Public Service Announcement (PSA)

In the next few lesson I will be creating a PSA for rape awareness. I am going to research all different types of PSA using the internet to see what i find and if i can gather any ideas for the film which I will be creating.

This in a PSA about cleaning up New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWv90msTUc
This is a PSA on smoking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWFwotSD6X4
This is a PSA on road saftey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hplRpOdOXE
This is PSA for speed limits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvja-PA5Egc&NR=1

These all use various techniques to make you notice them, some use shocking images which are emotive such as the PSA for speed limits. Others use a softer approach such as catchy music to help people remember and animation ( such as the hedgehog advert) It will appeal to children who it is aimed at.

The Phone Call

In the last few lesssons in Media we have had to plan, create and edit a short film called The Phone Call. we had planning sheets, to prepare us for filming, i found these helpfull as they prepared me for what I would be doing in the following lessons.


We used a camcorder to film, this is new equiptment to use, i have learnt how to use a camcorder better, and i have noticed how much needs to be thought about when filming, such as there needs to be no shadows in the background of things such as windows, mirrors etc. the setting is appropriet and there isnt any unwanted objects in a shot.


After the group had filmed the group edited it on a Mac, and i think that the end result has come out well for a first attempt. There is use of music and titles which improved the production.


Looking at how other groups filmed was helpful also to get any ideas that will help me in creating my coursework.

So I would give this peice of work a level 2 - 3 according to the sheet we have as the film shows that the shots were steady, framing a shot, various shot differences, appropriet material used, also appropriet mise en scene,suitable editing, use of sound within the editing process.

A2 - Film/Television/Video

For this year in Media Studies I will be creating either;

• a music video
• a short film
• a film trailer

I looked at some groups attempts in creating their group film for St. Marks. While watching this I looked at how steady the camera was when filming a shot, How the shot was framed, like if there was too much space or if the people in the shot had the top of their heads cut off, the use of shot distances and different shots such as panning, close up, long shot etc. And if the misce-en-scene was appropriate, like if there was any unwanted objects in the shot.

All these facts will have to be thought about when I make either a music video, a short film, or a film trailer.

As i will be working with one other person (Emma) i will need to show what I have done, and we will need to do equal amounts of work and show this to achieve a high marks.

I will need to practice holding a shot steady, thinking about misce- en- scene, practice framing a shot, and thinking about what shot distances I would want in the production. Also we will need to decide what one out of the three choices we will want to create.