Do's and Dont's

The Do's and Dont's of our Year 12 AS Level Media Coursework

During todays lesson a Year 13 Media Class came in to share any advice they had for us beginning the coursework.

The guidence given includes:

• A strong emphasis on our work being very 'Media rich'.
• Encouragement to use different softwares and to play around with a variation of content.
• To stop our work being lost, save it on several devices to assure we don't lose it.
• A lot of the students mentioned it really helps to stay on top timing during the project,  highlighting that we need to get as much of the blogging done (especially the evaluation) as quickly as possible, not leaving it until the end. This means we have to work a lot outside of school, not just in lessons.
• To show evidence of our progress, we should continuely take photos and update our blog and other social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram.
• We need to make sure that when filming we allow at least two or three days to make the shots. Additionally, on these days we need to insure the weather is roughly the same, if filming outside or using natural lighting. This links with another point made by Year 13, planning is essential.
• Referring to the mise en scene aspects of the filming, the clothing and the style (pointing out hair and nair vanish) of the actors needs to be the same throughout the days on set.
• When actually filming the opening of our thriller, through experience, the Year 13's told us to use just one type of device to record the film on. This is due to different devices such as mobile phones having different quality cameras, which could cause the clip to look un-professional. 
• Further advice given around filming was to establish a good amount of footage to work with. You don't want to end up being forced to work with material that you don't like just to fit the time requirement.