Links to students' blogs requested for sample

Dear Moderator
Please find links below to the blogs of the students requested for sample.  Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at kaye.devlin@citysun.ac.uk (0191 511 6389).
Kind regards
Kaye


3811; SURTEES, HAYLEY

1855; FLEUCHAR, HANNAH

4308; DOUGLAS, ELLIS

4942; JAMES, MAISIE KATE

1272; BURNETT, BRADY JO

713; LORMOR, THOMAS

3338; REVELL, ALEX

4348; STORRIE, PETER WILLIAM

2581; LAWSON, ADAM

3900; THOMPSON, STACEY

14 days until deadline!

Exciting!  Don't forget, the ILC have the software you need and I have H308 booked out on Wednesdays and Thursdays 1.15-2.15 and Friday's 3.30-4.30pm when you can come and work in the room or see me for a one to one.

Just think...2 weeks hard graft and then Santa's coming!  :D  And another unit banked before we start the next :)  Don't panic, don't stress - it'll all be completed soon and I'll help anyway I can.

Comment settings

Please can you all check your settings and ensure that users are able to comment on your blogs please?  There are some students' blogs I can't post feedback to and others that are no problem.

Go to your settings and there should be a tab along the top for 'comments' - please check - you know how I like to pester you :)

P.S.  Some fantastic work here, troops; I'm very proud!  1 day until your your first major product deadline - keep it up!

7 days to go...

7 days until your first production deadline, whether you have chosen to work first on your video-editing or your print tasks.  Don't forget the software you require is now available in the ILC (in the main area) and Colin Bluett is the ILC's Learning Technologist who could be particularly helpful with Photoshop tasks ;-)
In addtion, H317 is available if you'd like a quiet study area.

DEADLINE: THURSDAY 20th OCTOBER

Good luck! :)

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So far, so good... 15 days to go until half-term break up!

So...I recently posted a checklist overview for your Advanced Production Portfolio.  Below are a few typical items that I've asked to be completed so far.  Have a look through your blog and identify whether there are any gaps between this list and your own blog. 

Remember, this is now your production time.  Try to make the most of your class time to be using the Adobe software and your independent study time to be shooting footage/capturing important images.  You have 15 days to go until your first draft deadline.

Don't panic, just keep going - the work so far has been fantastic. 

• Summer work
• Product pitch which should have included items such as:  brief chosen & initial proposal, genre, plot ideas, inspirational texts, location/setting recce, characterisation, the beginnings of your storyboarding, potential actors.
• Flat plans for print texts
• Storyboards for moving image products
• Potential target audience study
• Evidence of managing own deadlines

And now for some Bert & Ernie to celebrate your hard work.

Research & Planning checklist

While this may not offer a difinitive list of exactly what items to include in your R&P, below is a list of the kind of things the moderator and I would want to see from your work:

·         Complete and detailed research and planning.

·         Research into similar products (for each text) and potential target audience.

·         Evidence of organisation of actors, locations, costumes and props.

·         Work on shotlists, drafting, layouts, scripting and storyboards.

·         A level of care in the presentation of your research and planning.

·         Evidence of time management.