Assignment ScenarioIn this unit you will explore the characteristics of single camera production and develop the creative and organisational and technical skills required to produce their own single camera dramas. The single camera drama production has become very popular with broadcasters and audiences. This means there are more opportunities for people to gain employment in this sector.Produce a single camera drama on location.This is an opportunity to build on the skills you have developed in the first year and set about exploring existing single camera dramas and planning, filming and editing your own drama short on location. You will be working in groups and develop the ideas and storyboard the visual sequences in preparation. Props need to be prepared before hand. On location you must log all the shots and record the footage on DV. You will be required to look at health and safety issues and carry out a risk assessment.

Task AC EvidenceOneProduce annotated storyboard of 4 film sequences from P1 On blog and in

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Unit 22 single Camera techniques (D/502/5698) outcomes 1,2,3 Unit 6 Critical Approaches ( ) outcomes 1,2

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Assignment Title: Single Camera Drama

Date set: 5/9/12Submission

dates(s):Task 1 11th sept , task 2-18th sept, task 3- 8th Oct

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different genres and discuss sequences in class referring to genre, style and camera work using appropriate terminology Produce evaluation of the single camera techniques used in own production.

Annotate storyboard in detail. Describe the process of location production and refer to camera styles and single camera techniques used in building a narrative.

Produce written analysis, using appropriate terminology fluently, comparing how single camera techniques are used in the four sequences to build the narrative and create atmosphere appropriate to the genre.

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TwoProduce a treatment; call sheet and storyboard for single camera location drama. Carry out risk assessment for location shoot. Evaluate, production, planning and problems.

Show creativity in planning through well designed treatment and storyboard with annotations linking visuals to single camera techniques analysed in film sequences. Evaluate the understanding of shots produced for

Produce well presented and professionally presented storyboard/call sheets and treatments that reflect in depth understanding of single camera techniques for narrative film making in different genres

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ThreeProduce a finished single camera location drama of 2-4 mins

Produce a single camera production showing imagination in building narrative

Produce a single camera production showing creative skill and technical skill in composition.

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Filmed on location on Digital SLR and edited in Final Cut proUploaded on Youtube and link provided on blog

FourA. Compare and Contrast Independent/Social realism

film and Hollywood about coming of age.What differences are there?

B. Produce quantitative and collate and analyse information gathered, produce graphs to show results and produce a written report

C. Produce qualitative research on Independent and Hollywood films and produce an edited video sequence presenting research

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Written, ObservationsDiscussionsBlogs

Suggested Research or ResourcesLibrary

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Grammer of Film Language, Arijon,Short Films….,Daniel parkerDigital Movie Making, Scott BillupsPractical DV Filmmaking, Russell EvansOn linewww.superglossery.com/...(TV)single-cameraProduction.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/single-camerasetupwww.cybercollege.com/tvp062.htmwww.trystproductions.org.uk/tryst/HOSTCA/unit21.pptx.pdfwww.bfi.org.ukwww.em-media.org.ukwww.filmagencywales.comwww.filmlodon.org.ukwww.northwestvision.co.uk

Assessment & Grading CriteriaUnit 22 – Single Camera techniques

Unit 6 Critical approaches

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Submission Guidelines Assignment work must be submitted during the timetabled lesson on the deadline day to

the relevant subject tutor, unless otherwise specified. All written work should be clearly labeled with name, course, group, subject tutor, unit

title, assignment title, the work submitted via your blog needs to have the relevant headings for the grading

Work that does not fulfill the pass criteria will be returned and must be resubmitted by the given deadline.

It is the student’s responsibility to keep a back-up copy of all work. All written work must be referenced where appropriate. Plagiarised work will be returned

and may result in disciplinary action.

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