Outline of Spring Term

Here's a rough outline of what you need to do when, week by week. The outline for the spring term is available on mediamonkey.

19/1 Week Three – Coursework Catch up/ Shoot

Get storyboards complete/ get SHOOT SCHEDULES completed
Produce some materials for the invented film idea – including a TREATMENT and a PITCH


26/1 Week Four – Coursework Catch up/Shoot/Capture

ALL SHOOTS to be COMPLETE
Posters for invented film to be started – include teasers


1/2 Week Five – Coursework Catch up/Editing

All editing to begin – catch up any straggling shoots
Posters for invented film to be finished


8/2 Week Six – Coursework Catch up/Editing and initial Feedback

Get feedback from editing so far – advise pupils of/give initial teacher comments
Promotional Materials for film – badges, games, models


HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM

22/2 Week Seven – Coursework catch up/Editing

More editing
Continue with promotional materials

1/3 Week Eight – Coursework Catch up/Editing – rough cuts should be complete

Last week for editing before ROUGH CUT DEADLINE
Continue with promotional materials
Start working on how to do evaluation


8/3 Week Nine – Coursework Catch Up/Screening/Evaluation/Final edits

Watching rough cuts – use THE BIG IDEA to evaluate films
Start work on tidying up on edits
Reminder to finish Promotional materials, essays and posters etc
LETTER TO PARENTS about forthcoming deadline

15/3 and 22/3 Weeks Ten to Eleven – Coursework Catch up/Final Edits - DEADLINE

Finalising all films
Final coursework catch up of extras


29/3 Week twelve – WRITE UP to be completed by end of week

FOCUS on HOW to write up evaluation/reflection
Provide FRAMEWORK to help – use ICT all week

WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF TERM
FAILURE TO COMPLETE MAY RESULT IN WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COURSE

Yr11 Film Studies Plan (Scheme of Work)

Yr 11 Film Studies Spring and Summer teaching plan

DOWNLOADING HELP

Almost all the documents and guides you get in class can be downloaded in FULL quality from my Scribd media monkey account. There's a live feed down the page but go to www.scribd.com/mediamonkey to see all the resources

Coursework Overview

Here's the powerpoint we went through in class to help you understand the keyu aims of the portfolio

Overview Film Coursework

help with Research on your micro analysis film

Guide to FL2a for Candidates

Coursework Checklist form in full

Checklist for GCSE FILM Course Work

Coursework Catchup

WORK TO BE COMPLETED YES NO
ONE of
Micro Essay 1 – Open choice of a sequence
Micro Essay 2 – An analysis of a key sequence in a horror film

For the TITLE OF YOUR CHOSEN (micro analysis) FILM:
Your research on your best marked micro essay film
Production Notes
Distribution Notes
Exhibition Notes

Use the form provided with guidance notes

Film Promotion Pack – to include:
Teaser Posters
Synopsis of your film
Marketing Products for your film

Pre-Production Exercises
Storyboard from a sequence of your film
A Pitch for your movie
A scripted scene
Your sketchbook showing development of your ideas

A SHORT FILM OR FILM SEQUENCE
Do you have a film already? If so what is the title and can you show Mrs T where it is? Otherwise, you need to start a fresh idea. Use the film production booklet to help you.