To begin our project, we have looked back at and evaluated old work from previous years. By doing this, we are able to see what we have to include in our News Package and what skills we should/need to showcase in order to get a high grade. Furthermore, by marking the work we watched, we are able to be self-critical of our own work when it comes to creating our news package. This will, therefore, enable us to look at our work and think about ways in which we could improve it in order to reach a higher grade.
The first news package we watched, 'Nerf'd' gained an A. This shows us what to aim for and enables us to focus on key elements of the project that they did well, that we could recreate. For example, this group used sophisticated graphics, highlighting to me that our group needs to work hard on this from the beginning. In addition, they added clips from a variety of different YouTube videos, that linked to their research, showing a high level of editing. They produced a clear, fine cut edit that focused on a specific topic of girl gaming.
The first news package we watched, 'Nerf'd' gained an A. This shows us what to aim for and enables us to focus on key elements of the project that they did well, that we could recreate. For example, this group used sophisticated graphics, highlighting to me that our group needs to work hard on this from the beginning. In addition, they added clips from a variety of different YouTube videos, that linked to their research, showing a high level of editing. They produced a clear, fine cut edit that focused on a specific topic of girl gaming.
The second news package we watched from 'Jamp News', discusses the issue of Zoos and if they are ethical or not. This coursework was again finished to a high standard. One key aspect that they did well in was their use of mise en scene. They took their work to the Zoo itself and, despite the interviews from the 'public' being in school, they made it look as if they were by the zoo. My group and I need to take from this group their creativity with the resources they have. For example, we would want to film as much of our news package in one place as we can; making it easier for us so that we do not have to keep travelling far out.
The third news package we watched from 'Beauty Beasts', was a lower graded project. From watching this, we know that we can avoid of number of things: using one piece of music throughout the clip, only filming in one location and, not planning out our storyboard to the finest detail. This group, in my opinion was unprepared and therefore they received a lower grade for their work. For our final project, I would like to be extremely organised.