Group proposal

Topic/Issue: Parody magazine show*-

Research the target audience: All genders, teenagers and young adults. It would appeal to this target audience because parody shows usually intrigue younger audiences. Especially with the introduction of online shows. Younger people watch youtube so would appeal to them.

Constraints: People might not be very co-operative in doing the challenges. We might not be able to find the presenters. We can overcome this problem by making sure we get all of the rolls ASAP instead of leaving it last minute.

Genre: Comedy/informative programme.

Typical conventions of a comedy programme are :

• Brightly coloured set. 
• Quite lively hosts. 
• The camera is usually quite free and moves around with the characters, although I think my camera will be stationary as the host is presenting to the audience, either that or they'll turn to one camera and then it cuts to them as they face another camera. 
• Sarcasm when the host is speaking seen as this is a news show.

Guests/Crew needed: 

• Presenter (four)
• Vision mixers 
• Camera operators
• Two mics

I would need four sarcastic naturally funny presenter(s)

VT Needed: 4 VT's

Sport VT
Gaming VT
Challenge VT
Music review VT



Step by step outline: 

Introducing the show
First segment : Weird gaming news.
Second segment : Weird sport news.
Third segment: Weird music news/review in certain amount of time
Fourth segment: Challenges (Maybe VT)
Ending the show

Unit 23/4 assignment 2 - Individual proposal 1

Topic/Issue: News show informing of weird news stories. Similar to the popular Phillip DeFranco show on YouTube but focusing on Gaming?(?) (Or a more broad topic) I want to inform people in a fun way. There will be an 'idiot of the week' where we show a VT of someone doing something mind numbingly stupid. We could mix it in with a small review of something big that's been released during the week? (Or a music video review? But not a very good one.) 

Set

Producer

Themes

Research the target audience: My idea is taking bits from an online web show. The Phillip DeFranco show. The kinds of people that watch that are ages from about 15+ to any ages after that up till about 50 years old. I know that my idea would be popular with said ages because because the viewing figures are from all of those ages.

Another show that is loosely similar to the show that I want to make is 'Have I Got News for You' This show is loosely similar because it portrays news in a funny way. Making it enjoyable but also informative. I know that my idea would fit who I'm trying to target because the viewing figures for Have I Got News For You, show this. The people who mainly watch Have I Got News For You range from Teenagers to Adults. I want to make a similar show, so this shows that my show would fit those viewing figures and appeal to the people I'm trying to target.

Constraints: The set might be an issue for our production. I don't want to just green screen everything I kind of want to make it like a homey type set. So this would require bringing in like comfy chairs and stuff. We might not have enough room. I'll overcome this by scouring everywhere for things that will fit in the studio and still give off the look that I want.


Genre: The type of programme I'm making is a comedy news programme. Typical conventions of a comedy programme are :

• Brightly coloured set. 
• Quite lively hosts. 
• The camera is usually quite free and moves around with the characters, although I think my camera will be stationary as the host is presenting to the audience, either that or they'll turn to one camera and then it cuts to them as they face another camera. 
• Sarcasm when the host is speaking seen as this is a news show.

In mine we'll get the host being super sarcastic and giving his real opinions on these news stories or when they are telling these news stories. We'll also have a weirdo of the week where they show someone being stupid or something in public. Then they will make fun of that. We'll get the camera angles to keep switching when they go on to tell a different story, like they'll face a different camera and it will cut to that when they goes to face it. 

Guests/Crew needed Make a list of people you will need in the studio (presenter, participants, vision mixer, camera operators, number of microphones) What sort of people would you need to be in the programme?

Guests/Crew needed: 

• Presenter (one or two)
• Vision mixer
• Camera operators
• One mic or two.

I would need one/two sarcastic naturally funny presenter(s) 

VT Needed: In the segment 'Weirdo of the week' we could film someone doing something stupid in public and then use that VT in the show. 

Outline structure:

• Introduction "Hello and welcome to _______ my name is _____ and this week ______
• Jump into the first news story make sarcastic comment talk to the camera maybe rhetorical questions to make fun of the news story. 
• Turn to the next camera talk about another news story maybe show a clip of said news story. 
• Turn to the next camera talk about the last news story, more sarcasm, funny humour etc.
• Introduce weirdo of the week explain it (As if they explain it every week) then show the VT
• Maybe do one more news story that's quite big or talk about releases coming out in the next month (Games??) Maybe review something(?) 
• Exit, "This has been _____ with me ______ good bye and see you next week"

Unit 33 Assignment 3 - Production and evaluation

Production: 

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Feedback:


What did you think about the narrative?

The narrative was well synced, the action followed the song.

What did you think about the character design?

You can tell who the Mum is and who the daughter is.

