AS MEDIA STUDIES

Last week.

Heading towards Production

Here are some revised dates for Production in the New Year.

Full Production meeting with draft of production schedule

• Tuesday 7th January

Research, Planning and Pre-production completed

• Tuesday 4th February

Production Filming Fortnight

• begins Tuesday 21st January
• end Tuesday 4th February

Post Production
First Edit of film Opening 

• 13th February - shared to Social Media (YouTube, Facebook etc.) with questionnaire for feedback

Second Edit of film Opening

• 27th February - revised edit shared to social media
• Second questionnaire for feedback

Final Edit of film Opening (including sound edit)

• End of Spring Term

Evaluations

Evaluation Day during Half Term

All questions answered and edit to be completed by End of Spring Term by team.

Revised Production Groups

Lara, Muna, Michelle, Danika (Fangtasy)
Nimo, Mayleen, Louise, Noreen (Banpiro)
Melina, Sahar, Andi-Mae (Prohibited)
Bintu, Anahita, Zhane (tba)

All groups must have as much as possible in the way of planning with them for Thursday's lessons (updated on personal and group blogs) and ready for preparations over the Xmas break.

IN PREPARATION FOR THURSDAY

Please ignore the HW listed in the Learning Objectives and focus on the detailed HW given in the presentation.

After last week's disappointing lesson in which only 5 students were able to present work, those who did not succeed last week in completing HW or presenting will be under some scrutiny this week.

HW1 - preparation for a sound sequence including testing and assembling props to use. Please bring all props to lesson see details below).

Tip: think about the sounds you might need for your Vampire opening - re-creating a bite, sucking of blood, dying, becoming a vampire, fear, tension, thrill etc.

HW2 - ICONOGRAPHY. Working with the list of vampire iconography you have previously created consider how iconography is used in several vampire films (see details below).

We have a lot to do and you will need to be focussed and disciplined throughout.

AS FP 28Nov v2

Practice for Mock

Practise for the Mock Exam

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Next week there will be a review of all your group and personal blogs. 

Please ensure that you are up to date with all work.

LIGHTING

FP Development Lighting

WIX site

Demented Pictures

How has creative techniques been used in research?

Foundation Portfolio

Final Groups As

HW for Thursday

The four winning pitches:

Melina
Nimo/Mayleen
Andi
Lara

You must develop your ideas to the next stage and we will expect to see more detailed work on your opening sequences including - storyboards, shot lists, ideas for locations, casting, lighting and set design, props, costumes etc.

Please be ready to have this available for others in the class via your blogs.

The rest of you need to rework your pitches to prepare to compete for the final position (and 3 reserve positions).

You will be expected to pitch your idea again having improved it and reworked it (even changed it completely). We will vote again and this will give us the initial development groups.

All work MUST be updated on the blogs and MAKE IT VISUAL.

THURSDAY'S LESSON

It is vital that you are all prepared for Thursday's lessons.

We are gearing up for the main production process which will culminate in your completed coursework which counts for 50% of your overall grade.

This is your best chance to secure a good grade before the exam a level 4 for coursework will give you a good chance of exceeding your target grades.

Many of you have yet to complete the work set last lesson. Please ensure that you have. There are also a number of you who have not updated your blogs with earlier work set. May we remind you again, HW is not optional.

Due tomorrow

• Blogged reviews of a selection of vampire movie texts with a focus on narratives and iconography
• Updated and improved synopsis of your film idea including a pitch, narrative structure and suggestions with regard to sound, images and iconography.
• Be prepared to pitch your ideas in class.

Due to Ms Downton and to be collected in class tomorrow.

• Books/essays from those who did not submit Tuesday
• Nachelle, Zhane, Eloise, Jade
• Nimo, Mayleen, Louise

Due by the end of tomorrow

• All outstanding work on blogs
• All preliminary exercises uploaded to blogs
• All evaluations of preliminary exercises added

Ms Downton's recent lessons

TV Drama Lesson 1.pdf

Camera shots,angles and movements.pdf by MediaMassage

Sound.pdf by MediaMassage

Sound Storyboard.pdf

General Mark Scheme.pdf

Thursday 24th October

AS vampires 1.pdf

Additional clips for viewing

The Art of the Title - True Blood

The Art of the Title - Vampire's Assistant

Research site 1

Research site 2

Research site 3

TIPS for HW

If you are struggling to get into the Media Magazine website it is probably down to keyboard error.

Once you are in goo to the bottom centr of the page and click on:

downloadable pdfs of each issue

This will take you to the relevant page where you can select the magazine to read.

The deadline remains midnight tonight.

A great short film...

Call Back from SIDE FILMS on Vimeo.

Thursday 17th October

Do to the industrial Action on Thursday the 17th of October there will be no Media Studies lessons.

However, this does not mean that I have no expectations of you for this week.

Here is what I want you to do:

Reading and considering

• Read Media Magazine issue 33 (login below)
• Creative Film Making article
• Post on your blog the five top tips you have taken away from reading this.
• Read Media Magazine issue 29
• Representations Genre and Wider Contexts
• Consider how you will think about who is represented and how they are represented in your synposis HW below.

Watching and analysing

• Watch the clips below and choose two to analyse in detail
• identify genre and sub-genre
• focus on technical codes: editing, sound, camera, mise en scene
• focus on narrative: enigma codes, Theory of equilibrium (Todorov), Character Archetypes (Propp), Binary Opposition (Levi Strauss)
• discuss representations of the Vampire

Writing and Creating

• Write a brief synopsis for a new vampire movie which you would like to make - this can be presented any way you see fit - HOW CREATIVE CAN YOU BE?

