Thursday 13 October 2011

Blogs and tagging - IMPORTANT

Hi

Can you ensure that all blog entries are tagged - that is have the name of the person who completed the task labelled at the bottom where it says labels

ENSURE THAT IT HAS 'NAME' AND 'RESEARCH' OR 'PLANNING'

also check out this Level 4 example of a blog for a look into what you will need to prepare next term for your Planning

http://scasmediagwpahs.blogspot.com/?zx=fd277084e4b7cc3b

Thanks
Mr.B

A History of Titles - research for your own sequence concept

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/04/the-art-of-the-film-title-throughout-cinema-history/

Thriller Conventions - examples of well presented good research

This is how you should be presenting your research - it must be relevant to you understanding what a thriller is and demonstrate your learning  merely a cut and paste exercise. It must be more than just descriptive - a reflective commentary is expected for the higher grades.


THRILLER CONVENTIONS

Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie INCEPTION.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcheZDUFiaM
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Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie PHONE BOOTH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03EHD-xa10
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Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie MEMENTO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1_P4uZvR8

TV Drama Independent Half Term Study - attempt task 1 & 3 pls still waiting for task 2

Hi All, hope you are enjoying your half term break.



here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooROzkPMHfo


Task: This term each of YOU will be the TEACHER

Read over the following link and print off for your notes - annotate your comments  and start watching some of the TV dramas recommended

http://beauchampcollegemedia.com/2011/02/01/some-help-with-representation/

When we return you will be allocated a Drama which will be your 'expert' piece. In approximately 2 weeks you will each taking charge of teaching a 30 minute lesson where you will cover the representation of a social group in your Drama. You will be marked by the class on how well you have designed a lesson around the learning activities and how well the students have learned to analyse the clip for representation. The link will help you with some activities.

Thanks
Mr.B

Friday 7 October 2011

Tracking your progress & understanding your mark- your blog R&P

Hi

These are the grade descriptors for the R&P. We have made a prediction based on the research so far on your blogs.

Below are the Levels and descriptions

Level 1 = 0 - 7 marks
Level 2 = 8 - 11 marks
Level 3 = 12 - 15 marks
Level 4 = 16 - 20 marks

Find the appropriate level and give yourself a mark

Then the conversion to ABCDE&U

R&P
A = 16/20
B = 14/20
C = 12/20
D = 10/20
E =   8/20
U =  7 & under

Where are you at?

What do YOU have to do to improve to the next level?

How will you do this?

By when?





Is it clear what your individual contribution to the group work is?







Thanks
Mr.B

Thursday 6 October 2011

Preliminary Task Evaluation

Hi All

For your evaluation, you may find the following questions useful to focus on being reflective and critical

The video production -
What did you do, does it work, do the edits (match on action) work well?
Have you stuck to the 180 deg rule?
Are the shots & angles well framed (rule of 3rds)?
Does it look convincing as a conversation?
What would you change to improve it?

Overall -  how well have you completed the preliminary task?



Ensure this is uploaded to your blog by 4pm tonight with your video and all your planning

Many thanks
Mr.B

shot types & composition notes

to help with storyboards - keep to the same framing




Housekeeping Media Room, Shooting procedure & Blogs

Hi All

Just a few things to go over in preparation for and reflecting on what's been happening this week for the Preliminary task.

I'm glad that lots of you have been coming in to use the Media Room, but I have a few housekeeping points that need to be addressed.

1. Please always log out when you have finished - anyone can access your work (that includes my tutor group). You have to take responsibility for the security of your work

2. Always Label your tapes - with your names and what is on the tape - these tapes are YOUR responsibility. Not mine. Not Mrs. B (no relation) If they get lost or misplaced you will have to sort it out.

3. Always label the tape box - and make sure it is in the right one (see Georgina's & Adam's respective groups for more information)

4. Always rewind the tape and record 10 seconds of black at the beginning as a pre-roll so Final Cut can Batch Capture. Make sure the Timecode is ON.

5. You will have a secure Media Drive area that you will save work to after half term. You must make sure all your images, doc and videos are saved here and organised in a folder. Anything left of the desktop will be deleted. For now all work should be under students>documents and video footage under students>movies>create new folder with your names and block

6. You MUST work on the mac that you uploaded your footage onto - you cannot save this onto a memory USB and use it across machines - it doesn't work like that. You will be allocated a machine to work on when you come to make your coursework - you must ensure that you stay on that machine.

7. No eating or drink other than water in the Media Room at any time. EVER. The keyboards are horrendous and full of germs - this makes us ill and causes us to have time off or pass it on to others.

8. No non-Media students allowed in the room - EVER. Its not a social club and if anything goes missing get broken I will have no choice but to conclude that it was them.

9. PLease make sure that you have created a GROUP blog and have linked your INDIVIDUAL blog to it so i can access your work for tonight 4pm. Your preliminary task needs to be on this along with script, storyboard or animatic and shot list. The evaluation can be a group voiceover or podcast as a directors commentary. All must contribute to it, or you can write it seperately on your own blog. Ensure you have photos of the 3 of you on the GROUP blog and individual blog

10. When shooting ensure you press Record first (shout TURN OVER - means record) MArk the shot with a clappeboard or a piece of paper that has the shot number and TAKE written on it. Count a silent 5 seconds before ACTION. at the end of the scene say CUT then count a silent 5 secs before finishing recording. This makes capturing easier and ensures you have captured all the action during the take.

Thanks
Mr.B

Monday 3 October 2011

Links for experts research preliminary task

Use youtube tutorials as a starting point to help you - you must learn how to practically do the following not just give a definition: 


1. Composition Search Youtube for


How to: Basics of Video Composition


Video Composition




2. Lighting search Youtube for:


Video Tips &Tricks ep05: How to light video Film Noir Style



3. Basic editing batch capture search youtube

How to Use Final Cut Pro Video Editing Software : How to Use Batch Capture in Final Cut 

Pro



4. example of film noir sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95qhhv4eB0



search you tube for these tutorials and examples to complete your animatic

Sunday 2 October 2011

Work for this week - preliminary task

Hi

This week is your assessment week for your preliminary task (6 ways to kill you husband or wife)

By now you should have planned a script for the piece and in your groups of 3 for your production

The following powerpoint details the work for sessions 1, 2 & 3 this week

Session 1 will be experts teams learning about composition, lighting and editing on youtube tutorials
You will then construct an animatic
In the last 45 minutes 2 groups will shoot

Session 2 will be 4 groups shooting & editing

Session 3 the remianing 2 groups will shoot and edit

Any outstanding time should be used to complete any missing work bring your group blogs up to date and complete the lock stock sequence

Deadline is Thursday 4pm to have all tasks complete for assessment for Module reports - IMPORTANT: YOU MUST MAKE SURE YOUR GROUP BLOG IS LINKED TO MINE SO I CAN SEE YOUR WORK

Good luck

Mr.B