YOU MAY FILM DURING DOUBLE LESSONS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES:

The best time to use is your double period. If this is preceeded by a lunchtime or a P4 on which you are all free, even better.

The procedure for this is simple :-

1. E mail your media teachers on the day that you plan to film.
2. If you are already in college, sign out in the normal way and say what you are doing and where you are going.
3. We will then record you as a C as oppoesed to a 0 - so your attendnace is unaffected.
4. Make sure that you booked out your equipment in advance.
5. Make sure your risk assessments are in place.

This will not be permissable after the 9th March.

Just ensure that you follow the procedure

YOU ARE NOW IN THE FILMING PERIOD

All planning work should be completed by now. Any elements of the previous deadline that were not posted by the deadline on February 10th, will have cost you marks for time management. However, ALL of the planning tasks MUST be completed before you go ahead and film.

KEEP ON WATCHING THRILLERS!

There are some great thrillers out in cinemas and on dvd. I've just seen 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' - a disturbing and claustrophobic thriller about a teenager who is trapped in her own mind as well as a sinister cult. Great cinematography, editing, sound, combined with a disturbing representation of rural life in the USA. This is a film that immerses us in a subjective world, and not by using POVs. How does it do that? See it to find out. A fascinating film that stays with you long after you leave the cinema...

A WARNING ABOUT LATE WORK

ANY GROUP STILL WITH INCOMPLETE WORK FOR THE LIGHTING TASK OR INDIVIDUALS WITH THRILLER WORK INCOMPLETE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT MARKS WILL BE LOST FOR TIME MANAGEMENT AND A CAUSE FOR CONCERN NOTE WILL BE POSTED ON ILPs. THIS IS SUBJECT AREA POLICY AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COURSEWORK. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE YOU DON'T FALL BEHIND INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP.

CATCH UP ANY LATE WORK IMMEDIATELY.

NEXT DEADLINE - PLANNING

This fabulous thriller is just out on dvd - watch it!

The details of the next deadline appear below and in your booklet.

STUDY IT CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE YOUR GROUP HAS DONE EVERYTHING BY THE 10TH OF 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 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 10^th February

THE NEXT STAGE

Here's an example of a thriller just out in cinemas. See as many as you can over the next 2 weeks, new and classic, in order to gain inspiration and gain a better understanding of the genre. Don't forget to record any thoughts and analysis, using film language terms on your blog.

Your research deadline ended at midnight on Friday, so I'll be making comments and recording initial assessments of your work. I'll be keeping a tracking grid of your progress as individuals and as groups, and time management is one of the criteria you're assessed on. See the booklet for the others.

As you start planning (see below), continue to research thrillers (see above), and now make your analysis of existing thriller techniques RELEVANT to your plans. For example, specify techniques you have observed that you wish to use in your own thriller opening, and say why.

Next task: in one to two lessons this week, we'll be introducing key theory and terms you need to know on film narrative. We'll be asking you to return to your thriller opening analyses to explain how the narrative is organised in the examples you've analysed.


In other lessons, you can get on with planning (see advice in the booklet and deadline requirements). The DEADLINE FOR PLANNING IS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10TH - 2 WEEKS.

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH INTO THRILLER OPENINGS SHOULD HAVE STARTED

YOUR DEADLINE FOR AT LEAST 5 THRILLER OPENINGS ANALYSED ON THE BLOG IS FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH (1 WEEK TOMORROW). USE CLASSWORK AS A GUIDE, AND BE PREPARED TO ADD MORE ANALYSIS IF I ADVISE IT. LAZY WORK COSTS MARKS!!