My group of three and i had to make a silent video which we couldn't edit. I helped come up with the overall idea then made my own storyboard. I came up with the idea to have faces on the lemons to show there emotions in humorous way. The final idea the group and i decided as a team was to have dancing lemons while a chef is trying to catch them. Only me and one other person in my group made storyboards in our own time. I did my story boards well because I added description explaining what i going on in each shot: we merged both story boards idea together for extra creativity. I acted in our silent video as the chef/knife holder, this was a good impact as it allowed everyone to precipitate in the video in other ways. Also i helped directing the video by giving instructions of where to place the camera i.e. camera positioning and movements. I learnt how to create silent video with emotions and humor. 

We had a lecture about risk assessments, I took part in this by giving my personal view and examples of what a risk assessment is. For example i explained what a hazard was; A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. In this lecture I learnt more in-depth information on how to lay out a risk assessment form. The pro's of this lecture was that everyone could get involved and give their personal opinions also, the lecturer explained in detail giving examples which was useful to refer to. Th con to this lecture was that if you already knew about risk assessments it was pretty useless. 

Planning and creating a simple piece of digital media (the following is my pitch)...
Plot/treatment...

This Radio Drama is a Historical Romance, based in World War 2 (1941- during the war).

Before the War started in 1939, a young Jewish girl (Evie) and a young German boy (Adam) were brought up together as family friends.

The break out of the War meant Evie and Adam were separated, Adam was made to fight and Evie was spent to concentration camp! Due to there separation they realise they love each other.

One day Adam is sent as a fighter to a concentration camp, it is the camp Evie is at! They secretly plan to meet after the war is over.

Three possible endings:

1.They both survive the war and meet up at the location, live happy ever after.

2.Evie survives concentration camp, when she goes to the location she finds herself alone for hours. Receives a letter from Adam....!

3.Adam doesn't make it to the end of the war as he was killed. Evie is heart broken and left alone at the location.

Characterisations…

One main character is a young Jewish lady (around 19years old): is easy going about life, but has strong religious views.

The other main character is a young German lad (around 19years old): he is loyal and naïve.

Narrative Structure…

This radio drama would be a linear structure or dual-narrative.

If it was a linear structure the story would be written in the time sequence that it took place.

And if it was a dual-narrative two people (two main characters ) would tell the story, this could be very effective because then the audience will know more about each character.

Locations...

Big Victorian home in Germany, this where Evie and Adam were brought up.

Concentration camp:  the concentration camp Evie was sent to, located in Poland.

Other locations would include Battle fields and the selected location that Evie and Adam are meant to be meeting.

Two Ideas for meeting point:

1.A forest that Evie and Adam used to hang out as little kids: it’s special and means something to them.

2.A church yard where members of there family have been buried.

Time zones...

It is set in the pasted: 

Date 1: 1938 before the Second World War.

Date 2: 1939 when the Second World War breaks out.

Date 3: 1941 during the Second World War, this would be when Evie and Adam see each for the first time at concentration camp.

Date 4: 1945 when war ends!
 

Target audience…

The target audience for this radio drama would be quite wide as it would appeal to baby boomers, teenagers, house wives and the retired. However it would target within these groups to well educated people, by well educated I don’t mean rich! I say only well educated people would listen due to the fact it would be played on radio four and this radio station is aimed at well educated people mainly.

Baby boomers are a target audience because they were around in the Post-World war two, therefore they would be interested about a drama based on the war.

Teenagers are a target audience because it’s a romance with a historical twist.

House wives and retired people are a target audience because listening to a radio drama is a time to relax, especial if its played during the day.

Sound effects and Music...

As this radio drama is set during the war, there would be a range of SFX to state this:

• Sirens.

• Planes.

• Bombing.

• Gun shots.

• Sound of gas, (for gas chambers).

All of these sound effects are associated to the war: for example I would use bombing effects when the location has change to a battle field, this tells the audience where we are and what would be going on.  Another example is the sound of Gas, when Jew’s are sent to gas chambers the sound effect of gas allows the audience to imagine what is happening without having to state it in a malevolent way.

Character sound effects would be crying, screaming, kissing and laughter. These are very easy sound effects to add as they are easy to make.

Wednesday 5th October; presentation

Wednesday 5^th October was the second lecture; this is when the group and I from last week presented our presentation about Digital Video Editing. As we meet up the day before we all knew what we were doing, I really enjoyed working with this group as the communication and organisational skills were at high standard. There weren’t any disadvantages within my group however; another group weren’t as organised as the format of the PowerPoint didn’t work on Apple Mac computers. This is a good learning point as you should check before the lecture to make sure everything is in order.  

Wednesday 28th September; first lecture

Wednesday 28^th September was my first lecture for Communication skills for digital media; firstly this involved an ice-breaker task for the whole group. We were put into groups of 3-4 people and the task was to get to know each other, then do a presentation in front of the class describing others in your group. In my group there was two other girls called Kat and Izzy, I really enjoyed this informal group work as it was a good way to get to know everyone in the lecture! I also felt that the group work between Kat, Izzy and I was good as we all communicated well together, making the presentation easier to plan. J

After the first task we were put into different groups to do a learning team presentation task, I was put into a group with three other students (Rachel, Sarah and Alex). The task required us to prepare and deliver a 5-10 minute presentation about one of five subjects. As a group we all decided to research about the subject Digital Video Editing. As a team we discussed the topics that we were going to research, and then we planned who was to research the different topics! Once we all fully understood what we were doing we planned a date and time to put our presentation together. We did it like this so we would all have enough time to research our chosen topics as fully as we could. From this first session I learnt that team work is very important within the media and that if a group has poor communication skills, presentations cannot be at a high standard as team member can get confused if they are unsure what they are doing!