Qualification Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production

Unit number and title Unit 22 Single Camera Techniques - Partial

Start date Monday 10/09/2012

Deadline Monday 12/11/2012

Assessor name Iain Goodyear

Assignment title IG3 – SHORT FILM PRODUCTION

Scenario

Media production is a collaborative team effort. Successful media productions rely on team work and working within specific roles that you should have previously identified. You are now at a stage where you are ready to commence the production and post-production phases of your short film. You have prepared all relevant pre-production materials and you must now use pre-production documentation to produce your short film footage.

Prior to filming you must ensure that you thoroughly understand your job role and the responsibilities that accompany your role. To ensure the smooth running of the production process, it is essential that you do not encroach on the job roles of others in your team. Remember, good communication and team work skills are essential and every member of your production team is expected to equally contribute to the production of your short film.

Media production is rarely a smooth process and inevitably you will encounter difficulties. The challenge for you as media producers is ensuring that your production does not come to a halt due to unforeseen production difficulties. For this assignment you will need to provide evidence of how you manage and deal with production (and any problems that may arise) in the form of a production diary.

Once the production process is complete you and your team will use post-production techniques to edit your short film. In many ways, post-production is the most important part of media production. It is the final stage of the film making process that allows you to creatively shape and mould your production into an intended vision. For this assignment you must produce individual edits of your short film. This will help you to provide evidence of knowledge and application of video post-production techniques.

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Tasks Grading Criteria Mapping

Task 1

Assign production roles of director, camera person, sound recording person and production runner to specific individuals in your production team.

Once you know your job role within the production process, you must produce a job description that clearly describes your job responsibilities and responsibilities of those in your production team.

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Task 2

Using pre-production documentation produced in your IG2 assignment; you must work as a team to shoot your film rushes and record any relevant sound e.g. ambient location sound. It is expected that you will need to shoot and/or re-shoot additional footage during this process.

You must photographically document the production phase of your short film shoot. Once the production phase of your short film shoot is complete, you must upload your photographs and include annotations that give the photographs context for the viewer (your tutor).

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Task 3

Produce a weekly production log. You must produce production log entries once a week that details your contributions that week to your group production. This log must provide details of any difficulties you encountered and summaries of how you dealt with any production difficulties you experience.

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Task 4

A. Produce a rough edit of your film using the rushes you have uploaded into Adobe Premiere as a group.

B. When finished, you must explain what improvements you will make for your final edit. This can be word processed or voice recorded.

C. Produce a final edit of your short film.

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Task 5

Produce an edited sound recorded commentary that critiques your individually produced final edit.

This commentary must discuss strengths and weaknesses of your final edit and describe the editing techniques you have used and why you have used those techniques. You must edit this commentary using sound editing software and add it to your final edit sound track in Adobe Premiere.

Your final edit with added commentary must be uploaded to your IG3 blogs.

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Unit 22 Single Camera Techniques (Level 3)P1: describe the features of single camera production with some appropriate use of subject terminology

M1: explain the features ofsingle camera production with reference to detailed illustrative examples and with generally correct use of subject terminology

D1: comprehensively explain the features of single camera production with reference to elucidated examples and consistently using subject terminology correctly

P2: generate outline plans for a single camera production working within appropriate conventions and with some assistance [CT]

M2: generate detailed ideas for a single camera production showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance

D2: generate thoroughly thought through ideas for a single camera production showing creativity and flair and working independently to professional expectations

P3: produce a single camera production working within appropriate conventions and with some assistance [SM]

M3: produce a single camera production to a good technical standard showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance

D3: produce a single camera production to a technical quality that reflects near professional standardsshowing creativity and flairand working independentlyto professional expectations

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