Graphics - Clock 2

Today I made the final graphic for one of our statistics. I done this by making the clock on photoshop using different layers for each part. Then I imported the image in After Effects to animate the image. As I made it with separate layers I could move one part without it affecting the rest of the image.
Caryss

Continue the making of the website - Sophia

Today I continued to make our website for our news company. I started to input the different information that we wanted to be on our website , the way in which I did this was by finding the information needed and changing the settings in our website maker (wix) . The problem I encountered was that I found some parts of making the website difficult for example changing some of the settings , it wouldn't allow me to do what I wanted. The way I over came this was by watching a tutorial of how to use the website .

- Sophia

Research into production companies - Sophia

PPC is a leading International Creative Production agency that combines a dedicated, award-winning creative team with unparalleled production facilities.

They offer a complete, full agency, cross-platform service that ranges from initial conception, through to production, post-production, and delivery.

These are some of the films that they have produced -  

Here is some of he awards they have won  and also in the second picture the awards they have been nominated for - 

PPC is one of the largest production companies in the UK it has won many awards for example golden trailer awards 2013 for Skyfall , it has also won many golden trailer award for 2013 and 2014 also for Skyfall. PPC has had many nominations over the years some of these nominations include Golden trailer award for Trollhunter , Raid , Skyfall Domestic, Millions and Bride and prejudice. These are to name just a few of nominations and awards to PPC.

This research task has been useful to me as I can now see the in's and out's of production companies and how they work. I have also learnt about how there are larger companies that may focus of bigger films and there are also smaller productions companies to focus on different genre of films for example there is a website that shows all the production companies, film directors, and writers that are based in the UK - this is shown in the picture below.

- Sophia 

The making of our website - Sophia

Today we went onto a website called Wix this was so that we could create a website for our news package . We found that this was the best website to help create our own actual site. The problem we encountered was that it wouldn't accept the email that we wanted to use so we overcame this problem by using a different email , even though this is a inconvenience , this was the only way to overcome the problem.

- Sophia 

Opening Sequence Feedback

We showed our latest update of our opening sequence to our teacher. She said it had improved very much however, she was concerned about the road footage that we had chosen for our background. She recognised that it was not footage filmed by us and said this would hinder our marks. 

To improve on this, over the weekend, Caryss went out with the go pro and filmed driving on a range of different types of roads. Hopefully, this will improve our marks due to the variety of own filmed shots. 

CLSR

Filming

This weekend we went out filming in the countryside using the GoPro. The reason we went to the countryside, was so we could getting different settings and locations. This also shows the different roads to drive on as not all roads are like the city. To improve our opening sequence we are planning on using some of this footage.
CLSR

Clock

Today we started on creating some of the graphics for our news package.

To create this I made a clock in photoshop creating different layers for the different parts of the clock face. This is so then I put the picture in after effects I could move the separate parts individually. Once in After Effects I rotated the hands of the clock from nine o'clock to 6 o'clock, I did this because it reflects one of our statistics fro our news package.

Caryss

Making the graphics

In todays lesson we started to make the graphics for our opening sequence, we our planning to add this to our footage once we have edited it. the way i have done this is by using after effects to make the graphics and also using photoshop. The reason for using the software is that it is the most appropriate for making what we need .

- Sophia

Stick Man Walking - 08/01/15

In the lesson we experimented with Adobe After Effects to make a stick man walk. First I created the man in Photoshop, learning how to create separate layers to successfully move different limbs.

I then used After Effects to try and move the different layers. I was not successful in making the man walk. However, it was a useful task that allowed us to experiment with different skills that will help when producing our statistical graphics for our final news package.

- Ria

After effects - stick man

Today we used photoshop and after effects to create the a stickman and make him walk. To create the stickman we used photoshop, so I could animate it after I made each section of his body a different layer. After importing it into after effects, I had to move each part of the stickman to try and make him walk. By doing this it has allowed me to practise in a simple way the different uses that are available in after effects, before we start editing our main project.
Caryss

Adobe After Effects Making a Stick Man - Sophia

In todays lesson we learnt how to edit in after effects. First I made a stick man in photoshop and I had to make a head and the other body parts in different layers. I then put it into after effects and started to add transitions whilst keeping the different layers. The reason we did this in the lesson was so that we had a better understanding of using after effects. Having understood of how to create a simple piece in after effects I can now use this to make a bigger piece to use in my coursework.


- Sophia