Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker has a new series on BBC2 - "How TV Ruined Your Life". Well worth a look.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y6mz2

More idents - Arrow Up and Hec

Arrow Up Ident from Chris Earl on Vimeo.


Hec Ident from Chris Earl on Vimeo.

The OCR Blog - a reminder

There is a link on my blog to the official OCR Blog. I would strongly recommend that you check this out, since it will give you a lot of information about the exam and the coursework. You can find this in the links section (or click http://getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.com/)

Studio Logo for Immy

Here's an idea for the Fyreon Studio logo, for Immy's group. Unfortunately, just after doing this my editing laptop broke, so I may not be able to do any more..

Fyreon from Chris Earl on Vimeo.

Request for information

I would like someone from each group to post a reply to this post including the following information:

1. Title of your movie
2. Name of your studio/ distribution company
3. Credits you intend to use
4. A brief synopsis of your opening sequence

You should also post a copy of this post on your own blogs. Please post this information by Tuesday 18th January. Thanks.

Deadlines

 

Just a brief reminder of your deadlines this term - please make sure you meet them...

11th January - All pre-production planning (including storyboards, production schedules, call sheets etc.) completed and posted to blog

1st February – All material required for project shot and uploaded onto media servers

• During the period 11/01-01/02, you are invited to periodically upload brief examples of the work they are shooting to their blog for peer and staff review

17th February – Rough edit completed and uploaded to blog for peer/ staff review

 

15th March – Final edit completed and uploaded to blog and media server in order to gather audience response and feedback

 

22nd March – 15 min Group presentations of work, including initial evaluations and outlines of audience response

 

15th April – detailed blog entries answering the following questions uploaded, coupled with a video commentary:

 

How does your media product:

1. use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. 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 this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

 

 

 

Possible logo for Arrow Up Productions

Produced using Photoshop.