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Monday 21 November 2011

Thursday 17 November 2011

Year 13 - Evaluation

Your evaluation should assess both the processes of your project and the project itself. You should split it into sections - Pre-production, production, post-production and evaluation of the video.

Pre-production - What were the different stages of your pre-production. You must explain what you did, why you did it. Then you need to assess the effectiveness or how successful those decisions were.

Example -

In this evaluation I am going to discuss and analyse my production project. My task was to work in a group to produce a music video. We had to undertake all of the stages of production that a real music video producer would in the industry, we began with research and planning for the production, then we had a production period and finally we completed our post-production. Also like the real industry we had to work to a deadline and display professional standards of working practices.

Research

The first part of our project was to independently research and analyse music video conventions and techniques. This allowed me to fully understand not only the conventions and techniques used in music videos but also the effect these have on the audience. ETC

Pre-production

There are many stages of pre-production such as; pitching, storyboarding, scripting, location checks and risk assessments. ETC

You now need to go through each stage of your pre-production, explain what you did, any problems you faced and how you overcame them. Why you made the decisions you did and how effective or successful you think it was.

Production

As above, go through each stage of your production and explain what you did, why, problems you overcame, how successful these were.

Post-production

As above, go through each stage of your pose-production and explain what you did, why problems you overcame and how successful these were.


Wednesday 9 November 2011

Year 12, BTEC, Short Film Production Project

As we discussed last lesson, this is a huge project to undertake and we have to be aware that through the various tasks we complete in this project you will be assessed on criteria from 3 different units;
Unit 1: Pre-preproduction Techniques
Unit 16: Film & Video Editing Techniques
Unit 22: Single Camera Techniques

Last lesson we started our report which will help you with all the theories of media that you will use in order to produce amazing short films. The report will consist of three very distinct sections, each one covering the first Assessment Objective from the 3 units we are assessing through this project;
Unit 1, AO1: Understand the pre-production requirements for a short film
Unit 16, AO1: Understand the development and principles of editing
UNit 22, AO1: Understand the features of a single camera production

The slides below are instructions and guidance for writing your introduction for this report (which you should have finished last lesson!!).












In today's lesson we are going to begin the research in order to write the first section of your report which will cover Unit 1, AO1: Understand the pre-production requirements for a short film.




The slides below are from the lesson today - you will need to use these to help you begin your research and start writing this section of your report.







Monday 10 October 2011

Friday 7 October 2011

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Year 12 BTEC - Unit 8, Assignment 3

AO - Be able to prepare personal career development material

The resources you will need for this lesson are;

A link to the Media Guardian website - click here
Guidance & tips of how to write a CV - click here
An example of a CV - click here
An example of a cover letter - click here

Below is also a copy of the slides from the lesson.

Friday 30 September 2011

Year 12 - Unit 8, Assignment 2

Here are the lesson slides and a set of slides to help you explain job roles and types of contracts.






Wednesday 28 September 2011

Year 12 BTEC Media

Use the information here to help you, it also has instructions for your next task.

http://www.capzles.com/f3e6f399-d0ef-4ce0-aac2-d2c15efb3813

Friday 23 September 2011

Year 12 BTEC - Homework, due Wednesday 28th September 2011

Complete a Story Treatment for your short film idea.

A story treatment is the next stage of the creative process where you start to flesh out the 'bones' of your story. In your treatment you MUST:
The genre of your film
The title of your film
The character profiles for your main characters - this much include; their full name, age, what they are like, what they look like and their family background/childhood etc.

Remember your 5 part narratives and BE CREATIVE!!!!!! I want to be entertainedon Wednesday!!!!!

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Year 12 - BTEC Media - Why do films matter?

Below you will find the slides from the lesson which contain your objectives, literacy focus, vocab bank and sentence starters. Also you will find links to digital copies of the work sheets used in the lesson. Can't wait to see these videos!!!


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SVgGZUiYn00P7jC5rsz1eRY7MG8HoU3GI86ULa9i1Nk/edit?hl=en_US













Tuesday 13 September 2011

Year 11 BTEC - Audio Production Essay

Here are the slides you will need, don't forget to use the sentence starter and vocab bank slides!!





