btec l3 short film week 2 shooting workshop
TRANSCRIPT
Evaluate Short Film • 1. Keep the Practicalities of Writing in Mind (budget,
microcosm, restricted narrative)
• 2. Make It Visual (Show it, don't say it)
• 3. Find Single Moments (start from here)
• 4. Tell a Story (the 'bigger story' ie love, revenge, redemption, destiny)
• 5. Engage the Reader (hook conflict in the first 30 sec - 1 min)
• 6. Beware of Cliches ( 'it was all a dream...')
• http://www.raindance.org/7-rules-for-writing-short-films/
Session 2.2Filming your short
• Shoot to maintain continuity using 180 deg Rule, Shot rev shot and Match on Action
• Use editing techniques to enhance storytelling
• Frame correctly & compose using Rule of 3rds
• Confidently & purposefully use a variety of shot types and angles
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/film-remake-scene-to-improve-shooting.html
Production: Merit• a good technical standard employed with some
inventiveness
• show confidence and skill in the use of the equipment
• shows the following of a thoughtful process
• show some imagination with some evidence of experimentation in both editing and cinematography (eg: high and low angle shots to show power, variety of shot sizes used for interest and create meaning)
• Attempts to use lighting as a method of generating mood, atmosphere or meaning but may be limited to certain shots
Production: Distinction• the technical quality reflects near-professional practice
• Cinematography, shot size, camera angle and movement will be creative and fluent
• Varied editing techniques, such as cross-cutting and montage, will be thoughtfully and intentionally used
• Any dissolves and transitions will be used effectively and for a reason that links to the story.
• editing will be fluent with very few, if any, continuity errors.
• Artificial lighting may be used creatively to generate mood, atmosphere or meaning
Composition, Framing, Angles & Movement
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/composition-continuity.html
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/camera-angles.html
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/camera-shots.html
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/camera-movement.html
Assessment• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09
/camera-practical-activity-shoot.html
Assess previous students
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/evaluation-camera-strengthsweakness-of.html
Pre-learning: Lighting & Focus
• Split & Butterfly
• http://youtu.be/PzKNpejsdSs
• 3 Point Lighting (Key, Fill & Back)
• http://youtu.be/G8DYOeQFClg
• Depth of field (shallow focus & focus pulls)
• http://youtu.be/Fm5XNm7rPZ8
PlenaryQuiz
• http://leighmediaas12.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/142-composition-continuity-assessment.html
• Email answers to