Week 4 - Description, Analysis, Reflection and Evaluation

All of these writing skills are needed for your blogs.

DESCRIPTION: Keep the description of WHAT you did and decisions made to a minimum. A brief summary of your filming day or a brief description of your discussion is fine.

ANALYSIS: this is really important. You must say WHY you made the decisions you did and filmed what you chose to do.

• The close up shot was useful at this point because the viewer could see the emotion on the hero's face as he watched the antagonist drag away his kidnap victim. There was shock and anger clearly evident which should allow the audience/viewer to realise what he was feeling and set up the fact that he would investigate the disappearance.

REFLECTION: discuss briefly whether you feel you made the right decisions or not.

EVALUATION: the key point is whether your shot and editing choices have worked or not. If they have worked, say why and what effect they created. If they haven't worked, say what you would do next time to improve them.

• The close up shot worked really well because the audience knew immediately that the police man had a vested interest in saving the victim and that foreshadowed the direction of the film's narrative. However, the over the shoulder shot that followed was clumsy and should have been a point of view shot. The viewer needed to realise what the protagonist was seeing. Next time I would use a ...

Make sure that you include all of these areas in your blogs about your prelim task, especially the analysis and evaluation as that is where the marks lie.

Mrs Harris

Week 2 - Blog at least weekly.

Include everything you have researched, discussed, planned, created and organised as you go along. It doesn't matter if it changes.

Week 2 - Preliminary task

Remember that you need to include the 3 different features in your prelim task:
- match on match - continuity
- shot-reverse-shot
- 180 degree rule

The finished product should reflect that it is your 1st attempt at this and show what you have learned so far. It will not be perfect, nor should it be. When you complete your full AS production, that should show the progress you have made from the prelim in planning, research, filming, editing and post production techniques.

The prelim task carries no marks BUT, if you do not have it published on your blog, then you can be deducted up to 15% of your marks so, however unhappy you might be with it, it is vital to have it.
REMEMBER, maximum of 4 students to a group.
Mrs H

Welcome to AS media coursework

All of your coursework preparation, research, planning, evaluation, analysis and final product will be posted on here. You must blog weekly and individually creating a record of your progress. It is vital that you blog your thoughts, intentions and planning as you begin your preparations. It doesn't matter if you change your mind several times so long as you record those decisions and revisions as you go along. This blog is worth 50% of your coursework grade. Don't waste it by not writing your blog every week. Catching up later is almost impossible. It is also vital that you use all types of digital recording to do this, not just text.

• Images
• Power points
• Questionnaires for audience research
• Pie charts of your audience research results
• Graphics
• Shots you've rejected and reasons why
• Locations you've considered but rejected and reasons why
• Prezzi presentations
• Videos of your group discussing different decisions you have made
• Audio recordings of your evaluation of what you've done

The list is endless.

Please follow me on frankieoc.blogspot.com. I will add helpful comments to your blogs periodically to ensure you have covered everything.

Mrs Harris