Fight Club

Fight club opening sequence from yamz66 on Vimeo.

AS G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media

Brief

Main Task: Produce the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio must be original, produced by you, with the exception of music and audio effects which can be from a copyright-free source.

Research and Planning: This must be presented on a group blog but you will be assessed individually for your contribution.  Please note that work will not be accepted on paper.

Evaluation: This may be presented as; an individual voice over, a commentary on your film, a filmed group discussion or a blog.

You will work in a group (Maximum group size 4). Once you have sufficient evidence that you have planned your film we will let you film. You will then use iMovie or Final Cut to edit you footage.

The production element is to be presented collectively. However, you will be assessed on an individual basis for your contribution to the production.

The unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks:

20 marks for the presentation of the planning and research;

60 marks for the construction;

20 marks for the evaluation.

G321 is marked by your tutors and then submitted to OCR by a specified date.

AS Foundation Portfolio

Research Tasks

1 Carry out research into the Genre of the film you are going to produce, make notes on the codes and conventions of the Genre and post them on your Blog. Don’t forget to also post illustrations from the films you refer to in your notes.

2 Everyone in the group must write an analysis each (1200 words) on the opening title sequence of a film from the same Genre, (there are lots of examples on artofthetitle.com). Include details of the following:

• Camera angle, movement and position
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene
• Sound
• Titles

Illustrate your analysis with stills from the film or a short video clip.

3 Carry out a vox pop with members of your ‘target audience’ to find out if there is an audience for your film. Post the video on your Blog.

Please note that all the above work must be carried out before you make your film

AS Foundation Portfolio

Planning Tasks

Check out locations (reconnaissance),

Collect together any props you wish to use,

Decide what the actors are going to wear for the shoot.

Take photographs of the above and post on to the blog.

Write a Treatment for your film (please see example given out in class)

Create a storyboard (approx. twenty images)

This could be drawn or be made up of photographs. Once you have your images upload them to imovie and make an anamatic.

See www.bca2media-collegehub.blogspot.com for examples.

Create character profiles.

Write a script for the dialogue in your film. (Please see handout example)  

Compile a shot list for your film. (Please see hand out example)

When you have completed the above tasks ask for a Risk Assessment form and fill this in.

Please note that all the above work must be carried out before you make your film

See Link Below for More Opening Sequences

/http://www.artofthetitle.com/

Vertigo

Touch of Evil