make the slideshow look more professional I put in transitions between the photos and on each photo I used the Ken Burn's effect to make it look more professional. The effect lets you choose where you want to start the photo from when it comes up. When you click on the effect button you have box which says start and one that says end. The start box is what you will see first when the photo first comes up and the end box is what you will see at the end. So at the start you can zoom into the main focus of the photo and with the end box you can show the whole photo. If you did this then the photo would gradually zoom out to show the whole photo.
'A Day In The Life Of'- slideshow narration
After I finished my the music for the slideshow I then started to focus on the narration for the slideshow. For the narration I first had to say what I had been asked to do and what my idea was and I also to say why I chose that particular idea. I then had to go on and explain how my work links with the photographers work that I have researched for this project. The last part of my narration was to comment on the best photographs that I had taken, saying what they represent, why they work and what the meaning behind the photograph is.
To make it easier for myself I booked out the Ediroll equipment from central media for the weekend so I could do the narration at home and so I would have no distractions. Since I have used The Ediroll equipment once before I knew how to use the equipment. The first time I did some narration was for my Henri Cartier-Bresson slideshow and it took only but 2 attempts to get it done and I did that narration at college. This time around I did the narration at home and I ad no distractions. It took me 24 attempts to get it right. I think the problem was that I had written the script and had not typed it up to make it more clearer to read. I think next time I should type the script up after I have written it and then maybe it won't take me as long to get it right.
To make it easier for myself I booked out the Ediroll equipment from central media for the weekend so I could do the narration at home and so I would have no distractions. Since I have used The Ediroll equipment once before I knew how to use the equipment. The first time I did some narration was for my Henri Cartier-Bresson slideshow and it took only but 2 attempts to get it done and I did that narration at college. This time around I did the narration at home and I ad no distractions. It took me 24 attempts to get it right. I think the problem was that I had written the script and had not typed it up to make it more clearer to read. I think next time I should type the script up after I have written it and then maybe it won't take me as long to get it right.
The Family (tv show)
The other day I watched a 'fly on the wall' documentary called The Family. The documentary followed around an asian family showing us what their days are like. The documentary usually stuck to the compounds of the house but sometimes it would show us outside of the house if the one of the family members was leaving to go to work or if one of them was out in the garden. The first set of episodes of this particular family were leading up to a wedding so the episodes leading up to the wedding showed us how they were preparing for it.
The particular episode that I watched was the first episode of the series. And at the start the narrator told me clearly who the family members were and to tell you what they were like it showed a clip of them in the house and it gave you a taster as to what they were like.
Throughout the show there many indicating factors that told us that time had moved on and it was a new day. The biggest factor was what the colour the sky was. Obviously if it was blue it was during the game and if it was dark it was night. Also another factor was when it showed one of the family members getting out of bed it told you that it was morning and a new day had begun.
After watching the first episode I don't think it was something that I would watch again because it isn't something that I am interested in.
The particular episode that I watched was the first episode of the series. And at the start the narrator told me clearly who the family members were and to tell you what they were like it showed a clip of them in the house and it gave you a taster as to what they were like.
Throughout the show there many indicating factors that told us that time had moved on and it was a new day. The biggest factor was what the colour the sky was. Obviously if it was blue it was during the game and if it was dark it was night. Also another factor was when it showed one of the family members getting out of bed it told you that it was morning and a new day had begun.
After watching the first episode I don't think it was something that I would watch again because it isn't something that I am interested in.
'A Day In The Life Of'- slideshow music
For the last part of the 'A Day In The Life Of' project I had to create a slideshow on Imovie showing the best photographs that I have taken. The slideshow needed to narration and the narration and photographs had to be accompanied by an original piece of music that went with the narration and photographs.
To create the music I used garage band. When you have used garage band alot you think creating music on it is going to get easier but for me it didn't because at first I was struggling trying to get music to fit together. I was also struggling with what sort of music goes with football. I ended up finding a beat that went really well but it was hard finding something that went with with that particular beat. After searching for something to go with the beat I ended up finding a drum sound that went really well with the beat. For the music I wanted a continuous beat all the way through the slideshow. So I placed the beat all the way through to 4 minutes after a few continuous beats I placed the drum sound in with the beat and I kept that same pattern all the way through.
To create the music I used garage band. When you have used garage band alot you think creating music on it is going to get easier but for me it didn't because at first I was struggling trying to get music to fit together. I was also struggling with what sort of music goes with football. I ended up finding a beat that went really well but it was hard finding something that went with with that particular beat. After searching for something to go with the beat I ended up finding a drum sound that went really well with the beat. For the music I wanted a continuous beat all the way through the slideshow. So I placed the beat all the way through to 4 minutes after a few continuous beats I placed the drum sound in with the beat and I kept that same pattern all the way through.
