Friday 9 December 2011

BFI - The 10 steps to success

Step 1 - Take Stock
Whats the task?
Whats the assessment?
Whats the timeframe?
Whats the equipment?
Task and Assessment
  • Titles Opening
  • Up to 2 minutes below 3 minutes
  • 20 marks for researching and planning
  • 60 marks construction
  • 20 marks evaluation
The Time Frame and Equipment
  • Build your skills
  • Build up your research
  • Build up your planning

Step 2 - Set up a blog
Keep evidencce of everything you do

Step 3 - Build up skills
Sound
Camera Work
Editing

PRELIM
15 mars for showing prelim but it doesnt have to be good

REMAKE
Helps to build up your skills - camera, editing and matching sound.

Step 4 - Investigate
What do film openings look like?
What does other students work look like?

Step 5 - Brainstorming
Possible scenairos for pitches
25 word pitch
Moodboard treatment
Peer and teacher feedback
Realsitic expectations - keep it simple
Know the film but make the opening

Step 6 - Planning
Experiment with equipment
Test shots of locations
Examples of costumes, props and upload onto blog
Make a storyboard, moodboard and a anomatic
Logistics planning and risk assessment

Step 7 - The Shoot
The people, places, props and costume.
Rehearsing
Equipment and jobs that need doing on day.
Keeping record of the process and photos of everyone in action.

Step 8 - Edit
All having a voice and hand in filming and editing
Screen grabs of the process
Importance of audio and titles
Foley and not just music
Rough cut feedback anf peer feedback
An idea of the big picture before all the fine detail.

Step 9 - Evaluation
Seven question becomes seven tasks


Suggested
9 frama analysis
Split screen comparison
Voiceover or distribution
Ideal target audience

Common Problems
Looks like a trailer or a short film
Insufficient titles
Poor sound and poor lighting
Confusing for the viewer

Key Advice
Plan for everything
Keep all the evidence
Avoid the obvious
Pay attention to the details
Make blog varied
Learn from other work

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