YOU ARE NOW IN THE FILMING PHASE

You are now working towards the tasks needed to complete the filming stage.
Details of things to remember for a successful shoot are in the Short Film Booklet on moodle, and I have made suggestions in lessons this week for filling any 'down time' in lessons or for independent and extension work. Look at Lesson 8 on moodle to remind yourself of those 'looking ahead' suggestions.
Here is the summary of what needs to be done by the next deadline, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4TH @ 4PM:

Deadline Three: Filming

All raw footage (rushes) to be completed and logged on the Mac network as a ‘rough cut’.  Ensure that this is in the correct folder.

PLUS :  On the group blog by the deadline below:

- Allocation of roles for filming

- Evidence of filming having taken place – still or moving imagery.

- Evaluative discussions about the filming process – problems (and how overcome) , strengths, weaknesses. and improvements made on previous work.

- Particular discussions about new or complex filming techniques that have been used.

- Audience feedback on raw footage – ask for comments about shots – do they have desired effect on Spectator?  Could improvements be made? And so on.

- for the review and poster, research to be conducted and evidenced on the blog about how short films are promoted, with initial decisions about images to use being posted, with proposed images, and links to comparative real promotional material and reviews, where possible

PLANNING DEADLINE APPROACHING!

AS YOU KNOW, THE DEADLINE FOR ALL OF THE SHORT FILM PLANNING IS THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14th @ MIDNIGHT ON THE BLOG.
AS A TEAM, AND INDIVIDUALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE TASKS ON THE CHECKLIST BY THAT DEADLINE, AND POSTED EXPLANATIONS, JUSTIFICATIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS, ALL USING MEDIA LANGUAGE AND THEORY WHERE APPROPRIATE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, I'LL BE CHECKING BLOGS AND UPDATING ETRACKR WITH EVIDENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS.

CREATING YOUR ANIMATICS

As part of your DEADLINE FOR PLANNING ON OCTOBER 14th, you need to complete 2 ANIMATICS of your storyboard. These are basic animatics. You need to do the following:

·         STORYBOARD your plot using Post It Notes.

·         Present the Storyboard as Two Animatics.

o   1. One of all your shots in order, WITH EACH SHOT LASTING EXACTLY THE TIME IN SECONDS PLANNED

o   2. One with a commentary that will give more detail for KEY GROUPS OF SHOTS. (We expect to hear reference to camera shot size, angle, movement; lighting directions; character movement;; dialogue; foley sound; editing transitions; mise en scene)

Sophie will be giving further advice on best practice for this via her blog (see my blog list).

Here is an example from one of last year's blogs: