My Production Diary
- September 5th: Today was my first media lesson and we discussed what we would be doing in our lessons for our time as AS Students. We then all made our very own blogs and got a feel of how Blogger works.
- September 10th: Today's lesson was aimed to inform us on what we need to include in our film openings. They should include a production logo, a title, an establishing genre, the location and the main characters. This helped everyone's understanding as we did not learn about this in GCSE.
- September 11th: We was put into groups, mine being with Ryan, Ellie and Leah and we was told to create a presentation on the opening of any film. We picked Jaws because we believed that there was a lot to talk about. We made links with the genre of the film to how the characters, music and setting was showed. This made it clear to us all how important the first minute or two is in the opening scene.
- September 13th: Today we recapped the camera shots and angles, as some students in our class did not take media for GCSE. This also helped us, the GCSE students, as it refreshed our memory. Camera work is important as it can change the way you see the film and the characters. We was set homework to annotate six different camera shots on a film of our choice and present them to the class.
- September 17th: We analysed still images from different movies to improve our understanding. This allowed us to become more clear on what to look for, for example Mise-En-Scene, characters, setting, icons/props. The examples we looked at were from 'The Shinning' and 'You've Got Mail'. The Shinning was shown clearly to us as the audience what genre the film was and was proven easy for us to annotate, but You've Got Mail was deceiving and we was all very surprised to find out it was a Rom-Com. When making my opening scene, I will aim to make my genre as clear as possible as I feel that it is important.
- September 19th: We were put into groups and given a certain genre, then we was asked to go off and take photos in the style of our genres. My group was Bobby, Ellie and Denzil and we was given the genre Action Adventure for a young audience. We found an ideal setting to take our photos, which was on the school field. We took various shots, mainly of Bobby, in trees/bushes and on the trim trial. The reason for this was because we all agreed that the setting suited the adventure side of the genre as he was in an unknown place.
- September 23rd: Today we individual planned our own film. It was a brief summary including the actors and characters they will play, the genre, the setting and the age it is targeted at and suited for. This was a practice for when we come to making our real film, we will know what to include.
- September 3rd: This lesson we was given our Preliminary Task. We have to, as a group, create a short film which includes the following: two characters, one walking through the door to meet the other sitting down and a short dialogue. Also we had to include certain camera shots, these were a match on action, 180-degree rule and a shot/reverse shot. My group, Demi, Toby and Harry decided that it would be easier to create our film if we made a storyboard and a script. When we had finished creating our storyboard, we went off to film. We realised that some of our ideas we had put on the storyboard were not capable therefore we had to make some small arrangements.
- September 7th: This lesson I was not in therefore I had to catch up on my work. I researched about Todorov's Narrative, The Male Gaze Theory and the Reception Theory as I was unaware of what they all were. I made PowerPoints on them which helped me understand them.
- September 8th: Today we used the editing program Adobe. None of us had used it before therefore we had to use trial and error. As a group we took turns in editing something different of the film, this way everyone got used to the program.
- September 11th: A second preliminary task was set which was to re-make the start of Juno. We were given storyboard guides which had spaces blank for the shot, time, transition, what happens and the sound. I watched the opening scene over and over again so I could accurately fill in the spaces. This will help me a lot as when I come to filming with my group, Demi, Daisy and Poppy, we will know exactly what shot we need to make and how long for etc.
- September 14th - 22nd: For this whole week my group spent filming. We had lots of complications as one of our group members dropped Media, therefore we had to re do our whole filming. Luckily it was earlier on in the process so we was not that far behind everyone else. We all worked very hard to get the filming. We was all creative with our ideas for how and where we would film the shot. A few of the days me and our team members kept forgetting the props needed therefore, to have the filming done on time, we had to improvise with what ever we could find. We learnt that we all need to work together more on reminding each other and taking responsibilities of our duties.
- September 24th: Today Poppy and I edited the footage. We did not have time to finish this as we had a few complications finding our camera at the beginning of the lesson and seeing as this was our last lesson before half term we could not finish this. As soon as we have a free together we will complete this task.
- September 17th: We analysed still images from different movies to improve our understanding. This allowed us to become more clear on what to look for, for example Mise-En-Scene, characters, setting, icons/props. The examples we looked at were from 'The Shinning' and 'You've Got Mail'. The Shinning was shown clearly to us as the audience what genre the film was and was proven easy for us to annotate, but You've Got Mail was deceiving and we was all very surprised to find out it was a Rom-Com. When making my opening scene, I will aim to make my genre as clear as possible as I feel that it is important.
- September 19th: We were put into groups and given a certain genre, then we was asked to go off and take photos in the style of our genres. My group was Bobby, Ellie and Denzil and we was given the genre Action Adventure for a young audience. We found an ideal setting to take our photos, which was on the school field. We took various shots, mainly of Bobby, in trees/bushes and on the trim trial. The reason for this was because we all agreed that the setting suited the adventure side of the genre as he was in an unknown place.
- September 23rd: Today we individual planned our own film. It was a brief summary including the actors and characters they will play, the genre, the setting and the age it is targeted at and suited for. This was a practice for when we come to making our real film, we will know what to include.
- September 3rd: This lesson we was given our Preliminary Task. We have to, as a group, create a short film which includes the following: two characters, one walking through the door to meet the other sitting down and a short dialogue. Also we had to include certain camera shots, these were a match on action, 180-degree rule and a shot/reverse shot. My group, Demi, Toby and Harry decided that it would be easier to create our film if we made a storyboard and a script. When we had finished creating our storyboard, we went off to film. We realised that some of our ideas we had put on the storyboard were not capable therefore we had to make some small arrangements.
- September 7th: This lesson I was not in therefore I had to catch up on my work. I researched about Todorov's Narrative, The Male Gaze Theory and the Reception Theory as I was unaware of what they all were. I made PowerPoints on them which helped me understand them.
- September 8th: Today we used the editing program Adobe. None of us had used it before therefore we had to use trial and error. As a group we took turns in editing something different of the film, this way everyone got used to the program.
- September 11th: A second preliminary task was set which was to re-make the start of Juno. We were given storyboard guides which had spaces blank for the shot, time, transition, what happens and the sound. I watched the opening scene over and over again so I could accurately fill in the spaces. This will help me a lot as when I come to filming with my group, Demi, Daisy and Poppy, we will know exactly what shot we need to make and how long for etc.
- September 14th - 22nd: For this whole week my group spent filming. We had lots of complications as one of our group members dropped Media, therefore we had to re do our whole filming. Luckily it was earlier on in the process so we was not that far behind everyone else. We all worked very hard to get the filming. We was all creative with our ideas for how and where we would film the shot. A few of the days me and our team members kept forgetting the props needed therefore, to have the filming done on time, we had to improvise with what ever we could find. We learnt that we all need to work together more on reminding each other and taking responsibilities of our duties.
- September 24th: Today Poppy and I edited the footage. We did not have time to finish this as we had a few complications finding our camera at the beginning of the lesson and seeing as this was our last lesson before half term we could not finish this. As soon as we have a free together we will complete this task.
At the moment, your research and planning is currently reaching a LEVEL 2. This is because you have most of the work on there, but some of it is not in enough detail and lacks analysis.
ReplyDeleteIn order to move up to a Level 3, you must ensure that all work is completed and that you are improving your work based on peer and teacher assessment. Ensure you develop your analysis in detail.
NSE
Level 3: 12–15 marks
• Planning and research evidence will be complete;
• There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
• There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding
There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• Time management is good.