Year 11 : Week 6 (Controlled Hours 7 & 8)

In this week's lessons you will answer the following questions;

1. Have we, as a production team, completed all pre-shoot preparations?
2. Have we, as a production team, constructed a shortlist & shooting schedule?
3. Have we, as a production team, booked camera kits and other equipment?
4. Have we prepared talent release forms?

This is the final week of preparations before shooting your footage next week (and over half term). You need to make sure that all of your pre-shoot documents are complete. This includes the documents you should have completed in previous weeks;

• Production Summary
• (Workflow)
• Documentary Research
• Project Focus Summary
• Target Audience Research
• Topic Research
• Location Research
• Interviewee Information
• Pre-Shoot Script
• Interview Questions

This week you must complete two more documents;

• Shotlist & Shooting Schedule
• Talent Release Forms

Shotlist & Shooting Schedule

Complete the Shotlist & Shooting Schedule form included in your Individual Portfolio. This is what you should put in each column;

Shooting Date - The date that your intend to shoot this footage.
Shooting Times - The time that you intend to shoot your footage on each day.
Shot Description - Label the shot distance & camera movements, (e.g. Talking heads shot of interviewee X or Establishing shot of the school or long shot of students on redgra)
Shot No. - Just list them 1 to whatever so that you can identify them later.
Location - The place where you are going to film.
Crew Required - Who is going to be working on location this day.
Cast Required - Who are you going to be filming? Can leave blank if not filming people/animals. Have you let them know when they are required?
Costume - List anything that you need your cast member to wear.
Props - What props do you need for this shot? (think about my lego interview shots with lego in the background).
Equipment Required - Camera? Tripod? Tracking equipment? Location recorders?
Location Risk Assessed - Have you considered the hazards of filming on this location? Have you made arrangements to minimise the risk.
Shot Filmed - Complete this column afterwards. Are you happy with the footage? (ROG)
Production Diary Completed - Again, complete this column afterwards. It's there to remind you to complete you Production Diary.

Talent Release Forms

You need to get everyone who features in your documentary to sign a Talent Release Form. Without this, you don't have permission to use their image or voice in your film. We have a standard form that we use in school; you can access it here. Download it, print it and get your interviewees to sign it. Then scan it and save a copy in your portfolio.

After today's lesson, you can book out your camera (see online link) and start filming. All of your footage must be shot by by your first lesson after half term, so you can use next lesson, any time after school or even half term (you can take the camera home in the holiday). Half term gives you a perfect opportunity to capture some great footage. However, we must first talk about safety & security!

Any students not contributing fully to the filming process over the next two weeks will automatically lose marks for this unit (up to 30 marks; equal to more than 2 GCSE grades for this entire unit), so make sure you don't miss the agreed sessions. Following the shooting process, in the first lesson back, you will complete another Peer Satisfaction Survey, the results of which will be used as evidence when distributing marks to individuals.

Out of Hours Learning

• Update the Lesson Evaluation document (in sidebar)
• Update your Production Diary, summarising the progress you have made this week.
• Update your Production Calendar, identifying any deadlines or production team meetings you set.
• Complete all the Individual Portfolio documents in preparation for filming.

Next Lesson

• Filming your footage
• Analysing an existing product (half-term OHL)