Preliminary Exercise

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door,
crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then
exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action,
shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Lessons beginning 9th March

You have submitted a draft powerpoint. The lessons this week will instruct you on how to add in other media elements. These will make your evaluation even more likely to get a good grade.

Lesson 1
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Compare and contrast your own sequence and one which you think has generically influenced you.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? On photoshop cut and paste a character from your opening sequence and one from a real opening sequence that you think has similar representational issues. Compare and contrast.

Lesson 2
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Analyse your own logo/company alongside another company that you think would distribute similar films.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product? Look at the BBFC website. Which classification criteria do you think would be most appropriate for your film and why?
5. How did you attract/address your audience? Use four stills from your sequence and identify how the micro features attempt to engage your target audience.

Lesson 3
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product? Include screen grabs illustrating the equipment and software you have used. What did you learn about using each of them?
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? Include a still from each project. What technical and analytical skills have you learnt from the first project to the second?

Evaluation Questions

Evaluation Questions

These questions need to be answered in draft and in powerpoint by Monday 9th March.


The following questions must be answered in your evaluation PowerPoint:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?