Homework

Develop your ‘character’ into a sequence or scene and comment on how the representation is created through the various media languages – visual, verbal, aural and non-verbal

Due Thursday 10th February  

Today's Lesson

Today again is devoted to YOU moving your edits from iMovie to garageband. Please ensure that you make this move today and begin the sound editing and track laying process.

Ms Ashton will be with you throughout and can help you to progress. Use the time and ensure that you post an evaluation of your process and what you achieved by the end of the lesson.

Today's Class

Our focus today is sound editing.

If you haven't already done so, you will need to complete move from picture edit to sound edit.

1. Complete picture edit including titles
2. tidy up sound, cutting out obvious errors by - detaching audio and then cutting it or splitting it and then putting the sound level to zero
3. you should aim to keep as much of the useable 'natural' sound as possible at this stage - you can fade it, boost it or get rid of it later. TIP: you can often replace sound with that from different clips - ones that you haven't used in picture - and that way get rid of intruding voices and other elements that you don't like. The better prepared this live track and the smoother you can make it the easier the dubbing process will be, the more creative you will be and the better marks you will get.
4. When you are happy with the overall sound for your picture edited BUT undubbed film your are ready to SHARE TO THE MEDIA BROWSER or EXPORT AS QUICKTIME (better quality but takes a little longer). Remember that the picture edit becomes a fixed thing which is hard to change, so don't do this until you are absolutely sure that you have the edit you want, with the titles in place and the basic live sound in good shape.
5. REMEMBER to SAVE into the movies folder on your iMac.
6. NOW OPEN GARAGEBAND and start a new movie project - then import YOUR movie from the right of the screen to the top line of the multitrack screen.
7. You are now ready to begin creating your soundtrack. Think about ALL the different layers of sound you will need and if necessary go and record them today using the video cameras - you will be able to import the sound into garageband - a bit of a fiddle, but possible.

Garageband tutorials

Good luck.

Ms. Ashton will be registering and supervising you this afternoon and I will see you on Thursday to review all the work from the last week.

Edit today

Here is the powerpoint for periods 3 and 4.

Please follow the instructions and complete the work as requested. You need to post details about what you have achieved today.

I was disappointed that the three of you who should have been at the catch-up session yesterday failed to attend. I will be arranging another via letter.

AS edit 3

FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO - SCHEDULE

A reminder of the schedule for completing your FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO.

Deadlines:
PICTURE EDIT:    27th January (revised)
SOUND EDIT:        8th February (revised)
EVALUATIONS:   22nd February (revised)
BLOG / WIX:          8th March (revised)

To achieve these deadlines you will need to use the facilities out of hours. Please ensure that you book.

I will be deducting marks for late completion of the various stages.

TELEVISION DRAMA - CATCH-UP

I have noticed from blogs a level of inconsistency in your work which needs to be addressed.

This is what you all need on the TV Drama page:

• Christmas holiday notes on TWO TV dramas including Eastenders.
• Reflective notes on the media languages we have learnt about, please use the notes you made in class and consolidate this on your blog.
• Detailed analytical notes from our viewing of the opening of FIVE DAYS - you should have the notes on the language you focussed on AND make an attempt to comment on the other four.
• Your HW analysis of your chosen TV drama, see list on previous post.
• Notes and analysis of Byker Grove, White Girl and The Bill from Tuesday.

I am arranging a Compulsory Catch-up session for next Wednesday after school for those of you who do NOT have this completed by Tuesday's lesson.

PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A RESOURCE FOR YOU, SO WRITE IN A DISCIPLINED, ACCURATE AND THOUGHTFUL WAY USING THE TERMINOLOGY THAT YOU KNOW.

Editing

Please find editing presentation.



OCR as Media Studies Editing

SPRING TERM - DAY 1

Please remember to have completed the Homework set at the end of last term.

You need to set up a new page on your blog entitled TV DRAMA and place your homework on this page.

Remember: you were to watch TWO dramas one of which was Eastenders and analyse the conventions of the dramas:

Length, storyline, characters, period, settings/locations, genre, ensemble cast or star vehicle, dramatic hooks, ongoing or one off, advertising breaks or not and their position, narrative style: linea (in story order), circular (often leaving characters where they began), eliptical (moving backwards and forwards in time using flashbacks and other devices).

Have a go.


Mr H

PS. All equipment borrowed must be returned Tuesday.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

Watch BRITISH TV dramas over the holidays - try to see a range of dramas and from them pick two which you are going to analyse in some detail.


What to analyse:


What are the conventions of TV drama?
Think about: storyline/plot, characters, length of episode, setting, theme.


Ensure that you have set up a NEW PAGE on your blog for TV DRAMA.
The first post is going to be your detailed analysis of the TWO drama's YOU WATCH.
Important: one of these drama's should be an episode of Eastenders, the other can be a drama of your choice as long as it is British.

FIRSTLIGHT

Firstlight

Check out the link to find out about funding for short films.