KEY:You should have a top (horizontal) links list, with:
LL = links list
RSS = RSS feed!
OG = other gadget
- Group partner/s blogs
- your YouTube
- their YouTube/s
- any group YouTube
- pitch
- audience summary
- industry summary
- social media1 [make context, eg as artist or as record label or manager or design agency]
- social media2
- social media3 (if in a group of 3)
- final cut
- EvalQ1 Conventions/representations
- EvalQ2 Aud engagement/distribution
- EvalQ3 How production skills developed
- EvalQ4 Technologies
OG pageviews
OG blog archive
OG followers
OG About me (optional, feel free to remove)
LL Eval Qs
Obviously no posts in this until January!
LL: Vodcasts (all)
You'll have separate, shorter lists for topics like General Conventions, but this helps highlight the range of your vodcasting.
LL: Key websites I've used
BoxOfficeMojo, IMDB, film Wikis, the-numbers.com, Film Guardian, artofthetitle, ... Any further suggestions (great sites for film-related research), please pass on as a comment to this post
LL: Blogs I've used
That includes past student blogs you've looked at
RSS: (all Film Guardian, + any others you've added)
- Box Office UK
- Working Title
- NBC-Universal
OG our Twitter feed see links at the bottom of this post
OG our Insta feed
These require some HTML tweaks - see the links at the bottom of this post.
LL: Media theories I've tackled
As you encounter theories, you should add individual posts on each, eg THEORY1 auteur. Other examples: big six, Gant Rule, Bechdel test, Stuart Hall's readings, Proppian archetypes... Avoid copy/pasting from me or websites; explain in your own words (adding detail with hyperlinked/sourced quotes if you like). Give an example of how YOU would APPLY this (eg detail Proppian archetypes seen in 1 or more film openings), even if you simply copy/paste from 1 of your own posts. This will help hugely with exam prep, this year and next!
LL: General Conventions research
OG our Insta feed
These require some HTML tweaks - see the links at the bottom of this post.
LL: Media theories I've tackled
As you encounter theories, you should add individual posts on each, eg THEORY1 auteur. Other examples: big six, Gant Rule, Bechdel test, Stuart Hall's readings, Proppian archetypes... Avoid copy/pasting from me or websites; explain in your own words (adding detail with hyperlinked/sourced quotes if you like). Give an example of how YOU would APPLY this (eg detail Proppian archetypes seen in 1 or more film openings), even if you simply copy/paste from 1 of your own posts. This will help hugely with exam prep, this year and next!
LL: General Conventions research
LL: General Film Openings I've Analysed
Use YT trailers/openings/full film or Wiki for the link (or an individual post on it). general is simply defined as openings explored before research switched to genre examples.
LL: YouTube playlists of films I've analysed + other resources
Build playlists as you go, using shared or individual YT channel. These can overlap (1 film in multiple playlists) + would include: Past coursework film openings; General film openings [break this + others down into topics if you wish]; X Genre film openings; Key influences. Other resources might be themed by director/s, SFX, company/ies, age rating; any area you think useful. You'll also embed these eventually into a single post.
Use YT trailers/openings/full film or Wiki for the link (or an individual post on it). general is simply defined as openings explored before research switched to genre examples.
LL: YouTube playlists of films I've analysed + other resources
Build playlists as you go, using shared or individual YT channel. These can overlap (1 film in multiple playlists) + would include: Past coursework film openings; General film openings [break this + others down into topics if you wish]; X Genre film openings; Key influences. Other resources might be themed by director/s, SFX, company/ies, age rating; any area you think useful. You'll also embed these eventually into a single post.
LL: Podcasts
These should be posted weekly, with brief textual summary of contents
LL: Genre Films I've Analysed
Use YT trailers/openings/full film or Wiki for the link (or an individual post on it).
These should be posted weekly, with brief textual summary of contents
LL: Genre Films I've Analysed
Use YT trailers/openings/full film or Wiki for the link (or an individual post on it).
