Where we should be at and what we need to be doing now!

You should now be well underway in the planning stage of your coursework. You need to make sure that you have the following:
1. Research on your genre of film – production company/ other films in genre etc.
2. Analysis of at least 2 film openings from the same genre
3. Film treatment – the whole film (story summary)
4. Film opening & credits treatments (details on media language and step by step action – as much detail as you have) X 2 (though one can be more detailed than others)
5. Storyboard of opening scene/ credits – inc. visual representation and written description of each shot
6. Any comments about how your decision making process is going - what have you had to consider/ alter etc.
The next things to think about are:
1. Script - for opening scene
2. Camera map/ shot list for opening scene
3. Shooting schedule
4. Set designs/ costume designs – can be pictorial or written or a mixture

See below for some tips:

Script
You should now draft a script for that opening section. If you need help on the layout for your script, you should look at, and follow, the format from this website Remember, it is just a script for the opening two minutes. We don't have time to write a full script. It's not Hollywood, baby!

Shot List
After you have a script, you should have a Shot List. You can find it here in the resources folder on the school network:R:\SUBJECTS\English\AS media\OCR AS Media\FoundationPortfolio CourseworkYou need to list all the different shots you will use in the two minute section. List them in the order in which they will come in the film (they may not be shot in that order!). You need to fill in the duration of each shot; the cast who will be in the shot (sometimes there may not be any cast); the camera angle used for the shot; and also any movements of the camera that happen in that shot. The notes are any additional information that you think proves relevant.If you need a copy, please save it into your H drive or onto a memory stick.

Shooting schedule
This is a plan for when you will shoot things. You can see an example hereRemember, you may not shoot your opening sequence in chronological order, as you may not have the necessary costumes for the first part, or you may not be able to shoot at the specific setting, or you may not have certain actors early in your shoot. You need to decide what will make sense to shoot first and why.If you have a look at Principal photography on The Lord of the Rings movies you can see that in the shooting schedule, "The first scene filmed was the Wooded Road sequence where the Hobbits hide underneath the tree from a Ringwraith." Again, you can find a template for the shooting schedule in:R:\SUBJECTS\English\AS media\OCR AS Media\FoundationPortfolio Coursework

Costume
Costume design/inventoryCamera mapsSet design/location listYou may want to use the internet to find some appropriate formats for the above.

Get planning folks - we want you doing the Steven Spielberg thang as soon as we get back after half term. But no plans means no cameras!!