Marking Criteria

Video
Level 4

• holding a shot steady, where appropriate;
• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;
• selecting mise-en-scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;
• using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• using titles appropriately.

Research and Planning
Level 4

• there is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• there is excellent organisation of actors, location, costumes or props;
• there is excellent work on shot lists, layouts , drafting, scripting or story boarding;
• there is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• time management is excellent

This is the highest level possible to achieve for this unit, and these are the marks that we have given to the past students blog that we have analysed - Q1-07 from last year.

Research and planning
overall i have given this group a Level 4 for their blog although they had some elements of Level Three quality.

Video

• they have excellently held the camera steady where appropriate, and unsteady in appropriate places
• they have used a variety of shot distances, 
• it is very appropriate to the task which has been set
• there were a large amount of shot transitions, such as fades and such
• they have created a professional looking title sequence at the beginning, with a special 'jjr' productions logo sequence
• they have used sound with images and editing appropriately
• the soundtrack is very good, and very fitting for the sequence.

Planning and research

• they have done excellent research into similar products, what a thriller is, their potential target audience
• there is excellent organization of the actors, they have clearly thought hard about the setting of their preliminary task as they have pictures of other possible locations.
• they have clearly done allot of preparation as they have a rough plot idea
• they have planned what they are going to film in each session

By Lynsey, Sam and Michael.