Media: Fourth Day- Using Photoshop

Hey Blogsters,
It's my forth day of doing Media GCSE, and it's going great. The aim today was to get to know the 'user-friendly' software: Photoshop.  Personally, I think it's very hard to use, but with the help of some teachers and students who are prone to this software, it gets easier.

After getting to know the software, it became easier to use and I produced an advert on Photoshop. The advert was aimed for a bank promotion, and it includes the different geniuses around the world. Usain Bolt, Albert Einstein, and Beethoven, are the three geniuses who are in my advert.

Here's a peak of what it looks like:

Overall, I was pretty impressed on how it turned out, bearing in mind that I'm not great at using Photoshop, as it was my first time. Hope you liked the ad.

I'll blog soon, 
Toodles.
05.07.2013

Media: Third Day- Video Game Promotion

Hey Blogsters,

Today is my third lesson for the move up days to Media GCSE. The task for today was to create a video game promotion to an upcoming game called 'Hunger Games: Training'. Personally, working in a group was very easy, as I'm a good team worker. Also, the roles given to one another matched what we were interested in doing, which benefitted the effort we put into the process.

I worked with Zubair and Laura. The roles we had were: Account Manager: Zubair, Art Director: Me, Finance Director: Zubair, and Creative ideas Director: Laura. We balanced out our roles very well as our money spent was enough and not too much. Also we prepared a power point presentation which enabled the viewers to get a great understanding of our project and promotion skills.

As I was the Art Director, I had to come up with drawing the logo, and the front cover, and after a long 2hours work, the team and I came up with some fantastic ideas!

Here is what they looked like:

Front cover:

Logo:          

In my opinion, we worked very well as a team, as we didn't criticize or boss one another around. We got along, and mainly got the job done. It was great fun and it has made me look forward to starting Media even more next year.

Keep up with my blogs, I'll be blogging more often now, 

Enjoy,

Toodles.

03.07.2013

Media: Second Day- Video Analysis

Hey Blogsters, I'm back..
So, it's my second day doing Media GCSE, and I'm already loving it. Today we got told that our task was to analyse a video of our choice, to get a better incite of Media GCSE on a whole.

After alot of thought, I decided to chose the Music Video to the song 'Papaoutai' by 'Stromae', as I believe it has a strong meaning behind the song and video. Although the song itself is in French, the video is very understandable and well made to both entertain the audience and connect with them.

The word 'Papaoutai' means: 'Where is my Dad', and as shown by the video, the boy's Dad is a statue, and as he views all the other kids dancing with their Dad's, he has the constant question of 'Where is my Dad?' which is why the song is called 'Papaoutai'. Another reason as to why I like this video is because of the way it has been recorded. The old fashioned homes, and pastel colours used in the video, make it seem very un-ordinary and unique, which intrigues the viewer. However, at the end, both the Dad and Son turn to statues, which is what makes is quite sad at the same time, but the song then makes it upbeat.

The video has both dancing, singing and a great storyline within it, which is therefore suitable for all ages to watch. Also, it is very humorous as well as sad, which makes it even better. The platform for this video is mainly on Music channels called: 'NRJ hits' and 'M6 music black', as it is a French song and would not necessarily be shown on an English channel. Also, it can be found on Youtube.

Anyway, that was my task for my second move up Day, and I enjoyed telling you abit about the song and video.
I'll be back soon,
Toodles.
28.06.2013