Work for Wednesday

Log onto the examiner’s blog which can be accessed through my blog or direct www.petesmediablog.blogspot.com

Go to the post 8^th Oct 2010 and read this post from ‘step four’.

Think about mise-en-scene and make some decisions about the props and aesthetics e.g perhaps you might have your main character reading a pertinent book or watching a relevant show or dressed in a certain way etc.

Have a look at some trailers to see how this is done by the professionals!

You could then (am I being optimistic!?) begin to turn this research into a blog post with links etc.

Get Creative!

The top tips for creative film/trailer making are:

1. Ideas are important but without the WILL to execute them you may as well not bother!
2. Creativity is the product of many failed ideas
3. Know the rules of your genre
4. Now break the rules of the genre
5. Creativity arises out of a well-planned film shoot
6. Planning should be broken down into 3 parts - script/dialogue - storyboard - mise-en-scene
7. Do not ad-lib or improvise
8. Key props such as clothing or aesthetic decisions, are critical
9. Never forget your audience

See Mark Ramsey's article 'Creative Filmaking' for full details

Chief Examiner's blog...(not a patch on mine!!)

Here is the link to the blog I was telling you about today. Check out the posts and see if any of them apply to your studies. Take particular note of the 'post-its' post (Nov 2009). Follow the link and complete the tutorial. As he suggests, you could post your trailer on to youtube, annotate it and post onto you blog. Also, if you receive any constructive comments you could use this in your evaluation.

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com

unable to post comments from school but...

Ash - well done so far, now add your storyboard and animatic.
Jack L - Nice to see this updated! Now add in your classification, storyboard and animatic.
Eddie - All up-to-date well done. You do need to add in your animatic now and filming shots.
James O - Nice proflie pic! The layout of the blog posts needs sorting as they are all separate?? Now add in your classification, storyboard and animatic.
James R - Well done so far. Add in your animatic and filming shots.
Lauren - Great so far. Add in your animatic and filming shots.
Richard - Good detail so far. Add in your animatic and film shots.
Rosie D - Great so far. Add in your animatic and filming shots.
Sam and Rosie - I can't seem to access your blogs - we need to check the correct address.

ANIMATIC AND FILMING SHOTS SHOULD BE ADDED BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK

Deadline: Christmas

Filming should be underway by now...

Your blogs should be THE BEST they can be. Check that you have completed the following:
The purpose of a trailer
Trailer conventions
Research into similar trailers - inc. links and reasons why your trailer will be similar
Pre-production planning- ideas
Storyboard
Classification of trailer research
Audience theory
Research into your target audience


Please proofread your posts.

What to do next...

Well done to most of you for keeping your blogs up-to-date. There are still a couple that are looking rather empty. PLANNING IS A LARGE PART OF YOUR FINAL MARK AND ALL YOUR PLANNNING MUST BE SHOWN THROUGH YOUR BLOG.

You should now be working on your storyboards/animatics. You may feel ready to start filiming but you must ensure that you have researched, in detail, similar trailers to yours. Make a note of this reearch on your blog.

Happy filming and blogging!

Complete the following by Friday 8th Oct

1. Updated blog posts including trailers conventions and purpose and initial ideas.
2. Research into similar trailers and analysis using terminology from AS. Try to look at 3/4 trailers at least. This should be added to your blog and the more detailed the better!
3. A detailed plan of your trailer, including spiderdiagrams of ideas, details of actors, plot, props, locations etc. This should also be added to your blog.
4. Begin to make a start on the storyboard for your trailer (refer to the sheet that I gave you in last Friday's lesson).