DEADLINES (amended)

For those of you who may have indulged in a little too much Christmas spirit, a reminder of the extended deadline (not a phrase used very often!):

Evaluation (video extra): Friday 9 January
Compilation of group DVD (all three pieces): Friday 9 January

Time will be spent in class during the first week back finishing coursework.
In the second week we will start on the exam unit.

DEADLINES

Finish construction - Friday 5th December
Audience screening in DRAMA STUDIO - Wednesday 10th December 12.45pm
Deadline for Evaluation (DVD Extra) - Thursday 18th December

You will need to prepare a short questionnaire and INVITE students/staff to attend to view your video on Wednesday. You need to test out whether an audience recognises the genre, understands the narrative, is interested in watching the rest of the film....

Well done 12D!

Well done - having just reviewed your blogs in terms of background research and planning, I am very pleased with the progress - with everyone achieving a high level 3 or 4 at this stage.

Remember the following:

1. To maintain this grade you must continue to meet all deadlines and demonstrate excellent time management and organisation in terms of your filming

2. Now use your blog as a production log, reflecting on each shoot and editing session.

Excellent work - keep up the momentum!

completing planning

By now, your blog should be a record of all your film analysis, group discussions, location reccies, audience research, institutional research, feedback from the pitch including treatment, synopsis and any other relevant information.

GET BLOGGING!

Feedback on analysis / mood board

Having read my group's first contributions to their group blog (very promising so far) - here are my tips:

1. analyse your mood board. Comment on what you have observed from the exercise. Use terms such as iconography, mise-en-scene, conventions, atmosphere etc

2. Reference the films that you are analysing correctly. You should state the director and year along with the full title at the beginning of the analysis

3. Make sure you document any discussions or decisions to make together as a group on the blog. It need only be a post of a couple of lines, but it helps to demonstrate your creative process - also easier to mark!

4. Make sure you discuss 'macro' issues - representation and ideology. For the top marks, you would be expected to take your analysis beyond the technical 'micro' analysis. Consider how the representation of gender or race is constructed for example. How does this contribute to reinforcing or challenging dominant values and beliefs that audiences may have?

TOP TIP #1

Although your blog is an online format for submitting work, you should still adhere to full punctuation and grammar. This is not an email or text - this will be marked to A level standard and we expect your work to be carefully checked.

Take pride in the blogging!

Post 1 - moodboard

You should now be using your group blog to record your discussions, initial ideas and first responses to the brief. This week, you should create a moodboard of your chosen genre electronically, by creating a collage in Word/Photoshop with visual references to the genre. This could contain posters from previous films, shots, CD covers, art, photography, words - anything you like.

Save your file as a .jpg and upload to the blog on your first post - commenting on your initial ideas and findings.

Also - make sure that you invite your media teacher to be a contributor to your blog so that we can give you feedback!