Throughout the project you will each be in charge of updating your production diaries and LAP charts. This is a checklist for you and your lap charts to keep track of your assessment and progress.
Your blog should contain the following links:
Research, Group Planning, Preliminary Task, Construction, Evaluation, LAP/Production Diary
Research and Planning (20 marks)
General-The brief
- Design, links, labels, full name and candidate number
Theory
- Narrative
- Genre
- Audience identification
- Representation
- Institution
- Film language and analysis of opening sequences
Preliminary task
Explaining camera shot requirements, script, shotlist, storyboard, rough/final cut, evaluation with screen grabs of requirements, peer assessment
Research evidence
- Conventions and functions of film openings,including different types
- DVD or poster analysis of chosen genre
- conventions of thriller genre
- collage/moodboard of iconography associated with genre
- Research into narrative / typical synopsis/ 5point break down of plots
- Supporting research into narrative theories
- Research into why genre matters (Genre/Audience/ Industry triangle) with casestudies
- Stills frame analysis, at least 4
- Nine frame structure of thriller film analysis openings (including titles) - at least 2
- Analysis of thriller film openings x 3
- Timeline of existing thriller opening
- Editing analysis of thriller opening
- Analysis of thriller opening soundtrack 1
- Analysis of thriller opening soundtrack 2
- Research into ratings
- Target audience research
- Existing film production companies research
- Film distribution/promotion for your film
- Research into the representation of gender and age in thriller
Group research and planning
- Initial pitch and presentation- photograph/video evidence of group planning
- moodboard of initial ideas including inspirational shots from real films
- synopsis planning
- evidence of how planned opening fits with research into codes/conventions, genre, audience
- storyboard idea - film and upload with voiceover
- titles
- group pitch - prezi or ppt
- class feedback and peer assessment on pitch and amendments planned
- timeline of opening - timings of footage, titles and sound
- script
- location and recce shots
- shot list
- storyboard
- fonts for titles resarch and planning
- props research and list
- shooting schedule
- health and safety information (risk assessment forms)
- changes made along the way, reflective summaries
- music research ideas
Construction (60 marks)
- test shoot- rough cuts
- feedback for rough cut - teacher and peer
- behind the scenes photos/footage
- interim evaluations of work achieved (production diary)
- discussion of editing choices made
- discussion of storyboard changes
- final cut and peer assessment