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My thriller poster - the unknown

BBC discuss the development in technology

Develompment in technology

BBC started when there was your basic black and white screened television. in the early 60s colour TV was introduced and changed the amount of people viewing tv boosting the ratings for all the current BBC channels at the time. this lead to the BBC adding more channels in order to expand to adapt to the new craze of watching tv. the BBC has always adapted itself to the changes in TV and radio technology and the BBC has added more radio and tv channels to compensate. CBBC was launched in 2002 which is a channel directlyy for kids which again expands on the audience and helps increase ratings. and in recent days there has been the outbreak of the internet which has changed the way people recieve information. Audiences are spending more of their time getting their information, entertainment and education from interactive and on demand services online through mobile, PC and set top box. Our audiences are now spending a rising proportion of their media consumption time with international players such as Hulu, Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
In the television arena HD, 3D and interactive television are introducing challenges from commissioning right through to distribution. The share of online live streaming and on demand content consumption for both television and radio is growing, in some cases up to 15% of all viewing of specific shows now being on demand.


By Andrew Sharp.

BBC Funding.

Funding for the BBC

The BBC domestic television channels do not broadcast advertisements; they are instead funded by a television licence fee which TV viewers are required to pay annually. This includes viewers who watch real-time streams of the BBC's channels online or via their Smart phone. BBC TV international channels are funded by advertisements and subscription. Of course the licence fee makes the expression 'free-to-air' somewhat redundant and has caused speculation between viewers. a lot of people are still reluctant to paying tv licencing claiming it is obserd and dissagree with the BBC's demands. however the BBC was the first proper broadcasting company and was the only source of tv for a long time during the 1920s and 30s so tv licencing was compulsery in order to keep the company going.despite sepeculation the government do not fund the BBC. The license fee which funds the BBC is collected from us, the public, on behalf of the Beeb by the post office, who retain a small proportion for doing so. The BBC also sells its programmes abroad & to other channels to supplement its funding.

By Andrew Sharp.

media industry

BBC


History of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting house in the city of westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the united kingdom, channel islands  and isle of man.

The BBC is a semi-autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a royal charter and a Licence and Agreement from the home secretary. Within the United Kingdom its work is funded principally by an annual television license fee, which is charged to all British households, companies and organisations using any type of equipment to record and/or receive live television broadcasts; the level of the fee is set annually by the british government and agreed by parliament.

Outside the UK, the BBC world service has provided services by direct broadcasting and re-transmission contracts by sound radio since the inauguration of the BBC Empire Service in December 1932, and more recently by television and online. Though sharing some of the facilities of the domestic services, particularly for news and current affairs output, the World Service has a separate Managing Director, and its operating costs have historically been funded mainly by direct grants from the British government. These grants were determined independently of the domestic licence fee and were usually awarded from the budget of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As such, the BBC's international content has traditionally represented – at least in part – an effective foreign policy tool of the British Government. The recent BBC world service spending review has announced plans for the funding for the world service to be drawn from the domestic licence fee.

The 1920s

The 1920s see the creation of the BBC as an insititution and as a broadcaster. John Reith, the BBC's founding father, moulds its ethos – to inform, educate and entertain – which still endures to this very day, setting the model for many other public service broadcasters. 

Radio quickly takes off with the British public in this decade, as listeners cluster around their crystal sets. Broadcast 'first' follows broadcast 'first' – from first news bulletin to first outside broadcast, from first royal address to the very first sound of Big Ben on the BBC. The BBC also faces its first major government confrontation over editorial independence, during the General Strike of 1926.

The 1930s

The BBC expands with real confidence in this decade, symbolically marked by the construction of Broadcasting House, the first ever purpose-built broadcast centre in the UK. 

Innovation follows innovation, as the BBC pioneers an ever expanding range of radio broadcasts across arts, education and news, launches the Empire Service (forerunner of the World Service), and experiments with the world's first ever regular TV service under John Logie Baird.

