MOO485490|ELUYERA
JOSEPH
M00485490|ELUYERA OLUWATOSIN
OLUWATOSIN JOSEPH
NEW MEDIA COURSEWORK 2
STUDENT NAME:
ELUYERA OLUWATOSIN JOSEPH
STUDENT ID:
M00485490
MODULE:
NEW MEDIA
MODULE CODE:
CMT3331
MODULE TUTOR:
A. CHINIAH
LAB. INSTRUCTOR:
ANWAR BAPIKEE
“NEWS FLASH ON THE EXPULSION OF 19 STUDENTS FROM MIDDLESHIRE UNIVERSITY”
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction.......................................................................................................1
Design Concept.................................................................................................1
Critical Justification of Hardware and Software used......................................2
Hardware.....................................................................................................2
Software......................................................................................................2
The Design........................................................................................................2
The Channel Logo......................................................................................2
The Live Logo............................................................................................2
The studio Background..............................................................................3
The Jingle...................................................................................................3
The Headlines............................................................................................3
Blog...........................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................4
Reference.........................................................................................................4
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INTRODUCTION
This coursework is aimed at learning about the tools and production techniques within multimedia. The reflective
report explores the concept behind the breaking news flash and how it was initiated and manipulated with the use of
some hardware and software tools. It explains the idea behind the concept, the choice of location, the script, the
story-board, and the choice of the news channel name. It also explains the work break down structure on how it was
implemented.
Furthermore, it covers the sequential procedures followed in using the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, Adobe After Effects
CS6 and Adobe Photoshop CS6 in other to achieve a quality audio, video, graphics, text, and some special effects. The
report explains the reason behind the choice of the software and hardware tools used.
It unveils the difficulties and challenges faced in achieving a quality news flash, and how they were overcome to
improve the quality of the video without wasting much time.
DESIGN CONCEPT
Despite the fact that the news bulletin was fictitious, yet the scene, the script, the cast and the location where it was
shot prove its originality. In line with the coursework requirement that the news flash should have a channel name, title,
and Logo to make it real and original. JTV was chosen as the channel name, It is an abbreviation for Joint Committee
on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE). Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE),
is a coalition of major professional association formed in 1975 in America and Canada to help improve the quality of
educational evaluation, JCSEE, (1975). It was chosen as the channel name to make it original. The channel name is in
line with the title of the news flash “The Expulsion of 19 students from Middleshire University as a result of
examination malpractice”. It is based on educational evaluation. The choice of the news bulletin title was made as my
own idea to encourage students like me to make their studies a priority and study hard in other to excel and pass their
examination, instead of engaging in malpractice.
Furthermore, before going into the video shooting proper, a storyboard was drawn as a guide and as a graphic
organizer in form of illustrations and images, which were arranged in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing and
making adjustments to where there are errors before shooting the video. The storyboard was drawn with pencil on A4
sheets containing all the scenes. There were lots of challenges faced before the required storyboard was drawn, but
with the help of my friends and the internet, i was able to insert all the necessary details in the storyboard
(storyboardthat.com). Despite the fact that some errors were corrected before the shooting of the video, more
informations were still added to the storyboard after the video was shot, such as the lightning, props and the mood of
the news caster.
Moreover, through the process of making the title real and original, all the scenes were shot in different locations at the
Middlesex University campus environment. The first scene was shot in the Middlesex University Lab.(Lab 3.43), due
to the lightning arrangement of the lab. Obviously, students make noise in the school environment as a result of studies
and moral activities, which is not excepted of a studio. The major reason behind the choice of the location was because
of its quietness.
The News Caster with the green screen background
The first scene entails the part of the news caster, casting the breaking news in the studio. It was filmed with a green
screen background behind the news caster, with a Samsung NX 1000 camera, of about 20.3 mega pixel, which was
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well positioned on a tripod stand in the Lab. The camera was actually borrowed from a friend that stays with me in the
same hall of residence. He bargained with me to capture his own news bulletin first before releasing the camera.
Getting an appointment with the cast was a little challenging and difficult, due to different coursework and projects
they were working on. It was finally shot immediately after a lecture in the school premises few weeks ago, however,
there were challenges from colleagues who came to the locations to distract the attention of the cast with noise. The
challenge was later overcome when the door of the studio was locked, which served as an hindrance for disturbers to
come in and distract the attention of the cast.
CRITICAL JUSTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TOOLS USED
HARDWARE TOOLS
The Samsung NX1000 Camera, of 20.3 mega pixel was actually chosen due to the fact that it was the only camera
available as at that time. As required in the coursework, a high-end camera is required in order to capture a quality
video. Fortunately, the camera that was used was a high resolution camera with a very high ISO range which could
produce a good and quality video. It also has a good sound and visual clarity which does not necessarily require the
use of an external microphone to project the sound.
The video files were saved on a 4Gb memory card which was inserted into the camera, after which it was transferred
to a high-end Compac laptop. The Compac laptop with a high resolution of 1366x768 pixels, 15.6 inch display, ATI
Radeon HD 4200, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M Graphics Adapter, Intel Pentium Processor.
The green screen was another major tool that was effectively used during the shooting of the first scene.
SOFTWARE TOOLS
The major software tools that were used in achieving a good quality news flash were the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6,
Adobe After Effects CS6 and Adobe Photoshop CS6. The internet was also a major software tools used in
accomplishing this task, because it serves as a major tool for information source in learning and familiarizing more
with the Adobe packages used in editing a quality video.
THE DESIGN
The CS6 Master Collection of the Adobe packages such as the Adobe After Effect CS6 and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
were used in editing the captured videos, and creating special effects to make it look real. The Adobe CS6 Master
Collection has more features than its previous incarnation which makes it unique for editing and designing.
