My Final Piece

During this term I have been working on a website for Broken Arrow and a poster for the movie as well. Mr Powell showed us how to use iWeb and showed us demonstrations on how to use/create things on iWeb. I spent quite a bit of time working on both my website as well as the poster and learnt many new skills during this unit of work.

Since I had never used iWeb, I had to spend quite a lot of time experimenting with the program trying to figure everything out. I managed to teach myself new things and Mr Powell taught us techniques we could use as well.
In my website I have several sections.
Home Page: Poster of Broken Arrow, release date and link to ‘Broken Arrow’ (What the movie is about)

Broken Arrow: A picture from the movie and a short paragraph about what the movie is about

Cast and Crew: Pictures of the two main characters and a link to their websites
List of characters and who plays them
A list of the Crew (multicoloured – important red/blue – unimportant)

Air Force Gallery: A group of pictures from the movie

Trailer: The Broken Arrow Trailer

Extras: My poster that I created and my blog address

Many of my ideas for my website came from looking at other websites, mainly movie websites. I liked a lot of there ideas, set-up (layer out of the website), colours and what they had on the website itself.

I decided that the main colours I would use on my website would be black, red, white and blue. Broken Arrow is a movie that takes place in an air force base and their mission is to protect America hence the reason I decided to use the American flag colours (blue, red and white). The reason I chose to have black as a background was because I believe it best suited the movie as well as the photos I used on my website. As mentioned before, this movie is set in the air force so for the font I decided to use PortagoITC TT. This was a really good font because it looked like something you would see in the air force.

A major problem that I faced in this unit of work was the fact that I had a limited time limit and I had never used iWeb before. This meant I needed to work harder then I had in other projects and use some of my own time to finish this project. I’m glad that I did this because it helped me become better at using iWeb and I was able to get my project done on time.

Overall I am very happy with both my website and my poster. I have spent quite a lot of time working on both of these projects and I hope that all my hard work pays off.

Part A

Part A:
Twilight Official Website
Twilight is about a girl called Bella who falls in love with a vampire. A forbidden relationship forms, which attracts million of viewers worldwide. The Twilight website is set-up quite well. Since the movie is about vampires, the background image has dull, dark and the background image also has trees.

On the Twilight website the links available are home, about the film, trailer, gallery, downloads, music, books and official store.

The Home Page is quite good as it advertise the name of the film as well other highlights and a seprate link to the downloads section. We people first enter the Twilight website, they visit this page and to me it draws the attention of the view. This is because the website has a picture of Edward and Jacob meaning girls who are fans of either character will visit more of the website wanting to see more of that character or more about the film. This is where the link, about the film comes into play.

About the Film: It has a short paragraph on what the film is about, a list of who the cast and crew are. This part of the website also has the same background as the home page.

Trailer/Video: This area has every single trailer released for the Twilight movie and it has the same background as the home page.
Gallery: The gallery has the same background as the home page and it has a bunch of photos available to view and download.

Downloads: In this area people are able to download posters, wallpapers, Twilight e-cards, IM icons and widgets.

Music: Links off to another site.

Books: Links off to another site.

Official Store: Links off to another site.

Overall, the Twilight website has been set out in a very good way and the website has used the appropriate colours. It has a dull, dark simple background and the font is a fancy handwriting almost. This all adds to popular of the site as it really suits the movie. I am quite please with how they have presented this website and I think that the website will continue to get better as the movies become more popular.

Wild Hogs Official Website
Wild Hogs is a hilarious comedy film about four guys going on a road trip.

Home: On the home page, it shows people the DVD cover, the link to watch the trailer, competitions and advertise other movies as well.

About the DVD: It shows a picture from a part in the film and a paragraph on what the film is about. When you click on the link, a piece of audio plays from the film.

Video: In the video area, it has four different videos. The first video is the trailer, the second is clips/sections from the movie, the third is bonus clips and the last is bloopers. Each video has a different background (the background is a clip from the movie).

Gallery: The gallery has several pictures from the film as well as posters. When you click on the link, a piece of audio plays from the film.

Downloads: In the downloads part, you can choose between three links, wallpapers, buddy icons and screensavers. When you click on the link, a piece of audio plays from the film.

Games: I love this section! This area is games based on the movies. There are five games to play and each one of them are heaps of fun to play! When you click on the link, a piece of audio plays from the film.

Order now: Links to another site

Overall, the Wild Hogs website is a very good website. It portrays the movie really well and it is aimed at a large age group since a wide range of ages watched the movie. It has several different backgrounds but at the top of the website it has the four characters and that remain on each area of the website.

The Dark Knight Official Website
The Dark Knight is one of the most popular movies of all time. It is an action thriller and has lots of things blowing up.

About the DVD: It has a section on what the movie is about, the special features on blu-ray and special edition features. The background for this page is three cards, mainly the joker card.

Cast and Crew: It has a list of the main character and the production crew. The background is a building with the batman symbol on fire.

Video: Has the official trailer and the background is Batman himself.

Gallery: Has images from the movie and the background is that of that joker.

Extras: In the extras section, you can download, buy and see the sponsors for the movie.

Overall, the Dark Knight Website is very well done. It has dull colours (black, gray and dark blue) and very good images for the background. Each one of the images ties into the movie somehow and the website it aimed at young teenagers and most adults.

Term 4 - Lesson 1

I am so excited about this term! Instead of doing the mash up we were meant to (the teachers thought it would be to much work), we are now creating a website for a movie and a poster. I'm really excited about this since I've never done anything like this before.

At the beginning of the lesson, Mr Powell showed us three websites for three different films. Those films were American Pie, Twilight - New Moon and Ice Age 3. America Pie had the America flag colours (red, white and blue) and most of the website was white. Twilight had dark colours since it was about vampires and werewolves. Ice Age 3 had one main image and the sides were black. Out of all of the websites, I really liked the Ice Age one. I liked it because it was full of life and I really liked the way the website was set out.

