After doing my venue presentation it made me look at live performances in a different perspective. It made me wonder different things such as how did that set get there? how long would that take?

This clip is from a live performance by a supporting group called Metro Station. I noticed how the setting was a lot less than the main act and a lot less lighting was used. I thought i would put this video on my blog as research from live performances.

iMovie

During the end of September we made our own iMovies on a topic of our choice. I chose fashion in 3 different places (London,Paris and New York) I used one of the globe effects pointing out where in the world the catwalk was from. I used roughly 3 images for each place using different effects in between such as 'wipe' and 'crossfade'. When the city changes i showed the journey on the globe. Special text is also used 'pixie dust' when showing the cities coming up. I enjoyed making my first iMovie.

-Video my imovie here.

Putting on a show

Another task we where given was to find out information on 2 venues one in liverpool and one not. We made a presentation on these 2 venues answering several questions and displaying them creatively. I was given positive feedback with advice for how to improve next time. This advice included;

less information on some slides and make it slightly brighter to appeal more.

Creating an animation

During October we where given a task to create an animation based around Chinese New Year using serif. I edited an image of the internet using Adobe photoshop which I used as the main feature in my animation. The theme was the seasons changing which led up to new year where I put lanterns in her hands as lanterns are a signature item in chinese new year festivals. Creating the lantern took me around 2 weeks as i had a few problems and had to use stop frame instead of key frame.

My name in chinese calligraphy

During October a Chinese lady named Zilan Liao came into Holly Lodge to tell us all bout Chinese culture and to show us how to do some creative work. She played the Chinese harp which is a traditional instrument in China although she told us about how it's slowly dying out. We then done some Chinese paper cutting and Calligraphy. I really enjoyed the Calligraphy as Zilan went round and showed how to write our own names in Chinese which I found interesting. We also wrote a poem after learning chinese numbers and the 5 basic strokes. The paper cutting was quite fiddley as when making the butterfly we has to cut in certain places which was tricky. Overall i enjoyed the day and learnt quite a lot of new things.

Mask Making

A few weeks ago we researched Chinese masks giving us some ideas for when we designed our own. When we did design our own we used materials such as Mod roc, a plastic mask to create over, paint to decorate it and odd materials to go with your theme. I chose a rusty old theme which was a brown/gold colour with bits of wool for beard and items which also added more of an effect.

-(PLTS) Independent Enquirer, i believe i was an independent enquirer as i researched all my ideas and planned what i was going to do, i also changed my ideas as i started creating.

Lantern Festival

On Halloween we went to a festival where our lanterns where shown. There was a large number of lanterns but after a while i found mine. In the festival there was music playing and people acting as different halloween characters. At the end an animation was shown and people sang. This whole festival was about showing creative work. More detailed information about this event is in my A3 sketch book.