Summer Assignment

Upper 6th 

Media @Coulsdon

Summer Holiday work 2022

Upper Sixth Diploma in Creative Media

The following three tasks will help prepare you for some of the units that you will be studying this year. Please complete on Google Docs, Google Slides or save to Google Drive and be prepared to submit in your first media lesson in September. This will be collected at the end of the first week.

Task 1 – Lighting In Film (U36)

1) Choose at least 3 of the following to watch:

-A David Attenborough documentary

-An action film

-An animated film

- A horror film

- A romantic comedy

- A sci-fi film

2) Choose one (1) of the following two tasks:

Create an audio/visual presentation or write an essay explaining in detail how the basic elements of lighting (techniques used, relationship between lighting and genre, equipment, set-up) are used to create meaning and mood for the audience. You should use as many key terms as possible in your analysis (e.g. low and high key, chiaroscuro, strobing, reflector boards, redheads, back-light etc.) Include example scenes to back up your points.

1. Choose a scene from one of the films you watched and recreate your own lighting plot for the scene. This could be drawn/digital diagrams or pictures of actual lighting set-up.

2. Justify the choices you made.

Task 2 – Stop Motion Animation (U23)

Write a 600 words minimum essay selecting and analysing at least three (3) stop motion animations. These should include at least one claymation, one object-motion, and one cut out-motion.

Your essay should cover the following for each film:

-Information about the techniques used

- Analysis of genre and characters

- Analysis of storyline

- Analysis of set and lighting

- Analysis of soundtrack

- Analysis of theme

Remember to include visual examples to back up your analysis.

Task 3 – Scriptwriting (U19)

1) Find an example for each of the following scripts (at least one scene):

- Feature film

- Short film

- Animated film

- Radio Drama

2) Write a paragraph for each explaining how they have been formatted (e.g. font, headings, abbreviations, margins etc.) You can include annotated sections from your examples to back up your explanation.

3) Choose a film that you know well and write your own version of the opening or closing scene. Make sure you use correct formatting for the type of film you have chosen.