Planning Mes-En Scene: Casting

Ian Nix is a 17 year old sixth form student at Kba. He enjoys spending his time socialising with mates and playing computer games.

This part will be played by the actor Elliot Ward, he is the right actor for the job due to his confidence in front of a camera and his ability to perform perfectly.

 

David Ward is a 16 year olds student that is looking to seek advice about life at sixth form and  the commitment involved. he spends his time with mates and socialising.

The part will be played by Samuel Nix, he is the right actor for the job as he is ok in front of the camera and can be confident in performing.

Photographs For Location

                                     

Preliminary Task: Creating A Storyboard From Initial Ideas

We all decided as a group to base our task on a sixth form student, this lead to the opening shot being an establishing shot to show the viewers where the scene is set. We were given a task to complete the two minute clip using only 12 shots, we managed to do this in 11 shots using a range of different camera shots, movements and angles. We used the 12 shot challenge top make sure our clip was the correct length.


I have learnt how to complete a story board using the 12 shot challenge to plan a short clip effectively, I have also leant what looking space is which is a camera angle! I have learnt how to use a range of different camera shots, angles and movements to make the clip seem realistic and consistent.

12 Shot Challenge from EllzyWard

Preliminary Task: First Idea

Our preliminary task will be set in a school class room at about mid-day and will feature two characters. These characters are Ian Nix (17) and David Ward(16) and will be played by Sam and Elliott. Ian is the head boy of the sixth form at the school and David is a new student who has recently joined sixth form. David has come to Ian to ask about life at sixth form. Ian will already be sat down at his desk and David will walk through the door towards him and take a seat in-front of him. The pair will then deliver a couple of lines of dialogue to each other.

Understanding and Applying Basic Terminology

                                                             This is a close up shot.
                                                

This is a establishing shot.

t.

This is an extreme close up.

e.

This is a high angle.

This is a long shot.

This is a low angle shot.

t.

This is a mid-shot.

This is an over the shoulder shot.

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This is a point of view shot.

This is a two shot. 

Basic Camera Movements

Basic Camera Shots

Basic Camera Movements

Foundation Portfolio: What is it?

50% of your grade will be earned through your Foundation Portfolio. This consists of a preliminary task and a main task, the details of which can be found below.

The Preliminary Task is designed to illustrate the processes of pre-production, production and post-production that will be required, albeit in more detail, when you come to undertake the Main Task. The Preliminary Task is not marked but MUST be completed and submitted alongside the Main Task to the examiner. If it is not completed, marks are deducted from your Main Task.

The Main Task is marked out of 100. These marks are broken down as follows:

20 marks - Research into similar media products and planning of your own media product.
60 marks - Construction of your own media product including filiming and editing.
20 marks - Evaluation of your own media product.

All of your work must be posted to your blog as this will be accessed by the examiner in May of 2016.

For each of the criteria above, marks are available in 4 levels with level 4 being the highest. 

The progress thermometer below shows the key words for each level of the mark scheme.

This is what you have to do:

Preliminary Exercise

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Main Task

The titles and opening of a new teen horror film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks must be completed as a group. Maximum four members to a group.

Me As A Consumer Of The Media

The Internet:
The internet is a global computer network which offers a variety of websites that contain social media sites, information and resources. You can connect with people around the world using lots of different social media sites. The internet can be accessed in many different ways, these include a mobile phone, a smart television, a tablet or a laptop and many other ways! You can access the internet almost anywhere in the world. The internet holds millions of different types of informations ready to be discovered.