Novel [new] associations which are useful” (Isaksen and Treffinger, 1993)
‘the ability to bring something new into existence’(Anthony Storr)
The idea of having still images throughout our video mixed with video footage with a new, original idea of having the niche of lights has brought something new into excistance.
A process needed for problem solving…not a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability possessed by most people” (Jones, 1993)
Rule breaking/boundary testingIve tested the boundary rules, Goodwin created a theory for successful music video outcomes. He suggested that the notion of looking was a very important point, giving the audience eye contact would draw them in to the video, we decided to go against this and not use any eye contact, we decided this for both Thriller film and Music video products as we wanted the audeience to look into the story lines, asif they shouldnt be watched it really from the events happening for example the music video, they witness cheating and in our thriller film they witness a muder. The thought of them seeing something they shouldnt make them keep watching from the tension and excitment.
“The making of the new and the rearranging of the old” (Bentley, 1997)After watching the film 'seven' we took ideas as we were being inspired b the directors outcome, in order to be successful and meet the thriller conventions we developed the ideas we took from this film to make our outcome more dnamic and to ensure it was as succeful as the film but with some personal touches and differences. The hand held camera scene, we used intertexuality with the film 'Blair Wicth'
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
5 (a) - (e)
(A)
In the fondation Portfolio task, I orginised my time by creating a story board and film plan. This enabled me to be orginsed, to know when I have to film and what I can film. The equipment I used for this task was the schools, I used the video camera and tripod, because the rest of the media students were using them, I booked the cameras out 3-4 times when they was one available and managed to film my portfolio quite quickly.This planning was very effective, being orginised and knowing what your doing really speeds things up and keeps you on track at all times.
The only problems we had was lighting and limited locations! We used almost like a cellar in school, because it was below the ground, we did not have much light! But we overcame this by editing the video footage on the apple macs to make it lighter.
In the Advanced Portfolio , I was alot more prompt in orginising and getting together a film plan so me and my partner could both film on the days we knew we could, and created a story board. We ended up creating a three as we changed our ideas quite a few times throughout!
I feel this shows prgression, because our ideas changed alot, we still bothered to go to stage one and plan our way through our filming in order to be well orginised and making sure our video was all filmed by the deadline and not rushed last minuete.
(B) In the Foundation Portfolio we had to make particular choice in orginising our actors, props and location. In order for them to be successful, I had a look at the conventions of thriller films, to make sure I hit the appearance of the film spot on! We used my partner in some hand held footage, and my boyfriend Laurence as the 'villian'. This was conveniant for me as we were all willing to be orginised with the filming and get it done quickly as possiable to give us more time editing the footage! We filmed in the woods which wasnt far from school and a fiffteen minuete drive from my house. The only props we needed was a metal pole and the camera plus tripod.
Our aspect of planning was really successful ! The only problems we faced was the footage being grainey, we overcame this by again, editing.
In the Advanced Portfolio task, we decided seeing as our Foundation Portfolio was successful, was to use my partner again, and people very close to us that were free to be filmed at an time possible. The setting was easy, seeing asour niche was lights we had such a wide variety, when i went to New York whatever i could see that i knew would look good i took a photo, so sometimes it was more spontaneous, the main footage was done in Alanahs house as we could control the lighting.
The progression is shown from the quality of the film.
(C) The storyboaring of my Foundation Task was done by photographs and drawings, having a mixture was alot more easier, as drawing all the scenes would have taken years, so even acting some of it out like a practice and taking photos put us on the right track.
We had three different drafts, simply because our ideas kept changing all the time.
The planning was very effective, but whilst filming we went off track from our storyboards, but i felt we made the right changes.
The storyboards for our Advanced Portfolio was alot more usefull and effective. Because of the use of so many still images, we used the images as our storyboard and annotated them. We did not encounter any problems, just we felt we had so many stil images in our storyboard, yet we had no other choice! I think this shows alot of progression as we had a storyboard that fitted exacly to our film, we did not have to make 3 drafts, or change anthing to it.
