Post Four

Research into Short films.

Deadline for this is Friday September 20th. (block 5 have until Monday 23rd)

Read the guidance on Moodle (also some printed copies in GF5).

Conduct  Textual Analysis on 10 Short Films in total.

3 of these can be of films that you analysed during the transition period.
The other 7 need to be original Short films that we did not study in class.

This is a total of 10 per group member

The whole point of this exercise is to apply all 5 media concepts - Genre, Representation, Audience, Narrative and Media Language, to each film.  Lok at the guidance notes for help with this.  See MOODLE for guidance

We appreciate that this is a considerable piece of work - it si quite acceptable to concentrate on some concepts more than others in in some films.  e.g. a short film about Old Age or Disability will lend itself particularly well to a discussion on REPRESENTATION.

Try to research films with a similar time frame (5 mins) - this will help you in assessing what is realistic to achieve in 5 mins.

Be imaginative in how you post this - it does not have to be written - you could present it as a video commentary for instance.  If you do opt for a written style, we expect lots of Screen grabs or Excerpts from the films that you analyse.

PLUS, For each short film that you analyse, discuss how you would like to take any of the ideas forward into your own work.  

Show the connection between films that you have watched and your own work

Post Three

List the 5 main concepts and the key theorists and terms associated with each.  This post will simply serve as a reminder for when you are writing later posts and it will also help you when it comes to question 1b of the exam.  Use Moodle (A2 Media) to locate the notes from the transition period)

Narrative

Genre

Audience

Representation

and don't forget MEDIA LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!

This can be a group post

Post Two

What problems did you have in the making of your foundation portfoilio?

What lessons have you learnt and how are you going to overcome these this time round?

If you are working in the same group, this can be a single post, however, if you are now in a group made up of several previous groups, you need to do this for each of the previous groups.

What ever the format, each individual should identify personal targets identifying what they will personally improve upon this during the advanced portfolio.

 

 



Post one

Your group photo with an introduction.

Welcome back and welcome to your second year.

You will be starting work on your Advanced Portfolio immediately - researching and Planning for the short film.

Media studies achieved its best ever results last year - 62% of students got an A*, A or B grade.  There is no reason why you should not be aiming for something similar - certainly your AS grades make it a realistic possibility.

Choose your group carefully - are the people you work with reliable, can you meet up easily both inside and outside of college, do they offer different skill sets?

You need to tell us who you will be working with VERY SOON!

Special Announcement for A2 Media Students:

Due to earlier timetabling of the Advanced Portfolio work this year,

we have decided we can offer the following to ALL STUDENTS to maximise

achievement:

· the chance to make improvements to ANY part of the portfolio

· between today and MARCH 20th

· BUT THE FOLLOWING MUST BE

UNDERSTOOD.....

 

· March 20th is the absolute FINAL DEADLINE (exam board deadline follows immediately after internal marking)

· you may not be allowed to begin work that you

didn't do in the first place!

· Previous deadlines will still count as part of your

process and time management (marks will still be

deducted if you missed the March 4th deadline)

· Normal levels of supervision will not apply (we are

preparing and teaching you the exam unit)

· You will be expected to manage your own work

· You will need to alert us on the blog and by email to

any changes made to products or blog

· Work on the production must NEVER be used as a

reason for not completing ANY other work or missing

lessons in Media or other subjects.

· You may use our comments to improve your work

· Any changes made to the products MUST BE CLEAR ON THE BLOG FINAL PRODUCTS MUST BE LABELLED AS SUCH

· IF YOU CHANGE YOUR FILM AT ALL, YOU MUST UPDATE THE FILM IN THE 'FINISHED' FOLDER ON THE MAC NETWORK.

Special Announcement for A2 Media Students:

Due to earlier timetabling of the Advanced

Portfolio work this year,

we have decided we can offer the following

to ALL STUDENTS to maximise

achievement:

the chance to make improvements to ANY

art of the portfolio

between today and MARCH 20th

 

 

BUT THE FOLLOWING MUST BE

UNDERSTOOD.....

Requirements to make it into level 4 for the evaluation.

Level 4 16–20 marks

                

There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions … and so on for the same skills as listed above.

 

There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.



There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.



There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.



There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.



There is excellent ability to communicate.



There is excellent use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.