Prelim LR

1) Type up your teacher's feedback in full plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class.

Teacher Feedback
-Good voice-over.
-Jump-cuts communicate meaning and mental state of the character.
-the effect worked-could've looked bad but it worked well.

class feedback
www:
-good camera-work
-good special effect
-voice over
-good music choice
-comedic element
-editing
-narration

Ebi:
-acting needs to be better
-too many pauses

2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write three WWW bullet points and three EBI bullet points for your TV drama scene.

WWW

• Voice over was effective and created a narrative
• editing for effect was a good aspect
• camera work

EBI

• Acting
• Too many pauses

3) How effectively did you complete the objective you laid out in your mini preliminary exercise statement of intent?

I effectively completed the mini-prelim as I showed the character Daryl and his life at home, as well as the way he manifested his powers for the first time showing confusion and shock.

4) What have you learned from the preliminary exercise that will help you in the actual coursework project?
I learnt that I had to finish my filming quick so that I could focus on the editing for a longer time as I had to create complex SFX such as the teleportation as I will using even more SFX in my official trailer.

5) Now you have completed the preliminary exercise, will you change anything in your actual TV drama trailer? This could include narrative, character and script or technical elements such as mise-en-scene, camerawork and sound.

I will keep everything the same but in my real trailer I will show the other main characters and their abilities as well as showing other characters like Jay and the agents who would make my trailer exciting with the diverse character selection. My narrative in the trailer will be a gradual showing of special abilities in combination with conflict between character emphasising the drama aspect. My full script was not shown as I only had 30 seconds but the full scene of my preliminary task will not be in my trailer. The sounds will also be dynamic as I will have more base in the music and have a techno synth style of beat. Lastly, I'll have wide range of shots like I did in my preliminary, this time using more angles such as a high angles and low angles.

Skye School Preliminary Task

Coursework: Ignite presentation learner response

1) Type up your feedback in full including the ratings out of five for each of the six categories. 

WWW:
-Interesting concept
-detailed plan

EBI:
-lack of representation theory
-Delivery could of been more fluid
-more research for industry
-concept may be hard to create
2) Use this feedback, comments from peers and your own reflection on your presentation to self-assess and write a detailed WWW and EBI for your own coursework concept and presentation as a whole.

The things I primarily did well was I managed to create a concept that is very intriguing to an audience, as well as making sure I planned and researched well due to how I explained the story of my TV drama as I added a equilibrium, disequilibrium and a new equilibrium. 

The way I could have improved was to add more representation theory as I only talked about subverting stereotypes, also my delivery could have been better however I had changed my concept last minute not leaving me with much rehearsal time. In addition, I could of added more for industry because I only included social media platforms. Lastly, my concept was said to be hard to create which may be true to an inexperienced editor however I have practised these effects numerous times.

3) Write a paragraph discussing how your presentation will lead into your actual coursework production. Do you need to update your statement of intent? Does your narrative offer enough clarity? Is it appropriate for the audience specified in the brief? Does it fit the genre you are aiming for? Can you add media terminology or theory to your statement of intent now you have reflected on your presentation and seen others?

My presentation will follow into my coursework production as you will see aspects of the super power genre which will add visceral pleasure to my audience also creating action codes and enigma codes. Also, I will cast the characters I spoke about and make sure to give them scripts to follow. I believe my narrative was clear because of how I gave a beginning, middle ,end which you will see aspects of in my trailer. I will make sure I stick to the watershed times by having no swearing and making the action without crossing boundaries such as showing blood and other extreme violence. I believe it strongly fits the genre because my characters will be solving crimes using superpowers which fits my genre. 

Statement of intent

My TV drama concept is called Syke school. The reason I chose this name was that the idea behind my drama was a group of teens who learn to gain full control of their psychic abilities hence the word "psych" which has been changed to "Syke" which is said in a broken way to show how the characters come from a poor and broken environment. The word school is a way to show the learning process as they are taught by a mentor. This all equated to "syke school". The tag line I chose was "your power is your weakness", now the reason I chose this as a tag-line was to show how the protagonists abilities will lead to the trouble they encounter in the series as well as general issues such as the struggles of fitting into a normal western society. The genre of my series is crime-superpower which I chose as I feel like it will add uniqueness to my story.

The narrative of my story begins with 3 teens (Daryl, Arthur, and Steele) who wake up finding out they have special abilities which are teleportation, telekinesis and superspeed. These characters go to different schools but feel a strange connection as they are drawn to one another. They end up in the same location and immediately realize they are different. They all try to figure how they were bestowed with these abilities but simply disregard it for a while and use their powers for their own gains for a while (nothing too harsh or immoral, they simply make life easier for themselves.) They end up spending a lot of time together in general. One day they are approached by someone who they feel an instant connection with, the same connection they felt with each other. He is also older(23) and is called "EJ" who has the ability to read minds. Turns out he is experienced in his powers and wants to lead the teens in a good direction as he himself had seen other people with special abilities turn to the darker path. After convincing the teens to join him he begins teaching the teens how to control their powers properly and maximize them to stop crime on the grimey streets of London. However higher authorities are not satisfied by their vigilante antics and end up trying to stop the squad. Towards the end of the season, we see the Skye squad face the police eventually coming to an understanding and agree to the protection of humanity. However, we see Arthur become disturbed with heroic life as he wishes to live on his own accord which ends off the season in a sticky mess.

Characters:
The first character is Daryl. Daryl is your average teenager, uninterested in school, gamer, interested in females and in general, he represents what it means to be a teenager as he is not as deep as the other characters but quite relatable and offers comedic value to the audience. Finds himself in a love triangle with Arthur and Steele

Arthur is the next teenager, he comes from a broken home living only with his father and often finds himself in trouble whether it be in school or outside of it. He comes off as sympathetic due to his background and is often seen as the potentially unstable character out of the squad. Finds himself in a love triangle with Arthur and Steele

Steele is your scholar and the "good at everything" character who is seen to have mastery over her ability before both Arthur and Daryl. She subverts the usual female stereotypes because of how "badass" she is seen as and her overall confident and unrattled demeanor. Finds himself in a love triangle with Arthur and Steele

EJ is the character you would find out of a comic book, however, he is also quite different because of in contrast to the teens, his ability is mental, not physical which ends up putting him on the sidelines in the show instead of standing in midst of everything which I believe makes him unique. He is a mentor and has an interesting past as he was homeless before he attained his abilities in his teen years.