THE SAT School Assessed Task Information

The SAT (School Assessed Task) Unit 3Unit 4 Production ExercisesMedia Production Production Design Plan

Medium Choices Short film Magazine (Print media) Radio/Audio/Podcast Photography Animation

specifications MediumGuideline film 3-10 minutes in length print Minimum 8 pages or layouts audio At least 8 minutes photography Sequence or series of at least 10 images animation No more than 10 minutes

Attention // SATS will not be marked if: Media production at Point Cook Senior will not include guns, drug use, excessive or gratuitous violence, nudity, sex scenes, driving, the consumption of alcohol, use of cigarettes, any illegal or potentially dangerous acts or acts that may be deemed inconsistent with the values of our community.

Production Exercises Unit 3: Outcome 2 Short task where you get to develop technical skills Devote one week of class time to each Complete 2 production exercises For each production exercise you wrtie a short intention and evaluation

Examples or production exercises Film: complete a short editing task to learn how to use an editing program Experimentation with colour grading to achieve a particular effect Photography: experimentation with aperture or other manual settings to achieve a particular effect. Print: completing mock ups to learn about visual effects Learning how to use in-design, illustrator or Photoshop

Production Design Plan Lets call it the PDP – this is your folio You can start the folio as soon as your proposal is approved by Ms Newman Due 28 May! (week 7 or term 2.)

Inside the PDP Statement of intention Statement of audience Brainstorm and concept development Research / investigation Written planning documents (eg script, shotlist, treatment) Visual planning documents (eg storyboards, mock ups)

Unit 4: Media Production After you have completed and submitted your PDP/Production Exercises you can begin your media production. It use due Friday August 15 It is marked alongside the Production Exercises and the Production Design Plan

You are marked on 7 criteria 1. Use of media equipment, applications and/or processes to present ideas or achieve particular effects in a media form 2. Development and preparation of a media production design plan in a selected media form for a specified audience 3. Application and understanding of styles, codes and conventions appropriate to the selected media form

You are marked on 7 criteria 4. Realisation of an individual or a distinctive media product appropriate to the intention for the selected audience/s that demonstrates appropriate style 5. Skill in the operation of equipment and use of materials and processes appropriate to the selected media forms. 6. Management of the production of a media product 7. Realisation of the production design plan in the media product