BALLERS

A must see

2011-11-11T05:37:00.000-08:00

Research

2011-11-11T02:56:00.000-08:00

"Since practically every measurement of a web site's success involves its audience- hits, sales, click throughs, customer comments, customer complaints, positive community, etc. Then it makes a great deal of sense to develop a deeper understanding of your audience and use this understanding to design a site that accommodates your audience." I agree with this to an extent and it applies to the rest of the pathways. You have to understand your audience because your goal is to meet the audience's needs. How ever there is this idea that I came up with, I tell people what I want to tell them not what they want to hear because I could be wrong about what they want to hear. It helps me explore avenues and not be confined by what is contemporary. At the same time I have to understand current affairs to stay relevant. It all comes down to the audience.
http://philosophe.com/understanding_users/

Start Factory report: Missing Bibliography

2011-11-04T04:14:00.000-07:00

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www.slideshare.net. 2009. Collaboration Improvement Strategies. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/mhebbar/collaboration-improvement-strategies. [Accessed 31 October 11].

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Nesta. 2010. Creative enterprise toolkit. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/features/creative_enterprise_toolkit. [Accessed 31 October 11].

IBM. 2010. Social Business. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/collaboration-solutions/?csr=emuk_itepcol-20100708&cm=k&cr=google&ct=101H983W&S_TACT=101H983W&ck=collaboration_strategy&cmp=101H9&mkwid=shNz76yKx_7579533694_4328nk2971. [Accessed 31 October 11].

Script idea

2011-11-04T03:11:00.001-07:00

I had this script idea of using all my facebook statuses as part of dialogue. I would call the screenplay 'Status'. After reading through the statuses I decided to change it to my full name Andrew 'DJ' Mthunzi. The story will follow a radio presenter and his partner. It does not have a structured plot for now. The protagonist and his co star, partner Loveless will be able to read each other's minds, which almost follows the catch phrase, 'you was thinking it, but I got the balls to say it'.

INT. KITCHEN. DAY

FADE IN

We see Loveness washing dishes as she is listening to the radio. We hear the presenter Jay.

JAY
Single and in a relationship are just titles.
Your heart determines your true relationship status.
So quit complaining to you man why he aint got his status up.

Alumni Project

2011-11-04T03:08:00.000-07:00

"Some nice shots and good use of people but it feels like it needs to say more and work harder for our attention. Some of the dialogue stutters a bit and really should have been rerecorded. The script should have found more examples of what people do – what information NTU requires and the benefits of membership etc.

Almost there but needs a bit more attention to detail to impress rather than just tick the boxes??"

Phil Nodding

2011-10-21T07:49:00.000-07:00

I was inspired by this advert to do my video for the Alumni promotional advert.

Title sequence

2011-01-31T13:29:00.001-08:00

For my title sequence i have considered Pink Panther 2, Euro Trip and City of God . Ideally I am looking to do a title sequence in animation. My idea for Robin Hood is Robin in the hood; Interpreted as stealing in the high density areas though the actual story was stealing from the rich to give the poor. However my story will follow an upper class young adult wanting to live in the low class areas and wanting to enlighten the people there that it is possible to get wealthy and even wealthy people have problems of their own. My character Robin Hood will have a new era hat for the head gear, hood on and baseball bat as a weapon and a dog in place of the horse.

Another way i would have done my title sequence was to have a male character to be seen walking in an urban area setting. A thief is seen coming out of a house with a radio and a sound editor is credited. A shot of the ‘Lollipop man’ directing pedestrians cross the road and the director is credited. The next shot is of a character computer hacking and the editor is credited. A meeting of a few gangstas and the leading is addressing them are in one shot and the producer is credited.

Third option was to have to see a collage of pictures of a man in Iraq on the wall. the next shot we see a man walk down the stairs. He is seen on the computer there after we see him crossing the traffic light where the director is credited. We see in the next scene the male character knock the door and a female opens the door and he explains that he is the Bailiff people who have come to reposes property thats worthy the amount the household owes on tax.

The time factor and getting characters for the roles did not allow me so i resorted in doing the titles sequence i did. I handed the one which was fairly done but ive since reworked on it and I am making it better. I will post it when its done.

Portfolio-Showreel

2011-01-31T11:37:00.000-08:00

I want to use the green screen idea for my showreel. I want to have me bringing out these different works I have done with me presenting them. If you want to learn about after effects I recommend this site www.videocopilot.net. The two clips below have inspired my ideas. The end product had the green screen idea as part of the elements of the actual showreel. Im developing it so will be seeing the better version soon.

