Week Six Instructions: 30th November - 4th December

On Tuesday, I will check your blogs – all RESEARCH should be complete and evidenced on your blog. If you need help scanning material or adding images or clips to your posts, please see one of us in class.

You should also keep working on your PLANNING and try and ensure all of this is placed on your blog by next Tuesday. Again, if you need material scanned, please hand it in during the lesson with your name on the back. Use the sheets you have to guide what you need to do.

Main focus for VIDEO GROUPS:

· Ensure you have your synopsis on the blog and your blog

· Get your storyboard approved and scanned and on your blog – summarise any feedback you have had

· Add casting shots and add comments on why you have chosen these actors

· Add location shots and explanation of suitability

· Add a risk assessment for each location you use – forms on Moodle (AS Media)- see me if you are unsure about this

· Add props lists with details of who is responsible for what

· Work out a shooting schedule and what props and equipment you need for each shoot and who will be responsible for what

· Ensure all planning is on blog

·START SHOOTING – YOU HAVE THIS WEEK AND NEXT TO GET ALL YOUR INITIAL FOOTAGE (BY 14 DECEMBER!)

Research and Planning: Week starting 23 Nov

This week you should have all your research done and evidenced on your blog and be busy planning. You should have a rough draft of your storyboard. However, the reality is far from this and you are currently behind and in danger of losing marks for lack of effort.

It is up to you to put this right and this will require a lot of your own time this week.

In class you will be given a list of the second raft of planning activities - mainly making lists and schedules. All of these can be scanned and placed on your blog.

The aim is to be out filming next week but you won't be if the planning and research are not completed. I will also be contacting home this week to update parents etc on your lack of progress if such is the case.

Tuesday 17 November - To Do!

Whilst there is no class today, as I am on a trip with Yr 13 to Bradford, you still have plenty of work to be getting on with!

Your main task is to get on with your research and post some of it on your blogs! I gave you a list on Friday outlining what you need to find out. You need to do as much of this as possible, so that on Thursday, we can start talking about planning!

Just something to check - please spellcheck your blogs! Please use a capital "I" when referring to yourself and not "i". Please check that your font is big enough and easy enough to read! You can go in and edit any posts you don't think come up to scratch.

See you Thursday and make sure there is a lot of progress on your blog.

First Post and Preliminary Task

Now you've set up your blog, you will want to post your first entries...

In your first entry, introduce yourselves and state which project you have decided to do and why. Add any initial ideas you have already at this stage. You can add a quick picture of yourselves if you want but don't spend too long on this.That's all you need - easy or what? Don't forget to use the labels box - for topic and people contributing to the post!

Second entry - start a new post and entitle it Preliminary Task. Briefly oultine what the task was and what you had to do. You will then need to upload your video clip - see Rachel or Nikki if you are unsure how to achieve this. Then add some reflection on your prelim - think about what you think worked well and anything that either doesn't work well or could be better... It doesn't have to be long - just a brief word or two... Do that labelling again!

Now you are ready to move on to the research section - make sure you read your notes and work on this at home, as well as at college, as it is worth 20% of the marks for the coursework!!