Work to be completed as well as STUDIO production

PIECE OF WORK 1  Podcast Changes  DEADLINE HAS EXPIRED; MARKS HAVE BEEN UPDATED ON MY BLOG


PIECE OF WORK 2  DEADLINE HAS EXPIRED Ident changes


PIECE OF WORK 3 DEADLINE 13TH FEBRUARY

ALL OF THIS WORK SHOULD BE POSTED ONTO A BLOG LABEL UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT 4

Showreel, Real job adverts from DIFFERENT websites and why they interest you, UCAS courses and why you have applied, Training courses (if not going to Uni) and why they wold be useful to you, Media CV and Application letter for on of the real jobs found.

CV example

• APPLICATION LETTER EXAMPLE Prepare  a     application letter for a particular job you have found. Refer the skills you talk about in the letter to the skills listed in the advert and make sure the language is professional

showreel example

PIECE OF WORK 4 ADD TO POST TITLED UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT 4 UNDER SHOWREEL DEADLINE 13TH FEBRUARY

SWOT Analysis  click on link

A SWOT is an audit of your skills and helps you to make plans going forward.

S = Strengths
What are you good at?

W= Weaknesses
What do you need to work on?

O= Opportunities
What training, university modules, work experience, future units we will do, will give you opportunities to improve your skills
UNIT 8 (theory) Unit 27 (Making a Documentary) Unit 21 (Camera workshops/Editing Refresher)
Studio Production

T=Threats
What is stopping you from achieving?
Finance?
Work ethic?
Lack of plans?
Peer Pressure?
Family Pressure?


PIECE OF WORK 5: UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT 1 JOB ROLES: DEADLINE 13TH FEBRUARY

This piece of work you did in the summer;

• Pick a minimum of three roles one must be a technical role such as editing or camera, and another must be a management role such as director or production manager.  Find real people and get pictures of them 

• What does the job include?
• What are they responsible for?
• What skills and qualifications do you need to have? 
• Who are they the boss of?
• How much does it pay?
• What are your working times like? Do you work on contracts, for weeks, days or months?

Create a one page google doc hand out for each job role. Under the picture of the person; use the bullet points as subheadings and add information underneath. Writing the information in bullet points and using quotes is fine.

PIECE OF WORK 6: UNIT 21 ASSIGNMENT 1 DEADLINE 24TH FEBRUARY

The task you did in the summer (SEE MY POST LABELLED BTEC PREP WORK FOR OVER SUMMER for all of the things this post was supposed to include)

You should have already completed the research and have it under a post labelled
BLOG LABEL: VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND EDITING TECHNIQUES

Turn that information into a handout with pictures and web links; do it on a google document or word document that you then link to it on your blog LABEL THE ARTICLE UNIT 21 OUTCOME 1 AN EXAMPLE IS BELOW

PIECE OF WORK 7: UNIT 8 PREP WORK DEADLINE IS 24TH FEBRUARY

Please collate research on the following areas ready for the first week back after half term

What is the BBC?
how is it funded?
when did it start?
what current changes are they making to their channels or programmes?
can you find 2/3 articles on peple arguing the pros and cons of the licence fee?

What are commercial TV channels?
How are they funded?
How do we know if a commercial channel is successful or not?
What are the highest rated programmes on ITV or channel 5

What is a meant by the term 'media conglomerate'?
Find some 'media conglomerates'?
Who are the major film production studios?
Find two or three films for one of the major studio, how much money did they make from it (box office and DVD)
What is meant by the term 'independent film'?
Can you find examples of independent film producers?
What independent films have won awards?
What are the new technological developments in the way we watch/make television and film?


PIECE OF WORK 8: UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT 2: DEADLINE IS 24TH FEBRUARY

Trade unions:
what trade unions can you join if you work in the media and film industry?
why is it important to join a trade union, what can they do for you?
what examples can you find of strikes or other trade union action (look for writers guild strikes in USA), why did they strike, did it impact any productions?

freelance contracts
what does it mean to be a freelancer in the media?
what types of freelance contract are there?
what types of film or media contracts (short term/fixed term/ first refusal)

editorial guidelines
explain what an editorial guideline is
look at the following link and summarise the guidelines for two or three of the subheadings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/
why is it important for a television producer to work under guidelines.

BBFC

Who are they and what do they do?
What can you/can't you show in a PG, 12A and 15?



There is more work to be done, so once you have finished this come and speak to me and we can move on to expanding on the summer prep work you did.

This list will be updated weekly with new tasks added and new deadlines