Stranger than fiction Opening sequence

2011-01-31T11:36:00.001-08:00

Jay Z HP Commercial

2011-01-31T11:11:00.000-08:00

Send space

2011-01-25T03:40:00.000-08:00

www.sendspace.com is a site that we could use to share files for group work to update for production. This is the site we have used for our group production for the Documentary. It is similar to the Anorld but with it you can access it from home.

Lets get involved

2010-11-27T05:15:00.000-08:00

I have uploaded a script on the www.circalit.com for exposure and I encourage more people to sign up to the site and enter competitions. Unfortunately my script could not be entered to any competition available because of various reasons. Here is a direct link to it so you can read the whole of it. Cheers.
http://www.circalit.com/andyman64/projects/one-man-one-dad-1006407550/

Sound Editor

2010-10-26T00:45:00.000-07:00

The role as a sound editor has gained experience and knowledge on the aspect of sound in film production. One is that sound helps to tell the story by creating atmosphere, the dialogue and sound effects. Diegetic sound effects are sometimes drowned by ambience or dialogue, indiegetic sound effects at post production give it some emphasis on the sound. As a sound editor i discovered two websites that could be of help for editing your Malac. These websites offer you free sound effects and soundtracks for your production with no royalties. The first is www.soundjay.com and www.freesfx.com, though with the second website respectively you will need to sign up. It is still free.

My creativity

2010-03-18T05:50:00.000-07:00

In the past few years my creativity has been for namely college, myself and or friends and more. These where the few noted.

For college it’s the projects I did for the course. For my final major project I did a 30 minute radio programme which I earned a Media Award for Best Radio Programme. I created a video clip mixed of two clips, the hippo and the crazy frog all in one video with backing music which i uploaded onto YouTube. Recently I shot a mini movie with my cousins and thereafter a music video for one of my friend’s song.

I did most of the past projects with little research or none at all. Mostly it was done with common knowledge that I already knew. Apart from the music video I did every project with me making all the decisions. For the music video i had to come to an agreement with the singer on what to put and what not to include in the video. The college projects I had to follow the guides provided and meet criteria, so I was narrowed to a way of doing them.

I think my life is interesting so I would like to share with the world some of the things I do through my creativity. My biography would sell millions. Creativity is in progress till the right time of release. In conclusion I would say for the future my creativity will have no limits and reach great heights.

Research will help me reach these places through giving me the relevant and modern styles on the market. Again the more ideas, the better production. Watching clips off youtube helps me get ideas that I develop or adapt to my own projects. Visiting websites to read about other practitioners and designers is another way that will guide me get to these places. Reading books and having conversations with people on related subjects of creativity helps me gain more knowledge on the subject.

I am drawn to what is happening in other related discipline as my research starting point. This is so that I stay relevant with the times. Knowing the writing process and how it actually came together is does not seem relevant to the research. The economic, political, social cultural context framing the text seems wary although your audience look at these things.

Reflection on Progress and development

2010-03-18T04:57:00.000-07:00

From having conversations with other students about reflection on the progress and development on their projects I realised students a numerous things. Students tend to not look at other students’ work to judge theirs instead they look at related professionally made work. Also they have a mindset that their project is the best. A few students said well they get ideas from other students work but they do not compare their work with other students.

Most students have faced working as a group as the most outstanding issue because students have different energy to a given project. Then again more minds are better than one. Students need to always recap on work they have done before, as for me I had a little difficulty in working on the camera. Again as a group we found that from the last project, we were not taught the whole manual of the camera. This then tells me that as a student I need to have my own understanding of the mechanics and programs. Students need to put more on independent work.

Chabzy Wabzy

2010-01-20T06:40:00.001-08:00

What has been my creativity been for the past few years

2010-01-20T06:37:00.000-08:00

Clip-Soul Plane

2010-01-19T00:39:00.001-08:00

Over the Holiday

2010-01-18T10:25:00.001-08:00

Over the Holiday
Over the Holiday i revisited Soul Plane Directed by Jessi Terrero. The narrative follows a man who supposedly called himself an Entrepunuer. On a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, he got caught in a toilet seat and got his dog released out the flight. He sued the Airline for hundred million and bought his on plane. The story begins when the plane had its first flight. The tagline of the plane was we fly we party we land. Basically the movie is based on black people stereotypes, the narrative lacks realism. The mainstream audience is black people because of the majority of the characters and the language used. It’s a fun movie not one you can take serious.

A friend of a friend of mine who is aspiring to be a musician asked me to shoot him a video of his RnB love song. We did it and turned out fantastic but our intention was not to air out, it was to have fun with it. Initially we did a drift in the snow and we thought lets record another one. We developed a short film which received positive remarks. One of the friends who saw it told his friend about us, which led to us shoot his video.

