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Initial Ideas and Concepts: Learning Objectives

The document provides instructions for students taking a Year 12 OCR Media Studies course. It outlines that students will be divided into groups to research film genres and their conventions. They will create presentations on their chosen genre and upload them to blogs. In their groups, they will discuss genre conventions and choose one genre for their coursework production. They are tasked with writing a bullet point plot summary and half page treatment for a film in their chosen genre, including adhering to conventions but also deviating from them in one way.

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Initial Ideas and Concepts: Learning Objectives

The document provides instructions for students taking a Year 12 OCR Media Studies course. It outlines that students will be divided into groups to research film genres and their conventions. They will create presentations on their chosen genre and upload them to blogs. In their groups, they will discuss genre conventions and choose one genre for their coursework production. They are tasked with writing a bullet point plot summary and half page treatment for a film in their chosen genre, including adhering to conventions but also deviating from them in one way.

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Yr 12 OCR Media Studies

Initial Ideas and Concepts Part 1

Learning Objectives:
1. To consider the conventions you will need to adhere to in your coursework. 2. To create a treatment of your film.

Coursework Groups (sit together)


Group 1: Teni, Stevie, Michaela and Renee Group 2: Ryan, Jamie P, Alisha and Kayleigh Group 3: Chris A, Andrew, Olivia and Dan W Group 4: Conor, Becky and Kirstie Group 5: Dean, Josh and Damian Group 6: James C, Dan F and Jamie V

1hr

Genre Research
1. Choose a film genre to research. 2. Create a PowerPoint presentation of background research;
Themes and ideas Timeline of significant developments in the genre. At least 5 opening sequences from the genre and your film analysis notes. Images/film titles/actors and directors associated with the genre.

3. Upload your PowerPoint to your blog.

1hr

Genre Conventions
1. In your coursework group compare your research on the genre you have chosen. Discuss: a) What happens in the opening sequences; b) What kinds of characters there are; c) What the dialogue is like; d) Camera / mise-en-scene / editing / sound.

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3. 3. 4.

Now, choose one genre for your coursework production. (How will you decide this?)
List three key films which will influence your coursework production. Come up with a list of ten things which you will do in your coursework production to keep within the genre. Come up with one way in which your coursework production will deviate from the conventions of the genre.

Homework
1. Write a bullet-point summary of your initial plot idea 2. Turn this into a short (1/2 a side of A4) summary of the entire plot of your film The treatment must include a title which adheres to the conventions of your chosen genrethink of a title!

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