Week 34 - Completing Your Evaluative Commentary & Using Feedback

This is the 15th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hours 27 & 28). At the end of this lesson you will only have 2 hours remaining.

• Complete your Evaluative Commentary using your poster feedback as a source of data & information.

Obviously, prior to your lesson, you need to make sure that you have gathered feedback from members of your target audience using the following survey;

GCSE Poster Survey

We will then give you a copy of your feedback to use in your Evaluative Commentary and to present in your portfolio. You will need to email your teacher when you have finished collecting responses so that we know that we can print your data. You need a minimum of 6 responses really.

Here is an example of what the feedback will look like and how you can use it to improve your coursework. I will also explain how you can exploit this opportunity to support claims in your Evaluative Commentary.

Example Feedback (& How To Use It In Your Evaluative Commentary)

Use this to demonstrate how successful your product is. In this case, the majority of your target audience believe your product looks like an authentic, professional product. This would suggest that your have used print product codes successfully. Some members of your target audience disagree though and you should drill down into their responses to find out why and maybe use this information to improve your product further. Refer to the feedback and the improvements you made in response to this feedback in your Evaluative Commentary.

Use this feedback to demonstrate that you have been successful in communicating the title of your film (target audience can tell which is the title and which is the tagline!). You must have used an appropriate font and font size!

Use this feedback to evaluate the success of your tagline. Does the feedback suggest that the tagline could be improved? Did you go back to your poster and make changes as a consequence of this feedback? Refer to this process of making improvements as a result of feedback in your Evaluative Commentary.

Use this feedback to evaluate how well you have used genre conventions. If your target audience have identified the correct genre, you must have successfully used sci-fi conventions in your film poster!

Use this feedback to support your views about what is good about your product. It can also be used as evidence to suggest successful technical skill development (when considering what you've learnt overall during this unit of work).

Again, use this feedback to evaluate your overall success and to identify elements of your print product that you may need to improve before the final deadline. Refer to changes you made in response to this feedback in your Evaluative Commentary.

Use this as evidence of overall success. If you surveyed members of your target audience and they don't want to see this film, this may suggest a weakness in your product. However, if you surveyed other people (not members of your target audience) it may only suggest that they don't like sci-fi films!

Week 33 (wb 1st June)

This is the 14th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hours 25 & 26). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 4 hours remaining.

• Complete your original film poster
• Gather audience feedback using the Survey Monkey link
• Complete the Evaluative Commentary

I hope you have already finished;

• Analytical Assignment (including improvements. See post above Week 28)
• Target Audience Research
• Target Audience Profile (TAP)

Students who have catch-up hours remaining must book catch-up time with their teacher during this week's lesson. You can catch-up over several lunchtimes or in a single sitting after school. Students not taking this opportunity will be 'booked in' after school next week (that's teacher talk for 'issued with an after-school detention' folks.)

Controlled Hours Catch-Up During Half Term

Mr Hood's Class

The Media Suite will be open during half term on Wednesday 27th May between 9.00am and 12.00pm to catch up on controlled hours you have missed due to absence. I'll bring the biscuits!

Week 32 (wb 18th May)

This is the 13th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hours 23 & 24). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 6 hours remaining.

• WB 18th May (hours 23 & 24) - Poster Construction
• Half Term (Evaluative Commentary planning & Poster Feedback)
• WB  1st June (hours 25 & 26) - Evaluative Commentary
• WB  8th June (hours 27 & 28) - Evaluative Commentary
• WB 15 June (hours 29 & 30) - Audience Feedback Questionnaires & Final Submission

Mr Hood's Lesson

I am not in your lesson this week, but I have arranged for you to be fully supported as you strive to complete your posters. Mrs Yates will supervise the class and Mr Clark will be available to download your iStockPhoto images and help you with any PhotoShop issues. Make the most of the time; I've told Mr Clark & Mrs Yates how well you normally work and I expect the same this week. Don't forget the following advice;

• Consider using a stroke to make your film title stand out.
• Don't forget a tagline.
• Base your credit block on a real example from an existing poster.
• Include original photography.
• Would a coloured overlay be appropriate? (like we did for the romantic practice poster). Think about the meanings of colours though. Dark blue could be used to suggest cold/isolation. Red could be used to suggest danger/love. This would probably be a final step and you would need to flatten your other layers first.

