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Session 1

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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Unit 5 & 6 children's book deconstruction

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link for survey monkey questionnaire on my e-book.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RGT2XGS

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I feel like the 2nd podcast video was much more beneficial than the first podcast. My reasoning behind this is due to the fact that I feel like I got a lot more important information from the second one instead of the over-detailed waffle from the guy in the first video. I also paid much more attention to the guy in the second video as there was quite a lot of expression in his voice when describing the film and the characters where as the guy in the first podcast had quite a monotone voice and i found that quite boring. The only good thing about the first podcast is that he described every scene in detail, this meaning that i had a clear idea about the story line.

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In the morning session today I started to work on the snowy scene of my e-book again due to the fact that my and my partner didn't feel as if one of the characters didn't walk as well as we wanted to. After adjusting the key frames and how quickly he moved from one side to the other we moved onto working on a different scene; this being the scene where the monkey and spider are in the cave together. After lunch we decided to go and record the character voices; i feel like this went rather well as we got it done very quickly due to the small number of mistakes people made when saying their lines. Once finished, my partner spent the afternoon uploading the audio onto his laptop and he started to cut apart the audio whilst i continued to animate the scene i started on before lunch. I only managed to half-complete this scene due to the problems we had with keyframe. In tomorrows lesson hopefully, without any more problems, i will finish animating this scene and we can move onto importing audio and music

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In the morning session i continued to work on the animation for my e-book. I carried on from yesterdays job and managed to complete the scene in the camel enclosure for my e-book. Due to the camel not originally moving throughout this scene i decided to move the camels neck downwards and back up as the scene closes (to try and represent the camel shaking his head goodbye), this was quite easy to do as i didn't have to place many keyframes. After lunch i moved onto working on another scene, this one i struggled with as my character has to rotate and walk towards the cave on my screen which was behind a rock. Due to my character walking in front of the rock as it was the top layer, I had to duplicate the rock and place it on top so that my character disappeared and looked like it was walking into the cave. Overall today i struggled a little as I'm still not 100% confident on adobe after effect as i kept having to ask a teacher for help however i feel like the longer i use this software the more i will get used to it.

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In the morning session, i had trouble accessing adobe after effects to continue editing my e-book due to the fact that we were in the computer room and the computers in there don't have an up to date edition of after effects; this meaning that my previous work would not load. As a result the only thing which i could do in the morning session was work with my partner tommy and help him edit a different scene; the reason he was able to acces the work was due to the fact that he brought a laptop from home in which had the correct software on it. Before lunch I went off with tommy to record the audio for our e-book. We managed to reciord audio for 5 out of the 6 scenes which is quite good. After lunch Tommy carried on editing and animating on his laptop whilst I went through all of the audio we'd recorded and picked out the suitable recordings fopr our e-book. I feel like i was restricted to the amount of work i could complete today due to my computer so I reckon when i am up in Rankin tomorrow i will be able to get alot more work done as i will be on the macs.

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During the morning session I finished working on the snowy background for my e-book; I did this by adding textures to all my backgrounds and madesure all the colours fitted the theme. After lunch iworked onand managedto complete tyhe background for my lion enclosure; working on this background was a lot more difficult than the other backgrounds as there was more detail and more parts of the background to texturize. I overcome this by making the background much simpler and cutting out some of the details such as the lions in the background and the small logs. If i'd of kept these then this background would've taken me alot longer to complete and i would've been running the risk of it looking quite messy.

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Sketches of the characters which I wish to include in my e-book

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Here is my plan for what I would like my e-book to be based upon. I have placed many morals on the plan so that I can discuss with my partner which one would best fit to the plot of our story. I have decided to base the story on a monkey who escapes his enclosure and goes on an adventure round the zoo meeting lots of new animals and learning many new things about them. The monkey however gets lost due to an evil snake however is saved by a friendly spider who helps the monkey get back to its own enclosure. I have decided to make my e-book quite educational so that it teaches the audience many new things they may not know about different animals in the wild.

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Today we began to conduct our primary research to help gain information on who our target audience may be when it comes to designing our e-book. Due to the fact that we had no access to younger children as they were all at school, the only people we could ask were member of the public. We went down to the library and i managed to ask four people my ten questions about their interests. After lunch wrote up my primary research summary where I combined all my findings together and created a paragraph basing it on what I had collected. I feel like I could've collected more data to help me get a better idea of what things people like; I could achieve this next time by maybe heading into town as it is much busier there than the college library.

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Today we conducted some more research by looking deeper into children's books and what makes each of them so different and unique. We went down to the college library and picked out 3 different books. From here we had to look through it and analyze it by talking about the font, illustration, narration and the theme of the book. By looking over the three books I've come to a realization of just how important pictures are in telling the story as it helps create a visual in the readers head and it makes the book more interesting.

