Essay Titles for Homework

In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions only.

(a) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience.

(b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of genre.

Homework essay questions

Essay questions to be produced for the next lesson I see you:

In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions only.

(a) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience.

(b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of genre

send essay to sphili1@cgs.rbksch.org

Deadlines....

So the deadline for the music videos, digipacks and websites is this week - FRIDAY 28th 2014 Before 3.30pm!

You need to speak to Mrs T if there are any problems. You only have FOUR questions to answer for evaluation. As before, marks are awarded for use of IT and how well you have matched content to the media form you choose, whether it is WIX, Pow Toons or Prezi etc.

You should be looking at the evaluation guidance in the purple production pack and making notes. If you are unsure, ask NOW.

Any agreement for things to be late will come from MRS THRASHER only and you will be given a formal slip signed by Mrs T to attach to your work/submit to your marking teacher to confirm the extension was approved. See Mrs T.

Marking

SP - 13B1 and 13C2
JMT - 13C1 and 13C3

FINALLY REMEMBER THIS DEPARTMENT IS FULLY ON STRIKE ON WEDS 26TH MARCH.

MICHAEL WILL BE IN.

Deadlines and what you should be doing

Yr13 New Schedule 1314 Final Deadlines by Julie Thrasher

Coursework- Mr Philip tasks

You MUST complete the following:

Genre research. Define the genre that you intend to work from and provide a detailed analysis of the key elements of that genre.

Voyeurism- find examples of the male and female gaze in a Music Video. How has camera and editing created a sense of an overly sexualised body?

Intertextuality. Find examples of intertextuality in music videos, what other media text is referenced and what is the impact on the target audience?

Music Video Director. Research and select your favourite music video director. Analyse the common stylistic features of their videos. Ideally this should be of a director working within your chosen music video genre.

Goodwin analysis. Apply Goodwin's theory to a music video of your choice (preferably within the genre you intend to make a music video in). What is the genre of the music video and how do we know this? How do the lyrics relate to the visuals? How does the music relate to the visuals- eg mise en scene, camera and editing? Describe the nature of the close ups and why have they been used so frequently? Any examples of voyeurism in this music video?

You COULD also blog on the history of the Music Video. In what way has it changed over time?
http://vimeo.com/47925628

Use the above video that we viewed in lesson as a reference point for your reflections.

What to do during the strike...

Hi all

We are aware that no-one will be in the Dept on strike day (THURS) so can you please use any media 'time' to continue with your research, analysis and any other outstanding work already set.

Over the next week we will produce a list of what you should have done so far so you can check your progress - we will be checking your blogs this week for the CWAT assessments being completed next week.

Michael will be in to help with anything technical.

Holiday Work - Oh No! Oh Yes - relax - it's watching and reviewing music videos...

Your task over the holidays is to start your basic research. You should watch lots of MVs and choose 10 that you like best. You need to write no more than one paragraph for each one of the ten you choose. You must EMBED the videos in your blog.

Please comment on the following:

1. What you like about it; what inspires you, what is 'good' about it?
2. What makes you keep watching?
3. What interesting techniques/ideas/shots have they used that you might use? (use prompts from all the reviewing we have been doing...performance, camera, editing, content, lighting etc)
4. What have you learnt in relation to Music Videos generally from watching this particular video?
5. Is there anything you should AVOID?

Evaluation Tasks...THREE in total

There are a few of these for you to do:

1. Review the previous music videos on the sheet you were given (and which you started in class). Rank the videos then BLOG why you think some videos were more successful - you're looking at WWW and EBI - "what went well?" and "even better if?". The sheet is HERE.

The sheets were given out in class. The videos are (from 2011-12) 13B1 (Rewind), 13B3 (What we started), 13B4 (Lost), 13B6 (Ike & Tina), 13E7 (12 Rounds) and 13E9 (Today I cried)
(from 2012-13) 13A1 (Sparks Fly), 13A2 (Life Happens), 13A3 (Nine2Five), 13E4 (If you wanna) and 13E6 (Go in, go hard).

All the videos on are COOMBEMEDIA youtube

2. You should also evaluate and review your foundation production, again started/explained in class and for which there are two sheets to help you. You need to look at ALL aspects of your production, planning, research, blogging, organisation etc as well as your actual film. You should cover each area and think through what went well and how you can learn from your mistakes (as well as repeating what you did well of course!). The sheet is HERE.

Areas to cover: research, planning design (incl storyboards etc), planning production (incl costumes, MES, continuity, equipment, lighting, actors), classwork and independent study, personal organisation (incl group work issues, meeting deadlines, working on blog AND filming at the same time etc), filming (practical issues with hardware), editing issues (incl hardware, software, time needed, collaboration, recording editing progress, working together), organising the blog (incl keeping it up to date, tracking progress, labelling etc), evaluation skills (incl addressing the questions, using evidence (did you have any??), how can you use the Yr13 evaluation questions now) and technology for evaluation (this year you must be better and ready - what went wrong last year? what took a long time? do you know how to actually use the software we have - if not, what are you going to do about it??)

3. Evaluate your 20 secs Music Video - process and product. Don't write loads, just write focused, analytical comments. Try to think 'what went well?' and 'even better if?'. Use the areas you've used to review the previous videos and your AS production in tasks 1 and 2 above to help you. The videos are all up on coombemedia youtube and linked on the main blog - everythingmediastudies.

Remember these are most of the core things we have been discussing:

Track choice
Instruments
Green Screen - keep it tight
Ultra Key
Lypsync
Lighting
Cuts to beat
Enough pace
Disappearing
Camera Movement and performance
Multi-screen
Choreography and dancing
Cropping
Partial Framing - use of out of focus shots (deliberate)
Extreme Close Ups
Text - use of
Bright Colours
Tint