Unit 2 Communication Skills for Creative Media Production

Learning outcomes for Unit 2 1 Extracting information from written sources 2 Structuring an essay 3 Improving your essay through proof reading and review.

Punctuation “ ? !., ”

Semi Colon Used to link two main sentence clauses. Some people believe that it is vital to attend university; others feel that work experience is a more valuable route. Most media students want to appear in front of the camera; I however, want to be working behind the scenes. ;

Comma Vs Semi Colon A Semi Colon is more pronounced I am not happy today, as it is cold. I am not happy today; I hate the cold!

‘ Vs “ 'Eight million' hit by Nepal quake Eight million people were affected by the Nepal earthquake and 1.4m are in need of food aid, the UN says, as the death toll tops Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has warned the toll could reach , telling Reuters news agency the government was on a "war footing".

Many animators feel that the process of animation is ‘hard work’. Tim Burton, the famous Director, has described the process of animation as being “hard work”. Many animators feel that the process is lenghty and difficult. I have often found animation to be hard work (Burton, 2001)

Tim Burton An example of a developer who creates animations which produce an abstract visual is Tim Burton. As not only one of the most famous film directors in the film industry, but also one of the best animation producers in the world, Burton created his first big animation when he was 24 years old entitled ‘Vincent’. Despite only being 6 minutes long and never being released in cinemas, this film would be something which would inspire all of Burton’s future projects. Vincent, whose aspiration it was to become Vincent Price, showed abstract characteristics and features such as his exaggerated pointy chin which connotes his evil personality. These exaggerations were later portrayed throughout his more famous creations such as ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘Corpse Bride’ such as making Sally’s eyes bigger and Jack really tall and skinny. Burton’s gothic and dark style is also one which is shown throughout both his animations and live action films. Since producing ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, these visual appearances given to his characters has become his signature style and one which is recognisable throughout his creations. “Burton delights in the exaggerated manipulation of the body.” Ronald S. Magliozzi, Jenny He (2009 )

Referencing Author’s surname and initial Year published (in brackets) Book title (underlined) Where published Publisher Skinner.L (2014) How to Teach Stop-Motion Animation, Birmingham, Skin Book Ltd

Website Referencing Author’s surname and initial Year published (in brackets) Article title (underlined) Magazine or website title (Italics) URL Date accessed (in brackets) Skinner.L (2014) How to Teach Stop-Motion Animation, Lee’s Blog, Available at: (Accessed 16th October 2014)

Essay Structure Contents Introduction Titles, subtitles and paragraphs Conclusion Headers Page numbers Quotes and referencing Font Images Review and proof read Good use of terminology

Structure In this essay I will talk about animation and my experience at university. I attended the University of South Wales in I enrolled onto their animation course and completed the three year program, which developed my skills as an artist and a creative writer. I would strongly recommend this University to any young student looking to pursue a career in animation. I have enjoyed a happy and success career since graduating.

Spelling There Their They’re Program Programme A lot Alot Allot Its It’s Your You’re Affect Effect When you're talking about the change itself (the noun) you use "effect." For example: That movie had a great effect on me. When you're talking about the act of changing (the verb) you use "affect." For example: That movie affected me greatly.

Use a Thesaurus Shift F7

Stopping

Task Compose a mini essay on the subject of ‘Stopping’ Include a quote from Ken Priebe and reference his book at the end.