What did you think about the colours/drawing?

You can tell that it's quite a girly video, the colours are all pink and stuff

What did you think about the set?

The set was impressive that you got a Beyonce video to be shown in a doll house

What bits do you think could of been better?

Finish it

My target audience was teenager girls (or younger) who like Beyonce. Do you think it targets them?

Yeah it targets it because everything is very pink and stuff
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Evaluation

We set out to make a music video using dolls. We wanted put a message across that related to the song we used (Beyonce - Pretty hurts). I think that we have achieved our goal, the actions that we used during the song all had a deeper meaning to them and people seemed to understand that when we asked them questions. The use of barbie dolls was great because barbies have always been seen as perfect so it definitely matched the song well and gave the audience something to think about. The best bit from our stop motion was the sound, when the song said "Mama said you're a pretty girl" and "Brush your hair" because the action matched up very well with the song. Also the fact that it was a 'mother' doll brushing a 'daughter' dolls hair had quite a deeper meaning to it as well in that from a young age girls are taught to make themselves pretty by putting on makeup and doing their hair all nice, the lyrics of the song matched this and again, made the audience really think about the meaning behind the video. I really liked the doll house and how the set was put together. I did this in a certain way, for example when the doll was waking up in her room, the only things that really stood out in the room was the mirror and the bed. This is sort of symbolism for how much looking pretty takes over your life.  

I think that the weakest parts of my stop motion was probably the fact that when she was going to hug her daughter she was on her knees and her knees didn't move. I think this because it broke the principle of animation. We didn't mean to break the principle of animation, we tried to crop it out but this just didn't make the animation flow properly as it cut too a close up in the middle of a shot, it made it quite pixilated as well. We decided to leave it in because we really liked that part and it was too late to film. A few people mentioned this issue when we were getting our feedback so you could tell that it didn't just go unnoticed. In the future we'd definitely try to frame our shots up better. Our target audience are teenage girls. I think that we targeted this audience well because the soundtrack was a popular song that is mostly favoured by teenage girls. Also the colours that we used throughout were mainly used to target girls. For example pink and pale pinks. Also the fact we used dolls and that it was in a doll house. The message that we were trying to say during the video is a problem that mainly targets teenage girls as well and has done for many years, it's still a massive issue today. The different types of sound that we used were diagetic and non diagetic. I used many sound effects (including covers rustling, hair being brushed, doors creaking) and throughout I had the music playing. I think that the brushing of the hair was the most sucessful sound. I think this because everything syncs up perfectly. Especially the lyrics in the video and the action on screen. On my part a lot of the sound I overlaid them on each other to make it flow and actually be realistic. For example when she was getting out of bed there wasn't just one sound going on, there was the sound of the covers rustling and birds tweeting, also an alarm clock going off. 

What were the common answers about the storyline?

The common answers about the storyline is that it was easy to understand and they got the message that we were trying to portray. They said that it was fun to watch and creative. 

What were the common answers about the character design?

They said that they understood the relationship between the mother and the daughter. They thought that the characters were very creative in that we used barbie dolls to symbolise perfection.

What were the common answers about the colours/drawings?

The use of pink was mentioned a lot. They said that the use of pink/dolls house/dolls itself continued to add to the whole message and helped them realise the target audience more.

What were the common answers about the set?

They said that it was very impressive how we used the dolls house and it was very modern.

What were the common answers about what could be better?

They said to split up the lyrics over the face more. Someone said that we could of payed more attention to detail in props. Others said it was quite jumpy.

What were the common answers about the target audience?

Everyone agreed that we really got it right. They knew exactly who we were targeting and said that every aspect of the stop motion (sound/set/characters etc) The whole message behind the video also targeted girls. They said it was very well done.

Do you agree with the common answers; explain which parts you agree or disagree with and why.

I do agree with most of the answers. Nearly everyone understood that we were trying to target young girls/teenage girls and nearly every answer we got was positive. Everyone thought that the animation was very well put together and that it was very interesting to watch.  The only thing I don't agree with is the fact that someone said we could of payed more attention to detail. I think that we did pay quite a bit of attention to detail, for example I personally drew a picture and stuck it on the wall of the barbie dolls house because I thought that it looked quite plain. But also on the other hand we didn't actually change the fact that you could see the knees not moving on the barbie doll when she went to brush the younger dolls hair. 

Compare your stop motion to something similar, how does yours compare?

I'm comparing our stop motion to this because in this video they use lyrics on pieces of paper to match with the song and that's what we did in our stop motion. Though all throughout this stop motion that's all they did, I thought ours was a little more creative in making a narrative with dolls as well. The use of the lyrics is very similar to ours because this stop motion flowed very well and we tried to do that with ours as well.