A2 Media Studies Coursework Evaluation Question 4
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
A2 Media Studies Coursework Evaluation Question 3
A2 Media Studies Coursework Evaluation Question 3
"What have you learned from your audience feedback?"
We collected and used our audience feedback in the Planning, Construction and Evaluation stages of making our Music Video, Digipak and Magazine Advert.
In the Planning Stage, we held brief Focus Groups to decide which song we would use for our Music Video. In our first Focus Group, we suggested the following songs: "Wave of Popular Feeling" by Groundswell (now called Three Days Grace), "Your Girlfriend Sucks" by Reel Big Fish, "Home" by Gabrielle Aplin and "Girl in the War" by Josh Ritter. In the end, we decided on "Wave of Popular Feeling". Later into the coursework, Joe decided he wanted to change the song because of complications with the video and the song and we decided to use the acoustic version of "The River" by Good Charlotte. However, we later decided to change the song back to "Wave of Popular Feeling" after Joe got the idea of splitting the video into four screens, similar to acapella videos he had seen on YouTube and Music Videos like "This is An Emergency" by The Pigeon Detectives.
In the Construction Stage, we made a Rough Cut of our Music Video so that we could get feedback about our general idea for our video. We were told that the video was boring and slow due to the lack of variety. We fixed this problem by making the screens switch round on occasion either randomly or in an anti-clockwise order to the beat of the song. Sometimes the same screen would appear in all four corners. We also sped up the pacing of the editing to make it less boring.
We also got feedback from the teachers and other students for our finished Music Video. They pointed out a few last-minute small nitpicks and issues in the video so we could correct them on Adobe Premier Pro and finally upload the video onto Youtube.
We also got feedback for our Digipak and Magazine Advert. The digipak was originally seen as "too plain" during production due to the black-and-white visuals. We fixed this problem by making the layout of the Digipak checkered with these colours to make it more unique and we also used this same idea for the Magazine Advert.
In the Evaluation Stage, we got feedback through in several ways, including Survey Monkey and simple questionnaires. Joe even put the Music Video on his Facebook page for feedback in the comments section and the amount of likes.
According to the feedback, while there were no comments, the website shows the video got "liked" by 3 people.
"What have you learned from your audience feedback?"
We collected and used our audience feedback in the Planning, Construction and Evaluation stages of making our Music Video, Digipak and Magazine Advert.
In the Planning Stage, we held brief Focus Groups to decide which song we would use for our Music Video. In our first Focus Group, we suggested the following songs: "Wave of Popular Feeling" by Groundswell (now called Three Days Grace), "Your Girlfriend Sucks" by Reel Big Fish, "Home" by Gabrielle Aplin and "Girl in the War" by Josh Ritter. In the end, we decided on "Wave of Popular Feeling". Later into the coursework, Joe decided he wanted to change the song because of complications with the video and the song and we decided to use the acoustic version of "The River" by Good Charlotte. However, we later decided to change the song back to "Wave of Popular Feeling" after Joe got the idea of splitting the video into four screens, similar to acapella videos he had seen on YouTube and Music Videos like "This is An Emergency" by The Pigeon Detectives.In the Construction Stage, we made a Rough Cut of our Music Video so that we could get feedback about our general idea for our video. We were told that the video was boring and slow due to the lack of variety. We fixed this problem by making the screens switch round on occasion either randomly or in an anti-clockwise order to the beat of the song. Sometimes the same screen would appear in all four corners. We also sped up the pacing of the editing to make it less boring.We also got feedback from the teachers and other students for our finished Music Video. They pointed out a few last-minute small nitpicks and issues in the video so we could correct them on Adobe Premier Pro and finally upload the video onto Youtube.
We also got feedback for our Digipak and Magazine Advert. The digipak was originally seen as "too plain" during production due to the black-and-white visuals. We fixed this problem by making the layout of the Digipak checkered with these colours to make it more unique and we also used this same idea for the Magazine Advert.
