Completion Plan for the project

AS Student Outline Schedule Autumn-Spring Production Detail (2012/13)

Photos of your Spooks Sequence 2 work and Ocean's 12 Storyboards for the tasks below

Your storyboard's for the Ocean's 12 Activity and the Spooks Sequence 2 (parallel editing) Activity have been uploaded and saved for you. You MUST get a copy/upload to your blog or save on your memory stick BEFORE the holiday so you can do this work (detailed below) as you won't be able to access them over the Christmas Break.

Your photos are in Teaching Resources>Students>Media Studies>AS>Practical Foundation>JMT and then in a folder named with Spooks Seq 2 and Oceans 12 on

Sequences to Edit for the Tasks below

Here are the videos you can use to analyse editing for Task 3. You can use any one or all as you wish. Just make notes and then use your notes as examples for your Continuity Editing 'paragraph' in Task 5.

Eastenders - Kat - Who is her lover?



Haven - (TV Show) - A conversation over dinner


The Pelican Brief - Film - Will they be killed?

BLOG & ICT LEARNING - checklist

Over the next two weeks, please make sure you know how to do the following. If you DO NOT know, then don't worry but MAKE SURE you find out by ASKING Mrs T or Michael.

BLOG
1. Upload Video
2. Upload Images
3. Embed Video
4. Make Links to web pages
5. Use and have Labels on your blog
6. Remove inappropriate items and any test posts

ICT
1. Use Final Cut Express for basic Editing - if not, ask Michael for a training slot - you can book him in your frees (except Mondays). There are also Linda.com training tutorials on the P Drive for you.
2. Cut/Trim/Clip a video
3. Download a video from youtube (Using Firefox and VideoDownload Helper)
4. Use MPEG Streamclip to convert a file from .mov to .mp4
5. Import footage from a camera into iMovie and then copy the footage into your folder on the media drive
6. Understand basic Photoshop - you most likely won't know this yet - email us on media@cgs.rbksch.org to let us know if/how much Photoshop experience you have so we can run sessions to support you. This will help you with the Titles/Credits element of your coursework

Spooks Seq 3- Shooting Schedule Activity

Here's the sequence for the Shooting Schedule Activity

Important Tasks to do on your blog - Editing

In class over the next two weeks you will be starting your coursework and working in class in groups on your opening sequence. You will have stimulus materials shown to you by your teachers. You written work will be as follows below - there are a few things to get done so start now and don't avoid it as work will just pile up. Expect to have to produce a blog post about every two days - at least 3 per week until the end of the project. Additional to these tasks, you will have research tasks to upload to your blogs so you are going to be very busy :)

THERE ARE SEVERAL TASKS
YOU WILL UNDERTAKE THESE INDEPENDENTLY - so mostly as HOMEWORK
You must complete them by the dates shown. ASK if you're unsure, need help or need time to complete.
READ ALL the INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!

- There are some activities for you to write up and upload onto your blogs.
- Remember to use the blog medium as it is intended (so it's not a place for long essays but somewhere to record quick thoughts and bullets points/lists and summaries).
- You should use the multimodal nature of the medium and upload video clips and extracts, images and links to improve/embellish what you are posting (If you don't know how, now is the time to ask).
- Keep a record of the content by saving it as a word doc and saving it in the media drive in your area, in a folder, named as your initials and the date. (e.g. JMT 101212).

Deadlines:
Task 1 -  Thursday 13th Dec 2012
Task 2 -  Friday 14th Dec 2012
Task 3 -  Monday 17th Dec 2012
Task 4 -  Tuesday 18th Dec 2012

Task One - Complete Spooks Seq 2 (intercutting) work
Watch the sequence (located in a separate post) as many times as you need. Read the worksheet you were given in the lesson. This shows all the sequence in the correct order. Look at your list of Letters/Numbers to see how you organised the shots. Answer the questions on the sheet.

Task Two - IN CLASS (or catch up if you miss the lesson)
The Storyboard - Shooting Schedule activity is based on the last part of the Spooks Sequence - Seq 3. You need to use the intercut ending to produce a logical shooting plan - the aim is to show you how to plan your own shoots from your own storyboard :)

Task Three - Watch the allocated EDITING SEQUENCE(S)
You need to watch these and make notes on at least one extract about how the editing is used to create meaning. Don't write about the mise-en-scene, costume, lighting etc (unless you need to to make your point) - this is all about how the camera work and the way the shots are put together (the editing!). When do they cut and why  - how long do they hold shots? Do we see anyone speaking - if so do we see the reaction (so not looking at the speaker) or do we see the speaker? and of course, why? JUST make notes only - you will use the notes in TASK FIVE below.

