First review deadline - Monday 30th January

Help with the writing of the review

Use the handout that you were given to identify what it is that you need to incorporate into your review.


The target audience is very film literate and youthful - students and young adults working. Gender split is about 60%M 40%F.

Above are copies of reviews from Little White Lies - these may help. Click on these to get enlarged, readable version. The more reviews that you read, the more familiar that you will become with the style of the magazine

You are writing the review for this particular magazine (LWL)


You can also go online and read reviews from the magazine at :-

http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/the-magazine

Poster - deadline one

You will need to have posted your first PHOTOSHOP draft of your poster by tonight.

Remember that each time that you miss a deadline, you are penalizing yourself re Planning.

Sound editing

What you will need to do

Foleys - either use Garageband or record your own using our sound recording equipment.

Music soundtrack -

remember no copyright music allowed. You can use Garageband or you could try this new site that Andy (the technician) found http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/.

Go to the royalty free page and browse by mood or genre - couldn't be easier.

Filming and Editing - deadline this Friday 20th January

A number of groups are getting dangerously close to the deadline with either too little edited footage or with filming still to be completed - AND lots of promises!!!!!!!!

You risk losing planning marks if you miss the deadline on Friday because this is purely down to you being unable to plan and deliver a finished product despite having being given over a month in which to film and edit. It has been unbelievable to see how many of you are unable to find time outside of college in which to film or are so inflexible over paid work commitments. Very short sighted I feel.

Do not look to pad out films where you have inadequate amounts of footage - shoot additional scenes instead. Yes, its hassle but this is your A level.

Max's group - you require more scenes. you are in danger of having insufficient for 5 minutes

George's group - You need to be far clearer about the point of your film and in particular the ending - somehow, this appears to have altered over the course of filming.

Joe's group - also, insufficient footage at present. More scenes will be required. Don't run the risk of having to over extend particular scenes and thereby making the film tedious.

Marcus' group - if you can complete the filming on the "parent scene" and succeed in creating a successful twist, you should be OK.

Ghislaine's group - bite the bullet and film some more scenes or you run the risk of having to extend scenes and loose the necessary pace for the film.

Alex - you need to film additional, high contrast scenes to contrast the slower pace of the reflective scenes.

Jordan's group - you still have a worrying amount of filming to complete, let alone edit.

If you want an A+, A or B grade, you really need to be aiming for Level 4 - from what I have seen so far, many of you will struggle to get into this category.

A very busy week ahead. (and I haven't even mentioned sound editing!)

Film Poster Deadline One

For this deadline you will need to have posted the following :-

1. Each individual of group to upload an initial poster design. Try to develop this as much as you can - pay attenntion to the conventions and layout!

2. Justify/discuss your decisions about the design. You should be considering how it connects with the target audience, what it tells us about the narrative and clearly indicate genre. In terms of any characters, you need to be thinking about the representation.

3. Individuals MUST also post independent research on posters. Aswell as BRIGHTON ROCK, the expectation is for two other film posters for independnet, low budget, British and of a similar genre to your short film.

Don't forget to consider format - use screengrabs and subtitles and bullet points - it would be helpful to me and yourselves, if you structured your analysis around the 4 key areas of narrative, genre, audience and representation.

Use the checklist below to remind yourself of what could be included on your poster

The First Ancillary Task - The Film Poster

Remeber that your CW is marked out of 100 - you get 60 marks for the Product, 20 for the planning and research and 20 for the evaluiation.
The 60 marks for the Product is not just all for the film - only 40 of the allocated 60 marks are awarded for this. The film poster and film Review are both worth an additioanl 10 marks each!!!

We will now start the process of constructing the Film poster. In addition you also have to blog the planning and reseach for this and evaluate it.

You will recieve a booklet for this now with all the guidance necessary - READ IT!

First interim deadline fior the Film Poster is next Wednesday (11th Jan). - initial research and consideration of design, particualrly what image(s) you will use?

We'll do some work in class on this, but you need to research UK film posters yourselves. Notice title design (masthead), recommendations and sources, credit details, colour, layout, font, main images...This is a great example.

We suggest you look at posters for BRITISH films, but also Independent Films.

Posts about the editing process

This has tended to be very poorly blogged in the past.

Avoid diary type posts where you simply describe what editing you have undertaken/or posting a few images of an imac or a few images of you editing. This is a hugely complex process (involving lengthy decision making and complex editing skills) and you need to ensure that you do yourselves justice by posting well illustrated, reflective and evaluative accounts of the process.

Plan posts that will reflect :-

1. Illustrate (perhaps through Screen grabs) how you have demonstrated particular continuity editing techniques such as Match On Actions, 180 Degree Rule, Shot/Reverse shot, Eyeline matches, etc.
2. Examples of how you have used editing to create effect - for example the creation of PACE, Parallel editing, Cross cutting, through the use of particular transitions, or how editing has been used to manipulate space or time,
Again consider HOW you will illustrate these.

3. Your decision making - throughout your editing experience, you will discuss (and maybe have disagreements) about various alternatives - try to capture some of these discussions and post differently edited versions of a particular scene with a discussion as to which version was decided upon and why. This is a great opportunity for audience feedback and to evidence this.