Thursday, May 24, 2012

Film Project (End of Year)

Last class you were asked (for 80 minutes) to complete your script . If you didn't complete the assignment in class, you had homework to complete it. Please turn in your homework into the "in-box".

Today (1st period), after viewing William Castle (see post below), please take your treatments and scripts to join a film group of 1-7 people.

Together as a group assign one or two classmates to be THE PRODUCER. The producer will select one of the treatments or film scripts from the group. The script or treatment chosen will be given credit as the "WRITER". The PRODUCER(s) and WRITER should then select a DIRECTOR. Normally this is only the producer's job, where the director is hired to work with a script usually by a studio (producers). Once the script is chosen and the director is chosen, decide which of your group members will be ACTORS. You may have to "hire" outside actors (use your families or friends).

Before the end of class today, please complete the following
--Choose a producer (or producers)
--Choose a script or treatment
--Choose a director
--Choose a cinematographer (director of photography)
--Schedule shooting times and dates (you can start today or this weekend). It is essential that you begin this process as soon as you can (since editing takes a while...as you know).
--You can begin working on the credits and main titles for the film (on iMovie). Designate who is doing what role in the film project.

HOMEWORK: Complete script (treatment), shoot your film, etc. We will be dividing our time in class until the end of the marking period (around June 8 or June 11) between this film project and the last bit of film studies which will cover the MPAA, the American New Wave, Blaxploitation, Home Video, Blockbusters, and CGI (1960-1990's). Please read the handout "Relaxing Restrictions & American New Wave" for homework. Select one American New Wave director and view 3-5 films from this author. After viewing, post a comment on the forum to the question there about the American New Wave. This is due next class, May 30.

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