Showing posts with label Coursework / NEA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coursework / NEA. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Storyboarding your video.
Another 'Media Insider' video on storyboarding. Don't worry, yours doesn't have to look this sophisticated but it does provide good insight into the purpose of a storyboard.
Music Video - tips
This is an excellent video with good advice - especially editing style and also having a combination of narrative and performance.
Friday, 10 September 2021
Your mood board needs to have a selection of text (type of font, sizes and colour), colour themes and images that would help explain they style and concept of the magazine you want to make.
You could also use pictures you have taken yourself - this will make your mood board more relevant to what you're doing in your productions.
Monday, 17 June 2019
Lesson 1: How to take a good photograph
Our art teacher and photography expert hosted a masterclass for Year 12 on how to take a good photograph.
We watched some YouTube videos of photographers giving advice about their work, including Harry Borden:
Here they are at work:
Coursework Briefs for 2020
Congratulations to the Year 12s for completing the summer exams successfully. Now it's straight on to the NEA. The NEA task options can be found here:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/465770-unit-h409-03-04-a-level-media-studies-making-media-nea-briefs-june-2020.pdf
You can choose ONE of FOUR briefs.
Brief 1 Television and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute opening sequence of a television drama for the TV channel ITV2, and the working website for the show.
Brief 2 Radio and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute opening sequence of a pilot comedy programme to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in an attempt to attract a broader audience to the channel and the working website for the pilot show. The opening sequence must introduce the concept of the show and provide an audience hook. The web pages must promote the new comedy programme to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the show.
Brief 3 Magazines and online You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing one front cover and the contents page(s) of the first two editions of a new entertainment magazine that is being launched by Hearst Magazines UK and the working website for magazine. Contents pages can be either single or double page spread. The web pages must promote the new magazine to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the content.
Brief 4 Music Video and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute music video for a fictional pop band/artist signed to Sony Music, and the working website for the band/artist. You may use an existing song for your music video (this does not need to be copyright free). The music video must feature a narrative appropriate to a music video (e.g. a performance montage, a linear narrative illustrating or commenting on the song, or a mix of performance montage and other narrative elements). The web pages must promote the band/artist to its target audience and enable fans to interact with them.
A Statement of Intent document needs to be completed as part of each OCR set brief. Learners need to complete a Statement of Intent document to outline the ways in which they propose to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of their chosen set brief.
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/465770-unit-h409-03-04-a-level-media-studies-making-media-nea-briefs-june-2020.pdf
You can choose ONE of FOUR briefs.
Brief 1 Television and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute opening sequence of a television drama for the TV channel ITV2, and the working website for the show.
Brief 2 Radio and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute opening sequence of a pilot comedy programme to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in an attempt to attract a broader audience to the channel and the working website for the pilot show. The opening sequence must introduce the concept of the show and provide an audience hook. The web pages must promote the new comedy programme to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the show.
Brief 3 Magazines and online You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing one front cover and the contents page(s) of the first two editions of a new entertainment magazine that is being launched by Hearst Magazines UK and the working website for magazine. Contents pages can be either single or double page spread. The web pages must promote the new magazine to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the content.
Brief 4 Music Video and online
You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing a three minute music video for a fictional pop band/artist signed to Sony Music, and the working website for the band/artist. You may use an existing song for your music video (this does not need to be copyright free). The music video must feature a narrative appropriate to a music video (e.g. a performance montage, a linear narrative illustrating or commenting on the song, or a mix of performance montage and other narrative elements). The web pages must promote the band/artist to its target audience and enable fans to interact with them.
A Statement of Intent document needs to be completed as part of each OCR set brief. Learners need to complete a Statement of Intent document to outline the ways in which they propose to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of their chosen set brief.
Monday, 4 March 2019
2020 NEA Brief
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/465770-unit-h409-03-04-a-level-media-studies-making-media-nea-briefs-june-2020.pdf
Sunday, 24 February 2019
How to present your NEA (Coursework) Part 1: Setting out your Blog
Dear Students
You need to set out your blog clearly and logically. Use this guide to help:
Make sure your posts are in this order, so that when we load up your blog, Post 1 is the first post we see, etc.
Post 1: Note to the Moderator (see separate post)
Post 2: Music Video
Post 3: Website
Post 4: Website planning
Post 5: Website research
Further posts:
• storyboard
• location report(s)
• notes on casting and mise-en-scène considerations
• mock-up of my webpage
• rough cuts/drafts
• audience research and feedback
To help navigate your blog, please add the following labels to your posts and display the labels clearly in your navigation bar:
* Website research
* Website Planning
* Music Video Research
* Music Video Planning
* Audience Research
* Audience Feedback
Make sure you have at least 2 posts for each label.
You need to set out your blog clearly and logically. Use this guide to help:
Make sure your posts are in this order, so that when we load up your blog, Post 1 is the first post we see, etc.
Post 1: Note to the Moderator (see separate post)
Post 2: Music Video
Post 3: Website
Post 4: Website planning
Post 5: Website research
Further posts:
• storyboard
• location report(s)
• notes on casting and mise-en-scène considerations
• mock-up of my webpage
• rough cuts/drafts
• audience research and feedback
To help navigate your blog, please add the following labels to your posts and display the labels clearly in your navigation bar:
* Website research
* Website Planning
* Music Video Research
* Music Video Planning
* Audience Research
* Audience Feedback
Make sure you have at least 2 posts for each label.
