Poster Final

This was made using microsoft word due to my laptop not having Photoshop anymore, this meant i had to create this on school computers, which also meant i couldn't use the font i had decided on and ending up having to use a default. It was made in word so to export it has a image i had to print screen and copy it into paint, where i cropped it down to size, however this means the proportions aren't correct.

A2 FINAL PIECE

My project was too large to upload to blogger, so i had to upload to YouTube instead, this is an unlisted link which means you can only view it by following the link below, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Pf6V7JxNI

Song choice

Although it goes against some conventions of skateboarding, I decided to use a very upbeat fast electronic song by artist 'Skrillex'. The reasoning behind this is I wanted to make sure I could sync all the tricks up with the song to create a unique style not seen in many skateboarding movies. The electronic sounds also open up a lot of opportunities for editing techniques that do not work with genres like rock/hiphop.

Final Font

http://www.dafont.com/feast-of-flesh-bb.font?fpp=50&text=SKATETOPIA
This is the font i decided to use. I choose this because it's style represents skateboarders because it is very 'Punk' which is a massive stereotype when it comes to skateboarders.

http://www.dafont.com/skyline.font?fpp=50&text=SKATETOPIA
This is a font that i would have loved to use however it just didn't fit in with the style that i was trying to create, this would be used for a high end budget skateboard movie whereas mine is low budget and gives a view of the darker side of skateboarder, the high end budget films usually show off the artistic style of skateboarding by using unique filming angles and lighting.

Programs used

Sony Vegas Pro 9: This is what i used for the majority of editing, i've been using this program for about 2 years now so i am more comfortable using this software than what we have on our school computer (iMovie)

Adobe After Effects, I used this programme to cut out the part of the music i wanted and fade it and the start and end, usually AAE is used for special effects but because I was trying to stick to conventions, I didn't need to use all of AAE features.

My plan fell through...

I couldn't get to the event i was planning on going to to do some filming because my car was still being repaired, this means i missed out on lots of good footage. However i'm planning on going either tomorrow or at the weekend with my cousins to get a lot more footage for me to edit together.

Filming schedule

my location 'Adrenaline alley' is hosting an all-night skate event with competitions, this means i can do lots of filming and maybe get an interview or two with some of the people competing.

Front cover conventions i am going to use

For my front cover, i will have the obvious conventions like; price, magazine title, barcode and a banner along the bottom saying what is featured inside the magazine.
i am going to use a simple font in the banner, this is so that the viewer can read easily so it sticks to conventions. My magazine title is shown in a previous post, it is a very bold font that stands out in contrast with the simple font i will use for the rest.
I want to keep the cover pretty simple only use a max of 4 colours, i don't want it ending up looking like 'Hello' magazine or anything like that.

Heres a cover that has the style i am going for, it is simple with its use of colour. My favourite thing about this cover is the font used on the cover, not the title, but the content, it has been done in an italic font with a shadow behind it, also it is all in different sizes which but in a random order, it doesn't go small to big.

Front cover photo

After realising this weather would stop me being ableto get any good photos, i decided to look through all my old photos from when i used to skate all the time. this one was of my favorites that i found so i have decided to use it for the front cover, obviously it needs cropping so it will be the correct proportions to be used. this is from a school playcard near my house that we used to skate in. i might try adjust some of the colours to make it look better, i'll post a few adjustments if i find any i like.

Photoshoot

These are some of the photos I took, I tried to get a very simple but extremely high quality photo. They were taken using a Canon EOS 550D which is why I managed to captured all the detail in the skateboard with the photos.

Magazine Name

I decided on the name 'CONCAVE' for the name, this relates to skateboarding because concave is the what the curve in the board itself is called, when i decide on a final font i will upload it here.

Location: Adrenalin Alley, Corby

http://www.adrenalinealley.co.uk/new/

i emailed this company to see if they would let me in the park 10 minutes early to do some filming, but unfortunately i never received a reply. This means I'm going to go this weekend when it opens and see if i can get some footage before the whole park is packed.

Filming problems

Cold weather and ice, just what i needed, its practically impossible to skateboard in this weather so i'll have to wait out for a 'normal' day before i can get any decent footage.

Magazine Font/Titles ideas

Possible title ideas:
SKATE
KINGPIN - Part of the skateboard truck
Riser - used in between the deck and trucks to reduce pressure cracks
Concave - the curve in the deck
FrontSide - a style of trick

NEED TO FIND A TEXT
Possible texts(links due to macs not being able to print screen)
http://www.dafont.com/new-facebook.font?text=CONCAVE
http://www.dafont.com/impact-label.font?text=CONCAVE
http://www.dafont.com/ghettomarquee.font?text=CONCAVE

Skateistan: To live and skate in Kabul

This is a short documentary about the blooming sport of skateboarding in Kabul. It gives some background information about what goes on in Kabul, considering it is one of the most dangerous places in the world at the moment because of all the war, it is amazing that there is a community of skateboarders that is constantly growing thanks to Skateistan. It uses some incredible camera work along with some amazing skate locations, like collapse buildings due to bombings but what shocked me most about the locations was the skatepark,it's in what looks like a giant tin shed, but when Turza(the main character) opens the door, it reveals this beautiful, clean and well lit paradise for skateboarders. there are also some video dairies about this project which i will analyse in another post.
I really love the colours in the documentary, all the different shades of yellow give each clip character, this added in with the unique camera angles, gives the whole documentary a certain style.

Homeworkkk

technical codes - camera shots, movements
symbolic codes - choice of clothes or colours - symbolism
audio codes - music and dialogue

Skateboard documentaries use a very different approach compared to something like wildlife documentaries, its a much more 'down to earth' and laid back style, with shots that should have been bloopers being added into the final product just to give the documentary character. Camera shots; this is also something that is very unique to extreme sports documentaires because they have to film things in a whole different style, for skateboarding the camera man while mostly been skating beind the talent crouched down to get the best angle possible(see picture 1).

For choice of clothing 99% of the time it is up to the talent what they want to wear, however if it is a film for a certain brand, 'Etnies' for example, the talent would have to wear their brand of clothing for promotional reasons. For the odd time they do not get to choose their own clothes would be in a film like 'Lords of Dogtown' because it is set in the 70s, so obviously they have to wear the styles of that age.



Picture 1

conventions of film posters i am going to use

Film posters and their conventions

i really like this poster due to its simplicity, the use of only 3 colours really makes it stand out. The only issue i have with this poster is the 3 different styles of text, makes each of them look out of place but that might have been what they were aiming for.



This is a poster for the recently released 'Stay Gold' skateboarding film, what i love about the poster is the use of colour, although it's very abstract it shows character, also to add to the effect, the font chosen, it's practically a scribble, which is showing skateboard in its stereotypical 'i dont' care about anything' form.

Conventions i am going to use in my trailer

List of documentary films

Supersize meMorgan Spurlock eats nothing but McDonalds for 28 day, its shows the drastic lifestyle changes that happen to him.
Fighting for life, tells the story of docters and nurses in the military corp.
Buried alive: The Chilean mine rescue
A very British storm junkieStuart Robinson Chases storms around the UK
British Worst WeatherDr Nick Middleton of Oxford University investigates some of Britain's most extreme weather conditions, to find out how they are caused and why they are so dangerous
102 seconds that changed AmericaA documentary with 100s of different clips from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center
Genius of Britain
The God Delusion Richard Dawkins decides that science should stop sitting on the fence, a documentary on the exposure of 'God' using science.