Mr Clark will also advise you on how to collect screenshots of your 'work in progress' that you can present in your portfolio as evidence of organised use of time and planning (both form part of the assessment criteria).

When Your Poster Is Finished

When your poster is finished you will need to collect some audience feedback. We have prepared a questionnaire that asks target audience members to assess your poster in terms of authenticity and creativity. You will need to collect between 7-10 responses each. The best responses will come from people who fit your target audience profile, so choose carefully. When you have finished your poster, ask us to print a copy for you to show people (or we'll take a screenshot and post on the blog). After showing friends/family/target audience members your poster, direct them to the following link;

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gcsefilmposter

The Evaluative Commentary

You need to start considering the Evaluative Commentary. I have produced a document to help you plan your essay and to make sure that you address every aspect of the success criteria. Mr Clark will explain how the document works and provide you with an A3 copy to write on. Take it home and complete it over half term so that you are prepared to tackle the Evaluative Commentary when we return to school. You can bring the completed planning document into the lesson. A planned response will always achieve higher marks than an 'improvised' response, so please take some time to prepare. You can download a copy of the document here too. The length of the Evaluative Commentary is likely to be between 1 & 2 pages of size 12 font writing. You will have 2 weeks (4 hours) to complete it.

Hours Missed

I am aware that many of you have hours 'in hand' due to absence. We will not be able to give you these hours back at the end of the scheduled time; you have to use it BEFORE the end. I was considering allowing you to come in during half term to make the hours up, probably on the Wednesday morning (27th May). If enough of you want to take this opportunity, we'll go ahead. Email me at hoo@gw-hs.org to let me know. I'll post the outcome!

Out of Hours Learning

• Plan your Evaluative Commentary
• Collect film poster feedback from family, friends & target audience

Mr Hood's Top Tip

It's sometimes hard to find what you want using the Steel Tongs font for your credit block on the poster and the most common frustrations are;

"Present A" (Alt+1)

"Presents" (Alt +4)

Thank you Mr Hood. It's a pleasure students!

Week 31 (wb 11th May)

This is the 12th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hour 22 - Science exam P1). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 8 hours remaining.

Here is the recommended schedule for your remaining time;

WB 11th May (hour 22) - Poster Construction
WB 18th May (hours 23 & 24) - Poster Construction
Half Term (Evaluative Commentary planning)
WB  1st June (hours 25 & 26) - Evaluative Commentary
WB  8th June (hours 27 & 28) - Evaluative Commentary
WB 15 June (hours 29 & 30) - Audience Feedback Questionnaires & Final Submission

WB 22nd June - Work Experience Week

Hours Owing Due To Absence

If you have been absent and have controlled hours 'owing' you must arrange a catch-up time with your teacher BEFORE 15th June. B321 Portfolios must be submitted at the end of the lesson in that final week and any hours you haven't used will be lost forever! The specification clearly states that 30 hours is a maximum and not a requirement and the final deadline will be the same for everyone (regardless of how many hours you've completed).

Out of Hours Learning

Start to consider what you are going to write in your Evaluative Commentary. You should aim to complete the Evaluative Commentary in 4 hours and you should include the following information;

• An account (review & evaluation) of the research and planning carried out.
• How the film poster is targeted at a particular target audience. (Link to your target audience research).
• An explanation of the ways in which media language, codes and conventions have been used in your film poster to communication representation. (layout, typography, use of language, use of images, use of colour, camera angles, costume, NVC, props, location or setting, etc). Include a review of how your poster follows the conventions of real film posters and, particularly, other sci-fi posters. 
• An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses within the finished film poster.

To help you evaluate the success of your film poster, we have a common poster feedback survey that you can ask people to complete (preferably members of your target audience). You can even present the answers as charts in your portfolio (as an Appendix) and refer to the them in your Evaluative Commentary. (That's a big hint folks).

Here is the link to the Film Poster Feedback Survey;

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gcsefilmposter

Week 30 (wb 4th May)

This is the 11th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hours 20 & 21). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 9 hours remaining.

