3. WARNING!
this is not an OCR policy slideshow,
but a summary of best practice
based on my experience of teaching
and seeing the work of other centres
4. Targets
ā¢ 60 posts on individual blog, each illustrated with a picture
and/or a video
ā¢ a structured process with constant (formative) feedback
ā¢ students knowing how to work the equipment
ā¢ a ļ¬lm opening which looks like one
ā¢ a critically reļ¬ective evaluation on the blog with seven
different creative tasks
ā¢ every student achieving their full potential
6. Vygotsky!
āThe zone of proximal development is
the distance between what children can
do by themselves and the next learning
that they can be helped to achieve with
competent assistanceā
7. Step 1: assess
ā¢ whatās the task?
ā¢ whatās the assessment?
ā¢ whatās the timeframe?
ā¢ whatās the equipment?
8. Task and assessment
ā¢ Titles and opening of a new ļ¬ction ļ¬lm
ā¢ up to 2 minutes
ā¢ 20 marks Research and Planning
ā¢ 60 marks Construction
ā¢ 20 marks Evaluation
9. timeframe and equipment
ā¢ time to build skills
ā¢ time to research and plan
ā¢ time to shoot and edit
ā¢ access to cameras, edit program, online
resources
10. Step 2: structure
ā¢ set up blog hub
ā¢ set up class blogs
ā¢ set up class youtube and vimeo
ā¢ set out timeframe
ā¢ structure series of tasks- mini-deadlines
13. week 1 learning to blog; exercise with camera,
moodboard activity
homework: blog activities so far;
week 2 audio exercise; make production company
logo, learn edit program,
homework: audience/institution research;
analyse real ļ¬lm opening
week 3 ļ¬lm openings analysis; old student ļ¬lms,
frame by frame re-make
homework: prepare for frame re-make;
analyse old student ļ¬lm
week 4 frame by frame re-make, ļ¬lm titles research
activity; scenarios inspiration
homework: reļ¬ection on frame task and
titles research work
week 5 25 word pitches and feedback; moodboard
2 with titles
homework: prepare pitch for scenarios
week 6 post-it storyboard and animatic; peer
feedback; plan all audio
homework: write up responses of others to
animatic
week 7 planning, scripting, rehearsing,
experimenting, recce shots, risk assessment
homework: planning and blog all work done
week 8 shooting into editing homework: shooting
week 9 shooting into editing homework: shooting and blog process
week10 rough cut deadline, feedback, make changes homework: blog feedback
10
week11 ļ¬nal deadline; set evaluation tasks work on some evaluation tasks
1
week12 work on evaluation tasks work on some evaluation tasks
week13 deadline for evaluation tidy up blog
Sept 12-Dec 16 or Jan 9- Mar 26+ April 16-27
14. Step 3: activity
ā¢ teaching students to use the equipment
ā¢ camera exercises
ā¢ editing exercises
ā¢ audio exercises
ā¢ make their own production company logo/ident
ā¢ (b)logging evidence and reļ¬ecting critically and creatively
15. Step 4: investigate
ā¢ structuring research activities- classwork and
homework
ā¢ ļ¬lm openings: narrative, genre, audience, institution
ā¢ looking at examples of other student work-
critiques and criteria
ā¢ ļ¬lm titles research timeline activity
ā¢ ļ¬lm language: storyboarding and re-make activities
19. what could be better?
ā¢ audio
ā¢ direction of actors
ā¢ camerawork
ā¢ editing
ā¢ mise-en-scene
ā¢ titles
20.
21. Step 5: helping the idea
ā¢ give some possible scenarios for treatments
ā¢ 25 word pitch
ā¢ moodboard pitch
ā¢ peer and teacher feedback
ā¢ realistic expectations
22. The Pitch
ā¢ 25 word pitch
ā¢ Keep it simple
ā¢ Know the ļ¬lm but make the
opening
23. A mainstream action film that will appeal A supernatural thriller that will
to 15-25yr old males appeal to female audiences
Your film should appear to be based on a "fictional" Your film should appear to be an international
comic book co-production
possible scenarios
A remake of a late 50s/early 60s An independent movie featuring a young
Hammer film protagonist
Your film should offer a take suitable for the Your film should appear to be financed through
modern media-savvy audience regional funding
24. Step 6: Planning
ā¢ experimenting with camera and editing
ā¢ recce shots of locations
ā¢ examples of shots, costumes, props, etc
onto blog
ā¢ post-it storyboard, animatic, moodboard
ā¢ logistics planning- including risk assessment
25.
26. Feedback
ā¢ On pitch, moodboard,
storyboard, animatic, rough
cut and ļ¬nal video
ā¢ Keep evidence of feedback
and note your response to it
27.
28. Step 6: production
ā¢ limiting timeframe for camera loan
ā¢ ensuring process is recorded
ā¢ extra audio capture e.g. voice memo on phone
ā¢ students becoming directors...
29. The Shoot
ā¢ Check your equipment
ā¢ Plan people, places, props and
costumes
ā¢ Practice
ā¢ Rehearse your actors
ā¢ Pay attention to your audio as
well as visuals
30. Step 7: edit
ā¢ all having a voice/hand in it
ā¢ screengrabs of process
ā¢ importance of audio and titles
ā¢ foley - not just music
ā¢ rough cut deadline and peer feedback
31. The Edit
ā¢ Start with the big picture
ā¢ Do ļ¬ne detail later
ā¢ Titles could all be done
ļ¬rst
43. Step 9: marking
ā¢ mark the blogs as you go along
ā¢ rank order the videos
ā¢ benchmark against INSET material
ā¢ best ļ¬t may = bottom of the level
ā¢ evaluation - covering all questions, critically
reļ¬ecting, making good use of creative opportunity
44. Step 10: moderation
ā¢ prepare the blogs: ļ¬nal product at top,
evaluation next
ā¢ label everything clearly, make sure links
work, add candidate numbers on hub
ā¢ justify your marks with reference to criteria
and candidate
45. feel the beneļ¬t
ā¢ knock-on impact on G322 analysis
ā¢ skills developed for A2
ā¢ material stacked up for G325 1a/1b
ā¢ better marks for this unit