Friday, 15 June 2012
Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal
The news of the world shut down because of the Phone Hacking Scandal, after years in printing it was the first significant effects of the scandal. They hacked into the voice mail of missing school girl "Milly Dowlers" This was illegal because they went against the Data Protection Act which clearly stated that invading personal information whether through voicemail, bank statement etc is against the law.
In a report by the Guardian on July 4th , 2011, the police found evidence linking private investigator Glenn Mulcaire Have collected personal information about the missing school girl Milly Dowler. According to the paper, Glenn and other Private Investigators were hired by News of The World to hack into the Dowlers voicemail. In doing so they released information that gave the Dowler family false hope that their daughter was still alive when she was already dead, and also whilst they were going through these voicemails they deleted the evidence which could have helped the detectives and the police in finding Milly Dowler months earlier and give the family a sense of closure. One could argue that such irresponsible behavior could be what led to the missing school girl's death.
There were to many allegations and evidence been put forward against the News of The World to keep it in tact. Whilst majority of the high class individuals stoop up for the news of the world scandal, their was only one person who stood up against such disgusting behaviors and this was Labor MP Tom Watson. He claimed that there was " More chance of parliament being hit by a meteorite than conservatives passing judgement on the Murdochs' leadership of News Corporation" Meaning that our current government would rather go down for the whole thing instead of speaking out against the Murdochs. He also lashed out against Torry members of the commons' culture committee for siding with Rupert and James Murdoch, as they were brought to an amendment which said that Rupert Murdoch was "not fit" to run an international company.
Because of all the allegations against the news of the world Rebakah Brooks, the chief executive of the News International quit after worldwide spread criticizm of her role in the phone hacking scandal. Although she claims to not having any knowledge of what was going on around her, she was still being scrutinized by member of the oppositions and the public.
Even the Prime Minister david Cameron is said to be involved in the phone hacking, when his communication Director Andy Coulsdon resigned from his post because it was said that he has been covering events to his previous old job at the news of the world. Also because it was alleged that David Cameron was seen horse back riding with Rebakah Brooks's husband Charlie Brooks, a horse trainer. It was then reported in the Mail that Cameron had finally admitted to having been out horse riding with Charlie Brooks, but it was only because the horse was loaned to Rebakah by a metropolitan Police.
In a report by the Guardian on July 4th , 2011, the police found evidence linking private investigator Glenn Mulcaire Have collected personal information about the missing school girl Milly Dowler. According to the paper, Glenn and other Private Investigators were hired by News of The World to hack into the Dowlers voicemail. In doing so they released information that gave the Dowler family false hope that their daughter was still alive when she was already dead, and also whilst they were going through these voicemails they deleted the evidence which could have helped the detectives and the police in finding Milly Dowler months earlier and give the family a sense of closure. One could argue that such irresponsible behavior could be what led to the missing school girl's death.
There were to many allegations and evidence been put forward against the News of The World to keep it in tact. Whilst majority of the high class individuals stoop up for the news of the world scandal, their was only one person who stood up against such disgusting behaviors and this was Labor MP Tom Watson. He claimed that there was " More chance of parliament being hit by a meteorite than conservatives passing judgement on the Murdochs' leadership of News Corporation" Meaning that our current government would rather go down for the whole thing instead of speaking out against the Murdochs. He also lashed out against Torry members of the commons' culture committee for siding with Rupert and James Murdoch, as they were brought to an amendment which said that Rupert Murdoch was "not fit" to run an international company.
Because of all the allegations against the news of the world Rebakah Brooks, the chief executive of the News International quit after worldwide spread criticizm of her role in the phone hacking scandal. Although she claims to not having any knowledge of what was going on around her, she was still being scrutinized by member of the oppositions and the public.
Even the Prime Minister david Cameron is said to be involved in the phone hacking, when his communication Director Andy Coulsdon resigned from his post because it was said that he has been covering events to his previous old job at the news of the world. Also because it was alleged that David Cameron was seen horse back riding with Rebakah Brooks's husband Charlie Brooks, a horse trainer. It was then reported in the Mail that Cameron had finally admitted to having been out horse riding with Charlie Brooks, but it was only because the horse was loaned to Rebakah by a metropolitan Police.
cut out Animation Evaluation
Cut Out Animation is a technique for producing animation by using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials from papers, magazines, newspaper etc. It is one of the oldest animation known to man, and it is also the most well known stop motion animation, seen as we have all been exposed to it through films such as Alice in the Wonderland (US).It probably one of the first animation around. Nowadays most cut out styled animation created by computers with scanned images or others taking the place of cut out materials.
As strongly suggested in the name, it involves moving cut out images into one frame and clicking pictures at every stage to create the overall movement, this is much easier than having to draw the image and then clicking pictures of it.
This animation has many different techniques and forms. The traditional technique for cut out animation is where the animators moves the images into the frame and click for the right movement.
The method of animation is what makes it looks and feel professional, it can be otherwise even though the animator puts their all into making it work. It has to be produced from beginning to ending, and it has to be shot in sequential order, with each between frames involving adjustments to the pieces of image before it captures another for the video.
Although, cut out animation may seem to be easy and much more quicker to produce than , it has its disadvantages because there a boundaries on where the cut out can be moved. For example, it is not possible to make the image seem as if its coming out of the screen or fading away. Also once you moved the image there is no guarantee that it will go back to the way the scene was previously.
In comparison to other animation, such as Claymation animation, Cut out animation has less more complication when it comes down to moving the characters, objects etc. Cut out animation is 2D, where as claymation animation is 3D and is therefore less complex in movement because they can graphically simplify complicated concepts. Using claymation means that the character can do other complex movement that cut out have boundaries to. For example, a character fading in and out of the frame or coming towards the camera suggesting it is coming out of screen.
