Tutorial To Using Garageband

When creating the Modern London News theme music I used these simple rules to help create it. Due to my knowledge of the programme through previous projects in Media, creating a simple jingle was straight forward.

Firstly, I browsed the existing loops to look for a bass melody, with a simple 'drag n drop' I placed the piece in a separate track. To control the track fading in and out, I used the 'Track volume' slider which allowed me to choose when I thought it appropriate to fade the track out. This technique was followed throughout the other tracks.

Once I had completed the music I saved it as an audion file and added this to the opening sequence.

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Uploaded Opening Sequence

James here,

After hours on Motion 5, the first completed sequence is completed. Watching tutorials via youtube on how to function the complicated program did pay off. Now knowing the basics, I managed to form a simple yet effective sequence with an mp3 file, Jpegs, avi files and graphics within the program.

To watch the first draft of our title sequence, click on the hyperlink below

After reviewing the sequence, a lot of 'tinkering' is at hand. The timing: too slow however the graphics (the orb) came out with a great results, also the music is 'too up-beat' compared to our visual and has a gentle approach. However, as a first attempt on using Motion 5, I have learnt basic techniques to add layers, text, graphics and audio. 

Website is taking shape

MLN Website

After a change in the home page format the Modern London News website is beginning to take shape. The introduction of a block format including articles, pictures and videos has helped in making our website more professional and more effective. After looking at the BBC News website we discovered that this block format is better because it makes it possible for us to shows a small part of an article with a picture linking to the story. so the audience can be drawn into the story if it is something they are interested in, rather than having to look for news on the news page we found it more effective if we draw the audience to the news page.  

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Storyboard

James here,

From researching contempoary news openings, a quick concept design was created. Using graphical visuals which might be an issue with Adobe Premire as the program is fairly basic. The idea of multiple screens portrays the busy city of London. We limited ourselves with the colour scheme as most visuals do, in this case, purple and white. Researching programs to create the title sequence was useful; After Effects, Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5. These programs give us an advantage for the animation/graphical terms.

Animatic Storyboard - Opening sequence

James here,

After a few sketches, logo designs, and planning of location; a very rough idea of the visuals was made. The use of multiple screens can portray different meanings; the CCTV cameras or to capture the busy streets of London. Using imovie, allowed me to animate the camera positioning within the image, as well as inserting the music mp3 file and captions to inform the viewer what is occurring.

Due to the graphical advantages in Apple Motion 5, the concept idea will be easy to make, compare to Adobe Premier Elements on Windows PC.

The idea of the globe originated from BBC's intro from which we researched, also like BBC, limiting ourselves with the colour scheme with grey, white and purple. Most news broadcasts have patriotic colours: blue and red, to standout from this ever lasting chain, the unique choice of purple was decided.


Now to plan filming in the locations of decision (Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Gherkin, Globe Theatre, Tower Bridge, and The Shard)  



For the Youtube version, click on the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EHkiXroU3E&feature=plcp

Anime Studio Debut Break down

James here,

Here is a quick run down on the program 'Anime Studio Debut'. Similar to paint, photoshop and Adobe Flash, the program was easy to use to animate the final logo. To animate, a simple drag 'n' drop is enabled in this program, meaning from where the object is in point A, where ever you place it further in the timeline, the shape will automatically move between the pin point.  

Thanks to the program the final outcome of the MLN logo was also completed, using a screenshot to cropping to only see the logo.   

Target Audience Questionnaire is complete

Our target audience questionnaire is complete

This questionnaire is target audience questionnaire and will be used to get answers to questions of which will help to make our content more enjoyable and accessible to our target audience. When creating the questionnaire a lot of thought went into the order of the questions and the selection of them, hopefully this will help us get the answers we need.

The questions in that ask the participant about how they access news is useful as it tells us what platforms to focus on when displaying out content, as well as this we learn the tendencies of our target audience so we can focus on more efficient ways to make our content accessible to our target audience. Asking the participant what kind of news they enjoy is a good way to think of alternative subjects to include in our news channel, making our content more diverse. At the end the participant is asked whether they enjoy the theatre and how often they go, I added this question because I felt it was important to know how interested the participant was in the arts and the theatre because the arts is an area our news channel focuses heavily on.

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MLN Questionnaire

Tick the correct boxes

How often do you watch the news?

Never            1-2 times a week           3-4 times a week         5-6 times a week          Every day

At what time do you usually watch the news?

6:00am         12:00pm         8:00pm         10:00pm          24 hour news 

What type of news are you interested in?

Showbiz             International               Local                    Sports              Arts              Political

How do you accesses News 

TV                         newspaper                           Internet

Do you enjoy going to the theatre

Yes                    No

How often do you go to the theatre?

Once a year                 Once a Month              Once every two weeks             Once a week

VIDEO RESULTS:

We decided to make a video diary of the questionnaire to show what are target audience are like. We recoreded six people three boys and three girls to get an even amount. Four out of six people said that they enjoyed going to the theatre however they went to the theatre an average of two times per year due to cost as the decent seats at the theatre can be costly.