Workshop 7 Individual Assignment – Audience

Objective: Research screening and distribution.

Once your COVENTRY PEOPLE production is completed where can it be screened? Working as individuals undertake research to establish what forms of distribution are available for you to show your three-minute film. You need to consider the following:

Broadcast
Internet
Festivals
Screenings
Cinema

Look at this at a local, national and international level.

Once this is done:
1. Prepare a list of 5 possible screenings and why they are appropriate for your film in terms of audience, profile and criteria.

2. Write a 50-word review of your own film.

Delivery date: Workshop 9 Thursday 11th March on blog

Week 7 Lecture – Radical Research

Ewa Jasiewicz
Thursday 25th February 11.30-12.30
Lecture Theatre ET130

This weeks lecture will be given by Ewa Jasiewicz who is a writer, journalist and activist. Ewa’s approach to her media work is radical both in its content and production. She was in Baghdad during the US/British occupation of Iraq (including a group protest inside the press conference of the Supreme Commander of the US Occupation Forces General Sanchez where she got physically ejected) and was reporting from inside Gaza during the 2008 siege by Israel. She is currently involved in the Free Gaza flotilla taking sail this spring and is featured in the recent film ‘To Shoot an Elephant’ by Alberto Arce and Mohammad Rujailah from which she will show excerpts. Ewa is co-edior of Le Monde Diplomatique Polish Edition.

Ewa has a different point point of view from the embedded and self censored reporting that Sky and the BBC are so fond off. We have already looked at oppositional points of view as research paths earlier on in the module and Ewa will develop this in more detail.

Workshops following are as normal but Ewa will also be present to give you feedback on your own research work.

Week 5 Blog Assignment – Reflection 2

You all need to write up your second reflection. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. Mark your post as REFLECTION 2: Research Progress

Write up in a critical way how your research is progressing so far, here are some guidelines:

Research Progress
- How and why has your research developed?
- What critical decisions made have been made?

This must be no more than 300 words + 4 images and is due before Workshop 7 on Thursday 25th February.

Additional Tutorials

I will be available for additional tutorials today, 11th February, from 10.30 – 11.30 in room ET103 if you want to discuss the progress of your individual work, group project or any other issues relating to the module.

Lost World Documentary Project

For those of you who want to make documentaries and want adventure this is the opportunity not to be missed.

LOSTWORLDPOSTER

Go for it if you dare!

Week 4 Blog Assignment – 1 minute Moving Images

This is a Group Assignment

Objective: Make a 1 media piece consisting of still photographs or video.

This project should be seen as a visual notebook in preparation for your COVENTRY PEOPLE production.

You can choose to screen test the person you want to make your story on. Alternatively you may want to take still images of the area or subject you are researching on such as locations or events that you will be filming at when you go into production.

Test out ideas as this is a sketch for your bigger picture.

Duration: 60 seconds

Delivery: On your individual blogs

Formats: DV camera, mobile phone or stills camera.

Style: You can use actuality filming, still photography or a mixture of both. There is no need to present it in any narrative structure.

What you submit will be viewed and discussed at the next workshop.

Delivery date: Thursday 11th February at Lecture/Workshop

Week 3 Blog Assignment – Group Formation & Progress

During this weeks workshops you should have all formed into production groups with 4 people in each group. Over the next week you need to decide which project to pursue and how you will continue the research. Please refer to the handout on Research Plan for guidance that was given out. (Its on Blackboard – CU online if you need to download it)

As a production group work out a storyboard of the main visual content of your documentary. Take five images and write 200 words about the content and visual style of the production. This is due in the workshop in Week 4 and must be placed on the individual blog of each group member before the Week 4 Lecture on 4th February.

If you were not at the workshop you must email me with your name so that you can be assigned to a production group.

Week 3 Blog Assignment – Reflection 1

You all need to write up your first reflection. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. Mark your post as REFLECTION 1: Research Process

Write up in a critical way what you have learnt so far, here are some guidelines:

- Sources – including how and where you found information.
- An evaluation of the research process you engaged in
- Your personal development; how experience has changed your perceptions

This must be no more than 300 words + 4 images and is due before Workshop 4 on Thursday 4th February.

Starsuckers – Screening at Warwick University

Some of you may be interested in the screening of the film Starsuckers (http://www.starsuckersmovie.com/), the latest documentary from director Chris Atkins, within the student organized One World Week event at the Warwick Arts Centre. Wednesday 27th January
Screening Time: 13:30 plus Q+A with Director. Box Office: 0247 652 4524 Here’s a trailer of the film
The film is the antithesis of the concept of ‘Coventry People’ but it’s worth watching to get a sense of the influence of the media on viewers. You should also check out One World Week as there are other events going on where you will find characters for your own research project if you have not done so already.

Blogs & Interim Critique

Blogs are a mandatory part of this module. Every student MUST have a blog for 111MC and MUST have emailed me their blog address by Thursday 28th January. (ken.fero@coventry.ac.uk)
Students that do not do this risk failing this module.

Attendance at the Interim Critique is mandatory. Students failing to attend will lose marks from their final grade.