But World War II put a rapid stop to further development - the last broadcast before the shutdown was on 1 September 1939.
TV remained silent until 1946, and the BBC radio's national and regional programmes were replaced by the Home Service.And this was the face of British broadcasting until after the war, when normal services began to resume.


The 1940s

The outbreak of World War 2 brings a pivotal role for BBC radio (the TV service closes during this period). Winston Churchill makes his famous inspirational speeches over the BBC airwaves, and BBC news becomes a lifeline for countless listeners in the UK and around the world, as the source of objective and independent journalism.

But Radio finds a lighter entertainment voice too -  through new music and variety formats; it launches some of its long-running programmes such as Woman's Hour and Book at Bedtime; and creates the groundbreaking Third Programme (later to become Radio 3).

The 1950s

This is the decade of television – triggered by the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, when 20 million BBC viewers watch the young queen crowned. Subsequent television innovations include Attenborough’s Zoo Quest, Blue Peter for children, the creation of daily news bulletins and analysis programmes such as Panorama, and the first ever British TV soap.

Radio in turn brings memorable comedy, the lyrical and unique Under Milk Wood, and the longest running radio soap drama in the world, The Archers.

The 1960s

This decade sees the confident expansionism of BBC TV and Radio, symbolised partially by the building of the first ever purpose-built TV centre in the world. From here come groundbreaking social drama (The Wednesday Play), sweeping adaptations of the classics (The Forsyte Saga) and the anarchic comedy of Monty Python's Flying Circus, while on BBC radio pop music is reinvented by the birth of Radio 1.

This era also witnesses momentous technological breakthrough, as the nation gasps at pictures of man on the moon and observes the transition to new colour television.

The 1970s

The 1970s see yet more evolution in BBC broadcasting. Morecambe and Wise make the whole nation laugh, while The Family shows us ourselves as never before in the first fly-on-the-wall documentary, and Attenborough continues to reveal the natural world in new and revelatory ways. Drama expands to span both the dark and the literary, from Dennis Potter to the BBC Shakespeare Project. 

New broadcast partnerships include the BBC's link with the Open University, which breaks new ground in universalising education.

The 1980s

A war-torn world gives a renewed focus to the BBC, whether reporting the Falklands War or mounting the groundbreaking Live Aid concert. Meanwhile, one of the largest TV audiences ever is recorded for Charles and Diana's wedding, television finally colonises the House of Commons and even our breakfast tables, and the BBC launches its most popular TV soap of all time, EastEnders.

There is a serious rift with the government over editorial independence, this time around the Northern Irish issue - probably the most serious since the General Strike of 1926.

The 1990s

BBC enters the digital age in this decade, developing a range of digital broadcasting and internet services. As it makes this transition, traditional genres are continually refreshed. Andrew Davies's Pride & Prejudice captivates the nation, Only Fools and Horses makes us laugh, and Teletubbies transforms programming for young children on a global scale.

News goes 24 hours, Princess Diana dominates the documentary headlines and, by the end of the decade, 19 million people will watch her funeral.

The 2000s

This decade is the digital decade, as the BBC responds increasingly to audiences' need to have programme content 'anytime, any place, anywhere'. The IBBC iPlayer launches successfully at the end of 2007, enabling viewers in the UK to catch up on programmes screened over the previous seven days. The BBC website grows exponentially, receiving an average of 3.6 billion hits per month.

The BBC is increasingly global – its coverage of the 2008 Olympics available on TV, radio, online and by mobile phone. Its popular programmes, such as Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing, become universal hits.

The company - who is it owned by and does it own any other companies?











Guglielmo Marconi made his historic foray into broadcasting in 1901, when his wireless transmitted the first radio waves across the curvature of the earth.
The Italian entrepreneur's broadcast, from the Isle of Wight to Cornwall, sparked the beginning of the broadcast revolution.

By 1922, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its daily radio transmissions, and "listening in" to the wireless quickly became a social and cultural phenomenon in the UK.


The BBC is owned by no one, it is the property of the british public of those who pay the television licence fee and the british government. Although it is state owned however, the BBC Trust run it on their behalf to guarantee it impartiality.


