Summer project
Summer project tasks
Complete the following tasks on a blogpost on your coursework blog called 'Summer Project: coursework planning':
1) Research: TV crime drama extract analysis
TV crime drama extract 1: Narrative and genre
How is the narrative and the crime drama genre communicated to the audience?
propp: Villains- The gangsters
TV crime drama extract 3: Camerawork
Here you are looking for particular camera shots and movement. E.g. Are close-ups used to show the reaction of key characters to the audience? How are establishing shots used?#]
Complete the following tasks on a blogpost on your coursework blog called 'Summer Project: coursework planning':
1) Research: TV crime drama extract analysis
TV crime drama extract 1: Narrative and genre
How is the narrative and the crime drama genre communicated to the audience?
propp: Villains- The gangsters
todorov: Equilibrium in Top boy- The boy eating cereal while looking at the view of Hackney and the skyscrapers in the horizon. Disequilibrium when the Car pulls up and Dushane and Sully run back to Dris.
TV crime drama extract 2: Mise-en-scene
What do you notice about the use of mise-en-scene to create meanings for the audience? Think CLAMPS.
TV crime drama extract 2: Mise-en-scene
What do you notice about the use of mise-en-scene to create meanings for the audience? Think CLAMPS.
Costume: Streetwear- represents the youth.
Lighting: Low key/ high key lighting
Actors: luther- idris elba - dressed smart/ casual. fits his role as a detective.
Make-up killing eve- can easily distinguish
Setting: Top boy: Hackney- show us london life
TV crime drama extract 3: Camerawork
Here you are looking for particular camera shots and movement. E.g. Are close-ups used to show the reaction of key characters to the audience? How are establishing shots used?#]
There are many over the shoulder shots- perhaps indicating that
TV crime drama extract 4: Editing
Analyse pace, transitions, number of shots and juxtaposition e.g. eyeline matches. How is editing used to create meanings for the audience?
TV crime drama extract 5: Sound
Analyse both diegetic and non-diegetic sound in the extract - music, dialogue, voiceover, SFX, background or foley sound.
You can find a range of TV drama extract examples in this blogpost.
TV crime drama
3) Statement of Intent
Write the first draft for your genuine 500-word Statement of Intent. This will be submitted to the exam board alongside your media products and is worth 10 marks of the overall 60 marks available.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C7PmcWNWpCj2IAKjoXhlix9brwNL1uAaYf6ZDhE2cbs/edit
The original AQA brief is here: NEA Student Booklet 2024 submission - brief 1.
TV crime drama extract 4: Editing
Analyse pace, transitions, number of shots and juxtaposition e.g. eyeline matches. How is editing used to create meanings for the audience?
TV crime drama extract 5: Sound
Analyse both diegetic and non-diegetic sound in the extract - music, dialogue, voiceover, SFX, background or foley sound.
You can find a range of TV drama extract examples in this blogpost.
In total, your research notes on your blog will be approximately 1,000 words - bullet points are fine.
2) Planning: TV crime drama concept
TV crime drama
In order to produce a successful crime drama extract, you will need to plan out an overall narrative arc for the whole episode or season of your drama. This may include the main characters in your drama and the narrative conflict driving the main protagonist for example. This overall picture of your crime drama will inform both your TV extract and the TV listings magazine feature.
Your three-minute extract
Your three-minute extract
What will your three-minute extract involve? A chase scene? Dialogue? Disequilibrium? It needs to feature the typical codes and conventions of TV crime drama. Look at the minimum requirements of the brief in order to ensure you plan for everything you need.
Complete this TV crime drama extract pitch template to plan these elements (you can copy the questions into your blog or complete on your own Google Doc and link from your blog) to demonstrate you have planned your video production.
Complete this TV crime drama extract pitch template to plan these elements (you can copy the questions into your blog or complete on your own Google Doc and link from your blog) to demonstrate you have planned your video production.
3) Statement of Intent
Write the first draft for your genuine 500-word Statement of Intent. This will be submitted to the exam board alongside your media products and is worth 10 marks of the overall 60 marks available.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C7PmcWNWpCj2IAKjoXhlix9brwNL1uAaYf6ZDhE2cbs/edit
The original AQA brief is here: NEA Student Booklet 2024 submission - brief 1.
We also strongly recommend you look at our Statement of Intent 2024 questions to consider document too (you'll need to log in with your Greenford Google account to read this).
4) Ignite presentation
Prepare a 5-minute, 20-slide presentation using the Ignite format in which you present your coursework project. In effect, this is your statement of intent in presentation format. You must cover:
Your Ignite presentation will be marked out of 30 on the following criteria (each worth a possible 5 marks):
1) Research (through the presentation AND your blog)
2) Coursework concept
3) Language: terminology and theory
4) Representations / social and cultural contexts
5) Audience and Industry / digital convergence
4) Ignite presentation
Prepare a 5-minute, 20-slide presentation using the Ignite format in which you present your coursework project. In effect, this is your statement of intent in presentation format. You must cover:
- Your TV crime drama concept: title, tagline, narrative, characters etc.
- Media language: how you will use conventions, camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene and sound to create an effective TV crime drama extract.
- Media representations: how you will use or subvert stereotypes; representation theory.
- Media audiences: your target audience demographics and psychographics; audience pleasures; audience theory.
- Media industries and digital convergence: the potential companies or organisations that could produce or stream your TV drama; how your extract will encourage audiences to discuss your new TV drama on social media.
Your Ignite presentation will be marked out of 30 on the following criteria (each worth a possible 5 marks):
1) Research (through the presentation AND your blog)
2) Coursework concept
3) Language: terminology and theory
4) Representations / social and cultural contexts
5) Audience and Industry / digital convergence
6) Presentation delivery
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1181JjYNnWGeeCRp9sUDpnrKcipBi5vgKPNYyBMnKXLk/edit
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