McGlashan TV unit
In this Film unit you will:
** Produce a design and plan for a media product using a range of media conventions
** Complete a media product from a design and plan, using a range of media conventions
Task #1
This assessment activity requires you to design a 2-3 minute news segment. Your news segment could be made up of: news stories, interviews, a vox-pop (about a certain issue), film review, or sport topics. Your film package will be shown to the rest of the class and could be selected to premiere on the school Facebook page and/or You Tube channel, and also in the school online newsletter.
Working in pairs, or groups of three, you will brainstorm ideas for the news segment and produce a draft design/treatment, which you will submit to myself and the rest of the class. Your group will choose the design that will be developed into pre-production. If you are doing an interview, this would be the time to write the questions, script, or outline the plan for the shoot.
You will be assessed on how well you are able to complete a design and plan for the news package using a specified range of conventions. Make sure that you contribute significantly to the group work and name all the work you were personally responsible for. Keep a log of your involvement (with dates and locations) and all drafts of your work in a shared google doc.
Task #2
This activity requires you to produce a 2-3 minute news segment for McGlashan TV from a design and plan using a specified range of conventions. Your film will be shown to the rest of your class, and perhaps another class or at assembly.
You will work in a group of no more than three students.
You have eight weeks of in-class and homework time for this task.
You will be assessed individually on how well you can produce your news segment from your design and plan. This includes using appropriate media conventions, achieving your intended purpose, appealing to the audience, and using appropriate media technology.
** Produce a design and plan for a media product using a range of media conventions
** Complete a media product from a design and plan, using a range of media conventions
Task #1
This assessment activity requires you to design a 2-3 minute news segment. Your news segment could be made up of: news stories, interviews, a vox-pop (about a certain issue), film review, or sport topics. Your film package will be shown to the rest of the class and could be selected to premiere on the school Facebook page and/or You Tube channel, and also in the school online newsletter.
Working in pairs, or groups of three, you will brainstorm ideas for the news segment and produce a draft design/treatment, which you will submit to myself and the rest of the class. Your group will choose the design that will be developed into pre-production. If you are doing an interview, this would be the time to write the questions, script, or outline the plan for the shoot.
You will be assessed on how well you are able to complete a design and plan for the news package using a specified range of conventions. Make sure that you contribute significantly to the group work and name all the work you were personally responsible for. Keep a log of your involvement (with dates and locations) and all drafts of your work in a shared google doc.
Task #2
This activity requires you to produce a 2-3 minute news segment for McGlashan TV from a design and plan using a specified range of conventions. Your film will be shown to the rest of your class, and perhaps another class or at assembly.
You will work in a group of no more than three students.
You have eight weeks of in-class and homework time for this task.
You will be assessed individually on how well you can produce your news segment from your design and plan. This includes using appropriate media conventions, achieving your intended purpose, appealing to the audience, and using appropriate media technology.
Task #1: Pre-production process
Group design
Choose a specific focus for an news segment - which is to be based at school - hence the title "McGlashan TV"
Brainstorm ideas for a general concept and write the treatment for the news segment. Include a range of at least five conventions/features of news programmes.
Final design
Pitch your group plan design for the news segment to your teacher and the rest of the class (like the treatment task you did for the music video unit).
Discuss and develop your designs and decide on a final one to develop into a pre-production plan.
Creating your group design (to be presented to both myself & the rest of the class):
In your concept and treatment, make sure you:
· describe the idea you have for your video segment
· describe your target audience and explain how you intend to appeal to them, including at least five features you will use
· describe the tone of your proposed video (for example, funny, serious, curious, romantic) and explain the features you will use to create this tone
· describe the setting for the video and explain why this setting appeals to your audience and/or fits with the product; use photos and/or sketches. If you are planning to use actors, describe the costumes, props, hair, and make-up required; you could include photos or sketches
· outline any copyright considerations for music, sound effects, slogans, brand names, images, and so on, and explain how you intend to address these issues.
Pre-production plan
As a group, produce a plan for the production details of your planned video. For example, What you will be doing on each day of shooting, what your plan #B will be (to take into account bad weather days, or members of your group being away etc.).
Script
Write a script or outline for your news segment
Set out your script in the required format - you can used shared google doc or plotbot.com etc
Production plan
Complete the rest of your planning, considering:
· actors
· costumes and props
· location
· sound/music
· equipment
· schedule.
Include your contingency plans to overcome possible obstacles.
Write a SWOT analysis of your draft design and your plan to show your careful consideration of potential obstacles during the production process.
SWOT analysis
A strength is a factor that will help you successfully complete your video, such as existing knowledge of the medium/genre and its codes and conventions.
A weakness is a factor that could hinder you from successfully completing your video, such as unfamiliarity with an essential software application.
