3. Step one-take stock
• What’s the task
• What’s the assessment
• What’s the time frame
• What’s the equipment
4. Task and assessment
• Titles and opening of a new fiction film.
• Up to two minutes
• 20 marks research and planning
• 60 marks construction
• 20 marks evaluation
5. Timeframe and Equipment
• Build your skills
• Build up your planning
• Give yourselves time to shoot and edit
• Keep evidence throughout the whole process
6. Step 2:set up a blog
• Keep evidence of everything you do
7. Step 3 :Build up skills
• Sound
• Camera work
• Editing
8. Step 4:investigate
• What do film opening actually look like
• What does other students work look like
• What do you need to know about titles
• How are you going to do something that
stands out
9. Step 5:Brainstorm ideas
• Possible scenarios for pitches/treatment
• 25 word pitch
• Mood board treatment
• Peer and teacher feedback
• Realistic expectations-keep it simple
• Know the film but make the opening
10. Step 6:Planning
• Experimenting with camera and editing
• Recce shots of location
• Examples of shots,costumes,props etc. onto
blogs
• Post story boards,animatic,mood boards
• Logistics Planning –including risk assessment
11. Step 7:The shot
• People,places,props,costumes
• Rehearsing
• Equipment , jobs on the day
• Keeping a record of the process
12. Step 8:Edit
• All having a voice/hand in it
• Screen grabs of process
• Importance of audio and titles
• Foley –not just music
• Rough cut deadline and peer feedback
13. Step 9:Evaluation
• Seven question become seven tasks
• Suggested task
• Nine frames
• Voice over
• Targeted YouTube video-how audience addressed
• Split Screen comparison
• Ideal target audience member
• Task-how does your media product represent
particular social groups
