Your production ideas are sounding good, culminating in the excellent focus groups over the last two lessons. You now need to work through the following tasks over Christmas (though don't forget to have a break and recharge the batteries for an intensive Spring term!)
Task 1
Mr Bush has put some fantastic resources together for our benefit - read the through the following documents and write at least one thing you learned or found useful from each one:
- The coursework brief (Brief 1, Broadcasting Task a.i.) you have been issued with for your practical production.
- MEST 2 General Advice & Guidance (really good for seeing what you research you need to gather).
- The Specific Guidance for 2013 Briefs (Brief 1: again, highly useful).
- The specification outline of the unit.
- The MEST 2 mark scheme.
Task 2
Start writing weekly progress reports on your production work (reflecting on the group's work: WWW/EBI, and outlining your specific contributions - crucial to ensure you are given the mark you deserve) and Action Plans (stating clearly who's doing what and by which deadline) on your blogs.
Task 3
Keep posting up images on your blogs so that it becomes a visual diary of your progress. Take pictures at planning meetings. Get shots of potential actors. Go out location spotting. Scan in sketches, storyboards and shot lists etc.
Task 4
Ensure you've carried out detailed research into media institutions/channels (E4, BBC3, C4, etc.) that might broadcast your programme. Identify their audience, typical programmes, audience ratings, history, etc. Write up a blog post with detailed research on at least three institutions/channels.
Task 5
Ensure all previous work is complete:
- Existing product research into five TV programmes similar to your production idea - including their target audience and textual analysis of an opening scene
- A minimum 500-word write-up of your focus group discussion (details further down on the blog)
Finally, in the words of Mr Bush, well done to Akshay and Harvy who have taken the initiative and set up a brand new Media Studies blog called Mise En Media where they intend to share loads of ideas about the subject - theories, production tips, etc. It's a brilliant idea and already has some great revision resources on it (a keywords glossary and a summary of media theories). But the best posting for this task is a list of Practical Production Tips they picked up from a media conference they went on last week. Read it carefully - some great advice.
Have a great Christmas - next up is the production rollercoaster of the Spring Term so be ready!
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