1) The document discusses the process of creating a short film over two years of an AS and A2 Digital Technology course. 2) In the first year, students used handheld cameras, computers, and the internet to film and edit their teen drama genre film. They researched genres and audiences. 3) In the second year, students had more advanced technology and skills to be more creative with narrative, locations, shots, and editing. They conducted more research and planning and created a silent horror film.

1. THOUGHT SHOWER...For Question 1a) By Kym Tran

2. AS Digital Technology DV hand held cameras with the occasional use of tripod – easy to manoeuvre, unfortunately the microphone on the camera was not good quality Computers Software/ Hardware e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Windows Movie Maker Internet/Intranet e.g. YouTube, IMDB – to research films for inspiration for our own.

3. AS Creativity Our own choice of genre – teen drama Creative with locations – college grounds and areas our group live to film Auditioned students for our film Chronological order to our narrative – ended on a cliff-hanger Props and costume

5. Opening Sequence – Microsoft Word – Our own versions of opening sequences , we all did one at the beginning of the year then chose whose was the best idea

6. Film genre Notes – PowerPoint and Microsoft Word

7. Genre Essay – Microsoft Word

8. Representation Work

9. Opening sequence detailed textual analysis

10. Soundtracks from similar products and possible soundtracks.

11. Research into institutions of similar products

12. Description of different ways of categorising audiences

13. Audience Reception Theory,Hypodermic Model, Uses and Gratifications Theory , Todorov’s Narrative Theory and Vladimir Propp’s character functions

14. Questionnaire and results

16. AS Post production Edit decision list Institution decision Production Log Sound Quality Mise-en-scene Camera shots Editing Basic Storyboards Basic Rushes

18. Used Horror genre

20. Computers: Software/ Hardware e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Windows Movie Maker

21. Internet/Intranet e.g. YouTube, IMDB – to research films for inspiration for our own

22. All coursework, homework and revision uploaded onto personal blogs.

24. Detailed analysis presented on blogs in a multitude of ways

25. Wider variety of camera shots, angles and a more creative use of location and mise-en-scene

26. Better software for editing allowed us to edit better and more precisely to how we wanted to in the second year.

27. The camera technology also allowed us to be more creative – we played around with colour contrasting – sharpness/ brightness etc.

28. Poster and magazine review contained photography that we had edited on photo editing software especially for the ancillary tasks.

29. Broader use of auditioning and audience range compared to the first year. We did everything we could to get the perfect male actor for two of the roles within the film

31. Opening Sequence – Microsoft Word – Our own versions of opening sequences , we all did one at the beginning of the year then chose whose was the best idea

32. Film genre Notes – PowerPoint and Microsoft Word

33. Genre Essay – Microsoft Word

34. Representation Work

35. Opening sequence detailed textual analysis

36. Soundtracks from similar products and possible soundtracks.

37. Research into institutions of similar products

38. Description of different ways of categorising audiences

39. Audience Reception Theory,Hypodermic Model, Uses and Gratifications Theory , Todorov’s Narrative Theory and Vladimir Propp’s character functions

40. Questionnaire and results

42. Detailed edit decision list

43. Institution decision

44. Detailed Production Log

45. Sound Quality decisions – music soundtrack and editing ideas and brainstorms

46. Mise-en-scene brainstorms

47. Camera shot decision list

48. Editing decision list

49. Detailed Storyboards

51. Used Horror genre

52. Knowledge of specific genre conventions