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Primary & Secondary research planning:
Primary & Secondary research planning:
Primary research is referred to as field research - it is physically and integrally done by you personally to direct your project, this could be conducting a survey/ questionnaire/ interview, watching and analysing a film for inspiration or self development of a technique.
Secondary Research is referred to as desk research - It is research which has already been commented on or interpreted and re analysed by someone else who may share your opinion or oppose it. This could be from a written article, a book, a video essay on a technique, a how to video tutorial or your analysis of existing statistic results.
How do I know if it is a primary or secondary source? ask yourself these questions to help
Am I directly analysing the source to gather information to support my concept? =
Am I analysing another researchers perspective of the source to support my concept? =
Have I written a survey, gathered the responses and reported on the findings? =
Have I found some survey results surrounding a topic connecting to my concept? =
Primary x2
Secondary x2
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Examples:
You analysing the work of your favourite director (e.g by watching 3 of their films.)
You creating a survey (e.g to gather audience interest in your concept.)
You practicing and logging a filmmaking technique in order to improve your skills.
You practicing colour grading in a specific software and reflecting on the learning.
Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources
Examples:
You watching a video essay on a specific technique done by a director.
You finding a completed survey results from the BBFC website and analysing the audience viewing statistics from the report.
You watching a documentary on a specific event or condition which will influence a part of your film.
You watching a how to video on colour grading.
Class discussion -
Is this video a primary or a secondary source ? explain.
Would watching the film and analysing the narrative be a primary or a secondary source? explain
If you have not started your pitch by now, or starting research this week you are falling behind
If you have not started your pitch by now, or starting research this week you are falling behind
1:1's will be with Ollie today to check over where you are up to on your website. SMART targets will be being set - if you are not meeting these targets parents/ guardians will be involved to discuss you progress.
Your primary and secondary research should help develop your concept and improve your skills to create the best project you can in the time you have left for the final major project. Research should at all times link to your project and be Harvard referenced.
Your primary and secondary research should help develop your concept and improve your skills to create the best project you can in the time you have left for the final major project. Research should at all times link to your project and be Harvard referenced.
Primary Research
Primary Research
Field Research - physically done by you
- Finding and creating comparisons of costumes, locations, props and art department essentials for your concept, to see how important this section is think of the below questions...
If Joker (2019) stayed dressed as a regular clown, how would the audience distinguish his character growth in the film?... (Costume Importance)
Would Luke Sykwalker's lazer sword be as good, if not a Lightsaber? (Prop importance)
Would Die Hard be the same if it didn't take place in the Nakatomi Plaza... (Location importance)
Would the one ring from LOTR be as iconic without the Elvish text glowing on it? (Art Department)
- Survey(s) to develop your concept such as:
Character Development
Location Development
Narrative Development
Although this was done in a Production
log it would have made for a perfect
primary location research
Watch from 1-5minutes - this is a good example of a location recce vlog where he finds a better location on the strength of walking to a location not visited yet,
Please do not just show images of a survey and say this survey is completed - or images of your results without a reflection and all the points below - it is not the assessors job to analyse or make sense of the results it is your job to make this clear...
Please do not just show images of a survey and say this survey is completed - or images of your results without a reflection and all the points below - it is not the assessors job to analyse or make sense of the results it is your job to make this clear...
Google Forms:
Google Forms:
Google forms is a free in built survey, questionnaire or quiz generator - its very simple to use and there are plenty of youtube videos for how to use it... you may have done a form in class recently...
Google forms example on the right
Before you do a Survey:
Before you do a Survey:
1) It is important to plan a survey before conducting one... this is so that you can do a Hypothesis a hypothesis should be stated by you in your introduction. A hypothesis is your prediction of the outcome, of the results before you actually get the results, its like your starting point for further investigation.
1) It is important to plan a survey before conducting one... this is so that you can do a Hypothesis a hypothesis should be stated by you in your introduction. A hypothesis is your prediction of the outcome, of the results before you actually get the results, its like your starting point for further investigation.
e.g I hypothesise that my results will demonstrate overwhelming support for the horror genre and through my exploration of typical tropes and cliches, I will develop a consistent plan of conventions to include in my FMP...
e.g I hypothesise that my results will demonstrate overwhelming support for the horror genre and through my exploration of typical tropes and cliches, I will develop a consistent plan of conventions to include in my FMP...