In the Evaluation Stage, we got feedback through in several ways, including Survey Monkey and simple questionnaires. Joe even put the Music Video on his Facebook page for feedback in the comments section and the amount of likes.Audience Feedback
Audience Feedback
We collected our audience feedback in a number of ways.
We mainly held focus groups when trying to decide what song to use for our music video.
Joe had created and carried out a survey to get some feedback about our finished Music Video.
He also put the video up on his own Facebook page to get feedback. The video had no comments but it had been "liked" by 3 people.
We collected our audience feedback in a number of ways.
We mainly held focus groups when trying to decide what song to use for our music video.Joe had created and carried out a survey to get some feedback about our finished Music Video.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 8 - Taking Photos of Me with Bass Guitar
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 8 - Taking Photos of Me with Bass Guitar
Jordan and I went to the Band Room to take photos of me posing with a bass guitar. He also took pictures of the separate instruments (i.e. the drum kit, the bass guitar and guitar).
Jordan and I went to the Band Room to take photos of me posing with a bass guitar. He also took pictures of the separate instruments (i.e. the drum kit, the bass guitar and guitar).
Friday, 20 March 2015
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 7 - Taking Photos of Jordan for Digipak and Magazine Advert
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 7 - Taking Photos of Jordan for Digipak and Magazine Advert
We went to the Band Room again to take photos of Jordan on the drums for the Digipak and Magazine Advert. We will take my photos on the bass guitar next week.
We went to the Band Room again to take photos of Jordan on the drums for the Digipak and Magazine Advert. We will take my photos on the bass guitar next week.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Postmodernism - Why is "Pulp Fiction" Postmodern?
Postmodernism - Why is "Pulp Fiction" Postmodern?
Pulp Fiction is considered one of, if not, the best example of Postmodernism because of the numerous pop culture references and references to films that were released earlier than this film's release date in 1994 (it "looks back").
When the film "looks back", it has nothing new to say. For example:
Pulp Fiction is considered one of, if not, the best example of Postmodernism because of the numerous pop culture references and references to films that were released earlier than this film's release date in 1994 (it "looks back").
When the film "looks back", it has nothing new to say. For example:
- When Vincent Vega (played by John Travolta) gazes inside a glowing case - reference to "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955)
- When Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson) recites Ezekiel 25:17 from the Bible
- Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace go to a retro restaurant called Jack Rabbit Slim's
The references are also inter-textual. For example:
- When Vincent dances with Mia Wallace (played by Uma Thurman) at Jack Rabbit Slim's - reference to Jean-Luc Godard's "Bande à part" (1964) - originally thought to be a reference to John Travolta's dance scene in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
- The waiters and waitresses at Jack Rabbit Slim's are dressed as Buddy Holly and Marilyn Monroe, the latter wearing a white dress as a reference to "The Seven Year Itch" (1955)
Postmodern films such as this also lack meta-narratives (a big overall story/opinion that applies to everyone in society). For example, the two gangsters, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, talk about killing in a similar way to when they discuss hamburgers and the latter quotes the Bible at the most inappropriate of times. Therefore, a lack of meta-narratives in postmodern films also leads to a lack of morality in these kinds of films.
Postmodern films are also "playful", meaning they can sometimes get away with breaking the realism. When Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace first arrive at Jack Rabbit Slim's, she tells him not to a square and then actually "draws" a square on the screen, complete with an outline. They do this to remind the audience that this is in no way a real event but a film.
The film also references music videos. For example, Butch's partner says she wants a pot belly like Madonna in her music video for "Lucky Star".
Postmodern films do not use elements from either only high or low culture. In these films, these cultures are equal and are used at the same time.
Friday, 13 March 2015
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 6 - Re-filming Joe's Guitar part
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 6 - Re-filming Joe's Guitar part
We filmed Joe's Guitar shots after school on March 12th. Now we have enough shots to properly edit our Music Video on March 13th.
