Effective research brainstorm

After looking at a Level 4 blog, here are the features you decided constituted Level 4 research:

Research section - Self-assessment

You are going to self-assess the work you have done so far - using the table below, which is based on the exam board mark scheme. 

You have to look at what is currently on your blog, but an X in the box that best describes how well you have done each element and then add any comments/targets in the last collumn. These targets will then be your homework. I will mark your blogs following our lesson tomorrow (Tues 18th Nov), so you have until then to make sure everything is up to date and as good as it can be.

For an idea of the kind of level you are looking to achieve, here is an example of a blog that got a Level 4 for Research and Planning: http://thrillerblog2011.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Element	Missing	Minimal /Incomplete	Basic / Partially complete	Proficient	Excellent	Comments/ Targets
Initial work
Jelly Babies film opening
Jelly Babies film opening deconstruction
Preliminary task
Research notes on 180° rule
Research notes on match-on-action
Research notes on shot/ reverse-shot
Research notes on panning shot
Research notes on tilt
Research notes on hand-held filming
Storyboard
Preliminary task video
Preliminary task deconstruction
Research for main task
Film credits analysis
Analysis of Sophie Barrett’s Level 2 video
Analysis of Level 4 video
Genre conventions analysis

Work for Thursday 13th November - genre conventions

I'm sorry that I won't be in our lesson on Thursday. Please see the blog posts below re: the analysis of a Level 4 video we started in our last lesson and the trip to the Oxfordshire Schools Film Festival on Thursday 27th November.

In today's lessons, in your groups:

• decide what genre of film you want to do for your coursework practical
• define the genre conventions of films within that genre (what things do you expect in terms of plot, characterisation, filming, sound/music, etc?)
• find clips on YouTube that show examples of each of these genre conventions and explain what mood they create and how they impact on the audience

Trip to Oxfordshire Schools Film Festival: Thursday 27th November

Make sure you get your parent/carer to complete the consent form for the trip to the Oxfordshire Schools Film Festival at Wheatley Park on Thursday 27th November. NO SLIP, NO TRIP.

If you haven't got a letter, please come and get one from me ASAP.

You will need to make your own way to and from the venue. I will meet you at Main Reception no later than 9:00am. The festival ends at 12:30pm, at which point you will have to make your own way back to school - there will be plenty of time for you to get back in time for P5 at 1:30pm.

Transport
The U1 bus will take you from London Road/Headington to the nearest bus stop to Wheatley Park (it's the one just before the turn-off for the A40).

Here is a map of how to get from that bus stop to Wheatley Park.

Equipment and Expectations
You will need to bring pen and paper to make notes throughout the day, And, needless to say, you are expected to conduct yourselves with the maturity, courtesy and respect that you'd expect of a group of A-level students.

Level 4 analysis

As a counterpoint to the low-level videos we have watched in class, please do an analysis of this Level 4 video, done by a group of Cheney students a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JsRsSmRSv8 

Use the mark scheme from my previous blog post to analyse what they have done well for the FOUR elements you are marked on for your final piece:

• titles
• sound
• filming
• editing

As always, make sure you write your analysis up as a blog post.

Photographer needed

The Cheney Rowing Team are in need of a photographer. If you are interested, please contact Katherine Smart. It would be a great way to practise your skills and would be a useful addition to a portfolio if you were looking to apply to an arts or photography course/degree.

Blogger checklist

Here is a outline of what you should have on your blogs at this point. Please make sure ALL of this is done AND posted onto your blog (if it isn't on the blog, it doesn't exist) by our next lesson (Tues 11th Nov). NO EXCUSES.

Initial work

• Jelly Babies film opening (embedded video)
• Jelly Babies film opening deconstruction

Preliminary Task

• Research notes on:
• 180° rule
• match-on-action
• shot/reverse-shot
• panning shot
• tilt
• zoom
• hand-held filming
• Storyboard
• Preliminary task video (embedded YouTube video)
• Preliminary task deconstruction (including screen shots from your preliminary task)

Research

• Film credits analysis (five films from five different genres): embed the YouTube video and make notes on:
• Sound/Music
• Visuals
• Font
• How it establishes genre
• Analysis of Sophie Barrett's Level 2 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rdeENt8a0Zc
• Make a list of mistakes that Sophie makes (that you aren't going to make in your production)
• Identify where she does demonstrate the skills needed in the practical element of the coursework (see the mark scheme in earlier post)