Assignments for after Christmas

Year 1 Assignment - Professional and Contextual Studies HERE

Year 2 Assignments - Creative Influences HERE & Personal Development in Specialist Pathway HERE

The assignment for year 1 is a theory and practical unit - please read. The class contact time will be on a Monday for this unit as on Friday you will be working with the 2nd years on the live TV studio production - essential for next year.

The first term of 2012 will require you to work on two units at the same time. Personal Development in Specialist Pathway will focus on the live TV studio production at the TORC centre, which you will all have a major contribution to. The Creative Influences unit is a theory unit, which focuses on a proposal and an essay.

We will cover this on Mondays.

Merry Christmas!

CIQ Friday 16th December

Please post here - Merry Christmas

Reed Film Competition

Reed have announced their film competition

Link HERE

Worth a look

CIQ Monday 12 December

Post Here Please

Next Assignment

We are conducting the next assignment at the TORC Centre in Tamworth after Christmas. However, you need to complete a personal details form in order for you to intend. It is essential that you complete the form on Monday at the latest if you are to attend.

Be aware, you need to complete this task if you are to be successful in the unit.

If you have any questions post a comment.

Paul

CIQ post Friday 9th December

Please post here

Music Video forms

Link HERE for Music Video Textual Analysis guidance.

Link HERE for Music Video Analysis Worksheet.

Genre Analysis Documents

Link HERE for Genre Analysis Template.

Link HERE for Genre Analysis guidance.

CIQ Monday 5th December

Please post responses here

Friday 2nd December

Remember, on Friday you should all be filming all day. You can collect kit in the morning but i recommend that you start your filming asap as you will only have just over a week to finish.

Any questions get back to me.

CIQ Monday 28th November

Post Here Please

CIQ Friday 25th November

Please post here

CIQ Posts Monday 21st November

Post here please

CIQ Posts Monday 14th November

Post here please

Exposures Film Festival

Trip – Exposures Film Festival (Manchester)

Exposures - the UK’s largest festival of student moving image work, which takes place every year in Manchester.

It is a unique festival that gives students from across the UK the opportunity to showcase their work to a cinema audience but also gives a unique insight into how the TV and film industry works.

http://www.exposuresfestival.co.uk/

The trip will be from Tuesday 21st to Friday 24th February

You will be attending:
• Screenings of short films and seminars at Exposures Film Festival (specific details yet to be announced)
• IMAX cinema (film to be announced)

plus other activities…

Trip is £110 (dependent on 25+ attending - the cost may come down if we get more learners)
£50 Deposit (no refundable) to be paid by Thursday 1st December

If you are interested (no maybes, a yes or no please) post your name below this post - that way Paul and I can discuss whether we will have the numbers to run the trip

Thanks people!

CIQ Friday 11th November

Post here please

CIQ Posts Monday 7th November

Please post here

CIQ Friday 4th November

Please post here

Life in a Day

Received this today:

"Dear Life In A Day participant, I'm emailing with some exciting updates. Firstly the film is now available to watch atwww.youtube.com/lifeinaday. But if you'd prefer to watch it on

TV, it is also showing on BBC 2 this Thursday November 3rd at 9pm."

If your interested take a look! It might help with you Virals.

Cheers

Paul

Music Video Presentations

2 presentations that I went through today

Link HERE

&

Link HERE

CIQ Monday 31st October

Please post your responses below

Film Genre Presentation

LINK HERE

Britain in a day

Britain in a Day is a unique film-making project giving our audience a starring role on both sides of the camera and asking people across the UK to share their lives on one day – Saturday 12 November 2011

More information can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kqz5p

and: http://www.youtube.com/britaininaday

Paul

Year 1 & 2 Assignment Brief

Second Assignment

Year 1: Investigation,Reflection & Expression - LINK HERE

Year 2: Understanding the Media 2 - LINK HERE

I will go through them with you after half-term

CIQ Friday 21st October

Please Post your CIQ Submissions for todays lesson as a comment to this post

Thanks!

Factual Production Presentation

Link to Presentation HERE:

Use this presentation for information on Documentary formats.

Fancy Meeting Paul Anderson.....and £5000

Check out this competition for all you budding DSLR Filmmakers

Link to Facebook Page

However, you can only access this link away from College.

The only information i cannot find is the deadline. The only guidance is that it is early next year. It would be really cool if some of you decided to enter.

CIQ Posts Monday 17th October

Due to an issue with blogger (global) it is impossible for individuals to post comments on static pages. Therefore, until further notice, could you please post your CIQ responses as a comment on this post.

The CIQ documents are still accessible on the static CIQ page.

Thanks!

Richard warner important

Richard can you bring in the Robert markland footage. The only footage we have is on the broken hard drive - the 2nd year BTEC group needs this for tomorrow

CIQ Posts: From Friday 14-10-2011 & Declaration

Due to an issue with blogger (global) it is impossible for individuals to post comments on static pages. Therefore, until further notice, could you please post your CIQ responses as a comment on this post.

The CIQ documents are still accessible on the static CIQ page - it is just the comment option that has disappeared. Just Like Magic.

Thanks!

