Planning: Mise-En-Scene: Casting

Henry (age 16) is a sixth-former. Henry is a sporty character and is quite tall. He may also come across as quite arrogant or rude. Henry will be played by George. He is a good choice for this role because he is confident and also matches the height and age of the character, Henry. He also has knowledge of drama skills. This would make it easier for him to effectively portray the character. 

Rob (age 12) is a year 7 student. Rob is shy and slightly awkward and  antisocial. His hobbies include playing video games in his free time. Rob will be played by James. He is a good choice for this role because he is similar age to Rob and he is also a bit shy.

Planning: Mise-En-Scene: Location Planning

This is an establishing shot of the school, which is also our first shot on our storyboard. The school is easily accessible, and therefore would be an appropriate location for this shot. It will be also be suitable because it realistically sets the scene and shows that the following shots will be taken from within the building. 

We have chosen to take a long shot from the food technology corridor as our second shot as it would become clear to the audience that Henry has entered the school, and is on his way to the classroom, in which the scene will be set in. 

 The remaining shots will be taken inside the food technology room. This is the room where the main plot of the scene is going to be set. We have chosen this room because in our storyboard, it is set in a food technology room, within a school. Ovens and other kitchen appliances are visible in the background, which would make the scene more believable to the audience. 

Preliminary Task: Creating A Story Board From Inital Ideas.

Our group have created a 12 shot story board for two minuets worth of film. this film will consist of two characters (Henry, 16, and Rob, 12) exchanging a few lines of dialog and will be located in the food technology room. We've decided to film the clip in this location as it would make it more simple and realistic. The 12 shot challenge has helped us to carefully identify appropriate camera movements, angles and shots and when to use them within out film. this will make it much more straight forward when it comes to the actual process of filming our video clip.

In the lesson I have learnt about the effectiveness of the different types of camera angles, movements and shots and also how to use our ideas to create a useful storyboard. I've also figured how to embed a PowerPoint slide into my blog, through Slide Share.

12 shot challenge from LaraJMartin

Preliminary Task: First Ideas

Henry, 16, opens the door to the food tech room, walks in and sits opposite Rob, 11, and then steals his carton of milk. the theft of the mil is discussed through two lines of dialog.

Understanding and Applying Basic Terminology

This is a Close Up shot

This is an Extreme Close Up 

This is a High Angle 

This is a Low Angle 

This is a Mid shot

This is a P.O.V shot

This is an Establishing shot

This is a Long shot

This is a Two Shot

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Movements

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Angles

OCR Guide To Basic Camera Shots

OCR Guide To The 180 Degree Rule

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 Relationship With The Media.

The majority of my free time is spent  on the Internet. I  enjoy streaming movies, particularly horror,  and television programmes, such as 'The Walking Dead', which is my favourite show of all time. My reason for watching television programmes through the Internet is because they're easy and straightforward to find as a lot of web pages have links to each and every episode. It also saves time when wanting to catch up on a series, due to the fact that you don't have to wait for reruns to be aired on the TV.

Here is the trailer for season 6 of The Walking Dead:



I also use the Internet to listen to my favourite music being played on different radio stations or through websites such as YouTube and Sound cloud because its straightforward to find and easily accessible. I especially like the fact that I am able to play any Fall Out Boy (shown in the image below) song by simply clicking on a just few buttons.

Social Media is another thing accessible through the internet that I benefit from. I frequently use Instagram, Facebook, snapchat and twitter as a great way to keep updated on current events, as well as using it as a form of communication between my friends and I.