An Introduction To Our Second Year

Today we started the first official day of our TV Production course. It was interesting to come in and see that the Maidstone Studio had received entirely new renovations to it's space and had added equipment. Our course leader Helen briefed us on our first of two units which are running simultaneously.

1. Digital News Production (working in groups of 3 or 4)

For this project our main target is to discover an understanding of how a news and current affairs program is put together. The idea is to help us hone our skills in the production and post-production departments. It gives me a chance to challenge myself in these areas as well as in collaborative efforts.

• We have been asked to make our own news channel website through a video source such as Youtube, Vimeo or Dailymotion as well as added content.
• A news "teaser" for our channel.
• We have to make a news "package" 2:00-2:30 minutes in duration.
• Also a 'live OB report on location recorded live (with the possibility of pre-shot material)

Along with this we have been also asked to complete a critical case study that is approximately 1500 words in total. This will count towards 30% of the total grade. We will also need to routinely update our blogs on our continued progression.


2. Fictional Adaption (working independently) 


This project sounds very interesting to me, we have been asked to adapt a poem from The First World War era and turn it into a short film 3-5 minutes in length. This includes titles and closing credits. The idea is to build a connection with the chosen poem and be creative with different methods to construct a film concoction.

The poems to choose from are:

-Anthem for a Doomed Youth - by Wilfred Owen (1917)

-The Death Bed - by Siegfried Sassoon (1916)

-The Cenotaph - by Charlotte Mew (1919)

-Recalling War - by Robert Graves (1938)

-Summer in England, 1914 - by Alice Meynell (1914)

As well as the finished film (uploaded into a Quicktime file and on YouTube) we must also complete a film 2000-2500 words in length. This must include Harvard Referencing.






I can't wait to get involved in these new projects. I am very much looking forward to these assignments and finding out what's going to occur in the year ahead.