Deadline Two

Deadline Two – Pre-Production Planning

Synopsis for the whole film from which this will be the opening.

Storyboard as TWO animatics

Research and Planning into :-

Setting,

Props,

Creation of character through Costume, Hair and Make up, Body Language and Facial expression,

Lighting and colour,

composition.

Illustration of how you plan to incorporate continuity editing.

Research and Planning into all aspects of sound (Script, Music, Sound Effects)

Examples of experiments and rehearsals

All permissions clearly documented

Documentation of all possible risks and how they are made safe.

Evidence of audience feedback about your storyboard and other aspects of planning

Discussions about Representation & Narrative Structure and use of narrative devices (Restricted & Unrestricted narration, Enigma & Action codes)

Friday February 6^th, midnight.

You can only start filming once this planning has been checked and OK’d by your Supervisor.

Deadline One - Who completed Deadline One

Block one

Greg - all 4 openings completed
Keegan - Nothing posted
Sim - One opening posted.

Naomi and Folly - completed all 4 openings
Ella - No openings posted. (you have posted GWDT and US, I do have 4 on word however - these now need to be uploaded.

Adriana - No posts completed
Jess - all Four posts completed
Josh - all posts completed (although slight misinterpretation of task)

Georgia - Nothing posted
Matt - nothing posted
Alicia - one opening completed.


Block Four

Holly - Print version to see
Alex - All 4 completed
Meg - All 4 posts completed

James - Nothing posted
Ethan - nothing posted
David - Two posts





Red - Time management marks unaffected
Green - Losing some marks for time management
Blue - Already jeopardising possibility of level 4 for research and planning grade.

Who I am supervising

Block one

Greg, Sim and Keegan
Naomi, Ella and Folly
Adriana, Jess and Josh


Block Four
Meg, Holly and Alex
James, Ethan and David

The Storyboard

You should aim to complete two versions of a storyboard


Version A. (Photograph or video each shot and upload) - to last ONE Minute

Draw each shot, identifying key information - Shot distance, angles, movement.

Number each tile in sequence and add the time duration for each shot.

It should last ONE minute.

Version Two

Animatic - This will be a video version of your storyboard - you add a commentary over the top of each shot explaining each shot - you can add additional version here about the kind of editing techniques that you using, the location, lighting used, choices for costume etc.  This will obviously last a lot longer and will last upto 10 minutes because of the spoken detail.

Deadlines for the Preliminary task

DEADLINE ONE:

Pre-Production planning

Blog posts 1 – 7

 

By End of lesson 6

DEADLINE TWO:  

Complete all Filming

Blog Post 8

By End of lesson 8

DEADLINE THREE:

Complete all Image editing

Blog Post 9

By End of lesson 12.

DEADLINE FOUR

Complete sound editing

Blog Post 10

FINISHED PRODUCT MUST BE SAVED TO THE COMPLETED WORK FOLDER – AS Prelim 2014-15/AS BLOCK ?/ Your full names.

GROUP BLOG MUST BE COMPLETE TO FINAL STAGES

FINAL DEADLINE IS January 9^th.

AS Preliminary Task

The Preliminary Task.

The specification states that this must be:

‘ A 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.’ The sequence must last no longer than one minute.

 

This task should demonstrate:

 

• Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• The 180 degree Rule

 

You will also have to incorporate Music, lighting, dialogue (recorded separately on a lapel mic and voice recorder)  and sound effects into your film

 

All filming and editing must take place on campus, using College equipment.

Each group will set up a blog onto which you will record  the entire process

AS Media - 2014-15 - First Practical Task - Using a camera and basic editing.

Your Foundation portfolio (coursework) requires you to make the opening to a thriller film.  This will require high levels of skill in the use of both a camera and editing.  This task is the first step in preparing you for this task (which you will do next term)

1. Work in groups of 3

2. The sheet given out in class identifies the shots that you have to take.

3. Each group member will shoot all 11 shots (Thus, there will be 33 in total).

4. Each group member will edit their  own 11 shots with accompanying titles and a music soundtrack.

5. You will be given some lesson time for the camera work, however, your editing will need to do done in your own study time.

Top Tips.

a) Use a whiteboard at the start of each clip to indicate the type and owner of the shot.

b) Always set the white balance and reset it if you alter the direction of the camera or enter a new environment.

c) Make a sandwich - "Camera rolling, Speed and Action!  Cut!

             

d) Ensure the camera is attached securely and in the correct direction to the tripod arm.

 

e) Conduct a risk assessment of each location before you start to shoot.  Record this in MS on your footage.