However, the captured videos were properly sorted out from the ones that had mistakes, arranged sequentially and
stored in a pen-drive. After sorting out the clips, they were all imported into the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and properly
reviewed to ensure they were of good quality. The Razor tool was used to cut the part that was not necessarily needed
in the clip, to ensure the clip follows the proper timing required and drawn on the story-board. The slip tool was also
used to cut in between the clips that were not required of standard, after which the Merge and Link option was used to
add and join all the clips seamlessly to form a single and quality news flash. This area actually took a lot of my time,
as it is the major part of editing in the video. In order not to distort the part of the clips that were needed in the video,
the razor tool and slip tool were carefully used and reviewed severally.
THE LOGO
Channel logo
A new layer was created on the Adobe Photoshop CS6 in order to create a television logo for the news flash. A
rectangle tool was selected to draw a rectangle on the layer, after the layer was unlocked, and the colour of the layer
was changed to whitish-grey. The select-tool was clicked to enable selecting the text tool in order to type the channel
name (JTV). However, the text layer was selected and right-clicked, so as to select any effect of choice. From the
blending option, the bevel & emboss, color overlay, gradient overlay, pattern overlay, outer glow, and drop shadow
effects were selected to make the text reddish, with shadow, and leaving the background pale. The rectangle layer was
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selected and right-clicked in order to add effects to it, the bevel & emboss, stroke, inner glow and pattern overlay were
selected to form a dark frame around the text. The Logo was imported to the Adobe CS6 Premiere Pro, and was placed
above all the clips.
The LIVE Logo
To show that the news is happening presently, a live logo was implemented with Adobe Premiere Pro. A new title was
created called “Title 3” and the text tool was used to type live. The Adobe Arabic was selected as the Font family, and
the Bold Italics was selected as the Font Style. Small cap, Fill, and Sheen options were selected. The Fill option was
used to select two different colours (A pale pink and white), in order to give the text a dual-colour effect. Filled Beizer
was selected as the graphic type, and the Fill was chosen as solid, to make the text on it attractive and visible to
viewers. Inner strokes and shadow were also selected , and the shadow colour was selected to be black.
THE STUDIO BACKGROUND
The studio background was achieved with Adobe Photoshop tools. A new layer was created, and the rectangle tool was
selected to draw a rectangle on the layer. The text tool was used to achieve text on the layer, and different effects were
added to each text. A red colour was initially added to the background, so as to match the colour with the graphics on
the video, but the targeted design was not achieved, so the red colouration on the background was removed.
THE JINGLE
The jingle that was used in the news flash intro and outro was actually downloaded, this was done because of my lack
of skills in cooking up beats. I could have done better by using some software tools such as Virtual Dj, Cubase, or
Nuendo softwares, but
THE HEADLINES
The headlines was created on Adobe Premiere pro CS6. A new title was selected, and the arc tool was used to draw the
arc shape. The Font Family of the text was set as Adobe Garamond Pro, and the font style was bold.
However, the aspect effect was reduced to 52.9%, tracking to 8.0, slant to 23.0. Small caps was selected and increased
to 100%. The fill, texture, and Inner strokes box were checked, and the colour opacity was increased to 100%. To
create a background on which the headlines text will be placed, a rectangle was drawn, and a pale pink colour was
selected. The fill, sheen, Texture, and shadow boxes were checked to add special effects to the rectangle.
The name of the news caster on the first scene was achieved on the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. A still title type was
created with the following properties; Prestige Elite Std font family, bold font size which was reduced to 67.9.
Moreover, the green screen background was removed with the use of the Chroma-Key, the Four-point Garbage Matte
tool was used to position and stabilize the background in the first scene, just to maintain a good colour balance, after
which the green screen background was removed and replaced with the original background created in Photoshop.
This was done to make it real and original as required in the coursework.
The Motion tool was selected and used to position the image of the news caster in the centre of the video,
The ending part of the news flash consist of copyright and scrolling text which include the cast and crew that featured
in the news flash . This task was achieved with the use of the scrolling marquee, default crawl and default roll options
in the Adobe Premiere Pro.
However, the sound intro was the last thing that was done. It was not an easy task, and achieving within a short period
of time given was very challenging, so i had to download an intro and make the effective use of it wisely. Despite the
hard work and strife to cook up a sound for the intro, it was not achieved.
Right from the intro to the outro, there was proper keeping of tracks and timing of all the clips so as not to confuse the
viewers. All clips were attached and joined to each other to form a complete news flash with the title, “The Expulsion
Of 19 Students From Middleshire University Due To Examination Malpractice”.
BLOG
After the final storyboard was drawn and properly checked, it was uploaded to my blog. The rendered and exported
video, with the reflective report (docx. and PDF), were also uploaded to my blog, which is available from
http://elubobo.wordpress.com/, on Thursday 29th May, 2014. It was uploaded earlier, a day before the submission
deadline to avoid risk of all kinds such as internet failure, e.t.c.
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CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the news flash has been achieved with the manipulation of many tools in the Adobe CS6 Master
collection generally. By so doing, it has added value to my ability in manipulating those tools. However, i have learnt a
lot from this project such as removing the green screen and replacing it a designed and well- manipulated background,.
I have also learnt on how to use some tools on the Adobe After Effect during the course of creating my news flash intro,
though i could not arrive at a very attractive intro.
REFERENCES
Stroyboardthat, available from www.storyboardthat.com, accessed on 29th April, 2014.
JCSEE, available from www.jcsee.org/program-evaluation-standard, accessed on 2nd May, 2014.
Wordpress, http://racheltaylor94.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/as-main-task-research/, accessed on 28th May, 2014.
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