More advice on AS evaluation

As well as the guidance given to you for the evaluation and the Level 4 example in there - I have included lots of good examples from below for you to have a look at. Remember the deadline for it all (and any missing/additional research and planning) to be up on your blogsites is 31st March.

Some of the examples from OCR and comments 

Kamini 16 (Level 4) 
Unfortunately some of the original embedded media has now disappeared-­‐the perils of archiving! There is a good mix of material, though some, such as the target audience, appears a bit random. All  questions are addressed,  with some depth.

 

Chloe (Level 4)

Sophie (Level 3/4)


Ideas! 

Illustrate your point with a gif from your film rather than a screengrab - thanks to Molly Brailsford for this idea 

Here are some other suggestions (from Long Road Media Sixth Form College) - use these as well as the other ideas on the sheet given to you to come up with something creative and interesting! 

Thriller Evaluation Tasks

G321 Thriller Evaluation Tasks

Below are details of the 7 tasks you and your group need to do in order to answer the 7 evaluation questions also listed below:
1.
Question: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Task: Choose 6 stills from your finished thriller that you think illustrate how you have used thriller conventions and opening sequence conventions (3 each). Annotate each still with notes on exactly which convention is being shown and whether you are using, developing or challenging it.

2.
Question: How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Task: Select a still from your thriller that you think shows an individual from a particular social group you have represented. Then, select a still of a character from A. another film that discusses the group and B. a still of a real individual, possibly from a news story, who also represents that group. Write annotations for all of the stills that discuss why you have represented this group in your particular way and how your representation compares or contrasts with both your chosen real media text and the still of a real person.

3.
Question: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Task: Use the www.IMDB.com template to create a page for your film. You will need to fill in all of the blank information. You can find this in the student 'foundation production materials' folder.

4.
Question: Who would be the audience for your media product?
Task: Decide on a film magazine that you think would be most likely to carry reviews and adverts for your film. Create a word document that includes an image of the front cover of the magazine, a 300 word analysis of why you think the publication would be appropriate for your film and a 300 word review of your film that could potentially be found in the magazine.

5.
Question: How did you attract/address your audience?
Task: Re-import your finished thriller sequence into Final Cut and create either a voice-over or text that discusses key technical devices and other strategies that you used to engage your audience.

6.
Question: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
Task: Use the stills of you with shooting equipment that you took whilst shooting, screen grabs of software and of you using the software. For each of the stills, note down what you learnt about the equipment/ software, what it allowed you to do and what you might consider its drawbacks.

7.
Question: Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Task: Create a Prezi that takes your ‘reader’ on a journey from preliminary task to finished thriller. Include images to illustrate your points.

Guide to AS evaluation - big thanks to Reepham College!

Please open and read through the guide to AS Media Studies evaluation. It is in the student folder/English/Media Studies/AS Foundation portfolio pdf

Guidance on ancillaries and digipaks

Those of you doing a digipak - remember that the board specification says:

- a digipak for the album’s release

A lot of you are doing a video for a music single. Imagine the single being the lead promotional tool for a following album. Therefore, you should be aiming for a definite 'house style' and brand recognition between the album and the music video (and other ancillary).

There is a template that Mr Hudson provided for doing this task on publisher. I have also put a photoshop template into the student folder.

As a lot of you are proper digital then there's a bit of confusion as to what should/could go into a digipak (front cover and 3 page insert as a 4 page booklet) and a back cover. Below are some suggestions and in the post below some links to have a look at.

In any of the tasks - look at real examples for conventions/typical features.


Front cover: logo /name of the album /photo of band or picture/image related to either song or
Inside: could have song lyrics / related pictures / song credits - writer/producer/trumpet = .../triangle =....etc  / thank-yous! / extra content download/QR code, social media and website listings/details / (these don't have to be correct listings -you can make them up!)
Back Cover: Sometimes can be a continuation of the front cover, usually has a list of the

Remember - we can apply Goodwin's features of music videos here whereby there is usually a correlation between the images and the lyrics.

The main thing with all the ancillaries is to show an understanding of the conventions of the form (that it looks like a CD pack, website etc...) and to make sure there is a strong correlation (although not exact!) between the ancillary products and the main music video.

-A website home page for the band. Good example HERE – go for a good homepage and perhaps one working linked page. Definitely embed your music video when finished.

-A digipak for the single or album. Templates on the student drive in publisher and photoshop. Good example HERE and HERE – reflect changes in industry by having download codes for extra content

-A magazine advertisement for the digipak (NOTE: can be for album or single). Not so many good examples online but we have some old-ish music mags in the cupboard to look at. Try and keep the bleed, house style of a magazine (real or imagined), even do an online version with working links to the video…QR codes?

IMPORTANT - Please read!

We are aware and encourage you to work together on your research and planning. However, as your film (unless it is clear that somebody has not taken part or pulled their weight) will be similar. Research and planning and evaluation are where you can extend your thinking and get distinctive marks.

In order for us to fairly award marks for Research and Planning to each of you and to ensure groups remain harmonious and joyous you will need to do some or all of the following:

1. Note on each post who was responsible for it. Eg: if whole group put 'Whole Group' if one or two individuals make that clear too.

2. Personalise work. If you are just uploading each other's work then you need to go in and change it to put your own personal touch on it (this may not always be possible).

3. Add extra content on top of that work completed by your group.

4. Keep a log of how you have used your time (this is suggested on the Portfolio checklist) - you may have to do this retrospectively.

Generally, make sure you are sharing the burden of the group work and not taking advantage of one or two people's hard work.

Stephen King

Nice infographic on Stephen King, who although an author, is very influential in the world of the thriller film genre. You could use this alongside other sources for a key director/industry figure. You may also choose to use the infographic method of presentation.

You can make your own inforgraphs using infogr.am (thanks to Danny for this!)

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/picture/2013/nov/25/stephen-king-infographic

Downloadable storyboards, artist contracts etc...

This site is quite useful for standard documents related to film making. Some of them may seem quite irrelevant for your film/video but it is a good piece of research and planning to show that you have got your performers to sign a contract etc...



http://dependentfilms.net/files.html

OCR Examples of students blogsites

Have a look at the following links and check out the marks they received. These are from the very useful OCR Media Studies weebly site - make sure you have a look at each of them and the marks BUT also read the short comments explaining why they got that particular mark.

Examiner's feedback

Kamini's Thriller Blog

Snehal's Thriller Blog

Anujan's Thriller Blog


important: by all means use ideas from these blogsites (methods of presentation/approaches to research and planning/ways of working/ways in which you may improve on this student's work...) but DO NOT copy these students' ideas. (a) It is plagiarism which is both unfair to the student and dishonest (b) As they are on OCR's official website it would be possibly the least effective bit of cheating possible!!

For your thriller research and planning, use your foundation portfolio checklists and if you come up with your own ideas and are not sure whether they are useful pieces of research and planning then check with myself or Mr Hudson.