Here is the recommended schedule for your remaining time;

WB   4th May (hours 20 & 21) - Poster Construction
WB 11th May (hours 22 & 23) - Poster Construction
WB 18th May (hours 24 & 25) - Poster Construction & Evaluative Commentary Planning
Half Term
WB  1st June (hours 26 & 27) - Evaluative Commentary
WB  8th June (hours 28 & 29) - Evaluative Commentary
WB 15 June (hour 30) - Audience Feedback Questionnaires & Final Submission

WB 22nd June - Work Experience Week

Poster Construction

So, you have 5 hours to complete your film poster representing either women or Earth's response to alien visitors. Don't forget that you MUST include some original photography. See your teacher to book a camera if you plan on taking the photo at school. Photos can also be taken at home. You should NOT use controlled hours to take your photo.

Out of Hours Learning

• Plan the next stage of your film poster. Consider non-verbal communication, colours, framing, setting, font types & sizes, tagline & layout (representation). Is yours a teaser poster or a main poster? What are the conventions of this poster type? (release date, credit block, etc).

Week 29 (wb 27th April)

This is the 10th week of controlled hours for unit B321 (hours 18 & 19). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 11 hours remaining.

This week you will start your original poster designs. It is important that you use everything you have learnt about 'representation' when constructing your poster. You must represent a woman or Earth's response to alien visitors in your product (see the Product Briefs).

You should start with a flat plan showing where the elements will be positioned (credit block, main image, title, tagline, actors' names, etc). You will then draw 1 or 2 drafts of your poster before you start the PhotoShop process, each draft with a new level of detail (the last should be a coloured pencil drawing with most of the detail present).

Make sure you have researched tutorials so that you can achieve the effects that you want. Here are some links to a variety of common sci-fi poster tutorials (just to get you started). You could use the techniques presented as a basis for your own product constructions;

Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 1
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 1
Sci-Fi Poster From Self Portrait 1
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 2
Sci-Fi Poster From Self Portrait 2
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 3
A Variety of Sci-Fi Effects

Here is a link to some common photo & text effect tutorials (pdf documents);

Common Photo & Text Effect Tutorials

Don't forget the links to film poster websites and tutorials in the 'Useful Websites'  section of the sidebar on this blog.

Remember that you have to include an element of original photography, so see your teacher to book cameras and the use of the white vinyl screen (in Drama Studio). The taking of photographs should be completed out of lesson time so that you don't waste controlled hours.

Finally, the remainder of your poster can be constructed using stock images (photographs from other people). Search here to find the images you want and then ask your teacher to log in and purchase the images for you (essential collection only, not signature collection). Each student is limited to a maximum of 6 purchased images from the essential collection on this website, so choose carefully.

Out of Hours Learning

• Update the Lesson Evaluation Document
• Consider the next stage of development for your film poster.

Improving Analytical Assignments

Please make sure that you have used technical language in your analytical assignments and that you have identified specific scenes/shots within the film that demonstrate your point. The difference between 'general description' (max level 3) and 'identifying specific scenes/shots & using media specific language' (max level 4) is illustrated in the following document;

Use of technical language in your Analytical Assignments

Week 28 (wb 20th April)

This is the 9th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 16 & 17). At the end of this lesson you will have a maximum of 13 hours remaining.

By the end of this this lesson your portfolio should contain:

• Analytical Assignment
• The Production Brief
• 2 or 3 Film Poster Deconstructions (research into similar products)
• Target Audience Research (research into similar films from Pearl & Dean & BBFC website)
• Target Audience Profile (TAP)

At the start of next lesson (hour 18) you will all start the original film poster construction. The first stage is to sketch a flat plan of your poster in your portfolio. See an example of a flat plan in the mock portfolio (rough sketch of poster layout without content detail).

Out of Hours Learning

• Update the Lesson Evaluation Document
• Consider the design of your film poster. Come to next lesson with a flat plan in mind and some thoughts re content. Don't forget that you have to include an element of original photography (a photograph you are going to take yourself). You may also wish to research some film poster tutorials that can help you to achieve the effects you want.

Week 27 (wb 13th April)

This is the 8th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 14 & 15). At the end of this lesson, you will have a maximum of 15 hours remaining and you will be half way through the time allowed to complete this unit.

You should be completing your film poster deconstructions. When you have completed them, assess your success by asking yourself the following questions;

• Have you used technical language that is specific to film posters? (see film poster revision page)
• Have you covered all the aspects of representation? (see film poster revision page)
• Have you presented your deconstructions appropriately

You should also be completing your Production Workflow document. Have you presented the tasks that you need to complete in an appropriate order? You need to complete this document to demonstrate 'planning for organised use of time'.

