Production

Production 1: Brainstorming/Content Creation

Planning for Production – Idea generation and brainstorming

This week we have been divided up into our coursework groups and have begun to explore possible themes, narratives and ideas for our film opening. So far, we are considering creating a film within the action genre about a bomb squad doing a defusal mission. During our brainstorming process it was hard to be original as this trope has been ran through over the years and we didn’t want to be similar the very cliche “do i cut the red wire or the green wire?” styled films.

Planning for Production – Mood Board

And include description of color choices, significant objects, locations, characters etc. and explain how it represents your groups current ideas. Clearly state who worked on/created the mood board.

We liked the dull or colder colour tones over the warm ones. This aims to create a moodier atmosphere

Planning for Production – roles and responsibilities.

Today in class within our groups we discussed and delegated some key roles and responsibilities as we prepare to produce our film opening. It was decided that I would be in charge of ____ and ______. This is because I am good at/have experience in…… My first step towards these jobs is to………. To be successful I will need to…….

Follow this with evidence of your tasks and completion of the tasks – e.g. draft script, photos of possible locations, draft and final storyboard, costume sketches, casting sheets.

Production Process – Storyboard

Here is my groups production preparation to date. The highlights of our project so far have been…… However, some aspects have been challenging such as…..

Insert evidence of other group members planning for production – storyboard, script, casting, costume/mise-en-scene, locations etc. Clearly label who did what

Production Process

As we get closer and closer to our filming week, we are focusing on completion of…….. We have now finished……and are close to completing…….. As an individual, my next steps are to… We have decided that our first filming session will be…….. Our biggest challenge so far as been….

Filming

Write a description of what happened during your filming process. What was successful? What was challenging? Do you need to re-shoot anything? What will need to be fixed up in post editing? What have you learnt from this process? What did you specifically do during the filming?

Include evidence! This could be photos of your group filming or some of your rough footage – this is an important addition as it will show your progress to the marker.

Rough Cuts Review

In class this week we were given the opportunity to perform some market research on our class as an audience. We showed key scenes from the film as separate clips/in a rough edit and also explained our general plot/theme/characters to the audience. As a group we decided we wanted feedback on……. because…… and we created a Microsoft form to gather this information on.

The audience said that…… (give examples of the feedback both positive and negative and reflect on this). Based on the feedback, I think our next steps are…………

Include evidence of the data received on the forms (screenshots, quotes) and a photo of your group sharing your work. You could include some of the footage you gained feedback on – particularly if you are now going to make some changes to it based off the feedback – again to show progress.