Preliminary Task 1
The purpose of this task was to begin to apply our micro element knowledge to a practical project. We worked in small groups of three and were given the prompt of “You haven’t left the house in months. If you don’t leave today, you never will”. With this prompt we had to create a concept for a 30 second scene of a film and complete a pitch for the film. In this task we brainstormed ideas, made a mood board, created a storyboard and then made and presented our pitch. Through this task I learnt that………. Our audience feedback was …….. so in future I need to………. In the next prelim task where we create a concept and film it, I want to focus on……..
The images/videos surrounding my blog post are all supportive evidence of the task – e.g. photos of our pitch, snips of our storyboard/mood board, reflection task sheet
Preliminary Task 2
For this task we are creating a one-minute film in groups of 4. Our prompt includes the following criteria: must include dialogue of “He’s gone”, must include a prop of significance, and there must be some kind of unanswered question. After brainstorming ideas based on this prompt my group and I decided on the concept of a man who has been kidnapped by unknown forces followed by waking up in a dark room with a voice in the background as his wife comes into frame the story then ends on a cliff hanger with the dialouge”He’s gone”, Black screen, Gunshot within the mystery genre. We then divided up our pre-production tasks and I worked with my team members to create a timeline, with when the characters are introduced, the setting, the plot of the short flim, and many more aspects of our piece. I also worked to create a mood board for our piece with the decided colour scheme and overall atmosphere of our short film.
Mood Board
Fliming
For our short scenes we had decided to film in our Common room at school this is because (explain why these locations work for your storyline/criteria/limitations). My responsibilities during this part of the process were planned to be acting/directing/lighting/camera operator/assistant/gaffer…… I found the filming process…..(reflect on positives/fun aspects of filming). However, some challenges we met were.…(explain difficulties/challenges and what was done to overcome these). Based on my experiences, something I want to do differently during my coursework piece is……..
Editing and Final Cut
For my personal edit of our footage, I decided to use ….. (insert software name) because (explain why you decided to use this e.g. recommended for beginners/already have experience with it). I am pleased with…(something you like about your edit/something about editing that went well). Something that was challenging was……. From this task I have learnt… (what have you learnt that you will apply to your next piece of coursework).
My group and I all shared our personal edits and decided on ______’s one to showcase to the class. We liked this cut the best because ……….