Referring to the Success Checklist, the last criterion you need to address before moving on to the construction phase is 'referencing the way in which your product is aimed at a target audience'. To do this you need to investigate who the audience was for existing, similar products and understand a little about film classifications.

On a page entitled 'Target Audience for X' in your portfolio (where X is the title of your film), you should have the following information;

• A very brief synopsis of your film (1 very short paragraph) presenting a flavour of your film. Is it a sci-fi action film? Is it a sci-fi thriller? If you are struggling for an outline of your story, there are only 22 stories that exist, so pick one of them using this link.
• The film classification. Visit the BBFC website and examine the criteria for each age rating. Consider the content of your imaginary film and suggest an appropriate BBFC rating. Provide reasons to support your argument (levels of violence, swearing, sex, etc).
• Evidence of the target audience for similar products (existing films). Visit this Pearl & Dean website to see who the target audience was for films that are similar to yours (Pearl & Dean manage advertising campaigns in cinemas). Take a screenshot of the data and publish the audience profile data in your portfolio. Use this data to define your own target audience.
• Present a Target Audience Profile (TAP). See the example in the Mock Portfolio. Start your TAP with the sentence "This is (name) and he/she represents my target audience". Do not contradict your film classification statement (if your film is a 15, your target audience can't be 12-15 year olds!)

Here is an example target audience page; a development of the one in the mock portfolio.

Out of Hours Learning

• Update the Lesson Evaluation Document (so I know how you are doing).
• Consider a synopsis for your film.
• Read the BBFC classification guide and decide which rating would apply to your film.
• Visit the Pearl & Dean website and decide which of the listed films are similar to yours.
• Consider your TAP. Name? Gender? Age? Name? Ethnicity? Marital status? Education or job? Income? Hobbies? Film preferences? How often do they visit the cinema? Reading preferences? TV viewing preferences? Media / technology ownership?

IMPORTANT TIME MANAGEMENT WARNING

You need to have completed everything up to the poster construction phase by the end of next lesson (after 17 hours). This will leave you only a maximum of 13 hours (6.5 weeks) to complete the film poster and Evaluative Commentary. If you haven't completed the workflow and target audience documents by the end of the 17th hour, you will have to leave them and move on to the construction phase. EVERYONE WILL BE STARTING THE FILM POSTER CONSTRUCTION AT THE START OF THE 18TH HOUR! If there is some time remaining at the end, you could come back to the workflow and target audience work. Even with this suggested schedule, you will only have 3 weeks (6 hrs) to complete the film poster (including drafts) and 3 weeks (6 hrs) to complete the Evaluative Commentary. The final hour will be used for assembling your portfolios and checking your work.

Week 26 (wb 23rd March)

This is the 7th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 12 & 13). At the end of this lesson, you will have a maximum of 17 hours remaining.

If you are following our recommended timetable of tasks, you should now be completing the existing film poster deconstructions. Remember, you are attempting to demonstrate that you know the technical language for film posters and that you can read representations within the poster. Look at previous posts for further guidance (especially those posted when you were deconstructing posters before Xmas).

Here are some examples of deconstructed posters as a guide (please do not use these examples in your own portfolio).

Annotated Deconstruction of Casino Royale

Annotated Deconstruction of From Russia With Love

Written Deconstruction of The Mummy

You can also look in our mock up of a completed portfolio for examples of different methods of presenting your poster deconstructions. If you don't have access to the physical portfolio, you can download a scan here.

Out of Hours Learning

Consider your film poster deconstructions. How are you going to present them? What are you going to write? Consider both technical print media language and issues of representation.

Once you have deconstructed existing products (film posters) it's time to start thinking about your own film poster. The first stage is to present a Flat Plan of your poster. Click here, here or here  for examples of Flat Plans (or see the Individual Portfolio mock up).

Week 25 (wb 16th March)

This is the 6th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 10 & 11).

If you follow our recommended timetable, by the end of this week you will have completed your Analytical Assignment and started your Research & Planning.

Completing Your Analytical Assignment

Once you have finished your Analytical Assignment, use the Moving Image Analysis Tool to identify the key technical media language you have used in your assignment. Perhaps, circle or highlight each of the technical words you have used on your printout of the Analysis Tool. Are you completely satisfied with the amount of media language your have used?

