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Tasks for the Weekend...

Just a few tasks to keep you going..

1. Follow A2 Media ECS Twitter - feel free to tweet appropriate responses / articles / ideas!
2. Finish filming/editing your pre-lim - deadline for viewing in class is next Friday
3. Create a Collective Identity Label. Upload your research into Fish Tank here (I've had a re-think and have decided we need to blog our Collective Identity stuff too). BUT ONLY POST UNDER YOUR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY LABEL!

4. Theory Tuesday - we'll be looking at Fish Tank in more detail, so bring everything you've researched so far. Feel free to start completing a Case Study Worksheet (on post below)
5. Blog about your progress today - ideas for prelim/final video; any inspiring music videos you've discussed (eg Kodaline <sniff> I love that vid!); what's going well (or not) with shooting your prelim etc. etc.....


Have a great weekend everyone, see you next Tuesday....!

Write a Case Study for every Collective Identity Film

Below is a Collective Identity Case Study Worksheet

Case Study Worksheet by hpoulten

Prelim Tasks for This Week

Example of a shot for shot prelim:

Well done everyone, most of your blogs are looking fantastic and you're making good progress with your song choices!

Tasks for this week

1. Finish filming and editing your prelim video. 
DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED PRELIMS - FRIDAY 18TH JULY

2. Add posts to your blog including the following
a) Songs you've disregarded for your prelim and why you decided not to use them
b) Original video for your prelim
c) Why you've chosen this video
d) Behind the scenes photographs of you shooting and editing your prelim
e) Storyboard of your prelim (one page will suffice)

Fish Tank Research

Homework this weekend - case study #1

 Research the following info for Fish Tank:

Director
Year released
Production Company
Lead characters / actors
Box office success (revenue)
Awards won
Critics' reviews
Find different posters advertising the fiml and comment on the representations of women

Have a great weekend! See you next week...

Stef, Tara, Ciara, Emily - How about Gossip for your song choice: has the lead female vocalist you're after...?

Evaluation of AS Production and Song Research

Well done girls, you've had an excellent start to the A2 course.  Some of your blogs are already looking fantastic! Most of you have made links to Goodwin's theory and posting a range of images and videos with comments..

If you haven't yet embedded your videos or if you haven't written an evaluation of links between Goodwin's theory and your videos, please do so. It's only week two - don't fall behind at this early stage! You know who you are........



THEORY TUESDAY 

You have one week to complete a Theoretical Evaluation of Your AS Production on your blog – YOU WILL NEED THIS FOR YOUR A2 EXAM SO THE MORE DETAIL THE BETTER!

TASK ONE: Make a table of how you used XYZ in the production of your AS film. You're EVALUATING: Thus, write about what was good about it vs what you could have improved 

• Digital Technology: camera equipment, techy stuff 
• Creativity: mindmapping ideas, camera angles, mise-en-scene 
• Research and planning: blogging, watching clips from genre.. 
• Post-production: editing, adding/manipulating sound, title credits 
• Using conventions from real media texts: subvert or adhere to conventions of genre? 

TASK TWO: Start researching into your song

Write about why your song choices may work or not.....

The song you choose to use for your music video must be copyright free. Copyright free options available for your Music Video in G324 are:

q Ask friends or approach local bands and get permission to use their material

q Approach unsigned bands on ‘My Space’ etc and get permission to use their material

q Collaborate with music department/students in your centre on the project

q Create your own music or sound track

q OR…Use a music track by a well-known artist, but email the record label asking permission: be aware of the dangers of using a well known artist à your videos are more likely to mimic existing videos and not challenge conventions

Copyright free sites (Note: not all music is free to download from copyright free sites – there are download fees) 
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound http://www.shockwave-sound.com http://audiojungle.net 
http://www.musicmediatracks.com/?gclid=CK6V-r7ZiJgCFUse3god7XQJCw http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html http://freeplaymusic.com(free downloads) http://www.trackline.com/acatalog/Tracks.html 
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/documentary-general-production.html http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/Samples_and_Loops www.freesound.org (free music) http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html (teacher needs to register for this one) Free Sound Effects from PartnersInRhyme.com: 
 http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it http://www.jamendo.com/en http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com http://www.acoustica.com/sounds.htm http://www.alcljudprod.se/english/ljud.php 

Many, many more sites are available just ‘Google’ ‘copyright free music audio download’ or ‘free audio editor software’