Task Four - ASSESSMENT TASK - Edit either 'Lift' or 'Lift and Stairs' 
Depending on which you have been given, save your version of Lift/Stairs in the nominated folder in the MEDIA DRIVE in Yr12. Save it as 'your name lift (or liftstairs) final.mov'. Tell Miss you have completed and saved it so it can be backed up and marked. THE FILES and INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON TEACHING RESOURCES - and in the folder called EDIT SENSE. Miss or Michael will show you where it is. You need to you FINAL CUT to do this so you can't do this task at home.

Task Five - ASSESSMENT TASK Write up on your blog your thoughts on continuity editing.
Reflect on your work - make notes on the differences by comparing your spooks seq 2 work (now uploaded onto Teaching Resources for you) with the way KUDOS (the production company who made the real show for the BBC) constructed the real SPOOKS sequence (the real order of screenshots is on the handout given to you in class (with the questions on it) and the video extract is embedded in the post below). What is different? Why? Would your version work just as well? If not, why not? If yes, what have you done that makes it work? Make some initial notes to answer this question and use the notes in the editing post --> start a new post - call your post 'Continuity Editing'. Write a few paragraphs about continuity editing in general, covering the points listed below, using examples from all/several of the editing tasks (and this spooks sequence work).

Master shots
Cutaways
2-shots
How would you edit dialogue?
Parallel and intercutting
Shot, reverse shot
180 rule (not crossing the line)
30 rule (jump cut)
Breaking the fourth wall
Help/Advice...
- It's not an essay as such so feel free to use short forms (such as lists) but you must still give examples from/of texts.

- This is your chance to show the examiner what you have learnt - the more detailed and wide ranging your post on this is, the more marks you will get.

- You should think about how you might use the following editing techniques,

- Base it on all of the extracts we've worked on: Spooks (sequence elements 1,2 and 3) and Ocean's 12, your sequence for task 3, work of your own and any practical work you have done (such as 'feed the fish' or 'Lift/Stairs' (task 5).

Spooks Sequence 2 - Upload - Task 1

The questions are on the worksheet. They are repeated here in case you have lost them. The worksheet can be downloaded from HERE
Answer all the questions - this links to task 1 of your Editing tasks - see the main post for the deadline.

Ocean's 12 Extract to analyse

Here is the sequence you are working on: Start after Daisy arrives in her car and the dialogue on your sheet begins - the first part of the sequence is so you can see what has happened immediately before...

You will get back a copy of your storyboard you created in class in your group to change this sequence from 'Staging' to classic continuity editing.

You should have Master Shots,Cut-aways, Two-shots, Over The Shoulder shots, Shot-ReverseShots and lots of interesting framing - use Close Ups, Big Close Ups, partial shots of things (like faces and objects) - remember to cut for reaction shots and emotional responses. Also think about whether you want to see who is talking or the reaction of the person being talked to...

Afterwards, you will need to each write a sentence or two about each shot and why you chose to cut to that particular shot and style.
Deadlines will be given when you get the work back.

Spooks Sequence to analyse for conversation

Here's the extract you need to analyse for the next class. Use the handout with the screenshots and lines for notes. Watch the sequence and make GOOD QUALITY notes on the following:

1. Why is this shot used?
2. Why is it held for this length of time?
3. Why does it cut ot the next shot (including how it cuts)
4. Is the editing pace fast or slow and why?
5. How does the film-maker use editing to build/create/manipulate
     a. tension
     b. interest
     c. meaning
     d. enigma

Think about CONTINUITY EDITING - remember it's the invisible art. It's all about manipulating the audience and using what they know about how film works (film grammar) to make meaning and to potentially make them react/feel/interpret the extract in particular ways.

 It's NOT about mise-en-scene, costume, lighting, camera movement, sound except where it pertains directly to your point(s) about editing so don't do a textual analysis.

12C deadline is THURSDAY 6th Dec (and show me your storyboards for the dialogue sheet too!)
12B deadline is THURSDAY 13th Dec (and don't forget you MUST have done your dialogue to storyboard sheet too)

Editing Video - on Teaching Resources

The video all about Editing- called 'The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing'is available to re-watch on Teaching Resources- Go to TR>Students>Media Studies>ResourceLibrary>Videos>Editing

The Rock extract

We have been working on tracking and panning - now you are going to learn how to write analyses of moving image texts, using The Rock as a starting point and focusing for the most part on camera movement. The materials are available in school rather than online (copyright restrictions) and the worksheets are there too.

Go to: Teaching Resources/Students/Media Studies/AS/Foundation Theory/Camera Movement - the camera movement and effects cards are in that folder and the Moving Image extracts are in the subfolder  'The rock extract work'.

You will work in pairs - open the WORD document (in said folder) 'The Rock Cam Move sequence analysis worksheet.docx;'. In the blue bar at the top of the table on the first page, type in your names and the date. Follow the details below and given to you in class but you will type your response into the blank space on the right of the image (which is the beginning image of each mini sequence).

