Yr 12 Thriller Opening Sequence 2012/13

Hello all,
Hope everyone is enjoying their first half term of A level Media Studies!! By now you should all have completed the main body of your research into existing media and you should be at the point of brainstorming your own thriller opening. Below is a table of dates and tasks to complete for the overview of the year:

Date	Topic	Exam / Coursework	Teacher
Sept: 2 weeks	Setting up blogs. Introduction to course. Setting up and using a camera Research of existing media : Saul Bass, Other thrillers	Course Work	JS/KC
Sept 2 weeks	Introduction. Key Concepts – Representation, Audiences, Institutions, Narrative, Genre	Exam Work	JS
Sept/Oct  4 weeks	Making a short film – show video What is continuity editing? Film and edit continuity piece. Sub –genres, Plot, character analysis – connect to narrative theory.	Coursework	JS KC
Sept/Oct 4 weeks	Introduction to key terms – Mise en scene, use of camera, editing, sound. What is TV drama ? Outline of different types of drama. Begin analysis – starting with stills.	Homework Stills analysis	JS
Oct Last week	TV Drama analysis Homework : Analysis of thriller opening sequence.	Assessment	JS KC
	Half- Term
Nov 4 weeks	TV Drama analysis. Serial Drama – Cutting It (representation of gender) Court room drama – Criminal Justice (representation of the law) Bleak House	Homework Essays	JS
Nov 4 weeks	Storyboards / scripts / shooting schedules to be drawn up. Filming to start. To be completed by Nov 30th.	Blogs	KC
Dec 4 Weeks	TV Drama Timed exam-type question Film editing .Completed by Xmas. Show case. Audience response.	Assessment	JS/KC
	Christmas Holidays
Jan - March	TV Drama contd. Teen Drama – Skins Soap Opera – Eastenders, Hollyoaks Period Drama – Oliver, Bleak House Cop Drama – The Bill, Cops	Assessment Textual Analysis Essay	JS
Jan-Mar 10 weeks	Evaluations Final Editing based on feedback . Production  Blog     Deadline – March 28th	Coursework C/W	JS/KC
April	Audiences/Institutions British Film company case studies Film Four, Working Title	Homework Case Studies	JS/KC
	Easter Holidays
May /June 6 weeks	Section B Exam preparation Final deadline for completion of C/W - 22nd May	Exam / C/W	JS/KC
May 2 weeks	Audience response. Practice exam essays	Weekly exam practice	JS
June /July 3 weeks	Exam Preparation		JS/KC

Yr 13 Soap Operas 2012/13

Hi guys as you know we are well into the Autumn tern now and there seems to be very good progress being made with your soap operas. Here is a time plan for the rest of the year you can follow:

MEDIA STUDIES A2 (2012-13)  – OVERVIEW

Date	Topic	Exam / Coursework	Teacher
Sept:    2 weeks	Introduction to Soap Operas Research methodology	Coursework	JS
Sept    2 weeks	Introduction to Production Work – TV soap trailer	Coursework	KC/JS
Sept    2 weeks	Introduce exam topic : Collective Identity in British film ( Social Realism)	Exam	JS
Oct    2 weeks	Research existing media – TV soap trailers	coursework	KC
Sept/Oct    5 weeks	Initial Research /Preparation – identifying film. Plot synopsis. Deconstruction of 2 recent trailers.. Constructing the trailer. Planning /storyboarding/casting.	C/W	JS/KC
Oct	Homework Location shots. Blog update. Initial filming.	C/W	KC
	Half- Term
Nov    4 weeks	Filming and Editing.	Coursework	JS
Nov	Film Study/ TV study ‘ Hunky Dory’/ The Valleys	Exam	JS
Dec    4 weeks	Exam work on British film	Exam Work	JS
Dec      4    Weeks	Editing film. Film editing to be completed. Film show-case. Audience feedback.	C/W	JS/KC
	Christmas Holidays
Jan    2    weeks	Exam – Representation of the Welsh on TV Gavin and Stacey, Stella	Exam	JS/KC
Jan-Mar   10 weeks	Final Editing based on feedback. completed. Production log /critical evaluation to be completed by end of March.	Coursework	KC
Jan – Mar 10 weeks	TV / British Cinema Essay titles. Exam Prep.	Exam Work	JS/KC
	Easter Holidays
April/ May 6  weeks	Revision Skills development	Exam Work	JS/KC
	Half term
May/ June 2  weeks	Revision / Exam Preparation	G324 Critical Perspectives Exam June 2013	KC/JS