This is my SlideRocket presentation on the album cover of Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da corner. In the presentation i listed the denotations and explained some of the connotations.

                   

This is my Look Magazine advert.

This is my version of the Look Magazine advert

Firstly we made a storyboard of the first 10 shots for the advert, we decided to make a parody version and really exaggerate the poses. We took the photos and put them into iPhoto, we then exported them and used iMovie to edit them. Firstly, we roughly shortened all of the shots to make them easier to work with, we then imported the song and started to sync the shots to the beat of the song. Some of the images such as the eyes and the image of the Look Magazine itself we got from the internet. 

Overall, the shots fit in very well with the music however some of the timings could be improved. Also, the image of the eyes from the internet does not fit in that well, to improve this we could of either used more internet images or taken a picture of eyes ourselves. 

This is my SlideRocket presentation on the album cover of Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da corner. In the presentation i listed the denotations and explained some of the connotations.

                   

My Ident

 

This is my Ident I made it using Live Type and Final Cut.

Firstly i downloaded the background image from Youtube using a Youtube downloader such as Keepvid. I then imported the image into Live Type click to view my Live Type tutorial.
In live type, i created the text and then keyframed the size, position and also the colours/effects to create a flashing effect on the text as well as a shake. I then rendered out the text without the background

Once i had the text i imported it along with the background footage and the end credits of the program into Final Cut. I then synced up the text with the background footage, added some effects to work on the colour correction and then made some very simple fade in fade out transitions.

I then rendered out the final piece and uploaded it to Youtube.

Live Type

How to use Live Type

1. Open live type, then what you want to do is go to 'File' and 'Place' and this will allow you to import a background image which will help in the positioning of your text. However, if you want a moving image as the background you can alternatively go to 'File' Place background movie' which will let you import a clip for the text to be positioned on.
2. You then go to 'Track' and add a new layer. This will be your text layer and when working on the text it is important you have that layer selected. 
3. Now with your text layer selected you can change what the text says by typing into the grey text box in the text window. From here you can edit the font by selecting a font, as well as other attributes such as colour, outline and glows.
4. With the text selected, you can click and drag the text throughout the preview window to position it against your background image/movie. 
5. You can then go to the effects window. This will allow you to browse many effects which you choose from and the hit 'apply' to apply the effect to your text. Some of the effects work well as transitions for the text and are a useful tool in Live Type.

These are the basics of Live Type.

10 shot story

The music fits the theme of the edit and also there is some sense of continuity editing as the shots flow into another. There is also a reasonable amount of camera shots/angles. However, some of the shots are hand held and do not look at good.

The music fits in with the theme of the story and starts at a good point within the story. The tracking shot across the hallway was also very well done and gave a creative aspect to the camera shots used. 

Wide range of camera angles, the shots could flow a bit better and be more stable. Although, the concept of the letter under the door and the fact that the music matched the upbeat tone was very good.

How to use iMovie

1. First open iMovie
2. To open a project, go to file>new project.  You then name your project and save it where you want it to be saved.
3. To import clips, click the video camera icon and then drag and drop the clips into imovie. You can then drag them into the timeline so you can edit them.
4. To trim the clips, you can select/highlight the part you want to delete with the yellow markers and then press backspace on the keyboard to delete the selected part.
5. To add a title to your edit, select the title effects and choose the style of the text you want. Then drag and drop the text onto the clip and then adjust the text with the settings you want and what you want the text to say etc. 
6. To upload to youtube click the 'share' button at the top of imovie, then select share to youtube. Change the settings and have the video quality at 'large'. You then use your youtube account details to have the video uploaded to your youtube. 

This is my storyboard for the first 10 shots in '127 Hours'