Research and Planning- Marking

Amy and Tilly produced several excellent analyses of film openings and opening title sequences. Their explorations of Ramona and Beezus and Bridge to Terabithia were thorough, insightful and showed a perceptive appreciation of forms and conventions and how audiences will respond to these. Their work on the BBFC, health and safety assessment and film companies demonstrated a clear understanding of media industries. The BBFC section might have benefited from looking at specific examples of films earning particular certificates. Their work on film company names including feedback from their focus group was outstanding. I would like to have seen a greater understanding of marketing. Several posts, such as those of music and script demonstrated an understanding of how their original idea evolved. Their editing diary in particular was excellent.

Their research was very thorough. They showed a good understanding of psychographics and demeographics and how media industries use these, although a more in depth examination of their primary target audience would have been better. Their focus group work was detailed and they have demonstrated the impact of their audience feedback in several posts.

Amy and Tilly worked very closely on this blog. I feel that overall their research and planning is very comprehensive and showed an excellent understanding of media products, their forms and conventions and how audiences make meaning from them. They investigated institutional issues ranging from regulation to marketing. Aside from a lack of story board, their planning was thorough and responses demonstrated an ability to learn and adapt during the process. Their blog is clear and well written but it is a shame that they didn't employ a greater range of media.
Amy 17/20
Tilly 17 /20

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Introduction

Hello! I'm Tilly and this is Amy! This blog is going to outline our Media A Level project, starting with our pitch and preliminary task until our final project, a 2-minute film opening of our own design. The final project will incorporate the conventions of film openings, such as establishing the setting, genre, primary characters, aesthetic, establishment of enigma and, most likely, it will include opening titles. We will also include various camera shots, camera angles, camera techniques (e.g. handheld camera adds tension, verisimilitude and can create POV shots) and a diverse cast. We also hope to create enigma and interest in the film. We have chosen to explore the family adventure movie genre. As we don't have the technology to create CGI animated children's films (or the budget), we will be attempting a live-action children's film instead. Examples of this type of film include ' Home Alone (1990) ', ' Cheaper By The Dozen (2003) ', or ...

Basic Pitch and Conventions of the Family Film Genre

Basic Pitch What genre will your film opening be? The genre of our film will be a live-action family adventure. We would like to incorporate various themes, most notably 'imagination', that will help build the idea of family values and heart warming story lines, as well as endear the audience to the characters. We plan to have the film made in a live-action format, with visual actors, as we currently do not have the budget or the skills to animate a full film opening. Some examples of films we are looking at within this genre are: ' Ramona and Beezus (2010) ', ' Cheaper By The Dozen (2003) ' and ' Bridge to Terabithia (2007) ', which all feature these aspects. What are the codes and conventions of this genre? There are various codes and conventions within the 'Family Film' genre, such as: Comedy elements, usually slapstick or unfortunate scenarios happening to (often rude) adult characters e.g. Harry Lime and Marv Merch...

Media Preliminary - Final Version

This is the video version of our preliminary. It features a match-on-action, use of the 180 degree rule and a shot-reverse-shot. The girl with glasses is Tilly, who is playing the 'teacher's pet' character, and the girl opposite is Claire, who is playing the 'delinquent' character. These are the st o ryboards we used as the basis for our video. We tried to keep the live-action version as close to the original as possible. In the first day of filming, we did make the mistake of filming the wrong door in which Claire was supposed to enter, as the door depicted in the storyboards was opposite the one filmed. This was remedied later by re-filming the shot. Similarly, the first day of filming led to inaccuracies in regards to the 180 degree rule, as it was broken during some shots by accident, which we again later remedied on the next day of filming. There was no problems in regards to the shot-reverse-shot, but there were small, extraneous inconsiste...

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