AS Media StudiesUnit G321 – Foundation

Portfolio in MediaLesson 1 Introduction and

Film Opening

DO NOW ACTIVITYDiscuss in pairs your expectations for this

coursework piece

Learning Objectives(What I will be learning today)

Must(Level/Grade: E-D )

Should(Level/Grade: C-B )

Could(Level/Grade: B-A* )

Identify the main elements of the coursework brief

Apply knowledge and understanding of different film openings

Evaluate the effectiveness of different film openings through techniques used

G&T…Take lead role in group decisions

Literacy… To develop speaking and listening skills in group work as well as written English using correct punctuation, grammar and spelling

Key Words

Audience Perception

Representation

Mise-en-scene

opening

Unit G321

• This unit accounts for 50% of your AS grade.

• It is vital that you try and attend all lessons.

• Lessons will be under controlled assessment – therefore you have to complete work in the provided time and can not take it away to do in your own time. However Planning and preparation can be done as homework.

The Actual Coursework

You will be making a film opening of a MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES

Assessment Objectives

• AO2 To assess your application of knowledge and understanding in evaluating your own work, showing how meanings and responses are created.

• AO3 To assess your ability to plan and construct media products using appropriate technical and creative skills.

• AO4 To assess you ability to undertake, apply and present appropriate research.

The areas to complete

There are four components to this unit that you will need to complete, therefore time management is important:

1. Research and practice productions

2. Pre-production work.

3. Production work

4. Evaluations

Look at sheet provided with all tasks on.

Task 1 – Coursework booklet

• Look at the coursework booklet.

• Look through all pages – this is here to help and support your work.

• Take 5 minutes to look through it and make a note of any parts which you are unsure about or need more of an explanation for.

Task 2 – Example Blog

All coursework will be submitted into your own individual Media blog. Both KGR, MFI and the external moderator will mark all your work via this blog. IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE!

Please look at these example blogs:

http://kiera-brown.blogspot.co.uk/

http://travisquailey.blogspot.co.uk/

http://dannynewell.blogspot.co.uk/

The Mark Scheme

• The mark scheme is here to help you. Use this as a guide to help you try to aim for the highest levels / boundaries.

• There are clear differences between the different levels.

Task 3 – Marking CriteriaBased on the marking criteria and the brief you have analysed write down in your own words what you would need to do to achieve the highest marks.

Think about the four different areas of this unit:

1. Research and practice productions

2. Pre-production work.

3. Production work

4. Evaluations

Success Criteria

Must(Level/Grade: E-D )

Should(Level/Grade: C-B )

Could(Level/Grade: B-A* )

State which opening you are going to analyse

Examine the techniuqes used within the opening

Assess the effetiveness of different techniqes

G&T…Consider regulations and control

Literacy… To speaking and listening skills through group discussions

Task 4 – What is an Opening?

What is a film opening?

Discuss this with the person next to you. What are the conventions of a film opening?

Se7en

Se7enThis opening sequences is probably one of the most famous.

1.What do you think of it?

2.Is it conventional?

3.Where there any conventions you missed?

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/

Student Example

The titles in the opening sequence are just as important as the narrative when you are making your own. Here’s an example from some students that did a good opening sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMWnw4TE_FY&fea ture=youtu.be

Task 5 – Timeline of an Opening

Pick an opening (film) from ‘art of the title’ and paste on your blog the nine frames. Watch the sequence, download it to your computer to enable you to look at the timeline.

Get a big sheet of plain paper and mark out a timeline, then go through and write on it where each title comes in. This should give you a really good model for your own layout of a title sequence, including timings and jobs.

Example: 9 Frames

To make this post more visual I saved the 9 shots like this from the art of the titles website. To do this right click on the image at

the top before you press the play button and click save image.

Example of Title Sequence

Plenary – Self Assessment

Using the self assessment criteria in your coursework booklets, tick the ones you have completed and highlight the ones which need working on:•The students have mapped every title in the opening sequence•They have used correct role names and have not just listed the actual names•They have taken a clear photograph of their timeline that is easy to read•They have included the name of the film they have mapped•They have written a couple of sentences explaining what they did•They have included timings of the titles•They have included extra information on their timeline, such as sound (Higher Levels)