1

1. Assignment: Short Film Project
What you have to do
Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus
TASK 6: Production
a) Shoot your film! But consider the following:
 Always use a marker (such as a clapper board on
each take of each shot)
 Check the camera settings – then check them again
(including white balance, gain and sound settings)
 Always have someone listening on headphones to
make sure that the sound is good, clear and free
from background noises
 Check the light – use lights and reflectors – especially
if the light is coming from behind your actors or part
of their face is in shadow (unless you are specifically
going for that effect)
 Set up your shots carefully considering Mise-en-scene
 One take is rarely enough!! Do 2 or 3 per shot to
make sure and give your editor more choice
 Make a record during the shoot of which takes
worked well and which are bad
In your production teams you will now film your group’s
project ensuring you address the feedback to improve
lighting, variety if shots and angles, maintenance of
continuity, framing, use of non-linear or alternative
narrative structures
Files of your raw footage ready for editing (also called
rushes)
Grading Criteria:
Unit 1 P3/M3/D3
Unit 22 P3/M3/D3
PLTS:
Creative Thinkers:
Adapting ideas as
circumstances change whilst
w orking on single camera
productions. Adapting their
ideas as circumstances
change
Self Managers:
Organising time and resources
and prioritising actions w hen
producing projects. Seeking
out challenges or new
responsibilities and show ing
flexibility w hen priorities
change. Deal w ith competing
pressures, including personal
and w ork-related demands.
Responding positively to
change, seeking advice and
support w hen needed.
Key Terms that you should be using in your work:
 Elements of production:logistics;finance;creative processes
 Project management:personnel management;resource management;time management;monitoring progress;risk management;crisis management;maintaining
documentation
 Production process:rehearsals;shoot;shooting records;production logs;technical competencies;creative abilities;own work;teamwork

2. Assignment: Short Film Project
What you have to do – NB: all work in this section is INDIVIDUAL not group.
Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus
TASK 7: Post Production
Edit your final piece using Premiere and considering some of the
following:
 The pace of the piece
 Continuity
 Sound quality and levels
 Image quality
 Appropriate use of transitions
 Soundtrack and balance
The flow of the piece and how engaging it will be to an audience
A final edited film in AVI format and uploaded to the
YouTube, then embedded to the production blog
Grading Criteria:
Unit 22 P3/M3/D3
PLTS:
Creative Thinkers:
Generating ideas and
exploring possibilities w hen
editing sound and picture for a
specific purpose, and using
conventions and techniques to
create meaning. Connecting
their ow n and others’ ideas
and experiences in inventive
w aysby using know ledge of
the w orkof professional
editors to informtheir ow n
w ork. Adapting ideas as
circumstances change whilst
editing.
Self Managers:
Working tow ardsgoals,
show ing initiative, commitment
and perseverance
Organising time and
resources, and prioritising
actions w hen engaged in
editing w ork.
Functional Skills:
ICT:
using editing software to
select, refine and combine
material on a
timeline
Key Terms that you should be using in your w ork:

3.  Development: in-camera editing; following theaction; multiple pointsof view; shot variation; manipulation of diegetic time andspace; film, video; analogue; digital
 Purposes: storytelling,eg engagingthe viewer, development of drama, relationship to genre, creatingmotivation;combining shotsinto sequences; creatingpace
 Conventions andtechniques: seamless; continuity; motivated; montage; jump-cutting; parallel editing; 180orule; splicing;transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe; cutaways; point of view shot; shot-
reverse-shot; providing andwithholdinginformation; editingrhythm; crosscutting;cutting to soundtrack
 Preparation techniques: checking material for faults; synchronising rushes; producinga rusheslog; marking up a script; labellingtapes; storing tapesor film; producingan edit decision list; creating
bins; clarifyingthe purpose of the work with a client or director
 Preparing to edit: importingclips; bins; timelines; storage and folder management; online and offlineediting; formats; resolution
 Editing technology: software applications; hardware, eg non-linear, linear; highdefinition; standard definition;tapes; hard disc; data transfer rates; exportingproductions; file types, eg mov, avi, flv;
compression
 Editing process: use appropriatetechniques, eg seamless, continuity, motivated, montage,jump-cutting,parallel editing; use appropriate transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe;use appropriate
conventions, eg cutaways, cutting on action, creatingjuxtapositions, intercutting; paceeffectively;convey informationeffe ctively; use sound to create impact;synchronise sound and vision; mix
soundtracks; overlap sound; offline edit;online edit
 Post-productiontools: on screen text; imageediting; audioediting