- · Your chosen brief is achievable and fits your critical investigation very well. The high school movie is a classic genre and you have the location and cast to pull it off pretty convincingly. The challenge will be technical – things like framing shots and recording professional-quality audio will be the defining factors for this project. It was notable these were areas that the preliminary exercise highlighted so we must make sure we learn from that.
- · Your planning on your blog is mixed – some is very good but there is also a lot missing or incomplete. Particularly worrying is the lack of research – I’m pretty confident you’ll have done a lot more than is currently posted but obviously there’s no evidence of this. One positive is that the strong link between this and your critical investigation means you should know The DUFF and The Breakfast Club well.
- · Your schedule looks good – but are we on track to meet it? It’s good you’ve built in time and we have days over the Easter holiday available too if you need to re-edit anything.
- · I like the script – it’s not in the correct format but it reads well. You develop your character nicely and I can see a teen audience quickly recognising certain scenarios typical of the genre and their own experiences. There are notable typos and errors in written English in the script – this doesn’t need to be submitted to AQA but it’s another reminder this is an area we have to pay more attention to. In addition, the script repeats a scene and then stops suddenly – is this where the extract will end? Be careful the overall production isn’t too short.
- · Locations and costumes will obviously not be a problem – hopefully the cast is set too. Your biggest challenges will be framing and focus for cinematography and recording dialogue effectively in terms of sound – this may require multiple re-shoots so be prepared. The rough cut deadline is Wednesday so we’ll know more then.
- · Post these tutorial notes to your MEST4 coursework blog as a new blogpost.
- · The rough cut deadline is Wednesday 22 March – make sure you are on track to meet this deadline.
- · After pasting these notes in your blogpost, write a numbered list of THREE things you will do in the next seven days in order to move your Linked Production project to the next level.
- - start editing
- research and look at other teen movies opening scenes
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