September 2010

These blogs need to be smokin'!

Whatever happened to all your lovely Mediatheque research?

Headline news

OCR will reward creative, lively, interactive blogs. They will mark down text heavy work which looks like a series of mini essays, written up retrospectively. They do expect serious evidence of engagement with weekly and sometimes daily posting, particularly when you actually start filming .....

You are prospective film makers with an opportunity to showcase your work and your creative identity. Make the most of it!

Check out the links to exempla blogs, particularly Sarah who was awarded a sound A grade. What does she do well? Is there anything she could improve?
What do you think of Oli's blog ( he worked as part of a group called 'Manflick' - I think tongue in cheek!). You can use his links to browse the group's work but I think his blog is the strongest of his group. This blog has an excellent 'brand identity' and the poster/film review page are particularly impressive (and planned/analysed in detail) . The blog itself is entertaining with very varied contents and really makes you want to see their film.
Some of the blog links do not open or display properly in school so you will need to look at home.

You should now be posting about the research you have done which is helping you plan your short film pitch for Ms Raison, including at least one detailed deconstruction of the conventions used in a film you have watched.

Did you know that sometimes a film poster is designed before a film is made to support a pitch for funding? This is real media practice. On Tuesdays we are going to start researching/blogging about poster design. You could design a pre production poster to accompany your pitch!