University of the West of England Visit

The class took a trip to visit the UWE buildings at the St. Matthius site. We were taken on a tour of the buildings, given an overview of the courses offered at the university and given a free lunch! 

But that wasn't the best part... the class were then split into smaller groups after going to a sample lecture in their chosen subject. 

• Media Practice
• Media and Cultural Studies
• Film Studies
• Journalism
• Drama
• Creative Writing

Have a look at the courses available at:
http://courses.uwe.ac.uk/search/CourseResults.aspx?words=media&l=UG&e=2011

Share your experiences of the trip and your sample lecture underneath...

'Casualty' Filming

An exciting opportunity arose when 'Casualty' came to look at BMA as a shot location. The director, set designer and recky manager came to talk to our class and give advice on how to break into the business. The class were invited to be extras on the set and to get a glimpse 'behind the scenes'. A big well done to Hannah Innoles, Jenny Albinus, Michelle Brown-Brine, James Wilks, Megan True and Lucy Evans who did an outstanding job representing the class on set.

The 'Casualty' episode will screened on Saturday 26th February 2011 at 8:00 on BBC1. Check it out!

Links to Media AS resources

Use this link to direct your page to Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_DNzu7kezCkNWJlMzFiZTEtMTVlYS00YTQyLWEwYzQtOTI2NDNiMDdmMzZi&hl=en

Click on to 'Google Docs' heading above the folder and it should take you to all the resources available.

Please do use this link to revise and catch up with work missed in class.

AS Media Course Work Outline (G321) VIDEO

Video

•Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

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Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

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All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.

AS Media Course Work Outline (G321) PRINT

Print

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group.

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of FOUR images per candidate.

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