Main Task - Alternative Choices

When we were first told about the Foundation Production, we were notified that we would be able to chose between 4 possible tasks that we would have to complete. The tasks we had to choose from consisted of a Print, a Video, an Audio or a Website. To complete the Main Task we will have to complete one of those four options. We decided to chose the video task as the option that we are going to complete for our Foundation Production. These are the reasons why we didn't choose one of the other three options as the task we would complete for our Foundation Production:


The Print - the breif for this task detailed that both the Preliminary Task and the Main Taskk includes having to produce a magazine. As a group we decided this would not be the correct option for us as two of us in our group had previously done GCSE Media Studies which included the production of a magazine as part of the coursework. Therefore we decided it would be more interesting to do something different and therefore we decided the print was not going to be the task we are going to complete for the Foundation Production.


The Audio - the breif for this task said that it must include the production of a radio bulletine and introduction music for a radio show for both the Preliminary Task and the Main Task. As a group we realised that none of us listen to the radio that much so we do not have a great deal of knowledge on this part of Media Studies. Therefore we decided that it would be more appropriate to do something that we are more knowledgeable about and therefore we decided the Audio Task would not be the task we are going to complete for the Foundation Production.


The Website - the breif for the website was to create a homepage and a website for the Preliminary Task and the Main Task. We realised that in our group we did not have anyone who was good at or knew a lot about the production of a website. As we all use the Interent the researrch was not a problem as we all knew a bit about websites. However, we discovered that no one in our group was good at making websites, so therefore we decided not to chose the Website Task as the task we are going to complete for our Foundation Production.


The reason why we did choose the Video Task as the teask we are going to complete for our Foundation Production is as follows:


The Video - the brief for the Video Task was to include a 30 second clip of a man entering a room and exchanging dialogue and a 2 minute clip for the begining and credits of a new film. The reason why we decided to choose this task is becasue we all watch a lot of films in our group and therefore we all hold knowledge on this feild of Media Studies. Also the members in our group do have skills that will help us in this task that I have shown in the blogg about My Group. Lastly we found that this task looked the most interesting and would actually be enjoyable to carry out. All of this helped us come to the decision that the Video Task would be the task that we are going to carry out for our Foundation Production.