A2 preliminary task

1. A2 Media Studies – G324 – Preliminary Planning – Short Film 13E
As part of your Research and Planning portfolio you will need to complete one
ancillary production task. For this you will be working in your production groups.
Attendance and completion the task is essential and compulsory. Failure to attend
lessons, or to complete the tasks set will result in having marks deducted from your
main task.
Small film sequence task
Your group task is to plan, film and edit a short (45 – 60 second) film sequence
based around the following theme: Happiness
Before you will be allowed to shoot footage you must submit the following;
• Storyboard of sequence
• Shot List
• Synopsis of short film sequence
• List of required resources (props, costumes, etc)
• List of locations
In order to complete the assessment your film sequence must include the
following key ingredients and must abide by the following rules;
● Shot entirely on school premises.
● No more than 2 actors.
● No non-diegetic music
● You must use shallow focus and pull focus at some point
● You must have 5 - 10 lines of dialogue
● You must be able to name all your shot types (close up, wide shot, dutch
angle, etc)
You should pay attention to the deadlines and schedule below so that your work is
completed in time for peer evaluation on the 08th of July.
• Tue 28th
June p1-2 - Planning
• Weds 29th
June p3 – Complete Planning
• Thurs 30th
June p4 – Submit Planning/Textual Analysis
• Fri 01st
July p5 – Evaluation Intro [Audience and Technology]
• Tue 05th
June p1+2 - Filming
• Weds 06th
July p3 - Editing
• Thurs 07th
July p4 – Editing
• Fri 08th
July p5 – Evaluation
• Tue 12th
July - Screenings

2. The expectation is that you will be working a minimum of 3 hours per week outside of
lessons [homework] in order to complete these and all other coursework tasks.
A2 Media Studies – G324 – Preliminary Planning – Short Film 13B
As part of your Research and Planning portfolio you will need to complete one
ancillary production task. For this you will be working in your production groups.
Attendance and completion the task is essential and compulsory. Failure to attend
lessons, or to complete the tasks set will result in having marks deducted from your
main task.
Small film sequence task
Your task is to plan and edit a short (45 – 60 second) film sequence based around
the following theme: Happiness
Before you will be allowed to shoot footage you must submit the following as
evidence of planning;
• Storyboard of sequence
• Shot List
• Synopsis of short film sequence
• List of required resources (props, costumes, etc)
• List of locations
In order to complete the assessment your film sequence must include the
following key ingredients and must abide by the following rules;
● Shot entirely on school premises.
● No more than 2 actors.
● No non-diegetic music
● You must use shallow focus and pull focus at some point
● You must have 5 - 10 lines of dialogue
● You must be able to name all your shot types (close up, wide shot, dutch
angle, etc)
You should pay attention to the deadlines and schedule below so that your work is
completed in time for peer evaluation on the 11th of July.
• Weds 29th
June p1+2- Planning [evidence from the above list]
• Thurs 30th
June p3 – Complete Planning
• Fri 01st
July p4 – Evaluation Intro [Audience and Technology]
• Mon 4th
July – INSED Day

3. • Weds 06th
July p1+2 – Filming
• Thurs 07th
`July p3 - Editing
• Friday 08th
July p4 – Editing
• Mon 11th
July p5 –Evaluation
• Weds13th July p 1+2 - Screenings
The expectation is that you will be working a minimum of 3 hours per week outside of
lessons [homework] in order to complete these and all other coursework tasks.
A2 Media Studies – G324 – Preliminary Planning – Website 13E
As part of your Research and Planning portfolio you will need to complete one
ancillary production task. For this you will be working in your production groups.
Attendance and completion the task is essential and compulsory. Failure to attend
lessons, or to complete the tasks set will result in having marks deducted from your
main task.
Website task
Your task is to plan and produce a homepage for the ‘Generation Z’ TV Channel.
Your brief will be given to you seperately.
You should pay attention to the deadlines and schedule below so that your work is
completed in time for evaluation on the 08th of July.
• Tue 28th
June p1-2 - Planning
• Weds 29th
June p3 – Complete Planning
• Thurs 30th
June p4 – Submit Planning/Textual Analysis
• Fri 01st
July p5 – Evaluation Intro [Audience and Technology]
• Tue 05th
June p1+2 – Construction [including filming and creation of ident]
• Weds 06th
July p3 - Construction
• Thurs 07th
July p4 – Construction
• Fri 08th
July p5 – Evaluation
• Tue 12th
July - Screenings
The expectation is that you will be working a minimum of 3 hours per week outside of
lessons [homework] in order to complete these and all other coursework tasks.

4. A2 Media Studies – G324 – Preliminary Planning – Website 13B
As part of your Research and Planning portfolio you will need to complete one
ancillary production task. For this you will be working in your production groups.
Attendance and completion the task is essential and compulsory. Failure to attend
lessons, or to complete the tasks set will result in having marks deducted from your
main task.
Website task
Your task is to plan and produce a homepage for the ‘Generation Z’ TV Channel.
Your brief will be given to you seperately.
You should pay attention to the deadlines and schedule below so that your work is
completed in time for evaluation on the 11th of July.
• Weds 29th
June p1+2- Planning [evidence from the above list]
• Thurs 30th
June p3 – Complete Planning
• Fri 01st
July p4 – Evaluation Intro [Audience and Technology]
• Mon 4th
July – INSED Day
• Weds 06th
July p1+2 – Construction [including filming and creation of ident]
• Thurs 07th
`July p3 - Construction
• Friday 08th
July p4 – Construction
• Mon 11th
July p5 –Evaluation
• Weds13th July p 1+2 - Screenings
The expectation is that you will be working a minimum of 3 hours per week outside of
lessons [homework] in order to complete these and all other coursework tasks.