Auditions for A2 Media short films and music videos Thursday 2nd October

Performing Arts students have been invited to attend open auditions with you tomorrow lunchtime in the Drama Studio.  Please turn up punctually and decide what you want them to do- ie. lip synch a track, read some dialogue etc... It is your responsibility to work with the performers and inform them of what you will need. It will also be useful to have an idea of the timescale involved- ie. if you plan to film on a weekend and when.  Any questions, come to find Vanessa or Amy in A23.

London Film Festival news

... Breaking news...
For the second year running, we have been hugely lucky and privileged to secure tickets to the London Film Festival.  This is the most well known, and in our opinion, best film festival in the world and we will be taking a group of Media students to see the film National Diploma, a documentary film set in the Congo.  See here for more details and check with your teacher if you will be going to the trip.  More to follow...

Jason does High School Musical

Leyton Media Oscars 2014- the highlights

**a version of this piece will also appear on the Leyton website. www.leyton.ac.uk Please share and show off about your achievements :-) Showreel to follow very soon....

On Thursday 12^th June, Leyton Media department held its third Oscars event at local cinema Stratford Picturehouse. This popular and well established red carpet event is a celebration of the achievements of A2 Media, BTEC Extended Diploma Media, BTEC level 2 Creative Media Production, and BTEC Subsidiary Diploma Photography leavers. Students and their guests dressed to impress for the evening, making their grand entrance on the red carpet whilst getting snapped by our resident photographer, teacher Scott Goldsmith. They were then treated to a showreel with the very best of 2013/14 media work, and students were nominated in a wide range of categories from best director to best music video, best photographer, best animated shorts and many more. Winners in each category won a coveted Leyton Oscar.

This year saw the introduction of a new category: most promising newcomer, which was won by Jelyseen Chung.  Other highlights included the award of best cinematography, which went to Kimberley Carroll, Sarah Saleh and Ricardo Reveron Blanco for their haunting short film “One by One”. This film was also the winner in the Young Film Maker category of the Walthamstow International Film Festival.  Tamika Aboah won the Most Creative Blog category.  This blog was given particular praise by the OCR Chief Examiner for Media.  He spoke of the way in which Tamika’s site had: “such detail and variety, lavished with care!”

The winner of the most outstanding student, awarded to a student who has shown outstanding commitment, improvement and talent, went to BTEC Extended Diploma student Arzu Dora. Arzu started at college three years ago on the level 2 course and progressed to the level 3.  She has shown extraordinary tenacity and has always committed fully to every project, both on the curriculum, and in enrichment activities. Arzu has achieved the outstanding grade of Distinction*Distinction Distinction.  In addition, during her time at Leyton, her non-academic achievements include producing films for the Leyton Sport team, and taking part in BFI’s prestigious Film Academy Documentary residential.  

We are very proud of our Media leavers and it has been another bumper year for talent, with some excellent films, music videos, blogs, photography and print products produced.

Here is a list of the categories and the winners for each:

1. Best Director: Saif
2. Most creative short film: Solomon, Kishan, Sibel
   3. Most creative blog: Tamika
   4. Best documentary film: Viktor
   5. Most creative animated short film: Zavier (BTEC)
   6. Most creative ident: Tyisha
   7. Best music video: Tina, Jazmin, Zenab
   8. Most creative marketing / promo package: Monique, Hadley, Nyasha
   9. Best cinematography: Sarah, Kimberley, Ricardo
   10. Best Corporate Vid- Sohaib
   11. Best photographer: Tracey

1. Best editor: Arzu
2. Most creative production design + styling:  Saphia, Vancia, Stacey
3. Most promising new comer- Jelyseen
4. Special award for outstanding student: Arzu
5. Best dressed female: Layla
6. Best dressed male: Kash

more Oscars pics- inside the cinema

here

Oscars 2014- red carpet

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Summer holiday task

Here it is:

 

Media Studies A2 Preparatory Task

Research for Advanced Portfolio (Video / TV)

 

For your A2 year of Media Studies you will be producing a series of production pieces, which includes using TV or video as a medium.  Your choice is to produce either a music promo video or a short film. 

 

Over the summer you will need to choose from one of these briefs and carry out some initial research into your chosen project.  This will involve brainstorming at least three ideas for your own moving image piece, and producing short proposals for each.  You will also need to take notes and analyse two examples of professionally produced products.  It is up to you how you do this- as a vlog, a prezi, an infogram, a mindmap, or another way.  But you need to use technology, embedded on a NEW blog, to present your ideas.  This will form the first part of the A2 coursework project.

 

Your notes should be blogged and uploaded on or before the week starting 1st September 2014 (i.e. the first week after the summer break).  They will form part of the coursework research for your final project.  Failure to complete this summer task may mean that you will not be allowed to take A2 Media.

Make a new blog on blogspot. Call it:*yourname*leytona2.blogspot.co.uk

 

Choose from either Brief A Music Promo or Brief B Short Film.

 

Brief A: Music Promo Task

a) Choose 3 potential music tracks for which you could produce a promo video.  These should be original pieces (made by you / friends) or an unreleased album track by a known artist.  The tracks should not yet have a music video.  For each track write / vlog / brainstorm on prezi or similar, a short proposal for an accompanying music video.  The proposal should include the following:

• A summary of the narrative/ conceptual / performance idea and how it links to the lyrics / sound of the track
• Actors, props, locations required
• What makes the promo video different
   
  b) Watch 2 professionally produced music videos that relate to your own ideas in terms of musical genre and / or style.  Make detailed notes/ a mood board / annotated YouTube video / infogram / or any other creative tech under these headings.   Always give a full reference (producer, artist, song, date).

• Synopsize the video
• Is the video conceptual, narrative or performance based?
• Themes and motifs

• Representations of stars / artistes including authorage

• Camera angles, special effects, mise en scene and editing techniques
• Is lip synching used? Where / why?
• Who are the target audience?  How are they encouraged to buy the record?
• What ideas could you use in your own music video?
   
  OR:
   
  Brief B: Short Film Task

1. Originate 3 narrative ideas for a short film.  Your film can follow a clear conventional linear narrative or it could have an experimental or alternative structure.  It can be shot in live action or using animation, or a combination of the two.  It could fit into any genre including drama, action, comedy / spoof, horror, thriller, or a mixture.  For each idea write / vlog / brainstorm on prezi or similar a short treatment which summarises and sells the idea.  Each treatment should include the following:
   • Classification / genre
   • Short summary / synopsis of narrative idea including what makes it different
   • Audience
   • Similar / comparable film examples
   • Logistics and feasibility- in terms of equipment, locations and actors
      
2. Watch two short films (or extracts from longer films) that relate to your own ideas in terms of narrative and / or genre. Make detailed notes/ a mood board  / annotated YouTube video / infogram / or any other creative tech using the following headings.  Always give a full reference (director, title, date)
   • Synopsise the film and the extract(s) you have chosen
   • Narrative structure- linear / non-linear
   • How are the characters represented?
   • Use of camera
   • Use of editing
   • Mise-en-scene: location, lighting, costume, props, make up
   • Sound
   • Target audience- who are they?
   • What ideas could you use in your own short film?
      
     Before you go off on the summer break, your teacher will ask you for your URL to check your work, and it will be linked to the new 2014/15 Leyton Media hub.