We filmed Joe's Guitar shots after school on March 12th. Now we have enough shots to properly edit our Music Video on March 13th.
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 5 - Re-filming Bass Guitar and Drums
A2 Media Studies Coursework Production Diary: Day 5 - Re-filming Bass Guitar and Drums
We re-filmed myself on Bass Guitar and Jordan on Drums after school on March 5th. We were about to film Joe on Guitar but the caretaker came round to lock up and we had to pack up the filming. We plan to film Joe's part on March 12th.
We re-filmed myself on Bass Guitar and Jordan on Drums after school on March 5th. We were about to film Joe on Guitar but the caretaker came round to lock up and we had to pack up the filming. We plan to film Joe's part on March 12th.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Constructing the Magazine Advert
Constructing the Magazine Advert
For creating the Magazine Advert for our Music Video, we also used Adobe Photoshop. Like in the Music Video and Digipak, the advert was split into multiple screens and coloured black-and-white like a chessboard, this time a 3x5 board (excluding the album title at the top). On the white spaces, we put photos of each of the band members, as well as one of the two "five-star ratings" and the QR Code. The black spaces were mainly left blank, save for three that had the other "five-star rating", the band's website URL and the logos of the music companies and applications where the album will be available from. Like with the Digipak, we made it so the colours of the text and images were inverted on a background of the opposite colour. The font we used here was "CM Dragon Tattoo".
For creating the Magazine Advert for our Music Video, we also used Adobe Photoshop. Like in the Music Video and Digipak, the advert was split into multiple screens and coloured black-and-white like a chessboard, this time a 3x5 board (excluding the album title at the top). On the white spaces, we put photos of each of the band members, as well as one of the two "five-star ratings" and the QR Code. The black spaces were mainly left blank, save for three that had the other "five-star rating", the band's website URL and the logos of the music companies and applications where the album will be available from. Like with the Digipak, we made it so the colours of the text and images were inverted on a background of the opposite colour. The font we used here was "CM Dragon Tattoo".
Constructing the Digipak
Constructing the Digipak
For creating our Digipak, we used Adobe Photoshop. We developed six panels for each side of the Digipak and then put them together, with the top three upside-down and the bottom three the right way up, just like an actual Digipak template.
Like the Music Video, the Digipak is split into screens (each panel) and each panel is laid out with four screens like the music video and in a chessboard pattern, complete with black-and-white colours. To make the text clear, we put white text on the black backgrounds and black text on the white backgrounds. The images and photos we used here are also inverted depending on the backgrounds they are on. The fonts we used were "CM Dragon Tattoo", to match the theme of the rock genre, and "SignericaFat" (for Joe), "BiloxiScript" (for Jordan), "NoteraPersonalUseOnly" (for Jamie) and "SweetlyBroken" (for myself) for each of the band members' signatures.
For creating our Digipak, we used Adobe Photoshop. We developed six panels for each side of the Digipak and then put them together, with the top three upside-down and the bottom three the right way up, just like an actual Digipak template.
Like the Music Video, the Digipak is split into screens (each panel) and each panel is laid out with four screens like the music video and in a chessboard pattern, complete with black-and-white colours. To make the text clear, we put white text on the black backgrounds and black text on the white backgrounds. The images and photos we used here are also inverted depending on the backgrounds they are on. The fonts we used were "CM Dragon Tattoo", to match the theme of the rock genre, and "SignericaFat" (for Joe), "BiloxiScript" (for Jordan), "NoteraPersonalUseOnly" (for Jamie) and "SweetlyBroken" (for myself) for each of the band members' signatures.
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Editing the Music Video
Editing the Music Video
For editing the music video, we used the software package Adobe Premier Pro. The screenshot on the left is the timeline of our finished music video.
