News Production: Critical Perspectives Unit

Builds on contextual studies in your first year- Considers content relevant to this
Essay writing and structuring
Time management
Reading list

Develop critical and writing skills further
Independent study and dissertation
A1 to promote a deeper critical understanding of audio-visual output together with related ethical and ideological concerns

LO1 demonstrate a deepening critical understanding of television genre and related media analysis
LO2 Produce a more developed application of academic research, writing and analysis of a particular subject.
LO3 demonstrate a developed ability to learn and manage work independently through a sustained period.

Essay 50%
Dissertation Proposal-50%

NB-amber and Joni-see handbooks for fiction adaptation

 Discuss and critical analyse the view that "with a successful adaptation, the original work is transformed into something new and different, although retaining many traces of what it was formally' with reference to at least one text adapted for broadcast on television - 2,500 words


Fiction- Book---->Translation---->screen TV

Successful is a 'subjective' term
Box office?BARB
Commercial success
Critically well received
Adapted multiple times
Re-Commissioned

"traces of what it was formally"
Different people, one is a collaborative one is personal
So many people involved

New and different: e.g. modernised, changes in the medium its now in, use of technology

Only fools and Horses and Not Going Out have spoofed other books

Analyse the implications of online journalism and the extent to  which "we are all journalists now", making reference to examples of both traditional broadcast journalism citizen

Reading List
Essay writing
Research

Not all people are people are journalists
How viable is this choice?
What are the challenges in answering this option?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Story Telling Unit-Camera Workshop 3: 180 degree rule

Image
In today's workshop we were split up into groups and given a one page script and asked to film two characters discussing the 180 degree rule . The key to this task was understanding this rule and applying it. The script was a very basic duologue; the two characters come together, sit down across from each other and have a small conversation until one leaves at the end after understanding the 180degree rule. I chose to have my version with an entrance of one of the characters who is late for a meeting regarding this rule. The dialogue then starts as he begins to explain the 180 degree rule. My idea was to have them both on 'oppersite' sides of the  table, which could have appeared more tense, until the character understands the rule, the tension is broken when the first character leaves. I also wanted to test this rule with the entrance of the first character. I really enjoyed this worksop and found it useful in learning and understanding the 180 degree rule. I di...
Read more

Pre-Production: Professional Practice Interviews

Image
During the summer, I was lucky enough to be asked to take part in a work experience programme being offered to by production company 'Bareska'. In this, myself and three others were given free rein of a professional client project. I was the Co-Producer/Director/editor. I agree to do this project as it was ad-hoc- so a project I was able to work around uni and work and was also a fantastic opportunity for me to practice for my third-year major project, even if I didn't end up doing a documentary. This was fantastic practice in pre-production, directing and just speaking with contributors about a secretive subject. The Symbolism Behind the Chair I wanted to make the chair the focal point t of this piece. I feel it adds story watching Ben walk into frame and the wide shot makes it seem as though he feels alone now he doesn't have his brother, The sun is beaming in which is very atmospheric and quite angelic.  With my roles for the major project, I am going to u...
Read more

News Production: DIY Tech

Image
I am working in a group with Jack, Gavin and Simon and today we had a brainstorm after our unit briefing to find out what we could make a news channel on. We really liked one of the examples of the work of previous students who's target audience was students. We found this something that we could relate to ourselves so would be something we would be passionate about and take an interest in. Our first idea was to base it on university courses where students are made to pay for their own materials rather than the universities providing it. It was also about students taking courses in nursing and how there has been a significant drop in people choosing such courses as a result of the rise in uni fees and having their funds cut (previously the government would fund those degrees). For a segment of each episode I though it would be a good idea to do something more light-hearted too. We want it to engage our target audience of students by keeping it humorous and interesting without ...
Read more