Then, use the Success Checklist to RAG assess how well you have addressed each element of the success criteria. Do you need to add anything else to your assignment before you submit it?

Finally, read your assignment carefully. Address any spelling issues identified by the spell checker. Do all of your sentences/paragraphs make sense? Is your font size 12? How good is your presentation? I recommend that you align your text using the 'justified' option (combines left & right alignment to use 100% of the line space).

Starting Your Research & Planning

How you use the R&P time is up to you, but don't forget that you need to complete the following documents, trim them and glue them into your Individual Portfolio before starting the 'Product Construction' phase of the unit (making your film poster).

• Identify the Production Brief
• Proposed Production Workflow Diagram
• Existing Film Poster Deconstructions (Technical Codes & Representation)
• Target Audience Research
• A Target Audience Profile

At the end of this week's lessons, you will have 19 hours left, so you need to have started the R&P before the end of the week . We recommend the following allocation of time;

Research & Planning - 5 hours (2.5 weeks)

Construction of Product (Film Poster) - 8 hours (4 weeks)

Evaluation - 6 hours (3 weeks)

Recommended Durations for Research & Planning Documents To Complete Within Remaining 5 Hours

Identify the Production Brief (including printing, trimming & glueing) : 10 mins

Proposed Production Workflow Diagram : 20 mins

Existing Film Poster Deconstructions : 3 hours (for 2 or 3 posters)

Target Audience Research : 45 mins

A Target Audience Profile Document : 45 mins

Presentation of Your Individual Portfolio

• Leave enough blank pages for your Analytical Assignment at the start of the portfolio.
• Then glue in the Production Brief Document.
• Then leave a single page for your completed print product (original film poster).
• Then leave a further 3 blank pages for your completed Evaluative Commentary.
• The next blank page is where you start your Research & Planning. Don't forget a title for this section of your Portfolio (a full page title page if you like). The first documents I would expect to see are the Proposed Production Workflow and your Real Media Product Deconstructions (analysis of existing film posters). These will be followed by the target audience documents.

Resources

All of the resources you need to deconstruct film posters are already on this blog (see Week 11), but here is a shortcut to the Film Poster Analysis Sheet download.

Out of Hours Learning

Why not prepare your film poster deconstructions? Identify the film posters you are going to deconstruct and consider the use of technical print codes and representation.

Week 24 (wb 9th March)

This is the 5th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 8 & 9).

If you follow our recommended timetable, by the end of this week you will have 1 hour remaining in which to complete the conclusion for your Analytical Assignment.

Out of Hours Learning

In preparation for your last Analytical Assignment session (week 25) you should think about...

1. What are your conclusions? Here are some questions that you may find helpful;

Representation of Women (conclusion)

• Has the representation of women changed over time? If so, how? Does this reflect changes in social values? Does this reflect changes in audience expectations? Does this reflect changes in what audiences find acceptable? Does this relate to other gender related issues/changes during the 20th century? Is there a link between the representation of gender and age? Does the representation of women differ from the representation of men? If so, is this fair? How do the roles of women in films fit into the narrative theories we studied? How do you think the representation of women in films will develop in the future?

Representation of Earth's Response to Alien Visitors (conclusion)

• How does the representation of Earth's response to alien visitors change over time? How do different social groups respond in different ways? (children/authority/adults/military/etc). Are there any patterns across all the films for these specific social groups? Is there a link between the representation of aliens and world politics in the 20th century (see Alien Invasion documentary link in sidebar)? Do the films you researched fit any of the narrative theories we studied? How do you think the representation of interactions between humans and aliens will develop in films in the future?

Copies of the poster for each of the films you are studying have been added to the 'Set Works' section of this blog. Hard copies are also available if you wish to deconstruct the posters as part of your portfolio.

FINALLY, UPDATE THE LESSON EVALUATION DOCUMENT. HOW WELL DID YOU USE THE CONTROLLED HOURS TODAY? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS YOU MADE IN THESE LESSONS? IS YOUR PORTFOLIO 'ON TRACK'?

Week 23 (wb 2nd March)

This is the 4th week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 6 & 7).

If you follow our recommended timetable, by the end of this week you will have 3 hours remaining in which to complete your Analytical Assignment.

Out of Hours Learning

In preparation for your next Analytical Assignment session you should think about...

