Prepare yourself to have little money while starting yourself of in the industry
Submit your Script,film or any other media content into competitions to get yourself and your walk out there.
Do research into the competitions you are entering such as Enter the Pitch
Don’t be shy about your work if you have faith in it so will studious and producers
Get people to analyse your work and work of what they have to say.
Don’t worry if you get turned down in the industry this is likely to happen just keep going through until you get that yes
Make sure you always try to improve on your media skills
Make a plan of where you want to be and keep to it.
This is a short guild into what could start out in the media industry a kind of helping hand or dummies guild, it will help you when you have finish all stages of your media degree. if you are still doing your media degree you may still be finding your filmmaking style but keep at it and enter various competitions.
as a media student you will understand it is very hard to break into the industry because so many people are trying to make there way in the same industry. simply by doing your research and keeping your work you can make it into the industry.
There are many various roles in the media industry which include film and TV just look at how many people are involve in film next time you watch a film by watching the end credits.
Skills you will need
you will need various media skills such as editing,Camera operating and directing as well as other plus skills in lictriecy and maths..
What you will Be paid
You will have to prepared to work long hours and to be short on work sometimes. the money you will earn will be varied.
BECTU is the UK’s media and entertainment trade union; sectors covered include broadcasting, cinema, film, digital media, independent production, leisure, theatre and the arts.
BECTU have offices in many location in the UK they have a head offices in London and regianal offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Salford and Glasgow.
Analyse Sound Design from Film,Animation and Video Game.
The Matrix
The matrix is a Sci Fi film from 1999 which stared Keanu Reeves,Laurence Fisbourne and Carrie Ann Moss.
You Hear the sound of rain and thunder as the two characters exchange dialogue, the rain and thunder sounds like it surrounds the building they are sitting in. Rain and thunder quiet down as the music comes in and becomes more intense.
With a sound of thunder as Neo makes the decision on which pill he has chosen.
Spirited Away
Spirited Away was made by Studio Ghibi Film
The creaking of the stairs, Chihiro body hitting the wood works well with the build up of music. The sounds always build up until you have the loudness of the crashing of the stairs breaking and then Chihiro constantly screaming going with tapping and breaking of the stairs as she runs down them until she slams into wall. The slight sound of the opening of the window and the other character coming out above her followed by the slight “poof” of smoke as he exhales his cigarette smoke. The loud sounds of the breaking of the stairs complement the quiet sound of the creaking at the start.
Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham Asylum was the first of of series of Batman Arkham games the follow up were Arkham City and Arkham Knight and Arkham Origins Which was A prequel to these games.
There is eery echoing through the halls of the asylum as Batman walks along what gives it a atmospheric feel to it what makes feel like you are in his the asylum following Batman’s footsteps like you are Batman himself. There are flashes of Thunder and lighting what adds to the mood of Batman’s Journey.
Police Sirens go around while dialogue of his parents come through a reminder of Bruce’s which adds to the creepy and moody atmosphere.
The sound very much keeps the tension building up until you see his dead parents, the dialogue becomes more sound and violent the echoing sound gets louder.
Piano music comes in but voices continue around the young Bruce Wayne.
Ben Burtt is a sound designer who has worked sound on many well known projects which include all seven Star Wars film, Indiana Jones films, ET and Disney Pixar Wall-E.
The sound design Ben Burtt has made goes from a range of different sounds such the sounds of droids in the Star Wars Films.
Ben Burtt also came up with the sounds of The lightsabers and this how the Lightsaber sound was created. The lightsaber sound effect was developed by sound designer Ben Burtt as a combination of the hum of idling interlock motors in aged movie projectors and interference caused by a television set on a shieldless microphone.
Above is a video of Ben Burtt Talking about the Lightsaber Sound.
Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound can be tracked back to the year 1975 when George Lucas hired Ben Burtt and Kurtz
SKYWALKER SOUND
“The pulsating hum of a lightsaber. The thunderous footsteps of a stalking Tyrannosaurus Rex. The awesome roar of Star-Lord’s Milano. For more than a generation, Skywalker Sound has created soundscapes that have redefined aural immersion.”
“With origins based in Ben Burtt’s landmark work on 1977’s Star Wars, Skywalker Sound specializes in sound design, mixing, and audio post-production across multiple mediums. From the gathering of real-life, organic sounds to developing new techniques in sound presentation, Skywalker Sound remains one of the world’s most innovative facilities — eager to explore, create, and venture into the unknown.”
