Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Task - teach us a lesson

If you have completed ALL outstanding video work - you will undertake this task:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9hn1oU4BLukY1QyTW1nSEIwSlk

TEACH US A LESSON - Vimeo project (You demonstrate!)

examples:
http://vimeo.com/29077826

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUjwbJK8fQ

You must film yourself talking or demonstrating something that you have learned about filmmaking

3 minutes

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

3 parts

Unit 3

FILM 1:

The Film and TV Industry (3.1)

1 Know how the creative media sector is structured
Sector: television; radio; press; publishing; film; interactive media; computer games; photography and photo imaging; advertising and marketing
Size, shape and structure: geographical scope, eg multinational, national, local; status, eg small-size and medium-size businesses, independent, subsidiary; structure, eg private, public, cross-media

You will film and edit a one-two minute documentary on the structure of the film and TV industry.

You will highlight the way in which TV operates regionally (Midlands – e.g. Burton News TV), nationally (Channel 4)
and internationally (Fox) differs in the way the industry is structured with reference to national and international companies.
You will highlight how film operates regionally (EM Media), nationally (Film 4, British Film Council) and Internationally (Hollywood studios)
You will name specific film and TV companies and discuss the wider patterns of ownership (e.g. 20th Century Fox is part of the Fox Network owned by Rupert Murdock).
You will discuss the pros and cons of each industry

The film MUST describe the industry and show how it fits into the creative media sector as a whole.

You can use youtube footage but you must film some parts – even if it is yourself talking about your findings.



FILM 2:

Job Roles (3.2)

2 Know about job roles and conditions of employment in a creative media industry
Job roles: eg technical, creative, editorial, managerial, sales and marketing, administration, financial
Professional working practices: codes of practice, eg BBC guidelines, web accessibility guidelines (W3C), press codes of conduct, advertising standards; legal restrictions, eg libel law, Misuse of Computers Act, Race Discrimination Act
Contracts, conditions and pay: contracts, eg full-time permanent, part-time permanent, fixed-term, freelance; work patterns, eg shift work, office hours, irregular and anti-social hours; pay, eg salaried, hourly, on completion

You will create a short film (documentary), 2-3 minutes, on job roles and conditions of employment in section of the creative media (film, TV, photography and graphics)

Your film will show an understanding of specific job roles in an industry within the creative media sector (film, TV, photography), the skills needed to be able to successfully apply for a job, and how people are recruited into these roles.

You will also identify and describe the main jobs in the chosen industry.

You will explain how jobs relate to one another and there will be an awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of roles.

You will film at least one interview (this could be with anyone – as long as it is relevant. E.g. A tutor)


FILM 3

Gaining Employment (3.3)

3 Know how to gain employment in a creative media industry
Skills and qualifications: education and training, eg full-time and part-time education, training on the job, continuing professional development, self-training, Level 2, Level 3, graduate, post-graduate; sources of information, eg Sector Skills Councils (Skillset, Creative and Cultural Skills, e-Skills), unions, careers services, trade and other publications
Transferable skills: personal attributes, eg knowledge and skills, commitment, efficiency, reliability, punctuality, self-presentation; key skills, eg number, communication, working with others, improving own performance
Methods of recruitment: national press; trade press; internet; word of mouth; personal contacts; internal promotion

You will produce a short documentary film (3-5 minutes), which highlights a particular job that you would like to pursue in the creative media sector (film, TV, graphics or photography)…

You will film at least one interview.

Your film will highlight (3.3):

Skills and qualifications: what do you need to gain a specific role in the industry?
Transferable skills: what skills are needed? (personal attributes, eg knowledge and skills, commitment, efficiency, reliability, punctuality, self-presentation; key skills, communication, working with others, improving own performance)

Methods of recruitment: where do employers advertise? (national press; trade press; internet; word of mouth; personal contacts; internal promotion)

Finally, it will also indicate possible career paths within the industry and describe how to get started on a career in the industry.

Monday, 26 March 2012

Tuesday 26th

Tomorrow you will be editing film 3 of your current assignment

I also expect you to submit the other films plus any research...

see you tomorrow

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Film 3 - planning

FILM 3 - Gaining Employment (3.3)

You will produce a short documentary film (3-5 minutes), which highlights a particular job that you would like to pursue in the creative media sector (film, TV, graphics or photography)…containing at least one interview.

Your film will highlight (3.3):

Skills and qualifications: what do you need to gain a specific role in the industry? Education and training, eg full-time and part-time education, training on the job,
continuing professional development, self-training, Level 2, Level 3, graduate, post-graduate; sources of information, eg Sector Skills Councils, unions, careers services, trade and other publications

Transferable skills: what skills are needed? (personal attributes, eg knowledge and skills, commitment, efficiency, reliability, punctuality, self-presentation; key skills, communication, working with others, improving own performance)

Methods of recruitment: where do employers advertise? (national press; trade press; internet; word of mouth; personal contacts; internal promotion)

Finally, it will also indicate possible career paths within the industry and describe how to get started on a career in the industry.

This film is to be completed by 27th March 2012


To achieve a Pass: In relation to recruitment, learners will provide an unelaborated but accurate outline of the main methods of recruitment used in the chosen industry, and will summarise the skills, education, training and personal attributes required of an employee in that industry.

