Achieving the band shots

Here are some stills from music videos to show you how to frame your band shots like a real media text. Here is some advice when achieving the band shots for your video:

1. The camera focus is very important and often band members are shot in a shallow focus.
2. Lighting is very important too as it helps focus the audience and create atmosphere in the video.
3. Very tight framing is often used so think carefully about where you position the camera.
4. A few 'full band shots' are used to establish staging but then camera will go into a series of close up and extreme close up shots of all the band members.
5. The camera is rarely still, Often the camera will have slight movement to it to match the flow of the music. This could be a pan, tilt, zoom or dolly.
6. The lead singer is key. You need to have a good performer to act as your lead to pour the emotion and energy of the track down the camera lens. The lead singer is almost always centrally framed.

Useful website for FREE film planning documents

http://howtofilmschool.com/free-call-sheet/

Example of RECCE REPORT

Below is an example of a recce report which you could use as a template for your production. Make sure that you follow your house style and include the same font and include your own company logo.

Examples of good blogs

Examples of good research

http://g324victoriarobinson.blogspot.co.uk/p/reserch.html
http://g324liampearson.blogspot.co.uk/p/reaserch.html
http://liamhedleyg324.blogspot.co.uk/p/research.html
http://g324jenniferhutton.blogspot.co.uk/p/research.html

All of the above got level 4 marks (16-20)

Exemplar work

http://examplesofwork13.weebly.com/moderation-activities.html

Evaluation criteria

Each candidate will evaluate and reflect on the creative process and their experience of it. Candidates will evaluate their work digitally. The format of the evaluation has some flexibility and its form can be negotiated between teacher and student: it may take place with individual candidates or with the production group as a whole, or each individual candidate or production group may make a formal or informal presentation to the whole class. The teacher must allocate a mark according to the contribution/level of understanding demonstrated by the individual candidate. Each candidate should give a clear indication of their role in any group evaluation and the presentation must be evidenced by the Centre.

The four questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
• What have you learned from your audience feedback?
• How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

To achieve the top mark band:

Level 4  16–20 marks
• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions.
• There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.
• There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.
• There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.
• There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.
• There is excellent ability to communicate.