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In the morning session we started by using Final Cut Pro X on the macs and learnt how to use keyframes; this would allow the characters we found to move on a background of our choice. Not only did we learn how to move characters but we also learnt how to zoom in past objects (today we used pond reeds) and focus on a main characters. After break we focused on learning how to make a character walk across the screen. This was quite interesting as it looked very realistic and would be an ideal thing to do when it comes to creating my e-book. After lunch we created our own character on photoshop and then uploaded it onto Adobe After Effects. From here we then placed points over our character on each of the joints using the pin tool; this then allowed us to move the characters arms and legs around so it looked like they were waving. This was all very beneficial as it can help us make our e-book much more appealing when it comes to creating our e-book. See showbie for evidence.

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In the morning session we watched three different e-books on the Internet and were asked to review them. This involved writing about different areas of the e-book, such as the images, content, target audience and music, and figuring out why it is so successful and  popular with children. After lunch we were told to find one more e-book online and do a similar process of what we had done before lunch. Once complete we were asked to prepare ourselves for our visit to a primary school by creating a little questionnaire with questions based around different genres of e-book. For example, what is your favorite type of book or who is your favorite character.' Doing this primary research will benefit me next week as I will get a better understanding of what children find interesting about books and I can reflect this when it comes to creating my own e-book.

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In the first session this morning we finished off creating our musical piece on GarageBand; I was behind compared to everyone else and I had to start my scratch due to my probe yesterday of the app not being able to download on my iPad. After break we were asked to show the entire class of what we had managed to create. Mine had quite a catchy beat to it and mainly used the drum machine and helix piano so maybe when i go to improve it i could possibly include some string instruments to give it more of a child friendly approach as I feel like the piece I created today was a bit too clubby. After we gads presented all of our music pieces we began to draw some cartoon characters which we may be able to use when it comes to creating our ebook. At first i attempted to draw Top Ccat and Scrappy Doo but realised they would be too difficult to draw from behind; instead i focused on drawing Jerry from the TV programme Tom & Jerry. This was much easier and i managed to draw a front and side on view of the character. After that we imported our drawing to Photoshop and added textures to the inside of our characters to help make them more child friendly and colourful. I managed to get a start to this however i was unable to complete it due to a problem which occurred; this problem was that i was unable to load in any layers as they kept disappearing, this meaning I was not able to give my character any more textures.

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LO: Be able to analyze an audio-based problem in creative media production
Be able to solve visual based problems when creating characters
Identify your own personal target for the session and review at the end

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In the session this morning we started off by doing a little quiz which involved different pieces of music and we had to try and guess which famous movie they were from. Once we completed this we had a quick run through of different musical terms and what each of them meant as each of these were used in different ways in each musical piece to help create a certain mood. After this we then looked at famous scenes from famous films and focused on how the director used music to create a certain mood in a certain scene. After lunch we found our own movie scene of our choice which had a piece of music in it and we had to explain to the class why we chose this certain scene and how the music helped create the mood it did. I chose the final fight scene from the movie Green Street Hooligans as not only is this one of my favorite films but it is also one of the most iconic scenes in the movie and despite the music contrasting what is actually going on in the scene, it works well together and still manages to help create a tense atmosphere which really connects with the audience.

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https://youtu.be/AZAHxHLIA-g

In the film Green Street Hooligans, the final fight scene shows two rival football firms meeting at a quiet location ready to fight each day other for supremacy. You would think that during this scene there would be quite intense music due to the fact that it is a fight however the music actually contrasts against it as it is quite a calm and relaxing soundtrack; this being known as juxtaposition. Throughout the soundtrack it's quite slow paced and you notice this especially when the two gangs charge at each other in slow motion. This scene has quite a tense feel to it due to how it works so well with the audio; I feel like if the music was much more intense and loud it wouldn't quite have the same effect.

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LO: Be able to analyze an audio-based problem in creative media production
Understand the use of music within various media forms
Identify key elements and their purpose within musical scores that reflect character/mood
Solve problems with audio and assess methods to resolve issues
Identify your own personal target for the session and review at the end

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In the morning session we were assigned the task to do some dubbing, this involved watching a video of a clip from a peppa pig episode and we had to record our own voices reading from the script as voice overs. To make our version much more funnier, we decided to use different accents. This task I enjoyed alot as it was practical and I was able to have a laugh in the process of completing it. After break we went into the macs and uploaded all of the voice recordings we took and starting editing our version of the peppa pig clip. We decided to also make it a bit more comical by having a funny ring tone in one of the scenes and in the final scene we decided to have some depressing music as this was a scene where peppa was annoyed for not being able to whistle. Once this had been completed it was shown to the class. After lunch we spent the rest of the afternoon on photoshop creating a background as visuals for our animation products. We learnt how to split up a whole image into different parts and change the opacity so the viewer would still see the extra detail from the original image however still manage to see the new color. Doing this workshop this afternoon was very beneficial as it helped me improve my overall skills on photoshop and will help me in the future.

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LO1: Understand the contents of Unit 5 & 6
Identify the purpose and contents of a brief
LO2: Be able to analyse an audio-based problem in creative media production.
Solve problems with audio and assess methods to resolve issues
LO3: Identify your own personal target for the session and review at the end