Thursday, 26 September 2013

Assignment sheet for unit 1 - Assignment 1 - Pre-production Requirements -

Hi guys.

You need to re-do or add to your homework (with the list of 9 words) to at least MAG standard.

Deadline: Friday 27th on paper or Saturday uploaded to the Blog.

If you do not re-do this homework, you will most likely not achieve your MAG.

Happy times and keep up the hard work.

Mr F


BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIPLOMA in Creative Media

UNIT & Assignment
TITLE of UNIT and Assignment
UNIT 1
Pre-production Techniques
for the Creative Media
Industries
Assignment 1
Pre-production requirements and understanding for producing a professional movie scene
Release Date

Submission Date


Grading Criteria

P1 outline requirements and sources of requirements for a specific media production
M1 explain in some detail
and competently present
requirements and sources of
requirements for a specific
media production
D1 comprehensively explain and present to a quality that reflects near-professional standards fully detailed requirements and sources of requirements for a specific media production

Overview and Aims of Assignment

Through following this unit learners will develop an awareness that any media production operates within limitations regarding time, facilities, personnel and budget. They will learn how to identify the requirements of a media production, and how to plan for the provision of those requirements.

Assignment Tasks

1.  Pre-production requirements and understanding for producing a professional movie scene” (P1 P2 P3 / M1 M2 M3)

Learners are required to explain the pre-production requirements needed in making a Zombie movie production

Classroom discussions will provide you with knowledge on why these pre-production techniques are required and an important part of the production process

Learners should look for creative ways to blog about their findings.

In order to achieve a PASS, learners will give accurate, relevant and substantially full descriptions of pre-production requirements suggested in Unit Content. Relevant technical terms will be used in their descriptions.

In order to achieve a MERIT (in addition to the PASS criteria), learners will explain in detail why certain pre-production techniques are important and the possible negative effects of not using them

In order to achieve a DISTINCTION (in addition to the PASS and MERIT criteria), learners will comment critically on all areas of pre-production techniques with accurate use of technical terms throughout.

Where a learner is working at NYA, Pass or Merit level an opportunity to improve this level will be given as part of the assessor feedback, along with a date for re-submission.
Evidence
This assignment will be assessed strictly against the grading criteria shown at the top of page 1. Evidence will take the form of:

  Written commentaries/blogs/reading logs that have been collected to allow for learners to access the grading criteria.
  learners will analyse existing Zombie scenes to gain awareness of the pre-production planning that may be needed to
  Photographic evidence can be handed in to accompany the blog
  video evidence is also acceptable


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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Classwork - Tuesday 24th Sep

Make a mood board for production companies. You can add images and words that relate as well. The best ones follow a theme and will be diverse
2. Make a mood board for your Zombie film. You can add images and words that relate as well. The best ones follow a theme and will be diverse
3. Do these on a digital media platform. Upload to your blog with an appropriate title

Extension – Have a look at the Youtube tutorials for making a production company logo

Making a logo using Adobe illustrater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1Fzn0kStI

Making a logo using firework

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8fUPIi8G8


Monday, 16 September 2013

(Homework) Pre-production techniques - Deadline Monday 23rd September

Hi guys.

Your first assignment is to explain the importance of the 9 main pre-production processes.

You must also explain what they are in detail and the positive and negative's of each one that you might have being a student at a secondary school.

Example, TIMESCALES

- You would explain how time is organised in a production and why it is so important in making a film clip. An explanation of what documentation is used in time management should also be acknowledged. You might also say who and what you need to plan timescales for

The 9 different parts of pre-production (focus on fiming pre-production)

1.Zombie scene conventions (what does a zombie film consist of?)
2. Finance (for everything you'll need)
3. Timescales (for everything)
4.Personnel
5. Facilities
6. Materials (mention all)
7. Contributors (who do you need and why?)
8. Locations.
9. Codes of practice

Present this with pictures, diagrams and words on your blog.

Mr F.


Welcome!

http://emilytolgamedia.blogspot.co.uk/

Great pre-production blog example.

Mr F