All work must be posted on blogs using SCRIBD or other suitable means.

The login for Media Magazine subscribers site is:

L: mediamagazine11
P: qp726zr

Deadline for work: Midnight on Wednesday the 23rd of October


Dracula

Editing Workshop

FINAL Brentford Powerpoint

Please find the presentation for last week's workshop and also the editing analysis resources you used.

The visiting teachers were really pleased that you enjoyed the lesson so much.

Editing Scene Analysis Sheet

Narrative - Ms Downton

Narrative

Some advanced work for those of your who want to get ahead.

BASIC SHOT TYPES

Ms Downton's lesson

Audience

Mr Holloway's lesson

A reminder:

YOU MAY SUBSCRIBE TO MEDIA MAGAZINE FOR £12 FOR THE YEAR. MONEY AND SLIP TO ME ASAP

THE DEADLINE FOR RETURN OF CONFERENCE SLIPS IS NEXT FRIDAY - PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THIS, I IS WORTH IT.

As Prelim 1 p1

Ms Downton - Lesson 2 representation and Brand Identity

Lesson 2 - Representations and Brand Image

WEEK 3 HW

This week's HW is in preparation for your first significant practical piece of work.

Part 1

You need to research the following:

• Match on action editing
• 180 degree rule

and then explain them on your blog in your own words using images (these may be found from the web).

Part 2

Research the format of screenplays using the following links:

Drew's Script-o-rama
50 Kisses Screenplays

evidence of research is shown by selecting a short extract, copying it and posting by embedding from SCRIBD and then using the same format for your own work. 50 Kisses Screenplays are two minutes in length each so a good place to start.

Part 3

Write a short screenplay (2 pages only) for a short sequence which can be filmed in school and which will include the following:

• match on action editing
• 180 degree rule

This screenplay must involve at least 2 people. The action in the sequence must be continuous and go from one location to another via a door. And also involve and exchange of dialogue/looks/action between two people.

You must therefore plan how you will use match-on action editing and 180 degree rule to achieve this.

Scripts must be published to the blog using SCRIBD.

Lesson 4 - Representation 2

Mediation + Reps1 by MediaMassage

Lesson 3 - REPRESENTATION

Representation - Lesson 1

Lesson 3 - HW requirements

Welcome to new students.

Ms Downton will upload today's lesson here soon so that you have it available for revision and reflection. It sounded like a lively and engaged lesson.

Some of you are already working hard and have demonstrated this through your completion of HW. However, this is not universal. 
Can I remind those of you to whom this applies you that you MUST have all homework completed and on your blog by Thursday. There are still several of you without Three Colours essays posted. And many who have yet to complete or add to their Children of Men analysis and two other selected opening sequences. We will be using this HW in class and failure to complete will therefore hinder your progress.

The expectation for Media AS is a minimum of 4 hours HW a week of which the writing is just one element. The rest of the time should be used in developing your independent research skills.

Lesson 2 - Media Languages

AS media L2

Below are the links to the clips you need to view. I recommend you view all of them and in your analyses answer the same question in detail for two ONLY.

How does the director engage the audience in the narrative and characters of the film? Think about what techniques they use and apply Media Languages.

City of God

Fish Tank

Amelie

Seven

The Godfather

Touch of Evil

STUDENT BLOGS + Media Magazine student subscription

Well done on a successful start to Media Studies AS.

A few house keeping issues:

• please ensure that you name your blog (first name) AS Media
• also do NOT use your full name on your visible profile for e-safety reasons
• some of your blog addresses were not accurate - check out the student blog list on the right and if your blog isn't working check it and email me the URL or link to tholloway@brentford.hounslow.sch.uk and I will amend the Student Blog List

Media Magazine

If you want a hard copy - which I recommend - then follow the link below

MM students subscription form

print and fill in - cash or cheques made payable to Brentford School for Girls asap.

Finally: advanced notice that we will be attending the Media Magazine Conference on the 13th of December. Letters will come out to you shortly.

LESSON 1

Use you notes to write a detailed analysis of the opening of Three Colours Blue on word and submit it as a document below by Thursday. Or post onto your blog using SCRIBD.

Watch the opening of Three Colours Blue above.

• In pairs discuss what the story or narrative of this opening sequence is about.

1. Which shot do you think is most powerful in the telling of the story?
2. Which shots establish who the characters are?
3. What is the name of the little girl?
4. Do we see the mother?
5. What is the passage of screen time taken during the opening 5 minutes?
6. Is sound more powerful than picture or the other way round?

​Write down your answers to these questions in your books.

HW. WRITE AN ESSAY ANALYSING THE OPENING SEQUENCE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE CAR CRASH ONLY. YOU SHOULD USE PEE WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE FILM - BOTH SHOTS AND SOUNDS. POST YOUR ESSAY ON YOUR BLOG BY THRUSDAY

Welcome to HEAD START DAY

Welcome to Head Start Day

Today we will be working to achieve very simple objectives which will prepare you for the autumn term and the beginning of your AS course.

Please write down (or record in some way) the URL address of the AS Media blog. It will be your bible.

Here you will find resources and support for your learning, the presentations where they exist for all lessons taught, HW, tips and guides. You will also be linked to the blog with your own blog which you will maintain and use regularly as part of your work.

The address is 

http://www.bsfgasmedia.blogspot.co.uk

You will create your own blog today and it will have the following name and URL

URL: http://www.yourfirstnamebsfgasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
You will call it - your first name AS Media (if already taken insert BSfG)

This is the first task.

Once you have done this email me the link:

tholloway@brentford.hounslow.sch.uk