22 digital 42.3%

7 both 13.4%

22 Print 42.3%

1 none 2%

(Percentages rounded to the nearest tenth)

Average political knowledge (1-5) = 2.06

9 people said they access political information weekly (17.3%)

14 people said daily (26.9%)

6 said rarely (11.5%)

21 said never (40.4%)

We asked a demographic of 52 people aged 15-25 some questions about politics. One of the questions we asked was whether they preferred Digital or Print posters. 42.3% of people said Digital and Print, whilst 13.4% of people said both and 1 person (2%) said none. We also asked the same people how much they know about politics (between 1-5). The average answer was 2.06. 44 of the 52 people we asked said they did not support a political party (84.6%). 3 of them said labour (6%), 1 said conservative (2%), 1 said green (2%) and 2 said they supported a party (4%), but did not state a specific one. We also asked them how often they access political information. 9 people said weekly (17.3%), 14 people said daily (26.9%), 6 said rarely (11.5%), 21 said never (40.4%).

When it comes to political posters, according to our questionnaire, people are evenly divided between Digital and Print posters. This shows a huge rise in digital advertising since being introduced. Unsurprisingly, considering the demographic chosen, the average political knowledge score was 2.06 out of 5. This result is extremely low, however due to the lack of compulsory political education this is not surprising. It is also unsurprising that the majority of people we asked don’t support a political party for the same reasoning. This result could also be linked to the age of the people asked (majority not old enough to vote). The majority of people also said they never access political information, again almost certainly related to the demographic.

Questionare data

What did we do?

In this task we had to write a summary statement after looking at the spreadsheet of results from the politics questionnaire, the statements had to be about the facts we found out from the questionnaire, our group chose to write about the answers to a couple of the questions that the public answered, we worked out statistics such as percentages and displayed them in a paragraph. After that we wrote a paragraph of assumptions.

What did I know?

Before doing this I didn't know much about writing summary statements, I find it difficult to work out and record statistics. I also didn't know much about interacting with the public when doing the questionnaire. I have made a couple of spreadsheets before this exercise however I wasn't very familiar with them I was feeling a little apprehensive before hand. 

What did I learn?

I have learnt that doing a questionnaire with the public and with students around college isn't so bad, everyone I asked was willing the answer the questions which was very helpful. I have also learnt a lot more about writing summary statements, I have learnt that I just need to include the facts then I can add in my opinions and assumptions in another paragraph. 

        Hama Beads            

The most basic abilities develop over the first few years of your life. Children learn to recognise colours, grip small objects, tell one shape from another, learn quantities, and so on. And it's just when they're this small that Hama products come into their own as an educational toy. Hama products give children as young as 3 a creative challange, then as the child grows the products switch from educational toys into creative hobbies. 

Hama products help children and prepare them for school – the fun games they play which allow them to experiment create familiarity with symbols, speech and letters.

Although Hama beads allow children to think out side the box, these can sometimes be a bit tricky to play with, some may say that they aren't entirely suitable for children under a certain age purely because of the fact the beads need to be ironed in order for them to stick together. Having to use an iron on a children's toy could be irresponsible and dangerous. 

Neve Fear-Smith: nevefearsmith.blogspot.com

Jess Stockman: JStockmanMediaCOBC.blogspot.com

Pre-production is very important when making a film, it seems like there is a lot to do which could be stressful, pre-production seems like it would take up a lot of time effort and if that didn’t take place the film would be difficult to make because each individual character involved in the making of the film needs to know what to do and have a planned agenda for everything to run smoothly. The end product will depend on how well the well the pre-production goes, that’s how important it is.

For example, the location is essential to plan out, this is needed so the crew can get comfortable with the setting and they are able to plan for weather conditions.

Cast rehearsals are important because they need to get used to their lines and it will be much less time consuming when it comes to filming.

When it comes to filming, the crew will want food, therefore planning what food there will be and how much it will all cost is extremely important also.

Today I started to make a self portrait of myself using Illustrator, I was new to this so wasn't sure how to use it but I managed to get the hang of it eventually. We first started out by drawing ourselves on a piece of paper to get used to how we would draw each of our features. After this we went on Illustrator to test out our knowledge and get used to using each tool. We first made a fire work display by using certain shapes, after doing this I felt a lot more comfortable with the software.
Firstly I made my my head shape my using the normal pencil tool, I then drew on each feature on my face, I occasionally changed the thickness of the tool to fit certain features, for example I made the pen thicker for my eyes to show my make-up, I did the same for my hair. Instead of drawing on my eyes twice, I copied and pasted the first eye I drew, this was more effective because it looks more realistic.
After this exercise I feel more confident about using Illustrator, I hope that by doing this I can now progress and make more challenging artwork in the future.

How I created my Alien Transformation gif

I chose to make the transformation of my hand moving across my face revealing red eyes and a green face. I got this idea after I searched google for alien faces, I decided the colour green would be a good idea because the it is the stereotypical colour of an alien. The red eyes add a hint of horror and it makes me appear scary. 

I started the process by taking several pictures of myself on photo booth, each picture consisted of me moving my hand across my face. After I took these photos I found them in iPhoto and dragged them onto photoshop and made sure each photo was in a separate layer. I clicked on the photos that I wanted to turn into an alien, I first started to fill my eyes in red using the paint tool brush and the shade of colour I thought looked best, I then chose a green shade and used the paint tool to colour in my face, I then repeated this in the others photos that I wanted to reveal the alien theme. 

Alien Transformation