Whilst you're editing...

TWO THINGS
1. Blogging - what you should be doing
There's now a checklist for the next stage on the blog (below) where you have moved from Research and Planning to Editing. For the editing stage of blogging (see page 2 of checklist), you need to post a few times a week (I suggest on the day after you have a lesson) and all you need to post are the details of your editing progress. SO, a few lines just outlining what you edited, any problems you encountered and any things you solved, parts you're proud of, things that went brilliantly - these need a quick mention. Over the editing weeks you should have a few posts per week, on editing, of a few lines or so on your GROUP blog. You can/should also put something on your individual blog as a PERSONAL response to what you've achieved/decided/problems etc but again - SHORT and FREQUENT is the key now...

2. EDITING
Don't worry about cropping audio at the moment - work on the visuals of the sequence. Later when we're happy with the visuals we can cut audio and add soundtracks so don't worry about audio at this stage please. If you do, we may need to edit/shift/cutaway etc to get visuals right for the best possible grade and if you've chopped the audio it's a problem to get it back on the timeline synchronised!

Have fun...

The full list for blog completion

Use this list now you have completed the first three weeks of the project. You should make sure you keep a track of what you're doing - it's PROOF for examination purpses, of your learning journey and of all the activities you undertook in the process of making your film. It should be like a diary and be sustained and frequently updated.

Don't worry if things seem a bit mixed up in terms of order or if you think you might have put a post on the wrong blog (i.e. mixed up inidividual and group blogs) as this can all be sorted later. It's MOST important that you get all these things on your blog as you go along and that you don't leave them to the last minute - not only will this leave you with loads of work to do but you will lose marks as you haven't completed the process as you should.

Finally, remember to LABEL your posts on the group blog with your name!

Yr12 Tick Box Check Sheet 11 12

Guide to keeping your blog up to date

You were set the homework of putting up your research and analysis of Opening Sequences and this should have been done by now. The deadline was 4th January and you were given an extension. There is a lot of other paperwork to keep, scan and upload so here's a handy guide. Please note this is just the work for the first THREE WEEKS - there are more sheets to come so this needs to be completed as a matter of urgency. The THREE WEEK period ENDS on 20th January.

In case you were in any doubt, Media Studies is not an easy option as I'm sure you now know!

Year 12 Checklist for First Three Weeks