GROUP PRESENTATIONS FRIDAY WEEK 7
Assessment criteria for oral/written presentations (stage 1,2)
Critical thinking: originality and maturity of concepts and ideas, ability to communicate effectively, ability to incorporate other texts/references/sources effectively
Creative thinking: ability to be resourceful and experimental, ability to be independent thinker/s in a group, demonstration of good decision making processes, demonstration of initiative
Communication skills: ability to work both together and solo, ability to solve problems, demonstration of good communication skills, degree of understanding of field of practice
For this, we will follow the guidelines set for the media students. Writers will prepare and present alongside the media students as part of those groups. Writers will all take a speaking role within the presentation, in order to be assessed on the above criteria.
DETAILS BELOW ADAPTED FROM THE NOTES FOR MEDIA STUDENTS
Each of our groups will present an analysis of their own recent endeavours, and a proposal, based in part on that analysis, for the rest of the semester.
Each group will screen their pilot scene, or scenes, and outline what their objectives were in producing this piece. They will do this in reference to the scripted webisode/excerpt/scene. They will then detail what they have learnt producing the piece; what aspects of it accord with future intentions, and which ones don’t. This might include reference to: strict technicalities in relation to the acquisition, and post production treatment, of image and sound; overall aesthetic approach; location choice and/or production design; techniques employed in direction, generally; techniques employed in the direction of performance, specifically; overall dramatic/comedic tone; structure and approach to editing; the practical and logistical challenges of the production.
This should be followed by a reasonably detailed proposal for how this group, or potential sub-group(s), would like to proceed for the remainder of the semester. This might involve the objective of completing and/or re-shooting the episode or scenes produced, and then to proceed with the production of subsequent episodes. It might involve moving directly onto those other episodes.
Whatever the proposal, a basic timeline or schedule needs to be outlined. Also, and very importantly, an explanation of the group’s specific, and possibly idiosyncratic, approach to production. For example:
How will you work with the media students in your group from now on?
What kind of text will inform or drive future content?
Will it be a script like the one you’ve just used?
How and when will that text be supplied?
Is there a notable approach to direction?
Will there be any kind of improvisation in performance?
Is there a notable approach to camera coverage or audio?
Will there be an ongoing rotation of crew roles?
Will the group be divided into production, on-set, and post-production personnel working simultaneously, or will production observe a more linear approach?
Will there be only one version of each dramatic piece or episode?
How, when and what might you upload to the web?
How will you solicit an audience, and approach that audience’s potential response?
______________________________________________________
Presentations will be made to all members of both studios, and to two invited guests who will offer their thoughts on the proposals made.
Each group has 14 members, including the writers. Not every media student needs to speak at the presentation, but everyone must contribute to it, and be available to respond to post-presentation questions. As writers, you DO need to speak.
Presentation length: 20 minutes minimum; 30 minutes maximum.
This time allows for a screening, attention to all the relevant details listed above, and the fact that each writer must speak in order to comply with their studio’s independent assessment criteria.