An opportunity is an external factor you could take advantage of in successfully completing your video, such as the chance to use a school event like swimming sports or athletics finals to get the crowd footage you need.
A threat is an external factor that could be an obstacle to successful completion of your video, such as a group member’s involvement in Tournament Week when production is planned.
Factors to consider might include, for example:
· timing
· budget
· experience
· weather
· location
· cast and crew
· equipment
· other events.
Outline strategies to overcome identified weaknesses and threats.
Submission
Submit for assessment:
· your group design (using Shared Google Doc)
· your SWOT analyses, feedback from others, and your personal reflections (in Shared Google Doc)
· a copy of the final plan, including script/outline, and other pre-production activities (in Shared Google Doc)
· your log of your involvement in the group work (link to Shared Google Doc)
Choose a specific focus for an news segment - which is to be based at school - hence the title "McGlashan TV"
Brainstorm ideas for a general concept and write the treatment for the news segment. Include a range of at least five conventions/features of news programmes.
Final design
Pitch your group plan design for the news segment to your teacher and the rest of the class (like the treatment task you did for the music video unit).
Discuss and develop your designs and decide on a final one to develop into a pre-production plan.
Creating your group design (to be presented to both myself & the rest of the class):
In your concept and treatment, make sure you:
· describe the idea you have for your video segment
· describe your target audience and explain how you intend to appeal to them, including at least five features you will use
· describe the tone of your proposed video (for example, funny, serious, curious, romantic) and explain the features you will use to create this tone
· describe the setting for the video and explain why this setting appeals to your audience and/or fits with the product; use photos and/or sketches. If you are planning to use actors, describe the costumes, props, hair, and make-up required; you could include photos or sketches
· outline any copyright considerations for music, sound effects, slogans, brand names, images, and so on, and explain how you intend to address these issues.
Pre-production plan
As a group, produce a plan for the production details of your planned video. For example, What you will be doing on each day of shooting, what your plan #B will be (to take into account bad weather days, or members of your group being away etc.).
Script
Write a script or outline for your news segment
Set out your script in the required format - you can used shared google doc or plotbot.com etc
Production plan
Complete the rest of your planning, considering:
· actors
· costumes and props
· location
· sound/music
· equipment
· schedule.
Include your contingency plans to overcome possible obstacles.
Write a SWOT analysis of your draft design and your plan to show your careful consideration of potential obstacles during the production process.
SWOT analysis
A strength is a factor that will help you successfully complete your video, such as existing knowledge of the medium/genre and its codes and conventions.
A weakness is a factor that could hinder you from successfully completing your video, such as unfamiliarity with an essential software application.
An opportunity is an external factor you could take advantage of in successfully completing your video, such as the chance to use a school event like swimming sports or athletics finals to get the crowd footage you need.
A threat is an external factor that could be an obstacle to successful completion of your video, such as a group member’s involvement in Tournament Week when production is planned.
Factors to consider might include, for example:
· timing
· budget
· experience
· weather
· location
· cast and crew
· equipment
· other events.
Outline strategies to overcome identified weaknesses and threats.
Submission
Submit for assessment:
· your group design (using Shared Google Doc)
· your SWOT analyses, feedback from others, and your personal reflections (in Shared Google Doc)
· a copy of the final plan, including script/outline, and other pre-production activities (in Shared Google Doc)
· your log of your involvement in the group work (link to Shared Google Doc)
Task #2: Production process
Use your design and plan to guide you as you complete this task.
Keep a detailed log of your involvement in all stages of this work. Include dates and locations.
· Assign roles.
· Shoot your raw footage.
· Collate archival material, for example, music or photographs.
· Create or edit music and sound effects.
· Create graphics/stills.
· Make sure you allow plenty of time for pick-ups (extra footage) as backup for shots that do not work or in case you need more detail.
· Edit the footage.
· Re-shoot pick-ups if needed.
· Add transitions, effects, audio, and titles/credits.
· Adjust levels.
Final submission
Submit a copy of your finished news package video together with a copy of the design and plan you worked from and your log.
You could provide one copy of the video and the design and plan for the group, but you need to provide an individual log of your involvement in the work, including your use of media technology.
Assessment tasks:
Logs
Keep a production log (using a shared Google Doc)
Include details of all your use of production and post-production technology.
In your log, consider:
· your roles in the tasks
· your contribution to the finished product, including the technology you used
· the success of your contribution in terms of timeliness, detail, effort
· the roles of the other/s in your group
· the success of their contribution in terms of timeliness, detail, effort.
The log will assessed using the planning production task criteria. It provides a record that helps verify your involvement and your use and control of media technology.