Some of Sound Editors at Skywalker Sound Of Course Ben Burtt who isSUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, SOUND DESIGNER, RE-RECORDING MIXER,Benjamin A Burtt SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, SOUND DESIGNER and Christopher Barnett SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, RE-RECORDING MIXER.
The projects what the Skywalker sound has worked include the Star Wars Films, Captain America Civil War, Finding Nemo, Howl’s moving Castle English Version along with many other blockbuster and smaller film projects.
The Skywalker Ranch is the home of Skywalker Sound which is located in Marin.
Sound Designer
A Sound Designer starts of by Studying the script to try and get as much information they can. A meeting with director and sound is a most. some directors has a clear idea what sounds he wants in his film or some want the sound designer to sit in on the rehearsal.
Detail of King Kong hand with actress Fay Wray in hand in a scene from the classic 1933 film “King Kong.”
“It is widely felt that female characters in film have been restricted to the easy categories that classical narratives and familiar genres demand of them (the typical complaint is that women in films are either ‘virgins, mothers or whores’).”
Carey Mulligan a British actress known for Drive and Never Let me go has said She does not like the strong women Label in Hollywood.
“Carey Mulligan has revealed that she dislikes the “strong woman” label in Hollywood because it suggests that female characters are “inherently weak”.”
““You don’t say to men, ‘You played another really strong man’. The idea that women are inherently weak and we’ve identified the few strong ones to tell stories about…is mad,” she told Elle for its feminism issue.”
“The 30-year-old is among a host of leading ladies to speak out about sexism and ageism in the film industry. Patricia Arquette called for pay equality in her Oscars acceptance speech, Maggie Gyllenhaal railed against being deemed too old to play a 55-year-old man’s lover aged just 37 and this week, Jessica Chasten denounced the “sexualisation” of women in superhero movies.”
Above is a spider diagram that I did at the start of my SSI Showing the elimination of twelve Female Characters which I brought down to seven.
This is a brief timeline of women in film
Time Line of women in Film
1940
“Hattie Mc Daniels”
“17 Jan 1940”
“After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers’ pretentious status seeking” This was interesting for the time because Hatti McDaniels was a black Female working as an actress in the 1940s
1950s
“Marilyn Monroe”
“1 Aug 1953”
“born Norma Jeane Mortenson was an American actress, singer and model. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes,”
“Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve.” By 1953,
By 1953 Marilyn Monroe was performing lead roles.
1960s
“Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Audrey Hepburn)
8 Nov 1961”
“A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.”
1970s
“Meryl Streep
1 Jan 1970”
“Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 16 times,”
“She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977),”
1980s
“Sophie’s Choice (meryl Streep)
8 Dec 1982”
“Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie’s narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions”
1990s
“Halle Berry
1 Jan 1990”
“First black woman to win best actress for her performance in monster’s ball. Monster’s Ball is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, and Heath Ledger, and written by Milo Addica”
2000
“Doubt (Meryl Streep)
25 Dec 2008”
“In a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 a popular priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled 12 year old black student is questioned by the school’s principal.”
2015
Room Brie Larson
“A kidnapped mother and son make a daring escape, and experience a dramatic homecoming provoking a look into the power of imagination and the unstoppable force of a mother’s love”
“Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. A native of Sacramento, Brie started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco”
Damsel in Distress in film
A damsel in distress in films is a female character whose main reason in the production is to be rescued by the male lead, a good example is Mary Jane in the three Spiderman movies as throughout the film she must be rescued by Spiderman. Another example is Lois Lane in the superman films.
“Kirsten Dunst starring in the very definition of a “Damsel in Distress” scene here. I personally had a tougher time than most working up any real excitement over the Spider-Man series. But if over-the-top CGI- friendly comic book actioneers are your thing I suppose Sam Raimi and co. delivers. Don’t look now, but it would appear that our damsel got herself trapped again. A super-hero’s work is never done.”
Other example of Damsels in Distress
Naomi Watts in King Kong who has be rescued from King Kong and is constantly being rescued by King Kong himself.
Many early Disney Princesses were damsels in distress needing the prince to save their lives or change their lives for the better.
Eye Candy
The eye Candy in films is normally put in a film just because they look good and pretty much give teenage boys something to look at to keep them interested in the film. Like the damsels in distress the lead male has to save them, most eye candy have no personality or character development and are normally the love interest for the male lead. A good example of this is Mikael Banes played by Megan Fox in the Transformers films where there are various shots of her arse when bent over a car or bike, or generally ones of her looking sexy.
Above are examples of the shots from Transformers I wrote about.
