Blog Post: About Me

Who Am I?:

My name is Chantel Rhule. I'm 19 years old,
Born on St. Patrick's Day.
I'm British, but I come from a Jamaican Background.

I live with my Brother, Mum and Dad.
I currently attend City Of Westminster College doing BTEC Level 3 Creative Media.

Countires I've Been To: 

• Israel
• Spain
• France
• Wales
• Scotland
• America
• Jamaica
• Tenerife

Out of those countries, the places that I love the most are Jamaica and Tenerife.

Things I'm Interested In:

• Socialising With Family & Friends
• Writing Lyrics
• Producing My Own Music

Type Of Music That I Like:

I like all kinds of music such as; Gospel, Reggae, Dancehall, R&B, some Grime & Garage.

Artists That Inspire Me:
Mahogany Jones, Jayess, Guvna B and Dwayne Tryumph inspire me, because I like rapping as well and I like all their styles of music and the way they rap to their songs.

Future Plans:

Although I'm doing a media course, in the future, I want to become a Primary School Teacher.

Shot List

Wide Shot: When someone says 'We have a lot to talk about.'

Medium Shot: When someone says 'I'm afraid its not working out between us.'

Close-Up Of The Face & Hands: When someone says 'It's like we're moving further and further apart.'

Over The Shoulder Shot: When someone says 'The best thing we can do is both stay away from each other and just stay friends.'

Long Shot: When someone walks away

Playing With Time

In the beginning of this film, non- diagetic sound has been used in the background. We also have an establishing shot of the scenery so that we can see everything in this scene. We then see a close-up of this ladies face and then a long shot of her and her husband on a motorbike and various close-up/ medium close-up shots.

After that scene, there is a quick transition which then goes onto the next scene of a medium close- up shot of the lady. When the lady walks, the camera walks with her and we see a quick cuts of the lady in different places. We then have a quick cut which goes to the beginning of the film. This is a flashback showing how her past was and then the camera goes back to her, showing us how her life is now.

There is another part where it goes back to her past where she looks more happy, then the camera cuts back to the lady looking scared again.

My Video Profile

My Video Profile Evaluation

As part of my creative media induction project, I had to make a video profile about myself. This was to see what I was capable of doing on this course. I've done media before so I had some understanding of what this course was about.
Doing this project has made me learn what the 5 shot rule is. This includes; An Extreme Close-Up Shot, a Close-Up Shot, a Wide Shot, an Over The Shoulder Shot and a Creative Shot. 

In order to get started with the project, I made a Prezi account and started to make a mind map of the main points that I could put in my video profile. Doing this made me have a clear idea of what I was going to say in my video so I started to write my script.
Once I wrote my script, I started to plan my video making sure that everything I was going to say was in the right order. I also done my shooting script showing the different camera shots that I was going to use.

One of my targets was to make sure that I filmed the first part of my video profile quickly so that I could continue filming the other parts of my video. So I went to get a camera and started filming. I had used a camera before so I didn't find it difficult to use when filming. 

After I had filmed all of the scenes for my video profile, I then imported the videos to Final Cut Pro.
I had never used Final Cut Pro before, so I didn't understand how to use it, but as I used it more, it seemed quite straight forward to use.
I made sure that I used most of the 5 shot rules in my video, added pictures, music and transitions to make my video profile more interesting.

In this project, as well as evaluating my own video profile, I had to make sure that others evaluated it, giving me feedback on the positive and negative parts of my video. 
The positive feedback I got was that the music was good because it didn't make it boring, the sound was clear and it was good that I used different effects and camera shots.

The negative feedback was that I needed to be more lively when speaking, be confident and to make sure that the sound was right in some parts of the video.

Overall, I think my video profile was ok and I like the camera shots that I used, but I think there were quite a few things that I could improve on. Such as making sure that the music isn't too loud when I'm speaking, being confident in front of the camera and making my video more creative.

The next time I do a video, I will make sure that I'm confident when in front of the camera. I'm also going to make sure that the music and my voice will be clear, I'll be more creative when making a video and I will try out new and different things.

Legal And Ethical

Copyright is when the creator of the work has the right and owns their video or product.

3 examples of different things in my video which can be subject to copyright are:

-       The music

-       The images

-       The Videos

2 websites that give copyright free music are:

-       YouTube

-       Mp3bear

Photo bucket is the website where you can find free/low free photographs.

A location release form is where the owner gives permission for someone to film on their property.

It is needed for filming because if someone wants to film something outside of the studio, they want to make sure that they have permission to do so in their chosen location.

A contributor release form gives you the right to use the contributed property that has been contributed to the company or the project that you are doing.