Task 6 & 7: Production & Post Production: Deadline 8th May

Assignment:

Short Film Project

What you have to do

 

Task	Assessment Evidence	Responsibility
TASK 6: Production   a)    Shoot your film! But consider the following:   ·         Always use a marker (such as a clapper board on each take of each shot) ·         Check the camera settings – then check them again (including white balance, gain and sound settings) ·         Always have someone listening on headphones to make sure that the sound is good, clear and free from background noises ·         Check the light – use lights and reflectors – especially if the light is coming from behind your actors or part of their face is in shadow (unless you are specifically going for that effect) ·         Use a new tape for each shoot to avoid errors and to keep time coding consistent ·         Set up your shots carefully considering Mise-en-scene ·         One take is rarely enough!! Do 2 or 3 per shot to make sure and give your editor more choice ·         Make a record during the shoot of which takes worked well and which are bad	Tapes or files of your raw footage ready for editing (also called rushes)	Grading Criteria: Unit 1 P3/M3/D3 Unit 22 P3/M3/D3

 

Key Terms that you should be using in your work:

 

• Elements of production: logistics; finance; creative processes
• Project management: personnel management; resource management; time management; monitoring progress; risk management; crisis management; maintaining documentation
• Production process: rehearsals; shoot; shooting records; production logs; technical competencies; creative abilities; own work; teamwork
   
   
   
   
   
   

Assignment:

Short Film Project

What you have to do – NB: all work in this section is INDIVIDUAL not group (it is the same film, just your own cut)

 

Task	Assessment Evidence	Individual
TASK 7: Post Production Edit your final piece using Premiere and considering some of the following: The pace of the piece Continuity Sound quality and levels Image quality Appropriate use of transitions Soundtrack and balance The flow of the piece and how engaging it will be to an audience	A final edited film in AVI format and placed on the M: Drive	Grading Criteria: Unit 22 P3/M3/D3

Key Terms that you should be using in your work:

• Development: in-camera editing; following the action; multiple points of view; shot variation; manipulation of diegetic time and space; film, video; analogue; digital
• Purposes: storytelling, eg engaging the viewer, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating motivation; combining shots into sequences; creating pace
• Conventions and techniques: seamless; continuity; motivated; montage; jump-cutting; parallel editing; 180o rule; splicing; transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe; cutaways; point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot; providing and withholding information; editing rhythm; crosscutting; cutting to soundtrack
• Preparation techniques: checking material for faults; synchronising rushes; producing a rushes log; marking up a script; labelling tapes; storing tapes or film; producing an edit decision list; creating bins; clarifying the purpose of the work with a client or director
• Preparing to edit: importing clips; bins; timelines; storage and folder management; online and offline editing; formats; resolution
• Editing technology: software applications; hardware, eg non-linear, linear; high definition; standard definition; tapes; hard disc; data transfer rates; exporting productions; file types, eg mov, avi, flv; compression
• Editing process: use appropriate techniques, eg seamless, continuity, motivated, montage, jump-cutting, parallel editing; use appropriate transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe; use appropriate conventions, eg cutaways, cutting on action, creating juxtapositions, intercutting; pace effectively; convey information effectively; use sound to create impact; synchronise sound and vision; mix soundtracks; overlap sound; offline edit; online edit
• Post-production tools: on screen text; image editing; audio editing

 

Unit:

22: Single Camera Techniques

Assessment and Grading Criteria

In order to pass this unit, the evidence that you present for assessment needs to demonstrate that you can meet all the learning outcomes for the unit.

The assessment criteria for a PASS grade describe the level of achievement required to pass this unit.

 

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:
P1 describe the features of single camera production with some appropriate use of subject terminology	M1 explain the features of single camera production with reference to detailed illustrative examples and with generally correct use of subject terminology	D1 comprehensively explain the features of single camera production with reference to elucidated examples and consistently using subject terminology correctly
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
P3 produce a single camera production working within appropriate conventions and with some assistance. [SM]	M3 produce a single camera production to a good technical standard showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance	D3 produce a single camera production to a technical quality that reflects near professional standards showing creativity and flair and working independently to professional expectations