Where to save....

SAVE this in the MEDIA drive (CGSSTORE1) in Media/aaaYr12 AS/The rock assessments - remembering to RENAME the file including your own first names and also unclick hide extension so the document saves with .docx on the end (otherwise the PC server will mangle it overnight!).

Use the camera movement cards (blue) to help you organise what is happening in each sequence - you can copy and paste from the word docs in the TR file.
Use the camera movement EFFECTS cards (yellow) to help you get started working on the effect/meaning of the camera movement. Of course you can add more than these ideas - they are starters to help you.

It (almost) goes without saying that we EXPECT you to write about the sequence in your own words (albeit together) and to add and expand on what you have been given on the cards. You must both take part in writing the sections and you will therefore collaborate on what the wording should be for each section, even if one of you is a better typist :)

The whole sequence...

Harry Potter class work needs handing in!

Hi all year 12s - this is mostly for 12C - you need to make sure you have given Mrs T the sheet where you ranked your top 5 harry potter garageband exports with your reasons and one paragraph on what makes an effective soundtrack for an opening sequence...we did it in class so it's just a matter of giving it to Miss - ASAP - Thanks

Harry Potter Exercise

Please upload your Harry Potter final exercise onto your blogs.

This is the original Track for your reference.
The FIRST part of the homework is....
 You need to write a brief analysis and evaluation of your Harry Potter Garageband export. You should use the sheet to guide you - write briefly about the following sections, covering:
1. What effect you tried to create
2. What effect you have created
3. How effective you think it is (is it any good basically)

The sections are:
1. The credits and titles sequence
2. The playground sequence
3. The Dementors sequence
4. The overall effect

This should then be about 4 decent paragraphs long - blogged. Remember you have to upload the sequence directly into your blog (due to copyright we can't put them on Youtube) so you need to do that in school or copy your sequence onto a memory stick.

The SECOND part of the homework is the evaluation sheet which is one side and asks you to evaluate the software, the processes and your learning...

These are due, one blogged, one in Miss's sticky paw, on THURSDAY 18th October in your lesson.

Colour & Light and Sound Work - checkpoint

This last week you've been bringing a lot of what you've been learning together and applying it. You should have written an analysis of the opening of 'The Phantom of the Opera' for Mr P and it should be ready to be posted on your blog as well as handed in to him. If you need to see the extract, follow the tab above for 'Film Analysis' and use the right hand labels ('Find your film') to locate Phantom.

In addition, you should have completed your Harry Potter sound opening in Garageband. You should have conducted a class review and then you will be completing your own individual analysis/evaluation of your own opening. This individual analysis will go up on your blog, along with your HP garageband version as your work representing sound.

The coming week you will be working on Camerawork (followed by editing) and this will again build to an analysis of an extract to assess your learning. You will also be undertaking a practical activity based on camera work.

For now then, you need to ensure you have completed the following:
1. Harry Potter in Garageband - a review in class
2. Harry Potter - your own evaluation
3. A decent analysis of the opening of 'The Phantom of the Opera'

As always, any problems please see a member of the Media Staff.

Max Payne Extract

Your Task:

You need to watch the extract (above) carefully and make notes on the sound, just as we started in class in pairs.

You need to write up your notes to submit as homework in the first instance - later you will blog this work so keep it safe and save a copy!

You must write about each slide and cover, for each slide, these two elements:
1. The technical codes - so is it diegetic? non-diegetic? a soundbridge? Remember it can be more than one.
2. The effect of the sound on meaning and/or the audience.

You can complete this either as continuous prose (i.e. writing an 'essay')
OR
As a table with three columns - 1. Shot number 2. Technical Sound description 3. Effects on meaning/sound.

Please try to type this in WORD.
The screenshots with numbers (if you can't find it) can be accessed HERE 

There are words to help in your teaching pack - you can see a copy on line HERE

Deadline is next lesson so:

12B Mon 24/9/12  P1
12C Mon 24/9/12  P5

First week - SOUND

We've been looking at sound this week. You should know the following and you MUST have some notes as evidence (including examples). If you don't, please check through your teaching pack and catch up. If you get stuck, see a member of the Media Dept.

Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound

On-Off screen Sound

Parallel & Contrapuntal Sound

Sound Bridges

Course Start Check

Please make sure you have all the of the following. If you don't, please see a member of the Media Team who will ensure you get any missing items.

1. A Teaching Pack
2. An outline schedule for the year
3. A pink a4 exercise book, pink wallet folder and 1 set of dividers
4. A sketchbook (black)

Please make sure you have completed the following - if not, please do so and submit to Michael.

1. A 6th Form Media Studies Contract
2. A Student Details sheet - no equipment will be issued to you until we have this - fully completed
3. A Media Studies questionnaire

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