1. Assignment: Short Film Project
What you have to do
Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus
TASK 3: Ideas & Preliminary Skills Assessment (Individual)
a) Using the techniques learned in lessons about narrative – i.e
Todorov’s theory, Barthes Enigma and Action Codes and Propp’s
stock characters, Non-Linear, Multi-stranded, Parallel develop an
idea for a 1 minute short film plot and characters – you need
to document this process with minutes of meetings and show the
process of ideas generation that you have gone through with a
personal diary or log.
1. Treatment
2. Storyboard
3. Recce
4. Script
5. Casting
6. Diary/Log
7. Influences (Research into your
story)
Grading Criteria:
Unit 2 P1/M1/D1
Unit 22 P2/M2/D2
PLTS:
Creative Thinkers:
generating ideas and exploring
possibilities for a short film
Reflective learners:
setting goals w ith successcriteria for their
production w ork.
Team workers:
managing discussions to reach
agreements and achieve results
Functional Skills:
ICT:
Use ICT to effectivelyplan w orkand
evaluate the effectivenessof the ICT
systemthey have used
English
taking part in brainstorming sessions to
generate ideas as a
response to a creative brief
presenting the finalmotion graphics
sequence to their peer group and talking
about it
b) Shoot (using rule of 3rds, 180 deg rule, low and high angles,
master shots and coverage) and edit your Individual 1 minute
Short Film (using continuity techniques)
Completed 1 minute
Thriller/Drama Short Film using
Non-Linear/Non-Linear Editing
c) Crit. Show each other the 1 minute short and upload to YouTube.
The class will vote on the best ones which will be made into the 5
minute project as a group production in 3’s. Each of will have a
clearly defined role and responsibility for the production.
Crit and Evaluation of
improvements
Key Termsthat you should be using in your work:
Originate ideas: groupand individual brainstorming; analysisof each idea; selection; justification
Develop an idea: eg mood boards, thumbnails, mock-ups, surveys
Devising: findingideas; developingideas; narrativestructures; character; scripts; treatments; storyboards
Resources: talent; properties; costume; locations; video recordingand playbackequipment;audio recording and playbackequipment; lighting equipment; sound and visual effects
Planning: treatments; shootingscripts; records of pre-productionmeetings; shooting schedules; call sheets; production roles; floor or locationplans; prop lists; daily report she ets; production schedules
Health and safety: riskassessments (studio, locations)
