Friday, 15 March 2013

Starting My Media Career

   13/03/2013
 
Starting My Media Career
 
1) What media work do you most like/admire
 
One of the things i enjoy most in the media career is the making of games and game trailers because the trailers really help sell the product and i think the way games are created are really smart and it takes a lot of work so people in the industry have to be patient.
The game trailer i have chosen is GTA V ( Grand Theft Auto 5) I like this trailer and are excited about the games beceasue the trailer makes it look interesting and enjoyable, the release date has also been set back twice now so you can tell that the game should be good.
 
2) Who made them? Which media companies were involved?
The company who are creating this game are called Rockstar Games, they are a very large company and are ranked high in the gaming industry, A good information source is wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games
 
3) What EXACT kind of media work would you like to do?
The kind of media work i would like to do is become a creator of computer games or computer game trailers for consoles and pc because i enjoy the way that they are set up.
 
4) What City/Country Are They Based in?
The headquarters of Rockstar Games (commonly referred to as Rockstar NYC) is located on Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, part of the Take-Two Interactive offices. It is home to the marketing, public relations and product development departments.
 
5) How Many People Work For Them?
Its hard to find this ninformation out but i have found out that Rockstar Games are owned by 'Take-Two Interactive' And the two key people in Rockstar Games are Sam Houser Who is the president of the company and Dan Houser who is the Vice President.
 
6) How Much Money Did They Make Last Year?
Rockstar Games have different devisions and rockstar north what is based in scotland made a profit of 12.6 Million Pound Before They Had To Pay Tax.
 
 
7) What Type Of Media Work Have They Produced?
Rockstar Games have produced games for consoles and pc, some games are GTA IV, MaxPayne 3, Red Dead Redemption, Midnight Club (series), Bully, The Warriors And L.A Noire, I have played all of these games and in my personal opinion all of them are interesting, very enjoyable and keep the gamer occupied.
 
8) Is The Company Part Of A Bigger 'International' Company?
Rockstar Games Is Owned By 'Take-Two Interactive' Which was founded in 1993 And I Believe its a big company.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Starting my media career Part 2

EA SPORTS
1) Which city/country is the company based in?
The company is based in Redwood City, California, United States
 
2) How many people work for them?
I researched about the company and found out that in 2010 they had 8,000 employee's based at their company headquarters
3) How much money did they make last year?
The only thing i could find out about the company is that in 2008 their net income was 339 Million.
4) What type of media work have they produced?

5) Is the company part of a bigger company?
Yes EA SPORTS is also part of Electronic Arts i found all my information out using wikipedia..
 
 
 
 
 
 




 

Monday, 4 March 2013

Film Mood Board


Production Images

Monday 14th January 2013

Today i have been getting images linked to my logo and saving.
Links For The Photos;

1) http://clipartist.info/Holidays/Xmas/Animal/ngo_style_cow_head_christmas_xmas_stuffed_animal-3333px.png
2) http://static7.depositphotos.com/1010340/787/v/950/depositphotos_7871771-Smiling-cow-cartoon.jpg
3) http://static4.depositphotos.com/1010340/308/v/950/depositphotos_3083275-Funny-cow.jpg
4) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/mkoudis/mkoudis0702/mkoudis070200021/825964-funny-cartoon-cow-standing-on-a-patch-of-grass.jpg
5) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/zyphyrus/zyphyrus1206/zyphyrus120600008/13912285-isolated-sweet-strawberry-milkshake-and-frappe--iced-and-milk-blended-with-whiping-creams.jpg
6) http://www.wallsforpc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Strawberry-milkshake.jpg
7) http://www.peanutbutterandpeppers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/strawberry-milkshake-011.jpg
8) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH41p5f4NUXl5Zce4rS1whhLY0ryFJTyv_I0Glc1BHfKEA6oWmBYwt-xodnjCHMaE00avWakG0BbaEmD3N8nC5F25xxl-dUl2dYEQnkhfgtH5iVPFG028F04DmqdV0ZhKfVvfh1TGn6NaR/s1600/IMG_0876.JPG
9) http://static7.depositphotos.com/1006880/727/i/950/depositphotos_7273419-Drinking-straws.jpg
10) http://sweetclipart.com/multisite/sweetclipart/files/straw.png
11) http://www.appletonbusinessdirectory.com/images/appletonbusinessdirectorycom/bizwebsites/79/GrassBlueSkyBackground.jpg
12) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/anterovium/anterovium1010/anterovium101000092/7945243-fallen-paint-can-with-pink-paint-spill.jpg

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Photoshop Lesson's

Friday 1st February

Discovering Photoshop

The first lessons on Photoshop were all about discovering what we know and and what we need to learn in lesson's. In the lessons for the past two weeks we have been working on Adobe Photoshop CS6 creating our logo's, can labels, poster's, banner and Icon, by finding a variety of images linked to our drawing's so we can create them on the computer. We also learnt how to use a scanner which was linked to photoshop because we scanned out sketches and imported them on to our computers which allowed us to acess the images easier. 

Some of the tools I used were:

Magic Wand Tool Automatically selects the background of the picture so you can delete it which helps you to add it to
Crop Tool Allows you to edit the size of images so they fit into the page and blend well with other images.
Paint Tool Allows you to paint other things that are not the colour you want them to be and also you can create images free hand with this tool.

I think I used the software quite well but I think that I still need to improve my understanding of some of the software features. There were some tools that I was not comfortable with and I need to develop my use of these tools. I enjoyed using Photoshop because it is computer based and it allows you to develop your ideas to a professional standard and helps me to manipulate them into images instead of them just being sketches.



Monday, 14 January 2013

Monday 14th January 2013

Today i have been getting images linked to my logo and saving.
Links For The Photos;

1) http://clipartist.info/Holidays/Xmas/Animal/ngo_style_cow_head_christmas_xmas_stuffed_animal-3333px.png
2) http://static7.depositphotos.com/1010340/787/v/950/depositphotos_7871771-Smiling-cow-cartoon.jpg
3) http://static4.depositphotos.com/1010340/308/v/950/depositphotos_3083275-Funny-cow.jpg
4) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/mkoudis/mkoudis0702/mkoudis070200021/825964-funny-cartoon-cow-standing-on-a-patch-of-grass.jpg
5) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/zyphyrus/zyphyrus1206/zyphyrus120600008/13912285-isolated-sweet-strawberry-milkshake-and-frappe--iced-and-milk-blended-with-whiping-creams.jpg
6) http://www.wallsforpc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Strawberry-milkshake.jpg
7) http://www.peanutbutterandpeppers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/strawberry-milkshake-011.jpg
8) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH41p5f4NUXl5Zce4rS1whhLY0ryFJTyv_I0Glc1BHfKEA6oWmBYwt-xodnjCHMaE00avWakG0BbaEmD3N8nC5F25xxl-dUl2dYEQnkhfgtH5iVPFG028F04DmqdV0ZhKfVvfh1TGn6NaR/s1600/IMG_0876.JPG
9) http://static7.depositphotos.com/1006880/727/i/950/depositphotos_7273419-Drinking-straws.jpg
10) http://sweetclipart.com/multisite/sweetclipart/files/straw.png
11) http://www.appletonbusinessdirectory.com/images/appletonbusinessdirectorycom/bizwebsites/79/GrassBlueSkyBackground.jpg
12) http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/anterovium/anterovium1010/anterovium101000092/7945243-fallen-paint-can-with-pink-paint-spill.jpg