For the rest of the lesson, I looked and anaylised three different websites. We then had to answer the following questions about each website.
1. The elements of design, (colour/colour scheme, tone, shape, space, movement, sound etc);
2. The principles of design (composition, balance, emphasis, proportion, repetition, abstraction etc);
3. The overall feel developed for each film’s promotional materials (is it clean, crisp and bright or dark, moody and grungy)?;
4. Whether there are a variety of promotional posters for the film?
5. How the website is laid out. (Look at the menu system and how information or promotional materials are accessed);
6. The website’s effectiveness in appealing to an intended target audience and identify who the target audience is;
7. What you like/dislike about the promotional material.

(I will post my observations in another post)

Evaluation

The Eiffel Tower…that is the title of my awesome movie! Since I only used i-stop motion, I did not really use any tools. By doing this project, I how gotten a better understanding of how to use i-stop motion as well as the apple laptops. However, before I could finish my movie, I had a huge problem! My main problem was i-stop motion. When I was creating the Eiffel Tower, I had to keep adjust the camera to be able to get a good shot. After I finally bulit the Eiffel Tower, it occurred to me that I could have asked Mr Powell if he had any ideas on how to solve this problem…oh well.



I am so happy with the way my movie turned out! I had put lots of time into this project trying to get it done and I was so proud of myself when I had finished it.However, my movie is not perfect. The one thing I would like to change would be to have the camera in the one spot so the pictures do not jump around. If I could start this again, the only thing I would do differently would be to plan my movie out a bit more. Instead of thinking of ways to solve the problem (taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower), I just went with the flow and did not really do anything about it. For that I am vey disappointed in myself. Overall, I believe that my movie was a huge success for me!

Below is my movie!!!

Title: Eiffel Tower
Music: You spin me right round (like a record) by Dead or Alive
Go! Go Naruto! by Toshiro Masuda
Programs used: Sony Vegas and I-stop Motion
Items: Lego

Character Profiles!

NOTE: SINCE THERE IS NO MAIN CHARACTER IN MY STORY, I DECIDED TO DO A QUICK SUMMARY OF EACH CHARACTER!

Mayor: The Mayor is a kind man but he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. He does crazy things without thinking things out and his methods of running the city are often questioned. He has a good heart and does everything he thinks is right for his city. Overall, the mayor is a sweet guy but he's also a bit crazy.

Tom: Tom is a very smart man who is Head of the Local Police Force. He is married and has two kids called Larney (a girl aged 9) and Rama (a boy aged 10). Tom is a calm person who does not get angry easily. Overall, Tom is a cool, calm, smart man and is not easily angered.

Jim: Jim is a very active and loud person. He likes to play sports and he has won the Iron Man tournment. He is a fit person and he is a police officer at the local station. He is married, has 4 children and he is a grandfather of 2. He is a very busy person but he always makes time for his family. Overall, Jim is your typical family man (puts his family's well being above his own).

Sebastian: Sebastian is a shy, smart and a quiet person. He was the dux of his school and he also works for the local police force. He tends to be quiet around people he does not know but once he starts to open up, he is a very lively man who enjoys a good laugh. Overall, Sebastian is a shy person unless you know him really well.

Creative Media Lesson 15 & Lesson 16

Lesson 15: It's the last lesson before our movies are due! I'm very happy since I have already completed my movie and my blog is up to date. Thanks to this, I'm not very stressed this term unlike last term how I was freaking out the day before my video was due. Anyway, I really didn't do much this lesson since I've completed everything...

Lesson 16: In today's lesson we handed in our videos. My video was a mov. film but it was 2GB! It was way to big to put on blackboard! So I spent 20 minutes freaking out trying to compress my video into a smaller size. Lucky, it worked and I was able to hand my video in. Note to self: next time have the video compressed before the lesson! Oh, in the last of my reflections, I have had pictures of eyes. There is a purpose for this. I find eyes really interesting. They can be draw in many different ways and they are the doors to a person's soul...anyway, I'm very happy with my video and I hope to get a good mark for it!

Creative Media Reflections

Lesson 10: In today's lesson I started filming the other part of my movie (the scenes with the lego men). I did most of it in today's lesson so this means all I need to do next lesson is finish my project off. The scenes I did managed to do, was scene one and scene three. I thought it turned out really well and I look forward to being able to finish it next lesson.

Lesson 11: In today's lesson I decided it would be best to work on my blog. I decided to catch up on my reflections and finish editing my video. I am very happy with the turn out of my video and I believe the sound I put with the video is awesome as well.

The video below is a section of my video.



Title: Eiffel Tower
Music: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive

Lesson 12: In today’s lesson, I made a really quick video. This video was shot in Reeves Courtyard using my books and ipod. It was really rushed so it might not flow correctly in some areas.




Title: Before Class
Music: None


Lesson 13: Since I have completely finished my video, in today’s lesson I decided to update my blog. I wrote some reflections and with the left over time that I had, I quickly made something in photoshop. The class only has two lessons left before our videos are due and I am very happy with myself since I have finished all my work. All I now need to do for each lesson is to write a reflection and that’s it, so I’m not stressed at all.


Lesson 14: Where oh where is Mr Powell? Oh wait there he is! In today’s lesson all I did was write my reflection and looked at other girls with their project. Personality I think Elna’s project is really awesome but it requires a lot of time. I also think that Brittany’s is good as well. I like Brittany’s because her idea is really simple but good at the same time. This is the second last lesson before our project is due and some girls still have a lot of work to do. I’m really glad that I’m not one of these girls because I think I would die of stress!