Explain how your research and planning skills have developed over time and how this has contributed to your media production outcomes.
From year 12 to year 13, my transition from AS to A2 has meant that my research and planning skills have developed a lot as the tasks we have carried out have become much more advanced.
At AS the research we had carried out following a task where we recreated the opening sequence for the film 'Juno' was helpful but also very basic as I was just becoming familiar with the method of creating films and how to clearly represent a genre. We were taught how to make a storyboard in planning our shots so we could recreate the sequence as accurately as we could using our basic knowledge. We were taught how to make titles for the opening scene of a film to create some enigma for the audience. For our film opening we still only carried out basic research into how sequence the titles and how to order the shots and didn't create many blog posts in preparation. We also did some research into what a film opening is where we gained a basic understanding of what makes a film opening. Also when planning our preliminary video of a short film, our group found ourselves making the shots up as we went along rather than planning each location and shot which meant that some parts of the film are in-cohesive which made the whole thing harder to edit as a whole.
In year 13, our research and planning into music videos dramatically progressed which resulted in a successful music video and overall grade for our group. We first researched into the visuals of music videos by looking at the 'No Rest' music video and came up with visual ideas that went with the song in preparation for our own task. We then carried out the 'Banana Phone' task where we used different filming/ editing techniques where we tested out different shots and effects on Adobe Premier such as: cloning, picture motion, size/scale and cropping, to get used to using the software. We researched into music video theories and genres of artists and what types of videos they create and how the synergy of their brand carries on all throughout their platforms. At AS we also carried out a lot of planning for our music video and posted it all on our blog to show our evidence. For example we created a 'Steal-O-Matic' where we collected clips and videos from different music videos which inspired us and displayed them all together in a collective video along with our chosen music in the background. We created a detailed storyboard of all of our shots we wanted to film, we created a shooting schedule to help organise us and also made a risk assessment. Our Halfway Evaluation task also helped us a lot when making adjustments and corrections to our digipak, website and music video as we received lots of feedback which we were able to improve on.
In year 13, our research and planning into music videos dramatically progressed which resulted in a successful music video and overall grade for our group. We first researched into the visuals of music videos by looking at the 'No Rest' music video and came up with visual ideas that went with the song in preparation for our own task. We then carried out the 'Banana Phone' task where we used different filming/ editing techniques where we tested out different shots and effects on Adobe Premier such as: cloning, picture motion, size/scale and cropping, to get used to using the software. We researched into music video theories and genres of artists and what types of videos they create and how the synergy of their brand carries on all throughout their platforms. At AS we also carried out a lot of planning for our music video and posted it all on our blog to show our evidence. For example we created a 'Steal-O-Matic' where we collected clips and videos from different music videos which inspired us and displayed them all together in a collective video along with our chosen music in the background. We created a detailed storyboard of all of our shots we wanted to film, we created a shooting schedule to help organise us and also made a risk assessment. Our Halfway Evaluation task also helped us a lot when making adjustments and corrections to our digipak, website and music video as we received lots of feedback which we were able to improve on.
Well done for having a go Charlotte, but this needs a lot of work.
ReplyDelete- You need an introduction - what were your products? What will you be covering with respect to R+P?
- Juno wasn't really research, and neither was banana phone. You need to focus on what you researched for film openings, what you found etc.
- Separate out research and planning and be clear which is which.
- You need to name actual texts you researched, and what you learned from this.
- You need really specific examples from your coursework - you haven't even named it!
- What about how you presented your research and planning?
9/25