Assignment 25: Costume and Props

Assignment 24: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -annotated the pictures -good organisation EBI: -pictures could have been more specific
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was B2 This is on my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -take pictures at different angles to show the location

Assignment 24: Location Planning

Time Management For Christmas Half-Term

Here's me and my group's long term and short term plan for the group work we need to complete over the Christmas holiday

Here's the long term planning of the work we need to complete in the
2 week half term

Here's the short term planning of what needs to be completed on
 December 28th

Here's the short term planning of what need to be completed on
January 3rd and 4th

Media Magazine Conference Trip

On Friday 13th December myself and my group went to a media magazine conference where different people spoke to us about what they do this included:
- A Brunel university researcher (Dr. Laura Harvey)
- The producer and director of the documentary 'Educating Yorkshire' (David Brindley)
- A Loughborough professor of Media&Communication (David Buckingham)
- Director of Strays (Robert Mckillop)
- Producer of In Our Name (Michelle Eastwood)

I found  David Brindley's talk the most interesting and helpful as he explained the possible problems with doing a documentaries in a busy setting like a public school where many things are occurring at one time. He explained how they had many cameras set up around the school but only 3 camera could record what is happening at one time.

David Brindley showing us a picture of the room where people from his team watched the
 live feed from the school and chose the most interesting scenes to show on TV

Assignment 23: Music & Social Acting Planning

Assignment 22: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -good organisation and division of time -good use of colour coding for 1 minute development EBI: -more of a debate need to be added
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was C3 This is below my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -better consideration of the location and music we would use -needs to include more debate -use colour coding for all sections

Assignment 22: Timeline Structure

Assignment 22 from pamelayounes

How Video Games Changed The World Documentary

Title screen for the Charlie Brooker's Documentary

While going through my 4oD app I found this documentary by Charlie Brooker about video games.This documentary will be useful to myself and my group as we can reinforce similar forms and conventions used, also we could use some of its contents to put into our script.
Here are a few screengrabs from the documentary:

In this documentary, Charlie Brooker focused on 10 games, each game was introduced with a voiceover that stated
the name of the game,  it's release year and maker (like above)

Throughout this documentary, various people were interviewed. These people were
interviewed in a natural indoor setting and a white caption was used to
state their name and role/job

Here is the advert for the documentary:

Assignment 21 (Draft 2): Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -explored possible debates -used a range of conventions -there are clear subtopics that link to overall episode and documentary question EBI: -include more interesting content -try to to overlap with other episode topics -give specific game examples
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was B2 This is on  my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -include more interesting content -include game examples for each subtopic

Assignment 21: Draft 2

Assignment 21 draft 2 from abigailmenzies

Research For Draft 2 Of Assignment 21

Here's a mind-map of my research into action video games the different subtopics and the possible impacts they can have on their audience.

                            

Photos From Planning Assignment 21

Here are some pictures of myself and my group planning for draft 2 of assignment 21

                                  

                                  

                                 

Pre-Planning For Assignment 21 Draft 2

Today after school, myself and my group stayed back with our teacher to make changes to our documentary so it could be more engaging to the audience this included:

-Change in documentary title/question

-Different episode titles and subtopics

-Change in what will be included in each episode

Things we could possibly add in each episode

Here are different video game genres, this is what we would use as episode titles

Exploration of different documentary titles

Another exploration of the different questions/titles we could use for our documentary

Here is the final list of every thing we need to do in order to redraft and get a better grade for
our draft 2 of assignment 21

Self Assessment Of Assignment 21

a.    Is there a clear episode title which relates to overall question?
       Yes

b.    Are there 3 clear subtitles which relate to the overall title?
       No, as two of the subtitles (evolution of video games graphics and evolution of interactive video game consoles) are quite similar

c.    What is the quality of detail for each subtopic?
       There needs to be more in depth detail for each subtopic by having clear bullet points that explain the content of the episode and focusing on the conventions that I would apply and how it would help to inform the target audience about the topic

d.    Will your audience enjoy this episode, and each subtopic? Will it be interesting for the whole 60 mins?
       My episode has the potential to be enjoyable if I move away from cliche information   

e.    Is the content fresh, engaging, original……will the audience actually LEARN and THINK about this topic?
       Some of my content is original however, majority of it includes information that my audience may already know. Once I include more engaging and original content my episode will not only educate my target audience but allow them to think about the topic and develop opinions based on what they watched.

