Summer 2017 Exam: Television Game Shows

      Research to host on your blog:

•  What are the ingredients that make up a television game show?​
•  Write out a list of at least 6 television game shows from past or  present.​
•  For each game show write a summary of what the show is about.​
•  Which channel on Satellite TV/SKY/Virgin would you find lots of gameshows – provide a link to this channel's website on your blog!

Audience Link

Try using the following link to help you write in more detail about the audience for your film.

AUDIENCE

Good Luck.

Assignment 2 Cross Media Study

SJW – AQA Moving Image

Assignment 2: Cross-Media Study

In this assignment you will show your knowledge of how films are promoted through two different types of media. You need to use a case study of a film and know the film in detail. Your analysis can be in continuous prose, bullet points, charts, annotations or a combination of these to total 900 words.

After you've chosen a film to follow respond to the questions below:

Your chosen film

Institution (100 words)

1.    Who is the audience and how would the film appeal to its audience?

2.    Who financed, scheduled, produced and distributed the film?

3.    Is it a big company and does it make a difference if you have a bigger budget for promotion?

Representation in the poster and trailer (500 words)

1.    What are the typical codes and conventions and do they follow them? Think about film and print language.

2.    Is there a clear link between the poster and the trailer?

3.    Which groups of people are being represented in the trailer and the poster? Women? Men? How are they being represented (use evidence) and is it stereotypical?

Film promotion (300 words)

1.    Discuss if it is a successful campaign.

2.    Why is film promotion important?      

3.    What is synergy (mutual promotion) and why does it help?

Your campaign

Explain your own poster and trailer storyboard (100 words)

1.    Refer to some of the conventions used in your poster and storyboard.

2.    Comment on how you have represented groups of people in your work.

3.    Comment on institutional features – the studio you picked, the labelling you have used, if you have picked stars to help promote your film.

4.    Is the campaign coherent for the audience – does it have links between the poster and the storyboard?

5.    Who is the target audience and how will they use/consume this film and its promotional material?

Make sure you use terminology and be precise in your language – proofread!

This analysis is marked out of 20. A top grade would:
Produce convincing and effective analyses of media texts. Media terminology is used extensively and well. The nature and impact of media representation is explored convincingly. There is a convincing and clear understanding and appreciation of institutional aspects of media production. Responses, including the explanation, are well written and well structured.

Storyboarding Half term Homework Yr 10!

AQA Storyboard Example

Here is a great video for you to watch to support your homework this half term.

It offers a deep insight into 7 patterns that can be learnt and adapted to really impress your potential audience.

It simplifies how you can fit as much information as possible into your storyboard to maximise the information each scene passes on to the target audience. 7 Patterns of Successful Storyboarding

If you need to print off more storyboards please use this link AQA GCSE Storyboard Sheet.

Remember to use the codes and conventions of storyboarding:

• Dialogue
• Diegetic Sound
• Non Diegetic Sound
• Shot Types/Angles - Establishing/Close Up/Medium/Extreme Close Up/Dolly Shot/Tracking/Birds Eye View
• Timeframe in seconds
• Shot number

If you want a reminder look at this cool article from EMPIRE magazine:

The 30 Camera Shots Every Film Fan Needs To Know

Online Storyboard Site!

Hello everyone,

Just another quick link to a fantastic site called 'Storyboard That'.

You can create your own professional looking storyboard in no time at all.  Click on the link and let your imagination come to life!

Mr Milligan.

29/04/16 Storyboarding

Good Morning!

So you've researched and practiced some of your own drawn storyboards.  Using storyboards still represents how film makers create big productions today.  The director will still look at a storyboard to guide him when creating a new scene for his film or production.

I want you to try and create a storyboard using PowerPoint.   Put together a sequence of pictures which tell a short story or could represent a small scene from a film.  Don't forget to write the camera shots underneath and any dialogue (diegetic or non-diegetic)

Diegetic sound 

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Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: 

• voices of characters 
• sounds made by objects in the story 
• music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)

Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world 

Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. 

Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound 

Non-diegetic sound 

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Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: 

• narrator's commentary
• sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
• mood music

Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from the a source outside story space. 

The distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of film viewing and listening.  We know of that certain sounds are represented as coming from the story world, while others are  represented as coming from outside the space of the story events.  A play with diegetic and non-diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy). 

Another term for non-diegetic sound is commentary sound. 

Take a look at the exemplars we have distributed in class from previous pupils and this online video for some assistance:  online video click here  

Choose from the following genres:

• Action
• Comedy
• Science Fiction
• Western

Good Luck,

Mr Milligan.