2) Plan your questions... Simply you should avoid questions which won't hold valid data for you to reflect on, if age isn't important to you findings, don't ask for an age. Your questions should avoid leading the candidate to an answer you want e.g would you agree horror is a genre...
2) Plan your questions... Simply you should avoid questions which won't hold valid data for you to reflect on, if age isn't important to you findings, don't ask for an age. Your questions should avoid leading the candidate to an answer you want e.g would you agree horror is a genre...
3) reflect on your questions... why did you ask the question? what do you predict the answers to be? Why do you think that?
3) reflect on your questions... why did you ask the question? what do you predict the answers to be? Why do you think that?
4)give out the survey to as many people as you can to gather data
4)give out the survey to as many people as you can to gather data
5) reflect on the findings - choose some of the questions which give you more to discuss - remember when you reflected on your questions from point 3! Now you can compare your predictions with the actual results... What was the difference? what does this mean for your project? what will you do now as a result from the survey?
5) reflect on the findings - choose some of the questions which give you more to discuss - remember when you reflected on your questions from point 3! Now you can compare your predictions with the actual results... What was the difference? what does this mean for your project? what will you do now as a result from the survey?
6)Conclude your survey - from doing the survey what have you developed? How has your concept altered from the data? what is next in the project?
6)Conclude your survey - from doing the survey what have you developed? How has your concept altered from the data? what is next in the project?
- Watching a film or films to analyse elements which can develop your concept such as:
mise en scene
genre codes & conventions
editing/ pacing
style and aesthetics
David fincher has a specific colour grading style, seen in the examples above, exploring specific styles of Directors makes for excellent development and research...
Practically developing, technical skills to develop your concept and logging it with images/ videos, things like:
Practically developing, technical skills to develop your concept and logging it with images/ videos, things like:
Practicing camera skills and techniques (angles/composition)
Practicing directing skills (blocking difficult sequences and planning your scenes)
Practicing editing skills in software (practicing J cut, L cut, pacing, colour grading, match cuts, timelapse/ hyperlapse)
These lists for primary and secondary research are to help you with possible ways to research. You may want to focus on one or more of the points, over others and this is fine, your research has to be appropriate for your concept.
Secondary Research
Secondary Research
Desk Research - research and findings by others interpreted by you to support your work.
Key forms of Secondary Research:
Finding and analysing texts to help develop your concept: aim to find a range (4 or more) of texts from different sources such as:
Web articles
Newspaper/ E-Journal articles
Books
Video Essays
Watching, analysing and reflecting on 'How to' style videos to help develop knowledge for your concept, such as:
Learning specific software techniques
Learning how to use specific equipment such as the college pocket cinema cameras 4k
Analysing data and results from Surveys/ Questionnaires others have conducted which may be linked to your concept, such as:
British board of film classification (BBFC) annual report analysing complaint and reasons for age ratings on films released on the year of the report.
British Film Institute (BFI) Reports, they cover a wide range of British film industry analysis, audience analysis, diversity, culture and economic analysis.
BARB Viewing data and reports - these show VOD, TV and broadcast data of shows and popularity of genre, run time and catch up.
Analysis Recap
Analysis Recap
Secondary Research Analysis in films/ tv shows
Analysis means to give a detailed examination (explanation) of the elements or structure of something.
In film this can be camera techniques (angles/shots), mise-en-scene (What goes into the frame e.g: props, actors, lighting, setting, positioning of all those), theme of the film (comedy, crime, horror, love), editing techniques (editing styles, colour grading, visual effects).
Analysis is EXPLAINING IN DETAIL AND BREAKING DOWN THE ELEMENTS INTO SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING. IT IS ALSO USING YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND JUDGEMENTS INTO THE TOPIC. Which us the whole reason for choosing this topic, as it interests you.
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