Group genre activity documents and pictures

These are the pictures of the documents from the genre group activity. This includes the teacher's assessment, a peer assessment, the script, the storyboard and other documents we produced.


 Teacher's assessment

Peer assessment

The script

The storyboard

 Notes of the representation our the character

Genre Group Activity - Self Assessment

1. During the double lesson on Friday Sept 21 we had to get into groups and plan a film scene around a genre Miss Connell assigned to us. Our group was assigned the genre of Drama. We had to firstly figure out how to adapt the existing story into something that was suitable for our genre. We came up with the idea of the main character (Charlie) had just broken up with her boyfriend and she needs someone to console in but her best friend and mother seem to be too busy for her and her problems so she goes into a mental breakdown and ends up committing suicide in the end. This suited the Drama genre because some of the target audience which is girls 15+ would be able to relate to this idea.

2.  We filled out a conventions chart and came up with the following conventions:

CONVENTION	EXAMPLE FROM FILM	How we applied this convention (re-inforcing)	How we applied this convention (challenging)
Friendship	Blindside, Mean Girls, Freedom Writers		Loses a friend rather than making one
Conflict	Kidulthood, Adulthood, Mean Girls, Taken	Conflict with herself, feels useless and unwanted
A Moral	Freedom Writers, The Help
Main character faces a challenge	The Pursuit of Happiness, Adulthood
Teenage Life	Mean Girls, Kidulthood
Evokes Emotion	My Sister's Keeper, The Pursuit of Happiness	Main character feels neglected and alone
Problems	Freedom Writers, Blindside, The Help

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    3.   Our main character represents a posh typical American girl that is cheerleader and blonde we presented her in this way because this is how most girls are presented in Drama genre movies.

    4.      Her body language and facial expression in the first scene is quite guarded and upset because she had just had an argument with her boyfriend over the phone and her best friend had not made any time for her.

    5.      Her costume would be a comfy clothes e.g tracksuit and her hair is in a messy bun this connotes comfortableness and the idea that she has probably been indoors all day. This is her costume because the character is at home.It relates to the stereotype of the typical teenager at home because it reinforces the idea that teenage girls like to be comfortable when at home

    6.      The setting is her bedroom which is a bright colour whereas the stairway is quite dark with no lighting this setting connotes that the stairway isn't a significant background however the bedroom of the main character (Charlie), is important as the bedroom's furniture and accessories for example posters, teddybears etc highlights the type of character the main character is this relates to the genre because there is a sense of emotion behind it, as it is her room so there would be things there that she would possibly have an emotional connection to, such as childhood toys etc

    7.     She is stereotypical because she felt neglected by her family and friend. This relates to the conventions of the genre because most Drama films revolve around the family and friends.

    8.    We tried to re-inforce the representations of the character because the audience will be able to recognise the genre

    9.   SELF ASSESSMENT  (rate yourself with level 1, level 2, level 3 or level 4)

a.   I worked well with my group  Level 3      

b.   I contributed well to the group task Level 3      

c.   I was confident in my understanding of what I was being asked to do Level 3    

d.   I have confidence I understand genre Level 3   

e.   I have confidence I understand conventions Level 3

f.    I was creative Level 2

g.   I was good at remember to apply appropriate conventions to the idea Level 4

h.   I can write a script Level 4

i.    I can make a storyboard Level 2

j.    Other things that went well were I understood the different conventions used in the drama genre.

k.    To improve I could have challeged more conventions rather than re inforce them and  I could have been quicker with the work in class

l.     Overall I would give myself a level 3.

m.   Overall I would give myself a grade C.

Freedom Writers

In film enrichment, the first movie myself and my class watched was a Drama film called 'Freedom writers'. This film is directed by Richard LaGravenese and stars the well known actress Hilary Swank.

Freedom writers is based on a the true story of Erin Gruewell and her class. Freedom writers is about a teacher who is left to teach the 'at risk' students of Woodrow Wilson high school who are also labelled as the 'unteachables' because of their crime background and behaviour. After feeling empathy for the students, Erin (the teacher) realizes her student's potential and push them to learn tolerance and peruse a higher education.






I enjoyed watching this film as it showed how despite the different ethnicities shown with the film, they all had something in common with someone else.

Some of the drama conventions used in this film was:
-Real life situations are portrayed for e.g. in the film one of the characters is presented as having are family problems as her mother suffers domestic violence from her father
-The story line moves the audience emotionally; this is shown throughout the film as the dramatic story line about the everyday struggles of these children makes the audience think and feel grateful for the life they have.
-A lesson is learnt (a moral) for e.g. One of the characters named Eva learns that justice is the right thing and she tells the truth in court.

