RECAP OF DVD MENUS AND WHAT WAS LEARNT LAST WEEK! :)

Photoshop tutorial; the three things i learnt in the photoshop tutorial where how to get an image in to photoshop itself, you do this through using something called browser where you select your image. The second was how to cut the background out of an image and the third was how to move the image around the screen and make ghostlike copys of it in the background.

Iconography; the things i want to put on my poster that link to the moodboard and the genre i have picked are pictures of two people either kissing, hugging or something romantic. Not only that but the genre is based around betrayel aswell so i've got some images of fighting between two boys (which will be three on dvd menu) to show the hard side of love and how it can ruin and affect peoples lifes.

Colour and composition; The colours im going to use in my poster and DVD menu are mainly going to be pink and red and maybe some white and black. The two first colours are the first ones you link to love and the other ones go nicely with them for co-oridination. The black and white layered are the ideas for making striking colours.

Canvas set up; i am going to have a portrait poster with lots of images that link to love and desire.

DVD sound formats & DVD writing speeds

We have been learning about different DVD sound formats and writing speeds for making your dvd's.
Some sound formats have a full sound system and others only include left, right, centre etc, but not the rear sound system.
We also looked at different DVD regions and why the companys empliment them. They are there for a reason so you cant buy a DVD offline or from a forgien country and watch it in your own if it has no yet been realised. There is a thing called 'price discrimanation' where in some countrys movies cost more to be prodcued therefore they want you to buy movies from your own country rather than at a reduced rate.

Scanning and Annotating Mood Boards

After todays lesson i have a better knowledge about photoshop. I have no figured out how to add text to a photo and add layers putting them in a folder.
First thing i did was use the scanner.
Opening photoshop and clicking import, then a box comes up from the scanner programme where you click scan.
After it was scanning we saved it to our system and went to edit it.

We had to explain why we choose certain colour themes and text.
We learnt how to create different layers of text and move them around the picture..as i have done here.

Skills Profile

Since i started the course i have had my eyes opened to different media elements that i didn't notice before i started the course and probably never wouldn't have either.
In my first lesson we looked at DVD menus with the class and then in pairs. When looking at the menus with a different perspective i realised that every menu itself tells you the story of what the movie is going to be about.
When we went on photoshop i would say i had lots of weaknesses, trying to follow the instructions sometimes had me a bit confused but i was eventually understanding what was going on.


My strengths this week is the fact i have gained knowledge and looked at things differently. Having a better understanding about DVD menus and photoshops has made doing things i couldn't do before a lot easier.


Weaknesses; my weakness this week was getting a bit confused with photoshop and not being able to do some of the basic techniques but i will keep trying in my own time until i'm able to do it.

WEEK 2

This is my second lesson. Today i've started doing my sketches and annotated them. Im going to have to use colour schemes carefully and make sure they all blend in. I also got given to DVD covers to annotate looking at the different elements of the covers. When i got home i started creating my mood board as a starting idea for my DVD menu. My mood boards theme is love so its main colours are pink and red for the colour theme.

This is my mood board. The next step for when i get to college is going to be to scan the picture so i can do editing to it on the computer using photoshop.

PHOTOSHOP

I dont have a huge knowledge of photoshop. I know how to do basic things such as, editing colours on pictures, adding text and touching up. I want to learn all the different things we can learn about photoshop as i dont have a wide knowledge. I want to learn how to make eyes, lips and hair different colours if you set the image to black and white.
We just did a brief photoshop lesson and i am possibly the worse photoshopper, EVER.
I managed to get a ghost like image in the background but now i wouldnt remember how to do that. Photoshop is very difficult for me.
I'm gonna have to try and learn everything about photoshop from the easiest thing like actually getting a picture on to photoshop through browser.


I learnt that control z - undo.
Control alt z - double undo.
We must always save our images as CYMK so that the colours and images are the same on here as they are on the internet or when printed out.

WEEK ONE; DVD MENUS

Today we watched 7 dvd's and looked at the different features throughout a DVD menu. We started looking at how we could use the ideas from other dvd menus to make our own.


Codes and Conventions;
CD - DVD autoplay;
Writing speed
Audio/ visual menus
Subtitles text
Regional codes
Parental control.


Functions and Elements;
Buttons, Images, Moving images & animations.
Text
Visual / sounds effects (button clicking).


Techniques and planning;
Importing material
Timelines
Chapterisation
Links
Rollover buttons
Visual / sounds effects.


Production and preparation;
Storyboards
Moving images & sound material
Chapters
Set first play
Build and burn.


Film logo and production company logo.
Scene selection - 4 options to select from.
 DVD menus i looked at were;


Forest Gump


Legally blonde 2

The Wrestler


Monty Phython Life of Brian


Anchorman


Press for Truth 9/11


Fast Food Nation.