Monday, 13 April 2015

Planning your short film (Unit 22 P2/Unit 1 P2)

Deadline - start of lesson Monday 20th April 2015

You need to carry out detailed planning into your proposed film idea. This should include the following and must be uploaded to your blog portfolio:

Session 1 
  •     Film treatment – which includes detailed information on characters and narrative. Your narrative needs to be creative and imaginative with a twist, open narrative or non-linear. 

  • ·  Create a production log and keep minutes from every meeting you hold.  This should be done each lesson/each time you do homework.  Update the log showing changes you have made to your film and why. Video Diary uploaded to blog is preferred format or full chatroom screen grabs

  • ·  Create a detailed storyboard, including camera shots/angle/movement and editing/sound and lighting. Photostoryboard using http://generator.acmi.net.au

  • ·  Produce a detailed shooting script – use a professional script format  www.plotbot.com or www.scribd.com·  
Homework

  • ·  Produce an equipment list detailing which equipment you will need, where you will get it from etc (cameras, lighting, sound etc). 

  •    Produce a plan for crew members/actors and other personnel.

  • ·  Location information – carry out a recce on each of your planned locations. Include detailed information of suitability and set dressing/design and add photos or video to prove you have actually been on site. This should include health and safety information and a risk assessment.

  • ·  Production schedule – this should include realistic deadlines and time scales of when all activities will take place.

  • ·  Call Sheets – produce for each day of filming with location, map, transport, set up times, set down etc.

  • ·  Contingency plans – produce back up plans which explain what will happen if your locations/actors etc are not available.

  • ·  Budgets Outline your finances and the cost of each item you will need to pay for.
  • ·  Personnel Outline the personnel you will need and their job roles.


All work must be kept together neatly and well organized. Those aiming for distinction should have professional looking paper work.

Each lesson:
·  Update your production log with minutes from meetings and explain what you have done on your film planning and any changes you have made.


How you will be graded:


P2: learners will produce a shooting script for a production but it will be formulaic and derivative, typically following the standard linear harmony-disruption-harmony narrative structure. They will produce preproduction documentation which will include production and shooting schedules, as well as storyboards and risk assessments. However, these will be basic and will lack the detailed or careful planning needed for an effective production. This might include the miscalculation of time (six weeks for shooting, one week for editing, for example). Risk assessments will lack detail and be incomplete, though the major risks must be identified.

M2

To achieve this grade you must have everything stated in the pass grade plus presented evidence for each of your key words categories.

Learners will produce a narrative with some imagination and produce competent plans for production. They will produce pre-production plans which are realistic and effective. Scripts and treatments will use appropriate formats. Production schedules will be competently organised with realistic deadlines and some contingency planning. Risk assessments will be realistic and contain some detail. The narrative will show imagination in both, or either, content and form. The standard harmony-disruption-harmony structure might be used, but a story might have a twist that engages the audience, or narrative structures might use non-linear techniques to tell the story. However, aesthetic issues, such as location, ambient sound and lighting will not be fully explored.

D2

To achieve this grade you must have everything stated in the merit grade plus have presented evidence for each of your key words categories.

Learners will produce creative scripts and plans that reflect professional practice. Pre-production paperwork will be well organised showing good resource management and anticipation of potential difficulties. Production schedules will be detailed and set realistic deadlines. Scripts and storyboards will be carefully
prepared and thoroughly thought out. Contingency plans will be in place to cover unforeseen circumstances. Risk assessments will be detailed taking into account all health and safety issues and addressing them properly. Aesthetic considerations will also be detailed, taking into account the fitness for purpose of all the locations
used. Alternative narrative structures might be used with flair to produce interesting or different formats.

Unit:
22: Single Camera Techniques

Assessment and Grading Criteria

To achieve a PASS grade your work must show that you are able to:
To achieve a MERIT grade your work must show that, in addition to the PASS criteria, you are able to:
To achieve a DISTINCTION grade your work must show that, in addition to the PASS and MERIT criteria, you are able to:
P2 generate outline plans for a single camera production working within appropriate conventions and with some assistance [CT]
M2 generate detailed ideas for a single camera production showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance
D2 generate thoroughly thought out ideas for a single camera production showing creativity and flair and working independently to professional expectations


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