Equipment booking over the holidays - MUST READ.

If you plan to film over the half term and are booking equipment, please note the following:


1. All equipment bookings must be made by Thursday night - you cannot book the equipment for the whole of half term. Go for two day slots and if someone else books it before you it is their responsibility to get the equipment to you and your responsibility to get it to the next person - I will provide details of who and when. If by Thursday night the equipment you want is available for the holiday then you can book for the entire week. Ensure that any equipment passed on is complete, fully charged and ready for them to use.


2. If booking for the half-term you need to make a day time booking and this will also be for the evening of that day.


3. Any equipment to be borrowed or returned on PRD days needs to be returned/borrowed between 12.30-3.30 on Thursday and from 11.00-13.00 on the Friday. The rest of the time I have appointments.

Production stage - what research and planning you could/should be doing

Right, we are heading into the really busy bit! Don't neglect your blogs though. Everything you post will go towards your research and planning mark, will help me and the external examiner understand your thought processes and also-if you are doing the work anyway, you should be rewarded/credited for it and to do that you need to evidence it. There are some easy wins here!


So here's a quick ten things to blog about


1. A copy of your email requesting permission (copyright - see post below) Request for copyright email
2. Copy of your risk assessment
3. Copy of your storyboard
4. Copy of your shooting schedule
5. Works in progress - get some photos of the editing process, rough drafts of CD covers/websites etc
6. Audience feedback. With your front page of your CD ask/interview a few people about their preferences etc. Record it and show how you have acted on feedback.
7. Shots from/reflections on the shoot. What went well? What didn't? What problems have you faced and how have you overcome these? Either record yourself talking about this or write it down.
8. Embed any YouTube instructional videos with or music videos which include camera, photoshop or techniques
9. Before/during shooting - get some extra photos on your phone. Blog about the stylistic influences you have gone for, explain your mise-en-scene choices etc
10. Location scouting: photos/reporting/any changes you have had to make and why.


Remember - your blog should be a well-written, visually interesting scrapbook documenting your music video (ahem) journey from June until now. It should be organised and sophisticated but that does not mean you have to pretend to be invincible: ideas go wrong, change etc...it is good to reflect on these as this is the learning process.


You can continue to blog all the way up to the evaluation deadline but it is much better and more meaningful to blog-as-you-go!


Make sure you organise your blog into sections.


Once again, don't neglect the blog.

Booking equipment - MUST READ

Please ensure that if you are intending to book equipment for the weekend that you book it for Saturday even though you will obviously collect it on Friday.

Text for email (copyright) to send to record companies

Dear Sir/Madam,


I am writing to you to request to use ___________________by _____________ for my A2 Media Studies coursework production.


Our task is to make a music video to an existing song. The song will be for non-profit educational purposes and only used for the purpose of educational assessment and will be transformative in that no copyrighted material (other than the song) will feature in the final music video. Furthermore, it will be clearly labelled as a production for this purpose.


I hope that this request will be viewed by yourselves as fair and proper use under existing copyright guidelines. If you have any further questions regarding its purpose, please contact my teacher at welchch@tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk


Yours sincerely,

SFX for thriller and music video

Thanks to Max Biddlecombe for the heads up on this!


http://lightleaklove.com/blogs/lightleaklove/15623020-176-free-premiere-pro-effects-plugins-the-ultimate-freebie-list

Online booking system and changes to borrowing of equipment

Unfortunately, we are going to have to change the way we lend out equipment to students. Put simply, our gear is not being looked after properly: DSLRs with the screen not turned back around, lens cap not on or lens down in the camera case. We have also had 2 battery chargers go missing and we are currently missing one tripod. After Christmas, you will need to leave a £10 deposit when borrowing equipment which will be returned to you once the equipment has been returned in good working order.


I can no longer just let you borrow the keys to the cupboard as we have done before. We do not have the money to replace lost or broken equipment so we have had to take these steps.


All bookings must be made via the online booking system. All equipment must be collected from Mr Welch either at the end of the day or during your normal lesson time and returned during these times too.

Thanks to all those who have taken efforts to look after, maintain and return equipment in the correct order.

The Media department have gone hi-tech!

All equipment now needs to be booked online:

(http://tinyurl.com/THSmediaequipmentbooking)

You need to select from a weekday, weekday evening or weekend booking using the 'Choose' button and then the equipment you require.

You'll need to create a free account, but you'll only need to do this once.

To amend or delete your booking, log in then select where it says 'Hello...' then click 'View appointments'.

CD ancillaries excellent examples

Liam Gilliver
Adam Lievesley
Emma Kerry Gemma Cameron
Alex and Emily
Toniey Alice Amy