Shooting/production schedule

One important aspect of your planning for your film is a shooting/prodction schedule.

This will help your group organise your resources and carefully consider your production - rather than just turning up and shooting your film.

Mrs Scales has discussed this in the lesson with you and has suggested a layout in a similar style to below. Your schedule will need uploading to your blog - and if you don't stick to it - state what happened to make your deviate from the plan and how you overcame any problems.

Scene	actors	date	time	location	props	costumes	other
e.g. 4	Fred Joe Melissa	15th	6:30	Tesco car park	Gun Skateboard Car	Hoodie Spare trainers	Melissa please come with wet hair!

Preliminary Task shot types and examples.

Match on Action shot:

This shot is used to mask the transition from one frame to another. It ‘matches’ the action from the previous frame by keeping the action the same but showing from a different angle.

E.G. A character may pick up a cup of tea and then the next frame shows them taking a sip; A character may reach into their letterbox in one shot, followed by a close up on the letter or the character pulling the letter out from another angle.

This example below sees Chandler from front on talking to a crowd outside his apartment door. The next shot – taken from inside the apartment looking out – is matched to the action with shooting Chandler from the back before he turns around to enter his home.

The second example shows the use of a kiss to mask the different camera shots used in the scene.

Shot/Reverse shot:

This is a technique where one character is shown looking at, and in conversation with, another character. The shot cuts from one character to the other to indicate the conversation is occurring with each other.

This technique makes use of the 180-degree rule.

A film technique wherein one character is shown looking (often off-screen) at another character, and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer unconciously assumes that they are looking at each other.

-Bordwell, David; Thompson, Kristin (2006). Film Art: An Introduction. New York:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvG8k1CNaMo 

180 degree rule:

This rule states that characters within a scene maintain the same left/right relationship to each other. The camera will therefore always stay on one side of the action to maintain this.

If the rule is broken, it can create a disjointed scene, where characters may seem like they are talking, or looking at, nothing rather than each other.

AS Coursework - Film task sheet

DEADLINE – Friday December 9^th 2011 – Period 5.

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task MUST demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Planning

□    Notes on what is meant by the 3 shot types.

□    Brainstorm to show ideas for film

□    Storyboard for film

□    Script for the dialogue to film

Preliminary production:

□    Edited film

□    Evaluation/analysis of preliminary production INCLUDING what you learnt from doing it and how this learning will impact upon your main production.

Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.

Research:

□    Different genres of films (list films linked to the genre).

□    Questions on ‘What is suspense’

□    Conventions of film openings in general (look at content, style, features)

□    Conventions of openings of films from a specific genre (such as regular features, specific techniques, ways narrative is explained)

□    Conventions of horror films

□    Analysis of AT LEAST 2 existing film openings.

□    The genre of film YOUR opening will be from:

□    Conventions of the genre (such as styles, directors from the genre, narratives, style, techniques)

□    Audience profile for this genre

□    Do a DETAILED analysis from at least 2 existing film openings from this genre.

□    Suitable institution to produce your film. And why.

Planning:

□    Brainstorm for your film (to include genre, ideas for opening sequence, styles, colours, styles of copy)

□    Brainstorm names for your film/state why you chose a particular name for your film.

□    Survey of your target audience to find out what hooks them onto a film from this genre.

□    Storyboard ideas for the opening, with annotations to show development of ideas.

□    A range of photographs for the storyboard/opening – all images taken to be included, with explanation about why this scene would be suitable for your film opening.

□    Explanation of your film’s concept in 25 words or less.

□    A regular BLOG to show project development and to record the planning/project stages.

□    A production schedule planning out what will be done and when.

□    A final draft version (use print screens for notes in A3 book AND put full draft version onto the blog) – with annotations/commentary on good and bad aspects of the production.

□    Survey/feedback of the target audience again to get their opinions on your production and any changes.

Production:

□    Final opening and titles to your film – lasting no more than 2 minutes – upload final version to your blog as well as recording onto a DVD.

□    Evaluation of whole project.

All this is to be included on your BLOG as well as original work to be in your A3 books.

The evaluation MUST go on to the end of your blog.

Check http://knightstemplarasmedia.blogspot.com/ regularly for task updates and other information that may be useful.

MEDIA CONFERENCE 2011

Money for this trip is now due in.

We have 3 space left on the trip which will be a clip-based series of presentations on topics that WILL help you get the grade at AS.

It is essential you attend if you are serious about the subject at all.

Have a look at the website for more information.
http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mmagconference/index.html 

Work due so far...

Work that needs to be on your blog by the end of this week (by the 7th October 2011).

1.       Conventions of the horror genre

2.       Examples and description of shot types and camera angles

3.       Analysis of several opening sequences

4.       Research into a production company

5.       Worksheet scanned.         

6.       Detailed analysis of at least one film opening with comment on conventions, camera use, sound and editing.

7.       Detailed annotation of film using movie maker segment (like Edward Scissorhands example).

8.       Class work comment on editing and its relevance for your film.