Changing your design and/or plan
You may make changes to your original design and/or plan to complete your final product as long as the changes:
· maintain the original intent of the design and plan
· maintain the conventions of the specific type of advertisement
· enhance the advertisement and/or enable its completion.
unit resources:
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We will be using a range of resources during this McGlashan TV unit, which will include:
* Viewing TV1, TV3, Prime, and Channel 39 news broadcasts and analysing them * Working through analysis tasks daily on Google classroom * Viewing clips from ClickView ** Class trip to visit a working TV studio E.g. Channel 39 or Natural History Unit NZ TV 3 News link TVNZ news link Prime TV link Channel 39 News link |
Assessment schedule:
Rationale
The entire module is seen as a formative experience for students to prepare for senior media and drama. There are opportunities for students to work individually and/or in groups to create work.
An assessment criterion accompanies two tasks – the process log and the production task. Both criteria were devised using standard based assessment indicators (in preparation for senior media) and range from Not Achieved through to Excellence. ‘Almost Achieved’ has been added to soften the range for junior students. The range is a sliding scale from 1 to 5 (1 = Not Achieved, 2= Almost Achieved, 3 = Achieved, 4 = Merit, 5 = Excellence ).
Assessment Schedule: Planning Production task (planning, outline, script etc) 5 points
Not achieved
Your planning was inadequate, your team work was poor
Nearly Achieved
Your planning shows some effort and you had an OK approach to team work
Achieved
Your planning was good and your team worked well together
Merit
Your planning was very good and your team worked well
Excellence
Your planning was effective and efficient, and your team worked cohesively
Assessment Schedule: Practical production task (news segment) 5 points
Not achieved
Your film has little evidence of a coherent story and was poorly constructed, or it was unfinished.
Almost Achieved
Your film begins to show a story developing, and you are starting to use film techniques properly
Achieved
Your film has a story and a clear indication of the genre you chose, and you used film techniques well
Merit
As with Achieved, plus the film uses a variety of shot sizes to tell the story and creates an atmosphere/mood.
Excellence
As with Merit, plus the film shows thought and care about achieving an interesting, original film that impresses the audience with its ideas and techniques.
Out of a 10 marks TOTAL
1 - 2 Not Achieved
3 - 4 Almost Achieved
5 - 6 Achieved
7 - 8 Merit
9 - 10 - Excellence
Key competencies:
The production task schedule incorporates skills in film production such as shot choice, group work, and an awareness of the genre. Students have the opportunity to access and use the key competencies:
· managing self - organising the production process,
· relating to others - working in a group,
· participating and contributing - working in a group,
· thinking - reflecting on the film making process in reflective log,
· using language, symbols, and texts - identifying and using media language to create media text.
The entire module is seen as a formative experience for students to prepare for senior media and drama. There are opportunities for students to work individually and/or in groups to create work.
An assessment criterion accompanies two tasks – the process log and the production task. Both criteria were devised using standard based assessment indicators (in preparation for senior media) and range from Not Achieved through to Excellence. ‘Almost Achieved’ has been added to soften the range for junior students. The range is a sliding scale from 1 to 5 (1 = Not Achieved, 2= Almost Achieved, 3 = Achieved, 4 = Merit, 5 = Excellence ).
Assessment Schedule: Planning Production task (planning, outline, script etc) 5 points
Not achieved
Your planning was inadequate, your team work was poor
Nearly Achieved
Your planning shows some effort and you had an OK approach to team work
Achieved
Your planning was good and your team worked well together
Merit
Your planning was very good and your team worked well
Excellence
Your planning was effective and efficient, and your team worked cohesively
Assessment Schedule: Practical production task (news segment) 5 points
Not achieved
Your film has little evidence of a coherent story and was poorly constructed, or it was unfinished.
Almost Achieved
Your film begins to show a story developing, and you are starting to use film techniques properly
Achieved
Your film has a story and a clear indication of the genre you chose, and you used film techniques well
Merit
As with Achieved, plus the film uses a variety of shot sizes to tell the story and creates an atmosphere/mood.
Excellence
As with Merit, plus the film shows thought and care about achieving an interesting, original film that impresses the audience with its ideas and techniques.
Out of a 10 marks TOTAL
1 - 2 Not Achieved
3 - 4 Almost Achieved
5 - 6 Achieved
7 - 8 Merit
9 - 10 - Excellence
Key competencies:
The production task schedule incorporates skills in film production such as shot choice, group work, and an awareness of the genre. Students have the opportunity to access and use the key competencies:
· managing self - organising the production process,
· relating to others - working in a group,
· participating and contributing - working in a group,
· thinking - reflecting on the film making process in reflective log,
· using language, symbols, and texts - identifying and using media language to create media text.