Media Codes

Media Codes

The article itself shows how people use story charts and visual tools to help them to put stories together in a way that helps add visual context. The article also held references to Tim's blog at Projector Films is packed with useful resources and ideas. In the post called beachcombing, Tim discusses how gathering together fragments of ideas from which I might eventually make something is a process that doesn't happen instantly and needs to be worked through. Tim mentions throughout that what has fascinated him about New Media is that Technology is finally combining with Storytelling, and he also underlines why using story charts are so vitally important to success and accuracy when compiling a piece together. Tim Clague was also single handily responsible for creating 'The Scriptwriters Life' a useful template for writers before making their piece, visible below.

The article has allowed me to understand that Tim's ideas are aimed at helping people get the most out of their jobs, notably media creatives, but they could apply equally to media students such as myself when making my music video this year. For example, this article mentions the art of story boarding seen below, and how it can be an effective and creative visual scripting tool for any piece of media that I wish to make.

The article also stated that many years ago, director Mark Adcock stated that he used to put together a 'steal-o-matic' before making a music video, which consisted of ideas from films that he wanted to use. These days, with so much stuff on the web, it is much easier to get these ideas together and make your blog your 'steal-o-matic'. the key for Mark, as for Tim, was not to steal just from one place but to get ideas from everywhere. I personally feel that this method is far more efficient than just collecting ideas from one source, the web as previously mentioned is a fantastic resource and so using it to my advantage could make my music video 10x better and more accurate.