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Have a look at this school's website - especially the fees for being educated there: £11,000 PER TERM!!! That's £33,000 a year!! No WONDER they've got all the latest gear and gadgets..

It's a public school... and they weren't adults - they were paid actors...

Some older films - I think from about 3/4 years ago...

Beanz = great cut shots

Here's the info you ought to be constantly referring to when producing your film opening...

The 2nd page has all the info regarding the CONSTRUCTION side of things..

It would be worth putting this on to your own blog: click on menu then share to get the embed code.

G321 Marking Criteria

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Moderator's Report from last year..

Below is the full moderator's report for our centre from last summer coursework unit:

"Thank you for your prompt submission of the centre’s entries for this series. The work was securely packaged, the central hub for the blogs was appreciated and the candidates’ blogs were easy to navigate, despite the additional examination related posts.

The centre’s comments were clear and referred to the appropriate level and mark descriptors. Marking was in-line with what is considered to be the agreed national standard for this unit.
In research and planning, there was a range of evidence in place for both the groups and the individuals. There was a clear ‘journey’ of progression from the brief to the evaluation across the sample, mainly due to the frequent blog posts. It was clear that the final moving image constructions were result of the detailed research and planning. Video-logs were strong across the sample and candidates posted regularly. It was felt that key concepts, like audience, could have been documented in more detail and the candidates should relate planning to their potential construction whenever possible. It is especially important to link all stages of planning and research when a group changes ‘concept’ midway through the process.
The video work made use of forms and conventions which made them clearly readable as openings to films within their chosen genre. Use of sound and the post-production titles were particularly strong from this centre. Editing was generally well considered to create meaning for the viewer. The centre correctly identified the professional film to some of the examples and how framing was successful in creating a cinematic feel. This led to the majority of the candidates falling well inside the Level 4 criteria.
In the evaluation element, all candidates responded to the seven stipulated questions showing an understanding of the key concepts, outcomes and the process of construction. A wide range of technologies was successfully employed. The mixture of video commentaries was explored here in detail. It may have been helpful for the centre to identify the different individual candidates in the group commentaries for the moderation process. Some candidates included outtakes of the evaluations, which although entertaining, was unnecessary for the moderating process.
Overall, it is clear that the candidates are well supported and that they responded positively to this. The centre has fully embraced the spirit of the specification. 

It was a pleasure to moderate such a well organsied centre. Thank you."

To watch in lesson today:



Think about the soundtrack/audio and how effective it is for this piece..

Netflix...

ANOTHER great article from the Guardian about what'll come up in Sec B of the exam - obviously from the pic, it's all about how Netflix is revolutionising how most Americans watch/access their films - brilliant!: (click on the image for the full article)

Read the article/essay very carefully - it is exACTly the right style of writing you'll require for sec b...



The 10 best movie title sequences:

How to make a Haunted House

Here's an interesting article from the Guardian a couple of years ago:

It's all about how they made Eel Marsh House in the Woman In Black - v cleverly done and always a good idea to be researching other genres other than the one you've chosen for your film construction.

Se7en - Art of the Title

Click on the image for a GREAT read...

YESSSSSSSS!

Pete's PPT from yesterday's conference

Film openings from PGCEmedia

How to change your COMMENT settings on your blog

Research Task in prep for c/wk

This is the first bit of research that you need to have completed for your coursework/production and the deadline for this to be presented on your blogs is Friday 17th October - you CAN have the lesson to complete final editing/prezi making/ppt stuff.  

It's to get a grasp of current audience demand, demographics, contemporary topics of films, that kind of thing. Below is an example questionnaire that you can tinker with, edit and then produce in order to get your own feedback.

So, what you've got to do, as an INDIVIDUAL, not as a group, is a market poll/info drop of current audience demands for feature films.

It's up to you how you distribute your questionnaire - some people have done this via plain old hard copy, interview face-to-face, email, facebook, twitter.. whatever, it doesn't matter.  Although if you record yourself asking people these questions then that would be OUTSTANDING!!

 What matters are the responses and how you then format them ONTO YOUR BLOG in order to justify certain decisions you've made as a group in your filming.

The examiner will need to see these research results on your blog so make sure it's clearly presented and eventually labelled.

Main Task - Coursework

This is your actual coursework task:

Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, 
to last a maximum of two minutes. 

and this is what we'll be assessing you on:


FILM:

BLOG/RESEARCH:

EVALUATION:

Equipment - now out with groups

Groups - DONE! (again)

Am so proud of you lot already - the groups are sorted without ANY hysteria or fall-outs.. think it took 5mins in all (if that) which must be something of an ECS record..

Fabulous!  Here we go:

We'll see how well the groups work this week, when we start shooting our Prelim vids in Wednesday's lesson.

So it's vital that as a group, you're ready with a VERY short script, two actors and two directors/producers.

Preliminary Exercise

Here's the brief (from OCR) for the Prelim Exercise:

You do NOT get assessed on this piece of production work, but you DO have to do it - it has to be on your blog within the next couple of weeks, and you have to have been a part of a group that has produced this exercise.

Some past prelims:

Luther Lesson

Storyboard Practice - Luther

Below is one of the best clips from Luther Series 3, ep 1.  It's the opening scene and so has a lot of establishing responsibility - use this clip to complete a storyboard.

Be as detailed as you can - shot, angle, sound, editing etc

Here's the storyboard template - there'll always be hard copies in 08 so DO NOT PRINT MILLIONS OF THEM..

Try to get into the habit of storyboarding everything, every idea, every location shot etc - and posting them on your blogs

Filmmaking Techniques

Everyone get this onto their own blog, watch and then learn for a test on Fri 19 September.

Exemplar Blogs from Previous ECS Students

These are all previous ECS blogs from AS students that were awarded full marks for every aspect of their blogging.

You would be foolish to not look at these once in a while, just to check you're on the right track.

Click on any of the pics for a link to them - they all have archive posts so you can check your 'media journey'.