Adobe Premier Pro

I just installed Adobe premier pro on my laptop today. I am learning how to use it by watching "how-to" youtube videos, so that i can easily edit my new video when it is done .With th advances in technology nowadays , media users are now becoming media makers. New technology is helping rookies to make full use of their imagination and skills. This will not only help in my final video preparation but will open a whole new dimension of possibilities which i could not have thought of before. I will try to learn it as much as i can so that i know the basics of editing.
Saad

Media Studies Textual Analysis Assignment

Today we submitted a Textual Analysis Assignment given a week ago. We had to analyse any one of the following short clips and write a 3000 words Textual Analysis on any one.1.Skins 2.The Bill 3.Life on Mars.

I did my assignment on Life on Mars TV Show (UK region - BBC). I have learned a bunch when analysing videos and this will definetly help me in completing my other pending videos. I will be uploading my first video very soon.

Saad

Preliminary Exercise and our Video

Today we set up our atmosphere for our preliminary exercise video. We have two scripts in total. I wrote one of them. My script is about a fictional psychopath named Saad Tariq (which is my name purely coincidentally). He grew up in a broken family and has led a disturbed life. His mother and best friend were killed by his father soon after his parents’ divorce. Saad was heart-broken and wanted revenge. He was about to kidnap his father when an intelligence agency caught him. Now he is in an interrogation room. He is suspected of planning a crime against his father, and the state. Since Saad’s father is a sucessful businessman Saad has less credibility than his father. We created the appropriate atmosphere in the gym by sealing the windows with black chart paper. This allowed us to create a fictional interrogation room atmosphere for our shoot. By learning from my mistake i.e previously we chose a well lit room for our interrogation room. I am focusing more on lighting effects which was a major shortcoming of our previous video. We have finally uploaded our previous video, here’s the link : 
Saad

Preliminary Exercise Scripts

Today we worked on scripts for the preliminary exercise required by the OCR brief. I think that while everyone is imaginative using that imagination productively/practically is challenging. This was exactly what I tried to achieve. I must say, my efforts did not meet with disappointment. My group, Mediatronics, analyzed the most suitable setting for our shoot. This was our school’s gymnasium, which provides  just the right amount of light. We are yet to make storyboards for our project. I will probably finish them by tomorrow. 

Saad

Practice Film Making

Today we studied Practical Film Making. After we learned about basic media terms for example: Conventions and Stereotypes. We borrowed our school Camcorder and practiced some shooting. This helped us to learn how to use a camera properly. After becoming familiar with our "tool" we decided it was time for some action. My past concept of "Film Making" was proven wrong when I started shooting for real.. It was much easier and more interesting than I thought it would be. We made a rough film. It was based on one of the most familiar concepts we could think of, the film is about a bully getting scolded by the school principal. I played the bully while my friend Daniyal Qureshi starred as the school principal. It was a pleasant experience to finally star in a short-film. After some debating with the various members of my group about which shots should be taken, where Kamran Shahnawaz and I had totally different opinions about what would work. Finally we were able to arrive at  a mutual agreement and start shooting. After editing, we all (the group) sat down and watched "our production". Our teacher pointed out some basic mistakes. We swiftly noted these down so that we don't do them again. Our group's name is "MEDIATRONICS PRODUCTION". I hope that my upcoming classes in the future will be as enjoyable and entertaining as today's class.

Saad

My passion for Media

I have always been a fan of "Media Texts"(Movies , Magazines , Newspapers etc)but i never knew that enrolling into the Media Studies Class would be so interesting.It was as if i had been studying about Media all my life but now i get a chance to go further with my passion for media.We started studying about "Media Language" and various terms used in the language. The first thought that came into my mind when i heard the term "Language" from my teacher was "text"(definations which i will memorize). Then my teacher explained that it is not only texts but a whole new world where "language" stands for visual and textual meaning. After sixty well-spent minutes in the my class. I realised , "yes , this is the subject i have been looking for".
Saad

My first blog

Hello everybody . As you already know by the title i am new to blogging and this is my first blog. i hope we both have a pleasant experience blogging.