Year11Media
Unit1
Outcome2–TechnologiesofRepresentation
Oncompletionofthisunitthestudentshouldbeableto
produceandcomparemediarepresentationsintwoormore
mediatextsandcomparetherepresentationsbythe
applicationofmediatechnologies.
Task:
• To“recut”afilmfromonegenretorepresentitas
beingfromacompletelydifferentgenrebyproducing:
• a“recut”trailerofnolongerthan90seconds
• Youneedtochooseafilmofonegenreandasecond,contrastinggenreofwhich
yourfilmwillendup.Forexample,turnaromanticcomedyintoahorror.
• Chooseafilmthatyouareveryfamiliarwith(afavourite),sothatyouknowwhat
sceneswouldbebesttouse.
• YoushouldeitherownyourfilmorbeabletohireitonDVD
• YourtrailerwillbeeditedusingFinalCutPro
Herearesomesamplestogiveyouanidea:
http://tinyurl.com/trailerdumb
http://tinyurl.com/trailermartian
http://tinyurl.com/trailerdoubtfire
YourproductionswillbeplannedanddiscussedinyourPDP/foliowhichMUSTinclude:
Audience
• Characteristicsoftheaudiencethatyourrecutmoviewillbetargetedtowards.
Considertheirage,gender,socialstatus,etc.
• Whyisthisaudienceappropriateforyourfilm?
Intention
• Whatimpactdoyouwanttheproductstohaveonyouraudience?Howdoyou
wantittomakethemfeel?Whywilltheaudiencewanttoseeyourfilmafter
watchingthetrailerandseeingtheposter?
• Howwillyougainyouraudience’sengagementwitheachproduct?Howwillyou
maintaintheirattentiononceyouhavegainedit?
Genre
• Whatisthegenreofyourrecutmovie?
• ListanddescribeFIVEcodesandFIVEconventionsspecifictoyourchosengenre.
• Howwillyouraudienceengagewiththisgenre?
Approx.
Length
½pg
½pg
½-1pg
ü
TRAILER
PREPRODUCTION
Investigation–trailercodesandconventions
• Watchatleast3examplesoftrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing–not
thegenreofyourchosenfilm.
• Listatleast10conventionsofallmovietrailers.Includeannotatedexamples
(screenshots)highlightingeachconvention.Wherescreenshotscannotbeused,
describeinspecificdetail.
• Listatleast5conventionsofmovietrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing.
Includeannotatedexamples(screenshots)highlightingeachconventions.Where
screenshotscannotbeused,describeinspecificdetail.
• Listatleast6codesusedbymovietrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing.
Includeannotatedexamples(screenshots)highlightingeachconvention.Where
screenshotscannotbeused,describeinspecificdetail.Include:
• Atleast2symboliccodes.
• Atleast2technicalcodes.
• Atleast2writtencodes.
Investigation–sourcefilm
• Watchyourchosenfilm.
• Drawatablelistingscenesfromyourchosenfilmwhichlendthemselvestoberecut
andrepresentedinadifferentgenre.Explainhoweachmightbeused.Usethe
followingexample:
Scene
Howitcouldbeused
Time
Code
0:12:15 Girlwalkingdownstairs
Couldbemadetolookcreepylikeshe’s
goingsomewheresheshouldn’t
0:15:47 Close-uponFred
Hisexpressioncouldbemadetolooksinister
0:20:02 Fredwalksthroughdoor
Maketolooklikehe’ssneakingaround
As
required
As
required
•
Explainindetailwhatnewelementsthatyouwillneedtoincludetocreateyour
recuttrailer.Thesemightinclude:
• Music
• Ratingsscreen
• Studiologo
• Graphics
Storyboards
• TemplateinFilessectiononCLE.
• Trailertobestoryboardedpriortoproduction.Considerandincludewhatmusic,
text,video,videoeffects,graphics(eg.Titles,studiologo,ratingsscreen)thatyou
plantouse.
• Storyboardsaretobemadeusingscreenshotsfromyourfilm.Wherethereistext
onthescreen,youmaywriteitin.
• EVERYSHOTmustbeincluded.REMEMBER:thiscanbeupto100shots(depending
onthepaceofyourediting).Youshouldhaveatleast50shots.
ALLshots (maybe
upto11
pages)
**Productiondoesnotcommencewithoutteacherapproval**
Production
• Trailertobeexportedasa.MOVor.MP4fileandhandedinonUSB(whichwillbereturned).
EVALUATION
(TOBECOMPLETEDAFTERALLPRODUCTIONISFINISHED)
• Compareyourtworepresentations–didyourproductcommunicateyourintention? 1pg
Whatworked/didn’twork?
• Evaluatewhatarethepossibilitiesandlimitationsoffilmasamediumwhen…
• Producingarepresentation?
• Distributingarepresentation?
• Consumingarepresentation?
DUEDATES:
• Preproductiontobecompleted:MondayMarch6th
• COMPLETEDFOLIOANDPRODUCTIONDUEMONDAYMARCH20th