EMP Week 2

Case Study: Ryan Connolly

Case studies form part of your secondary research, learning from other filmmakers and reflecting is a brilliant skill - this case study can be used in your secondary research so make sure you complete all the questions below and take in all the information.

Watch the video here by Ryan Connolly (Director) Reflect on these questions and put this on the initial ideas page, as a "before I start thinking of ideas advice from the industry"...

What are the 10 common mistakes making a film?
How would the information about pacing help your idea planning?
Why is audio important in Connolly's opinion?
How can you do better audio if not capturing it on set?
How do you keep up energy in your project?
What issues can avoid with dialogue?
What is the problem you will have with the first cut?

Extended Major Project Brief

Unit 13 - Proposal and Schedule

Task : Complete the proposal and action plan and upload to your site by lunch time.

This shouldn't take long as you already have the basis of your idea from the final idea document.

Help and Guidance below

Unit 13 Proposal Guidance.pdf

Harvard Referencing Reminder

This lesson will all be about getting you ready to complete the final section of your proposal and action plan, which asks you to use the Harvard format...

What is Harvard referencing?: This is a standard for crediting sources in an academic context.

Why do you have to do it? To put it simply, correct referencing distinguishes what work is yours and what is somebody else's work.

Correct Harvard referencing will prevent you from claims of plagiarism and(or) paraphrasing. These two claims can invalidate your work and could risk you not achieving a grade due to malpractice - so it is very serious !

Plagiarism

noun

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
"there were accusations of plagiarism"

Reference: Languages.oup.com. 2021. Oxford Languages and Google - English | Oxford Languages. [online] Available at: <https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/> [Accessed 10 March 2021].

Paraphrasing

gerund

express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Reference:Languages.oup.com. 2021. Oxford Languages and Google - English | Oxford Languages. [online] Available at: <https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/> [Accessed 10 March 2021].

How do I Harvard reference a webpage?

TOP TIP: Avoid Wiki sites and Fandom Sites, as they are often editable by anyone and this will make it difficult to verify the source. To verify a source check if the website has been written by a person (author) or a publication/ company, this will make the website quotable e.g From my research of how to Harvard reference, Reeve notes the importance of verifying the source and avoiding wiki sites (Reeve,2021)...

How do I Harvard reference a Video/ DVD?

TOP TIP: Avoid finding scenes of a film from YouTube, unless the actual studio has released it and you can verify them, as the video could be breaking the rules of copyright by sharing outside of the studio permission. An exception to this would be a video essay on YouTube.

Lastly Internet based Harvard reference generators..

There are online harvard referencing generators, but they can sometimes be incorrect or give you another form of referencing such as Oxford and so on, therefore use them with caution and cross reference using the PDF above to make sure the layout is strictly Harvard referencing still.

Free Harvard Referencing Generator [Updated for 2024]Generate Harvard references automatically with our fast and free Harvard reference generator. Get correctly formatted references for books, websites, journals and more!

MyBib

HOW TO HARVARD REFERENCE.pdf

This PDF can be of help for how to reference everything you may come across.

Task 2: Harvard reference the research you conducted for your initial research stage last week and add this to the last Harvard referencing section of your proposal and action plan.

Critical Perspective : It's a good idea to start initially thinking of a critical perspective (theory/ opinion/ question) that you will later expand.

The critical perspective should be one which resonates with your concept beyond just analysing some theory which connects to your concept. Really explore what theory exists around themes of your films or how characters are depicted/ represented. Representation theory is vast and we barely scratched the surface of it through previous projects, speak to us if you have not found anything - please visit the LRC (library) and seek out their many media theory books to help.

USE this as guidance for thinking about how to approach your critical perspecitve...

critical-perspective.pdf

If you ever wondered how a film tackles a form of perspective read about these 5 examples and consider if any of your favourite films do in fact hold a perspective you'd not considered.

I watch therefore I am: seven movies that teach us key philosophy lessonsThe dilemma in chilling new drama Force Majeure raises philosophical quandaries, but it’s not the first film to do so. Memento, Ida and It’s A Wonderful Life all address the Big Questions

Critical-containing careful or analytical evaluations (Collins Dictionary)

Perspective- is a particular way of thinking about something (Collins Dictionary)

This relates to your own ideas and how you can explain more than one perspective.

Mental Health Example

Mental Health Critical Perspective Example

Critical Perspective Guidance

critical-perspective.pdf

Lets break it down

Step 1- Introduction

Explain what you are going to be exploring for your critical perspective, be sure to link it to your own idea and into the film and TV industry

Step 2- Main perspective

Take your own point of view and find evidence to back up your views, evidence can be films, news articles, books, etc.

Step 3- Alternative perspective

Now look into another point of view and find evidence to back this up.

Step 4- Compare

Link the two points of view explored

Step 5- Conclusion

Evaluate how your findings has helped you understand your project and how these findings are going to influence you

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