1. AS Media Coursework Tasks Break Down
Preliminary Tasks: Sept – Fri 14th Nov 2014
On your blog, labelled as ‘Preliminary Tasks’ should be:
Preliminary Tasks Tick when you’ve blogged it
A blog post with your idea/plan for your prelim task
Your story board for your prelim task
Your script for your prelim task
Your prelim task – link to youtube video
Short evaluation of how it all went, include peer and teacher comments.
Pre-production: Research and Planning: November – Fri 19th December 2014
The below tasks should be on your blog, labelled as ‘Pre-production Tasks’:
Week
beginning:
Lesson Activity What goes on your blog Tick when its
blogged : )
17th
Nov Similar product research (film beginning analysis) you have been set 1 for
home learning; you should aim to have 4 of these in total.
4 blog posts analysing 4
film openings
Research your chosen genre and find out:
Where it originated from (historical/first film in the genre)
Main film companies/directors/actors in it
Awards they may give out
Key features of it
Style/attitudes
Anything else?
Genre analysis in the
form of a blog
post/power-point or prezi
DONE
24th
Nov Research the target audience for your genre. You could produce a male
and female avatar detailing what they would look like annotating it with
their interests etc
The target audience
avatars and annotations
Mind map of genre conventions/initial ideas Mind map DONE
Script/Shooting script and storyboards
Use your research and ideas to flesh out your plan for your film opening.
Then draft your storyboards and script.
Scripts should be typed
up in the correct style.
Storyboards (can be
2. AS Media Coursework Tasks Break Down
digital or hand drawn)
1st
Dec detailed shot list. Shot list in word (or
scanned in)
DONE
8th
Dec Location recce – go and find locations and take photos for each scene Your uploaded photos
Now you know where your location is, produce a layout/floor plan for your
shoot
Layout/floor plan either
on word or hand drawn
and scanned in
15th
Dec Produce a production schedule detailing when all the necessary footage
will be got in lesson time/out of lesson time including what costumes,
props, equipment and actors needed etc. Include when you will edit. Extra
marks for making this visual, adding images etc. The time frame for your
production schedule is planned as follows:
Christmas to February half term – production and post-production of your
music video. February half term to Easter half term – evaluation questions.
The detailed production
schedule
Deadline: all the above on your blog by Friday 19th Dec 2014
Production: Christmas – Friday 23rd January 2015
Get all the footage for your film opening
Post-Production: Friday 23rd January – End of February half term (Sunday 22nd Feb) 2015
Edit your film opening
During the Production and post-production stages you should still be uploading the process to your blog. This could include:
Production
Possible blog entry examples Tick when you’ve blogged it
Video blog
Images of filming
Outtakes
Rehearsals
Short clips of progress
3. AS Media Coursework Tasks Break Down
Post-
Production
Colour grading test
Step by step breakdown of the editing process and any
special effects you may have added.
Evaluation Questions: Monday 23rd Feb – Friday 3rd April 2015 (start of Easter hols)
Complete the evaluation questions and upload them to your blog
Week
Beginning:
Lesson Activity What goes on your
blog
Tick when you’ve
blogged it : )
24/02 Watching film openings to receive initial feedback Type peer feedback
up in blog post
Making final adjustments to film openings x x
Making final adjustments to film openings x x
03/03 Making final adjustments to film openings x x
Final watching of film openings receiving peer feedback Type peer feedback
up in blog post/wordle
Uploading film openings to youtube then blogger Youtube link
10/03 Going through the 7 evaluation questions and make a plan Put plan on blog for
evaluationComplete evaluation question 1
Complete evaluation question 2
17/03 Complete evaluation question 3 x
Complete evaluation question 3
Complete evaluation question 4&5
24/03 Complete evaluation question 4&5
Complete evaluation question 4&5
Complete evaluation question 6
31/03 Complete evaluation question 6
Complete evaluation question 7
Complete evaluation question 7. Upload all evaluation questions to
blogger.
Upload evaluations
Deadline: all the above on your blog by Friday 3rd
April 2015
