Music Video

The following is a music video which was created during the second year of my media studies course. I took charge of the editing for this project.

 

Baddow Aid

The Sixth Form Students at my school ran a campaign led by myself to raise money for the Syrian Refugee Crisis. I recorded the vocals, filmed some of the footage and edited the video. The video isnt perfect but throughout the campaign we managed to raise £1250.

Film Opening

The following is a film opening created during the first year of my media studies course. I took charge of the camera work and editing for this project.

After Effects

Over the last few weeks i have started to learn how to use the programme After Effects. These projects don't look amazing but learnt a lot of techniques such as rotoscoping, feathering and motion tracking.

Music Video Storyboard

This is the storyboard for the music video I created in the second year of my media studies course.

Short Film Storyboard

This is a story board for the film opening we made in the first year of my media studies course.

Something Big

I had an idea for a film about a teenage boy who is diagnosed with cancer. This is a short script of how I thought the film would start.

Something Big

A script for an emotional drama about a teenage boy who finds out he has cancer but is determined to leave his mark on the world. He doesn’t know how long he has to live but he knows it could be two years or less. He has decided to announce his illness on a video and post it to Facebook.

Jamie: (Quietly)  I never thought I would be this guy. (Loud and Boldly) Today I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. 

(5 second pause)

(Slowly and quietly) Today I was diagnosed with cancer. I found out that I am going to die. They found a tumour around here (Points at chest). (Starting to build) They said its too close to the heart for them to do anything. They said that surgery, it wont stop the spreading. My chances are slim. 

(2 second pause)

But I’m not going to die today. And I’m not going to die tomorrow. I will spend every last breath I have and use every ounce my still beating heart to helping people whose lives have been destroyed by this disease. They will have something to live for again. 

(2 second pause) 

Cancer isn’t the end for me... cancer is only the beginning. (Quietly) This is the start of something big. 

(3 second pause) 

You will be seeing a lot more of me.

Dip to black

Title fades in "SOMETHING BIG"

Flashback to Jamie being woken up for school.

Earlier that day.

Debbie: (Shouts up stairs) Jamie you’re gonna be late for school.

Jamie: (Shouts downstairs) Alright, alright I’m just finishing up. (Jamie is putting the finishing 

touches on his sculpture for his art class, he smiles as he has finished his sculpture and is proud of the result).

Jamie on the bus protecting his sculpture on the way to school.

(School bell rings with establishing shot of the school)

Jamie is late to his class carrying his sculpture trying not to let it get knocked as he weaves through a crowded corridor.

Jamie: Oh, Excuse me. Watch, Watch. Ah.

Jamie runs the final stretch to his lesson. Slow motion and a heart beat sound plays as Jamie gets closer to the classroom. He grabs the door and collapses to the floor falling into the classroom shattering his sculpture against the floor. Fades to black. The thumping heart sound transforms into a high frequency which plays through the next scene.

Wakes up in hospital. POV shot showing mother crying. Muffled sounds underneath the high frequency.

Doctor: I’m sorry son.

Villain Monologue

Below is a film monologue I wrote for my English language coursework.

Villain Monologue

A man wakes up dazed and tied to an oak chair in the centre of a dark damp room. The chair is positioned under a flickering light bulb with fragmented wires spiking from the low ceiling. The silhouette of a dark masculine figure emerges from one side of the room. As his face eclipses the light his daggers for eyes are revealed along with his ominously warm smile which spread from cheek to cheek. He is wearing an all-black suit complete with a black tie and long ebony swept hair. Death clung to him with every breath he took in the freezing temperatures. He began to speak with his deep crackled voice gasping for oxygen at the end of each sentence. 

“My father told me that there are two types of people in this world. The plants and the viruses. The plants live their lives day to day conforming to the rules of everyday life whilst the viruses set out to corrupt the system and live life constantly on the front foot. Now, let me tell you about Plant Cloning. You can take part of a plant and multiply it into an infinitely by breaking the rules of nature. This is fantastic because you can have hundreds, maybe thousands of the same species of plants. But the wild thing about this is that because these plants are all exactly, the same, which means if one of becomes infected with disease then the whole breed will die out together. You’re my infected plant Agent Wolf and I’m going to wipe out you’re breed of the FBI.

You’ve been out cold for almost 2 days. And what an ordeal it was to get you here. We’re in the alps Agent Wolf. We’re in the alps and you’re going to die. I’m looking forward to watching you suffer. My boys killed your college Agent Stavros, his death was cruel and bloody. He was barely recognisable when it was over. They told me he begged to die; the suffering was too much for him. Will you be the same? We will see. But first. You’re probably wondering who I am, how I know who you are and what my evil plan is. Don’t fear Agent Wolf you will find out soon. 

