Sophie Gibson Media Year 2 Progression

  Networking Experience Subject:    Q&A with Leo Pearlman in ‘The Looking Glass’, Sunderland. 8 th  October 2021. Who was it with?   Leo Pearlman, a film producer. He has produced films such as the One direction movies, Cinderella, Gavin and Stacy  etc. He fell into the role more than working up to it, mentioning he actually had a Law degree and hadn’t really been involved in film/media subjects in his education.    He is a founder of the company ‘Fulwell 73’ which has produced big TV shows such as ‘ The Late Late show ’ and worked with artists like Harry Styles and Bruno Mars. They have found success in both the UK and US. The company has offices in Sunderland, London and Los Angeles. The company was also founded by James Corden, which massively helped on expanding the company to the US.    What did you learn?   I wasn’t aware of the company Fulwell73 before going to this talk but it has inspired me to find out more about the c...

  Include the Title of the event, the date, and the venue   BBC Apprenticeships talk with David Longworth. Teams call on 6/12/21   Who was it with?   The talk was with David Longworth, a representation from the BBC. He is involved in recruiting and training new starters in the BBC.  He went from being a runner, to a researcher and then became involved in production but enjoyed training new recruits and so is currently in this position. He worked his way up through the BBC and now spends some of his time talking so potential new recruits such as college and university students- giving them advice on how best to be involved with the BBC. He explains things such as job positions and what is involved as well as application processes.    What did you learn?   I learned about new opportunities that the BBC had to offer to people straight from education. He also showed us that the BBC is constantly recruiting all over the country over many different area...

 This is a video I put together from the Christmas markets at Sunderland College, Bede Campus on 8/12/21. There were stalls, raffles, live music all of which I have captured some footage of in the video and edited with a popular Christmas song. A small group of us went out filming using DSLR cameras and I was able to use a tripod alongside this. This was then edited using Adobe Premiere Pro. 

 This is the first of my finished edits for the 'Lights out' Halloween parade in Sunderland that took place on 29/10/2021. This video uses music that would be classed as copyrighted. I felt like this was the best song to do the edit to and I can use it as part of a portfolio rather than making money from it. In the video, I use multiple skills that I have learned in first year such as match on beat, multiple transitions, slow motion etc. I believe I'm learning how to use Premiere Pro in a professional way as I can navigate it with ease now. I also used Adobe Audition on this project to create the soundtrack. I liked the song but the intro and first verse were too long and so I cut the intro and half of the first verse in a way that sounded quite seamless. My previous knowledge of music (at GCSE level) allowed me to re-listen to the song and work out exactly where the vocals and new bars should come in, and used this in my own version of the song. 

Outside of college, I have been doing several side projects for my dad's band 'The Diamond Dogs' mainly revolving around Photoshop. This has included the creation of a new Facebook Cover Photo and updated gig posters that are now being distributed to their venues with information about upcoming performances.  Cover Photo For this project, I was asked to create a cover photo using one photo of the band. The band said that they would like it to be similar to an album cover by 'The Ramones'. Upon their request, some wording was also removed from one of the band members' shirts and text with the title of their band was added.  I created multiple products in order to give the band a variety of pictures to choose from.  Inspiration: Original Image: Products made: Cover photo currently in use on their Facebook page: Some issues did crop up during this project, such as the limited space in Facebooks cover photo and so I couldn't make the product exactly the same as ...

Notes from the session -Tue/wed lessons are mock interview practical. 15 min per person, per interview. Questions will be given out for preparation before the interview, and it will be filmed. We will then be given feedback based on our answers and performance. Own research on how to prepare for an interview: -Research company -Prepare for common interview questions -Prepare some questions to ask the interviewer at the end -Bring a copy of CV/ availability  -Turn off phone -STAR Method (situation, task, action, result) -Treat everyone you meet in the building as your interviewer.  Task: choose a company and research how you may prepare for an interview with them. Company: BBC -Achievements that are relevant to the role. e.g. work in college, networking, additional projects outside of college that shows your interest in media. -Structure answers (STAR) to give a clear response that shows your individual contribution to the project. -More interested in passions and interests sur...

 This website is a great tool to show potential employers or admission boards my work both inside and outside of college. They can navigate the website easily and see what kind of work I can produce as well as informing them of what software I can use (the name of the software used are posted along with the video/photo). It gives them an indication of my work styles and I believe it is a positive representation of some of my best work over the last two years. The post descriptions also explain what the project was for including whether it was for a real client or not and the purposes of each project.  Website link:  https://sophie97gibson.wixsite.com/website Navigating the website Home The first page you are presented with when visiting my website will be the 'home' page. This displays my logo, name, purpose of the website (online portfolio/showreel) and the tabs at the top of the page- work, contact and blog. The blog section is empty at the moment but I am planning to u...

Research into existing showreels Subject 1 : Weston college media show reel 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzy_43EV-ns Length: 1:41 Logo: College logo As this is a show reel for a college rather than a personal show reel, it takes work from a wide variety of students, including special effects, done and vehicle cinematographers and work done outside of the UK. It looks very professional and showcases the best of what they have to offer. It also matches the music that goes alongside it for example cutting on beats. As well as this, inspirational wording is also included as it matches the uplifting power of the backing track.  One thing I did notice is that it is very focused on video projects and lacks in showing photoshop and sound design projects. Towards the end there is a short montage of some smaller projects but it is unclear as to whether they are print ads or moving image due to the time they appear on screen being around a second. This is something I will need to avoi...

This post contains my research, planning and construction of a business card. This is to be used with potential clients or anyone who may be interested in my work. I learned what to include, the layout and themes of a business card- for example the back and front should show similar colour scheme. This was then adapted into the creation of my own business card- to which is followed the theme of my existing logo. The only difference to my business card and professional ones was the inclusion of an address due to me not operating out of a company address.  Existing products:  Upon research of some existing business cards, I made sure to include most of the information that cropped up on them time and time again such as phone numbers and emails to contact. The only thing I wasn't able to include that was on most of the existing business cards, was the company address and this is purely because I don't function as a business but simply do my work at college or home- neither of whi...

For the purposes of this section, I went through researching, sketching and designing logos. The research element helped me brainstorm as to exactly what I wanted in my own logo and what tools would be beneficial to use as well as what design elements were appropriate- especially in researching that of personal media logos as opposed to globally recognised brands. I believe there has also been an advance in my photoshop work, and this can certainly be seen as I go through my logo drafts and adapt and change my idea. The first draft is significantly different to the final set design in terms of professionally and the overall look. I believe that by using photoshop more, I have advanced my existing skills and can now use them in a more professional sense than I was before. My research backed this the whole way through the process.  Following on from this, I also problem solved. The main issue that cropped up was the fact that my logo was coloured and that the written text wasn't enti...