week 1

Unit introduction

People make short films for lots of purposes. Music videos, films and advertisements are all types  of product that use the skills you will develop in this unit. The tools to make a short film are easily available and now with video streaming services, anybody's short film can reach an audience all over the world. 

In this unit, you will develop the skills needed to turn an idea into a film that can be shared online with your audience. You will find out about the different functions of a camera. You will plan a film shoot and set up and capture shots. You will learn about problems that might occur and how to solve them. You will also learn how to use your initiative on shoots to meet your goals. The transferable and sector skills you develop in this unit can enable you to progress to further learning. They will also support you in completing the core skills units in Group A of the qualification.

Learning aims

In this unit you will:

1. Plan a film shoot and solve problems
2. Capture footage while demonstrating self-management.

Planning a shoot

Types of film

Action

Adventure

Animation

Biography

Comedy

Crime

Documentary

Drama

Family

Fantasy

Film Noir

History

Horror

Music

Musical

Mystery

Romance

Sci-Fi

Short

Sport

Superhero

Thriller

War

Western

using the list of the film genres above create a table listing the genres, then identify a film against each that you enjoyed watching. As an extension to the task explain why you enjoyed the film.

• Locations, e.g. recce, walkthrough, suitability

Films are shot in a number of places around the world and in some cases these can be used together in one scene of a film. People will go out an do what is called a "Recce" to look at the suitability of a location for the purpose of the film.

What locations around the college and the local area could be used in a fill. Research and find out what fillms have used locations around the college for films and tv productions.

Lighting

Lighting is key to all films and TV as it can envolke a sence of mood and setting to the productions.

• Available Light
• Motivated Lighting
• Low Key
• High Key
• Hard Light
• Sidelight
• Back Light
• Fill Light
• Key Light

Create a presentation, one slide per lighting style and add a picture of what it looks like.

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2018-09-12 11:12:55