Thursday, 19 January 2012

Costume/Props/Makeup Organisation

This table shows what costume, props and makeup we need, who is in charge of acquiring it and how much it will cost.

Costume/Props
Source
Potential cost
Person in charge
Suit (patch work)
Charity shops/dads


Wig
Rachel
Free
Rachel
Rings
Rosie-diamond
Plastic ring?
Free
Free
Rosie
Emma?
Props-spinning plates/Diablo
Rachel
Free
Rachel
Bowler hat with flower
Rachel
Free
Rachel
Tight skirt
Rosie
Free
Rosie
Blouse with buttons
Rosie/Rachel
Free
Rosie/Rachel
Posh suit
Joe?
Free
Joe?
Clown Makeup
Emma
Max: £3
Emma

Time Management

We have created a calender and have chosen tasks for each member of the group to focus on for example photos, costumes, props, actors and locations. We created this calender to ensure that everyone knows what they are doing and when they should do it by for the music video. 

There are a number of tasks we need to complete, these are:

Time Management - our ongoing blog posts will be completed by the whole group, these will be used to ensure that all of the group have done their assigned tasks

Research into Target Audience - this will be in the form of a focus group and Emma will be in charge of this. The focus group will take place on the 26th of January at 12:30 which will be filmed and posted on our blogs.

Performers and Casting - This will include photos of the actors and a grid to show who is playing each role.

Organisation of Locations/Permission - This will include photos of the locations, a formal letter to the Assembly Rooms and a risk assessment. Jack will be in charge of this.

Costumes and Props - This will include sourcing costumes and props, photographs of the costumes and props. Rosie and Rachel will be in charge of this.

Sunday, 1 January 2012

Creativity

Creativity - to be creative is to surpass original ideas or patterns to create new meaningful, thought provoking ideas. Some may find that creativity comes naturally others need inspiration.

How can you be more creative? - Creativity comes differently to different people, some find it easy to come up with a creative concept, others find it more difficult. In my opinion you first have to find something that inspires you, try to look at things from different angles and think outside the box.

Where does creativity come from? - I  think that creativity comes from emotions or how you perceive a certain subject for example if someone were to paint a scene from a war zone, one artist may be angered by the scene another may be upset and this will effect how they paint. Also how interested someone is by a certain topic will also affect their creativity.

What role does it play in creating a media production? - Creativity is very important in the media, if there were no creativity then all media products would be the same. For example, the most creative music videos are usually the ones that are watched multiple times because they are so interesting and different.

Sir Ken Robinson - he believes that every child is born creative, that children are not afraid to be wrong and are very willing to participate in most things even if they think they are wrong. Robinson believes that education is teaching children that it is bad to be wrong therefore depriving them of being creative because for children to be creative they must be allowed to make mistakes.




I think that the suggestions that the "How to Guide" make probably do work to some extent, for some people. For example, their advice to learn about new things in order to widen your knowledge, this allows you to talk about other areas and ideas with people. Also the idea of sleep and rest, everyone experiences a lack of concentration and creativity when they are tired. However I believe that creativity is not just something you just come up with out of the blue, it needs to be worked on and improved.