Everyone took photos at Christmas and in the snow days but I can say my picture taking has improved since the last three assignments. After the holidays I noticed I had only three pictures of myself, the reason being I was the man behind the camera. People loved the photos I was taking. Later I realised they did not want to be behind the camera and they said, ‘his a media student he can do better.’

These are the few things i noted from the holiday

One Shot

2009-12-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

Pixalation

2009-12-15T05:55:00.000-08:00

50 Cent: Blood in the Sand

2009-12-10T17:59:00.000-08:00

2009-12-10T17:58:00.000-08:00

The narrative follows the 50 Cent with his group on tour. After a gig the promoter runs away with their money, the promoter’s people show 50 cent a diamond skull that the promoter owns. They offer 50 Cent the skull as an option payment. As they leave the place they are robbed off the skull. The missions are based on getting back either the skull or the actual payment. The argument is 50 cent is supposed to accomplish what the US Government has failed in 7 years. Again what is 50 Cent doing in the Middle East? This game was a sequel to the previous 50 Cent Bulletproof. Blood on the sand is a third person shooting game. Third person shooting game is a genre, games are structured around shooting, and in which the player can see the avatar on-screen in a third person view. This game is marketed and distributed by THQ AND Swordfish. Reviews state that it is an alright game better than the previous but still has room for improvement.

STARDOLL

2009-11-27T07:38:00.000-08:00

Star Doll is a site where you dress up dolly celebrities. The tagline for the site is paperdoll heaven which often confuses people because it seems like its two sites. There is wadrobe that has most the typical clothes that celebrity wear. It is made for children younger than the age of 13 years of age. It was designed with Adobe flash developed from the site paperdoll heaven. There are celebrities ranging from Avril Lavine to Myle Cyrus.

FACEBOOK

2009-11-27T06:58:00.000-08:00

Facebook is a social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg who also happends to be the first billionare under the age of 25 years of age. First the site was limited to only the University of Havard, later on to the Universities around Boston after to people over the age of 13. It has been banned in countries like China, Iran and more. The main reason being that it is a distruction at work. Compete.com has ranked facebook as the highest visited social network site followed by myspace.com. User range from adults mostly when they are at work in cases of boredome. Again adults use it to search for they old friends. It is a tool used to show off accomplishment through photos infront of possessions and status updates. Young adults use facebook to either make friends, upload pictures of their outings. it helps in events management, you can advertise your event there. There are application where you can play which are designed for teenagers and younger generation. You can access facebook through your mobile phone apart from the the computer or laptop. most service provide it as an application on the phone for free with some service providers.

NBA Live 10 Trailer

2009-11-19T13:43:00.001-08:00

NBA Live 10

2009-11-19T12:50:00.000-08:00

This game trailer is descent, not as appealing as the previous ones. It lacks the traditional hip hop soundtrack to it, instead has a background music which i feel does not work. I feel there is so much fade in and out which could have been edited off. How ever the pausing effect works because it builts the impact of the actual move in the game. The graphics and the game play look better than the previous games. I would buy the game because im a traditional NBA Live fan but from the gaming sites the rival 2K game is bette.

A Bugs Life: Comment

2009-11-19T09:08:00.000-08:00

From watchin the starting of this animation i can tell the narrative follows the life of the character Flake one of the workers. The camera shots on Zie are close ups to show the significance of him in the film. Its a typical good vs evil film, having flake as the protagonist and the supposedly yearly coming enermies the antagonists. The mainstream audience of this film could be young children, age ranging from 6 to 12 years of age. This suggested by the primary colours on the scene and the movie title. Again the bugs inprints on the letters of the title. How ever this could also be a family movie since it in involves working. Hierarchy presantation of the queen, the leader and the worker reflects in families. Therefore it will be relavent to a family audience. The animation graphics are descent watching them now considering animation at the time of release. There is more to the film but the analysis forcuses on only this clip. The director does a good job on the opening of the film because it sets the scene and acknowleges the audience of the possibilities of what the narrative may be. It captures your interest its not complex for the mainstream audience but its predictable from my point of view.

A Bugs Life

2009-11-19T08:12:00.000-08:00

Evaluation

2009-11-04T11:30:00.000-08:00

Evaluation
Discovering
My One shot film was inspired by two series namely an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air when the Banks family was held hostage by a clown, only to discover the clown had fake amunition. The second film was Holby city; a woman was stuck in a elevator with a doctor and she gave birth. I merged the two ideas to a narrative. The mainstream audience for this one short film are the Nottingham Trent media class. It was an assignment which will be a presantation to the class. What i know is there is high chances that have seen both films. This is because Fresh Prince has been running from early 90s till now and Holb city has high ratings. Most of the students live on flats so this will be relavent to them, its something they can relate to. The narrative has realism because it follows something that could potentially happen.

