FILM POSTER HOMEWORK

OK - so this is A Level - but still worth watching - it's very good!

an early glimpse at the things to fo for your MUSIC VIDEO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO MAKING YOUR MUSIC VIDEO:
1. Research  - TASK: - Embed 3 music video on your blog– for each one, answer the following questions:
i. Who are the artists, producer, director and production company behind it?
ii. What is the record label?
iii. Who are the target audience?
iv. Is there a narrative? If so, what’s the story?
v. Describe some of the cinematography; including camera work, editing, filters & special effects.
vi. Describe the mise-en-scene  – costume, lighting, make up, props, ‘acting’ etc.
vii. What make it successful?
2. Decide upon the artist/group – real or imagined – must NOT be signed to a record label – it’s best if it is someone you know or yourself – they must be available when you need them to be. – PUT EVIDENCE ON YOUR BLOG
3. Decide whether your video will be performance, combination (performance & narrative) or narrative only. The middle one – combination – is strongly recommended. – PUT EVIDENCE ON YOUR BLOG
4. REPRESENTATION & AUDIENCE Write a blog entry discussing the ethos of your chosen band or artist – how do you want them to be represented? What message are you putting across? Who is your target audience? – use the following categories: fans of… (example: ‘fans of Metallica will like this artist because…’)/ audience demographics & psychographics
5. Audience survey – design a quick survey and send it round electronically – you want useful data from representatives of your target audience but you can’t spend too long on this.
6. Evaluate your survey – blog your findings – say specifically how the new data will inform your production design decisions.
7. Storyboard your video – remember – it is only the first 2 minutes – so the song doesn’t need to play out – if you are making it for an actual artist – it is better to storyboard and make the whole video – then just submit the first 2 minutes. – PUT EVIDENCE ON YOUR BLOG
8. Plan your photoshoot – the photoshoot is a location reconnoitre – [You will be given a template.] – PUT EVIDENCE ON YOUR BLOG
9. Make a list of equipment you will be using – including model, make, specifications etc.
10. Create a Call Sheet – this is the plan for the shoot, including contact numbers – send to everyone involved. – [You will be given a template.] – PUT EVIDENCE ON YOUR BLOG
11. FILM IT – always take extra shots, and then some more – you need as much stock footage as will enable you to edit it and produce it as you envisaged it.
12. EDIT IT – Final Cut Pro only (unless you happen to be highly skilled, and have access to, Avid)
13. Get an early draft on your blog and ask for feedback from other year 11 students and the teacher.
14. Make your final draft.
15. Create a DVD for the teacher, and one for yourself.
16. Evaluate your video – 700-800 word essay. – [You will be given a template.]

Practical Tasks for Assignment 1 – moving image

Cinematography in detail

Cinematography in Major Detail

Film Analysis - example

Example Moving Image Analysis - Attack the Block

How to embed your presentation on your blog

You will need a Scribd account (slideshare doesn't work from the PCs in M16 for some reason).

 http://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-PowerPoint-to-Blogger
Follow the wikihow link for a detailed guide.

In short, do this:
1. finish your draft coursework presentation
2. create a Scribd account
3. Upload your presentation
4. Copy the EMBED code
5. Create a new post on blogger
6. Paste in the EMBED code
7. Publish

Here's one I made earlier (see post below):

Example of Moving Image PPt. Assignment 1 - Mr Barton

Example Moving Image Analysis - Star Wars

Year 10 Media Studies – Knowledge and concepts test:

Year 10 Media Studies – Knowledge and concepts test:

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON YOUR BLOG PLEASE

1.    What is a Media Institution?

2.    Give an example of a negative stereotype.

3.    Give an example of a positive stereotype.

4.    What is the difference between denotation and connotation.

5.    TV is an example of a media platform – name 3 others.

6.    The Hypodermic Needle Theory is the idea that media audiences passively believe and act upon what they read, see or hear in the media. To what extent do you think this is true or untrue? Give examples to support your answer.

7.    Name 3 camera SHOT TYPES.

8.    Name 3 camera ANGLES.

9.    Name 3 camera MOVEMENTS

10.                       Name 3 TRANSITIONS (EDITS)

11.                       What is mise-en-scene?

12.                       List all of the NRS social categories.

13.                       Identify 4 different lighting techniques.

14.                       Define Media Convergence – give a specific example.

15.                       Who is responsible for putting age classifications on films and games in the UK and the US?

Homework 5th November

Create a DVD cover for an imagined film title:

 

ACTUAL COURSEWORK TASK:

How do the opening 5 minutes of your chosen film engage and sustain the audience’s interest?