How to present your NEA (Coursework) Part 2: Note to the Moderator
Dear Students
In the post below, see how to present your coursework - order in which your posts should appear on your blog, plus what to include:
Post 1 (the first post we see when we go to your blog, so the latest post):
Welcome note to the Moderator, reading something like this:
Dear Moderator, My name is *Paul Bloggs* Candidate No. *XXXX*, and welcome to my A Level Media Studies blog. This is a record of the work I have undertaken for the Making Media (Component 03/04) non-examined assessment (NEA) within the OCR H409 GCE A Level course in Media Studies.
I worked independently on Brief 4: music video and online to produce a three-minute music video for a fictional dance band/artist signed to Universal Music, and the working website for the band/artist. My production is aimed at a culturally sophisticated, 16–25 class AB demographic.
Below you will find evidence of my research and planning for this task, including:
* my research into professionally produced music videos and artist websites that are similar in genre, style and form to those proposed in my chosen production brief. This includes:
* My deconstruction, analysis and notes on these professionally produced music videos and artist websites that has developed my knowledge and understanding of my chosen media form’s distinctive media language.
This includes for example:
• how genre conventions are employed
• how and why intertextuality is employed
• how combinations of media language elements such as camerawork, editing, soundtrack and mise en are mise en scène are used to create meaning and construct representations that address an intended audience.
I have also analysed professional artist websites as part of my cross-media brief in terms of:
• layout
• navigation
• use of language
• use of images/text/audio/video.
PLANNING
In terms of planning, you will find below:
• storyboard
• location report(s)
• notes on casting and mise-en-scène considerations
• mock-up of my webpage
• rough cuts/drafts
• audience research and feedback.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
You will also find below the Statement of Intent I have completed for my cross-media production My Statement of Intent outlines the ways in I proposed to link my media products to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the digitally convergent nature of my production. I also outline the ways in which I proposed to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of the brief.
I hope you enjoy my work and find it both successful and interesting. Please use the navigation bar to access my work as organised into labels. There is also a link to the School's blog hub and my other classmates' blogs.
In the post below, see how to present your coursework - order in which your posts should appear on your blog, plus what to include:
Post 1 (the first post we see when we go to your blog, so the latest post):
Welcome note to the Moderator, reading something like this:
Dear Moderator, My name is *Paul Bloggs* Candidate No. *XXXX*, and welcome to my A Level Media Studies blog. This is a record of the work I have undertaken for the Making Media (Component 03/04) non-examined assessment (NEA) within the OCR H409 GCE A Level course in Media Studies.
I worked independently on Brief 4: music video and online to produce a three-minute music video for a fictional dance band/artist signed to Universal Music, and the working website for the band/artist. My production is aimed at a culturally sophisticated, 16–25 class AB demographic.
Below you will find evidence of my research and planning for this task, including:
* my research into professionally produced music videos and artist websites that are similar in genre, style and form to those proposed in my chosen production brief. This includes:
* My deconstruction, analysis and notes on these professionally produced music videos and artist websites that has developed my knowledge and understanding of my chosen media form’s distinctive media language.
This includes for example:
• how genre conventions are employed
• how and why intertextuality is employed
• how combinations of media language elements such as camerawork, editing, soundtrack and mise en are mise en scène are used to create meaning and construct representations that address an intended audience.
I have also analysed professional artist websites as part of my cross-media brief in terms of:
• layout
• navigation
• use of language
• use of images/text/audio/video.
PLANNING
In terms of planning, you will find below:
• storyboard
• location report(s)
• notes on casting and mise-en-scène considerations
• mock-up of my webpage
• rough cuts/drafts
• audience research and feedback.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
You will also find below the Statement of Intent I have completed for my cross-media production My Statement of Intent outlines the ways in I proposed to link my media products to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the digitally convergent nature of my production. I also outline the ways in which I proposed to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of the brief.
I hope you enjoy my work and find it both successful and interesting. Please use the navigation bar to access my work as organised into labels. There is also a link to the School's blog hub and my other classmates' blogs.
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Music Video Madness
It's a while since I posted an original video, but, inspired by all the amazing work Year 13 have been doing on videos this week, I've made a remix to Mako's song 'Our Story' combining a whole load of others to show seven years of holidays at Landmark Trust properties with friends of ours. Seven years in under four minutes... Or in other words, it's taken me seven years to make this video...
Sunday, 25 November 2018
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Really effective music video filmed on a train!
This week, Ambar found a fantastic video filmed entirely on public transport: Wolf Alice's 'Don't Delete the Kisses'. This is the epitomy of how you can achieve a great narrative through an everyday location - and something that could be achieved by a clevely-filmed student video, too.
https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/08/16/wolf-alice-dont-delete-kisses-sophie-muller/49260
Wolf Alice recently won the Mercury Prize for their album, 'Visions of a Life'.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/20/mercury-prize-2018-won-by-wolf-alice-visions-of-a-life
https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/08/16/wolf-alice-dont-delete-kisses-sophie-muller/49260
Wolf Alice recently won the Mercury Prize for their album, 'Visions of a Life'.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/20/mercury-prize-2018-won-by-wolf-alice-visions-of-a-life
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)