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Home AS91497 **3.8** Write a media text to meet the requirements of a brief See write a text assessment criteria 3 credits

class daily A brief is a set of instructions identifying the requirements of the product, including the target audience, format, legal and ethical requirements, and purpose of the text. Students may coin the brief for this assessment with their teacher.

Example: Mim wrote a TV competition show for Television. The brief shall read something like this: Write a cover page

idea title

Duration( length) format( film or television )


 * - -purpose of text. To primarily inform or entertain?**
 * - target audience. Provide age and ethical considerations**

Write a media Write a media text involves applying media conventions with control to meet the requirements of a brief. With control means conventions are applied consistently. Itis to be trusted that you have thought about media codes and conventions Check out film form

 What is your Genre? a) THE THREE -ACT PLAY or another brief e.g See Marilyn's Curse. This film went through four DRAFTS. It is currently being shot in 2015 see more here b)an adaptation of a novel for a programme or adaptations of the classics for schools See Wuthering Heights

a scene adapted from Wuthering Heights by Rebecca. See novel adaptations

c) Television show. Either: live show, taped show. genre: e.g talk show/ Award show This shall be written as as two column script in audio and image and include timed segments. see **writing a television script below**

Criteria Visual script to format action ( e.g enter from stage left) and provide other production notes and directions.

The script also to use grammatical and structural

conventions appropriate to the medium, product, control of:

spelling, punctuation, tense, syntax and/or

structure; and authentic vocabulary, style, tone

and/or personal “voice” appropriate to the

audience and/or medium. For example. The presenter and the questions put to guests. This year look out for television ideas by Mim and Keir

screenplay See the exemplar **Parkstone Ave** as a realised script in 2014 on X 5 Resources See Mim's script

1 // A brief // is a set of instructions identifying the requirements of the product, including the target audience, format, legal and ethical requirements, and purpose of the text.

Assessment criteria( See write a text)




 * // Writing Television scripts //**

video scripts use short, concise, direct sentences. To be successful you must engage your audience and clearly communicate selected information in a manner that will both enlighten and possibly even entertain. We can absorb only a limited amount of information at a time. The average viewer has preconceptions and internal and external distractions that get in the way. n mind the basic guideline of correlating (relating) audio and video because viewers are accustomed to having what they //see//on the screen relate to what they //hear --// generally in the form of dialogue or narration. (Note that the intentionally long and complex sentence you just read is not appropriate for broadcast style.) If viewers see one thing and hear another, things get confusing.
 * H ** ere are seven general rules to remember in writing for television. Some of these apply to instructional productions, some to dramatic productions, and some to both.
 * Assume a conversational tone by using short sentences and an informal, approachable style.
 * Engage your audience emotionally; make them care about both the people and content of your production.
 * Provide adequate logical structure; let viewers know where you're going, which concepts are key, and when you're going to change the subject.
 * After making an important point, expound on it; illustrate it.
 * Don't try to pack too many facts into one program.
 * Give your audience a chance to digest one concept before moving to another.
 * Pace your presentation according to the ability of your target audience to grasp the concepts.

__ Tips __ Nouns and verbs are preferred over adjectives, and specific words over general ones.

Ellipses**...**three dots**...**are commonly used to designate pauses. Attribution should come at the beginning of sentences ("According to the Surgeon General...")

Include defining details, such as the make of the car and the type of trees being cut down. After you write something, set it aside for at least ten minutes and concentrate on something else. Then go back and review the story with a fresh perspective. At that point it may be easier to catch and eliminate unnecessary words and phrases. Read the story aloud (not under your breath). Rewrite: Read the video grammar
 * sentences that are too long
 * tongue-twisting or awkward phrases
 * phrases that could be taken two ways

Here is the generic assessment