Planning: Mise-En-Scene: Casting

Dwayne is a 17 year old student. He enjoys sports and spends most of his spare time on social media. The part of Dwayne will be played by Sam Merrison. Sam is a good choice for this role as he is confident in front of camera and is able to follow instructions.

George is a 24 year old deputy head of sixth form. He enjoys sports and leading people. He spends his spare time watching football and on social media.

This part will be played by Lewis Molloy. Lewis is a good choice for this role as he is confident in front of camera and is more than able to follow instructions.

Planning: Mise-En Scene Location Planning

Shot 1 of our storyboard is an establishing shot showing the exterior of a school building.
When scouting a location for this shot we felt that the outside of our own school building would be suitable. This location is easily accessible and will clearly establish the context of the scene for the audience

Shot 2 of our storyboard is a long shot showing the interior of a school building (Corridor)

When finding a location for this shot we decided that the sixth form corridor was the most professional looking corridor to be chosen for our preliminary task, and that is suitable. This location is easily accessible and will clearly show where the event is taking place and explain the context of the particular screen

Shot 3 or our storyboard is a long shot showing the interior of a school building (Meeting Room). When locating this place for this shot we considered the level of professionalism and formality to be chosen for our preliminary task. The computer room with the table in the middle was a suitable location because it easily accessible, looks the most formal and not many people will go in so we have more time to record

Preliminary Task: Creating A Storyboard From Intel Ideas

In our lesson today we had created a storyboard by folding an A3 piece in to 12 squares and then we would take our preliminary task as raw footage and then cut it into 12 shots.

The 12 shot challenge was used to develop our knowledge to organise our task into an order.

Today we have learned how to turn raw footage into a formal order of shots and how to breakdown lots of footage, I also learned how to manage lots of footage in to less shots. The last thing we learned is how to organise a storyboard which will help us plan our music video later this year.

Story Board Challenge from MarvinAddae

Preliminary Task: First Ideas

Dwayne aged 17 walks into an office and sits opposite George aged 28. George welcomes Dwayne in to his office and Dwayne introduces himself. They then greet each other and discuss the requirements needed to qualify for the Sixth Form. This has taken place in a large academy at 10:00

Understanding And Applying Basic Terminology

Basic Camera Shots

Establishing Shot

Long Shot

Mid Shot

Close Up

Extreme Close Up

Two Shot

Point Of View Shot

Basic Camera Angles

Over The Shoulder

High Angle

Low Angle

Basic Camera Movement

Tracking In

Tracking Out

Tracking Sideways

Tilt

Arc

Crane

Panning

OCR Guide To The 180 Degree Rule

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Shots

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Angles

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Movements

Foundation Portfolio : What Is It?

50% of your grade will be earned through your Foundation Portfolio. This consists of a preliminary task and a main task, the details of which can be found below.

The Preliminary Task is designed to illustrate the processes of pre-production, production and post-production that will be required, albeit in more detail, when you come to undertake the Main Task. The Preliminary Task is not marked but MUST be completed and submitted alongside the Main Task to the examiner. If it is not completed, marks are deducted from your Main Task.

The Main Task is marked out of 100. These marks are broken down as follows:

20 marks - Research into similar media products and planning of your own media product.
60 marks - Construction of your own media product including filming and editing.
20 marks - Evaluation of your own media product.

All of your work must be posted to your blog as this will be accessed by the examiner in May of 2016.

For each of the criteria above, marks are available in 4 levels with level 4 being the highest. 

The progress thermometer below shows the key words for each level of the mark scheme.

This is what you have to do:

Preliminary Exercise

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Main Task

The titles and opening of a new teen horror film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks must be completed as a group. Maximum four members to a group.

Me As A Consumer Of The Media

My Relationship With Media

Film

What - My laptop

When - At night

Where - In my bedroom

Why - I use my laptop for films because its easy and portable

Who - Robert Downy Jr

How - I view it on my TV

Television

What - I use my TV watch television

When - After school

Where - In the living room

Why - Because it a lot of entertainment

Who - Reality TV and entertainment

How - I use through my iPad

Radio

What - Car

When - When i drive with mum

Where - Outside of home

Why - It plays top charts music

Who - BBC Radio 1

How - Car speakers

Internet

What - My laptop, iPad and iPhone

When - Everyday

Where - Home and School and Restaurant

Why - Extremely wide source of information and entertainment

Who - You-tubers

How - I view it on my iPad

Music

What - My iPhone

When - Everyday

Where - Home and outside

Why - It is a listening source of entertainment

Who - Hip Hop, House, Rn B

How - I use my headphones