Production Company Logo and Name

A post detailing production company logos and names that will influence your own production company. What will you call your production and for what reasons? The post should include both images and detailed text.

Final Soundtrack Ideas

A post with examples of the music you have finally decided to include in your film and why you have chosen them, how do they relate to genre of the film you are creating? Remember the music chosen cannot be licensed music so you will have to use music you have permission to use.

These sites may also be of use as they include copyright free music you may want to download...

http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
http://freemusicarchive.org/
http://www.freestockmusic.com/

Remember this list is not extensive so continue in your research you are expected to detail where you can get copyright free music.

Ongoing Shooting Summary

There should be numerous posts detailing your role within the production production shoots achieved so far. This should be a detailed write-up, not a few words with a picture, as it will act as evidence of your contribution to group work and the creation of your film. If you fail to evidence this throughout the production of your film you will get limited marks for your final film.

Detailed Storyboard

A post showing the complete storyboard for your film; you need to include what will feature during the titles and after the titles when the story of your film begins. Too many students have not shown how their storyboards have developed into a fully realised product and this will impact negatively on grading.

Film Title Aesthetic Development

A post demonstrating the development of how your film title will appear; this will be created within Final Cut X or on Photoshop.

Behind the Scenes: On Location

A behind the scenes post with images and supporting text that demonstrates your role on a recent shoot.

Sample Script

If you plan to have any dialogue in your film you need to upload a sample of the script you intend to use. This should be written on the industry standard script template which you can easily find on google.

Storyboard Progress

A post involving an image and sufficient text describing developments in your storyboard.

Self Assessment

A post that self-assesses the progress of your coursework specifying WWW and EBI; the post should have at least 3 bullet-pointed remarks. You also need to refer to the grading and criteria for Research and Planning to suggest which level you believe you are working at.

This is an example of what you is expected...

WWW

• My group has collected footage and we have started our rough edit
• I am on my way to having the 30 post minimum on my blog
• I am using more media related language

EBI

• I need to keep posting onto my blog on a regular basis
• My group has to collect as much footage as possible over the weekend
• I must attend the Media intervention classes on Wednesday's period 3&4

Level

• I believe I am currently working at a Level 4.

Music Ideas

A post based on the styles of music you intend to include in your film. Although the final music will be license free you can use licensed music for this task to demonstrate the genre of music that will be used.You should upload at least three different YouTube videos and write a minimum of at least 50 words of text to support each video explaining how they relate to genre.

Questionnaire

Design a 10 question Questionnaire researching the target and their genre expectations. Present sample 10 people who you expect are your target audience. Summarize the results with a 300 word report and upload onto your blog with graphical analysis and a sample questionnaire.

Technical Codes

Students need to upload their write-ups on the technical codes of films that are of a similar genre to their own productions. Remember to embed the YouTube of the film to support your text, if you do not know how to do this check online or speak to Mr Hughes as soon as possible.

Example...

There are many technical codes in the film Bullet Boy, a film of the crime/drama genre, that will be adopted in my own production. For example my film will include lots of close-up shots that will capture the emotions of my characters and help tell a story. I will also...

Representation of Gender - Primeval (+playlist)

Editing Codes and Conventions

What type of editing do you expect your film to involve; research the editing codes and conventions of the genre that your film be based and write a 200 word detailing your findings.

Symbolic Codes

An analysis of the symbolic codes prevalent within the genre that your production will belong to. Students should also upload the mood-board created in lesson to support writing. Refer to your notes if you are unsure what symbolic codes are

Casting Overview

Students need to upload a post based on the casting of roles for their films. It would be a good idea to include photographs, character descriptions and reasons why particular peolple have been chosen to fulfill particular roles.

Initial Storyborad

All students need to upload a photograph or scan of their initial storyboard with supporting text explaining the shots that have been storyboarded so far.

Treatment

All students need to upload a Treatment for their coursework productions, advice on what to include is available on the lessons PowerPoint at

http://hakamediastudies.co.uk/

It may be an idea to research the topic further online and create a post based on your research.

Half Term: Researching Intro Sequences

Upload (embed from YouTube) at least four different openings of films that you like. With each video comment on what you like about each one, try using media language, and how it may influence your own film.

Example openings...

Week 5: Preliminary Task

You should upload your Preliminary Task which involves going to the HAKA Media Studies YouTube account and getting the embed code to put your film onto your blogs...

http://www.youtube.com/HAKAMediaStudies

Embedding a YouTube Video

To embed a video from YouTube, just follow these simple steps:

1. Click on the "Share" button underneath the YouTube video.
2. Select "Show more," and then click on the Blogger icon.
3. Depending on whether or not you're signed in to your blog, you might have to enter in your username and password in the new window that pops up.
4. At the top of the new window, choose the blog you would like to post to from the drop-down menu.
5. Publish your post!

Alternatively, you can copy the embed code and paste it into your blog. Just click on "Share" and then on "Embed" to find the embed code. Copy the code, then paste it into your blog while on the "Edit HTML" tab (as opposed to the "Compose" tab).

Remember if it doesn't embed you may need to select 'Use old embed code'.

Week 3: Preliminary Task Storyboard

You should upload a scan or photograph of your storyboard for your Preliminary Task.

Week 3: Match on Action / Shot/Reverse Shot / 180 Degree Rule

You should have a presentation that explains...

• Match on Action 
• Shot/Reverse Shot 
• 180 Degree Rule

The post should include images and be presented as a PowerPoint or Prezi document.

Week 2: Shot Types Exercise

There should be a post describing what you did for the shot types exercise, its purpose and a self-evaluation of its success.

Week 1: Production Company Presentation

You should upload the Media Studies induction task that was expected of you, this will most likely be a PowerPoint presentation.

Knights AS Media Blog

The purpose of this blog is to guide students so that you have an idea of what you should be uploading onto your blogs and when. The suggested posts are exactly that, a suggestion, and each week you are expected to add numerous additional posts to what the blog stipulates in order to be getting the grade that will enable you to progress next year.

Film Ideas

Examples of brainstormed ideas for your films.