Permission

Just a reminder that if you are using certain locations you may need to think about getting permission to film there. If you need a letter explaining your reasons for filming please let me or your other teacher know. As an addition to this if you want to use children in your filming you must obtain permission from their parents.

Deadline 2: Pre-Production Planning

By Friday 11th February you need to have the following:

A completed Storyboard as an animatic and on Post Its

Planning for the opening sequence:
• Synopsis for the whole film 100 words
• Script
• List of roles
• Locations and decisions about locations
• Props
• Health and safety risk assessments for filming
• Lighting decisions


Head this post Pre Production Planning and ensure that as always each group member clearly labels their post!

GOOD LUCK!

First lesson on research today!

I see both of my groups today so can I please remind you all that during the group planning stages you should be updating your blogs continuously. Post potential ideas for story, location, techniques etc, post any decisions made or any things you need to follow up on. This will make it much easier to evaluate the process as you can discuss why certain ideas were discarded along the way.

Thriller Openings studied in class

The Thriller Openings that we studied in class are now available on the K-drive. So if you still need to upload them onto your blog then please do so.

Thriller Task - Deadline One: Initial Research 28/01/2011

Don't forget!!

By Friday 28th you need to have blogged your research findings into 5 thriller openings. You can use one thriller that we have watched in class, however the other 4 need to be from your own independent research into thrillers.

Read the deadline instructions carefully in your booklet.

I expect to see lots of embedded video and screengrabs as well as clearly labelled and thorough textual analyis.

Passing the Preliminary Task

MOST GROUPS HAVE NOT COMPLETED THIS TASK AS REQUIRED TO PASS!

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO COMPLETE:
CHECK THE BRIEF YOU WERE GIVEN AND THAT ALL ASPECTS OF THE BLOG REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

THIS MEANS:

EACH PERSON CONTRIBUTING TO COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU ENSURED THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED THE CONTINUITY RULES SET IN THE TASK (IE CAMERA, LIGHTING, WHITE BALANCE, PROPS, CHARACTER POSITIONS, AND EDITING TECHNIQUES USED IN I MOVIE/FINAL CUT). YOU COULD DIVIDE THE 3 ELEMENTS BETWEEN YOU, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE BLOG TASKS.

THESE SHOULD BE ILLUSTRATED WITH SCREEN GRABS FROM YOUR FINISHED FILM OR FROM THE RUSHES (UNEDITED FILM).

YOU SHOULD ALL POST COMMENTS ON HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU THINK YOU WERE AS A GROUP WITH THE TASK. THIS WILL FEED INTO THE FINAL EVALUATION AT THE END OF THE MAIN TASK. YOUR TEACHER AND PEER COMMENTS IN EVALUATION SESSIONS SHOULD BE HELPFUL HERE.

Prelims!

A reminder to all groups to please make sure your finished preliminary piece is posted on your blog!!