Group and Individual Blogs and what you should be blogging now

GROUP BLOGS

On your group blogs, write all the things about the production. It is a DIARY and a LOG rather than an academic exercise so unlike the posts you have been doing by now which have been largely set by us, you now need to blog you own progress through the production stages.

So for a Level 4 Individual Blog

1. Regular postings and updates, with no long gaps between them (unless these are explained)

2. Ongoing evidence of individual research, analysis, theory and ideas 

3. Ongoing evidence of development, change and progress including diary style summaries of your individual contribution to the project as a whole

4. Ongoing reflections/ thoughts/comments on the progress of the group project

5. Communication between you, the teachers and the group

6. Links to the main blog, the group members blogs, group blog

7. Labelling of posts, using a labels list

8. List of links to external websites you have found useful/inspirational

9. Availability of the correct tools for editing posts, browsing etc

10 Your own unique blog style to represent you as a media student/music consumer

So for a Level 4 Group Blog 

1. Regular postings and updates, with no long gaps between them (unless these are explained)

2. Ongoing evidence of group work as specified in the coursework tasks, relating to research, planning, production and follow up tasks including inspirational links, actor and location photos, inspirational videos and tracks, video clips of test shots, plans, schedules, shot lists, storyboards, shot logs, feedback etc

3. Ongoing evidence of development, change and progress including diary style summaries of your ongoing progress as a group

4. Proper headings to posts, and named posts, including group posts

5. Lots of communication between the various group members, with regular posts from all group members, including reactions/suggestions/new ideas/arrangements and so on

6. Links to the main blog, and the group members blogs

7. A link to the final music video, Digipack cover*, and Myspace* (Web page) or Advert* (*whichever you 2 chose)

8. Thorough labelling of posts, using a labels list. Use labels to identify who posted what. All posts should also be labelled as either research, planning, reflections, production, post-production or follow up. As well as identifying the various stages, use labels such as genre, audience, narrative, structure, form, style, branding etc to identify the concepts being covered in the post.

9. Availability of the correct tools for editing posts, browsing etc

10 Your own blog style/ blog name (your group number must still be obvious) to represent you as a group, including a happy group photo!

GROUPS WITH FULLY APPROVED IDEAS

TAJ Productions - "Home" by Ellie Tanner
Insomnia Records - "Casualty of Love" by Jessie J
Tasha Productions - 'Kiss & Tell" by Kesha
JMDL Productions - 'Shark in the water' by V V Brown
Weak(end) Arrows - 'Rabbits' by Weak(end) Arrows
ASE Productions - 'Better than Revenge' by Taylor Swift
ELJAF Productions - 'Bring me to life' by Evanescence
Beercan Productions - 'Up against the wall' by The Skints

Extras you need to create for your Portfolio of Coursework

 

You need to complete each of these INDIVIDUALLY even though you produce the music video as a group.

Schedule for 13Q2 and T1 (Mr Maddison/Mrs Thrasher) for the next terms until the exams!

13q2 and t1 a2 Student Schedule 10 11 Detailed

Schedule for 13Q1 Mrs Thrasher/Ms Kassam) ONLY for the next terms until the exams!

13Q1 ONLY A2 STUDENT schedule 10 11 DETAILED

Final Week of term...

What you need to do is ensure you have done the following:

1. Get your pitch for your video approved
2. Complete your storyboards for the video
3. Shoot 1 min of you talking in groups/working at the computer or some other such study process in the class and get it up on your group blog
4. Make sure we have linked your GROUP blog to the main page!

These MUST BE READY so we can start filming the FIRST week back in JANUARY!

As a secondary issue, you need to do the following, bearing in mind you can do some of this at home but points 1 and 2 you need to do in groups in school:
5. Blogged everything - see the checkpoints on here
6. Read through the purple booklet over the holidays

7. You MUST read the guide on completion - it's on the blog - you have NOT been given a paper copy...

Urgent to do this week (6th Dec) and what to write about your Lipsync

So FIRSTLY                                                                                                                               

Finish your lipsync asap. If you've only got 50 secs done, that's enough - the point is to learn the editing program and learn about the processes involved in making a music video.

For your BLOG, you need to post your response to these two outcomes:
1. What did you learn about editing and how did you feel about it?
2. What do you now know about lipsync-ing that you will use to help you complete your real music video?

This is REFLECTIVE and EVALUATIVE - what did you learn? How did you feel? How has it altered your understanding? and practice? Was it good? Was it effective in teaching you something? If not, why not?

SECONDLY

You MUST get your initial idea approved by submitting a TREATMENT to Miss - it can be the lyrics with rough ideas of what will happen where and a short presentation to miss OR it can be a proper treatment - like those in your packs!

You MUST be storyboarded and have all your shooting plans and schedules ready by the end of this term - there's only THIS week and NEXT week - a max of 8 lessons so GET A MOVE ON GUYS!