GREETINGS – getting started!

 MY HOPES...AND FEARS!

 Greetings! I hope to learn and understand how and why certain things are done in film and TV, and what makes them succeed/fail. I hope to also develop my editing and filming skills, which is something I am passionate about and is one of the many reasons why i also took media both in IGCSE and A-Level. I am nervous about filming, as immersion can be easily broken and is hard to regain.
I think I will probably aim for a comedic film, as it is a style of film that can be very entertaining whilst not needing a high budget such as a superhero film might, and I will avoid working on a terror film, as I personally have not seen many, and comedy films appeal to a broader audience.

 My favorite film  

 My favorite film is "Ready Player One", it is my favorite film because it has a lot of technology, which I am really interested about, and it shows a possible future which I find amazing, but of course don't want to happen. "Ready Player One" has a thrilling yet common plot, a teenager who is a no-one compared to others, and through his friendships and knowledge of pop culture.
Ready Player One (director: Steven Spielberg; producer: Warner Bros. Picture, Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, De Line Pictures; distributor Warner Bros. Pictures, 2018). $175m budget, $582m global box office (BoxOfficeMojo). BBFC 12.

  The Brief 

Option 1: Film opening task (video)

Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film (to last a maximum of two minutes). Titles should follow the institutional conventions of commercial cinema. The task may be undertaken individually or as a group. There should be a maximum of four members to a group.

All images and text used in the main task must be original, and produced by the candidate(s). Sound should be predominantly original (dialogue and atmospheric sound), though music taken from an acknowledged source may be used as part of the soundtrack.

Each candidate must complete an individual blog which is started at the beginning of the project. Each blog should contain:

• the process of research, planning and production
• any refinement, changes or edits made, and reflections on key moments
• all individual contributions to any task undertaken as a group
• evidence of any preliminary exercises
• the final finished product, clearly labeled
• the creative critical reflection, clearly labelled.

Some production elements such as storyboards may be shared by all members of a group. Collaborators who worked with the candidate on research, planning and/or production must be listed on the Individual Candidate Record Card under ‘other group members’.

  The Evaluation (CCR) 

Creative critical reflection 
On completion of the product, candidates must creatively reflect upon their work. Candidates may use any digital format, such as director commentaries, a presentation with voiceover, podcasts or screencasts. Candidates may use a different digital format to explore each of the compulsory questions. The creative critical reflection should be produced and presented individually. 
Candidates must explore the following compulsory questions:

1. How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
2. How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
3. How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
4. How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

 The assessment criteria 

AO2:. Analyse media products, and evaluate their own work, by applying knowledge and understanding of theoretical and creative approaches. 
AO3: . Research, plan and construct critically informed media products using appropriate technical and creative skills.

AO3: PRACTICAL APPLICATION

PRODUCTION SKILLS:

Use appropriate media language to communicate meaning to an intended audience

Use technical skills effectively to express and communicate ideas

APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF KEY CONCEPTS TO A PRODUCTION:

Research, plan and apply knowledge and understanding

CRITICAL CREATIVE REFLECTION SKILLS:

Use technical and creative skills to express and communicate ideas

AO2: EVALUATION 

ANALYSE AND EVALUATE OWN WORK:

Explain how meaning is created, supported with relevant textual evidence

• A 80%+ (A* = 90%+ on A2 and overall A-Level 80%+) sophisticated, highly, wide range, insightful
• B 70-79% effective, mostly, thorough, a range, thorough
• C 60-69% clear, mostly, more than one, appropriate
• D 50-59% limited, simply, complete, generally
• E 40-49% limited, simply, complete, generally
• U 0-39% basic, may lack evidence, minimal evidence/understanding, only one

thoughts on past AS student vids

I really liked many of them, my favorite though it may be controversial, is the previous years one, as I understand what is going on well and there is a lot of verisimilitude, and the make up is superbly done.