Action Plan for Coursework

Monday 20th September to Monday 4th October	Research, choose song, prep for filming, learning performance, learn words, visit areas for filming, research into music videos, create movie board.
Monday 4th October to Monday 18th October	Research, prep for filming, learn performance, learn words, take location shots, create storyboard
Monday 18th October to Monday 1st November	Research and filming
Monday 1st November to Monday 15th November	Filming
Monday 15th November to Monday 29th November	Filming
Monday 29th November to Monday 13th December	Filming, editing and start on blog
Monday 13th December to Monday 20th December	Continuing with blogs
Christmas

25 – 29 October, Term 1 (holiday)

27 & 28 inset days

20 December – January 3 Term 2 (holiday)

Heading	Content (Research and Planning)
Research and Planning	· Research into Music Artists · Storyboard · Song lyrics and Analysis · Shot list/ Timeline · Call sheet · Mood Board · Amateur Vs Professional · Contact the original artist · Location shots · The Mercury music prize
Star Analysis	· History of Eminem and albums · An in site into Eminem’s music videos
Auteur Theory	· Background in Joseph Kahn · Artist he has worked with · Timeline of his career · Key analysis

Heading	Content (Media Text)
Filming	· Final video · Rough cut video · Editing · Changing to the ending · Contacting studio · Dividing roles within the group
Magazine Cover	Different stages of making the magazine cover
CD/DVD Cover	· Final CD cover · Designing CD cover · Inspiration from Eminem and Jay Z
Target Audience	· Target audience for music video · Target audience for CD cover · Target audience for Magazine cover · Different stages of making the magazine cover

Heading	Content (Evaluation)
Goodwin’s Theory	Music video demonstrate genre characters There is a relationship between lyrics and visual There is relationship music and visual The demands of the record will include the for lots of close ups of the artists There is frequently reference to notion of looking There is often inter textual reference
Evaluation Commentary	In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? What have you learnt from you audience feedback? How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?