18/09/18 - 3rd Year Briefing

Research and Independent Learning will be vital

Peer to Peer Support

Self governing time and organisation

Self made Deadlines

(Talk to Simon about schemes to help me)

Set a google calendar for the deadlines and what work I want to get done.

Plan time effectively, equal time on dissertation and pre-production, last minute cramming doesn't work on these units

Time will go quick

What do I want from my final year

A degree

Portfolio

A job

Contacts

Focus on first term is pre production and Dissertation

Transmission -

Getting my CV Ready

Portfolio/showreel/social media

networking/job searching

Setting up a company

Organising Degree Screening

Dissertation

Use the proposal as my starting point

8,000 Words

3 Tutorials prior to draft hand-in

Draft Hand in November 27th 2018

1 Draft feedback tutorial in final week of term

Dissertation Final Submission: Jan 25th 2019

Year 3 Creative Projects

Select a CREATIVE Skill set I want to pursue

Focusing my skills and interests

Specialise in one skill set and one piece of media

PRE PRODUCTION

Self Direted

Individual or small group based

2 distinct choices

Tutorial and Seminar Support

Pre Production Submission Dec 11 2018 10 AM

Major Project

Concept Project - Allowing you to think big, aimed at communicating your idea to a potential broadcast commisioner.

Concept can be anything

Aimed at competing with what is currently on television

Package can be made of a variety of elements - pitch, script,casting, production design, trailer, camera tests, etc.

Working alone or in a small group

Normal collaboration rules apply

Major Project Pre Production

Do the same as above execpt it will be made, it would be expected to be a very detailed plan.

MAXIMUM LENGTH OF THE MAJOR PROJECT 20 MINS

Arch Roomies?

5 Episodes?

External Collaboration

Cast/Music/Presenters/Actors/Production/Costume Design/Special Effects

Knowledge of:

the creative pre-production process and theory, and roles for advanced moving image production

Understanding through application of: Advanced creative methodologies specific to the chosen role and project

Understanding through application of: Advanced creative project management and publication skills

Dissertation Workshop - 20/09/18

Aims

A1 - To enable you to undertake focused and sustained research into individually negotiated subject area

A2 - To provide an opportunity for you to demonstrate an understanding of the historical theoretical or critical concerns of your subject area through interpretation, reflection, analysis and evaluation.

A3 - To enable you to produce a clear and sustained written argument, supported by appropriate evidence, that conforms to academic conventions.

 

Learning outcomes

Lo1 Demonstrate an application of appropriate research methods in the identification and understanding of broad contexts and specific practices

Demonstrate abilities of interpretation , reflection, analysis.

Dissertation Structure

Intro - Sets up and prepares the Reader:

Introduce And explain the main focus and aim/question - What is my question and why am I asking it?

Clarify Areas of research your dissertation - Show the reports and studies I have looked at and why

(EG the focus and aim of each chapter)

A Brief overview of the discussion order of your dissertation chapter by chapter - A Overview of how I will make my arguments

Sometimes it's good the write the intro near the end, start writing the chapters before the intro.

Chapter one

Definitions of terms used in the question - Talk about what I mean by the question

Basic theory - Talk about the theories I will use in my arguements and also explain VR so the reader understands terminology

Background info and or historical ideas or contexts - See Above

Chapter two

Utilises and builds on info from chapter one

Application of theories, current discussions/contexts

Any info and ideas that need to be discussed before the question can be fully answered or the aim fully achieved in the final chapter.

Chapter three

Where the question is fully answered or the aim fully realised.

Conclusion

Ends on the very last, final response on the discussion

Reiterate the aim of your dissertation reminding the reader of any questions you were intending to answer

Highlight you key findings chapter by chapter and how they relate to each other in light of your aims

Discuss your response to your findings and any answers/conclusions drawn to you aims/questions.

