Get Ahead OCR Media

We were shown the Get Ahead OCR Media website which shows us lots of past blogs both good and bad. By looking through this website I can see how previous students have or have not been successful and what makes a good blog. I could also see from this blog what quality of work I should be producing to get the level I am aiming for.

From this website I took at look at the Level 4 Video which came up as a link on the right hand side. From watching their final movie opening, I could see that their camera work and editing looked very professional and well put together with a range of different shots and editing techniques. It gave me ideas on how to show the different titles in a professional looking way. This movie had a pause in the middle where no titles were shown, just a clip of the film. I found this effective as it gave more focus on the film itself with no distractions. Also, although their main titles looked very simple, this gave a good and professional effect which looked like an actual real life film.

I also looked through their blog and found that this quality of work was maintained consistent throughout. The research and feedback they got was to a good standard and their story board drawings were detailed, I can see that they put in a lot of effort into them as it is not just stickmen. They used media terminology which shows that they know what they're talking about and doing and really understand what they have been asked to do.

Also on this website, I looked at the Level 1 Video Blog to see the difference between a level 1 and 4. From watching the film I could instantly see a big difference in the quality of work produced. The camera was very shaky and there were big contingency errors. The different shots didn't flow together very well, they just appeared one after the other. The music started after the film had started and instead of titles there were credits which are usually shown at the end of a film, not the end of the opening. These are all small errors I must try not to do when I make my own movie opening.

Looking though the whole blog, I see that the quality of the work does not match the standard of the level 4 blog. From seeing the storyboard, I can see that not a lot of effort has been put into it as the drawings are very quick and not very detailed with no or minimal annotation. However, I can see they have a clear understanding of all the different types of shots from the photographs shown and that they have done a bit of research to get ideas etc.