Editing workshop!

We got to have a go in the editing suite in university today, it was fun! We were introduced to Avid which is the programme that we will be using throughout uni for our projects. At a first glance it seemed really complicated and I was a little taken back, but after an hour or two of playing round with some footage and sound I began to love editing! I'm a fussy person when it comes to detail, I like everything to match and fit neatly so I sit for hours until something works. Editing fascinates me!

People on the move...

We were given out brief for our first assignment, scary! 'People On the Move' is the name. I felt a bit daunted and scared of how hard I would find my first ever uni based assignment. We are in the same group as we were for our storyboards so I was pleased with that, and we came up with an idea straight away (there's a first for everything I suppose!) We did adapt this idea to create more realistic, interesting and original ideas but it was mainly based on the first 'Bad Day' idea. Having been given the storyboard task a few weeks before this really helped us in the idea and development process of this task. I'm looking forward to getting the project on the go!

Photoshop!

In Digital Media Tools we had a play round with an image on photoshop. I struggled with this, the image i chosen kind of said what I wanted it to say without editing it. So when it came to editing I got a bit confused and had a slight block. I decided to have a go at blurring the background and giving it a black and white effect.

Heres the two images, think I'm gonna have a play with random images get my head round photoshop for a bit. I'll upload them one day too!

Storyboard time...

To get us into the People on the Move project we were given a mini assessment task to group ourselves up and create a storyboard consisting of 20-30 photographs on a short story. I grouped with Rio, Amy and Tom, we have started to work quite well together as a group. I again took on the role of organiser and allocated when we would meet up etc. I enjoyed using photographs for our storyboard rather than drawing as drawing is really not my thing! We completed the task on time and I think it worked quite well. I will upload a photo of the complete product soon :)

Creating a Wiki

After bringing in a media related article (I brought in one about the X Factor) We grouped up and discussed our articles, not before long we realised that they all related to one another and that we could discuss them together as a whole as well and individually.
We created a Wiki, an online discussion forum based site were we could talk about our articles together and add threads to discuss them individually. Anyone can access these when they surf across the net and add threads or comments to this. I didn't know before creating a Wiki that there are so many ways of having online discussions on the web. The Internet really does bring people together!
Heres a link to the tryout Wiki mt group and I made:

http://contemporarymediaissues.wetpaint.com/page/TV

Creating and experimenting with prezi

We had to bring in an object that had some significance to us. I chose to bring in my Links bracelet that I received for my 19th birthday, yet the charms I have chosen (a carriage and a fairy) remind me of childhood memories. After being put into random groups of 5 we talked about our objects and why we had brought them in. I enjoyed speaking to people on my course I hadn't really spoke to before and it was good to do so. The main task was putting out objects into a presentation format on Prezi. We were given a deadline of two hours so the pressure was on. There was five of us so we thought that splitting the roles would be logical. I took on the role of basically organising what went on and overlooking it making sure we met our deadline, I also edited some pictures on Photoshop which were used in the presentation. I thoroughly enjoyed taking on the role that I did rather that a technical role. I enjoy taking on the role, hopefully this will come in handy for after university when I eventually want to progress onto production management!

The basics

My name is Nicki Fitzpatrick and I have just enrolled onto the Media Professional Studies course here at John Moores University. My passion for media and the industry itself has grown immensely over the past few years since taking Media Studies as a GCSE in secondary school. This is were my basic knowledge and interest began. After having the opportunity to create various mini projects such as television adverts, magazines and posters, this encouraged me to progress onto a Creative and Media diploma and an A lever in film studies which I have studied for the past two years. Studying the creative and media diploma gave me various oppertunities that eventualy intrigued me more in the media industry. I worked with BBC Radio merseyside to create a christmas toy appeal advertisement which was aired on the radio from the end of october until christmas 2011. I also created a 20 minute documentray were i had to film, edit and direct by myself. I thoroughly enjoyed this and this intrigued me into the television industry, this is the media i am most intrested in as a consumer.
Troughout A level film studies we had to work in groups to create short films. We had to take on different roles in the group, I always chose to be director/organiser. I like to eb organised and ensure that things are being done when they should . This subject encouraged me to look at the production industry and I researched into production co-ordinators and their responisbilities and this specific job intrigued me and still does to this day. I think that this industry is the place I would like to go into. I have so much to learn about the media industry and how it works, and I look forward to doing so. I am currently looking for some work experience with television were I can have a upfront look at the industry and whether production co-ordinating is what I want to go into.