Deadlines: meeting them

PLEASE complete the evaluations by tomorrow (Tuesday)

Remember - the activity for the lesson on Wednesday is to continue the Consequences Narrative challenge - By Thursday you will need to present ON PAPER your Film ideas in response to the words on your Consequences sheet

Your videos from last week are in Common files / arts and media / photography / print / AS/A  level media videos

Thursday is also Prize day - awards for the Films - looking forward to it

further links and exemplars of excellence

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/as-archive.html

practical task - outcomes / continuity task COMPLETION AND PEER ASSESSMENT

This week you have three lessons on the Continuity Task.

Ms Humpleby's lessons Wednesday p1 / Thursday p2 to review, refine and to complete the film. On Friday, in Ms Moore's lesson we will all watch the final Film Noir Fairy Story short films that you have produced in the lesson: each group needs to present  a film for viewing and assessment.  I will video the spoken presentations so that you can add it to blogs later. 

This film will act as the  Preliminary exercise aka 'The Continuity Task' and so must include the set requirements: 

• shot-reverse shot
• match on action
• 180 degree rule
•  and the set action: a person opens a door, walks through and across the room, sits and exchanges dialogue with another person

Please prepare the following:

1. A brief introduction to your film - keep it to under 2 minutes and explain what you were trying to achieve / how you organised it and who is responsible for each task/job role.
2. The best evidence of planning from your group - this must be available on the author's blog
3. The film itself

TFS (tips for success):

• if you are behind organise and agree tasks and share the workload so that all the work is completed to deadline
• take time to rehearse your presentation and practice content / timing
• use as many media terms and as much media language as you can - it shows understanding and higher levels of ability/attainment (read your blogs and mine to check the suitable language)

WHAT IF WE HAVE FINISHED THE FILM ALREADY

1. Use the time to refine and make your film the very best quality that you can produce.
2. make sure that ALL blog posts are up to date and are the very best quality that you can produce AS WELL AS  a good quality of content AND range of techniques/technologies used
3. Plan and prepare a way to collect audience feedback and EBI/Tips for success (T4S) - these can be given out on paper or digitally (try using Polleverywhere / Survey Monkey)
4. EXTENSION TASK: write a 700 word evaluation of this activity: the Research, Planning, Organisation and Production.

practical task - outcomes / continuity task - planning for moving image

Today -WEDS 21st

• we will examine the idea of match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule
• then you will review and refine your still image Fairy tale befoe planning how to extend it for a moving image piece/short film
• tomorrow - dress up and film - upload
• friday - edit

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION- PRACTICAL CHALLENGE 2

INITIAL SET TASK:

1. create a Narrative: a Fairy tale reinvented OR modernised OR Subverted  but meeting Film Noir conventions in some way 
2. Identify who your target audience is and why
3. what conventions of the genre you will be delivering for example: style, characters, form, codes
4. construct the plot - in what order and structure will the story unfold for the audience
5. storyboard your idea in a visual way adding sound/camera angles/action and lighting info
6. WedS the 14th - plan and refine the ideas - walk through locations and shoot - UPLOAD SHOTS BY THE END OF THE DAY
7. Thursday the  15th film it as a series of stills in both HY &; MO's lessons - USE COSTUME / PROPS / LIGHTING. P1 HY will go through how to use the studio BUT also use the photography students in the group to help you to do this

WHAT NEXT?
You need to find a way to present it
I use Comic life app which enabled me to make it look like a graphic novel - I got a free download from here  http://comic-life.en.softonic.com/
you could use Photoshop or any other presentation process - by next week end of Weds you need to have this uploaded to your blogs

TIPS FOR SUCCESS (TFS) evidencing progress and creativity: keep a PRODUCTION LOG - nominate someone to lead with this - each week record the Facts: what you have done, how, where and why?  Reflective comments: what did you learn, how did you resolve problems, what could you do in the future. Planning: what needs to happen next?

TIPS FOR SUCCESS (TFS)  next steps - this will form your continuity task and so eventually will be a live action acted short film: you must therefore plan to include: 

• match on action
• 180 degree rule
• the set action: a person opens a door, walks through and across the room, sits and exchanges dialogue with another person

Preliminary exercise from Elaine Humpleby

Challenge 6 as film noir representation create a still image fairy story from Elaine Humpleby

Editing and representation a summary of shot relevance in video = film from Elaine Humpleby

Fairy story challenge sign up sheet

• Cinderella - Freya Rudd, Emily Ventress, Chloe Smith
• Rumpelstiltskin - Greg Babstock, Max Shepherd, Fabian Harrison, Jack Cullum
• Ish & Jack - Little red riding hood
• Hansel and Gretel- Jude, Wil, Adam
• Autumn and Charlotte - Little Red Riding Hood
• Niamh, Matty, Jack, Josh and Heather- Cinderella

Excellent choices: 
SET TASK - today (8th October) - plan and construct an original narrative as a group of maximum 4 people. Continue over the week ready for shoots next week. 
I will be looking for evidence in your blogs of the following

1. create a Narrative: a Fairy tale reinvented OR modernised OR Subverted  but meeting Film Noir conventions in some way 
2. Identify who your target audience is and why
3. what conventions of the genre you will be delivering for example: style, characters, form, codes
4. construct the plot - in what order and structure will the story unfold for the audience
5. storyboard your idea in a visual way adding sound/camera angles/action and lighting info
6. Weds next week / the 14th - plan and refine the ideas - walk through locations and shoot
7. Thursday next week / the  15th film it as a series of stills in both HY & MO's lessons

next steps - this will form your continuity task and so will be a live action acted short film: just must therefore plan to use: 

• match on action
• 180 degree rule
• the set action: a person opens a door, walks through and across the room, sits and exchanges dialogue with another person

heads up

work for 7th October:
See challenge 5 - deconstructing an OTS

Thursday - we start being more creative than analytical - with  Fairy Story task to get your creativity stoked while testing you understanding

Next week photoshoots