YOUR FILMING DEADLINE IS SOON!

Deadline Three – Filming

Filming stage: plan this extremely carefully. Read the booklet on this stage again. Take photos of your shoot as illustration of your decisions and evidence of your own presence. These should be uploaded to illustrate your discussion of choices and decisions made to which you each contribute.

By the deadline below: – all “rushes” (unedited, raw footage) to be completed and logged onto the Mac network as a rough cut into the correct file (Locate AS black and group). 

All Filming processes, decisions and choices clearly recorded on the group blog. Each of you must contribute to this. Use screen grabs to illustrate shots and the shoot itself.

Again, use blog format fully and creatively.

Friday 8^th March, 4.10

YOUR PLANNING DEADLINE IS NEARLY HERE!

REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO FILM OVER HALF TERM, YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL OF THE TASKS LISTED BELOW (ALSO IN YOUR BOOKLET).
YOUR BLOG MUST ALSO BE COMPLETED TO A SATISFACTORY STANDARD, AND MANY ARE NOT CURRENTLY SATISFACTORY IN TERMS OF THE EXPECTED LEVEL FOR AS STUDENTS. You can look at a level 4 blog from last year by scrolling down my blog list (bottom right of this page). Look at links from Andrew Mann's blog and Andy Hampson's blog too. You should check for comments I have made, and ACT on them to avoid losing marks! Many blog posts are far too short, descriptive, lack detail about decisions and choices and lack visually interesting material. Remember that your blog is assessed as a product in its own right.

DEADLINE 2 - PLANNING

The first deadline for research has now passed.
If you failed to meet this deadline, it will have been noted and marks may be deducted for time management (an assessment criterion). You MUST complete this task, even if you failed to meet the deadline.
Your next DEADLINE is for planning. Study the list of requirements to the blog for this deadline. You will not be permitted to start filming unless these are done!

Deadline Two – Pre-Production Planning

A completed storyboard for the entire opening (preferably having used ‘post it’s), including initial ideas about title placing. 

This needs to be made into an animatic of approximately the same length as the final film will be (shots to be timed carefully) with a voice-over explanation and embedded onto the blog.

Also: 

- a synopsis for the whole film narrative from which this will be the opening (about 100 words),

- the script for any dialogue,

- list of roles (see pre-production planning advice)

- images of locations and decisions about locations,                                   

- prop research and justification in terms of character and story

- health and safety, including risk assessments for filming and use of equipment.

- lighting decisions. 

Blog Heading “Pre-Production Planning”(clearly label which group member has taken responsibility for each of the various posts). 

Again, consider blog format – images, text, screen grabs, embedded video, hyperlinks, etc

If you want to film over half term, this needs to be handed in earlier in order that we can check it through and grant permission.

Deadline - Friday 15^th February, midnight.