Assessment 1: G321 Research and Planning

You must conduct research into the genre conventions of your chosen brief. 

Present using PADLET. 

Conventions of Film Noir from kellymorris92

Brief 1: Video 

Using the following subheadings you must explore the generic conventions of FILM NOIR, THRILLER or HORROR. Make sure that you reference films and images in your discussion of the conventions. You may embed images and YouTube videos into a Padlet. The Padlet should be embedded onto your blog.

1. Characters (List the typical characters you would see in this genre of film)
2. Visual Style (What micro elements would you expect to see in this type of genre of film?.)
3. Iconography (Are there any props/costumes/locations are typical of this genre of film?)
4. Themes (What IDEAS are typically explored in this type of film? Eg. Film Noir has themes of paranoia)
5. Settings (What is a typical setting for this type of genre of film?)
6. Narrative Devices (How is the story normally told in these type of films? Eg. flashbacks/flashforwards) 

Brief 2: Print

Using the following subheadings you must explore the generic conventions of MUSIC MAGAZINES. Use images to support your analysis of conventions of products.

- Genre Conventions/Conventional layout (What are the typical conventions of a magazine front cover and contents page. Use the correct key terms to identify these elements)

- Visual style (What colours, images and text are used on the front cover and contents page)

- Font analysis(What font is used? What does the colour and style of the font suggest about the genre?)

- Themes (Identify what kind of stories are usually printed in the magazines.) 

- Audience devices (Explain how all of the above attracts the target audience? Who is the target audience for music magazines? Be specific when describing audience demographic.)

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Extra Photoshop Activity and Pinterest Sign Up

This is a Pinterest board which are great ways of collating ideas.

1. Join Pinterest.
2. Create a Photoshop board for your coursework. The title of your board could be 'G321 Foundation Portfolio'.
3. Your board can be used to pin any ideas from films, Photoshop tutorials, title sequences, creative camera techniques etc.
4. Embed your board onto your blog by copying the embed code and then posting into the HTML option in 'New Post'. The title of this post should be 'G321 Ideas'.


Follow Sally's board Photoshop Tutorials on Pinterest.

Opie Self Portrait Evaluation Guidelines (Map 1: Assessment 1)

Answer the following evaluation questions in as much detail as possible.

1. Which tools did you use to complete the task and describe how you used them to complete your self portrait.

2. Were there any parts of the task/specific tools which you found difficult and if so, what were they and why?

3. Finally, how successful were you in completing the given brief and what improvements would you make next time.

Make sure your Opie task and evaluation are neatly presented. This can be directly into a blog post or you could write this up in Word, upload to Slideshare and then embed onto your blog.

Extension Activity (MAP 1: Assessment 1)

Here is a link to another Photoshop tutorial to try. Make sure you save the final image and post onto your blog together with an evaluation. You may use the same guidelines as the Opie Self Portrait guidelines.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/image-in-text-photoshop-cs6/

OPIE SELF PORTRAIT - MAP 1: ASSESSMENT 1

Julian Opie Portrait Guide from Sally Pickford

Initial skills analysis from Sally Pickford

G321 Evaluations

Evaluation Criteria

Each candidate will evaluate and reflect on the creative process and their experience of it. Candidates will evaluate their work digitally. The format of the evaluation has some flexibility and its form can be negotiated between teacher and student: it may take place with individual candidates or with the production group as a whole, or each individual candidate or production group may make a formal or informal presentation to the whole class. The teacher must allocate a mark according to the contribution/level of understanding demonstrated by the individual candidate. Each candidate should give a clear indication of their role in any group evaluation and the presentation must be evidenced by the Centre.

AS Evaluation questions:

1.     In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.     How does your media product represent particular social groups?

3.     What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

4.     Who would be the audience for your media product?

5.     How did you attract/address your audience?

6.     What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

7.     Looking back to your Preliminary Task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Audience Theory

Audience Theory presentation

The Dark Knight Bank Robbery Scene

The Conversation opening title sequence