1. Identify the next point you wish to make about the representation of alien visitors or women in the sci-fi films we've selected.
2. Identify the film & scene that you will use as evidence to illustrate your point.
3. Identify the technical codes within the scene that prove your point (using technical language - use the Analysis Tool handout and the Film Terminology Revision page in the sidebar).
4. Consider the impact on the target audience.
5. Compare to another scene in one of the other films. How is it similar or different?

If you do this, you won't waste controlled hours thinking about what to write, only about how to express it in an essay.

ALSO, UPDATE THE LESSON EVALUATION DOCUMENT. HOW WELL DID YOU USE THE CONTROLLED HOURS TODAY? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS YOU MADE IN THESE LESSONS? IS YOUR PORTFOLIO 'ON TRACK'?

Week 22 (First Week After Half Term)

This is the 3rd week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 4 & 5).

If you follow our recommended timetable, by the end of this week you will have 5 hours remaining in which to complete your Analytical Assignment.

Out of Hours Learning

In preparation for your next Analytical Assignment session you should think about...

1. Identify the next point you wish to make about the representation of alien visitors or women in the sci-fi films we've selected.
2. Identify the film & scene that you will use as evidence to illustrate your point.
3. Identify the technical codes within the scene that prove your point (using technical language - use the Analysis Tool handout and the Film Terminology Revision page in the sidebar).
4. Consider the impact on the target audience.
5. Compare to another scene in one of the other films. How is it similar or different?

If you do this, you won't waste controlled hours thinking about what to write, only about how to express it in an essay.

ALSO, UPDATE THE LESSON EVALUATION DOCUMENT. HOW WELL DID YOU USE THE CONTROLLED HOURS TODAY? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS YOU MADE IN THESE LESSONS? IS YOUR PORTFOLIO 'ON TRACK'?

Week 21

This is the 2nd week of controlled hours for Unit B321 (hours 2 & 3).

If you follow our recommended timetable, by the end of this week you will have 7 hours remaining in which to complete your Analytical Assignment.

Out of Hours Learning

In preparation for your next Analytical Assignment session you should think about...

1. Identify the next point you wish to make about the representation of alien visitors or women in the sci-fi films we've selected.
2. Identify the film & scene that you will use as evidence to illustrate your point.
3. Identify the technical codes within the scene that prove your point (using technical language - use the Analysis Tool handout and the Film Terminology Revision page in the sidebar).
4. Consider the impact on the target audience.
5. Compare to another scene in one of the other films. How is it similar or different?

If you do this, you won't waste controlled hours thinking about what to write, only about how to express it in an essay.

Week 20 (1st Week of Controlled Hours B321)

In this first week of controlled hours, you will be given your own personal USB flash drive on which you should save all your work for Unit B321. Your teacher will show you how to plug in and eject the flash drive on a Mac. The first thing you should do is set up the following new folders on your personal flash drive;

• Analytical Assignment
• Product Research
• Original Poster Design
• Planning Documents
• Evaluative Commentary

The contents of each folder will be;

Analytical Assignment

Your word processed essay (representation of alien visitors or women in sci-fi films)

Product Research

Target audience research & deconstructions of existing sci-fi film posters.

Original Poster Design

Your Photoshop file, all images used in your poster & screenshots of the construction process.

Planning Documents

Workflow & production diary

Evaluative Commentary

The evaluation of your product, deconstruction of your own product, target audience questionnaires and responses.

As a guide, we suggest you divide the 30 hours up in the following way (and in this order);

• Analytical Assignment (Aliens or Women) - 10 hours (5 weeks)
• Research & Planning For Own Product - 6 hours (3 weeks)
• Construction of Own Product - 8 hours (4 weeks)
• Evaluation - 6 hours (3 weeks)

Resources For This Week's Lessons

B321 Briefs for Analytical Assignment

Moving Image Analysis Tool

Out of Hours Learning

In preparation for your next Analytical Assignment session you should think about...

1. Identify the next point you wish to make about the representation of alien visitors or women in the sci-fi films we've selected.
2. Identify the film & scene that you will use as evidence to illustrate your point.
3. Identify the technical codes within the scene that prove your point (using technical language - use the Analysis Tool handout and the Film Terminology Revision page in the sidebar).
4. Consider the impact on the target audience.
5. Compare to another scene in one of the other films. How is it similar or different?

If you do this, you won't waste controlled hours thinking about what to write, only about how to express it in an essay.