Documentary Project tasks

UNIT 9 AND 10 TASK LIST

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Task 1 :

Theory and practical with Matt McGuchan

YOU WILL BE TASKED TO MAKE 6 MICRO DOCUMENTARIES BASED UPON BILL NICHOLL'S DOCUMENTARY MODES.

Analyse and research a range of six documentary types in terms of content, style and audience. Types may include: Expository,Poetic,Observatory, Reflexive,Participatory and Performative.

Working independently using your SMART phone or college equipment, research, plan,film and edit a Micro documentary in each of the given styles.

Evaluate your documentaries in terms of content, style, technical aptitude and audience.

Grading criteria; Unit 9 1:1 1:2 3:1 Unit 10 1:1 1:2 3:1

UPLOAD YOUR WORK TO YOUR WIX WEBSITE AFTER EACH SESSION.

Characteristics with Reg Thompson

YOU WILL BE TASKED TO RESEARCH KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM GRAMMAR AND CONDUCT YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATIONS.

Watch, analyse and discuss the characteristics of film grammar before applying your knowledge in a given practical task.

Session 1 will be on THE CLOSE UP

Session 2 will be devoted to THE CLOSE UP PART 2

Session 3 will investigate the ART OF ILLUSION- CREATIVE CAMERA ANGLES

Session 4 will be about FORCED PERSPECTIV

Session 5 will concentrate on MISE EN SCENE

Session 6 will be on CINEMATIC LIGHTING

By half term you will have experimented with all of the above, evaluated your work and uploaded it to your WIX website along with all of your research to date.

ALL RESEARCH MUST INCLUDE SOURCE REFERENCES

UPLOAD YOUR WORK TO YOUR WIX WEBSITE AFTER EACH SESSION

Task 2 :

UNIT 10 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDEINCE IN CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION WITH PAUL HERRON AND REG THOMPSON

Task 3 :

YOU WILL BE TASKED TO RESEARCH, PLAN, PRODUCE AND EVALUATE A COMMERCIAL FOR TV AND ONLINE USE OF NO MORE THAN 30" IN LENGTH BASED UPON SOUND RESEARCH INTO YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE.

Develop your own individual idea for a commercial of 30" in length applying your knowledge of appropriate context and characteristics.

Use established primary, secondary and experimental research techniques to plan and develop your idea.

You will be expected to investigate at least five identified sources of information.
You will be expected to reference existing commercials, identify good practice and apply to your own production.
You MUST show how your commercial has been created to appeal to an identified target audience.
This may include choice and use of non-diegetic sound, Foley, choice of shooting style, shot selection, colour palette, editing transitions and pace, decision making in terms of font and voice-over/presenter/actors. Mise en scene and overall composition.

Your production must be supported by professional pre-production materials including a storyboard, production schedule, call sheets if required, location recces and supporting research materials.

Create a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class

Grading criteria Unit 9 2:1 2:2 Unit 10 2:1 2;2 3:1

.UPLOAD YOUR WORK TO YOUR WIX WEBSITE AFTER EACH SESSION

Task 4:

Final Evaluation with Reg Thompson, Matt McGuchan and Paul Herron.

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO:

Evaluate your work for units 9 and 10 and your contribution to individual projects analysing each part of your experience.

You must also reflect upon how successfully your commercial plays to its identified target audience and show your understanding of distribution platforms by picking a distribution source and justifying that decision.

Grading criteria Unit 9 3:2 Unit 10 3;1 3;2