Assignment: Short Film Project

What you have to do

Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus

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)

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

In your production teams you will now film your group’s project ensuring you address the feedback to improve lighting, variety if shots and angles, maintenance of continuity, framing, use of non-linear or alternative narrative structures

Files of your raw footage ready for editing (also called rushes)

Grading Criteria:Unit 1 P3/M3/D3Unit 22 P3/M3/D3

PLTS:Creative Thinkers:Adapting ideas as circumstances change whilst working on single camera productions. Adapting their ideas as circumstances change

Self Managers:Organising time and resources and prioritising actions when producing projects. Seeking out challenges or new responsibilities and showing flexibility when priorities change. Deal with competing pressures, including personal and work-related demands. Responding positively to change, seeking advice and support when needed.

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.

Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus

TASK 7: Post ProductionEdit 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 uploaded to the YouTube, then embedded to the production blog

Grading Criteria:Unit 22 P3/M3/D3

PLTS:Creative Thinkers:Generating ideas and exploring possibilities when editing sound and picture for a specific purpose, and using conventions and techniques to create meaning. Connecting their own and others’ ideas and experiences in inventive ways by using knowledge of the work of professional editors to inform their own work. Adapting ideas as circumstances change whilst editing.

Self Managers:Working towards goals, showing initiative, commitment and perseveranceOrganising time and resources, and prioritising actions when engaged in editing work.

Functional Skills:ICT:using editing software to select, refine and combine material on atimeline

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