VIDEO EVALUATION OF PRELIMINARY COURSEWORK

VIDEO EVALUATION OF PRELIMINARY COURSEWORK

In your group film the discussion of the following points:

PLANNING

How well you managed to plan your storyboards, scripts and how you managed actors, location and props;

Did you encounter any problems at various stages with theses? Did you make any changes to your original plans? Why? How did you overcome any difficulties?

FILMING

What was successful in your filming?

Did you use a variety of shots? What were you trying to achieve with certain shots and why do you think your choice of shot mattered?

How well do you feel you are framing shots, positioning subject, using camera techniques?

Continuity successes and difficulties?

Did you observe the 180 degree rule?

How did you manage lighting, sound, mise en scene?

EDITING
How did you manage continuity using editing software?

Did you encounter any problems in the editing stages of your production?

What new processes/techniques have you learned using new software and how has the use of software enhanced your production?

What successes and difficulties have you experienced during editing?

WHAT ARE THE KEY LESSONS YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT WILL ENSURE SUCCESS IN YOUR MAIN PIECE?

Edit evaluation and upload to Youtube. Embed evaluation and preliminary onto your group blog.

CLASS AND STATUS ANALYSIS

HOW IS THE REPRESENTATION OF CLASS AND STATUS CONSTRUCTED IN THIS CLIP FROM MERLIN?

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NOTE:

• Take on board last week's task feedback - editing and sound still a priority.
• Look at your own personal feedback.

DUE MONDAY 28TH DEC

REPRESENTATION OF AGE - GENERAL FEEDBACK

A great effort all round. Clear evidence that advice is being taken onboard from last week's feedback.

Class Av to date: 70%

• Everyone has either equalled or bettered their previous result.
• More people using a short, brief intro to keep themselves focused.
• Overall, students were on task.
• Wider contextual views of a particular group is beginning to creep in - ie is the representation stereotypical? Are society's views met? etc.

Areas for continued focus:

• Editing and sound still not sufficiently discussed in a number of papers - this must remain on the priority list of issues to address.
• Continue to push representation in relation to how society views a particular group of people - ie typical? etc
• Push analysis even more through stronger use of adjectives ie 'the grandmother is presented in a typical fashion here in that she is caring, concerned and genuinely distressed over the fact that Amy has disappeared'.
• Be careful that in the madness of it all, terminology doesn't fall by the way side which happened in a few papers.

Ensure you look at your feedback notes throughout your essay and also at the end - this will help you avoid making the same mistakes twice. Anything you don't understand or agree with, always see me for clarification.

Keep up the great work!

Miss Hunter

AGE REPRESENTATION JAN 09 PPQ

'How is the representation of age constructed in this extract?'

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DUE MONDAY 21ST

ETHNICITY FEEDBACK NOV 2011

Overall, a solid effort for the most part on a difficult task.

More of a focus on sound and editing was evident.

A few points to note to help with the next task:

• Where possible, give a short (a few lines) of an intro to state your overall position. You DON'T have to make an official statement saying 'ethnic minorities in this clip are always...' or 'women in this clip are constantly painted as...' but a more general statement such as 'for the most part...' or 'overall...' or even 'the representations of various ethnic groups change throughout this clip...' - even though this isn't a definitive position, it is a position nonetheless. Some essays are too disjointed and read as though you aren't entirely sure about classification at all.

• Remember the key word - REPRESENTATION. You should be using the phrase 'this group are represented as being...' a few times.

• You MUST consider the society in which we live and bring what you know about representations into it. Is a particular group painted in a stereotypical light? Or are they presented as being completely different to how we might normally perceive them? If so, why?

ETHNICITY TASK - DUE MONDAY IN BOTH FORMATS

EXAM PRACTICE

'ANALYSE HOW ETHNICITY IS REPRESENTED IN THE HOTEL BABYLON EXTRACT'

REMEMBER:

* ENSURE ALL AREAS ARE COVERED - SOUND AND EDITING FELL A LITTLE SHORT IN OCTOBER ASSESSMENT.

* ENSURE TERMINOLOGY IS USED AND IS ACCURATE - IF UNSURE, CHECK TERMS ON YOUR BLOG.

* LOOK OVER WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK AND INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK FROM OCTOBER ASSESSMENT - BUILD ON STRENGTHS AND ENSURE SAME ERRORS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

* NO EXCUSE FOR THIS BEING UNDERDEVELOPED - YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE CLIP OUTSIDE OF CLASS TIME; IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY FOR PARTICULAR AREA, LOOK AT YOUR GLOSSARY AGAIN - I GUARANTEE THIS WILL JOG YOUR MEMORY.

DUE MONDAY IN BOTH FORMATS PLEASE

AS ALWAYS, ANY PROBLEMS COME AND SEE ME AND I'LL GO OVER IT WITH YOU.