Animatics

Remember to use animatics after your storyboard planning stage.

The PPT from the lesson can be found in the student shared area in school and below.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4lAA0w6wIW8aEpON3czZ2dySjQ


http://www.slideshare.net/rockinmole/animatics-15205733

Your film project task list!

DEADLINE – Friday December 21st.

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 should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

o    Notes on 3 shot types. 

o    Brainstorm to show ideas for film       

o    Storyboard for film    

o    Script for the dialogue to film

o    Edited film      

o    Evaluation/analysis of preliminary production (Keep it brief – must say what was learnt and how the preliminary task will help you in your main project.

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:

□    Camera shot types

□    Conventions of horror films

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

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

□    Questions on ‘What is suspense’

□    Institution research (2 companies)      

□    Notes on at least 8 film openings

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

□    Detailed analysis of AT LEAST 4 existing film openings (at least 2 must be horror)

□    9 frame storyboard for films

□    Opening timelines

□    Audience profile for horror genre

□    Horror location shot types

Planning:

□    Brainstorm/plan ideas for your film (to include narrative, ideas for opening sequence, styles, colours, styles of copy, inspiration)

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

□    Suitable institution to produce your film. And why.

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

□    Audience profile for your film.

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

□    Script for film

□    Animatic storyboard

□    Locations photographs with comments on suitability and when they could be used.

□    Costume plans

□    Prop list

□    A range of photographs for the storyboard/opening – blocking out your film.

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

□    A production schedule/shooting schedule.

□    A final draft version – 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.

Construction:

□    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 (MUST answer ALL of the set questions and NOT just as an essay)

1.     In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.    How does your media product represent particular social groups?

3.    What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

4.    Who would be the audience for your media product?

5.    How did you attract/address your audience?

6.    What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

7.    Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

All this is to be included on your BLOG. Keep uploading work to your blog regularly.

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

You must present your work using creative and digital media forms where possible – avoid ‘essay’/text based answers as much as you can.

Remember to check http://ktsasmedia2012-13.blogspot.co.uk/ regularly for guidance, resources, and tasks, as well as comments from teachers on work done.

Make clear the roles each person plays in all aspects of the filming and editing process.

The unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks:

o    20 marks for the presentation of the planning and research;

o    60 marks for the construction;

o    20 marks for the evaluation.

Video of film company logos

A nice collection of many fim company logos to help with design for your film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOEX2i0B6E

Mrs Scales/Mr McDermott's group checklist

The following work should be on your blogs:

1.       The Shining

2.       Horror genre research

3.       Analysis of Se7en

4.       Camera angles photos and analysis

5.       The Happening

6.       One other horror film analysis in 9 frames

7.       One time line of horror film analysis

8.       Record of lesson one of group work preparation for main task – e.g. group / story line / characters / locations / music / sound / camera angles and use of camera / possible editing decisions...

9.       Editing worksheet

10.   Production companies / institutions research

11.   Own prod co logo development

12.   Preliminary task

13.   Prelim task analysis

14.   Narrative theory

15.   Audience theory

16.   Character theory

17.   Audience research findings

If it is not on there, please upload it as soon as possible so you can move on to your production tasks.

Preliminary task

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character:

•  opening a door,
• crossing a room
• sitting down in a chair opposite another character, and exchanging 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.

See previous posts for notes on what is meant by the 3 shot types (Hot Fuzz clip) Hot fuzz post

Film opening timeline and 9 frames

 The exam board like to see your film opening broken down into 9 frames. To deonstrate your understanding of the opening credits, you need to break down at least 2 film openings into the 9 key frames. Almost like a storyboard.

This is the example we looked at in class for Juno.

To demonstrate your understanding of how film openings are technically construced, a timeline can be a useful way of breaking down the structure. Again, do this with 2 exisiting films to develop understanding of how film openings work, timing wise and to develop understanding of their construction.

Here is the example from the Juno opening we watched in class. 



Homework:

•On your blog, create a timeline and 9 frames for 2 more films that you have already analysed.

•Comment what you learn from this activity and how it will help you when creating your own film opening

Link to Juno opening on Art of the Title

Tasks

•Initial notes on film openings (was homework)

•Detailed analysis of at least 4 film opening (2 must be horror). Can be Movie maker analysis, use of screen shots or some other way of presenting the opening.

•Genre research – key conventions of horror films  AND horror film openings.

•Research into 2 institutions of your choice (one big multinational, one smaller/independent – ideally with links to horror film)