Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 16

Call this: Pre-Production - (Then give these tasks your own name)
1) Add your finished script, shotlist, production schedule, risk assessment and storyboard to the blog.
2) You should be shooting over the next two weeks so make sure you have noted that kit is booked and everyone is ready to go.
3) Make some comments about the shoot - what are you hoping will work? What do you anticipate going wrong and what have you done to avoid this? Talk about your actors and post some information on them and what you have asked them to wear.

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 15

Call this "PRE-PRODUCTION - Screenplay - (Then give each section your own title)"

1) Add your screenplay (both drafts) to your blog.
2) Discuss how your screenplay is a typical film noir - identify conventions and how your screenplay challenges them.
3) Put on your blog any character biographies / story synopsis you have written
4) Start researching what costumes you would like your characters to wear - use IMAGES from Film Noir movies to support your points.
5) Discuss the prop's used in your script - how are they typical for a film noir?

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 14

Call this MAIN TASK - PRODUCTION - (Give the rest of the header your own title)
Simply update the blog with everything you have achieved in this lesson

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 13

Call this MAIN TASK - PRODUCTION - (Give the rest of the header your own title)
Simply update the blog with everything you have achieved in this lesson

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 12

Call this: TARGET AUDIENCE RESEARCH - (Then give each header it's own title)

For this blog task you must:
1) Add your questionaire to the blog, it would be a good idea to scan in a filled out one and add it as evidence
2) Compile a series of charts like the one above containing the results of your questionaire.
3) Make a definitive conclusion about:
i) Who is your target audience?
ii) What will they require from your film noir?
iii) Make your conclusions about the target audience for film-noir in general

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 11

Call this "SIMILAR PRODUCTS - (Give the rest of the header your own title)
1) Pick any three film noir openings you can find on YouTube and conduct an analysis of them - pick out the elements you would like to use in your movie.
2) Conduct some analysis of film noir movie posters - how do they represent the characters? What characters are on them and why? How do they draw the audience to the cinema?

Year 12 - BLOG TASK 10

CALL THESE: "Similar Products - (Then give each post your own title)

1) Can you find a good definition of a film noir movie or the genre? Then try to compile a list of conventions for an average film noir.
2) Simply compile a list of Film Noir movies and give the basic plots of any 5, make a conclusion about the plots overall - what do you notice?