Farewell

To Do

To do:

• Finish editing
• Post your continuity task, lip syncing video and preliminary music video to your blog
• Do the mini evaluation of the preliminary task and post to your blog
• Read the coursework schedule and begin to research and analyse music videos.

There are plenty of stages of the research and planning section that can be done as an individual.

Analysis of music videos

As part of your research and planning you need to produce at least 3 detailed analysis of different music videos. (See the coursework schedule to see where this fits into the research and planning section.)

Some student examples of this stage can be found here. Click the images to access the examples:

Taylor Swift - Shake it Off.

The 1975 - Girls

Foals - Mountain at my Gates

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful

AS to A2

Over the next few weeks you need to complete the following tasks:

• Continuity film activity (every student to complete and edit)
• 30 second lip synching task (every student to complete and edit)
• 60 seconds music video preliminary task for A2 coursework, consisting of a storyboard, filming and editing. The song choices are on Mr Ford's A2 blog

Set up your new A2 blog: yourname1617.blogspot.co.uk

AS to A2 - continuity task

As part of the transition from AS to A2 you must walk into a room and sit down. 

This activity is the first part of your A2 coursework and must be completed by all students. 

• Work in a group of no more than 4 students. 
• At least 9 shots are needed. 

All students must produce their own storyboard and edit their own version of the footage.

You will complete the task in the following order:

1. Get in to groups of 3 or four
2. Assign roles
3. Storyboard continuity sequence (include: shot description, brief description of action, duration of shot) 
4. Film continuity sequence
5. Edit continuity sequence

Roles:

Actor 1

Actor 2

Director

Camera operator

Shots:

Close up

Extreme close up

Medium shot

Long shot

Match on action

Shot reverse shot

Two shot

Storyboards

Click on image (or use Printable Paper link in Websites list) to access storyboard templates that you may find useful.

A good final product is only as good as its plan. Storyboards are the most important part of planning. You need to complete them properly before you start filming, otherwise the filming and editing process can become a nightmare, and your final product will have a messy 'make do and mend' quality. Plan properly - it will be worth it.

Story boards should contain the following for each shot:

• Shot name
• Duration of shot
• Brief description of action
• Drawing of shot

No stick men/women drawings.

Music Videos. Examples.

Work from this year.

Another example.