Urgent message for Ms. James and Miss Osborne's class

Please bring your hard copy of your Research and Planning checklist to your period 1 lesson on Tuesday 16th July - with your column completed to indicate which tasks you have completed so far.

If you have lost your sheet, you can download and print another one off by clicking on the graphic below:

Preparing to start filming

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Overview of the basics

A reminder of film language basics

A helpful guide to storyboarding - a must for all moving image briefs!

 

A guide to storyboarding and creating shot lists

Pdf template - blank storyboard

Alternative blank storyboard template

Another exemplar storyboard

Call sheet for you to plan each shot

Additional useful links for the film trailer brief

http://a2g324trailer.blogspot.co.uk - A must-see guide to the film trailer brief

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwqC0c0U1v7GSDBRMmhJX3QwOXc/edit?usp=sharing - A detailed analysis of a film trailer

Some effective student film trailers:
http://vimeo.com/38849703
http://vimeo.com/43301656
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRErJXwk5CQ

Additional useful links for the music video brief

http://filmsound.org/what_is_music_video/ - A must-see for a theoretical approach to the conventions of music videos

http://longroadmusicvideo.blogspot.co.uk - An archive of successful music video blogs

Some effective student music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq6knJHF0YI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYEOGzFkso4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTPXR1-zwww

Successful blogs and evaluations:
http://funmisa2mediastudiesblog.blogspot.co.uk
http://tasnemasa2blog.blogspot.co.uk

Guide to basic camera shots

Whilst you may have seen this before it is a good idea to refresh your memory as to the basic camera movements.

A reminder how to label your posts

At AS, some of your blogs were very difficult to navigate and it takes too long to find your main construction tasks, work out where to find the different parts of your evaluation etc.

This does not make for a very happy moderator!

Follow this step-by-step guide to start labelling your posts now and ensure that each part of your coursework is easy to locate and that you start off on the right foot with the moderator! Click on each screen grab to see an enlarged version.