In November, the Media Studies exam board stated that they expected that students do more than primary research (i.e. surveys), as they felt that these were too basic and did not reveal enough understanding of audiences. They felt that audience research would be better if it answered the following questions:
· What do real audiences consume? · Who are the specific audiences for particular...
Friday, 20 December 2013
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Location Permissions
You will need to demonstrate that you have gotten permission to film at any locations you are planning to film at. This includes any houses you may need to film at, and specific school locations should also now be requested (e.g. drama studio).
This should ideally be done as a letter so that you can get a signature and scan this on your blog, but print screens of e-mails would also be accep...
Film Schedule
Your film schedule is another crucial part of your film project. The concept behind it is that you are organised when you come to actually filming- thus, that you know what actors and props are needed and can approximate how long different parts of the scene will take. A guide for completing the...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Homeworks for Friday
Reflection on storyboard/animatic storyboard process
Discuss how you have found the storyboarding process:
How has it developed over the last couple weeks? What changes have been made/suggested?
What challenges/frustrations have you encountered?
What has your personal contribution been to this process?
Summary of Exemplars
Discuss a few things you learned from watching opening...
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Sam's Notes about Titus Andronicus Edit
Fantastic edit by the group - very strong indeed, and of a
pretty much professional standard. I've made some notes, see below. As they are
working at such a high level, my notes are more about specific little things
that should be easily tweaked, as opposed to any structural / major things.
Obviously they may choose to disagree with some of them, but these are the
changes I would make.
I...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Filming Log Posts
For each filming session, you will each need to create a post outlining your progress. There should be a common sense approach to this: if you spent 10 minutes filming 2 shots during a lesson, a very brief post is fine; if on the other hand you spent 10 hours filming the whole video, it needs to be a lengthy and detailed post.
You should include details of:
- to what extent you followed your storyboard
- unexpected...
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Y12 Holiday Homework
Having completed 4 mini essays and done an audio commentary, over the holidays you will need to complete a first full essay.
You will be asked to write the equivalent of 45 minutes writing under pressure- 800-1200 words- and will focus on one of the clips you have looked at to answer the following question:
Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of [class (Oliver)...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Unit 3: Digital Moving Image Production
Press on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLt7lXDCHQ0&feature=share&list=PL254F0B30CA982B3D
1. Embed the video on to your blog
2. Underneath the video, write down 3 key features of how it entertains the audience (using Bond as a model). This should be done in full sentences
For example:
The style of The Bourne Ultimatum is quite realistic because of the handheld camera,...
Friday, 11 October 2013
The Importance of Good Lip-Synching...
For all of the forthcoming performers: (i) be grateful that you are not performing these songs (ii) understand how important it is to lip-synch in time...
Sunday, 6 October 2013
What is Neo-Realism? Homework
The contexts behind Bicycle Thieves include:
•First
parliamentary elections after 21 years of Fascist rule
•Seen
as the prime response of a nation going from war to democracy
•Neorealism
not overtly political but more concerned with telling people’s stories
•New
Republican Constitution was...
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Storyboarding Assembling Process
As instructed in the last lesson, you should have completed 20 frames of your storyboard for a particular 'strand' of your video. What you should now aim to do is assemble these together as a group, thinking logically about when different shots should be in the video.
Timing should be considered at this point but may not be precise- all of your songs are of a different length and pace, so some of...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Storyboarding/Planning Article
Music Video Planning Exampl...
Thursday, 26 September 2013
The Concept
Having spent the last week coming up with different ideas and suggestions, it is now time to commit to a clear concept.
Your concept should clearly incorporate your knowledge of music videos and therefore should have at least 3 and possibly 4 'strands'.
Your concern should be less with what the narrative of your music video is and should instead focus on aesthetics:
- What (kinds...
Monday, 23 September 2013
Lyric Annotations
Whether the lyrics for your chosen track are very clear and direct or extremely obscure and open to interpretation, the visuals for your music video should to some extent be a reflection of them.
Your lyric annotation can be done by taking a screen grab of the lyrics and...
Friday, 20 September 2013
Peer Assessment
Please look through your allocated blog and provide a mark for each. You should be looking out for issues of content (both quality and quantity), presentation and use of ICT.
Please also go through the checklist and ensure that no posts are missi...
Friday, 13 September 2013
Audience Research: Writing a Questionnaire
As your target audience is very likely to be a younger demographic, another useful website when researching audience is to explore the site www.uktribes.com and to explore whether you think your music video could/should be looking to reach these audience groups. You may wish to take some screen grabs and use some of the descriptive phrases. The password for the site is bkqtee...
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Push A Little Button Activity- Editing Instructions
1. Slot the SD Card into the back of the MAC computer. Close any windows that pop up.
2. Click on the Adobe CS6 button on the dock and then click on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.
3. Once open, click on 'New Project' check that work is being saved in the location Users/12cms OR 12dmv/Desktop/Video Work and name the file Push A Little Button and then your names/initials. Change Sequence settings to...
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Record Label Research
In order to develop a deeper understanding of music videos and why they are made, it is important to have some knowledge of record labels.
You will need to do a case study of 3 different labels and consider the following:
When they were founded
Where they are based
What companies (if any)...
Friday, 6 September 2013
Formatting the Presentation Script
Below is a guide for how to format your presentation script...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Welcome
This blog will contain all of the presentation material for the coursework and potentially for your exams, alongside any helpful links or other relevant material.
Please ensure that you click on the correct 'label' (e.g. AS Media, A2 Media) to make it easier to find the posts relevant for you and let us know of any suggestions you have to improve this bl...
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