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Coursework: Print brief research and planning

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  Front cover 1) Research  TV listing magazine front cover key conventions . Find at least five examples of TV listings magazine front covers and post them to your blog. This will give you a good idea of the type of magazine you need to produce. 2) Note down the  design elements  you notice in each front cover example you research and look for aspects you can use in your own work (e.g. camera shots, page design or cover lines).  The subjects are giving a direct mode of address with them constructed in the center of the page. The cover lines are placed around them. Colour schemes match with each other. 3) What  key conventions  can you find across different types of front cover - e.g. title placement, cover lines, main flash or cover line, date/price/barcode etc. All the titles/masthead are placed at the top. Cover lines are placed around the subject and not overlapping on their faces. The main flash is placed beside the main subject, refe...
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Statement of Intent: Learner Response

RATTAN, Viraj Mark: 6   Grade: C   Comments for AQA:   This is a good, clear statement of intent that offers a good concept that matches the TV crime drama / TV listings magazine brief. It fits the target audience appropriately and certainly feels like a ‘Netflix style’ show. Media language elements are considered thoughtfully although perhaps lacking specific details in places. It is not clear exactly what the three-minute extract will include aside from opening anonymous dialogue and also how much the audience knows about the characters from episode 1. Representation is addressed effectively with reference to race/ethnicity and media theory is applied appropriately. More detailed or sophisticated application of the theory could push this towards the top levels. Audience is addressed competently with audience pleasures and media consumption discussed. Like representation, it lacks a little sophistication for the top level. Digital convergence is touched on with reference...
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Crime drama pre-production

1) Script Write the full  script  for your TV drama extract.  LINK TO DOCUMENT 2) Shot list Write a comprehensive shot list for every single possible shot you plan to film for your crime drama extract. For three minutes of film, that is going to be a LOT of shots - quite possibly more than 200. LINK TO DOCUMENT 3) Mise-en-scene planning Costume - Suits to portray that these characters are are detectives and are highly respected and specialised in their field.  Lighting - In the first scene I will have a low key chiaroscuro effect on the main character who will be looking at a police crime map board. In the second scene I will have a lot of high key lighting and also using as much natural light as possible as the setting will be the crime scene and will be shot in the day. Actors/performers - In the first scene I will have the main character looking at the board with his back towards the camera (Barthes - enigma). In the the second scene I will have the characters wal...
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Preliminary exercise learner response

 CRIME SCENE 1) Type up your teacher's feedback   in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. Seriously impressive prelim: so much credit here! Music, dialogue, costume, camera shots, editing - all very impressive! The focus pull at the end is just superb. Casting also excellent - combined with costume it is convincingly in terms of detectives investigating a crime. Audio - music a little loud over the dialogue? Also a little echo on dialogue but that may simply be location. Was the switch to homicide for main detective too quick? It was the one bit I wasn't totally convinced by. 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write  three  WWW bullet points and  three  EBI bullet points for your work. WWW: Good mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing and narrative. Good cast EBI:  Audio for dialogue was low due to the echo and the music was too high. ...
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Preliminary Task

 CRIME SCENE
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War of the Worlds

Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? War of The World was a novel written by H.G. Wells about Martian extraterrestrial life forms invading earth. This was seen as pointing towards British imperialism and the Victorian fear of prejudice . It was adapted by Orson Welles as a radio broadcast story which listeners thought was real, causing great panic. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? First broadcasted on October 30th 1938 - there was a popular myth that thousands of New Yorkers panicked and fled their homes and that people had gathered outdoors to witness this conflict. 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? Reported a headline with "Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact". ...
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