A2 G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media

Hello everyone,

now that we have our preliminary tasks completed, uploaded and evaluated on our blogs, it is time to start planning for our main portfolio pieces.

This week, we need to;

• organise ourselves into groups, no more than four people

• come up with a proposition as to what we are doing (choices and information to follow), this will be explained to the class and questions will be taken and suggestions made
• detailed planning, brief, task, storyboards(shot list, music, locations), script etc. NO FILMING WILL BE ALLOWED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVE SUFFICIENT PLANNING!
• careful attention must also be payed to the ancillary tasks
• you must start a new blog focused on the portfolio task, it must be kept up to date with every stage and must be unique to you
  

Marks awarded, total 100;

• 20 marks for planning and research and its presentation
• 60 marks for the construction
• 20 marks for the evaluation

BRIEFS

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with;

• a website homepage for the band;
• a cover for its release on DVD.

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include teaser trailer, together with;

• a website homepage for the film;
• a magazine front cover featuring the film.

3. An extract from a new documentary TV programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with;

• a double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary
• a newspaper advertisement for the documentary.

Assessment Objectives (available on-line)

1. AO3
2. AO2
3. AO4
   

Evaluation of Documentary

This should be a considered piece of work. You need to reflect on and dmonstrate how you are learning.

Think carefully about the three stages of production.
1. Research and planning
2. Production
3. Post-production

1. How did you tackle the r and p ement? (What did you watch and what did you learn from it? What did your lessons on the subject teach you or make you think? How did you attitude towards documentaries as a form alter? What parts of the brief did you decide to incorporate into your production and how did this influence planning? When you started planning how did you proceed - mindmap? flow chart? discussion and notes? How did you develop the storyboard? Did you work on a shot list, was it useful?
2. Did you manage to stick to a shooting schedule? How did you address the feel of continuity within your shooting? How did you allocate roles? Were there issues arising from use of equipment? What was time management Like? Did working in a group make life easier or more difficult? Did you encounter any unforeseen problems?
3. How was the edditinf process? What was time consuming? Did you need extra material? Had you shot enough? How did you manage the post production skills of voice overs, captions, transitions, title sequences, adding stills for montage purposes? How did the time element work?
Basically what are you learning to make your Advanced Cousework easier and more enjoyable? What skills do you need to work on? Are you moving on?

Work to be done!

Greetings Minions!

Well done again on the music videos.

Now we need to make sure we have our evaluations done and blogged.

Homework on documentaries completed, an evaluation of Grierson's theory in relation to One Day In September.

Documentaries need to be planned in detail (Refer to instructions given in class). This also needs to be blogged.

Remember it is essential that we keep upto date on everything.

Welcome to A2 Media

12/09/11
Hello everyone.
Well done on your presentations last week.
Today;

• could you ensure that you have anew blog setup (you do not need a new account)

• ensure I have the blog address and password (I won't snoop)

• blog Goodwin's Theory and how it relates to the music videos you chose.

Remember you must keep the blogs relevant to the subject and show awareness of the theories we are covering.