1. AS Media Studies Thinking creatively

2. Coming up with ideas
Often the most difficult part- often too complicated- often not planned in enough detail

3. Thinking creatively part 1
6 minute challenge:
random wiki article for film title
random object
random location
put them together to create an idea

4. You will be given a wiki random article as the film title 
You will pick a random object from the envelope 
You will pick a random location from the envelope

5. You have six minutes to come up with a CONCEPT / SYNOPSIS for a film, including the genre 
You will present this back to the class
 YOU MUST RECORD ALL OF THIS ON YOUR BLOG - make a video of the making process

6. 6 minute challenge part 2 Identify an ‘opening camera angle’
Identify an ‘opening shot type’
Describe the sounds that you will hear in the opening, including foley, sound effects, music
Blog your ideas

7. 6 minute challenge part 3
change your location - how could this affect your opening sequence?
change the object - how could this change your opening sequence?

8. Thinking creatively part 2
Creativity ‘consequences’
Take a piece of lined paper
 Take it in turns to write an answer to the prompts
Fold your answer over (don’t let anyone else see it) and
pass the paper to the next person in the group

9. Person 1: writes a name (could be a person, a street name, a place name or even a country name). Fold your answer over and pass it on
Person 2: writes the name of a prop and set (cannot bed rugs, knives, guns or a hoodie!). Fold your answer over and pass it on

10. Person 3: writes the name of a genre
Person 3: writes the name of a genre. Fold your answer over and pass it on.
Person 4: writes an everyday scenario. Fold your answer over and pass it on.

11. You now have 5 minutes to turn the answers into an opening idea for a film.
Record this process on your blog.
Be ready to feedback after 5 minutes.

12. Thinking creatively 3 Head-on 40 minute planning activity
Thinking Creatively – Inspirations and Influences
In the media industries directors, producers and writers take time to develop their creative ideas.
A “head on” is when the initial inspirations and influences that might make some contribution to their final ideas are noted down.

13. These inspirations and ideas don’t have to just come from the same type of media texts, they can come from anything, and they often result in the production of a mood board that establishes the tone, the atmosphere, colours and key influences and inspirations that are likely to be seen in the final product and help to help to develop ideas further.

14. You are going to complete your own HEAD ON activity but with a focus on films, or moving image texts. To complete this your are going to:
Use the mind map overleaf to map out your inspirations and influences.
Using any of the free apps listed below, or any other digital app or software of your choosing, create a mood board that visually collages together your inspiration and examples noted on your map
. Pic Collage
. Morphillo
. Inkive
. Curator
. Popboardz

15. 3. Post your mood board to the blog and explain why each example you use influences you.