Thesis (Research findings)

Thesis (Research findings)

In the beginning of the programme a research is conducted to find a topic of interest to probe and study. After a few tries and finally chose 

"Handheld device addiction"

Reasons for this topic did not come on its own but rather its something that I myself can relate to which is the addiction of social network services or as known as 'SNS'.

What is handheld device?

Hand-held is a term used for those devices that fits into the users hand like a phone, a tablet or a PDA. It is used for devices that have the same function and capability as a computer but small enough for the hand therefore Laptops are not a handheld device.

What is addiction?

A form of obsessive attraction towards a certain object or subject. 

Personal Thoughts

One of the issues that has appeared in before is the problem with users nowadays are getting hooked on their handheld devices mainly smartphones. Smartphones are in a way a combination of a small computer and a phone with various functions, one of them is internet connectivity. This internet connectivity function has grant many users the ease of going into the internet wherever they are and "connect" with their friends or family. Because of the easiness of connectivity, users are abusing the availability.

One of the effect of this is that users, will check on their phone for no apparent reasons, for example as they are walking, while walking they will take their phones out and check on it even when there were no incoming calls, or message they do this because it has become a routine to them like breathing. 

Others have a more dangerous habit of looking at the phone even doing something else, for say driving or walking. Multiple cases of users walking into objects or falling off because they weren't looking at where they are going. 

Digital Video Production (Final Video)

Digital Video Production (Final Video)

Digital Video Production (Learning Outcome Reflection)

Digital Video Production (Learning Outcome Reflection)

Learning Outcome No.1

1. Demonstrate knowledge of context of digital film making techniques and history

Digital Video Production (Film Review)

Film Title: 

Sign

Introduction: What you expect from the film. 

Life of the main character

Genre: What type of film is this? 

Romantic Comedy

Plot: What happens in the film? Does the plot make sense? It is easy enough to follow? It is believable?

The main character is lonely after moving into the city and found a friend

The plot is simple and understandable

It is believable but rare in occurrence

Characters: Who are the main characters and what are they like? Who are the actor playing these parts, and are they good in the parts?

Jason the main character and Stacey the main female character

Jason is a lonely man in the city trying to find a social life

Stacey is a woman that has been noticing Jason of his depressed life

What is the camerawork? If there are special effects, what are they like? Are there beautiful scene? Are the moments when the camera is used in an interesting way?

The cinematography is shot in stable and precise angles, no wobbly movements and all are focused to the character only

Everything is done practically no special effects is used 

Did you enjoy the film? Why? Why not? What were its good and bad points?

Yes, the film is meaningful and has its moments where the mood of the scene is transferred to the audience

The film is good from the way that the entire film is expressed through movements and expressions not a single word is used

The bad point is that it is very simple and has not twist or turning points

Write about a scene you particularly enjoyed or remembered. Why was it good/memorable?

The scene where the fridge is stacked with numerous papers and the camera is shooting all at the same position even the lighting makes it feels like a different day

Would you recommend this film? To what sorts of people? Why?

Yes, to my friends because the film is simple to understand and has a meaning to it that we can find a friend anywhere as long we try

Learning Outcome No.2

2. Experiment in the processes of capturing and editing digital video

Digital Video Production (Footage Capturing)

After we have tried the abstract creating in Digital Storyboarding we moved on the capturing videos for the task based on the mood of the storyboard we created

Based on this we have to capture a motion picture that describes the mood in the frame

http://shadowfreejason.blogspot.com/2015/06/digital-video-production-footage.html

Learning Outcome No.3

3. Employ a detail plan and techniques to effectively aid the construction of a digital video

http://shadowfreejason.blogspot.com/2015/08/digital-video-production-storyboard.html

Learning Outcome No.4

4. Compile an online journal which critically evaluates and reflects the practice

Learning Outcome No.5

5. Present a body of writing which demonstrates a clear and concise understanding of key concept

Digital Video Production (Storyboard)

Digital Video Production (Storyboard)

Camera Angle: Long shot

Scene: Starts with clock showing 10pm, fades to street with lampost

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Following shot

Scene: Man walks into frame from the right and moves to the left, camera turns and follows the man as he walks pass the camera and slowly follows him until the man walks into a building

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Camera still, shooting from table view mans walk in room and sits down looking tired

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man stares into emptiness for a while then stands up

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man comes in room on the lights and walks towards a table to play gramophone

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Bird's eye shot

Scene: Man tries to play gramophone with the vinyl

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Weird music starts to play, man stops the music and steps back while camera only shot the lower head and upper body

Dialogue: "What the?"

