AS Media - Thriller Coursework - TITLES

Format of TITLES for AS Thriller Coursework

After the IDENT use a FADE IN. The titles should then be in the following order:
(1) 'Your Production Company' Presents
(2) A Film by 'One name - usually the director'
(3) Starring or With
(4) Male star
(5) Female star or other way round
(6) Title of film - or could be at the end
(7) Also starring - 2/3/names - each on seperate title
(8) Then 3/4/5 of the following - you choose - each on seperate title
Editing
Music
Cinematography or Director of Photography
Casting
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Script
(9) Then Producer(s) - can be more than one
(10) Always finish with Director - one name, usually the same as A Film By ...
(11) Could put title here
Remember to use LiveType and try to make titles interesting. They can be either over black or superimposed over your film. Space them out over the two minutes of the film.Give the audience plenty of time to read the titles. 
(12) Finish with a fade out & fade music out

The Film Industry - Scheme Of Work

Areas of Focus.

•      the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;

•      The importance/influence of the ‘big six’: Disney, Paramount, Warner, Universal, Columbia and 20th C.Fox

•      The problems smaller film companies have.

•      the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;

•       Internet, newspapers, radio, television, billboard posters, Social Media (Facebook/Twitter) etc.

•      the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;

•      Such things as Netflix, Love Film, 3D, home cinema, Digital camera/projector.

•      the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;

•      Eg. 3D, Digital Camera/projector, home cinema, Smart TVs, Laptops, Tablets , the effect of Piracy etc 

•      the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;

•      Internet,  Netflix, Love Film, home cinema, Smart TVs, Laptops, Tablets etc. , Social Media like Facebook and Twitter.

•      the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions

•       How are we targeted? How much choice do we have?

•      the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.

•      Where, When and How do you watch films? What do you watch? How typical are you? Piracy?

The Film Industry Scheme of Work.

1.     The Exam - Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 3-6.

2.     The Basics – the chain of events -- Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 7-10.

An introduction to the problems faced by small, British independent film companies and the way they overcome these problems.

3.     ‘Films of a Life’.  - Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 132-160

4.     ‘Shifty’ a successful ‘micro budget’ film - Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 109-131

5.     Film 4- Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 44-58.

In contrast an introduction to the big six film companies and the importance of the Blockbuster (some Case Studies)

6.     The ‘Big Six’ Production Companies - the importance of Blockbusters - Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 15-24

7.     “Iron Man 3- including the importance of the Chinese market.

       Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 210-240

8.     “The Hunger Games” (look out for how the next film in the series is being promoted)  – Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 161-200

9.     “Prometheus”   - Make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 201-209

         The Chain – Production, Exhibition and Distribution.

10.                        Film Production - make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 11-44.

11.                        Film Distribution (including marketing / publicising a film)

12.                        make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 58-98

13.                        Film Exhibition make notes on the key points from the Main PowerPoint Slides 99-108

…………………………………………

14.                        Past Questions from slides 242 onwards.

You must make sure you can answer all of these questions before the examination.

Section B - The Film Industry

Digipak Template

Shifty

AS Evaluation Questions

Infogram

An Interesting Presentation Tool

This is an interesting method of presentation used in The Guardian. You could use this same method for the following:

• target audience research 
  
• visual representations of your idea for your thriller/music video 
• one of your evaluation questions

You can make your own inforgraphs using a range of different websites. Some are more advanced than others:

Quite an advanced website is https://magic.piktochart.com/ . It has lots of free templates and you can create some really interesting things.  Here is an example:

If you're in need of something a bit more basic and less time consuming then infogr.am  is the one for you
Here is an example:

Target Audience Research | Create Infographics

A third option is http://www.easel.ly/

Here is an example:

easel.ly