LL: Genre: Additional research
Director case study for example; history/timeline; key films/directors/companies. For social realism you need to look at the history including the 1920s-40s British Documentary Movement; 1950s/60s French New Wave and Italian neo-realism, and British New Wave (often referred to as kitchen sink dramas, on both TV and in cinema). Ken Loach and Mike Leigh are key directors, arguably Shane Meadows. You'll be looking at budgets/box office (contextualised by comparison with mainstream films - eg WT's + other (US) NBC-U tentpole productions. Production strategies reflected in low budgets (eg of Warp - stars/casting; IP, franchise, CGI/SFX - and lack of these!). Micro-budget productions. BBFC age rating, distribution, self-distribution, Netflix/Amazon, convergence (TV/film) may all go here and also appear on other links lists.
Director case study for example; history/timeline; key films/directors/companies. For social realism you need to look at the history including the 1920s-40s British Documentary Movement; 1950s/60s French New Wave and Italian neo-realism, and British New Wave (often referred to as kitchen sink dramas, on both TV and in cinema). Ken Loach and Mike Leigh are key directors, arguably Shane Meadows. You'll be looking at budgets/box office (contextualised by comparison with mainstream films - eg WT's + other (US) NBC-U tentpole productions. Production strategies reflected in low budgets (eg of Warp - stars/casting; IP, franchise, CGI/SFX - and lack of these!). Micro-budget productions. BBFC age rating, distribution, self-distribution, Netflix/Amazon, convergence (TV/film) may all go here and also appear on other links lists.
LL: Ideas: the evolution
You should have (usually short but ...) clear posts on every idea thats been considered. Once the final idea has been detailed in a post, further changes would be noted in posts entitled IDEA UPDATE1 etc, not just IDEA.
You should have (usually short but ...) clear posts on every idea thats been considered. Once the final idea has been detailed in a post, further changes would be noted in posts entitled IDEA UPDATE1 etc, not just IDEA.
LL: Industry research
This is a very broad category you may wish to break down into smaller areas later. Issues include box office analysis + Gant rule, Indie v studio/subsidiary, big 6, convergence + disruption (decline of physical media but also multi-format + editionalising to monetise this; Netflix + Amazon + Google Play specifically, piracy, marketing (keep notes for Eval Q on this in an unpublished draft post), BBFC/MPAA etc, release dates/strategy, cinemas' response to home cinema (IMAX, 3D, Real-3D, Universal's Prima [see blog tag], Curzon's directors' Q+A for members, adult-friendly boutique cinemas, tie-ins eg with Orange etc)
This is a very broad category you may wish to break down into smaller areas later. Issues include box office analysis + Gant rule, Indie v studio/subsidiary, big 6, convergence + disruption (decline of physical media but also multi-format + editionalising to monetise this; Netflix + Amazon + Google Play specifically, piracy, marketing (keep notes for Eval Q on this in an unpublished draft post), BBFC/MPAA etc, release dates/strategy, cinemas' response to home cinema (IMAX, 3D, Real-3D, Universal's Prima [see blog tag], Curzon's directors' Q+A for members, adult-friendly boutique cinemas, tie-ins eg with Orange etc)
LL: Initial audience research
Primary: audience survey to establish suitability (if the numbers aren't encouraging, respond: what will you do to boost hopes of successfully appealing to this aud?); moodboard of male + female aud members. Secondary: typical BBFC, MPAA + any other national ratings (its useful to note the huge differences across countries); typical box office to establish appeal (there are outliers like Secrets and Lies, Slumdog Millionaire, Billy Elliot that break the trend); quotes from box office columns, books etc on that genre's audience or challenges it faces
Primary: audience survey to establish suitability (if the numbers aren't encouraging, respond: what will you do to boost hopes of successfully appealing to this aud?); moodboard of male + female aud members. Secondary: typical BBFC, MPAA + any other national ratings (its useful to note the huge differences across countries); typical box office to establish appeal (there are outliers like Secrets and Lies, Slumdog Millionaire, Billy Elliot that break the trend); quotes from box office columns, books etc on that genre's audience or challenges it faces
LL: Pre-production planning docs
This is where marks are often lost - many of these are specifically in the markscheme: script/screenplay; storyboards; shotlists/call sheets; animatic; moodboards; pitch.
