For my Fantasy brief research, I have decided to primarily base my idea on the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogy as there are similarities in my series and the lord of the rings series. Most of my ideas came from my head through random thoughts and during tasks in online lessons. I made a mood board to share my thoughts and ideas: The current plot idea: History of the stones: This will be explained at the very beginning of the series: Many hundreds of years ago, a powerful sorcerer named Straviar sought to rule the known world and […]

In today’s lesson, we looked at legal and ethical considerations Ethics Ethics are a system of moral principles that considers what is good for individuals and society and also described as moral philosophy. There are some films/tv that were released decades ago that were alright at the time but nowadays they would be unethical. For example: the 2006 film Borat. Filmmakers need to take ethics into consideration because they have a responsibility to be fair and inoffensive and to be morally correct. They need to keep the wide audience happy with the content they are showing and try not to […]

Netflix is an American subscription-based streaming service founded in 1997 where you can watch a vast library of movies and tv series with no ads on demand. Netflix started as a DVD sales and rental business but hurried on to a streaming service. Their target audience is the 25 to 34 age group, as it is the age group that mostly uses the platform in 2017. In 2018, it was mostly the 18-24 age groups and the 35-44 age groups. 57% of its current viewers are female, while 43% are Male. Per cent of age groups: 24% are 18-24, 25% […]

In today’s lesson, we looked at title sequences and their techniques. A title sequence is a way of introducing a film or a series to an audience by showing the cast and crew involved within the production. They must make it memorable, interesting, and exciting to captivate the audience. In groups, we researched a title sequence and looked at the techniques used and the reasoning behind it. We saw that in the Game of Thrones title sequence, the sequence shows a 3d world map of a fictional world projected onto concave earth this is lit by a small sun. As […]

In today’s lesson, we looked at the BBC modern class system that replaces the old class system. Which was just upper class to lower class. There are seven categories: Elite, Established Middle Class, Technical Middle Class, New Affluent Workers, Traditional Working Class, Emergent Service Workers, and Precariats. Each one is sorted by wealth, social interactivity, and what activities you do. It also describes each class. Elite These are a small group of people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, political power, privilege, or skill in society. These people are the uppermost class of society. Examples would be MPs and […]

In today’s lesson, we made a google forms survey for our fantasy briefs. Primary research for a target audience is important because you need to know what your audience likes so you can use that information for your project I asked the questions because I wanted to know if people liked my idea or not and I could see what I could improve on Varied questions and formats are important because you need to have variety in the questions so you can get better results from other people doing your survey. Link to the survey: (It has been updated therefore […]

In today’s lesson, we looked at storyboards and animatics and we also made a storyboard for our briefs. I have decided to make a storyboard for my animation, the first frame is the villain approaching Zeph through the flames, the second frame is the villain saying “It’s over Zeph! the village is ours!”, the third frame is a close up of Zeph getting mad, the fourth frame is Zeph saying “The stone isn’t yours! it doesn’t belong to you!”, the fifth frame is the villain smirking, in the final frame, both charge at each other and clash their swords to […]

Let me start by explaining what Demographics and psychographics are DEMOGRAPHICS   Demographics ~ Who they are The characteristics of the person, such as their age and income There are three types of Demographics: Professional / Managerial: Higher paying professional roles and lower-paying management roles. These can be Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Directors and managers. Intermediate: Office & service workers and lower-paying supervisor & technical roles also include Nurses, Health Care Workers, Heating Engineers, Plumbers and Shop Assistants Routine / Unemployed: Low paying routine jobs, part-time occupations, unemployed people, living with benefits. The jobs would be the type that anyone could do, […]