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.