As you can see, most of the shots we used are cut short to speed up the pace of the editing and some are cut short to fit to the beat of the song.
There are also multiple layers of the video so that the shots could be sorted into four corners of the screen and shown on-screen at the same time.
This screenshot shows the Video Effects screen, where we were able to position each screen into the four corners. Take notice of the "Position" and "Scale" functions.
The end result would be this. (see left)
As you can see, most of the shots we used are cut short to speed up the pace of the editing and some are cut short to fit to the beat of the song.
There are also multiple layers of the video so that the shots could be sorted into four corners of the screen and shown on-screen at the same time.
Album Art Exercise
Album Art Exercise
Random Wikipedia page - Band Name
1st attempt:- Hillsboro, Massachusetts
2nd attempt:- Total Request
Random Quotation (quotationspage.com) - Album Title
"slave to pen and ink" - Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
Random Flickr Image - Album Art
1st attempt (unable to download (this image was print-screened)):-
Image by /\ \/\ /\/ /\ (Flickr username)
2nd attempt (unable to download (this image was print-screened)):-
Image by Diego Zaid (Flickr username)
3rd attempt (able to download):-
Image by K/Y2nd (Flickr username)
Finished Image
Image by Me (Marianne Webb)
To make this image, I downloaded the background image from Flickr and imported it into Adobe Photoshop. I then typed the Band Name (size 72) in the top-left corner of the image and the Album Title (size 46) in the bottom-left corner of the image. The font I used for the text was "Zapfino" and I chose it because it looked like it was hand-written. I found this fitting as the Album Title was a quote from a famous novelist. I changed the colour of the text to either black or white, depending on the brightness of the part of the background image it was typed over. It also seemed fitting that the word "Ink" was in black.
Random Wikipedia page - Band Name
1st attempt:- Hillsboro, Massachusetts
2nd attempt:- Total Request
Random Quotation (quotationspage.com) - Album Title
"slave to pen and ink" - Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
Random Flickr Image - Album Art
1st attempt (unable to download (this image was print-screened)):-
Image by /\ \/\ /\/ /\ (Flickr username)
2nd attempt (unable to download (this image was print-screened)):-
Image by Diego Zaid (Flickr username)
3rd attempt (able to download):-
Image by K/Y2nd (Flickr username)
Finished Image
Image by Me (Marianne Webb)
To make this image, I downloaded the background image from Flickr and imported it into Adobe Photoshop. I then typed the Band Name (size 72) in the top-left corner of the image and the Album Title (size 46) in the bottom-left corner of the image. The font I used for the text was "Zapfino" and I chose it because it looked like it was hand-written. I found this fitting as the Album Title was a quote from a famous novelist. I changed the colour of the text to either black or white, depending on the brightness of the part of the background image it was typed over. It also seemed fitting that the word "Ink" was in black.
A2 Media Studies Coursework Planning Documents: Storyboard
This is the storyboard for our Music Video. We only recorded 8 shots because we planned on reusing most of these shots throughout the video.
A2 Media Studies Coursework Planning Documents: Shot List
Shot List
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Scene
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Shot Number
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Description (Lyrics of song)
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Close up on drum kit.
Pans out to reveal band members.
Close up on main singer.
Right shot on main singer.
Left shot on main singer.
High angle on singer.
Low angle on singer.
Mid shot on singer/band. (Next shot the same)
Close up on bass.
Close up on Rhythm guitar.
Zoom out show entire band. (Next two shots the same)
MAYBE shots on beat of drum.
Mid shot of band.
Left shot of band.
Right shot of band.
Mid shot (STRAIGHT AWAY).
Various shots of instruments being played.
Close up on main singer.
Right shot on singer.
Left shot on singer.
High angle on singer.
Low angle on singer.
Mid on singer. (Next line the same).
Mid on band (Next line).
