Conventions

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES Overview of Year • September to January– Section B Film Trailers(25%) •

February to April – Controlled Test: Popular Press (50%) You have already done 25% of the course

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES PRACTICAL PRODUCTION

THE BRIEF – Windmill Films loved your work last year and think you are ready for more of a challenge. We need you to produce the following: 3.

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5. 6.

A 120 second trailer for a feature film aimed at a specific audience and from one of the following genres – horror, comedy or romance A 5 minute studio based film review programme which will air the trailer – this might include competitions, interviews, movie news, film star gossip, exclusives No more than 12 pages of planning (storyboards, scripts, logs, textual analysis of existing trailers) An 800 word evaluation of the production process and the work itself

Groups You will work in groups of 3 and on the ‘live day’ your group will work with two other groups from your class to produce each show. Jobs on the live day 1 DIRECTOR; 1 FLOOR MANAGER & 1 PRESENTER

STUDYING TRAILERS

•DO YOU WATCH TRAILERS? •WHERE AND WHEN DO YOU WATCH THEM? •WHAT ARE THEY DESIGNED TO DO? •DO THEY INFLUENCE YOU?

Using the links in your booklet/ on the blog - Watch trailers for 3 films and list what you think the conventions of a trailer are. • http://www.apple.com/trailers/ • http://www.imdb.com/ • http://movies.yahoo.com/trailers/

TRAILERS AS A GENRE

CONVENTIONS

Trailers • WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES A GOOD TRAILER? • WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES A BAD TRAILER?

Comparing Trailers • What is similar about these three trailers? • What is different? • Why have different trailers?