8000 Words

Intro 10% (800)

Chapter 1 2,150

Chapter 2 2,150

Chapter 3 2,150

Each chapter should average 12 paragraphs

180 words per paragraph

Each paragraph makes a particular point

Listed in logical order

That you have identified the info/evidence you will be analysing for each step of your discussion with the source referenced

That you have stated to write your paragraphs in order in which you have planned. Ensure that one leads to the next

Conclusion (800 Words)

To Prepare for 1st tutorial

Work on your plan for “

Your topic, its intellectual context and how your question approaches it.

Create and review your liste of research material?

The key authors and a sentence of the way you wish to use their ideas

The moving image sequences you wish to relate to this research

Your methods of analysis

An initial plan for draft chapter 1

To prepare for 2nd Tutorial

Week 1 - Read your research material

Week 2 - Read your research material and write up a draft for chapter 1 - 2,150 words (500 words a day)

Week 3 - Finish chapter one which will help you plan for chapter two

To Prepare for 3rd Tutorial

Week 1 - Research and write notes for chapter 2

Week 2 - write up a draft for chapter 2 (2,150) and write up the skeleton intro (200)

Week 3 - Make amendments to draft chapter 1

To prepare for draft Hand in (27th Nov)

Make amendments to draft chapter 2/research chapter 3

Research and write a draft for  chapter 3 (2150) and a skeleton conclusion if you wish

The Dissertation draft should consist of a full typed version (it might to be edited or there may be unresolved problems and areas the need further work) but it should represent

Title Page

Title of Dissertation

Your Name

Course

Month and Year of submission

First Language

Number of words

Transitions - Critical Reflections

I found writing the script very different from what I am used to, in my previous productions the scripts tended to be simple and down to earth, regarding modern day items such as phones, cars and such. With this project, I was working with concepts such as Artificial Intelligence, Genetic Engineering, Robotic Mech, Spaceships and much more.


This change in style was quite a change and I struggled at first to keep things sounding plausible and yet still at the edge of fantasy. My biggest struggle was working through writer's block, In this project, I did set myself a schedule, at first it was one page per day, then two per day and so on. I would sit down to try and write and be unable to think of anything to put on the page.


Because of this I started to run out of time and I think that reflected in my work, I also would decide to change small parts of the story throughout the script writing process which would require me to change large parts of the script.


Researching the creator didn't yield many results, aside from basic facts there wasn't much about his art style, in the few interviews he had done his answers were very short.


In my next project, I will try to plan the story out better, perhaps making bullet points for each scene to look at whenever I get stuck and creating a better timeline so I can keep track of what I need to write and when it happens.


I also think I need to work on some creative exercises, perhaps setting myself a goal of creating a short story idea once a day, even if its bad this should help me be able to generate ideas. I will also try creating different characters and given them different voices and speech patterns as I feel like my characters sounded quite similar in the way they speak.

All in all I know I can do better, but I'm happy with what I produced it was a nice change from writing drama scripts and so on but I would like to be able to create my own universe for the script rather than trying to adapt one to my script.

Transitions - Writer - Tsutomu Nihei

• Tsutomu Nihei was born in 1971
• Japanese manga artist. 
• cyberpunk influenced artwork. 
• Creator of Blame, Knights of Sidonia and Biomega
• Studied Architecture and incorporates that into his work, designing large structures for futuristic cites/ships etc.
• Likes to explore transhumanism.
• Likes to write about post-apocolyptic dystopian societies

Tsutomu Nihei initially started work as an office worker, then a construction worker, he then moved on to writing his Manga books, in his work he tends to explore things like, huge structures, Post Apocalyptic worlds and Transgender/non-human pairings.

I like his progressive thinking regarding things like transgender and non-binary genders, I also appreciate how he works with large-scale structures and creatures, such as the Gauna and Sidonia in Knights of Sidonia.

The concepts I would like to take from his works are working with large scale ships/structures and his views regarding gender and sexuality. 

Transitions - Characters/Scenes

SCENES