Devoloping
The setting was established as the lift so it was developing the idea of what could happen in a lift. At this point the idea has not been presented to the group so the planning involves me picturing the setting. The characters of the film will be the members of the group so even with the narrative i was considering that the characters will be the members of the group, getting people from outside is difficult. The typical hostage film, the next scene ussually the gun man flee with the money from victims, police sirens and a fight scene with the security. I thought why not end with a happy note. The whole hostage scene was a joke. The gun wanted to be friendly and have conversation but he got a gloomy response so he decided to play a trick on the people. The previous project recieved a negative response so i thought i put work on this one and its still in developement.

Defining

Delivery

Consider

One Shot Film: 1.1

2009-11-04T09:27:00.000-08:00

Idea
From the reviews we have since decided to go back and start from scratch to do something better than the first project. My ideas that i will present to the group will follow the narrative of people held hostage in a lift. When the lift gets to the ground floor where which is everyone’s destination the predator leaves the lift showing he had nothing on him. The idea was made suitable for the narrative from an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air, when Juggles a clown held the banks family hostage together with the court, only to discover he had fake ammunition. I also recall watching an episode of Holby city where a woman was stuck in a lift with a doctor where she gave birth. I then thought of the having a scene where people are in the lift and there is a sudden power cut, they are held hostage by a gun man with a fake gun. As soon as the lift starts working it is revealed that the gunman did not have a gun. The setting does not allow all this to happen because we cannot control the lift on the power cut so i think just having it move from the top floor to the ground floor.

One Shot Film: Wasted

2009-11-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

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One Shot Film
Filming
Ideas
On the filming the short project we came up with a number of ideas namely two students goin to a party in a flat. The focus of the film is on the lift. Another idea that came up was that of using the lift and things happening as the lift opened on every floor. We then merged the two ideas. The narrative follows a drunk student who is already in the lift as two other come in. When they get to the next floor there are two gals fighting. One of the girls escapes the fight by entering the lift and leaving the other follow the lift by the staircase. On the next floor there is a flight of kites into the lift. The floor above that, the lift opens to find a drunk guy sleeping on a mattress. The floor after is where there is the party scene. The students come out of the lift leaving the drunk guy. We came out but leaving the drunk guy. On the extended narrative you see the lift go up and one character follows it to the next lift to call the ‘wasted’ guy to the party. It goes down to find a guy sweeping the remains of the party. The lift closes and goes back down to find on one of the floor the girls fighting. The one who had escaped earlier on gets hit by wood and falls to the ground. The doors close and the drunk guy (camera) looks into the ceiling to fade to the end. We developed an idea inspired but what could happen in a lift.

The Process
We had group a meeting to discuss about the ideas of the narrative, where we will film and what we need. We did the filming the next day on one of the group member’s flat. We had about four takes for the film and we selected the one which we agreed was good. We took the footage for editing and we added music for there was sound on the footage. We added titles and fades for the transitions.

Evaluation
The film had a negative reception with critics stating that the lighting was bad. On filming we did not consider that outside the lift will not look as light as the inside the lift. The narrative is not clear after merging the two ideas into one narrative and having an extended narrative which I feel distorted the narrative. Some critics say the party does not capture your interest because the narrative is not clear. I realised that a male and a female character came in at the beginning of the lift seeming to go together to the party. On the party floor only one of them comes out. It down grades the narrative and does not convince you that the camera is the persona. We could have had a persona narrate the story, or have interior monolog about what’s happening and his opinion

Lucy Graham

2008-10-14T06:15:00.001-07:00

I'm eighteen now, and this hard times did not need to involve you
One alone cannot make two,But two alone can tally three.
3 min made a lifelong chore.

No child should come to life except in joy,
I am happy you are a baby boy,
Your dad is fighting prison cells like contra
He loves you and I’m happy he didn’t turn out to be a monster.

Child with child, there is all reason to mourn,
Sleepless nights now, my morning is dawn,
Im sitting here writing this poem instead of a love letter
Wish your father could be out so communications could be better

I thought I did your father a favour
But I will always remember the painful hour of labour
This was not planned and they will be no otherI promise I will be a good mother.

What do i hope to archive

2008-10-08T04:19:00.000-07:00

i hope to achieve a BA Honours degree out of this course. Apart from that, i want to be able to create animation in 3D that has motion and produce a cartoon strip. i also want to have the ability to write and direct a screen play.

What did i do on the first week

2008-10-08T04:07:00.001-07:00

On the first week i made friends from all different corners of the world. Learnt a few words, adult content material. I had a few night outs, few drink ups and the rest of the nights in BED. on the education side i went to a few lectures to give us an introduction of what is ahead of us. it was interesting and tiring as i was not geared for work as yet. I attended a few welcome speeches to NTU.