(D) We researched our target audience in the Foundation Portfolio task, by doing a questionaire to our audience after the watched our film, but this was to make sure we had made the right decision. We didnt know weather to have it 15 or 18, this being quite a big difference we were quite worried. We thought that the film we were inspired by (seven) was a an 18, yet that film would show alot more gore ect, but seeing as that is a horror film and ours is a thriller film, we thought that if the opening was ever made into a film, it wouldnt be too gorey as it has to have the conventions of a thriller, so our overall choice was a 15.
The reasearch from our audience was really successful because they were our target audince and agreeed with out thoughts.
Finding our target audience for the Advanced Portfolio was done b disgusssing it with the actual artist ourselves meaning we couldnt go wrong. We also listened to music of the same genre and looked at their target audience, we then overall sent out a questionaire to see if people agreed, this worked really well.
Prgression is shown by having more ways of discovering the target audience.
(E)By researching existing media products in the Fondation Portfolio, such as Thriller films, CD covers, websites, adverts and Goodwins theory, this really helped in hitting the conventions of my overall products. Progression was shown simply from researcihing more exciting media products than in my thriller research.
In the fondation Portfolio task, I orginised my time by creating a story board and film plan. This enabled me to be orginsed, to know when I have to film and what I can film. The equipment I used for this task was the schools, I used the video camera and tripod, because the rest of the media students were using them, I booked the cameras out 3-4 times when they was one available and managed to film my portfolio quite quickly.This planning was very effective, being orginised and knowing what your doing really speeds things up and keeps you on track at all times.
The only problems we had was lighting and limited locations! We used almost like a cellar in school, because it was below the ground, we did not have much light! But we overcame this by editing the video footage on the apple macs to make it lighter.
In the Advanced Portfolio , I was alot more prompt in orginising and getting together a film plan so me and my partner could both film on the days we knew we could, and created a story board. We ended up creating a three as we changed our ideas quite a few times throughout!
I feel this shows prgression, because our ideas changed alot, we still bothered to go to stage one and plan our way through our filming in order to be well orginised and making sure our video was all filmed by the deadline and not rushed last minuete.
(B) In the Foundation Portfolio we had to make particular choice in orginising our actors, props and location. In order for them to be successful, I had a look at the conventions of thriller films, to make sure I hit the appearance of the film spot on! We used my partner in some hand held footage, and my boyfriend Laurence as the 'villian'. This was conveniant for me as we were all willing to be orginised with the filming and get it done quickly as possiable to give us more time editing the footage! We filmed in the woods which wasnt far from school and a fiffteen minuete drive from my house. The only props we needed was a metal pole and the camera plus tripod.
Our aspect of planning was really successful ! The only problems we faced was the footage being grainey, we overcame this by again, editing.
In the Advanced Portfolio task, we decided seeing as our Foundation Portfolio was successful, was to use my partner again, and people very close to us that were free to be filmed at an time possible. The setting was easy, seeing asour niche was lights we had such a wide variety, when i went to New York whatever i could see that i knew would look good i took a photo, so sometimes it was more spontaneous, the main footage was done in Alanahs house as we could control the lighting.
The progression is shown from the quality of the film.
(C) The storyboaring of my Foundation Task was done by photographs and drawings, having a mixture was alot more easier, as drawing all the scenes would have taken years, so even acting some of it out like a practice and taking photos put us on the right track.
We had three different drafts, simply because our ideas kept changing all the time.
The planning was very effective, but whilst filming we went off track from our storyboards, but i felt we made the right changes.
The storyboards for our Advanced Portfolio was alot more usefull and effective. Because of the use of so many still images, we used the images as our storyboard and annotated them. We did not encounter any problems, just we felt we had so many stil images in our storyboard, yet we had no other choice! I think this shows alot of progression as we had a storyboard that fitted exacly to our film, we did not have to make 3 drafts, or change anthing to it.
(D) We researched our target audience in the Foundation Portfolio task, by doing a questionaire to our audience after the watched our film, but this was to make sure we had made the right decision. We didnt know weather to have it 15 or 18, this being quite a big difference we were quite worried. We thought that the film we were inspired by (seven) was a an 18, yet that film would show alot more gore ect, but seeing as that is a horror film and ours is a thriller film, we thought that if the opening was ever made into a film, it wouldnt be too gorey as it has to have the conventions of a thriller, so our overall choice was a 15.
