Year 13 detailed blog list to help with G324. The highlighted sections should be already on your blog.

1. What needs to be on your blogs…
Task Date Done
Full names and Examnumbers of every group member
Evidence of initial research into Music Videos:
 At least one director study ( you can do more)
 A study of an iconic music video
 Research into an independent and a mainstream record
label
 Post on Andrew Goodwin- theory
 Post on different music video styles (narrative,
performance)
Textual analysis of existing Music Videos with working links or
embedding.
 Analysis of a variety of music videos (summer homework
said 5)
 Analysis of three possible song ideas that you could use
for this assignment.
 Post of song choice
Letter/email asking for permission to use the song selected.
Textual analysis of previous student examples looking at
strengths and weaknesses. At least two examples
Exhibition of music videos
Research on ancillary tasks. I would suggest looking at 2-3 of
each maybe of different genres or more for the genre of your
chosen song so that you can see the conventions for that genre.
 Digipak
 Magazine advertisement for Digipak
Censorship and controversial music videos.
Discussion of potential target audience:
 Primary and secondary audience
 Young and Rubicam’s 7 Kinds of people www.4cs.yr.com
Detailed post on initial audience research task – include a sample
of your survey, results (possibly graphs) and the effect the
research will have on what you do (thinkoutside of just
questionnaires…interviews?)
Evidence of initial brainstorming – include photographed images
of your brainstorm sheets
 Where are you thinking to shoot?
 What are the costumes?
 Lighting
 Narrative?
Detail of the division of tasks – who will do what? (if ina group)
Evidence of your storyboard which should be detailed. You
could do an animatic storyboard post.
Evidence of shot lists
Draft versions of all tasks (even if there are a number of them)
Mood boards for elements such as costumes, props, location.

2. Risk assessments
Equipment list
Ideas from looking at past students evaluations as a what to do/
what not to do.
Post on the self-evaluation of your Research and Planning. Steps
going forward.
Many, many, many posts on the production process (what
happen during filming, what happened during editing, new skills
you have learnt, problems, successes, evidence of work in
progress, planning the evaluation, filming the evaluation blah,
blah, blah)
Audience feedback that you have collected during the
construction phase (could include a rough cut and people’s
thoughts on it or a focus group) (youshoulddo thisthroughoutthe
planningphase to!)
Final Cut of your music video
Final Cut of your evaluation
Evidence of your ancillary tasks
Remember the key to level 4 responses is graftand time to make sureeverything is
detailed and polished. If you are looking for a level 4 response, your blogs should
have around 50+posts on. There should be at least one a week until the coursework
is finished. Make the mostof your Study roomperiods and lesson time!
Use a variety of ways to presentyour work…prezi, powerpoint, images, minivideos,
interviews.