DEADLINE – Friday December 21st.
Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
o Notes on 3 shot types.
o Brainstorm to show ideas for film
o Storyboard for film
o Script for the dialogue to film
o Edited film
o Evaluation/analysis of preliminary production (Keep it brief – must say what was learnt and how the preliminary task will help you in your main project.
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
Research:
□ Camera shot types
□ Conventions of horror films
□ Conventions of film openings in general (look at content, style, features)
□ Different genres of films (list films linked to the genre)
□ Questions on ‘What is suspense’
□ Institution research (2 companies)
□ Notes on at least 8 film openings
□ Conventions of openings of films from horror films (such as regular features, specific techniques, ways narrative is explained)
□ Detailed analysis of AT LEAST 4 existing film openings (at least 2 must be horror)
□ 9 frame storyboard for films
□ Opening timelines
□ Audience profile for horror genre
□ Horror location shot types
Planning:
□ Brainstorm/plan ideas for your film (to include narrative, ideas for opening sequence, styles, colours, styles of copy, inspiration)
□ Brainstorm names for your film/state why you chose a particular name for your film.
□ Suitable institution to produce your film. And why.
□ Survey of your target audience to find out what hooks them onto a film from this genre.
□ Audience profile for your film.
□ Storyboard ideas for the opening, with annotations to show development of ideas.
□ Script for film
□ Animatic storyboard
□ Locations photographs with comments on suitability and when they could be used.
□ Costume plans
□ Prop list
□ A range of photographs for the storyboard/opening – blocking out your film.
□ Explanation of your film’s concept in 25 words or less.
□ A production schedule/shooting schedule.
□ A final draft version – with annotations/commentary on good and bad aspects of the production.
□ Survey/feedback of the target audience again to get their opinions on your production and any changes.
Construction:
□ Final opening and titles to your film – lasting no more than 2 minutes – upload final version to your blog as well as recording onto a DVD.
□ Evaluation of whole project (MUST answer ALL of the set questions and NOT just as an essay)
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
All this is to be included on your BLOG. Keep uploading work to your blog regularly.
The evaluation MUST go on to the end of your blog.
You must present your work using creative and digital media forms where possible – avoid ‘essay’/text based answers as much as you can.
Make clear the roles each person plays in all aspects of the filming and editing process.
The unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks:
o 20 marks for the presentation of the planning and research;
o 60 marks for the construction;
o 20 marks for the evaluation.
