All these things that you (should've) done



Here is a list of all the things you should have done (to paraphrase The Killers) or at least should have done by the end of last week:

WORK YOU SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED

• Research
• Scenario
• Scripting
• Storyboarding
• Location scouting
• Prelimary footage
• Animatics
• Production schedule
• Call sheets
• Props lists
• Production of log and continuity sheets

EVALUATION QUESTIONS - check you have covered the bases (to remind you...)

The following questions must be answered: 

• How does product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Have you researched these?
• How does product represent particular social groups? -Have you included a social group?
• What kind of media institution might distribute product and why? - Have you researched studios and distribution?
• Who would be audience for product? – Have you researched audience?
• How did you attract/address your audience? – Evidence in planning/ final product?
• What have you learnt about technologies from process of constructing product? – Evidence from blog (shooting/ editing)
• Looking back at preliminary task, what have you learnt in progression to full product?

  TIMEFRAME:By end of...

• 22nd January [revised]
  All pre-production planning (including storyboards, production schedules, call sheets etc.) completed/ posted to blog in digital form.
  Might also include test footage and mood boards
• 7th February [revised]
  All material required for project shot, converted and uploaded onto media servers
  
  During the period 17/01-07/02, you are invited to periodically upload brief examples of work to blog for peer and staff review
• 12th February
  Rough edit completed and uploaded to blog for peer/ staff review
• 22nd February (including half-term “holiday”)
  Final cut begun
• 14th March
  Final edit completed and uploaded to blog and media server in order to gather audience response and feedback
• 15th March
  15 min presentations of work, including initial evaluations and outlines of audience response
• 11th  April (including Easter “holiday”
  Detailed blog entries answering the evaluation questions uploaded, coupled with a video commentary

THE PROJECT:

Blog including detailed research/ planning (20 marks)

• Must include research into existing opening sequences completed (minimum five): analysis linked to evaluation, notes made on how example might be of value to projects
• At least one blog entry dedicated to each of:
• ­institutions (e.g. distribution companies, studios),
• ­audiences (some evidence)
• representation (reasons)

Titles and opening of new fiction film - 2 mins (60 marks)

Continuity features:

• Action match
• Shot/ reverse shot
• 180 degree rule

Other features

• Titles
• Genre-specific features (e.g. mise-en-scene/ music)
• Range of shots/ camera movement (essential
• Range of edits/ effects (if appropriate)

Evaluation (20 marks)

WEEKLY TASKS

• Maintain blog (at least 3 entries a week – OCR suggest one a day) – have you?
• Include images/ video clips supporting work (planning + work in progress)
• Consider all aspects of production process, including institutions, audience and representation
• Include as much detail as you can, justifying choices made
• Link to your work in progress
• Thorough outline of production process