Year 13 - BLOG TASK 15

If you decide that you want to grade any of your shots, please do include before and after stills on the blog - this is extremely important.

Write HOW you did this and also WHY.

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 14

BLOG TASK 14 - DVD Menu

Discuss how your DVD Menu is influenced by real media products and how it fits with the overall feel of your product.

Also, write a review of how your filming went.

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 13

It's important you conduct your own research on radio trailers and make some conclusions - after you have added your radio script to the blog answer the following questions:

i) How will you put this together?

ii) Using what technology?

iii) Will it require an special requirements during production?

iv) How effective do you think this will be?

v) How will it attract your target audience and identify who your target audience will be.

vi) Where will you broadcast it and why? Provide statistics to back up as evidence.

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 12

Complete an analysis of any five thriller movie posters. Use the analysis handout to help you, this can be found on the student gateway in the year 13 folder - it's called
POSTER ANALYSIS HANDOUT

You should also evaluate how the posters appeal to the TARGET AUDIENCE, this would be the appropriate place to discuss the TARGET AUDIENCE of your movie, who it is, on what do you base this?

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 11

From today’s lesson you should have created a set of new characters, on the blog, develop this character by:

1) Posting images of characters from real media texts who are similar.

2) Linking these characters to the theorists you have studied.

Make sure you note down on the blog ALL the ‘technology’

Once your plot has been developed, you should attempt to start linking this narrative to theorists you have studied in Year 12 & 13.

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 10

PRELIMINARY TASK - Evaluation
Write a short essay answering the following questions - this should be on your blog.

How effective is the combination of your main product and your film poster?

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

What have you learned during the course of this project and what targets for improvement do you need to set for the main task?

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 9

You must upload your finished poster for your preliminary task.

Tell us how you created it and how you have represented your movie in it.

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 8

BLOG TASK 8
You should write your script for your production now. When writing it, consider all the points below, then:

i) Post your script on the blog
ii) Write a short two line answer to each question below.

Representation:

• What is being represented?
• How is it represented? Using what codes? Within what genre?
• How is the representation made to seem 'true', 'commonsense' or 'natural'?
• What is foregrounded and what is backgrounded? Are there any notable absences?
• Whose representation is it? Whose interests does it reflect? How do you know?
• At whom is this representation targeted? How do you know?
• What does the representation mean to you? What does the representation mean to others? How do you account for the differences?
• How do people make sense of it? According to what codes?
• With what alternative representations could it be compared? How does it differ?
• A reflexive consideration - Why is the concept of representation problematic?

Year 13 - BLOG TASK 7

You should now link your character to a theory - which one best suits and then write why you think this is the case.

Then, start constructing your plot for the preliminary task ask yourself:

1) Where is your character?

2) Why is he/she there?

3) What mood is he/she in?

4) Do they have any prop's?

You should try and think of more questions, these are to get you started.

Simply start writing the plot - NO SCRIPTS PLEASE.

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BLOG TASK VI

RESEARCH - Thriller Character Creation (PART A)

Write a full and detailed character biography of your character and explain how, over the last few weeks, you have created him/her.

Add as much extra detail as you like from the minor to the major, then answer the following question:

RESEARCH - Thriller Character Creation (PART B)

Which three thriller characters share similar characteristics / emotions / ethics / values with your character and what makes your character different from them?