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Animation Ideas For my assignment I have been asked to create a short animation that is at least 30 seconds long using a animation technique to create it and show off, these animation techniques include Stop-frame animation, Time-lapse, Cut out and model animation, Pixilation. My idea is going to be using plasticine and cut out animation this will involve pixilation and I will be doing a parody of a movie scene from "Taken" a R-rated action movie, my animation is mainly for comedy aspects the main goal is for it to be funny. My backup idea is very similar it still is from the film "Taken" however the plot of my animation is different its less of a joke and more of a re-enactment of the movie in an animation. Here is an example of a stop frame animation made with plasticine that I thought was successful...  I think that this animation is successful in its aspects, because it appears like the person who created it took a lot of time for each frame and the m...

Media Ethics Chapter 2: " Understanding the ethical and legal considerations when working in the creative media sector" As a producer/company you need to know that there are certain laws that you have to abide by if these rules are not taken under consideration you might not be able to publish your work around due to ethical issues surrounding it for example you might get copyrighted which means you wouldn't be able to publish your work as some of that work does not belong to you, this is the Copy, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which means you need permission to use anybody else's work that is not free domain this work could be anything from music to logos to animation character designs. An example of this copyright law being broken was with Apple they were accused by Chinese writers and two companies for copying off there work, they claimed that unlicensed copies of their books were being sold on the Apple online website the court made Apple pay them £100,000 in c...

Photography Assignment There are many types of photography all use similar techniques but the picture is taken of different subjects they also might have the same subject but it will appear differently as another type of photography for example documentary photography and advertisement photography could use the same subject but the frame would be different, in advertising the product would be made to appeal to people whilst documentary is to inform the viewer about the product or image in the picture.  Advertising/promotional/fashion photography Advertisement photography is used to help advertise and sell Items that the photo is displaying, in advertisement photography often the picture of the item is displayed to look more attractive and interesting than normal this is to help sell the product in the video. Advertisement can also be used to promote a business, a common method of taking advertisement for promoting a business is using architectural photography usually ...

Music Video Assignment Music videos are mainly made to help sell a song or an artist, music videos are basically a visual representation of the music that is being played this includes working from the tone of the song, the lyrics from the song and the style. This can help to explain the song with the visuals creating a better understanding for the song. A promotional video can be made to help draw in an audience as well as help to market an artist and to help promote a brand. A music video is sometimes to help an artist's image or popularity for example in a music video they might want to show off some dance moves or some form of acting in their video as well as gaining fashion trends through the video. A good music video would require it to be memorable for the viewer also for it to be a unique music video in some way. An intend of a music video will be to promote certain brands within the video. This music video below was considered one of the best music videos ever made...