btec l3 short film week 2 shooting workshop

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

• R.barton@ctksfc.ac.uk