Summer Work

Just a reminder that we are expecting you to come back in September READY TO FILM.  This means all your research should be complete and nearly all of your planning.  Take a look back at your action plan and make sure you have achieved everything you said you would and use your booklet to help you decide what else needs to be done.

It is very important that before you film, we have given you the 'green light' so we need to see your treatments sheets and ideas for aims and intentions.  Remember that college doesn't officially end until Thursday 19th, so after your EP marketplace there is still time to work on media coursework.

There is a lot of work to do.  You need to be working regularly and steadily through the tasks.

This week is all about...PLANNING

This week you should be focusing on the planning stages of your coursework ready to start filming on your return to college after the summer break.


Your research should now be complete - see tasks 1-11 on p10 of your booklet and you should now know enough about the channel and audience you have chosen, to plan the a/v piece you will create.  I suggest you look at the tasks on P10 and tick off what you have completed.


This week you should be focused on:

Treatment sheet (example p26)

Draft aims and intentions (board example p28/29)

Storyboard/script (storyboard sheets p30)

The most important thing is that you start preparing your aims and intentions, so that we can check that your project is suitable before you start doing anything practical.  Please call your aims and intentions blog post 'Preparing to write my aims and intentions'.  Writing your treatment sheet should help you clarify what it is you are going to make.  It would be used to persuade ITV/Channel 5 to commission your programme.  By writing this first, you should find it easier to write your aims and intentions.

For more information on treatment sheets, try the links below:

Treatment sheets and pitches explained by BBC Writers Room

More info on treatment sheets

Or search for 'treatment sheet media studies' to find examples of other student examples.

We look forward to hearing about/reading about your ideas.



Blogging so far...

Ok, so people are at different stages with their coursework, so not everything I write here will apply to everyone but things to spend some time on this week include:


Posting your posts - some people only have one visible post at the moment (or in one case 0).  Remember if your posts are in draft form, we cannot see them - so if it's finished post it!


Now that you have a few posts (most of you) check your blog format.  Some of the 'styles' only really work if you are posting an image with each post.  Think about changing your style if it is hard to navigate or hard to follow.  There are a number of ways you can customise your blog.  You could also add gadgets (a poll maybe?)


Add pictures to your posts.  Now that you've written a few things, try to make your posts a bit more interesting by adding images, diagrams, videos and links.


Re-visit your action plan - tick things off, move things around, set yourself homework.


Finally, start thinking in more detail about your production.  You should be gaining some ideas by now about the institutions and texts they offer, the target audience and factual and fictional programme.  Start organising your ideas in preparation for writing your draft aims and intentions.

Embedding a video

Embedding a video is a good way to add some variety to your blog and means that when you are conducting a textual analysis, it is easy to see what you are writing about.  If you find a relevant clip/short film on YouTube, go to the share tab and select embed.  You will need to copy the embed code into the HTML part of your blog post.


Some clips will not let you embed, so it is not always possible but it is definitely worth doing if you can.


This is Dan Evetts homework choice - I haven't yet watched but it comes highly recommended

Well done so far...

Well done to everyone for setting up their blog and making those first awkward posts!  A few people still need to send me the address of their blog, so please e mail those straight away.


Do use the links on the side of the blog to have a look at what other people in the class are doing and be prepared to give feedback.  Feedback should be constructive though and be appropriately written!


I look forward to reading your next posts :)

Welcome!

Welcome to the new blog hub for A Level Media and Film Coursework.  Once everyone has created their blog, you should be able to see a list to the side and click on the work of other people in the class.  This is useful if you want to get feedback on your posts and will allow you to show how your work is developing over time.


Your blog will also be seen by the exam board and should show your journey towards the final TV programme and Print text you produce.


Happy blogging!