The reasearch from our audience was really successful because they were our target audince and agreeed with out thoughts.
Finding our target audience for the Advanced Portfolio was done b disgusssing it with the actual artist ourselves meaning we couldnt go wrong. We also listened to music of the same genre and looked at their target audience, we then overall sent out a questionaire to see if people agreed, this worked really well.
Prgression is shown by having more ways of discovering the target audience.
(E)By researching existing media products in the Fondation Portfolio, such as Thriller films, CD covers, websites, adverts and Goodwins theory, this really helped in hitting the conventions of my overall products. Progression was shown simply from researcihing more exciting media products than in my thriller research.
Novel [new] associations which are useful” (Isaksen and Treffinger, 1993)
‘the ability to bring something new into existence’(Anthony Storr)
A process needed for problem solving…not a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability possessed by most people” (Jones, 1993)
Rule breaking/boundary testing
“The making of the new and the rearranging of the old” (Bentley, 1997)
‘the ability to bring something new into existence’(Anthony Storr)
A process needed for problem solving…not a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability possessed by most people” (Jones, 1993)
Rule breaking/boundary testing
“The making of the new and the rearranging of the old” (Bentley, 1997)
Monday, 24 January 2011
Explanation/ analysis/argument (9-10 marks)
There is a clear sense of progression established by the answer, and a range of articulate reflections on the production process are offered.
Use of examples (9-10 marks)
Candidates offer a broad range of specific, relevant and clear examples in relation to creative skills development.
Use of terminology (5 marks)
The use of both production terms and conceptual media terminology applied throughout is excellent.
There is a clear sense of progression established by the answer, and a range of articulate reflections on the production process are offered.
Use of examples (9-10 marks)
Candidates offer a broad range of specific, relevant and clear examples in relation to creative skills development.
Use of terminology (5 marks)
The use of both production terms and conceptual media terminology applied throughout is excellent.
G325 Exam Overview
The purpose of this exam is to assess your knowledge and understanding of media concepts, contexts and critical debates, through your understanding of one contemporary media issue and your ability to evaluate your own practical work in reflective and theoretical ways.
The examination:
• two hours
• two compulsory questions
• Total marks available: 100 (two questions on production work marked out of 25 each, and the media theory question marked out of 50.)
There are two sections to this paper:
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production (50 marks)
Section B: Contemporary Media Issues (50 marks)
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
2 compulsory questions.
Question 1(a) describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Thriller Opening (AS) to Music Video (A2). The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development, and the question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific production practices. The list of practices to which questions will relate is as follows:
• Digital Technology
• Creativity
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
Question 1(b) requires you to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept. The list of concepts to which questions will relate is as follows:
• Genre
• Narrative
• Representation
• Audience
• Media language
EXAMPLE QUESTION
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
In this section you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units. You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
1 (a) “Digital technology turns media consumers into media producers”. In your own experience, how has your creativity developed through using digital technology to complete your coursework productions? [25]
(b) “Media texts rely on cultural experiences in order for audiences to easily make sense of narratives”. Explain how you used conventional and / or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces. [25]
The examination:
• two hours
• two compulsory questions
• Total marks available: 100 (two questions on production work marked out of 25 each, and the media theory question marked out of 50.)
There are two sections to this paper:
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production (50 marks)
Section B: Contemporary Media Issues (50 marks)
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
2 compulsory questions.
Question 1(a) describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Thriller Opening (AS) to Music Video (A2). The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development, and the question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific production practices. The list of practices to which questions will relate is as follows:
• Digital Technology
• Creativity
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
Question 1(b) requires you to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept. The list of concepts to which questions will relate is as follows:
• Genre
• Narrative
• Representation
• Audience
• Media language
EXAMPLE QUESTION
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
In this section you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units. You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
1 (a) “Digital technology turns media consumers into media producers”. In your own experience, how has your creativity developed through using digital technology to complete your coursework productions? [25]
(b) “Media texts rely on cultural experiences in order for audiences to easily make sense of narratives”. Explain how you used conventional and / or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces. [25]
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