Individual Contribution

Each member needs to blog an entry about what he/she personally contributed to the editing process since the audience screening. Your entry should be only a few sentences, but should also be visual. (Screen grab, photo . . . be creative.)

Mark your progress

Screen grab one shot from your film and mark it using the OCR marking criteria (see page 60). Explain your mark and what you need to do next to move it up to the next level.

You may include more than one shot.

Getting Started

Today you must create your own blogs for your group.  Use the assignment sheet to help. A basic blog has been created for you and each group has been given a number for your blog. 

To edit the blog you must log in as dunopening2010@googlemail.com and use the password 'dunravenmedia'. 

Before the end of the lesson:

• Select a template for the blog.
• Go to settings, permissions and then invite Mr Dyas (pdyas@dunraven-school.org.uk) and Ms Taylor (ttaylor@dunraven-school.org.uk) as authors. You may wish to invite yourself (if you want to sign in using your personal email address).
• Create a hyperlink to the Main Film Opening blog so that you can easily check when teachers have posted to it.

The blog may be updated by any member of the group, but it would be useful to elect one member of the group to oversee responsibility.  At the end of entry, add your name as a label. 

You may blog as much as you want.

The blog will be used to evaluate the planning section of your coursework and the link will be sent to the examiner as proof of your work. 

Good luck and get blogging!

Reminders

1. Ms Miah is burning your films BEFORE Thursday, so they must be complete.

2. Please label all your entries. If YOU posted something, put your name to it. All posts should not include the names of everyone in the group.

Audience Feedback from Rough Cut

Blog your audience feedback AND the changes you intend to make because of it.

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Get your Blogs in!

Steps to Success:
1. Research your genre, taking note of the specific techniques used in several films--the conventions of the genre and film openings. BLOG ENTRY: Define your genre, with several examples to back it up. Discuss the genre’s recent success. Explain what happens in film openings.

2.Clearly define the target audience. Conduct audience research, surveying at least 20 people who fit the audience profile. BLOG ENTRY: Define target audience.

3. Pitch your idea to the class. (see separate guidelines) BLOG ENTRY: Your pitch.

4. Make any changes based on the feedback from your pitch. BLOG ENTRY: Feedback from pitch and your response.

5. Find and organise actors, locations, costumes or props. BLOG ENTRY: Explain why you chose particular actors, location, etc. Include images, if possible.

6. Produce a shotlist, script and storyboard. BLOG ENTRY: Describe process, importance and revisions and decisions make along the way.

7. Present your final research and planning to the class.