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.
Research and Planning (20 marks)
General
- The brief
- Design, links, labels, full name and candidate number
Theory
- Narrative
- Genre
- Audience
- 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
Individual Research evidence
- Conventions and functions of film openings,including different types
- DVD or poster analysis of chosen genre
- conventions of various genres
- collage/moodboard of iconography associated with genre
- Research into narrative / typical synopsis/ 5point break down of plots (http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/five-plot-point-breakdowns)
- Supporting research into narrative theories
- Stills frame analysis, at least 4
- Analysis of film openings x 3 - these will be part of class tasks or homeworks
- Timeline of titles in existing opening
- Editing analysis of opening
- Analysis of opening soundtrack 1
- Analysis of opening soundtrack 2
- Research into ratings/budgets/profits
- Target audience research
- Existing film production companies research
- Film distribution/promotion for your film
- Research into the representation of gender and age in your genre
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 analyses
- 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 research 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 shoo
- 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