Teaching professional skills to distance learning students through the medium of film

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Teaching professional skills to distance learning students through the medium of film

ILEX Tutorial College

Edward Stone

Elizabeth Harding

Lisa Kidger

TITLE

SCENE TAKE NO.

DIRECTOR

DATE DAY NIGHT

Teaching professional skills to distance learning students through the medium of film

TITLE

SCENE TAKE NO.

DIRECTOR

DATE DAY NIGHT

ILEX Tutorial College

Edward Stone

Elizabeth Harding

Lisa Kidger

Introduction

• ITC and its students

• Syllabus development at Level 3

The Vision

• Initial interview with new client

• Areas of practice– Civil Litigation– Conveyancing– Family Practice

• Observation of good quality practice

Selecting writers

• Practice expertise

• Ear for dialogue

• Understanding of emotional reactions

The draft script

• Example of early script – see handout

• Discussion of defects

• Role of script-doctor

• Example of improved script – see handout

Other aspects of scripts

• Use of checklists

• “Blocking” – see handout

Characterisation“Mrs Brown’s Fall”

Characterisation“Shelf Life”

Production company

• Tendering

• Pixelbox Media Ltd

Casting

• Spotlight website

• Use of agency

• Criteria

Auditions

• Explaining the characters

• Read-throughs

• Selection

Location and timing

• Space

• Quiet

• Electrics

• One film per day

Props

Filming on the day

• Early start

• Encouraging actors

• Direction– Emotions– Legal terminology

• Catering

Filming on the day

• Shots– Wides– Over-the-shoulder– Noddies

Post-production

• “Sewing together” takes

• Selection of better takes

Evaluation

• What we would do next time– Backstories– Pruning lawyerspeak

• Student reaction

• Pass rates– January 2009: 82%– June 2009: 86%