Sunday, 6 January 2008
Task:
You must create a short film, no longer than 1min 30secs, incorporating all of the shots below.
The narrative of the film must include a person dropping something and another person finding it. The person who dropped the item returns to see it being picked up by somebody else.
A heated discussion takes place, regarding who should keep the item. (No pretend fighting)
The two people agree upon a resolution and go their seperate ways.
1. Establishing Shot
2. Long Shot
3. Medium Shot
4. Two Shot
5. Over-the-shoulder shot
6. Point-of-view shot
7. Close-up
8. Extreme Close-up.
The film must also include opening titles, closing credits and an appropriate music bed.
The narrative of the film must include a person dropping something and another person finding it. The person who dropped the item returns to see it being picked up by somebody else.
A heated discussion takes place, regarding who should keep the item. (No pretend fighting)
The two people agree upon a resolution and go their seperate ways.
1. Establishing Shot
2. Long Shot
3. Medium Shot
4. Two Shot
5. Over-the-shoulder shot
6. Point-of-view shot
7. Close-up
8. Extreme Close-up.
The film must also include opening titles, closing credits and an appropriate music bed.
Evaluation
GCSE Media Studies: VIDEO
Production : Evaluation : PartcofPD
Purpose :
Did you actually achieve your purpose? Your own personal opinion.
NOW : You must gather audience feedback by playing your video to a group of people from your target audience.
You should then write under the following headings :
Audience:
What did they say about your video …. how did they react….. did they get the preferred reading or did they take a negotiated reading… or was it oppositional? Use other audience language … primary target audience etc…. use %ages if you have used a questionnaire to collect opinions.
Representation issues:
Did you give positive messages… or negative …. were you biased?
Did your video only include boys/girls or both?
Were different ethnic groups included in your plans? If not, why not?
How did your music track add to the mood of the piece?
Were the locations appropriate to the video? Why? Why not?
Was the language appropriate for your target audience?
Did your video look realistic for the genre?
Technical issues:
What were the levels like? Voice? Music?
Did you cut off anyone’s voice when you edited the film? If you did, how could you solve this next time?
Was the camerawork o.k.? Why? Why not?
Was there enough variety to keep your audience interested?
Was an external microphone used? Why? Why not?
Was your editing o.k.? Have you used suitable transitions between the clips?
Did you choose the best font for the titles/captions/credits?
Conventions/Narrative:
What do you think was typical of this genre? Make a list.
What would be the same in a similar professional product?
Do they have any advantages over you?
Features of good narrative include........ enigma.... , equilibrium, disruption, resolution, hero, villain.... did you use any of them?
Would you regard your story as single strand or multi-strand?
Own performance... self evaluation:
Did you learn any new skills?
How do you think you did? ..... strengths.... weaknesses.
Were you a good team member? Why?
Did you argue or were you prepared to listen to the opinion of others?
Future targets:
What would you improve on next time?
Produce a brainstorm of ideas for
1. PROMOTING your video..
2. DISTRIBUTING it…
Which ‘laws/controls’ might you need to consider? OFCOM.
Production : Evaluation : PartcofPD
Purpose :
Did you actually achieve your purpose? Your own personal opinion.
NOW : You must gather audience feedback by playing your video to a group of people from your target audience.
You should then write under the following headings :
Audience:
What did they say about your video …. how did they react….. did they get the preferred reading or did they take a negotiated reading… or was it oppositional? Use other audience language … primary target audience etc…. use %ages if you have used a questionnaire to collect opinions.
Representation issues:
Did you give positive messages… or negative …. were you biased?
Did your video only include boys/girls or both?
Were different ethnic groups included in your plans? If not, why not?
How did your music track add to the mood of the piece?
Were the locations appropriate to the video? Why? Why not?
Was the language appropriate for your target audience?
Did your video look realistic for the genre?
Technical issues:
What were the levels like? Voice? Music?
Did you cut off anyone’s voice when you edited the film? If you did, how could you solve this next time?
Was the camerawork o.k.? Why? Why not?
Was there enough variety to keep your audience interested?
Was an external microphone used? Why? Why not?
Was your editing o.k.? Have you used suitable transitions between the clips?
Did you choose the best font for the titles/captions/credits?
Conventions/Narrative:
What do you think was typical of this genre? Make a list.
What would be the same in a similar professional product?
Do they have any advantages over you?
Features of good narrative include........ enigma.... , equilibrium, disruption, resolution, hero, villain.... did you use any of them?
Would you regard your story as single strand or multi-strand?
Own performance... self evaluation:
Did you learn any new skills?
How do you think you did? ..... strengths.... weaknesses.
Were you a good team member? Why?
Did you argue or were you prepared to listen to the opinion of others?
Future targets:
What would you improve on next time?
Produce a brainstorm of ideas for
1. PROMOTING your video..
2. DISTRIBUTING it…
Which ‘laws/controls’ might you need to consider? OFCOM.
Check out he OFCOM broadcasting codes and make sure you are not breaking any of them.
Choose one code and explain why you would have to be careful not to break it. Use the link below.
OFCOM Broadcast Codes
It is important that you write the best account you can of your experiences. The higher grades will include all the above points and will also use language & information from the media toolkits and any other references you think are appropriate.
Finally... the guidelines say that you should only write between 400 and 600 words in your evaluation. the exam board is strict over this. Make sure that you use high quality language if you can.
There are 506 words above this line!
You may like to visit the MCPS WEBSITE (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) to find out more.
It is important that you write the best account you can of your experiences. The higher grades will include all the above points and will also use language & information from the media toolkits and any other references you think are appropriate.
Finally... the guidelines say that you should only write between 400 and 600 words in your evaluation. the exam board is strict over this. Make sure that you use high quality language if you can.
There are 506 words above this line!
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