Rey Played By Daisy Ridley
“Hollywood newcomer Daisy Ridley, may have been dubbed “Star Wars’s first female protagonist,” but that isn’t strictly correct: The franchise has had its Leias and its Padmes. What Rey is, however, is Star Wars’s firstfeminist protagonist. No distressing damsel, she’s instead a fighter and a survivor and a nurturer and an all-around badass.”
Rey is new protagonist in Star Wars Force Awakens.
Nomi Malone played by Elizabeth Berkeley
Reason Why Nomi Malone is a strong Female lead. These are some of the reason buzz feed gave for her character being a strong role model and female character.
She is comfortable with her own body
She Refuses to be labelled
She Takes care of herself
She classy
Nomi Malone was former prostitute and drug user who lost both her parents but she is strong and turns her life around by becoming the head girl in a showgirl show in Los Vegas, She also is not afraid to stick up for her friends.
Ma Played by Brie Larson who one an Oscar for best actress for the role of Ma.
Ma is a character from the 2015 film Room , Room was originally a novel by Emma Donoghue.
Ma wants to escape the Room that she has been in for many years, this makes her a strong female character in the film for me as it is the fact that she wants to escape while trying to be the best mother she can be, she has overcome her own fears while bringing up her son.
We never learn Ma’s Real Name.
Elsa and Anna Voice by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel
Kristen Bell is Anna while Idina Menzel Is Elsa.
Elsa has to overcome having Powers that she doesn’t understand and being isolated and trapped and keeping everyone out of her life including her own Sister. Later Elsa comes to terms with her power and is set free, The song “Let it Go” expains Elsa coming to terms with her powers and who she is. the song “Let It Go” contacts with many young girls who sing along to the song all over the world.
While Anna just wants to contact with the world outside and find love and reconnect with her sister who she was very close with once. “First Time In Forever” shows this very well as during the song Anna is very exited to let people in, while her sister Elsa just wants to hide away and conseal who she is and her power.
What I noticed about Furiosa in the film Mad Max Fury Road is that she is more of the lead character then Max himself, who acts as more of the supporting role rather than the lead. Even though the title of the film is Mad Max and the first three films Max is the Main character, Furiosa takes more of the lead in the fourth instalment.
Furiosa is strong as she knows how to handle weapons. She is living in this apocalyptic world and is trying to escape while protecting other female characters.
Juno Mcguff Played by Ellen Page
Juno Mcguff his a teenage girl who gets pregnant. Juno has to overcome being pregnant while also dealing with normal teenage life and getting to know the couple who wants to adopt her child.
I first started by coming up with three ideas for my film one of my ideas was similar to dante inferno, another was about a training and a boxer before they go out for the fight the idea I went for in the end was a follow up to level 3 project which Jenkins so I did Jenkins 2.
The reason I choose Jenkins 2 was to see how much I have improved since I made Jenkins one in level 3 media, I also wanted to improve with my editing skills but because I felt theses are the areas I was weak in.
After I choose my idea I begun to write the script on the script writing programme celtx.
I got my peers to help me film and act for my project. The Idea was to film Bradley’s film on Monday and we help him out as his crew and actors, Then did the same for Liam’s film Tuesday and finally mine the idea was we help you out to help me out.
The equipment I Used was camera lent by Liam.
The day of the shooting in my original script the scene was set outside but due to rain I decided to change the location from out to inside.
The end shot was meant to use a gun but because It was filmed in college I took out the gun.
In my Edit I felt It was a bit too short there was a jump cut towards the end.
I think the filming processes went well I think editing is actually worse than my edit for Jenkins one, I think by looking at my final edit I have not improve much since level 3 , I am still at the same level.
I had to do a present to my peers telling my idea of film and showing my film so they could give my feedback on how I presented my idea and how my edit came across this what they said.
Feedback
Quality of ideas presented
I was well presented
Clever idea to do a sequal be a pass project
Follow up to previous film
Could been better
The Idea was especially liked he to compare his own work and potentials improve on an old piece
little shaky and underscriptive
Talked about his ideas and clearly got across what wanted to do
Clarity of information presented
The information presented was clear and understable
He was clear information he gave
The information was very clear
Was the editing successful in Relation to project aim
Film was short could been longer with more plot development
I like how shows how you have improve
In terms of what Aaron wanted to do I think he was fairly Successful
The editions style was good and script worked. some tough cuts but overall gets the film . the film across although the ending was a bit abrompt.
Good idea could have been large
Below are photo I took of The fill in Feed Back Sheets
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