Planning

I have finally been sent to start the planning process on creating my homework. The first thing I did was go on Getaheadocrmedia.com and look at other media blogs to see how previous A2 students have constructed there blogs.


What will I get out of it?
Well firstly it will give me a chance to look at blogs who acheived lower grades and blogs that did very well. This will allow me to see what exactly I have to do to get a level 4, which would give me a A/B grade.


Level 4 blog
The first thing I did was look at a level 4 media blog, primarily to look at how the person went about planning there work. Initially I looked at there story boards. The girl drew every single shot including camera angles aswell as stage directions. The beauty of using things like story boards is that when the time comes to filming the director, cinematographer and actors already have an idea on how the trailer is going to look. So essentially it makes the filming process much more easier and efficient.


What types of media did the person use?
Well on the level 4 A2 blog I looked at the forms of media she used to add depth to the planning stages of her coursework. She only used YouTube.com and facebook.  My teacher recommended using other things to make the blog more interactive as well giving the blog more depth. For example slide share.net and prezi.com. The advantage of using YouTube is that you can create video blogs in which you can talk with your  partner about your coursework and it shows the examiner that you have planned your work thoroughly.  For instance in all likelihood each group will have lots of deleted scenes. So the video blog offers a chance for a group to explain why they deleted the scenes and what effect this has had on the finished product.


Level 1
The next thing I did, was to look at a level 1 media blog. When looking through this blog to me it showed a good use of planning etc. However I think it lacked the interactivity of the level 4 blogs. For instance she used YouTube a lot but did't use other social media.