FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO

A few important dates that I thought you should be aware of.

• AS PRODUCTION WEEK 1
• 24th - 30th January
• AS PRODUCTION WEEK 2
• 31st January - 6th February

All groups will have access to the following equipment during these weeks ONLY and you should be planning your film openings accordingly.

• Equipment list:
• Canon Camcorder with SD card, charger and bag
• Tripod
• LED light and charger

You are welcome to use your own camera facilities BUT you must ensure that the material which you film/record is uploaded to an iMacs in C1.

Also available subject to insurance, transport, storyboard and schedule:

• green screen facilities
• croma key facilities in Heart
• dolly and tracks (2 kits)
• additional lighting

Although we have been focussing a lot recently in my lessons on representations, it is a given that you should be working independently on your FOundation Portfolios and preparing for the film shoots next January and February. 

Editing and Sound post-production

• Editing will be on the iMacs in C1 and in order to achieve a good grade you will need to spend several hours after school. This all counts towards your final grade and is justified in my mark. From January therefore a booking sheet will be available for the iMacs. 
• Sound post production does require some special mention as it is one of the nest ways to improve your grade. Recording sound effects, writing music and enhancing the sound of the film is a vital part of the process and there are some additional resources in the Heart which we will be making available for this.

In the meantime, it is essential that you all continue to work on your Portfolios and to update them with the research and planning tasks you have undertaken to date. Also ensure that I have been invited to the blog or I shan't be able to advise.

FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

Well done all today - you were very focussed and there were a lot of good ideas, observations and comment.

Now I need you all to turn this into something solid called the ESSAY - the clip and essay title are on the TV drama page as always.

Having done a quick check through the blogs it is clear that not everyone has written the first two essays - make sure that they are there or face the consequences.

FINALLY

I am still awaiting invitations to the Foundation Portfolio blogs from a number of you - these MUST be sent immediately and you must also adjust you BLOG settings along the lines I have suggested in an earlier post. Any questions please let me know.

INVITATIONS TO YOUR FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO BLOGS

SO far I have received few if any.

Please invite me ASAP.

remember that you MUST have your work on the 9 frame and your storyboard completed by tomorrow.

TV DRAMA HOMEWORK

ALl details can be found on the G322 TV drama page.

Don't forget that your 9 frame analysis and storyboards MUST be completed for Tuesday P1.

SECURITY!

Due to changes in our school internet usage policy we have to make some important changes to the way we use the blogs.

Please do the following.

Go to SETTINGS
Then PERMISSIONS
Change people who can read the blog to ONLY PEOPLE I CHOOSE
The add my email - tholloway@(at the usual school address)

Then save - you may add each other from your group but no one from outside the class.

PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY IT IS IMPORTANT

HOME STUDY

For your home study you must complete the script and storyboards in detail.

These should show how codes, narrative, characters are revealled. It is about showing us your thinking as well as making powerful working doucments for your own films.

These will be due on Friday and should be on your blogs (scripts) or on paper for Storyboards - if you can get them onto the script brilliant.

DON'T FORGET THAT YOU ALSO OWE THE ESSAY ON PRIMEVAL FOR FRIDAY TOO.

Representation

AS L5&6 med & rep

NARRATIVE

AS L4 Narr

1st November

AS OCR Aut2 L1 2011

WORK REVIEW