A Level Media Studies

Ancillary Tasks Research The ancillary task is to produce two out of the following three: - a radio trailer for the documentary - a double page spread from a TV listings magazine focused on the documentary - a newspaper advertisement for the documentary I have chosen to produce a newspaper advertisement and a double-page spread from a TV listings magazine to advertise my documentary. Before I start creating my adverts, I must do some research into existing adverts that are similar to the ones that I would like to produce. A TV listings magazine informs people of what TV programmes are on at what time and on which day. As you can see on this page, it shows the 5 main channels- BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Each channel has its own column in a different colour to separate it from the other channels. The times are down the right hand side of the column and the programme name and synopsis is on the left. There are adverts for programmes down

Script/ Shot List- First Cut (0-8s) Fade from black into dance footage and dissolve transition into interview clip 1 (8-11s) Angharad: Hi I’m Angharad Morgan, I’m 17 and I'm a dancer. (11-23s) Straight cut into dance footage and cross blue into next interview scene (24-33s) Angharad: The styles I do are ballet, tap, modern, street dance, jazz, contemporary, commercial and musical theatre (34-38s)  Fade to white- show dance footage (38-43s) Angharad: My favourite style is ballet and I really like it because of the way the style flows through the movements. (43-51s) Straight cut into dance footage (51-57s) Angharad: My least favourite style is acrobatic dance, just purely because I can’t do any of it! It is quite fun though, especially if you can do it well! (57-1.11) Cross blur transition into dance footage (1.11-1.23) Angharad: I really enjoy the shows that we do at the dance school I go to. I think they’re really fun and they teach you prof

Production & Editing Updates 11th November- Today I started looking through the footage that I already had from the dance shows that I have done, to see how much I could put into my documentary. I did have a lot of footage however I did want to be behind the camera (rather than in the dances that I will include in the documentary) for the majority of my documentary, meaning that I would have to try and film the dances at competitions and shows that I am not in.  16th & 20th November- I began editing the  footage from the shows that I already had. I picked a background song just to try out at this point and I will not be using this for my final cut. I started my editing on iMovie on my MacBook Pro, as I am familiar with this software from previous projects including my AS Media coursework. 20th, 22nd & 23rd November- This week when i went to the studios, I filmed the dances that we were learning. I don't know whether I will use all of the footage

https://youtu.be/C5XoxE5j7do Here is the link to the first cut of my documentary. There is still a few things that need to be added and changed. Firstly, I need to add the title into it so that my audience know what it's called. I also think that I need to change the order of the clips because at the moment there is no particular order to it, maybe i'll have an interview section, then a section of dance footage rather than alternating between them, I think that this will help improve it. Also, I think that I might change the music or have a few songs in the background rather than just one, to make it a bit more interesting.