Wednesday 26th November

We have begun the pre- production of our new project. We have a lot of work which has to be completed by the 17th of december, leaving us four weeks. In my group there is Hollie, Adam, Keeley and myself. We had a group disscussion about what we were going to be doing for the four lessons we had today. This was useful beacause it prepared us and kept us on task throughout the day, knowing what we wanted to acheive by the end of the lesson. We then began researching the five terrestrial channels; BBC ONE, BBC TWO, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 with Miss Barnnet. After we started our research on Codes and Conventions of soap. I reseached characters, Hollie researched Settings, Keeley researched Narrative and Adam researched Themes/Issues. With team work we managed to complete all the research we aimed to.

Welcome

Hi Sofia

Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging. This is now going to be an essential part of the diploma and where some of your assessment will be done. It is really important that you use this blog to keep a record of work and of evaluation during the course. I will be using it to keep an eye on you.
Miss L

Work I have done so far...

The first project we had to do was capture a theme with a video camera and edit it into a 60 second clip capturing our theme. The theme i captured was lonliness.

For the next project we were introduced to moving image language. We worked with sound and edited the sound of the fight scene clip from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We used the MAC computers to edit the sound and learned new skills.

Crouching tiger video

For the following project we used shots from the Physco, shower scene and created a shower gel advert with these same images. The shots created a different meaning to the original physco and was interesting to see how we could change the meaning completely. This was one of the projects i enjoyed the most sofar and was happy with my result.

Psycho video

We then created a vox pop programme to show Job roles in the media industry. The programme was to appeal to year 9 students. My job roles were Television Editors and Storyboard Artist. We researched tyhe job roles, planned, scripted, and storyboarded the programme. We used characters to play the roles of these jobs and filmed the vox pops. We then edited the programme together.

Vox pop video

The next project was to create a small section in an arts programme called 'Defining Britsh Soap'. We had to inform the audience about the history of british soap, Social realism, codes and conventiobns of soap and looking at weather Hollyoaks is a teen soap or drama. We created a detailed plan and schedule so we knew what ideas we were using and when we were doing each step in order to meet the deadline. We then scripted and storyboarded the programme. We filmed the vox pops for our programme. Finally we edited the film making it appealing for a mass audience. I learned that the editing process takes a lot of time and is a key part in the media process. Also planning and research is very important in order to complete the project as well as possible.

These projects were challenging but enjoyable and i feel like i have learned new skills and experienced the types of work in the media industry.

About the Creative Media Diploma..

The creative media diploma is an exciting and interesting new qualification for young people in England aged 14-19. It involves lots of practical work and really involves you in the subject including taking part in lots of fantastic projects. It teaches a variety of skills to do with the media industry. The areas looked at include film, music, writing and fashion.

Its all about being

c r e a t i v e !

Do it - Its great!

About Me..

IYERRR

Im sofia orr sof :)

B17

I'm 17, at Kings Norton Sixth Form doing the Creative Media Diploma, Business studies & sociology.

I loooove BED, FOOD, FRIENDS, MUSIC, FUN

Erm yehh

Don't be a stranger HOLLA !