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Preliminary Task: Casting List
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| Agent A: Temperamental, attached to his teammates and extremely loyal. Agent A is distraught by the news of a failed mission - meaning one of his teammates has died. He will be played by Sam Thomson, who will be a great physical and emotional actor from what we have seen when working with him in our Drama class. |
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| Agent B: Reserved, drinks to escape, and secretly emotional. Agent B has to inform Agent A about the failed mission and death of their close colleague, then deal with Agent A's outburst. He will be played by Ashley Paddick, who is also in our Drama class and is skilled with morbid acting. |
Preliminary Task: Creating a Storyboard from Initial Ideas
From our original idea, we created a seventeen-shot composition about a secret agent (Agent B) reporting to another agent (Agent A) that a mission has been failed. We used a variety of camera shots, angles and movements to create a short, yet interesting opening to a movie.
This was set as a 12 Shot Challenge - essentially, our aim was to create a short film in twelve shots. On each sheet of paper, we had to include; shot number, interior or exterior shot, location, type of shot, camera movement, camera angle, cast required and any other necessary notes. Although we exceeded this number of shot, we felt this was necessary to tell the story that we created, and still shows the technical skill that we were being tested on.
Below are photographs of the storyboard we created.
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| Our original mind map of ideas. |
This was set as a 12 Shot Challenge - essentially, our aim was to create a short film in twelve shots. On each sheet of paper, we had to include; shot number, interior or exterior shot, location, type of shot, camera movement, camera angle, cast required and any other necessary notes. Although we exceeded this number of shot, we felt this was necessary to tell the story that we created, and still shows the technical skill that we were being tested on.
Below are photographs of the storyboard we created.
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Basic Media Shots and Angles
Camera Movements
Establishing shot:
Long shot:
Mid shot:
Close up:
Extreme close up:
Two shot:
Point of view shot:
Camera angles
Over the shoulder:
High angle:
Low angle:
Establishing shot:
Long shot:
Mid shot:
Close up:
Extreme close up:
Two shot:
Point of view shot:
Camera angles
Over the shoulder:
High angle:
Low angle:
Preliminary Task: First Ideas
Our group was asked to mind map scenario ideas for a short piece in which a character enters a room, then interacts with another character. We worked together to come up with individual ideas, then developed them as a group and chose our favourite, which we will use to create a video.
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| Creating a mind map of ideas. |
Below is a photograph of the mind map of ideas that we created:
Our final idea is an interaction between two secret agents in which one informs another that a mission has been failed. We will use a variety of shots and angles to create tension and drama in our piece.
Foundation Portfolio: What is it?
50% of your grade will be earned through your Foundation Portfolio. This consists of a preliminary task and a main task, the details of which can be found below.
The Preliminary Task is designed to illustrate the processes of pre-production, production and post-production that will be required, albeit in more detail, when you come to undertake the Main Task. The Preliminary Task is not marked but MUST be completed and submitted alongside the Main Task to the examiner. If it is not completed, marks are deducted from your Main Task.
The Main Task is marked out of 100. These marks are broken down as follows:
20 marks - Research into similar media products and planning of your own media product.
60 marks - Construction of your own media product including filiming and editing.
20 marks - Evaluation of your own media product.
All of your work must be posted to your blog as this will be accessed by the examiner in May of 2016.
For each of the criteria above, marks are available in 4 levels with level 4 being the highest.
The progress thermometer below shows the key words for each level of the mark scheme.
This is what you have to do:
Preliminary Exercise
The Preliminary Task is designed to illustrate the processes of pre-production, production and post-production that will be required, albeit in more detail, when you come to undertake the Main Task. The Preliminary Task is not marked but MUST be completed and submitted alongside the Main Task to the examiner. If it is not completed, marks are deducted from your Main Task.
The Main Task is marked out of 100. These marks are broken down as follows:
20 marks - Research into similar media products and planning of your own media product.
60 marks - Construction of your own media product including filiming and editing.
20 marks - Evaluation of your own media product.
All of your work must be posted to your blog as this will be accessed by the examiner in May of 2016.
For each of the criteria above, marks are available in 4 levels with level 4 being the highest.
The progress thermometer below shows the key words for each level of the mark scheme.
This is what you have to do:
Preliminary Exercise
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main Task
The titles and opening of a new teen horror film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks must be completed as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
Basic Media Terminology
Camera Shots
Extreme long shot - introduces a setting or environment in which a character is situated
Long shot - usually used to establish a character with a head-to-toe view
Mid shot - a shot of the character cut off at the shoulders; a more personal introduction to the character
Close up - can establish a character's emotion by focusing on facial expressions
Extreme close up - close up on the characters' eyes
Two shot - two characters are shown in the shot
Point of view shot - the shot looks as if it is seen through the character's eyes
Camera Angles
Over the shoulder - camera films over the shoulder, usually used when characters are having a conversation
High angle - creates a sense of vulnerability in the character
Low angle - creates a sense of power in the character
Camera Movements
Panning - camera rotates horizontally around the scene
Tracking in/out - camera slowly moves towards/away from the character
Tracking sideways - camera moves horizontally across a scene
Tilt - angling the camera up or down, almost like a perspective inclination of the head
Shot/Reverse Shot - used with two characters in conversation; one character is filmed, then the other opposite, then back to the first character
Zoom in/out - the camera moves closer to/further away from the character
Crane shot - camera is lifted upward
Arc - camera circles around an object or character
180 degree rule
When a shot is taken of two opposing people or objects (eg. in shot/reverse shot), an imaginary line is established. The following shots can only take place within a 180-degree arc on one side of this line. This is so as not to break the perspective of the shots, which would shatter the illusion created by the camera.
Extreme long shot - introduces a setting or environment in which a character is situated
Long shot - usually used to establish a character with a head-to-toe view
Mid shot - a shot of the character cut off at the shoulders; a more personal introduction to the character
Close up - can establish a character's emotion by focusing on facial expressions
Extreme close up - close up on the characters' eyes
Two shot - two characters are shown in the shot
Point of view shot - the shot looks as if it is seen through the character's eyes
Camera Angles
Over the shoulder - camera films over the shoulder, usually used when characters are having a conversation
High angle - creates a sense of vulnerability in the character
Low angle - creates a sense of power in the character
Camera Movements
Panning - camera rotates horizontally around the scene
Tracking in/out - camera slowly moves towards/away from the character
Tracking sideways - camera moves horizontally across a scene
Tilt - angling the camera up or down, almost like a perspective inclination of the head
Shot/Reverse Shot - used with two characters in conversation; one character is filmed, then the other opposite, then back to the first character
Zoom in/out - the camera moves closer to/further away from the character
Crane shot - camera is lifted upward
Arc - camera circles around an object or character
180 degree rule
When a shot is taken of two opposing people or objects (eg. in shot/reverse shot), an imaginary line is established. The following shots can only take place within a 180-degree arc on one side of this line. This is so as not to break the perspective of the shots, which would shatter the illusion created by the camera.
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