Dear participant/Student

I would like to ask you to participate in the data collection for a work-based study into the use of an electronic Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ). For the purposes of this work-based study the questionnaire will be used to discover how you are experiencing teaching sessions. Its usefulness is underlined by the experience that student responses often differ markedly from what teachers have expected on the basis of their own feelings in the classroom (Brookfield 1995: 95-96).  

The CIQ requires you to answer five questions that describe aspects of teaching sessions, prompting teachers to think about what is helping or hindering their learning so far. Your responses are anonymous and you are encouraged to keep a copy too for review at the end of the course and for your own records. You will be asked to complete the CIQ at the end of each class and are the same every week. 

Brookfield began giving students a voice, in this particular way, in the era of carbon paper! But nowadays the facilities available to us include electronic mail and virtual learning environments. Therefore, we will be asking you to submit your electronic CIQ to the specific CIQ page on the course blog.

Your participation in this work-based study is entirely voluntary. Filling in the survey will take no more than 5 minutes. The information you provide is confidential. All of your CIQ responses are anonymous and therefore no participant’s names will be used. If you request confidentiality, beyond anonymised quotes, information you provide will be treated only as a source of background information, alongside literature-based research and potential interviews with other participants.

Your name or any other personal identifying information will not appear in any publications resulting from this study. The information gained from this interview will only be used for the above objectives, will not be used for any other purpose and will not be recorded in excess of what is required for the research.

Even though the study findings will be published in a Thesis, international conferences and journals, only relevant researchers will have access to the anonymous CIQ responses. These researchers will be bound by the principles outlined above. There are no known or anticipated risks to you as a participant in this work-based study.

If you have any questions regarding this study or would like additional information please contact the work-based study researcher (p.smith7@unimail.derby.ac.uk).

By filling in the CIQ (every occasion) you indicate that you understand its purpose and consent to the use of the data as indicated above. This is a completely voluntary request and should you decide not to complete the CIQ at any point during the work-based study, the data you have already entered up to that point will be used.
Thank you for your cooperation

Paul Smith, University of Derby Research Student

Presentation Harvard Referencing

Click HERE

This is the presentation that was delivered this Afternoon - 03/10/2011

Film Homage

Example from last year's students

TV Advertising Competition

Film Education have just announced that they are once again running the "Be ©reative" competition.

There are some good prizes (iPads) involved in this competition and it would be a shame not to enter.

Please follow the link HERE to their website so that you can see the entry details. Unfortunately, the competition is only open to students aged 11 - 19.

Deadline for Entries is 20th January 2012

Understanding the Media 1 Presentation

Presentation delivered 26/09/2011

LINK

2011-2012 Unit Planner

Here is the yearly planner for year 1 & year 2 - FdA Digital Media (Moving Image)

LINK

Year 1 FdA (Moving Image): Understanding the Media 1

The first Year 1 Assignment

LINK

Contextual Studies 2 Brief (Moving Image)

Year 2 first assignment

LINK

A Little Yellow Bird Told Me

OK, so nobody found the answer (commented) on the amazing technology for the Professor Green Video.

Therefore, I'll do the research for you. Check this out:

Special Mention - Good Effort Amy!

Become the Director

Check out the Professor Greens' 360 video

Link: Coming to Get Me

Is this going to change Video for Interactive Media forever?

Any ideas how they did it? A little Yellow Bird told me - hint hint.

Tokyo Slo-Mode

This is a fantastic short video that presents Slo-motion video in a different light.

TOKYO SLO-MODE from alex lee on Vimeo.

Excellent editing that I found hypnotising!

What Should I Be Posting?

Remember, your individual course blog should only contain information relevant to the assignments you are working on.

For the purposes of internal and external verification it is essential that only assignment related content is present.

Furthermore, please remember that when you make a post that you state, which assignment brief, unit and criteria it refers to - this is paramount.

If you want to share your thoughts and opinions on other film and media related topics (competitions, festivals, film reviews etc...) please post them on your main course page.

Everyone on the course has subscribed to the course homepage and will be able to see your post.

Thank you.

12 shorts have made the shortlist for this year’s Virgin Media Shorts competition.

Now it's over to you. Vote for your favourite short to win the coveted People's Choice Award by 28th October and you'll be in the draw to win a shiny bit of kit from Apple.

Bonus!

Check out the standard of this years entries so that you can see what your up against. Maybe one of your films could be here next year?

Virgin Media Shorts

Greenpeace Film Competition

Greenpeace have announced a very intriguing film competition that is in conjunction with Volkswagon. Have a browse and see what you think.

You need to register (link below) and then on the morning of the 17th September (less than a week to go) you will receive a briefing pack. You only need to make a 1 minute film and the prizes are great.

Link for more information below:

COMPETITION

Course Trip 1

We are running a residential trip to Bristol to attend the Encounters Film Festival

Further details: http://movingimageproduction.blogspot.com/p/trips.html

Media Production Competition

Media Magazine is running a media production competition. Basically, you can is any form of media production. It can be a college assignment or an external project you created yourself. For further information please use attached hyperlink.

http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/MMprodcompentryform.pdf