Planning: Mise-En-Scene: Locations

Preliminary Task - Locations 

Preliminary Task: Creating A Storyboard From Initial Ideas

12 Shot Challenge

In todays lesson, we were tasked with the '12 Shot Challenge' - This is where we have only 12 shots to complete our Preliminary Task. To begin with, we created a list of our ideas for camera shots, camera angles and camera movements:

1. An establishing shot of the field and the base in the background.
2. Long shot of un-named figure from behind walking towards the base.
3. Crabbing shot (close-up) of the figures feet.
4. Birds eye view of figure climbing through a window.
5. Mid-shot of figure (from the inside) climbing through the window, pan slowly towards the door as the figure walks towards it.
6. Close-up of hand on the door.
7. Girls Point-of-View of door opening and the figure walking towards her.
8. Mid-shot of duct tape getting ripped off the girl.
9. Over the shoulder shot facing towards the figure.
10. Close-up of girls face.
11. Extreme close-up of girls teary eyes.
12. Over the shoulder shot facing the figure who then proceeds to take off the mask.

We then created storyboards, created dialogue for the characters and imagined what the shots would look like whilst filming.

Here are the storyboards:

Storyboards For Preliminary Task 

This exercise has helped me understand how to pre-plan for tasks within media. I have learnt the importance of planning as it helps me visualise the final product of the Preliminary Task.

Preliminary Task: First Ideas

An unidentified figure opens a door and walks into a dim lit room with a young female tied up in the centre. The figure then proceeds towards the girl and rips the duct tape from her mouth. Conversation continues and the girl, at the end, finds out who her kidnapper is.

Understanding And Applying Basic Terminology

Over the Shoulder Angle

High Angle

Low Angle

Long Shot

Mid Shot

Close-Up

Extreme Close-Up

Two Shot

Point-Of-View Shot

Establishing Shot

Camera Movements - 180 rule. OCR How to Guide with Karl Davis

OCR Media Studies - Basic Camera Shots

OCR Media Studies, How to Guide. Basic Camera Angles

OCR Media Studies - Camera Movements

Foundation Portfolio: What Is It?

50% of your grade will be earned through your Foundation Portfolio. This consists of a preliminary task and a main task, the details of which can be found below.

The Preliminary Task is designed to illustrate the processes of pre-production, production and post-production that will be required, albeit in more detail, when you come to undertake the Main Task. The Preliminary Task is not marked but MUST be completed and submitted alongside the Main Task to the examiner. If it is not completed, marks are deducted from your Main Task.

The Main Task is marked out of 100. These marks are broken down as follows:

20 marks - Research into similar media products and planning of your own media product.
60 marks - Construction of your own media product including filiming and editing.
20 marks - Evaluation of your own media product.

All of your work must be posted to your blog as this will be accessed by the examiner in May of 2016.

For each of the criteria above, marks are available in 4 levels with level 4 being the highest. 

The progress thermometer below shows the key words for each level of the mark scheme.

This is what you have to do:

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.

Main Task

The titles and opening of a new teen horror film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks must be completed as a group. Maximum four members to a group.

Me As A Consumer Of The Media

My favourite type of medium is the internet because it enables me to connect with family and friends by a variety of social media sites. It  also allows me to explore my love of music further through the means of YouTube and Spotify.  

Here is my favourite song that I discovered due to the internet: CLICK HERE