Camera Angle: Dutch shot

Scene: Slanting camera angle captures the man walks out of the room confused 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Camera move to man's point of view and moves around in the room looking at stuffs, come across table and inspect cards

Dialogue: "This is...?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Camera now shows an item on the floor and as the man moves backwards he steps on the item

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Top down shot

Scene: Camera moves above man's head to show the item on the floor

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up

Scene: Pick up the item and inspect it while reading the engravings

Dialogue: 

"Forgive me, please forget me. Love Isa"

"What is happening to you, Isa?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Man rushes out stomping his feet as he walks quickly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Long wide shot

Scene: Man moves around aimlessly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man saw something, a familiar face

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, a drunkard

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium-Low angle shot

Scene: Man ask the target questions and they talked a while before the target got angry and shoo-ed the man away

Dialogue: 

"Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood"

"Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap."

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!"

Camera Angle: Extreme close up shot

Scene: The man remembers something and left the scene

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Low angle

Scene: Man goes to a bar

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man looks for something is a hastily manner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Over the shoulder shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, the bar owner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man talks to the bar owner and ask questions again

Dialogue: 

"Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her"

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.”

"Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot."

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.”

“The brothel!?”

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Man rushes out and walks quickly to his next target

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees another familiar face and move closer

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Only showing half a face and talk back and forth showing each character face when whoever is talking

Dialogue: 

“You, do you know Isabella?” 

"Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once”

"Do you know where she is now?"

"No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…"

"And then what?"

"And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” 

"Have you seen her lately?"

"Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Shows the house

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man opens door, blackish room darkness consumed all

Dialogue: "Isa, Isa, Where are you!!?"

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man found a trap door underneath a carpet

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man goes down the trapdoor into a corridor, found a door at the end 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees a room with 2 person standing hugging each other, the women seems familiar to the man

Dialogue: "Isa?"

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Women turns her head, revealing her true identity, a vampire

Dialogue: None

Digital Video Production (Video Making)

Props for video making, joining both real life video and drawings into one video, these drawing will represent the person when dialogue is introduced.

Bar Owner

Maximilan Jones

The Gambler

The familiar guy

Isabella back facing

Isabella revealed

Digital Video Production (Video Making)

Digital Video Production (Video Making)

Props for video making, joining both real life video and drawings into one video, these drawing will represent the person when dialogue is introduced.

Bar Owner

Maximilan Jones

The Gambler

The familiar guy

Isabella back facing

Isabella revealed

Digital Storyboarding & Illustration (Learning Outcomes Reflection)

Digital Storyboarding & Illustration (Learning Outcomes Reflection)

Learning Outcome No.1

1. Illustrate knowledge of story planning & telling

As an animation student the term storyboard is a well-known term that we use everytime we do an animation however in design storyboard is also used in a way as planning a design. The storyboard here is more like a guideline that I use to follow as progress goes and can be changed as progress goes along the way. For example, the storyboard that I have created for the storyboarding task may not be the end result of the video that we are going to shoot 

Digital Storyboarding & Illustrations (Storyboard)

This was the original storyboard made for the story Victorian Secret, the final video may not be as shown in the storyboard because as progress goes the idea that the storyboard had might be outclassed by the idea that we had during shooting session therefore minor changes are to be expected.

