Year11MediaUnit1

Outcome2–TechnologiesofRepresentation

Oncompletionofthisunitthestudentshouldbeabletoproduceandcomparemediarepresentationsintwoormoremediatextsandcomparetherepresentationsbytheapplicationofmediatechnologies.

Task:• To“recut”afilmfromonegenretorepresentitas

beingfromacompletelydifferentgenrebyproducing:• a“recut”trailerofnolongerthan90seconds

• Youneedtochooseafilmofonegenreandasecond,contrastinggenreofwhich

yourfilmwillendup.Forexample,turnaromanticcomedyintoahorror.• Chooseafilmthatyouareveryfamiliarwith(afavourite),sothatyouknowwhat

sceneswouldbebesttouse.• YoushouldeitherownyourfilmorbeabletohireitonDVD• YourtrailerwillbeeditedusingFinalCutPro

Herearesomesamplestogiveyouanidea:http://tinyurl.com/trailerdumbhttp://tinyurl.com/trailermartianhttp://tinyurl.com/trailerdoubtfire

YourproductionswillbeplannedanddiscussedinyourPDP/foliowhichMUSTinclude: Approx.

Lengthü

Audience• Characteristicsoftheaudiencethatyourrecutmoviewillbetargetedtowards.

Considertheirage,gender,socialstatus,etc.• Whyisthisaudienceappropriateforyourfilm?

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Intention• Whatimpactdoyouwanttheproductstohaveonyouraudience?Howdoyou

wantittomakethemfeel?Whywilltheaudiencewanttoseeyourfilmafterwatchingthetrailerandseeingtheposter?

• Howwillyougainyouraudience’sengagementwitheachproduct?Howwillyoumaintaintheirattentiononceyouhavegainedit?

½pg

Genre• Whatisthegenreofyourrecutmovie?• ListanddescribeFIVEcodesandFIVEconventionsspecifictoyourchosengenre.• Howwillyouraudienceengagewiththisgenre?

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TRAILERPREPRODUCTION

Investigation–trailercodesandconventions• Watchatleast3examplesoftrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing–not

thegenreofyourchosenfilm.• Listatleast10conventionsofallmovietrailers.Includeannotatedexamples

(screenshots)highlightingeachconvention.Wherescreenshotscannotbeused,describeinspecificdetail.

• Listatleast5conventionsofmovietrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing.Includeannotatedexamples(screenshots)highlightingeachconventions.Wherescreenshotscannotbeused,describeinspecificdetail.

• Listatleast6codesusedbymovietrailersinthegenrethatyouwillbeproducing.Includeannotatedexamples(screenshots)highlightingeachconvention.Wherescreenshotscannotbeused,describeinspecificdetail.Include:

• Atleast2symboliccodes.• Atleast2technicalcodes.• Atleast2writtencodes.

Asrequired

Investigation–sourcefilm• Watchyourchosenfilm.• Drawatablelistingscenesfromyourchosenfilmwhichlendthemselvestoberecut

andrepresentedinadifferentgenre.Explainhoweachmightbeused.Usethefollowingexample:

TimeCode

Scene Howitcouldbeused

0:12:15 Girlwalkingdownstairs Couldbemadetolookcreepylikeshe’sgoingsomewheresheshouldn’t

0:15:47 Close-uponFred Hisexpressioncouldbemadetolooksinister

0:20:02 Fredwalksthroughdoor Maketolooklikehe’ssneakingaround

• Explainindetailwhatnewelementsthatyouwillneedtoincludetocreateyour

recuttrailer.Thesemightinclude:• Music• Ratingsscreen• Studiologo• Graphics

Asrequired

Storyboards• TemplateinFilessectiononCLE.• Trailertobestoryboardedpriortoproduction.Considerandincludewhatmusic,

text,video,videoeffects,graphics(eg.Titles,studiologo,ratingsscreen)thatyouplantouse.

• Storyboardsaretobemadeusingscreenshotsfromyourfilm.Wherethereistextonthescreen,youmaywriteitin.

• EVERYSHOTmustbeincluded.REMEMBER:thiscanbeupto100shots(dependingonthepaceofyourediting).Youshouldhaveatleast50shots.

ALLshots(maybeupto11pages)

**Productiondoesnotcommencewithoutteacherapproval**Production• Trailertobeexportedasa.MOVor.MP4fileandhandedinonUSB(whichwillbereturned).

EVALUATION

(TOBECOMPLETEDAFTERALLPRODUCTIONISFINISHED)• Compareyourtworepresentations–didyourproductcommunicateyourintention?

Whatworked/didn’twork?• Evaluatewhatarethepossibilitiesandlimitationsoffilmasamediumwhen…

• Producingarepresentation?• Distributingarepresentation?• Consumingarepresentation?

1pg

DUEDATES:• Preproductiontobecompleted:MondayMarch6th• COMPLETEDFOLIOANDPRODUCTIONDUEMONDAYMARCH20th