The BBC have a variety of channels including, BBC 1, 2, 3 and 4. They also have a number of radio channels playing throughout the UK. Also we have to count BBC inlayer which is a fairly recent addition into the broadcasting medium which is based on the internet and people can catch up with all BBC television programmes.


The BBC the heart of a variety of BBC corporations such as BBC american and BBC world wide.


BBC american - 

The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC television  and other British television broadcasters like ITV and Channel 4.

In the early days, the channel focused on repeats of popular lifestyle shows such as Changing rooms and Ground force BBC America's head of television programming later stated that it was important for the channel to establish a niche since non-UK viewers found the lifestyle shows appealing. The evening schedule is where most new programming would appear.

The network removed the popular British soap opera Eastenders from the schedules in 2003 after low ratings, but provoked a high number of complaints from viewers which caught the attention of the media.

BBC radio -

BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal charter since 1927. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs and interests. Internally, BBC Radio is now organised under the banner of BBC Audio & Music, which also oversees online audio content.^[1]

Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Live are all available through analogue radio (5 Live on AM only) as well as on digital radio and internet services through Real Media, WMA and BBC iplayer. The remaining stations, BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Live Sports Extra and 6 Music, all broadcast on digital platforms only.

BBC radio times (magazine) - 

Radio Times was first issued on 28 September 1923, carrying details of BBC radio programmes (newspapers at the time boycotted radio listings, fearing that increased listenership might decrease their sales. It was at one time the magazine with the largest circulation in Europe.

Radio times is also another way how the BBC is funded - merchandise. 

task 3 (might be wrong one)

Task 3 - campaign

Does my idea appeal to the audience?

My idea of promoting my film through a promotional poster and magazine interview, is the best way of promoting a film to a target audience. In my opinion they seem to work well for an audience.

With the poster, it catches the audiences attention and gets them thinking - whats that film? what is it about? It gets people talking and starts a 'viral' effect and that effect is the best way to promote a product in this case a thriller film - this especially good for films as people rely on each other opinion on the film on weather its good or not and if they recommend or not to other people.

On the other hand, a magazine article is a much different approach to the audience. In my opinion makes the audience feel more involved with the film on a more personal level and helps them understand it a bit more. It can also help make up their mind weather or not they want to go and see the film as they'd get more influence on what the film is about and what the views of the film from the actors, directors etc point of view. It gives more detailed information and can make the audience feel more special and connected with the film on a more in depth personal level.

In my opinion I think that these two marketing strategies work well for the target audience in mind 15 - 20 year olds. I think these advertising campaigns will work because the target audience is based around people of my own age group so i myself and the people around will know what the target audience will want out of the film itself and marketing campaigns (T-shirt, poster and magazine article) 

The kids in commercials are often a little older and a little more perfect than the target audience of the ad. They are, in other words, role models for what the advertiser wants children in the target audience to think they want to be like. A commercial that is targeting eight year-olds, for instance, will show 11 or 12 year-old

The poster design is based around other films based on similar genre and of same kind of target audience - well thrillers I like myself, such as secret window but I'm basing the marketing campaign of those of more successful and more well known films such as jaws and inception.

I think the biggest strength of using these ways of advertising and promoting my film is that they met the requirements and needs of my target audience. For me id like to see these ways of marketing strategies for a film - so i based myself around the needs of the target audience as I fall into that category.

The primary aim of this article is to estimate the multiple determinants of film advertising expenditures in four important media, namely television, press, outdoor and radio, in the UK. First, television advertising, the leading film advertising medium, is examined as part of a system of equations, capturing the interdependences between advertising, the number of screens on which films are initially shown and box office revenues. Then a reduced form model is put forward to reveal the determinants of film advertising in the four media. While major distribution companies have different preferences for the use of the alternative advertising media, results highlight the importance of quality signals, such as critical reviews, in determining advertising expenditures in the film industry. Moreover, advertising expenditures can themselves be considered to offer potential cinema goers signals of film quality

So in conclusion, from what I have researched I have found about certain ways of promoting and advertising filmn, I have found what is best for the advertising of my thriller and understand the needs and wants of my target audience. 

video installation 4th and final

Video installation magazine article 

My two chosen directors are Tony Oursler and Sam Taylor-wood.