'A Day In The Life Of'- Final three photos
After match day I placed all of the photos that I had taken onto my laptop and took a look at them all I picked the best ones from over 110 photographs. The photographs that I picked were then put on my USB stick which I then took to college with me.
Out of those selected photographs I had to pick three which best described 'A Day In The Life Of an Amateur Football Team'. After some hard thinking I picked what I thought were my three best photographs. The first photo that picked was taken before the before the game and it shows someone stood in between the goalposts and then sun is just in level with the crossbar.
The second photo that I picked was taken during the game and it shows to players battling for the ball and the last one was of a player after the game walking with the nets to the changing rooms.
Out of those selected photographs I had to pick three which best described 'A Day In The Life Of an Amateur Football Team'. After some hard thinking I picked what I thought were my three best photographs. The first photo that picked was taken before the before the game and it shows someone stood in between the goalposts and then sun is just in level with the crossbar.
The second photo that I picked was taken during the game and it shows to players battling for the ball and the last one was of a player after the game walking with the nets to the changing rooms.
'A Day In The Life Of'- Match Day
On Match Day I was really eager to start taking photographs at the ground. Before the game actually started the plan was to take photographs of the players arriving but it turned out that I had got there a little too late and all the players had already arrived so I decided to take photographs of the players walking out of the changing rooms and them warming up before the game. During the game everything went as much as planned. The only thing that I didn't manage to capture was some of the goals that were scored but I did get the players celebrating which was good. I also managed to get a good picture of the half-time team talk as well.
After the game went well but I wasn't able to capture the players in the pub because the owner of the pub wouldn't let me take any. But I did manage to capture the players taking down the nets after the game and also the players leaving.
Overall I think it all went well. I did get some really good photos but I was dissapointed with the fact that I got there a little late. If there was a next time I would try get there a little earlier.
There was nothing I could do about the owner of the pub not letting me photograph the players in the pub because he didn't give me permission.
After the game went well but I wasn't able to capture the players in the pub because the owner of the pub wouldn't let me take any. But I did manage to capture the players taking down the nets after the game and also the players leaving.
Overall I think it all went well. I did get some really good photos but I was dissapointed with the fact that I got there a little late. If there was a next time I would try get there a little earlier.
There was nothing I could do about the owner of the pub not letting me photograph the players in the pub because he didn't give me permission.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Re-doing presentation
The first time I did the presentation on my proposal for my idea for 'A Day In The Life Of' I wasn't really that nervous, I wanted to go first to get it over and done with and I thought I did a good job but it turned out that I missed some important parts out of the presentation and there was no real depth into why I chose amateur football as a subject to capture.
When I was told that I had to do it again I was more nervous that I had ever been. The weather made it worse because it kept stopping me and a few others from doing the presentation again. What was really weird was on the day that I did the presentation again I wasn't nervous but before I was.
While I was up talking I kept fiddling around in my right pocket because I was partly nervous but I don't know why. When I finished it I was so relieved that I had done it and It felt good that I wouldn't have to do a presentation again for a while. But then I found out that for the last part of our functional key skills for English was to do a presentation. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
When I was told that I had to do it again I was more nervous that I had ever been. The weather made it worse because it kept stopping me and a few others from doing the presentation again. What was really weird was on the day that I did the presentation again I wasn't nervous but before I was.
While I was up talking I kept fiddling around in my right pocket because I was partly nervous but I don't know why. When I finished it I was so relieved that I had done it and It felt good that I wouldn't have to do a presentation again for a while. But then I found out that for the last part of our functional key skills for English was to do a presentation. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
My idea for 'A Day In The Life Of'
For this project my idea is to photograph an amateur football team called Seven Stars football club on match day. The reason behind this idea is that over the past few years there has been huge declines in the number of young people doing sporting activities. When doing my research for this idea I found a statistic that said over 50% of young people aged 12-21 are not active on a daily basis. When I saw this statistic I was shocked as I am one of them.
Using these photographs I want to show those young people that football is a good sport to play and that it can keep you fit and healthy. I also think that another reason that I chose amateur football as my idea is that I want to show football as a culture rather than industry because for me football isn't just about the players on the pitch. It is about the fans that go out of their way to watch the games and the burger and hot dog stalls outside stadiums are just as important in football culture as the teams.
Using these photographs I want to show those young people that football is a good sport to play and that it can keep you fit and healthy. I also think that another reason that I chose amateur football as my idea is that I want to show football as a culture rather than industry because for me football isn't just about the players on the pitch. It is about the fans that go out of their way to watch the games and the burger and hot dog stalls outside stadiums are just as important in football culture as the teams.
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