Media Studies GCSE

Assignment 3a&b

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Prepare for Assignment 3a&b Summer project

Assignment 3 Test
1. Give three things you would expect to see in all movie trailers. 2. Do trailers have information about the people who made them? 3. What is the purpose of the trailer? 4. Roughly how long is the movie trailer YOU are going to make next term? 5. How many pages of supporting material (research, planning etc.) will you submit

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1. You could have had:
short shots, dramatic transitions, voice-over, fast cutting, titles, shots out of sequences, narrative incomplete, unanswered questions, binary opposition

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Do trailers have information about the people who made them? Answer: yes they have information about the institutions (production companies and distributors) at the beginning, sometimes director or producer mentioned in the trailer and credits for the main creatives at the end on 1 or 2 slides.

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3 What is the purpose of the trailer? Answer: to excite interest in the film itself it is an advert for the film showing the most exciting parts of the film to attract the audience.

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How long will your trailers be? Answer: approximately 2 minutes including titles and credits

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How many pages of supporting material? Answer: 12 pages including: research into trailers and analysis of ones relevant to your project, script, storyboard, mood board, survey of student responses to trailers, examples of other ways in which you would promote your film to a specific audience

Holiday work
Using your blogs if possible. Write a 25 word pitch for your film idea Create a mood board (collage) of images for your film trailer Watch and analyse at least one trailer in the genre you want to work in

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What worked?

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Plenary
What must you do to improve your learning in Media? Discuss with a partner