ACTUAL COURSEWORK TASK: Create a visually interesting PowerPoint with a minimum of 500 words of close technical analysis, using media terminology (see below), explaining the effects of the techniques you describe and saying why the first 5 minutes are successful.

 

You must include at least one good point about all of these (unless not applicable):

 

 

•Title

•Genre

•Production company

•Distributor

•Target audience – how do you know?

•Director

•Main lead actors/actresses

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

•Camera shot types

•Camera angles

•Camera movements

•Transitions (edits)

SOUND

•Diegetic sound

•Non-diegetic sound

MISE-EN-SCENE

•Set

•Lighting

•Costumes

•Make up

•Props

•Acting / dialogue

 

 

ADD RES MEDIA TO YOUR READING LIST!

http://mrbainesmediayr10.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

Chester P - Fire In The Streets

My favourite MC

My favourite MC is a chap called Chester P.

This is one of his tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z31ZWDGiRr0

One of my favourite year ten CD covers!

This is by Robert Tredgold:

Narrative in Music Videos - lesson slides year 10

Homework!

TASKS TO COMPLETE: 7th October 2015

a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video)

Music Video analysis

Here is an example:

‘Take on Me’ - AHA

1.Who are the artists, producer, director and production company behind it?

Director: Steve Barron 

Production Company: Limelight Productions, London

Producer: Simon Fields

Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton

Editor: Richard Simpson @ Rushes Film Editing, London

Animation: Michael Patterson & Candace Reckinger

2.What is the record label?

Warner Brothers

3.Who are the target audience?

teenagers & young adults - women - comic book enthusiasts - because it is centred around the heart throb coming to life

4.Is there a narrative? If so, what’s the story?

A comic book hero comes to life and pulls a woman into the comic - they have adventures but in the real world, the lady in the café screws up the comic book and bad guys come to get the couple - she escapes - but he seems dead - yet later comes back to life!

5.Describe some of the cinematography; including camera work, editing, filters & special effects.

lots of close ups - to show the lead singer - extreme close ups to show the emotions - very notable for its animation and the way it crosses over with real life footage

6.Describe the mise-en-scene  – costume, lighting, make up, props, ‘acting’ etc. - high key lighting in the café to make it look naturalistic and boring - exciting and fast paced in the comic book world - even though it's black and white

7.What make it successful?

- the animation

Homework - 30th September 2015

Codes and convention of a magazine front cover

Here's a good guide to your magazine cover analysis.

Below that are the lesson slides in general to help you with textual analysis.

Create PPt slides with your own annotated magazine covers please. Thanks all. Mr. Baines.

Getting started with photoshop

Good morning, good afternoon and good morrow, eager and most skilled year 10 students. Photoshop skills are a must for anyone hoping for an A or an A* at Media Studies, and it's an awful lot of fun too. Now, some of you already have some super Photoshop skills, whilst some of you are just getting started. Rule number 1 if you know how to do clever stuff on Photoshop: Share your knowledge!

The aim for this exercise is to produce a single cover for a made up music artist (or a made up single for an actual music artist).

The dimensions you need are basically a square (how it would appear on digital only distribution sites such as iTunes and GooglePlay_ - 1400 pixel x 1400 pixel, 300 pixels per inch (PPI).

Try to include at least 3 of the following:

1. How to touch up a photo; how to make people look better
2. Layers and adjustment layers; what are they and how to use them
3. Working with layer masks
4. How to crop a photo
5. Adjusting the exposure and using the Adobe Camera Raw filter
6. Removing something from an image
7. Move or copy objects in a photo
8. How to put a person from one photo onto a new background (or putting two photos together)
9. How to add text
10. Saving photos and saving formats that are shareable

Here's mine ( I know you can do so much better!):

And here's a tutorial link:

PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL - CLICK HERE!

Homework - week 2

Remember that your homework for week 2 is to create a 3 day media diary (in whichever format you wish – e.g. paper, vlog, blog, Dictaphone, instagram etc.).

You should include:

Location / time

What I ‘consumed’ - watched, listened to, read, played or interacted with.

Activity (what else were you doing at the time – e.g. chatting with friends / my homework(!) etc.)

Reflections – thoughts about what you consumed…

 Due on the 25^th September.

Kind regards. Mr. Baines

Example: