Assessment Music Video Draft 1 Aux Tasks Draft 2 18/2/2012

Assessment Auxillary Tasks JIN 17/2/12

Hi Ryan.
I know you and Jack have been working on the digipak and I am so pleased that you have both decided to unleash your potential! I knew you could do it. However if you haven't uploaded the work to your blog then officially you haven't actually done the work- you understand that your blog is your coursework and that is where the examiner will look for it. If it is not on the blog then you cannot gain the high grade I know you are capable of. Please can you get this done.
JIN

Assessment Research & Planning 02/02/2012

Assessment - Final Planning check 08th Nov SJA

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• Ryan, very good to see you have changed some posts to fit the new song you have chosen. 
• Post on 'technical tutorials' is very good - I am pleased you have responded to some of my earlier feedback
• I really liked your photoshop work on Advert Designs. Really good layout, use of colour and stylised effects. Looks very 'urban' and suits your genre well. I hope you continue down this direction for your digipak cover design.

EBI:

• You still have al arge  amount of work to do to get this section of your blog complete and up to an 'B' standard Ryan. You have the 3 hours in lesson today - and that is it. I do understand that your group had a change of song, but there is not a great deal of evidence to suggest that you have spent enough time outside of lessons on developing posts and changing planning to suit your new song. 
• Lots of posts are missing and your group needs to work together to get these sorted out today:
• - Roles - needs developing. I don't really want to see a picture of you holding a can Ryan - take it seriously please and think carefully about the specific roles you, nathan and jack are going to take on. Pics of everyone needed - and clear explanation of what and why people are allocated certain roles.
• - Song details - missing?
• - Lyrics Annotation / Image Annotation / Concept - all of these need updating for your new song
• - Storyboards?
• - Props / costumes - missing?
• - Location shots - these have no written explanation? I have no idea from this post what you intend to do at each location - it is just a collection of images that are meaningless. Why did you choose these locations? How do these locations represent your artist? I can see that these photos are just from Google images - you need to make the effort to scout out your own locations for filming interior and exterior shots - and actually bother to go and take photos of these...
• - Shooting schedule - missing? (We will not let your group go anywhere to film without these posts complete)
• - Location permission letters?
• - Talent release form?
• - Track permission letter?

Lots of work to do Ryan. You achieved an 'A' in media last year - but this was primarily because you were in a group that planned out the film sequence so thoroughly and meticulously, and this paid off in a really successful film... You were very lucky to be a part of that group - and I think you know that. You wanted to be with your friends to shoot the music video - but it will only be successful if all of you are prepared to plan thoroughly and think every detail through.

Currently there is so much work missing from your blog, I have to mark it as Improvement Needed. 

You have 3 hours to complete to a 'B' / 'A' standard today. This is actually possible - your group needs to stop wasting time and develop a far more mature approach to completing work. If you understand this, you can work together to get the work done.

SJA

Planning posts - checking your progress Oct 16th SJA

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• Your use of ICT to film a create a mini movie for the 'Initial Ideas' post is a good use of video in your blog to communicate and explain ideas
• The post on 'Lyrics Annotaton' is really detailed - good to see effort invested here
• The photograph you used for the Photoshop practice / CD cover design is really good - nice use of interesting angle and shadow here Ryan. The inclusion of the plane was a bit bizarre though - and I didn't think this worked??

EBI:

• You blog posts ofr 'Planning' are not as up-to-date as they should be Ryan.
• You need to really improve your post for 'Technical Tutorials' - where is your Green Screen work and Final Cut editing? Include this and write a thoughtful written reflection on it.
• Posts on 'Roles' and 'Song Details' missing?
• Your group may need to rethink your song choice as there are aspects of the lyrics that are really inappropriate given that this is going to be submitted to the OCR exam board for your final A Level assessment. References to genitals, etc. need to be either edited out, or a new, more appropriate track from your genre needs to be selected. I will talk to Ms Ingram and the other Media teachers to see what your options can be on this.

Overall assessment of Planning posts so far: IN (Improvement Needed) Too many posts still need development and further work. Some posts that should have been done by now are missing. You need clear labels for 'Planning'.

Final Assessment for 'RESEARCH' section - Oct 10th

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• Well done for going back through teacher feedback quite carefully and investing a last minute effort to improve your blog Ryan - It needed it! - You really have improved many of those IN's to something which looks much better, and shows a greater level of effort and time investment - THIS NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
• All posts have been generally improved in some way - the blog is overall quite visual, with a good use of contact  sheets.
• Most written comments make sense, and show a general grasp of media language - although not all written analysis seems genuinely thoughful and reflective.

ebi (for Planning & Evaluation Sections now):

• Time management MUST IMPROVE - this is part of the assessment criteria - don't leave it until the last minute again Ryan
• Always think of ways (and be prepared to allow yourself time) to really come up with creative and unique ways to present each posts - make sure you use functions like the YouTube tagging feature, or a voice over commentary to talk through any analytical posts. Use JING to 'show' technical skill - this will boost your mark in this aspect of your blog. You should have been making use of gif's and other more creative ways to communicate your Planning and ideas - this all takes time - but that's the expectation.
• Be super organised in the Planning stages of your music video now - None of your work over the coming weeks can be thrown together - you will need to storyboard, plan effectively, try out lighting, etc, etc... Always document this and keep on top of blog posts. You cannot afford to get any more referrals.
• Bring correct equipment (folder / pen) to show you are investing effort in the lessons and coming to classes prepared to focus and make progress every day
• You need to clearly LABEL all of your posts under 'Research' and 'Planning'

Overall mark for RESEARCH section: Mid Level 3... could develop into Level 4 for 'Research & Planning' if you invest every effort into creating brilliant posts for 'Planning' - You need to use class time much more efficiently Ryan, and be more preapred to come in to Media in your STUDY periods to continue to work on your posts and make them creative, original.

Assessment 'RESEARCH' SJA 03/10/11

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I've looked right back through your blog and there is some evidence of thoughtful work and effort Ryan (especially in earlier posts). Your analysis of 3 Pop and 3 Rock videos were good and show the kinds of standards you are capable of achieving (although just using contact sheets and whole length You Tube clips do not really push the medium of a blog to full potential...)


ebi:

Overall, really disappointing to open up your blog and see so much work missing Ryan.
Post 1 - Brief missing??
Post 8 -Conventions of a music video - no visuals? No effort demonstrated?
Post 9-11 - Theories - all missing???
Post 12 - Low Budget - only one entry (meant to be two) - dull, no creativity in use of blog, overly simplistic vague comments / analysis - not a Year 13 standard...
Post 13 - Mood Board - needs written paragraph to explain how artists from within that genre wish to be represented
Post 14 - Genre research - only 3?? Meant to be 5... I would go back into the posts Jack and Nathan created if I were you, as they are vague and overly simplisitic - I wouldn't submit these towards my own mark without improvements...
Post 15 - Genre research / Conventions - just OK...
Post 16 - Analysis of 3 x CD covers - only one done??
Post 17 - Record label research - Re-do the entry on 679 Artist - as this is so clearly copy and paste - Plagiarism - make this your own work
Post 18 - Advert research - one only - meant to be 3???
Posts 19-20 - Audience research - where is survey? Where are your results?

Make sure all posts in this section are under the label 'Research'

Overall: UN - UNSATISFACTORY (referral) Both Ms Ingram and myself have made it very clear you are underperforming - you know what you need to do. I feel as though I have just spent more time giving you feedback than you have done to bother to complete the work Ryan. Sort yourself out, as this is simply not good enough if you hope to stay on our A2 course.

You have until Friday 7th Oct to COMPLETE this Ryan - final grade given then with no further opportunity after this date.

Assessment 16th September

Ryan,
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You have completed the majority of the posts set for Summer Work. Overall the summer work has been completed to a good standard. I see you have made a start on the genre work and this is looking good. You will need to have all of this section complete for next lesson.I know you have done a great lip sync task and I am looking forward to seeing it in class when we have time!
EBI
You still need to have a post discussing the general conventions of a music video.
You still could use more examples of detailed media language to reach your target grade.
Your work on In The Sun is still incomplete.
In July you received a Stage 0/1. This has now escalated. This is disappointing. You must complete this section. JIN- C'mon Ryan - You can do better!

Assessment 13th July JIN

WWW: Ryan, you have successfully uploaded the clip and you discuss it using reflective language. You offer some Media Language in your response. You can be insightful in your evaluation of your own work and I would encourage you to continue to do this.

EBI: You have only completed one post even though I checked with you on Friday and gave you a Stage 0 warning. This is disappointing as you agreed that you must keep on task with the blogs and not fall behind.Please ensure you now keep up to date.

EFFORT: IN