YOU ARE NOW IN THE FILMING PHASE - NEXT DEADLINE IS FRIDAY MARCH 7TH

 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.

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 block 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. Make comparisons with real thriller films to justify your choice of techniques and narrative structure.

Again, use blog format fully and creatively.

Friday 7^th March, 4.10

PLANNING DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY!

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: 1 an animatic of approximately the same length as the final film will be (shots to be timed carefully) and 2 a second animatic,  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 14^th February, midnight.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE?

STUDY THE SLIDES FROM THE LESSON ON MOODLE.
HERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM THEM:

How do we define target audiences for media products?
By age:
under 18? What certificate will it be? 12? 12A? 15?
AGE? 18-35? 36 - 44? 45+?

By gender?

By social class? See Pearl and Dean website> business tab> films tab> click on a thriller film>look at 'comparable audience profile'. SEE POST BELOW FOR LINK TO PEARL AND DEAN

DEFINING YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND OTHER JOBS TO DO NOW

  

CHECK THAT YOU'RE NOT FALLING BEHIND!

HAVE YOU COMPLETED THESE TASKS?

• ANALYSIS OF 'THE USUAL SUSPECTS' - VISUAL STYLE -CAMERA, MISE EN SCENE AND ICONOGRAPHY OF THRILLERS
• CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATION OF AGE IN 'THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO' - SWEDISH VERSION
• SOUND TASK
• DEFINING TARGET AUDIENCE - SEE BELOW AND MOODLE SLIDES FROM LESSON 

DEFINE Your target audience by GENDER, AGE AND SOCIAL CLASS USING STANDARD AGE AND CLASS CATEGORIES – and justify your decisions. Go to Pearl and Dean here for examples of audience profiles for current films. Click on a film that's a thriller, and see what the company expects to be the typical (comparable) audience profile for this type of film.

THE DEADLINE FOR YOUR INITIAL RESEARCH HAS PASSED! YOU ARE NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGE

Here's an interesting video on why storyboarding is an essential stage of planning for any film maker.
Remember that as PART  of your PLANNING you must produce a post-it note storyboard, then produce 2 ANIMATICS - ONE WHERE EACH SHOT IS EXACTLY THE LENGTH THAT YOU INTEND FOR THE FINAL FILM, AND THE TOTAL LENGTH IS 2 MINS, AND ANOTHER WITH A COMMENTARY, LASTING MUCH LONGER (EG 10-15 MINS), WHERE YOU ALL DISCUSS HOW SHOTS DEVELOP FROM THE FRAME IN THE STORYBOARD, HOW LIGHTING WILL BE DESIGNED, SOUND DESIGN AND MOVEMENT (CHARACTER AND CAMERA).
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH DURING THIS STAGE. NOW MAKE YOUR RESEARCH COUNT MORE TOWARDS THE PROCESS - EXPLAIN WHAT YOU ARE INSPIRED BY.
PLANNING AND ONGOING RESEARCH DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 14TH, midnight.