Media Studies Foundation Portfolio Dec – Jan 2014-15
Preliminary
Exercise in Continuity Editing
AS Media coursework - COURSEWORK
REPRESENTS 50%
OF THE AS LEVEL
The Preliminary Task.
The specification
states that this must be:
‘ A 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.’ The sequence must last no
longer than one minute.
This task
should demonstrate:
You will also have to incorporate Music, dialogue
and sound effects into your film
All filming and editing must take place on campus,
using College equipment.
You will record your learning and processes on a
group blog, which you will continue into the Main Task (the opening of Thriller
Film).
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Deadline
You will work
on this in all of your Media Studies lessons between now and Friday January 10th
2015.
The final
deadline for final edited film and completed blog will be one week after on
Friday January 16th.
Stage One
You will
decide upon your groups. Groups must be a maximum of four students, and
a minimum of two.
Stage Two
In your groups, you will revise the continuity terms
referred to above, and ensure that everyone in the group understands what you
are required to demonstrate in the finished product.
You will set up your group’s blog, and begin
to make entries on it. The first 4 posts
will be :-
Post 1) The Task
Post 2) The 180 degree
Post 3) Shot/Reverse shot
Post 4) Match on Action.
Post 5) You need to allocate all members of the
group to particular tasks and blog these decisions.. The tasks that need to be done:-
§ Camera operator - assign the
person most skilled at this to this task.
§ At least two people should
take responsibility for filming.
§ Storyboard artist/s (draws
storyboard to group’s plans)
§ Location
Scout/s (selects locations and organises to shoot there)
§ Prop
Manager (organises props for shooting)
§ Casting
Director (organises actors where needed)
§ Director
of filming (calls lead in and out to start and end filming)
It is likely that most tasks will be undertaken quite
collaboratively. However, if someone has
particular skills, then utilise these.
This will be your 5 th post.
Stage Three - Planning the sequence.
Match the brief to a simple storyline – a lover’s tiff,
teacher and pupil, job interview etc or you can do it in a thriller
format.
Location – Where will you film? Is it available?
Photograph it for the blog.
Costume – be ambitious and dress characters appropriately
Props – again be ambitious.
Lighting – do you want to create a particular atmosphere?
Then start to storyboard the 1 minute sequence. You will need to consider shot distance,
angle and movement, transitions, and ensure that you cover the 3 continuity techniques
mentioned.
Your
storyboard must use the correct format, and include all of the information
shown on page 25 of your booklet on Moving Image Language. It should also
include timing in seconds for each shot, and exact lines of dialogue, sound effects
and or music alongside the shot/s that it would be heard.
All this
needs to be uploaded to your Blog – divide the posts up between the group.
Stage Four – before your
film
Organise a
time to do your filming. Remember that
everything has to “come together” – props, locations, costumes, make up.
Make sure you
have organised your all equipment (camera, lighting, tripod)
Remind
yourselves of – WHITE BALANCE, FRAMING
OF SUBJECT, MAKING A SANDWICH,
Conduct a Health
and Safety check – do a risk assessment for your shoot and record this on your
blog.
Stage Five
- Start
filming - You will be given only THREE lessons to film.
Shoot each
shot several times, as well as from a variety of positions. Make absolutely
certain that you have sufficient footage to edit successfully – a shortage of
footage usually results in poor productions!!
Make sure
that you allow plenty of recorded time BEFORE AND AFTER the part of the shot
you intend to use. Create a “Sandwich”.
Make sure the
‘rushes’ are on the mac network and saved in the appropriate file. Check with Ollie or Sophie before saving your
work!! You have to Log and save footage
immediately after filming – cameras memories will be wiped on return to the
technician.
Record
EVIDENCE of your filming process on the Blog – this is to prove that you made
your film and that all members of the group were present!
Stage Six
– edit your sequence. On completion, place your
finished product in the “Completed Work” directory for your particular AS block
MEDIA STUDIES PRELIMINARY
EXERCISE DEADLINES
EVERY
MEMBER OF THE GROUP TAKES RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE DEADLINES SET. FAILURE TO
MEET THESE DEADLINES BY THE GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND
MAY RESULT IN A STUDENT BEING ASKED TO LEAVE THE COURSE.
DEADLINE
ONE: By the end of your second lesson.
Posts 1 – 5 completed on
Blog
Storyboard Uploaded to
blog – explanations provided
Risk assessments
completed
All planning processes
blogged – Props, Locations, Make up, Hair, Costume, Actors,
Lighting, Filming Schedule.
“Key things to remember
about filming” - Post on your blog (WB, Sandwich, Framing)
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DEADLINE TWO: By the end of term
Finish
filming ‘rushes’ AND log these to the mac network, saving material in the
correct folder.
Evidence of
the filming process on your blog.
An evaluation
of your filming – what went well, what didn’t and why?
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DEADLINE
THREE: By the end of the first week back after Christmas Holidays Friday 10thJan.
Image
and Sound editing should be completed.
Blog
evidence of your editing decisions and discussions.
This will be your last lesson
allocated to editing.
Any
further editing will need to be completed in your own time and completed
by the
final deadline below at the very latest. |
FINAL
DEADLINE – FRIDAY 17th January.
FINISHED
PRODUCT MUST BE SAVED TO THE COMPLETED WORK FOLDER –
AS Prelim 2013-14/AS BLOCK ?/ Your full names.
GROUP
BLOG MUST BE COMPLETE TO FINAL STAGES
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NB AS THIS IS AN EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT, ALL
STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE AND PASS THE PRELIMINARY EXERCISE BEFORE BEING ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE TO THE MAIN TASK FOR THE FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO. THEREFORE, ANY
STUDENT NOT ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE ABOVE PROCESS TO A SATISFACTORY DEGREE
WILL BE ASKED TO INDIVIDUALLY COMPLETE OR SEPARATELY UNDERTAKE THE TASK AS A
MATTER OF PRIORITY ON THEIR RETURN TO COLLEGE.
Key things to remember
- Always reset your white balance when repositioning your camera
- Consider the framing
- Give yourself time to capture and log footage before returning camera. Follow the tutorials saved to the desk tops of the i-Macs. Camera memories are wiped immediately on return to a technician.
- To log onto network – CONTROL K, Media AS as both username and password
- Never take out equipment without booking out
- Always return equipment to a technician.
- Always create a film sandwich “Camera Rolling”: “Speed”: “Action”: “Cut”: leave running for few seconds.
- Record each shot several times
- Label each shot with whiteboard (“Take one , take two” etc)
- Once you have logged and captured footage, SAVE into appropriate file – AS Preliminary Task 2013/Block ?/Your Names.
- Each time you edit your work, SAVE AS a new version, thus “Version two”. That way you build up a record of the process that you undergone and you have a backup of your work should a file become corrupted.
- Save work every 5 minutes
- Use your Tripod unless you have reason not to.
- You need a £10 deposit for equipment
Health and safety – don’t put yourself or others
at risk: No Hoodie’s or stalkers: No weapons.
If using lighting, follow necessary precautions. Don’t leave the campus. Please be mindful that other students will be
in lessons. Leave any settings that you
use, as you found them.
Your Blog – blogs have a particular format. Rather than walls of text, you should adopt a
multi media approach. Use lots of
embedded video, import images, hyperlinks, write text as bullet points, use sub
titles, etc. Be creative!
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