THE FINAL EDITING DEADLINE FOR THE PRELIMINARY TASK IS WEDNESDAY 23RD. THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSION ON THIS DATE DUE TO THE SNOW DAY AS THIS WAS MORE TIME THAN MOST GROUPS NEEDED.
YOU WILL ALL HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON GARAGEBAND, ADDING SOUND TO AN EXISTING FILM CLIP. THIS MUST BE FINISHED IN YOUR OWN TIME BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND EACH GROUP MUST POST THE RESULT TO THEIR BLOG. THIS WILL BE MARKED AS PART OF YOUR RESEARCH AND PLANNING.
In the next lesson this week, you will be learning key LIGHTING terms and you'll be set some practical homework to post to blog.
THIS WEEK YOU WILL BE DOING THE MOCK IN YOUR DOUBLE LESSON.
YOU WILL HAVE ONLY 2 FURTHER LESSONS TO EDIT THE PRELIM, BUT YOU MAY CONTINUE TO EDIT IN YOUR OWN TIME. EVERY STUDENT IN SHOULD BE PRESENT FOR THE EDITING TO DEVELOP SKILLS, SO CHECK WHEN YOU ARE FREE. THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR THE PRELIM TO BE FULLY EDITING AND UPLOADED TO YOUR BLOG IS: 23RD JANUARY.
THERE WILL BE LESSONS ON SOUND THEORY AND PRACTICE, AND LIGHTING THEORY AND PRACTICE FROM THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK ON BOTH SIDES.
When you have uploaded illustrations and a few lines to define each of the 3 Continuity techniques you are being assessed on, you're ready to start planning!
EACH STORYBOARD FRAME MUST CONTAIN THE INFORMATION BELOW, AND EACH SHOT MUST BE TIMED IN SECONDS. Remember the finished sequence lasts 1 min and shots must be timed to last around 1 min total in the finished film. Draw the frame from each shot on a post it note. Remember that each frame is a 'snapshot' in the total shot, so needs further explanation than just a drawing. Annotations are needed, ALSO AN ANIMATIC.
When you've finished the storyboard on post-it notes, move on to the Animatic. What is an Animatic?
An animatic is a filmed version of the storyboard with audio commentary. You need to film each of your storyboard frames and make each shot last exactly the time in seconds you've planned for the shot in your finished sequence. Your animatic should then last 1 min as your final film will. If your commentary takes you over the 1 mins (likely) you may need to have 2 versions - 1 that is 1 min, and another with your commentary.
The commentary will explain all of the information you need to include in a storyboard (eg shot size, movement, character movement, sound). Here's an example of an animatic
This is my Foundation Portfolio Blog. I'll be using this to post advice, remind you of deadlines, direct you to useful stuff, and give you links to exemplar work. I'll be 'following' your blog, and you'll need to follow mine so that you get my posts delivered to your dashboard. To follow my blog, go to Design (top tab on front page), click on My Blogs, click on Add To Reading List, paste in my url and click to save. Ignore the posts below this - they're from last year.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR ALL PARTS OF THE FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO IS THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH AT MIDNIGHT.
LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME UNLESS ILLNESS IS SUPPORTED BY A DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE OR NOTE.
REMEMBER - THE EVALUATION IS WORTH 20% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE, AND POOR WORK CAN PULL YOUR MARK DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY!
DO YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST WITH THIS.
STUDY THE LEVEL 4 EVALUATION FROM LAST YEAR, LINKED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY BLOG LINKS ON MY BLOG FRONT PAGE IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A LEVEL 4 BLOG LOOKS LIKE.
Draft evaluations were due by Monday/Tuesday earlier this week for people in my groups. Those who did not post by that date may lose marks for time management, as is the case for any missed deadline, but have also wasted the chance to get feedback before the final deadline. Anybody posting drafts from now on can expect only minimal feedback at best.
If you did post your draft by the draft deadline, you can expect careful feedback either today or tomorrow, posted in the comments box. Study this carefully, and make sure you improve it by the final deadline:FRIDAY APRIL 20TH. THERE CAN BE NO EXTENSIONS ON THIS DEADLINE WHATSOEVER.
FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD EVALUATIONS FROM LAST YEAR, GO TO MY FRONT PAGE, SCROLL DOWN THE LINKS TO BLOGS AND FIND FREYA AND HOLLY'S. DON'T FORGET TO USE THE HANDOUT ADVICE TOO - ON MOODLE IF YOU'VE LOST IT - SOME PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THIS ADVICE AND WRITING POOR EVALUATIONS WHICH WOULD NOT PASS.