To achieve a Merit: Learners will provide a detailed description of the methods of recruitment used in the chosen industry, and will describe in detail the skills, education, training and personal attributes required of an employee in that industry, relating these to specific examples of jobs or aspects of jobs. A merit grade learner might note the connections between one aspect of recruitment and another – how, for example, personal attributes such as commitment and punctuality will enable someone to get the most out of education and training.

To achieve a Distinction: As well as explaining fully, and in relation to well-detailed examples, the methods of recruitment and the skills, education, training and attributes required of employees in the chosen industry, learners will show a more sophisticated awareness of the employment market, showing, for instance, some understanding of the relative difficulty of getting certain types of job, or the advantages and disadvantages of certain ways of obtaining employment.

to be submitted next Tuesday

Vertical Videos

One day task (vimeo weekend project)....

"Our computer screens and trips to movie theaters have biased our eyeballs. When we think of video, our first thought most likely includes films snuggled safely into the 16:9 or 4:3 format....LIKE THIS

4:3 (similar to older, square televisions)

16:9 (like most modern TV sets)

But that's not the only way! Turn a camera sideways and you've got a whole new world of compositional possibilities. Not convinced? Check out Jesse Rosten's beautiful video, Beach Verticals: vimeo.com/10453905



Today you to should forget tradition and flip your camera 90°! But don't let this rotation change your aesthetic sensibilities, if you need a little inspiration, head over to the Tallscreen Channel: vimeo.com/groups/tallscreen

The restrictions are as follows: Your video must be a vertical and made of static shots (i.e. with a tripod).

Think of it as a photograph that moves and use this opportunity to capture something subtle, like the slight movement of leaves in the wind, or the hint of a smile on a friends face"

Working in pairs, you are to make 3 videos (each 30 seconds-1 minute long):

1. Nature
2. People
3. Architecture

Editing - 10.15

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Today

You will prepare your script and shoot for film 2 - by the end of the session you will have a completed idea and a schedule for filming over the next week.

This video is to be edited in next weeks class

Final Documentaries

FILM 2 - Job Roles (3.2)

You will create a short film (documentary), 2-3 minutes, on job roles and conditions of employment in a section of the creative media (choose an area: film, TV, photography and graphics)

Your film will show an understanding of specific job roles in an industry within the creative media sector, the skills needed to be able to successfully apply for a job, and how people are recruited into these roles.

Your film will highlight (3.2):

• Job roles: Technical and creative roles
• Professional working practices: codes of practice, guidelines (e.g. BBC guidelines), legal restrictions
• Contracts, conditions and pay: contracts, freelance, hourly

You will also identify and describe the main jobs in the chosen industry.

You will explain how jobs relate to one another and there will be an awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of roles.

You will film at least one interview (this could be with anyone – as long as it is relevant. E.g. A tutor)

This film is to be completed by 13th March 2012

To achieve a Pass: Learners will identify the main job roles in an industry in the creative media sector by correctly naming them. Coverage of the main job roles in the industry under consideration is required but not all possible job roles need to be covered: for the film industry, for example, the main technical and creative roles would be sufficient. Tutors must apply their professional knowledge and judgement here.


To achieve a Merit: Learners will describe with some detail the main job roles in an industry in the creative media sector, giving examples of, for instance, the type of jobs such a person might work on, or referring to case studies of typical employees in those roles. The type of things done in a given job will be elaborated upon, and the way in which that job relates to others (in, for example, a career structure) will be noted.


To achieve a Distinction: Learners will provide a full coverage of the job roles in a chosen industry (with the proviso that some industries – such as film – are so large and extensive that absolutely complete coverage would not be expected). How different jobs relate to one another will be explained, and there will be a more sophisticated awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of certain types of job in relation to, for example, the kind of contract or work patterns likely to be associated with it.


                                                    


FILM 3 Gaining Employment (3.3)

You will produce a short documentary film (3-5 minutes), which highlights a particular job that you would like to pursue in the creative media sector (film, TV, graphics or photography)…containing at least one interview.

Your film will highlight (3.3):

Skills and qualifications: what do you need to gain a specific role in the industry?

Transferable skills: what skills are needed? (personal attributes, eg knowledge and skills, commitment, efficiency, reliability, punctuality, self-presentation; key skills, communication, working with others, improving own performance)

Methods of recruitment: where do employers advertise? (national press; trade press; internet; word of mouth; personal contacts; internal promotion)

Finally, it will also indicate possible career paths within the industry and describe how to get started on a career in the industry.

This film is to be completed by 27th March 2012

To achieve a Pass: In relation to recruitment, learners will provide an unelaborated but accurate outline of the main methods of recruitment used in the chosen industry, and will summarise the skills, education, training and personal attributes required of an employee in that industry.


To achieve a Merit: Learners will provide a detailed description of the methods of recruitment used in the chosen industry, and will describe in detail the skills, education, training and personal attributes required of an employee in that industry, relating these to specific examples of jobs or aspects of jobs. A merit grade learner might note the connections between one aspect of recruitment and another – how, for example, personal attributes such as commitment and punctuality will enable someone to get the most out of education and training.


To achieve a Distinction: As well as explaining fully, and in relation to well-detailed examples, the methods of recruitment and the skills, education, training and attributes required of employees in the chosen industry, learners will show a more sophisticated awareness of the employment market, showing, for instance, some understanding of the relative difficulty of getting certain types of job, or the advantages and disadvantages of certain ways of obtaining employment.