Titling

On your blog, you should now post a discussion of 3 title sequences of your own choice - try to use thrillers from either TV Drama or Film. Ensure that you consider how the film title, graphics, music, and placement, all work in the overall construction of the sequence. Do they contribute anything to the meaning about character, mood, atmosphere or any aspect of narrative.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/A very useful site for looking at title and credit ideas.

A useful short YOUTUBE interview with title designers another useful link

Do NOT simply reproduce an analysis of those that we have covered in class.

This is also a good interview to watch on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbhi-JICKKI

Your credits should include atleast the film title, and your names need to be clear.

What you will be doing in your Coursework lessons over the next 3 weeks

This week - week beginning 17th March 2014
Editing in 2 lessons only
Meet as group in own time to complete for deadline. (Image and sound editing)
Deadline is this Friday (see post below)



Next week - week beginning 24th March 2014
You will receive your Evaluation instructions
We will have a lesson on Titling


Last week of term - week beginning 31st March 2014
Deadline for your evaluation will be in this week - Thursday 3rd April
Complete your titling sequence. 

 

 
 

 

Deadline approaching

 

Friday March 21st 2014.

 

This Friday is the deadline for the editing of your film footage.

 

This should include your image editing, sound editing (Foleys, dialogue and soundtrack (COPYRIGHT FREE) )

 

Some of you are well on course to meet this deadline.

 

Missing deadlines does have consequences and results in your overall Research and Planning mark being reduced (Time Management).

 

Partial missing of the deadline (it is clear to us that you are pretty much on course and just have a few things to complete) will be penalised. 

However, if we are really concerned that you are falling well behind schedule, a letter will also be sent home to a parent/guardiann alerting them to our concerns.

 

Don't forget that we are also making judgements as to your suitability to progress into year 2 of this subject.

 

 

 

YOU ARE NOW IN THE FILMING PHASE - NEXT DEADLINE IS FRIDAY MARCH 7TH

Deadline Three – Filming

 

 

Your Storyboard should now be completed and posted as an animatic.  The more carefully that you plan each shot, the better your finished product.   Also, all planning for the filming should be completed - props, setting, lighting, actors, locations, make up, costume, health and safety etc etc.

 

Evidence it - Take photos / shoot video (on your phone is fine) of you recording your footage / organising your shoot.  Provide a written or recorded justification of the decisions that you make / any mistakes that you have made - evaluate the process as you complete your filming - how did it go and why do you think this - be critical!!!

 

Make sure that there is clear evidence of your presence on the filming set.

 

Can you show evidence of preparing costume, lighting, props, make up, giving instructions to your actors,  etc.

 

Record masses of footage - take multiple takes of each shot to give yourself choices when it comes to editing.

By the deadline below: – all “rushes” (unedited, raw footage) to be completed and logged onto the Mac network as a rough cut into the correct file (Locate AS block and group).

All Filming processes, decisions and choices clearly recorded on the group blog. Each of you must contribute to this.

 

All the time make comparisons with real thriller films to justify your choice of techniques and narrative structure.

Again, use blog format fully and creatively.

Friday 7^th March, 4.10

HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE?

STUDY THE SLIDES FROM THE LESSON ON MOODLE.
HERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM THEM:

How do we define target audiences for media products?
By age:
under 18? What certificate will it be? 12? 12A? 15?
AGE? 18-35? 36 - 44? 45+?

By gender?

By social class? See Pearl and Dean website> business tab> films tab> click on a thriller film>look at 'comparable audience profile'. SEE POST BELOW FOR LINK TO PEARL AND DEAN

Those who still need to complete deadline one.

Block One
Matt, (all 4): Trey (1 completed): Patrick (4 completed):  
Harry (4 completed), Rosie (4 completed), James (1 completed) and Stephen (3 completed).

Block 4
Kieren (4 completed), Hannah (4 completed): Sarah (zero)
Ben (4 posted), Elliot (zero) and Charlie (zero)
Dan (4 posted), Harry (4 posted): Tom (4 posted) 

Block 7
Katie (4 posted), Gemma (4 posted) , Hannah (4 posted)  Emma (zero posted) 
Tom (zero posted), Phoebe (zero posted) and Isaac (4 posted)

Deadline Two - February 14th - Midnight

Here's an interesting video on why storyboarding is an essential stage of planning for any film maker

 Https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t3mAHQuBqQI

This is  list of what you need to produce for your next deadline.

1. A post-it note storyboard,

2. Using this, you will produce 2 animatics -
a) ONE WHERE EACH SHOT IS EXACTLY THE LENGTH THAT YOU INTEND FOR THE FINAL FILM, AND THE TOTAL LENGTH IS 2 MINS,
b) ANOTHER WITH A COMMENTARY, LASTING MUCH LONGER (EG 10-15 MINS), WHERE YOU ALL DISCUSS HOW SHOTS DEVELOP FROM THE FRAME IN THE STORYBOARD, HOW LIGHTING WILL BE DESIGNED, SOUND DESIGN AND MOVEMENT (CHARACTER AND CAMERA).

3) YOU ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH DURING THIS STAGE. NOW MAKE YOUR RESEARCH COUNT MORE TOWARDS THE PROCESS - EXPLAIN WHAT YOU ARE INSPIRED BY.  You can revisit your 4 research thriller openings and add this to the post - what you particularly liked.

4) A synopsis for the whole film narrative from which this will be the opening (about 100 words),

5)  The script for any dialogue,

6)  List of roles (see pre-production planning advice)

7) Images / video footage of locations and decisions about locations,

8) Prop research and justification in terms of character and story

9) Health and safety, including risk assessments for filming and use of equipment.
 

10) Lighting decisions.

Blog Heading “Pre-Production Planning”(clearly label which group member has taken responsibility for each of the various posts).

Again, consider blog format – images, text, screen grabs, embedded video, hyperlinks, etc

If you want to film over half term, this needs to be handed in earlier in order that we can check it through and grant permission