My own review (Merlin 2009 series)

Ok this is a new series i have been enjoying since it came out, its already on season two with a new episode every week on Saturdays around 6-7 (or watch it on BBC iplayer.
I love the whole fantasy/magic theme and really interested in old times about merlin/dragons so this series is perfect because its based in those times. Unlike the Sam Neill's Merlin series which done in 1998, the New 2008/2009 Merlin series with Colin Morgan, is a lot more deeper into the storyline and magic.
Every week you get more knowledge how Merlin started out and how King Arther became to be. Besides the deep plot in the storyline which grabs your attention and gets you addicted to whats going happen next,which i do like, im mainly interested in the special effects for spells in this and how they make realistic looking creatures such as Trolls.

(Old 1998- 2nd favourite of mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW7lYb9gRf4#

(New 2008/2009 so far- 1st favourite of mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NUbLHspSkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPQmPm_QJTs

As you can tell, the 1st was really old looking and more into the history feel too it, while the new one is more modern and interesting.

Anyways its a must watch :) if like special effects and magic/Merlin like, its good storyline too. King Uther banned magic from Camelot kingdom and Merlin has to protect while hiding his magic :).

Research on Addictive Colour Mixing

Ok we were assigned to research on the addictive colours,
so I found this interesting wheel which helps show how combining different colours create new ones, this also includes for lighting as well.






For example the LCD and CRT computer+television screens use a mixing of addictive colours, which clearly suggests how important it really is.

The method of mixing color light is called additive color mixing, because when you are adding light from two or more sources, it produces the mixed color which we see today.

Another interesting thing I learnt is when you mix red/green and blue lights together it creates a white light, but only when combined with the right amount of each.

For more information please visit this site= http://home.att.net/~RTRUSCIO/COLORMX.htm

Malac- Sound Plan

Well friday is today and we had a audio lecture today talking more into our Malac play. We have to come up with a script but for where and what sound/audio we will use.
We discussed what sounds would be good like footsteps, brief case opening, music, we found all of this on free sounds/music sites which wasn't copyrighted.
I helped pick which music I liked and thought fits the moment well, then took vote which of the songs to use, since we had a few songs for each section in the play.

Malac

Today we got assigned to our groups for the Malac play which went well, we seem to share ideas and get on well as a group.
So im looking forward to our final outcome and actually filming/editing.
Our main idea is to make it all serious at the start but closer to the end we will add humor and make this "Malac" a pet hamster, i thought this was a pretty funny and nice way to intemperate this play.
We found a location within the group, someones basement which was a perfect location for the play, though deciding our roles was left till Tuesday where we will talk more about it.

Year 2: First Homework- Location Manager

Describe the role of a Location Manager.

A location manager is a important role in a team, his job is to locate places required in a film. With this the location manager has to make sure if everything is safe in this location, for example if a need a old house and a scene on the stairs
(make sure the stairs are safe to carry large equiptment to the top).
They will have to research everything about the location from sound to lighting and anything else that will effect the film, for example if theres a school nearby, what time do they finish ?, so they avoid background noise.
Then when they find a appropriate location, they then inform the director to see if any problems.