Week 10

Well done to all of those who completed their productions on time. There are some really strong pieces of work and you've all worked really hard. Here's the action plan for the following two weeks.

Upload your video to youtube to get feedback. You should also try and put it on Voicethread (www.voicethread.com) so that I can give a detailed commentary for you.

Complete the seven evaluation questions. Remember to do them as separate blog posts using a variety of methods. (Use the sheet to help you).

Create an action plan for the first week back (we have lesson on 4th Jan).

I will do everything I can to mark your work and give constructive feedback between these dates so that you can complete everything by Friday 6th Jan (I will mark them over weekend 7/8th Jan 2012).

Most importantly, enjoy Christmas and I look forward to seeing all your amazing work in the new year.

Mr Mayers

Week 9 - The Evaluation

We've got to week 9 already. If you haven't filmed yet - oh dear! You should all be finishing your editing this week and getting the film ready for distribution over the internet. The following presentation gives an overview of what's expected of you. I will go over this with you in lesson.

Media Studies Coursework Evaluation Student Guide

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It's now week 7

Time to check your week by week progress sheets given out two weeks ago. This week is all about finishing filming and getting used to editing with Final Cut. I'd like to see some reflection about projects - detecting some radio silences from some groups.
Also, organise your time more effectively - what are you going to be doing over the next three weeks? Technology will get you, don't leave things until the last minute. Mac suites are open most of the time and you are welcome to come in and use them if they're free.

Thanks to Fehinti for recommending this website:

www.flixpress.com to register and get free templates to use in your title openers.

Week 5 - preparation to film

Following on from last week, you should all be making final preparations to film.

This week we will be looking at student exemplars of planning and research with the view to understanding how the mark scheme works and applying it to real pieces of coursework.

The outcome showed me two things - that you understand the demands of the brief and that you know what you have to do to be marked as proficient or excellent.

I will be marking all your research and planning on Wednesday - any other research or planning you add to your blog after this date will not be considered as I'm trying to give accurate progress grades for your coursework.

In Wednesday's session we will be looking at the functions of the camera and also introducing you to the Macs, which have finally been fixed after an eight week meltdown.  I will bring along some of the prelim work for you to experiment using Final Cut.

Continue to use your time effectively and show me that you are ready to film next week.

What we did in lesson:

• Shooting checklist - make sure you address the following on your call sheet:
• tripod camera
• props
• costume
• make up
• storyboard, shotlists and script
• actors - including contact numbers
• location map/emergency numbers
• portable lights/torches/batteries and gaffa tape
• crew
• production notes - phones and digital camera to record the process
• charger
• tape/cassete or memory card
• money for transport and refreshments
• time schedule (weather report, sunrise and sunset)
• caravan or base - a place to keep warm and keep dry/safe
• protective equipment - camera bags, coats, brollies, hats, etc.
• first aid kit for all those amputations
• your brain - you will be using it a lot
Video Camera techniques - A-level
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some more websites of use

http://www.watchthetitles.com/ is an alternative to artofthetitle.com and is a good way of exploring inventive and engaging film titles and analyses

http://www.wix.com/ can be used as a fee website tool for showcasing your work, perhaps you can use this for your pitch or promo for your completed film?

more to follow...

Week 4 - The pitch and audience research

The Film Pitch



Hopefully you've all been working hard on your coursework planning over half term ;)

This week is about finalising your film and talking through the concept and appeal to audiences.  This week will also involve you carrying out a range of other important research, including:

• Audience questionnaires (online surveys, focus groups and THE PITCH)
• Age rating - also linked to audiences (and regulation - you will need to look at the BBFC guidelines to think about age ratings content of your film)

 There is also a student version called www.sbbfc.co.uk which has case studies and resources for you.

To be completed by Wednesday (the pitch that is)
Next week we will be examining planning and research material and talking about assessment and evaluating a range of work.  You will all be given provisional grades by next Monday with targets to aim for both individually and as a group.

Week 3

I've been enjoying everyone's interpretation of voki, et al. Monday we need to start thinking about branding and ideology as a group. You all seem to know what you want to do, but now we need to give yourself an identity.

Your task is to design a film institution logo that represents not only a bit of you, but the values and expectations you want audiences to associate with your film. This is an important part of the planning process and will give you clarity and set the tone of your film within the first 30 seconds.

Before we break for half term, I'm very keen for people to do some more textual analysis - using the 9 screenshots (done using power DVD or CTRL + printscreen from web) and using voicethread. Using voicethread is a great way to practise analysising films so that when you come to evaluate your final product in December, you will have shown progress and a development in confidence (and learning).

http://www.alevelmedia.co.uk/page27.php

Go forth and conquer!

animation

Start to register with all the sites so that your blog has variety and elements of creativity throughout.

http://www.voki.com/

Week 2

• Finish scripting and storyboarding your preliminary exercise.  Remember that we are filming in sequence and editing in-camera to improve your production skills.
• You will need to scan your storyboards and post them on your blog - try doing these as jpegs or register an account with scribd.com and create a pdf.
• Continue to blog ahead of progress review week - be creative with your use of ICT
• I will be feeding back to you individually on your work in Wednesday's lesson.

AS Media Studies Blog Hub

Group 1:
Iram Arbi
http://iramastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/
Sana Ashraf
http://sanaashasmeidaastley.blogspot.com/
Ruhan Eren
http://ruhanasmedia.blogspot.com/
Jamiul Azad
http://www.rijs-ae.blogspot.com/

Group 2:
Adam Sarginson
http://www.adamsarginson.blogspot.com/
Fehinti Balogun
http://www.fehintiastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/
Charlie Green
http://www.charliegreenastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/

Group 3:
Laura Jeffreson
http://www.laurajeffreson.blogspot.com/

Emma Gower
http://astleyemmaasmedia.blogspot.com/

Group 4:
Nicola Ho
http://www.nicolaastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/
Chloe King
http://www.chloeastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/
Tayla Powell
http://www.taylaastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/

Group 5:
Jon Champion
http://www.jonasmediacoursework.blogspot.com/
Connor Willis
http://thatone-conorwastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/


Group 6:
Abigail Davis-Fletcher
http://www.abidfastleyasmedia.blogspot.com/