btec l3 short film week 2 shooting workshop

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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-f ilms/

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Page 1: 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/

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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

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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

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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

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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