This is where marks are often lost - many of these are specifically in the markscheme: script/screenplay; storyboards; shotlists/call sheets; animatic; moodboards; pitch.
LL: Pre-production organisation
Casting, rehearsals; costume, props, make-up; location scouting. Its a good idea to add a post, IDEA: summary of how it evolved, to link here.
Casting, rehearsals; costume, props, make-up; location scouting. Its a good idea to add a post, IDEA: summary of how it evolved, to link here.
LL: Practice exercises
Prelim; Tyrannosaur swede; microdrama if there's time
Prelim; Tyrannosaur swede; microdrama if there's time
LL: Production schedule and updates
The pitch should include an early draft plan to get done by Xmas, regularly updated with a SCHEDULE UPDATE1 post whenever required (eg for re-shoot or a shoot is cancelled)
The pitch should include an early draft plan to get done by Xmas, regularly updated with a SCHEDULE UPDATE1 post whenever required (eg for re-shoot or a shoot is cancelled)
A google calendar (from the combined group account) is a smart tool to use, + screenshot in schedule posts. It could be usefully embedded at the bottom of the blog (not the side) - google to see how (I've blogged on this in mediatechtips too)
LL: Sample scenes, rough cuts, final cut
The sooner you start sample scenes - these would boost any pitch - the better. Never film without blogging - if it looks awful upon review, fine - blog it, explain why, and detail what you'll change to get better results. Such material is important to evidence "THE JOURNEY", a key phrase in the markscheme.
The sooner you start sample scenes - these would boost any pitch - the better. Never film without blogging - if it looks awful upon review, fine - blog it, explain why, and detail what you'll change to get better results. Such material is important to evidence "THE JOURNEY", a key phrase in the markscheme.
LL: Audience feedback
As much as possible, try to blog some audience feedback on every sample or rough cut, no matter how minimal, + post a clear response to this (which could be disagreeing with sample audience views sometimes). Include within a single post with the footage or split as you prefer. If in a single post, then add + AUDIENCE FEEDBACK to the links list title for sample scenes etc
As much as possible, try to blog some audience feedback on every sample or rough cut, no matter how minimal, + post a clear response to this (which could be disagreeing with sample audience views sometimes). Include within a single post with the footage or split as you prefer. If in a single post, then add + AUDIENCE FEEDBACK to the links list title for sample scenes etc
LL: Shoots
Best to keep a single post for every shoot, in which you post (updating the post as you go): PLANNING (shotlists etc; script updates; location scouting; set dressing/costuming/mise-en-scene plans); RUSHES (a few clips before you've had time to actually edit; any edited behind-the-scenes which evidences set-dressing, production [using call sheets], directing, cinematography setup etc - such material is key for the social media); REFLECTION (how did the shoot go? Anything unplanned added? Re-shoot or follow-up shoot needed? Sound issues to note and tackle in post as Foley sound? Logistical issues with transport, catering, lighting etc?)
Best to keep a single post for every shoot, in which you post (updating the post as you go): PLANNING (shotlists etc; script updates; location scouting; set dressing/costuming/mise-en-scene plans); RUSHES (a few clips before you've had time to actually edit; any edited behind-the-scenes which evidences set-dressing, production [using call sheets], directing, cinematography setup etc - such material is key for the social media); REFLECTION (how did the shoot go? Anything unplanned added? Re-shoot or follow-up shoot needed? Sound issues to note and tackle in post as Foley sound? Logistical issues with transport, catering, lighting etc?)
LL: Uses of technology
You can set up single posts to add to, and later tidy up, or multiple posts (in which case, multiple links lists). Topics include: Final Cut Pro X, Blogger, online research, sharing documents, group comms + communicating with cast, AV kit, social media, etc
You can set up single posts to add to, and later tidy up, or multiple posts (in which case, multiple links lists). Topics include: Final Cut Pro X, Blogger, online research, sharing documents, group comms + communicating with cast, AV kit, social media, etc
LL: Misc
The brief, assessment criteria etc - anything that doesn't fit in with another links list. If you spot a useful theme, then give it its own links list.
The brief, assessment criteria etc - anything that doesn't fit in with another links list. If you spot a useful theme, then give it its own links list.
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