TV Drama Exam

Below is a selection of past exam clips from Section A. Have a go at writing your own analysis at home.

Clip 1: Age

Clip 2: Gender

Clip 3: Sexuality

Clip 4: Gender

Clip 5: Gender

Clip 6: Disability

Clip 7: Ethnicity

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

Shifty

AS Evaluation Questions

Christmas Holiday Blog Catch Up

Over Christmas catch up on your blog. You need to have completed the following posts on your blog:

• Welcome Post
• Macro Features:
• Genre
• Narrative
• Micro Feature:
• Cinematography (Shot Type/Camera Movements)
• Camera Exercise (Embedded from Youtube)
• Camera Exercise Evaluation
• Micro Feature:
• Sound
• Sound Exercise (Embedded from YouTube)
• Sound Exercise Evaluation
• Thriller Recipe and Conventions (i.e. MacGuffin, etc.)
• Alfred Hitchcock
• North By NorthWest Analysis
• Psycho Analysis
• The Birds Analysis
• The Manchurian Candidate Analysis
• Micro Feature:
• Lighting
• Lighting Exercise (Embedded from Blog/YouTube) 
• Mise - en - Scene
• Continuity Editing
• Speed of Editing
• Style of Editing
• Preliminary Exercise (Embedded from YouTube)
• Preliminary Exercise Evaluation
• Past Student Thriller Analysis (http://www.youtube.com/user/robertclackmedia/videos?flow=grid&view=1)
• Collateral
• Source Code
• No Country For Old Men
• Planning Documents
• Treatment
• Shooting Schedule
• Location Sheet
• Costumes and Props
• Shot List
• Risk Assessment
• Storyboard
• Animatic
• Analysis of Title Sequences
• Own Title Sequence
• Production Company Ident Analysis
• Production Company Ident (Embed)

The Catalyst - Michael Banahene, Connor Heather, Joe Glenister, Tom Cameron

Waking Up - By Connor Cahill-Hayes & Aaron Gaston

Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

AS Media Studies – Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

Your task is to critically assess your Preliminary Exercise.

      ·        Start by explaining the story you were trying to tell

      ·        Did you include all of the listed editing techniques, if not, why not?

      ·        Carefully explain how you created each of the following:

o   Match on Action

o   Eye line Match

o   Shot, Reverse Shot

o   180 Degree

      ·        Critically assess your own technical capabilities.

o   Did you use each technique accurately?

o   Did you make any mistakes? If so, what went wrong and what would you do differently next time?

      ·        Overall

o   What are the most positive elements of your film (what did you do well?)

o   Where in your film would you need to make improvements?

At the end of the course you will have to assess the progress you have made from this task to the final product.  You will be able to make reference to this piece of work.

Complete this assignment in Microsoft Word first, then post it on your blog

Preliminary Task

You will be demonstrating understanding of continuity editing in the first piece of 

coursework.

This is the PRELIMINARY TASK

This must be completed and posted onto your blog before you begin the THRILLER COURSEWORK

The preliminary task is a demonstration of CONTINUITY EDITING. It must show you can successfully use:

• Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• 180 degree rule
• Eyeline match

In the sequence we should see the following action unfold:

• Character A walks towards a closed door
• Character A enters through the door and crosses a room to where character B is seated.
• Characters A and B exchange a few lines of dialogue.
• There is at least one use of an eyeline match
• Character A exits the room

    Script:

Character A Enters the room and walks toward Character B.

Character A:                  Do you have it?

Character B:                  What’s the password?

A:                                 Which way are the birds flying?

B:                                  South. Have you got the money?

A:                                  Yes. (Hands over envelope)

Character B hands over the package. Character A exits the room.

AS Half Term Blog Catch-up!!!

By the end of Half Term you need to have completed the following posts on your blog:

• Welcome Post
• Macro Features:
• Genre
• Narrative
• Micro Feature:
• Cinematography (Shot Type/Camera Movements)
• Camera Exercise (Embedded from Youtube)
• Camera Exercise Evaluation
• Micro Feature:
• Sound
• Sound Exercise (Embedded from YouTube)
• Sound Exercise Evaluation
• Thriller Recipe and Conventions (i.e. MacGuffin, etc.)
• Alfred Hitchcock
• North By NorthWest Analysis
• Psycho Analysis
• The Birds Analysis
• The Manchurian Candidate Analysis
• Micro Feature:
• Lighting
• Lighting Exercise (Embedded from Blog/YouTube) 
• Mise - en - Scene

Psycho

The Manchurian Candidate

The Birds

North By Northwest

Thriller Recipe

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AS MEDIA: EXAM TOPIC: IMAX TECHNOLOGY

Big screen technologies imax

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EXAM TOPIC: SHIFTY

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Shifty : A Case Study

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