It’s not a matter of life and death with you agents. You don’t have lives. You’re all the same. No emotion. No compassion. No feeling. They take everything you could be and turn you into, a killing machine. Yet, you call me a terrorist. Why a terrorist? Why not a freedom fighter? It’s a matter of perspective. You and I are no different Agent Wolf. You and I are no different accept people call you a hero. They don’t understand. It is the walls the system has built around us that will destroy this world. The walls that one day will one day collapse in on themselves. But that isn’t why I have you here today.

Now. Who am I? I got so carried away with myself that I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hugo Lorente. Son of the late Antonio Lorente, who was the biggest arms dealer in the whole of Italy. My father was shot murdered outside our church in our home town. The whole family was there to witness it, even my children. We were celebrating a wedding and in a moment of joy he was taken away from us. My father was a great man, loyal to his work, he saved our family, he saved my future. We practically lived in poverty for most of my childhood but my father pulled through for us and then you took him away. 

What I seek is not power or money. I seek vengeance. I know that you killed my father. I also know it was your boss who ordered you to do so. I am going to kill you and whoever it takes to avenge my father. I will kill and I will not care. Like your boss wouldn’t care about killing a so called terrorist. Your boss would be ‘doing her job’. Now who is the real villain here? We’re all murderers but who is the real villain? The real villain is whoever the public feel the least fucking sympathy for! If the public saw my pain, then they would love me. Everyone would love me.

I am the virus. You are the plant.

Ownership Essay

This is an essay I wrote for my mock exam in the first year of my media studies course.

To what extent does digital distribution affect the marketing and consumption of media in the media area you have studied? (50)

The media area which I have studied is film. Digital distribution is distribution which is achieved by using technology, for example websites and online trailers. Digital Distribution affects marketing and consumption in a number of ways which are mostly positive.

Multinational conglomerates such as the ‘Big Six’, who are an oligopy of multi-national film companies who dominate the film industry, use digital distribution to market their films. The ‘Big Six’ include Disney, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Paramount and Universal. Universal released the film Jurassic World in the summer of 2015. They used above the line marketing to distribute their film. An example if this is there interactive website which acts as if the park actually exists giving information about all the animals and enclosures. Another way Universal used above the line marketing was with their app which was a game developed to spark excitement for the film. People could build their own Jurassic World on this App. These two digital distribution techniques affected the marketing of this film positively as they could use the app and website as a means to directly interact with their audience to generate excitement for their film.

Another way in which Universal digitally distributed their film was by uploading a teaser trailer online on November 4th 2014 to YouTube. This is a type of below the line marketing as it is free to use YouTube. However, this technique was also used to generate excitement for the film and was a successful way of marketing the film.

The film spectre which was released in October 2015 used a newer developed type of marketing on the App ‘Snapchat’ with a channel on the page for a day. The channel showed short clips of Spectre being filmed. By using this app Sony were able to reach their target audience and this had a positive effect on the marketing of their film. The film Spectre also used Synergy to distribute their film. The ‘Heineken’ TV advert promoted the beverage as well as the film as the advert was played around the same time as the film was released. The film also used cross media convergence of the Sony music studio which the song ‘The Writings on the Wall’ by Sam Smith which was the theme to the Bond film. The song and the TV advert were both key distribution factors for this films as they both generated interest for the film across the radio and on the television.

The maximum, and near average, budget of a films distribution is 40%. For some independent films this may not be enough money to distribute their film so they rely on below the line marketing, such as adding trailers online and using social media. The Film Devils Due released a Publicity Stunt Video online of a Baby in a pram scaring pedestrians in a town centre. The video went viral meaning it developed a huge amount of publicity for this film and is probably the result of the film making a profit. The digital distribution used for this film was a very successful example of below the line marketing. 

The only negative there is for independent films in regards to marketing is that all of the free below the line marketing techniques can also be used by the mainstream films as well. 

The consumption of a film is also affected by digital distribution. Due to the increase in online software people can now watch films online. This is a new way for people to consume films online and it means companies can make even more money for their films. There are also a variety of ways people can view films now as a result of advancements in technology such as phones and tablets being able to stream films. These are positive effects of digital distribution.

For Independent films the use of simultaneous release is available as a result of the advancements in technology. Smaller independent films can be released online and on DVD, or online and in cinema etc to try and accumulate a better gross for their film. An example of this is the film Grace in 2014 which successfully made a profit from this way of releasing their film. The advancements in digital distribution mean that people from rural places and small villages can watch world cinema and niche films online when they wouldn’t normally be able to.

The two problems with digital distribution for all films is piracy and plots being released online. Illegal websites can often hinder the box office of films if they illegally become available online as people won’t go to the cinema to view them. Film plots are also sometimes released online such as the surprise ending to the new Star Wars film. These two factors of digital distribution affect the film industry negatively.

In conclusion, digital distribution affects the marketing and consumption and a variety of ways which consist of above and below the line marketing along with different platforms to screen films. However, the majority of these factors are positive which gives the impression that the affect digital distribution has on marketing and consumption is positive.