Sam Taylor- wood - Still Life

For me this has been my favourite out of all the video installations not just because its the last one I have left to watch also because it has made me think of all the possible things it could be representing or trying to portray…unlike the rest I feel like it actually has a meaning!

Still Life, I like the title i think it works very well, and triggers the thoughts of the audience (well it did with me anyway) what I was thinking the fruit and the pen - the fruit is a symbol of our lives on how were here, we live make an imprint with our thoughts and our ways and then we slowly die and wither and still leave a mark with our thoughts. The pen to me seemed like a symbol of our thoughts and how much of impact it makes, in my opinion even more so than us ourselves - because the things we do and say don't die - they live on without us and don't change and thats what the pen is meant to be symbolising and the stain of the fruit is our legacy of what is remembered of us! 

I also thought that the pen could represent time and how we change and think that we may change the world, opinions and people etc but really we don't and everything stays the same but the times that were born, grow, live and die - nothing changes just us and then everything continues without us, like we were never there.

It made me think of the whole relative time theory because when you look at the pen you don't know really how long time has gone by but then when you look at the fruit you can see how the effect of time has changed the fruit and the impact it has had - it could also mean how time changes matters for different things and people - age, emotions, lives etc! And the objects in the film are just representing different matters!

 For instance some peoples lives don't really change and it stays the same and they live long dull typically normal lives (the pen) and on the other hand you have people that live drastic constantly altering lives 'living life in the fast lane' (the fruit) 

I think the theme is life as its given away in the title really but if it didn't have that title I think I would of thought the same things it would of maybe been a tad more difficult to figure out!

The research from this film has helped me think about what I'm going to base my video project around and how am I going to portray it - I think id like to portray my visions in a similar way to what sam taylor wood has done here and use symbolism for representing my ideas into context. As I think its a subtle yet simultaneously impacting and clever way of projecting a vision to an audience!

video installation 3

Video installation magazine article 

My two chosen directors are Tony Oursler and Sam Taylor-wood.

Sam Taylor-wood Hysteria.

This video freaks me out a bit, mainly because its boring and gives me fatigue but yet again like with the other films - what is the point, even the comments on the video are on the same wave length as me, maybe because I don't have the intellect and composure of such geniuses - who'd of thought great minds would create such magnificent work such as a woman being an emotional wreck in a dark room…but anyway heres what I think the content of the video may be about, enjoy!

 In Hysteria It shows a close-up of a woman's face laughing and shedding tears at the same time, is it supposed to be an investigation of different "methods of madness." thats what it looks like to me, like she has bipolar disorder but I very much doubt thats what the video is about.

 Heres some more of my intriguing theories on what this video may be aspiring to portray to the audience 

 i'm trying to find something to write 500 words about a woman laughing, crying and being angry…time of the month? Oh that could actually be it - as the film has no dialogue or sound it could be her suffering in silence…she's laughing being normal then she gets all weird and emotional but we don't know why and she is in silence…??? Artistic message - of women being strong?! like he-man, oh wait like woman! 

But thats just a few ideas. though I was thinking it could be more to with emotions as a whole the audience is stunned by the silence as we expect to see noise with laughter and smiles not silence - and thats what makes it eery, then the laughter progresses to anger then sadness (crying) so maybe Sam Taylor-wood is highlighting to the audience how quickly and uncertainly emotions and people can change and how each of the three different emotions are different yet smoothly flow together and we dont nessacerily notice how different but yet similar the emotions are.

As for the theme, well…what theme - how is there a theme or am I just being dumb and naive? The theme I'm going with is emotions and emotional torment. Because her emotions had a certain impact on the audience - for me it was confusion…I can say that if I was watched that for a certain amount of time I think id be doing the same as that woman! So I think it has a whole physiological theme to it!