Lesson 5 Peer Assessment of Blog

Name of Person being Assessed and their g-mail: Abigail Menzies  abigailmenziesasmedia@gmail.com                         

Name of Person Assessing and their g-mail: Amy Rose Cleary      amyrosecleary@gmail.com

1.       EX   G   S   P   IN                  

Do they correct title of ‘First name Last name AS Media Blog’

2.       EX   G   S   P   IN                  

Do they have the correct address of ‘firstnamelastnameasmedia.blogspot.com’

3.       EX   G   S   P   IN                  

Is the blog well organised and well presented?

4.       EX   G   S   P   IN                  

Are the posts and assignments in chronological (sequential) order?

5.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                                      

Is the 1st post 'first impressions of media'

6.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                                      

Do they have all the required posts/assignments on the blog checklist on their blog? (checklist below)

If not, write what they are missing:

7.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                      

Does each post have a clear title, including the assignment # and name of assignment

8.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                                      

Does each post have a short description to describe the assignment and/or video?

9.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                                      

Are the videos embedded correctly? (can you view them correctly on blog)

10.       EX   G   S   P   IN                    

Are the powerpoints embedded correctly from slideshare? (can you view/click on them on the blog)

11.       EX   G   S   P   IN                                                    

Rate their overall presentation and upkeep of the blog.

OCR Exam - Jan 2009 - Monarch of the Glen (Age)

This is an extract from Monarch of the Glen that was used in the January 2009 exam.

OCR Exam - June 2009- Dr Who (Gender)

This is an extract from Dr. Who that was used in the June 2009 OCR exam.

OCR Exam - Jan 2010 - Hotel Babylon (Ethnicity)

This is an extract from Hotel Babylon that was used in the January 2010 OCR exam.

OCR Exam - June 2010 - Primeval (Gender)

This an extract from Primeval that was use in the June 2010 OCR exam.

OCR Exam - Jan 2011 - The Hustle (Gender)

This an extract from the hustle that was used in the January 2011 OCR exam.

OCR Exam - June 2011 - Merlin (Class & Status)

This is an extract from Merlin that was used in the June 2011 OCR exam.

Assignment 2: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -Made clear annotations -Used screen grabs as evidence -Did the extension task EBI: -Less text -Do the green level -More screen grabs
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment
Grade	The grade I received for this task was
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to:

Camera Angles and Shots

I found this YouTube video interesting and useful. As I learnt about the different types of camera angles and shots used in various movies and TV shows. This is useful as I could use some of these camera angles and shots in my opening sequence.

The Evolution of Mobile Phones

I found this video about the evolution of mobile phones interesting as it showed how mobile phones have evolved from 1985 to 2008. From watching this video I've learnt that mobile phones change over the years to adapt to society. For example in 2003 they made a phone that was dust-proof for the people of developing countries.

Social Media Video

This is a social media video we watched in lesson 3. I thought this video was very informative and interesting. This video taught me a lot about social media and technology.

Assignment 2: Blog Analysis

This is an analysis I did for the blogs of two past students. Within my analysis I stated the similarities and differences between the two blogs. I also discussed WWW and EBI.

Blog Analysis from abigailmenzies

Assignment 1: Assessment Record

Self Assessment	WWW: -I researched media before I started the task so I had more knowledge about media -I did the extension task EBI: -Less text in powerpoint -More of my thoughts and opinions -Add pictures to mind maps
Peer Assessment	N/A
Teacher Assessment	Targets to improve: -Include more about of my thoughts and opinions -Keep organisation consistent in mind map -Add pictures in mind map
Grade	The grade I received for this task was 3C
Targets to Improve	To improve this work I need to: -Add pictures to the mind map -Add more of my thoughts and opinions about media rather than researched work -Less text in the powerpoint

Assignment 1 : Creative Media Task

 .    For this task I had to write or create something that showed my knowledge and thoughts of anything in media. As I starting point I had to create a mind map of all my thoughts and knowledge of media then I made a powerpoint 

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n    This is the rough work of my mind map and the final draft of my mind map.

      

      

This is powerpoint I created to show my knowledge of media and as an extension task I wrote how media affects us as a society.

First Impressions

My first impressions of AS media was that it was interesting. So far I've learnt how social media has changed over the years and how it affects the society. I've also learnt what is a blog and about the many different types of blogs there are.