The film that I chose to watch...

The film that I decided to watch from all of them on the website that I was given, was Ryan. It had been given a lot of praise and so I decided to watch it.
I thought it was beautiful. I think that the scenery and a place where you shoot a scene is something that makes a film what it is. The lack of colour lets you use your imagination as to what you think everything would look like. The film portrayed a child’s innocence and really challenged the viewers stereotypical outlook on people from Manchester.

Why I have applied for the BA (Hons) Filmmaking course

I wasn't able to make it to any of the open days that took place, but I did travel up from Kent to have a look around the campus on a weekday. However I wasn't shown around the actual university, I had a good look round the grounds and everything that surrounded the University and the things that the town offered.

I have applied for this course because I really liked the sound of the course in the prospectus. It sounds very professional and as the grades are quite high to get in, it seems like a challenge that I am willing to take on and show my work to the best of my ability and meet the grades that you are asking for. The facilities and the equipment that is offered to the students sounds like a brilliant way to come to grips with what the industry is working with now, and so when looking for a job we can state that we have knowledge of how to use certain cameras and media equipment that they are looking for people to be able to use.

Another reason, but only a minor one, is that one of my favourite actors who I inspire so much, went to Manchester University, and although it isn't the same one, he said that the town really gave him inspiration on how to produce a film and act in it. This person was Benedict Cumberbatch and he has come so far in life and he really inspires me in everything that he does. But also, Manchester as a whole is a really beautiful place, and there is lovely scenery in which you can make into really good settings for a film, using the correct lighting.

Overall, I love everything to do with media and would love to be considered to be part of the student life at Manchester Metropolitan university to further my education in filmmaking.

Television programme

In my media class we also produced a half hour long television programme. I was the director of this programme and so had control over everyone in the operating room with me, I also had to wear a headset so that I could keep in contact with the camera operators to tell them what cameras the presenters were going to speak into next.

I felt very proud being the director of this television programme because it was the biggest thing that we had done as a class and I felt it was an important job that I couldn't get wrong, and I was congratulated at the end of our final take.

Unfortunately the footage is too long to place on Youtube and so I do not have a link to it, but I will always have it on my memory stick and saved on my computer if you ever want to see it in that way.

Drama - Media Assignment

In this media assignment we had to create a drama based on any subject we wanted. My group decided to choose rape because it was an issue that we think not many people talk about and so we wanted people to realise that you can't distinguish a rapist from kind, caring people. It could be people that you least expect, even those closest to you.

We firstly had to find talent for our drama as I was director and cameraman. This proved quite hard because no one really wanted to be portrayed as a rapist in a college drama. Overall, it could have been much better, but the idea was there and we handed it in on time and we were proud with what we had created in our first year.

http://youtu.be/9y_3KftcEUI

Music Video - Media Assignment

Another assignment we were given in December 2011 was to make a Music Video to any song that we wanted. We all had to pitch our ideas to our lecturers and they then chose the idea that they thought would work best. Unfortunately this idea was not my own, but it was still a fantastic song choice and I was happy to work on it with the people I had been grouped together with.

I was allocated the role of cameraman, though we all took it in turns to edit and when Claudia (the director) was ill or away, then I would step in and direct because it is a big passion of mine.

It took us around a week to film this, and then around 3 weeks to edit it to the best that we could make it. We struggled with some points of it, but overcame them really well and the finished product shows this I think!

http://youtu.be/AFknUYYCasc

Coca-Cola Advert - Media Assignment

In this assignment we had to create an advertisement for any brand that we wanted. We decided that we would pick Coke because it was already such a well known brand and we really wanted the challenge of creating something that had not already been made by the company, and perhaps make it more entertaining than most.

We used quite a lot of talent in this shooting and so we had to decide the days we shot on the days that people were free. Mainly the teachers, but in the end we only ended up using one shot of one teacher because we only had 30 seconds to advertise. We shot one scene in a classroom, and we had all the talent we needed because it was our class and they were willing to help us in making our advert.

We used a Sony HD 1000 camera to shoot our advert, and then uploaded it onto a memory stick for the lecturer to keep. It took us 4 days to shoot and overall was a very entertaining experience for all of us.

http://youtu.be/4eRsHg_l_Zc

A short cooking documentary

I was the Director of this short film that I made with one other person. We were asked to create it by one of the lecturers at our college for his Degree that he was studying for. He wanted something that would set a scene for the kitchens that he cooked in and wanted it to be interesting but not bursting with too many things because the effect he wanted was simple yet effective. And so with this in mind, I decided to take a lot of scenery shots, showing the environment where the cooking was taking place, and also a shot of the view to show that it was a calm place to cook, therefore making better food. It took one day to shoot and the equipment we used were Equipment:
Canon 60D
70-200mm F4 "L"
28mm F2.8

GlideTrack 0.75

http://youtu.be/eTkBHXL9ys8