From researching this particular video I have gained nothing, well actually try and not to make your work look to artistic and 'out there' because to me it looks silly - but on the other hand i could just create something random and unnecessary and say it has some meaning or message because thats what it seems this lot have done! and thats the influence this video has had on me and my ideas for my project film! 

video installation 2

Video installation magazine article 

My two chosen directors are Tony Oursler and Sam Taylor-wood.

TONY OURSLER CAVE IN

So again I'm sitting watching the mans work and I'm thinking really? Has this person actually got fame and fortune through these pieces of work?

 But I do prefer this piece of work compared to the alcala subastas one, just because I seemed to think there was more of a message - the talking head thing on the chair look ilke someone who was building up worry about everything from what it was saying and the noise of everyone else was the people around it just over looking and ignoring what she was saying even if was simple things like 'matters in the air' to things like 'controlled explosions'

Maybe the video was about the stresses of everyday life for the modern man - and how we're just a mind and we can't really cope with all this information and things going around us and in our individual minds and we just feel alone with our thoughts and it feels like no one is listening but actually people are, and most of the time sharing the same thoughts as one another. 'a box cut deep, is deeper than anything' - might be how our thoughts can be over exaggerated.

but yeah, just what i thought the video was trying to project to the audience, that's the message  I got from it anyway! 

The theme…It seemed to me the theme was people and how we think - what everyday life brings our minds to think and feel. In my opinion it portrayed a great deal of loneliness and fear - the character looked so defenceless, from what it was saying sounded scared and worried.

I liked the artistic way Tony Oursler portrayed the emotional factors in this film (if thats what he meant to do anyway) I may use that as an inspiration for my film if he didnt because it seemed to make me connect and engage more with the character and try to work out what was going on…i thought it was subtly clever!

Compared to the other film of Tony ourslers I thought this one was much more unique and interesting mainly because it seemed to have a message to me and didn't seem a boring and pointless. It had a different camera frame too and didn't last as long (less is more).

From the research of Tony Ourslers film I have took inspiration from his unique and quirky ideas and may use my own variations in my own film project - even though i think there a tad dull and pretentious, I have slightly grown to kind of like them…but I still dislike them more than like them because his videos are just basically pieces of video with consists of mobile human features projected in luridly over-ripe color on a bulbous white sculpture, a doughnut shape in one case and configurations of two or three ovoids in the others. Conforming to the convex surfaces, giant mismatched eyes, fat lips and big snaggly teeth (no noses) make up weird, comical and oddly endearing faces. Eyes blink and swivel and mouths smile, frown and pucker while emitting barely audible words or nonsense syllables through nearby speakers. 

ta-da thats my magazine article on Tony Oursler.

Video installation 1

Video installation magazine article 

My two chosen directors are Tony Oursler and Sam Taylor-wood.

TONY OURSLER AT ALCALÁ SUBASTAS - 

The film is just basically fragments of various peoples facial parts moulded together to create some kind of being - a monster or alien like creature in my eyes. This was probably achieved using adobe aftereffects or photoshop. This dialogue of the film is just a person talking about random yet interesting things but the audience can't quite hear him kind of background noise and also he's used a classical genre of music to played while the creature is talking. Has he done this to frustrate the audience - that we're going to be interested in what this 'thing' is going to say but yet will not let us listen to words it has to say? I don't know, I just think he's done that so people play it more times therefore have more hits but each to their own opinion. 

modern art, a visionary, unique or just pretentious nonsense - in my opinion the last comment but what is Tony Oursler's purpose? I think maybe to scare or confuse the mind - the audience knows what is there but cannot figure out quite whats going on or why. 