f.     Have pro’s/con’s or advantages/disadvantages been considered?
       Yes, there is a debate and an exploration of both sides to the episode title

g.    Is there a range of conventions applied to make it a ‘documentary’ or are they quite basic/straight forward conventions?
        There is a range of conventions applied but I need to include statistics and more expert interviews to support my subtopics

h.    How inventive and original are the applications for conventions?
       The application of the conventions in my episode is quite original as I have developed conventions to make my episode more engaging but I need to explore more conventions that can be applied

i.     Overall what level is the planning for episode?
       2B        

Assessment 21: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -there is evidence of some consideration of the different conventions EBI: -more original information is needed to keep the episode interesting -more conventions need to be applied
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment	-
Grade	The grade I received for this task was D1 This is below my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -more original and engaging information is needed -consider technological convergence and how it contributes to the development of video games -more conventions are needed

Assignment 21: Basic Episode Planning

Assignment 20: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -good use of colour coding to break down the locations into subcategories -explained the pros and cons of each location EBI: -get a range of camera angles of the location -explore locations for different aspects such as interviews and presenter
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was C/D This is below my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -explore more locations -get a range of camera angles of the location -annotate the pictures by stating where it is and its possible purpose

Assignment 20: Location Scouting

Assignment 19: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -good detailed consideration of how we would attract our target audience -detailed explanation of how the audience will relate to the documentary EBI: -complete the different theories and how they apply -choice in platforms needs to be developed
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was This is… my target grade
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -apply the effects theory and explain how it relates to the audience -choice in target audience and secondary audience needs to be changed -more thought needs to be put in for the ethnicity and location of the target audience

Assignment 19: Audience In Our Product

Assignment 18: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -clear organisation of powerpoint -Identified a reasonable purpose for the documentary EBI: -explain in detail how each mode will be applied, if not give reason why -define each mode then describe how it will be applied
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was E1 This is below my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -more thought needs to be put in to why each mode will/will not be applied -make key terms stand out for even better organisation

Assignment 18: Mode Theory

Assignment 17: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -explored a range of documentaries -use annotations to explain screen grabs -clear presentations and good use of charts to organise work EBI: -challenge and develop convention rather than just always using them
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was C/B This is on my target grade of a B
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -Explore how other documentaries challenge and develop conventions

Assignment 17: Similar Products & Conventions

Time Management Evidence

This is my group's long term planning of what we need to do in a month

This is my group's short term planning of what we need to accomplish during half term

Assignment 16: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -researched a range of magazines and double page spreads -brief annotations -good exploration of the newspapers EBI: -explore more effective double page spreads -focus more newspaper adverts
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment	N/A - teacher just checked for completion
Grade	N/A
Targets to Improve	N/A

Assignment 16: Research of Magazines & Newspapers

Catfish The TV Show: Season 2 - Episode 7

In this episode, I recognised different documentary conventions and forms from the usual ones that are used in Catfish episodes. For example use of time manipulation to speed up the pace of something

Some conventions and forms in this episode:
Voice over
Archival photos
Close up shots
Cutaways
Titles & credits
Fast forward editing

In this scene, fast forward editing is used on a calendar to emphasis how time has passed

Interviews are conducted in a natural environment to maintain realism

Titles are also used in interviews to introduce the person and their role/relation another person (Mike)

A steady, close up shot is used here so that the audience can read what is on the phone screen
Focus pull is used  in this shot as the background of the phone screen is blurred while the words in the front are not

Assignment 15: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -got info from different soucres -good primary research by getting audience feedback on topic -explored both sides to the topic EBI: -use different color font on purple background -less bulky text
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment	N/A - teacher just checked for completion
Grade	N/A
Targets to Improve	N/A:

Assignment 15: Primary & Secondary Research

Research Resource Checklist

Rely Questions on Peer's Topic

Today, in lesson we did 'rely questions' to give audience feedback to our peers.

This was useful because:

-gave my group more ideas of what exactly to include in our documentary

-it made me think about the possible questions I could ask about my topic in public interviews

-made me realise that if a topic is not explained properly it will be hard to know what to include 

Media Magazine Article #1 ' Technology & Creativity; Curse Or Cure?' (Sept 2010)

For homework, I read an article titled 'technology & creative, curse or cure' by Elinor Block and Peter Block in the September 2010 issue

'Technology & Creativity, Curse or Cure' article, September 2010 issue (1/4)

'Technology & Creativity, Curse or Cure' article, September 2010 issue (2/4)

'Technology & Creativity, Curse or Cure' article, September 2010 issue (3/4)

'Technology & Creativity, Curse or Cure' article, September 2010 issue (4/4)

In reading this article I learned/found interesting the following things:

• It explores how new technologies in today's society can be both good and bad
• This articles teaches the reader how new technologies such as equipment used to make 'Avatar' film raises questions such as "is the actor's work more technical than talent?"
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• I learned how social networking sites such as Twitter are huge marketing tools in today's society
• I found it interesting that new technology goes through a business consulting organisation called 'Gartner' before early adopters can buy these products
• I could compare this to how technology is advancing and how people have more variety of technologies to chose from to fit their lifestyle