Close up on bass. (same for next line)
Close up on rhythm guitar (next line)
Close up on drummer (Same for next line)
Close up on lead guitar (next line)
Close up on main singer with lead in background. (next two lines)
Pan out to show band.
Right shot on band.
Left on band.
Mid on band.
Pan out to show other band members. (when music swells) Zoom in on guitar/MAYBE strap camera to guitar.
Close up on drummer.
Close up on rhythm.
Close up on lead.
Close up on Singer.
Right shot of band.
Left shot of band.
Close up on singer.
Left shot of singer.
Right Shot of singer.
High angle on singer.
Low angle of singer.
Mid show of band.
Zoom out/ fade out.
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Intro of song
“From anger to pleasure”
“From right…”
“…To wrong”
“And all of these feelings”
“Still become a song”
“The sources of doom”
“Entirely collide”
“We tell ourselves that”
“We can’t run and hide”
“We never know that we’re enabled”
“Please tell me something I don’t know”
“About this sort of gentle feeling”
“The wave of popular feeling”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt so good, yeah”
“You never felt so good, yeah”
“From anger to pleasure”
“From right…”
“…to wrong”
“And all of these feelings”
“Still become a song”
“The sources of doom”
“Entirely collide”
“We tell ourselves that”
“We can’t run or hide”
“So take me down to water”
“If I get too rough”
“That’s when we sit down”
“We say we’ve had enough”
“There’s something different here”
“That we never know”
“A song, we’re imageless”
“Just like you”
“We never know we’re enabled”
“Please tell me something I don’t know”
“About this sort of gentle healing”
“This wave of popular feeling”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt so good, yeah”
“You never felt so good, yeah”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt too good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt too good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt too good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt too good”
“You never felt so good”
“You never felt good”
“Oh yeah”
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A2 Media Studies Coursework Planning Documents: Shooting Schedule
Shooting Schedule
Day
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Scene
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Location
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Equipment
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Costumes
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Props
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Cast +Crew
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1
2
3
4
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Drummer
Bass
Lead
Singer
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Robert Clack Music Room
Robert Clack Music Room
Robert Clack Music Room
Jamie’s House
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Drum kit, Camera, tripod
Bass, Camera, tripod
E. Guitar Camera, tripod
Microphone, camera, tripod
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Black Shirt & trousers
Grey shirt & Skirt
Dark shirt & jeans
Black shirt & jeans
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Drum kit
Bass Guitar
E. Guitar
Microphone
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Joe, Jordan, Marianne
Joe, Jordan, Marianne
Joe, Jordan, Marianne
Joe Jamie
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A2 Media Studies Coursework Planning Documents: Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
Group Members: Location:
Hazard
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Person(s)
at Risk
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Likelihood
of Hazard
1 –
Extremely Unlikely
5 –
Extremely Likely
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Severity
of Hazard Outcomes
1 –
Very Low Risk
5 –
Very High Risk
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Risk
Level
(Likelihood
+ Severity)
2
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Measures
to Take to Manage Risk
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Risk
Managed?
Y/N
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Tripping over long Wires or other equipment.
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All individuals filming and being filmed
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2
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4
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6
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Put all spare wires to the side as well as putting wires that are
being used as close to the wall as possible.
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Y
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Dropping heavy instruments on limbs.
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All individuals filming and being filmed
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3
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4
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7
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We will hold the guitars tight and firm as well as put the guitar
shoulder straps on properly.
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Y
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The risk of teachers and students coming in or disturbing
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All individuals filming and the ones being filmed
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3
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2
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5
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We will film in a safe area and ask if the room isn’t being used by
anyone or is going to be using the room.
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Y
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The risk of people slipping over slippery surfaces and falling over
when filming or are being filmed.
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Everyone being filmed and the people who are filming.
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1
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4
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5
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We will make sure that the room is clear and hasn’t got any wet floors
or any other slippery surfaces. Preferably, we will find a room with carpet
floors.
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Y
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Contacts
Emergency Service:
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