Level 3 Creative Media Production

Photographer task - David LaChapelle He is best known for his commercial and fine art photography but he is also a music video director, film director and an artist. His photographic style has been described as “hyper-real and kitsch pop surrealism” and his work has been called “meticulously created in a high gloss, color-popping, hyper-realistic style” and his photos are known to “crackle with subversive ideas, rude energy and laughter. His phots are full of juicy life. His work refers to art history and often conveys social messages. He was born in 1963 in United States so he is 55 years old at the moment. He was bullied in school for being gay and when he was 15 years old to become a busboy at studio 54 in New York City. At the age of 17, he met Andy Warhol and hired him as a photographer for Interview. His first photograph was of his mother, Helga LaChapelle, on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. Some artists have influenced his photography an...

Observational Mode Case Study Definition Observational mode helps the film maker engage with the subject of the documentary and with the audience. The film maker gives the impression that the camera isn’t there so that the subject acts naturally and behaves as they normally would. The Great 5 Year Old Cake Off - The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds This youtube video clip is about 5 year old children, showing how they would act when a specific day to day real life situation faces them. The observational meaning and mode fits this video precisely, this is because if the camera were obvious and the children were aware of the cameras, they would of not acted naturally to the situation. Therefore, that's why i think this documentary is good because the cameras are hidden and are given a activity to do and leaving them in a room for all of them to speak and let their thoughts and feelings naturally come out without it being influenced. Also, there are behaviour and mental pr...

Write a definition of the expository mode of documentary filmmaking Expository documentary is a mode of documentary which focuses on social problems within the world. It emphasises rhetorical content. Expository mode explores documentaries which include factual information and figures, having interviews to back up the topic. Expository documentary mode is the category in which most documentaries would fall into. Expository documentary mode gives the narrator the role to explain or argue the film's rhetorical content. Stories and statements are given through voiceover with images to illustrate the tone of the film. 6 Modes of Documentary. Expository Mode This tends to be the mode most familiar to us. It is frequently used in nature and TV documentaries. Expository documentaries use the ‘voice of God’ narration where by the author provides a scripted commentary to accompany or illustrate visuals. They are sometimes referred to as essays films because their primary a...

Photography Studio session – 09.11.2018 Silhouette photography Black backdrop / white backdrop it doesn’t really matter but what does is the frame which is the soft box.   You can line up few soft boxes together   Always check your setting To make it effective, turn the light up to 6. If it is too much, you work from number 6 down. To create a black & white effect with some colours                                                                    ...