PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
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New York invasion by 8-bits creatures !
PIXELS is Patrick Jean' latest short film, shot on location in New York.

 Written, directed by : Patrick Jean
Director of Photography : Matias Boucard


I love this short video, its been around for 7 months and has got quite a liking.
I like how its animated and how things change into pixels as they get destroyed.
This would've been created using effects and editing after the filming. This would've required skill in filming and in the editing to put off the quality of his film.


I really like the use of Brake Out, to destroy the bridge, This uses of old and new combined, to say that the past still has an effect on how and the way we live in the most modern of city's.
The combination of Tetris and Pac Man also to combine with the game play of getting lines (Floors in the tower block) and eating dots (subway stations)Represents how some people can relate shapes and designs to games and media. 
This video will be targeted at many many people as the use of arcade games with the aspect of Pixel monsters taking over the world hits the old and young people, this is how this video has done so well, the mirage of the two aspects involves generations.

Thursday

Plan


Meet up with my teacher about camera and what I can do when filming.


Take in my new Nikon D3100, as im going up the city to take some pictures with friends.
Here are some of the results: http://a2mediadanielknights.blogspot.com/2010/11/photography-location-and-light-trail.html

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

This theory can be linked to help advertising in media.
A blog post on how media can be linked to the many stages of Maslow's theory.
This website is very good at describing how these adverts have used the 5 levels.
I will be looking at this to see how I could improve the adverts I product for the game.

This is a revised table showing Maslow's table but againsted the Social media table that someone has produced.

Xbox adverts

I do like the consept of some Xbox adverts. They tend to not feature the product untill the end. This then creates a sence for what it is being advertised. also showing the fun that can be had and the sillyness of how you look but it doesn't matter because these people are doing it on tv.

Car trouble!

At the moment the nitro RC car I will be using to film the advert and use in the media texts has broken down. "Flying point racing probe 2000".
This is due to many reasons;

1. It is very old by about 20 years. Which is alot in the RC car manufactures.
2. The nitro fuel I bought at 16% nitro was too much, burning out the clutch and the engine off revv's too much. It is used to 5%.
3. When I tested it in the summer holidays, which was when the clutch went. It flipped, maybe damaging the engine and it hit the ground at a funny angle.
4. Now the engine isn't tuned to the nitro fuel so it over revvs and stalls as it trys to move with out controling it.

At the minute it is trying to be fixed. The hard part is that the company that made it doesn't exist anymore. Meaning nor do the spare parts.
I do have a back up plan which doesn't mean filming the car moving, Which I can use if it doesn't get fixed.


This is to have the car still, With the background moving behind it, With single shots of different terrain, like a spinning wheel of pictures.
This will still advertise the game as to show what you can expect in the game its self.

Kett media

http://kettcreativemedia.blogspot.com/


This is the website that the media teachers have set up to aid us in our research and inform us of new and interesting things that are happening in the world of media, in the norfolk area.

On a sidenote..

In my spare time I volunteer For the Whitwell and Reepham station, This is a group that has come together to restore a station.


I do many tasks for the group, one is making video updates on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitwellandReepham
I take, edit and upload the video as well as advertise it in many railway related places.


This has helped me to learn the basics of editing and uploading to the Internet. Taking the photo's I have learnt to get the most out of the picture to document the Changes and new arrivals.
I use the editing program Magix pro 12, Which me and a friend won from coming first place in a short clay mation video contest. I find this very easy to use and it is enabled to upload straight to YouTube from saving. As I am used to this program Its possible that I will use it to edit my adverts.


http://hellesdonandcitystation.webs.com/


I also set up a free website for another project I'm involved in, Me and a group of friends are planning on cleaning up two old stations as they have reached a point where you cant see thin in the under growth. This was set up to advertise and bog updates on the project in junction to our flickr group.


This free website site was very easy to use and create. I did set up with another free website, moonfruit.com but I found this to confusing for a first time Weber.


Time is a crucial thing as editing and editing videos can take up a lot of time. This has helped me gain alot of experience in time keeping with this sort of thing.