Digital Storyboarding & Illustration (Composition, Colour, Tempo and Mood)

We sat down and have a small session of learning composition, colour, tempo and mood but mainly tempo and mood. First we were introduced a music video by Woodkid - Run Boy Run

This is the first colourless abstract that we have to do while listening to the music only and draw out an abstract that represents our mood at that specific time

In the beginning of the song there is a gong sound that repeats itself for a few times, hearing this the image of a ripple like wave appears in the head therefore the circle at the top left corner. Then it proceed to stomping like rhythm like soldiers marching followed by a very harsh and chaotic guitar rift. The up and down lines that look like spikes are the representative of the harsh fast and chaotic guitar rifts at a certain point the song slows down into a violin sound that remind me of a river and then it goes into the harsh rifts again almost that the end the music starts to sound like it trying to push you forward like asking you to run forward at the same time a rising feel made by the increasing volume of the violin at the back of the singing.

This is the second abstract that we have to make while listening to the music only this time colour is a must

Similar to the previous exercise, this time the gong sound is replaced with think black lines solid and steady, calm mood followed by the red harsh lines. During a time the song calms back down then continue with the harsh rifts again. Blue line are the representation of the calm river at the end the volume increases with a little of the rifts in the background

The last task is to create a storyboard based on the mood during listening to the song. The storyboard that I've produced is highly influenced by the music video of the song

Here we have the storyboard done for the music, the beginning is portrayed with a montage of a person in different close shot on the leg and hands preparing for something as the scenes are just a person wearing clothing. Then proceeds to a large door in the person's perspective pushing the door opens up to a vast plain with a single long road in the middle. As the camera turns and shows the person, its a soldier preparing his army for battle. During the harsh rifts a slow mo montage of the army on horse back is riding into the target once the music then calms down from the rifts, the army looks up on the hill to find the target there standing in a cloud of darkness. With the rift picking back up the army then charges at the enemy with another slow mo freeze frame following by a black screen as we reach the volume increasing section. Only to instantly move to a scene where the army is victorious as the music ends.

Learning Outcome No.2

2. Experiment with digital and traditional techniques in producing a storyboard

Traditionally, storyboard is made using paper and pencil as we draw out the storyboard like how I did so, but there are multiple ways to do storyboard and one of them is picture taking 

A faster and more digital method of making storyboard, this method is mostly used by photographers during photoshoot to tell a story or theme.

Learning Outcome No.3

3. Employ a detailed plan and techniques of efficiently aid the construction of a digital video

In the next task making a storyboard with details on each frame to help enable faster and less hectic flow of video making

Digital Storyboarding & Illustrations (Storyboard)

Camera Angle: Long shot

Scene: Starts with clock showing 10pm, fades to street with lampost

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Following shot

Scene: Man walks into frame from the right and moves to the left, camera turns and follows the man as he walks pass the camera and slowly follows him until the man walks into a building

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Camera still, shooting from table view mans walk in room and sits down looking tired

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man stares into emptiness for a while then stands up

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man comes in room on the lights and walks towards a table to play gramophone

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Bird's eye shot

Scene: Man tries to play gramophone with the vinyl

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Weird music starts to play, man stops the music and steps back while camera only shot the lower head and upper body

Dialogue: "What the?"

Camera Angle: Dutch shot

Scene: Slanting camera angle captures the man walks out of the room confused 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Camera move to man's point of view and moves around in the room looking at stuffs, come across table and inspect cards

Dialogue: "This is...?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Camera now shows an item on the floor and as the man moves backwards he steps on the item

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Top down shot

Scene: Camera moves above man's head to show the item on the floor

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up

Scene: Pick up the item and inspect it while reading the engravings

Dialogue: 

"Forgive me, please forget me. Love Isa"

"What is happening to you, Isa?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Man rushes out stomping his feet as he walks quickly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Long wide shot

Scene: Man moves around aimlessly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man saw something, a familiar face

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, a drunkard

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium-Low angle shot

Scene: Man ask the target questions and they talked a while before the target got angry and shoo-ed the man away

Dialogue: 

"Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood"

"Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap."

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!"

Camera Angle: Extreme close up shot

Scene: The man remembers something and left the scene

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Low angle

Scene: Man goes to a bar

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man looks for something is a hastily manner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Over the shoulder shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, the bar owner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man talks to the bar owner and ask questions again

Dialogue: 

"Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her"

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.”

"Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot."

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.”

“The brothel!?”

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Man rushes out and walks quickly to his next target

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees another familiar face and move closer

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Only showing half a face and talk back and forth showing each character face when whoever is talking

Dialogue: 

“You, do you know Isabella?” 

"Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once”

"Do you know where she is now?"

"No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…"

"And then what?"

"And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” 

"Have you seen her lately?"

"Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Shows the house

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man opens door, blackish room darkness consumed all

Dialogue: "Isa, Isa, Where are you!!?"

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man found a trap door underneath a carpet

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man goes down the trapdoor into a corridor, found a door at the end 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees a room with 2 person standing hugging each other, the women seems familiar to the man

Dialogue: "Isa?"

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Women turns her head, revealing her true identity, a vampire

Dialogue: None

Learning Outcome No.4

4. Compile an online journal which critically evaluates and reflects the practice

Learning Outcome No.5

5. Present body of work which demonstrates a clear and concise understanding of the role of storyboarding in creative story medium

Digital Storyboarding & Illustrations (Storyboard)

Camera Angle: Long shot

Scene: Starts with clock showing 10pm, fades to street with lampost

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Following shot

Scene: Man walks into frame from the right and moves to the left, camera turns and follows the man as he walks pass the camera and slowly follows him until the man walks into a building

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Camera still, shooting from table view mans walk in room and sits down looking tired

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man stares into emptiness for a while then stands up

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man comes in room on the lights and walks towards a table to play gramophone

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Bird's eye shot

Scene: Man tries to play gramophone with the vinyl

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Weird music starts to play, man stops the music and steps back while camera only shot the lower head and upper body

Dialogue: "What the?"

Camera Angle: Dutch shot

Scene: Slanting camera angle captures the man walks out of the room confused 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Camera move to man's point of view and moves around in the room looking at stuffs, come across table and inspect cards

Dialogue: "This is...?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Camera now shows an item on the floor and as the man moves backwards he steps on the item

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Top down shot

Scene: Camera moves above man's head to show the item on the floor

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Close up

Scene: Pick up the item and inspect it while reading the engravings

Dialogue: 

"Forgive me, please forget me. Love Isa"

"What is happening to you, Isa?"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Man rushes out stomping his feet as he walks quickly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Long wide shot

Scene: Man moves around aimlessly

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Man saw something, a familiar face

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, a drunkard

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Medium-Low angle shot

Scene: Man ask the target questions and they talked a while before the target got angry and shoo-ed the man away

Dialogue: 

"Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood"

"Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap."

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!"

Camera Angle: Extreme close up shot

Scene: The man remembers something and left the scene

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Low angle

Scene: Man goes to a bar

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man looks for something is a hastily manner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Over the shoulder shot

Scene: Man moves closer to the target, the bar owner

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man talks to the bar owner and ask questions again

Dialogue: 

"Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her"

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.”

"Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot."

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.”

“The brothel!?”

Camera Angle: Medium shot

Scene: Man rushes out and walks quickly to his next target

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees another familiar face and move closer

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Extreme close up

Scene: Only showing half a face and talk back and forth showing each character face when whoever is talking

Dialogue: 

“You, do you know Isabella?” 

"Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once”

"Do you know where she is now?"

"No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…"

"And then what?"

"And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” 

"Have you seen her lately?"

"Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again"

Camera Angle: Low angle shot

Scene: Shows the house

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man opens door, blackish room darkness consumed all

Dialogue: "Isa, Isa, Where are you!!?"

Camera Angle: High angle shot

Scene: Man found a trap door underneath a carpet

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: PoV shot

Scene: Man goes down the trapdoor into a corridor, found a door at the end 

Dialogue: None

Camera Angle: Wide shot

Scene: Man sees a room with 2 person standing hugging each other, the women seems familiar to the man

Dialogue: "Isa?"

Camera Angle: Close up shot

Scene: Women turns her head, revealing her true identity, a vampire

Dialogue: None