Monday, 7 December 2015

Pixilation

Pixilation

My Aims and Objectives for Today are:

  • Define
  • Produce
  • Upload
  • Review

Pixilation is animation which uses people.




How to Stretch and Challenge Myself

For Today's Lesson this will mean:

Remembering:
Understanding:
Applying:
Analysing:
Evaluating:
Creating:We created a seven second pixilation

Reflection during lesson

How am I doing so far:

So far Sinead, Samara, and I have come up with a concept for our pixilation and tried to create our clip realising that it was too short so we have saved that but started again.
Reflection at end of lesson:

We managed to create a seven second pixilation which was using a creative idea
What have I achieved?


We achieved a good pixilation clip




Friday, 4 December 2015

Understanding structure and ownership in the creative media sector

Understanding structure and ownership in the creative media sector

The creative media consists of film, TV, radio, publishing, advertising and marketing, animation, interactive media, games, and photo imaging. Within these sectors, there are several subsidiaries that exist, thus making the creative media industry even bigger.
There are some creative media companies which work within most of the sectors- an example of this being Disney. Disney have film (Walt Disney pictures), TV (Disney channel, Disney junior, Disney xd), Radio (Radio Disney)

Film

Monday, 30 November 2015

Cut out animation

This is the cut out animation that I produced with Sinead, Samara, and Beth.

Friday, 27 November 2015

How creative media industries generate income...

How creative media industries generate income...

Disney is an example of a company that makes income in possibly every creative media sector, however when focusing on film, there are many things they use to generate income such as:


  • Retail sales
  • Downloads
  • Advertisers
  • Sponsership
  • Cinema box-office
  • CD and DVD sales
  • Merchandise (



Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Psychographics

Psychographics is the study and classification of people according to their attitudes, aspirations , and other psychological criteria. It is qualitative data. Psychographics are used mostly in market research and can be combined with geographic and demographic characteristics to know more about an audience profile. Values influence the brands that they like and the communication they will respond to.


Friday, 20 November 2015

TV licences

TV Licences

Who pays for a TV licence?

All legal citizens of the United Kingdom have to pay for a TV licence.

What does a colour TV licence cost?

A standard colour TV licence costs £145.50

What does a black and white TV licence cost?

A standard black and white TV licence costs £49.00

Who is entitled to a reduced fee for their TV licence?

People over the age of 75 (free); severely sight impaired people (50% off); residential care homes (refund); care home residents (retired, disabled, or in eligible accommodation); sheltered accommodation (residents pay £7.50); camp sites, hostels, or hotels (£145 for 15 units)

What happens if you don't pay your TV licence?

You can be prosecuted and fined up to £1000

Do you need a TV licence to watch TV online?

Yes, to watch live TV. A TV licence covers TV's, computers, tablets, satellite and cable boxes, games consoles, and DVD, Bluray and DVR recorders

How is the licence fee shared out amongst BBC?

BBC uses the licence fee to pay for its TV (£2276m),radio (£650m), online (£174m), and other costs (£357m)




Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Demographics

Demographics are pieces of statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it. The data can be to do with their gender, age, race, level of education, income level, and level of employment. Within media demographics are useful when researching who the audience for a film will be. 

NRS social grades define populations and therefore media companies would look at these to see the audience they were aiming for. 



Job examples

A- Lawyer
B- Police officer
C1-Nurses
C2-Secretaries
D- Customer service
E- Students



Assassin's Creed Syndicate trailer analysis
Mostly male audience-(80/20) 
18-25
B,C1,C2,D

Game of Thrones trailer analysis
Male and female audience (60/40)- not particularly tailored to either gender
17-30
B, C1, C2, D, E