MISSING ELEMENTS OF THE FILMING DEADLINE

Some groups have not completed all of the tasks needed for the deadline last Friday.
For example, there are missing photos from the shoot, needed for poster drafts, and some missing audience feedback. These still need to be provided to avoid losing marks as individuals.

EDITING PHASE

Final Deadline Four: Editing

Final edit (vision and sound) completed, and filed in correct folder. 

On the group blog by the deadline below:

- Evidence of editing process taking place and all members of the group being involved.

- Evaluative and illustrated discussion of editing (image and sound) decision making.

- Documentation of any image editing effects used and why

- Audience feedback used in editing decision making process.

- Evaluative and illustrated discussion about sound editing – dialogue, foleys and music (techniques used, sources used, reasoning behind decision making).

- Discussion of film titles and credits used (making parallels to real media texts).

- Audience feedback gathered on the completed film – is it successful regarding Narrative, Representation, Genre, Targeting Audience and were the various aspects of Film Language successful in communicating meaning?  This needs to be thorough.

- Finished film uploaded via youtube to the blog

 Wednesday November 23^rd 4pm.

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:

YOUR NEXT DEADLINE - PLANNING TASKS

Deadline Two: Ongoing Research and Pre-Production Planning (refer to pages 7-8 of booklet)

- Ongoing Research into other short films following same structure as in deadline one.

- Pre Production Planning - Use the checklist on Page 8 and the advice on Page 7 of your booklet to document all aspects of this:- Roles, ideas rejected, application of MRANG, synopsis of story, detail of plot on animatics, script, written permissions, location research, Health and safety, Costume, Hair, makeup and props for characterization, organization of actors, lighting, sound, experimentation.

-  audience feedback on story ideas, proposed characters and scenes (can be gathered and presented through social networking sites), with comments posted

- notes, images, links on initial research into short film promotion (advertising, reviews)

Friday October 14^th, midnight

SHORT FILM RESEARCH DEADLINE - FRIDAY SEPT 23rd

Your deadline for researching short films (5-7) independently and individually is FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd @Midnight. 
Use the ADVANCED PORTFOLIO BOOKLET and LESSON NOTES (see Moodle for copies of both) as guidance. Make sure you have addressed all of the elements of the task to achieve the highest grades possible. The extract below is from the last page of the booklet above, but detail is on the earlier pages looked at in lessons.

Deadline One: Initial Research (refer to pages 4-6 of booklet)

- Your first homework research on short films and improved following teacher comments.

- Each group member to post research into a further 5 – 7 short films.  Remember to apply at least 3 MRANG concepts to each film.  See page 5-6 of booklet for guidance.

- Comment on aspects of the films you find successful or interesting, and suggest elements of these films that could inspire your group’s work.

- Complete a separate posting on title – analyzing the word/s for meaning and effect/s and its presentation/design. Compare for similarities and differences here and describe any initial ideas that you have for your own film.

- Suggest an audience profile for each, commenting on what may be learned by where the film was found (eg Youtube? Virgin Media? etc)

- Always aim to make best use of IT-  appropriate blog structure, format (multi-media) and variety of posts

- Clearly label each post with your Name, a title of “Initial research into Short Films” and then follow the advice at the bottom of page 4.

Friday September 23rd midnight.