Thursday, 13 December 2012

Year 12 homework

Deadline Wednesday January 9th

1. Make sure all your planning is on your blog:
storyboards
shot lists
title reasons and connotations
target audience
music and sound choices with reasons
title ideas and fonts
plot/narratives
location photos with reasons
risk assessment


2. Audience feedback:
questionnaires and summary complete
feedback from lesson when you did your pitch
any other feedback about title/plot etc

3. Film Narratives
Watch a film. Note down the plots and how they interweave or run separately

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

year 12/13 planning

Your planning for your film/soap should include:

Treatment (summary of plot/storylines)
Institutional information eg channel, day time for soaps
Storyboards
Shot lists
Location photos
Actors
Props
Equipment
Music
Roles
Editing techniques (transitions, titles, fonts)
Scripts

Keep a record of your decisions and any changes. This will be used in your evaluation. Also make sure you evidence things you do so you can get marked fairly for your contribution.

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Film and Institution Research

Here is a link to a websit that makes film production, distribution and exchange very clear (in pictures!). It is well worth a look.

http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/business/index_1.asp#

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Year 13 soap research

you should have notes/pictures on your blog about:

settings
male and female characters and representation
camera work, editing and sound conventions
other mise-en-scene and iconography with examples
how audience theory/theories can be applied to a soap episode/storyline
how narrative theory can be applied (careful with Todorov)
examples of soap as an open narrative
how Brown's theory can be applied to a soap
why soap is often considered a female genre
how modern soaps conform or challenge, with examples

Most of these will be bullet points or annotated images.

To be completed by Tuesday 16th October

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Conventions of a BillBoard Poster

Conventions of a billboard poster
Title
Tagline
Time
Date
Channel
Channel logo
Review/quote
Use at least 2 images making the genre clear
Use a range of font sizes