Thursday, October 3, 2024

Weekly Progress + Plan

 Here is my weekly progress and plan for my project

Component 1 (Film Opening)

WeekStart DateTaskBlogpost TitleContent
Deadline
W1
30 September
Pre Production
Research
1Brief
2Team
3Weekly Progress
4Preliminary ResearchBroad genre researchW3
W2
7 October
Research
5Research: IndustryWho makes music videos?W3
W3
14 October
Research
6Research: GenreCodes and Conventions of your genreW4
W4
21 October
Plan
7Statement of IntentYour initial proposalW5
W5
28 October
Plan
8StoryboardShot by shot planW7
9Script / ScreenplayW7
W7
W6
4 November
Plan
10Screen TestActor auditionsW7
11ClassworkHow to: Camera, MeS, Sound, EditW7
W7
W7
11 November
Plan
12
Location scout & Risk Assessment
W7
14Filming ScheduleFilm over the break?W7
W7

Week 1

This week we've set up our new blogs for our new project which is the film opening which will be ongoing for the next two terms. I'm excited and can't wait to be filming and producing more scenes again but a bit worried about the pre production steps and if i cant ace any parts of my blog perfectly like i did in my previous project. This week, we've learnt more about the film industry and about the stages of production which are Production, Distribution, and Exhibition which will help me do more research about these types of industries do to help me gain more knowledge for my following projects and company inspirations for my film opening, or even what to do in the future when working along with these industries.

Week 2

The first day of week 2, today we started our project lesson with a research into the genre me and my group have chosen which was Thriller. I have discovered that there are a lot of interesting thriller movies out there that i can research to, my brain has refresh after doing a lot more work on genre conventions which give me and idea of what to add onto my project in order to conform to the genre conventions and make the project result to an a. We have learnt that there are so much research to do and it does in fact have a huge impact on our grade which means we would have to focus alot more on that

Week 3

In this week, we did a bit more in depth research on our genres for our film opening project, we had a task to do two big researches and 6 more smaller ones so that we would be able to know more aspects of our genre conventions from different movies, and get ideas for subverting plots for our opening. We did more digging for niche thriller movies and what were realistic for  us to generate for this project. 

Week 4

In this week, we have started giving out roles for the things we have to do each as part of the pre production process of our project. We also gained more information through smaller researches about influence and have started our statement of intent. And have also learned more theory on how companies have vertical and horizontal integration to which vertical integration is when a media company owns parts of all stages of the production and horizontal integration is when a media company owns several parts from one stage of production (production, distribution or exhibition)

Week 5

The first day of this week we learned more about making a proper screenplay and storyboard for our filming project. Our teacher gave us a video on how to properly create a storyboard which has clearly developed on how we will be aiming to fix in the future as well as on how to properly construct a  screenplay along with it's margins and structures in order for us to have a clear vision for our scenes to pair with the newly detailed storyboard complete with the camera angles and more.

Week 6

We had project lessons the entire week which meant that we were on our blogs on all of our lesson time to finalize and clear up parts of our blog before the deadline just to get our pre production stages done.

Week 7

In this week, we still had project lessons where we are given time to finalize our blogposts, however we also had exam prep lessons where our teacher reviews on what we should or shouldn't do during the exams, as well as practices to do during class.

Self reflection:

I believe this blog had been useful for me as this reminds me of what we've learnt the entire term, and helps me find important data and terms that i may need to review from that specific week. I've seen signs of improvement through my weekly progress and is enjoying it so far. Hoping for the best.

Term 3

WeekStart DateTaskBlogpost TitleContent
Deadline
W8
8 January
Production
Shoot
Editing Mini ProjectA short recreation of a scene from your genreW10
Behind the scenesImages of your filming shootW10
Filming Schedule
W9
15 January
Shoot
File OrganisationMy system of storing video files
W10
22 January
Post-Production
Editing
Editing ProcessA description (including screen shots) of how you edited your postW12
W11
29 January
Editing
Audience FeedbackA review from your target audienceW12
W12
5 February
Editing
W13
12 February
Self Reflection
Self Reflection: CCR1W16
Self Reflection: CCR2W16
W14
19 February
Self Reflection
Self Reflection: CCR3W16
Self Reflection CCR4W16
W15
26 February
Self Reflection
W16
4 March
Finalise
W17
11 March
Finalise
Final Film OpeningW17
Final CCR

Week 1

This week he had a mini project on scene recreation and we got to practice more on how to do so as we gave each other roles on what to be in charge of and I was in charge of making the blogpost template. We also learned two new theories which are New Media and Technological convergence.

Week 2

This week we got to learn more about edit and started practicing on how continuous editing (simple ones), as well as learning about more new theories such as the Cultivation theory, Desensitisation Theory, Social Learning theory, as well as the Reception Theory. We also learned about dominant readings as it will be important for us when producing media content.

Week 3

This week, we were introduced to more new theories such as the Representation Theories and more theorists. These theorists we learned about were Judith Butler, Laura Mulvey, and Liesbet Van Zoonen who argued about gender rights in media. We also got a project lesson on the last class of this week where we got more time to finalize more blogposts while Tisha edits our final video. Aside school classes, our team actually got to go out and film more scenes for Tisha to be able to edit by this week. We also applied and recalled dominant reading toward our project lesson.

Week 4

This week it was a long weekend and the last day we had this class I did not attend due to my family tradition of celebrating Chinese Lunar New year. The rest of our group who had actually came to class had started figuring out the name for our Film Opening and we helped by voting and giving suggestions through our Whatsapp group in order to still keep ties of participation and communication.

Week 5:

This week we started making the forms for our audience research for us to spread out for our friends to give out feedback, hoping that it'll help us with our project.

Week 6:

Due to the extreme weather, we had our classes online and we had started doing our CCR 1 and CCR 2. As well as submitting our audience feedback that we had made in a Google forms in order to be able to start our CCR. We communicated through whatsapp through out the online classes to discuss about our shared draft for our CCR2. We also scheduled and decided to refilm some part our of film opening and added more scenes based on the suggestions of our teacher.

Week 7:

This week we reviewed on all theories we learnt in class as we also had our first mock test, then we began starting with our CCR 3 and CCR 4 as we also got templates to do it to make our tasks easier.

Week 8:

On the first lesson this week, we marked our first mock from the week before, and receive feedback we could apply to for our next mock exam which was the next day. We had our second mock test and for the last day, our teacher couldn't come to class due to a year 12 camp, therefore we had a substitute teacher to watch on us continuing our blogs.

Week 9:

This week we had our last mock exam and the rest of the lessons were project lessons where we had time to work on our project such as finishing our blogs, editing the video and continuing our CCR (critical creative reflection)

Week 10:

This week was the deadline for our big project, which includes all the blogs and our CCRs. I didnt come to school on the first lesson of this week which was our last chance to get everything done with the help of our teacher. I had to rush some things out because I procrastinated by doing all my other things that had to be done and i couldnt focus on catching up. Worst week ever!

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