Media
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After doing Media in GCSE and achieving an A*, I wanted to continue it into my A-Levels. We ended up having to produce 2 cover pages and 2 contents pages for our own fashion magazine. Along with that, we had to make a website and an audiovisual video. I really enjoyed making the magazine this time as I could use what I had learnt in GCSEs and incorporate that into my A-Levels. I am extremely proud of how they came out and like them, I do know what I can do to improve them but I find with anything you do you can always see the errors within your work.
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The audiovisual video was a short video for the website that was a way to promote the magazine. I used it as a way to introduce the models for the first two editions as well as this to so some behind the scenes of the photoshoots. The website itself we were only allowed to use our own photos or logos so it meant a lot of the visuals were missing but the base idea for the website turned out well and was something fun and different to do along side with the magazines. www.highlightmagazine.weebly.com
Photography
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Photography was a massive collection of multiple sketchbooks across two years with a handful of extension pieces and videos. Overall I came out with an A which I was super happy about. For our graded work we got to choose one topic ourselves and the other we had to pick for a handful given to us. I chose to do landscapes as that was what got me into photography in the first place, I then picked the topic of audience, viewers, spectators as it was something different to what I had done before and I wanted to do more portrait work.
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This is an extension piece I did which I really like, I had originally combined 3 different images and added a glitch effect along with a few other things. The processed photo then reminded me of the Nerve movie poster so I decided to make my own take on it.
I had done some different variations of time-lapses and even attempted a hyper-lapse which is a moving time-lapse which were things I had never done before. These were experiments at the time and I did enjoy making them as it was something completely out of my comfort zone. I also wanted to try some videos and cinematography to mix my media skills with my photography skills, this was a great opportunity to progress myself further and the challenge myself with new things. I mostly used these to experiment with different editing techniques and styles so they aren't the cleanest and best put together videos but they were fun to make and mess around with. |
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For the 15 hours final exam I produced a video also with a camera that was built out of cardboard, hot glue and spray paint that would fit around the monitor to make it seem as though you are watching the video through the camera. At the end of the video you see a lens looking back at you this was to make the audience feel as though they were being watched as well as being a spectator to the video. The video itself incorporated elements in which I had done throughout the topic. I enjoyed doing street photography as I love being able to capture people in them moments and catch their reactions.
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