Friday 9 September 2011

Year 13 BTEC - Homework

DUE WEDNESDAY 14/09/11

The key words to find the definitions of for your Media Studies Dictionary:

antagonist, archetype, cinematography, continuity editing, cross-cut, cut, cutaway, deep focus, depth of field, diegetic, dissolve, editing, eyeline match, fade, foreshawdowing, graphic match, intertextuality, jump cut, juxtaposition, match on action, mis-en-scene, montage, narrative, non-diegetic, omniscient narrative, parallel narrative, protagonist, representation, restricted narrative, sexual objectification, shallow focus, shot-reverse-shot, significant prop, stereotype, storyboard, sub-plot, transition

This is the clip you will need to complete your analysis grid:



Thursday 8 September 2011

Year 13 BTEC Media - Music Video's 1

Here are the slides for today's lesson.




Wednesday 7 September 2011

Year 12 BTEC Media - Film Reviews

Use this link to complete the Vocabulary Exercise. Please work independently on this task.


Once you have completed the exercise make sure you call me over to your computer to see your results.

Monday 13 June 2011

Year 10, 13/06/11

Follow the instructions on this slideshow:




Friday 10 June 2011

Year 12 - Cover Work

Your task today is to complete a research and case study on the processes of modern Hollywood filmmaking and a blockbuster film of your choice.

First go to this webpage:
http://www.skillset.org/film/business/

Here you will find a storyboard which briefly explains each step of the filmmaking process, you must use this as a guide to research your chosen film and produce a case study which will explain its production, distribution and exhibition. Start your case study with a summary of the plot of the film.

See the slides below for further instructions and an example.



Monday 16 May 2011

Year 11, BTEC, Task 2, 17th May 2011

For this task you must produce a case study about job roles, contracts and working practices in the media industry. To help you with this I have split the case study up into sections with questions you need to address and produced resources for you to use as you initial research (see slides below).

In your case study you MUST cover the following:




  • Explain each job type you will find in the media industry - what does each job entail and suggest some real jobs that fit into these categories (you can use my suggestions, but in order to get a MERIT/DISTINCTION you MUST find some of your own too)


  • Research ONE job from each role and explain it in detail. For example you will have explained one technical job, one creative job, one mangerial job, etc.


  • Explain the different working hours you find within the media industry and suggest a job role which fits into each different category. Explain why that job might work with the working hours you have suggested.


  • Explain working practices - what are they, why do we have them, give some examples.


  • Explain who the ASA are and what they do


  • Explain how the ASA are part of the media industries working practices - what do they moderate and why is their work important?


  • Find an example of a banned advert (print or tv) on the ASA website and produce a case study about it - expplain and analyse the advert, find the ASA report about it and explain who might have complained about it and why. Describe what the ASA did about it.


  • Ask a peer about their opinions - was the ASA right? Was the person/s who complained right? Include this AND your own opinion as the conclusion of your report (A TIP - remember what we have learnt about audience classification - LLCAGES)


Wednesday 9 March 2011

Year 12 - Edward Scissorhands Task

Edward Scissorhands Synopsis

Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 film, it has been described as a romance, drama, fantasy film. It was directed and produced by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. The film follows the main character of the title - Edward, who is an artificial man with scissors instead of hands. Edward was left unfinished by his inventor, who had a heart attack, and ever since he has lived alone in the mansion owned by the inventor. When a property agent comes to view the house she finds Edward and beings him to live with her family. Edward soon becomes friends with the young son and falls in love with the daughter, Kim. The film follows Edward as he deals with people's reactions to his appearance and as he learns to communicate with people and the girl he loves.

Look at the clips here and write a FULL analysis of the meaning created. You MUST discuss the shot types, camera angles, lighting, composition, sound, editing, mise-en-scene AND the representations and stereotypes presented/constructed.

Monday 7 March 2011

Year 10 - Creative Media BTEC - Unit 3, Task 1

The link below will take you to a basic (and incomplete) example of Task 1. If this example was completed to the same level it would achieve a PASS grade.

http://prezi.com/injbcaytkphm/edit/#33_10194946

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Year 12 Media BTEC - Film Research Lesson

Questions for your research of the film industry. Remember to 10 questions you need to ask.

Monday 7 February 2011

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Year 12 - Media Studies BTEC - Peer Assessment

Use this form to assess the groups work.


Use this form to respond to the feedback you were given.