Saturday 11 October 2014

Action Plan - Term 1, Week 2

In week 2 I will complete the following:

  •  Complete the research and analysis into similar products
  •  Questionnaire of genre
  •  Results from questionnaire - analyse and create graphs/pie charts 
  •  Start to think about what is going to be on the story board
  • Start to think about film synopsis

Questionnaire Results

Genre Research Questionnaire: Horror

Sunday 5 October 2014

Action Plan - Term 1, Week 1

In week 1 I will complete the following:


  • Main task brief: reading the brief, interpreting the information and uploading it to my blog.
  • Initial thoughts: start to work on my initial thoughts including the genre, setting etc.
  • Research into similar products: I will start to analyse different opening sequences and develop ideas for my film.
  • Questionnaire: decide on what genre I will like to to base my film on and start to think about what sort of questions would be effective.

Main Task - Planning List


  • Main task brief 
  • Initial thoughts 
  • Questionnaire relating to overall treatment/genre 
  • Questionnaire results 
  • Genre research 
  • Action plan/log
  • Research into similar products- style models: textual analysisof similar products. Identify conventions in camerawork, sound, mise-en-scene, editing, duration and NARRATIVE. 
  • Overall synopsis of film 
  • Product name, fonts and connotations
  • Storyboard - identify how shots will be filmed, mise-en-scene, organisation of actors

Main Task Brief

Main Brief
Title and opening of a new crime film, to last a maximum of 2 minutes. All audio and video material must be original, produced by candidates, exemption of music and/or audio for effects from a copyright free source.