G321 Foundation Portfolio blog checklist .

1. What needs to be on your blog… Done
Name and candidate number
Link to other members of the group’s blog. This will
provide the examiner a clear guide as to who you
are working with.
Storyboards These need to be detailed and of the
bestquality that you can do. You can do an animatic
which is when you run the images over music and
dialogue.
Risk assessment-Make sure these are detailed. The
layout will be on the M:Drive.
List of props and actors
Main task- Rememberthis is worth 60 marks. Spend
time and energy on this, it is worth doing well.
Preliminary task- ensure that you have included all
the rules originally set out.
Evaluation – 7 questions set out by the exam board.
These will be given to you on a hand-out and will be
put on slideshare. You can start this before or during
the Christmas Holiday.
Evaluation of preliminary task- did you include all
that you were meant to. What did you learn?
Focus group and feedback-presentthis continually
within your blog even on drafts.
Soundtrack evaluation- If you are using particular
music, why did you choose it? Commenton the
effects and how you would want the audience to
react to it.
Questionnaire to establish target audience- consider
primary and secondary.Demographics and
Psychographics.
Evaluation of questionnaire- who is your target
audience…what will they be like?
Investigation of Institution- Mainstream and
Independent.What are the differences between
them? What will your film be??
Investigation of age classification.Considerwhat
yours will be based from your target audience
research.
Track selection-Are you thinking about a number of
tracks that you could us, if so then analyse them- put
the tracks up on the blog.

2. Shooting schedule-be detailed
Representationwithin chosengenre- how are the
characters represented? Women-naïve, damsel in
distress,men- hero.
Script- if you are having dialogue….
Cast list- who are you going to have in your opening
and what character
Investigation of your chosen genre:
Narrative conventions
Character conventions
Themes/methods/ideas
Technical conventions (camera work, mise
en scene,editing, sound)
at least one directorstudy
Textual analysis of existing films especiallythe
open sequenceswith working links or embedding
youtube clips or screenshots (at least three).
This must be to do with your chosengenre.
Textual analysis of previous student examples
looking at strengths and weaknesses (at least
three).
Evidence of initial brainstorming – include
scanned or photographed images of your
brainstorm sheets
Researchinto Title sequences
Ideas you have around the use of Mise en Scene
(locations, lighting, props,costumes etc)
Lots of pictures, embeddedclips,links and other
whizzy technology stuff.
Shot lists- what shots are you going to use and
why?
Keep to deadlines and ask if stuck. Use your time wisely and
effectively!