JT - Deconstruction of The Opposites

Deconstruction of the Opposites

JT - My Five Fave Films

My 5 fave films are...

1. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)  Budget: $25,000,000  US Box Office: $28,341,469  UK Box Office: £2,344,349

I like this film because it's a general great film, and makes you realise what it was like in jail back in those days.

The Trailer

2. Die Hard (John Mctiernan, 1988) Budget: $28,000,000 US Box Office: $80,707,729  UK Box Office: £2,975,086

I like this film because it's a good action film and really makes the action scenes tense but it also is a good film to watch.

3. The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002) Budget: $60,000,000 US Box Office: $121,468,960  UK Box Office: £7,717,876

I like this film because it's a film that you don't know what is happening, your like the character because he (Jason Bourne) doesn't know where and who he is. It's also a good action film.

4. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) Budget: $160,000,000 US Box Office: $288,405,376  UK Box Office: £35,264,403

I like this film because it's a real brain teaser. It's one of the best films you could watch, its very complicated which I like because it keeps you guessing and there is a good twist at the end.

5. The Last Song (Julie Anne Robinson, 2010) Budget: Low budget film US Box Office: $62,933,793  UK Box Office: £1,931,718

I like this film because it's a nice film. It is quite a sad film but that is the element which makes it likable, it can relate to some viewers and also shows the "love" stereotype. 

JT - My Coursework Task

THE BRIEF, EVALUATION + HOW ITS ALL MARKED

THE BRIEF

Your mission is to carry out the following brief:

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.

The coursework is worth 50% of the AS (same at A2) and the marking (detailed later) is divided into 3 sections:

RESEARCH AND PLANNING: 20%

PRODUCTION: 60%

EVALUATION: 20%

EVALUATION

Even before I start shooting (let alone planning) my production, I need to keep this final stage in mind. If I start (b)logging notes on this now it will save me a lot of stress as the final deadline (in May!) approaches. I am tasked with answering these questions (see below for details on how this is marked):

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 

• How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

• Who would be the audience for your media product? 

• How did you attract/address your audience? 

• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

HOW ITS ALL MARKED [ie THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA]

When my teacher is marking all this, they have got to write a paragraph for the exam board justifying the marks they have given me. The grid embedded below summarises the criteria they have to follow, and so I'am advised to occasionally re-read this and ask myself where I think I'll fall within the marking scheme!
For each section there are key components of the work which the teacher has to assess as being one of the following:

MINIMAL
BASIC
PROFICIENT

EXCELLENT 

G321 - Simplified Marking Criteria as 1 Sheet
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