Wednesday 16 July 2008Special Topic: Media Studies Yr 11-13

Production Work

Integration into the curriculum

The Achievement Standards

Writing your ownScript

Media Categories

We have no curriculum When planning our courses we only have

Achievement Standards to go by The BFI Key Areas of Knowledge and

Understanding in Media Education help to form a curriculum

What questions would you ask students about this advertisement if you wanted to

cover all of the key media areas?

Complete the same task with this advertisment

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QRHv2oYjzKQ

Which Key Media Idea do you see as being the least important?

Justify your decision

Student Production WorkOptions for Media Studies production:

Radio Interview Show episode

Film TV Advertisement Film Trailer Infomercial Music Video Short film Documentary

Interactive Game

Print Newspaper spread Magazine spread

Web Web page Web site

Student Examples

Short Film Year 13 – Level 3

Basic Narrative Symbolic

NCEA Level 2

AS 90765 Design

Full design process

Produce Evidence of finished product Product must demonstrate understanding of genre Optional production diary

Evaluate AS 90282

Use Technology

As the teacher you MUST

Provide students with the Achievement Criteria Show students relevant exemplar Be able to identify individual student

contributions for marking group work Set a task that allows students to meet the

standard

NCEA Level 3

90604 Concept and Treatment

90606 Planning (script, production schedule etc. Technology use Finished product

Writing a Script

Scriptwriting Software

Free Open-Source scriptwriting is easily downloadable.

I recommend Celtx http://www.celtx.com/

Common Student Pitfalls

They hate writing scripts – so usually try not to Scripts are often too wordy and word choice not

well thought out Characters are often not well defined or thought

out Often too many characters Stories end up becoming complicated RESULT: half the time they cop out and try to

make a silent film.

Ideas to get started

Re-write an old/well known story Take a line from a book, play, film, poem, song

as inspiration Develop a character Re-tell a family story 48 Hour Film Festival: Line of dialogue,

Character, Prop and random genre.

Script Writing Workshop

Developing plot Where is your character at the beginning of the

story? How does this location reflect the character's inner world

at the start of the story?

What clues will give us information about backstory?

Script Writing Workshop

Developing plot Describe what your character is doing when we first

meet them. What does this tell us about them? What is the first decision they have to make?

Script Writing Workshop

Developing plot What is your characters ultimate goal in the story?

Describe the obstacles they face in achieving their goal

are the coming from inside their own mind (fears, conscience etc.)

Other characters Natural or super natural forces

Script Writing Workshop

Developing plot What is the most IMPORTANT decision your

character has to make – the one where there is no turning back?