Despite the disadvantages of cut out animation it is still very quick and simple technique to use when making stop motion.
As strongly suggested in the name, it involves moving cut out images into one frame and clicking pictures at every stage to create the overall movement, this is much easier than having to draw the image and then clicking pictures of it.
This animation has many different techniques and forms. The traditional technique for cut out animation is where the animators moves the images into the frame and click for the right movement.
The method of animation is what makes it looks and feel professional, it can be otherwise even though the animator puts their all into making it work. It has to be produced from beginning to ending, and it has to be shot in sequential order, with each between frames involving adjustments to the pieces of image before it captures another for the video.
Although, cut out animation may seem to be easy and much more quicker to produce than , it has its disadvantages because there a boundaries on where the cut out can be moved. For example, it is not possible to make the image seem as if its coming out of the screen or fading away. Also once you moved the image there is no guarantee that it will go back to the way the scene was previously.
In comparison to other animation, such as Claymation animation, Cut out animation has less more complication when it comes down to moving the characters, objects etc. Cut out animation is 2D, where as claymation animation is 3D and is therefore less complex in movement because they can graphically simplify complicated concepts. Using claymation means that the character can do other complex movement that cut out have boundaries to. For example, a character fading in and out of the frame or coming towards the camera suggesting it is coming out of screen.
Despite the disadvantages of cut out animation it is still very quick and simple technique to use when making stop motion.
Friday, 1 June 2012
Channel Ident Evaluation
The task was to get into groups and create an ident for CWC. Firstly, we made three mind maps of ideas for the concept of the ident. We then created a video pitch of the overall concept and one of my team mate presented it to the class.
At first we wasted some time because we weren't really sure how to end the ident, whether to carve out the logo onto the molded plasticine or mold the the letters of the logo, but as soon as we were focused on what to do, we started making used of the time we had.
I think i fulfilled my role very well because i helped out with the planning of the concept for the ident, but i could have improved on my role if i had participated more in the making of the ident. Because i was not sure what my team mates were doing. I guess, i should have communicated more with them and gotten more involved with my group.
For the ident we chose claymation animation and used plasticine to make the ident, though it was kind of difficult at first because the plasticine was too hard to mold, but once it was heated down, it was flexible and easy to mold into those tiny little balls that came together as one.
The whole idea of the balls coming as one, and are in different colors is to show "diversity" as they are many different races at CWC etc.
Based on the feedback our idents received, i think that our ident answered the creative brief very well, because the ident is very creative and humorous. Also, the music also connected well with the ident It also initiated the purpose of the task that was set. As a group we managed to fulfil all the aspects of the brief because the ident is around 30 add seconds long. It has reflected the style, branding and attitude of CWC, seen as our idea involved 7 colored balls coming together as one to demonstrate diversity. And at CWC they're are various races in which those colored balls represent. The ident also includes the original logo for the college, and colors used are the same as those of the logo.
There were a few areas of the project that didn't work very well, though we had it all planned out step by step. When all the colored balls came together to form the splat, it looked really disgusting on camera. It was a little difficult to carve out the logo, also we only had one opportunity to do it because all the colors were together and would be hard to separate.
I am most proud of the way we managed to organize our task and the fact that we kept all the colored balls in place throughout, so that it could be recorded. Even though it was meant to be in stop motion, which it is, it felt like we were making a movie or something of that matter. In the end it looked like it was done professionally which was what we were aiming for.
Overall i think we did well in creating such a humorous and creative piece of work. I really enjoyed working on this project because i had the opportunity to such off my creative side.
At first we wasted some time because we weren't really sure how to end the ident, whether to carve out the logo onto the molded plasticine or mold the the letters of the logo, but as soon as we were focused on what to do, we started making used of the time we had.
I think i fulfilled my role very well because i helped out with the planning of the concept for the ident, but i could have improved on my role if i had participated more in the making of the ident. Because i was not sure what my team mates were doing. I guess, i should have communicated more with them and gotten more involved with my group.
For the ident we chose claymation animation and used plasticine to make the ident, though it was kind of difficult at first because the plasticine was too hard to mold, but once it was heated down, it was flexible and easy to mold into those tiny little balls that came together as one.
The whole idea of the balls coming as one, and are in different colors is to show "diversity" as they are many different races at CWC etc.
Based on the feedback our idents received, i think that our ident answered the creative brief very well, because the ident is very creative and humorous. Also, the music also connected well with the ident It also initiated the purpose of the task that was set. As a group we managed to fulfil all the aspects of the brief because the ident is around 30 add seconds long. It has reflected the style, branding and attitude of CWC, seen as our idea involved 7 colored balls coming together as one to demonstrate diversity. And at CWC they're are various races in which those colored balls represent. The ident also includes the original logo for the college, and colors used are the same as those of the logo.
There were a few areas of the project that didn't work very well, though we had it all planned out step by step. When all the colored balls came together to form the splat, it looked really disgusting on camera. It was a little difficult to carve out the logo, also we only had one opportunity to do it because all the colors were together and would be hard to separate.
I am most proud of the way we managed to organize our task and the fact that we kept all the colored balls in place throughout, so that it could be recorded. Even though it was meant to be in stop motion, which it is, it felt like we were making a movie or something of that matter. In the end it looked like it was done professionally which was what we were aiming for.
Overall i think we did well in creating such a humorous and creative piece of work. I really enjoyed working on this project because i had the opportunity to such off my creative side.
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