The theme of his work I cannot really work out? Is he trying to put a message across, I don't know?! I cannot understand the purpose of the video or what some people call 'art'…but maybe that it self is the purpose that things to not have to have a purpose - why can't beings be, do or say something without it having to have any special message or meaning!  I mean its literally about nothing, nothing happens, nothing important is said, its just basically some eyes moving, a mouth talking but you can't hear what its saying because he's trying to be all artistic and unique with his classical music playing over the top so the audience thinks 'oh thats interesting a combination of music and someone talking i don't know how he came up with such a unique and original idea…oh wait he was probably just sitting at a bar having lunch and he was trying over hear someones conversation but he couldn't because someone was playing music and he thought oh this is thought provoking I'm going to base some of work my work around this idea' and that is (probably) how Tony Oursler came up with the idea - so calm down art enthusiasts, he not some visionary - he just some guy who has the same thoughts of everyday people but is just clever enough to make some 'art' out of it because pretentious go getters like you fool for it and make him money - I could create stuff like this but I have other things to do!

This has made me think about how I will make my film based around this video, and so far I do not wish to take inspiration from the video because to me it seems pointless and doesn't have anything appealing - just seems pretentious to me, but that might be me being naive.

task 1

Task 1 - responding to the brief 

Throughout the process for marketing my film iv decided to choose two of the following strategies -

- promotional poster

- video webcast 

- social media presence 

- audio podcast

- video trailer

- productions stills pack 

- DVD cover design 

- website

- behind the scenes magazine interview 

for me i have chosen to write a behind the magazine interview and design a promotiol poster based on my thriller!

For my Magazine article, I'm going to do a two page spread filled with exclusive photos and information about the film. And an interview with the main character.

For my Promotional poster I'm going to use my idea that I already have based on the film and print it, while incorporating the 'print' method were learning about for a more unique twist.

cmyk screen printing in photoshop

If you want to silkscreen a full color accurate representation of a photo image it will require four separate colour separations (four different screens) in halftone patterns to get a great looking screen print. This guide will help you produce a four colour CMYK halftone separation of your image. It’s not that difficult once you know what to do and the results are outstanding!
Step 1: Open your image in photoshop and make certain the color mode is set to CMYK and the image size matches the output of your printer. Generally that is 300 DPI.
Step 2: Go to filters<pixelate<halftone pattern and chose the max pixel radius you need. I often choose 12 but 8 gives a finer detail (you’ll need a higher mesh count than 110 to reproduce this well).


Step 3: Open the Channels window and switch off all but one channel. You’ll notice that when you do this your image appears black and white. This is good. This is the page you’ll want to print onto your acetate or paper for your film positive. If you zoom into your image and you notice there are still some grey areas then you will have to adjust the levels a bit to get rid of that. You only want to print an image that is black and white. When you print make sure you print with crop marks so you can use those to register the layers on your screens.
  

Step 4: Repeat step 3 by turning on each subsequent layer and turning off the others, fixing the levels and priting that page. You’ll do this for each of the four channels.
Step 5: Once you’re finished you will have the four film positives that you will print one on top of the other to create your photorealistic screen print.
When it comes time to print you will want to print the page that was the ‘magenta’ channel in magenta, the ‘cyan’ page in cyan etc. That will give you the right colour combinations to make your photo print. I encourage you to experiment though, you can get amazing and inspiring results by changing the hues, saturation or flipping the colour values of the four screens. Once you know how to do it right you can do it wrong and make it your own.
Happy Printing!



wasnt here when it was explained

cmyk stands for cyan (blue), magenta (pink), yellow and key (black)
these four colours are used as small pigments to make different colours and different images using loads of little combinded colours dots.

step by step how to screen print

1 - get your material to print on i.e paper, shirt etc also cover your work area and yourself with protective material to stop staining and mess
2 - get film positive and the mesh frame? place it in the lightbox until ready for use
3 - take out the resources from lightbox safely and place carefully is the correct/appropriate place using a clamp
4 - get something to hold up the 'mesh frame' at an approx 45 degree angle while preparing for the printing process
5 - get a spatular, medium (ink) and squedgie
6 - using the spatular place the medium onto the mesh with the paper/shirt underneth
7 - carefully place the mesh down and using the sqwedgie slide the medium from one end to another and back again staying about 1cm away from the frame.
8 - carefully lift the up the frame to reveal your work and then put the thing to hold it up underneth again and thats it!