Production Evaluation for singles

So, you have finished your filming and editing! Well done you. But you are still not quite done. You need to complete an evaluation of how well it all went:

This activity will assess your ability to evaluate the production process you used for your film trailer, and its effect on the product.

You must provide specific details and/or examples to support your comments. You should consider the following:
• Positive aspects of the process;
• Steps in the process that could have been better done;
• Strategies suggested to achieve this;
• Some evaluation of how these changes to the production process may have affected the media product.

Production Evaluation for PAIRS

Once you have completed your filming and editing, your next step is to complete an evaluation of the process. Have a look at the exemplars for an idea of what to include, but here are some ideas if you get stuck.

Here is the template for pairs:
Team Review Process
This is essential to ensure fair marking and equitable contribution of team members to the production process. You will meet with your teacher on at least three occasions during the production to check on progress and teamwork.
You must make notes on the relevant stage of production before the meeting and hand these in to your teacher at the meeting. They will form the basis of your teamwork discussion.

Remember: Your teacher is using these meetings as one way of gathering evidence that all team members are contributing in an equitable way to the production. You should feel free to talk to your teacher at any stage if you are worried about how your team is going.

1. Pre Production Meeting

A. Briefly describe your contributions to pre-production.
What did you do that was effective? How could you improve your contribution to the team?
Pre-production includes:
Concept; Research; Treatment; Scene Summary; Script and/or Storyboard; Crew and Talent list; Production Schedule; Art Department; Locations and Permissions; Test shots; Revisions.

B. Peer review
Outline what effective contributions the other team members made.

2. Production Meeting

A. Briefly describe your contributions to production.
What did you do that was effective? How could you improve your contribution to the team?
Production includes:
Direction; Camera; Lighting; Sound; Acting; Production Design; Location Management; PR; Footage review; Pick-ups.

B. Peer review
Outline what effective contributions the other team members made.

3. Post Production Meeting

A. Briefly describe your contributions to post-production.
What did you do that was effective? How could you improve your contribution to the team?
Post-production includes all stages specified in the task:
Visual Cut; Sound effects; Sound editing and mixing; Graphics and titling; special effects.

B. Peer review
Outline what effective contributions the other team members made.

Checklist for Production: 2.6

You should be well on your way into your production by now. Some of you have finished; all of you will be at least into the post-production stage, and thinking towards evaluation. Here is a checklist of EVERYTHING that you need to have completed (on your blog where possible) before Monday Week 9.

1. Pre-Production work
-Concept
-Research
-Treatment (make sure to include a discussion of your intended STYLE)
-Storyboard (completed on template)
-Crew/Talent list
-Production Schedule (may be completed on
-Art Department
-Locations, permissions

2 & 3. Production & Post-production work
-Filming of all scenes
-Acting, props, costumes, etc
-Editing & creation of short film
-Submitted via CD/DVD or file on USB to KZ

4. Review/ Evaluation
-Blog post: See your task sheet & exemplars

Premiere Pro Video Tutorial

If you are stuck with finding out how to do something on Premiere Pro, there are lots of online tutorials and help. Here is a pretty good basic how to use Premiere Pro. And the guy has a great accent. There are more tutorials by the same person: this one shows you how to get started.

For some reason, this will not play embedded in this blog post: click on the name of the tutorial below to open it on the Vimeo site and see what Jordy has to say about using Premiere Pro.

Premiere Pro Tutorial - The Workspace [2/5] from Jordy Vandeput on Vimeo.

Other Pre-Production Tasks

The following tasks you should also complete, probably on your blog. This is not due Monday, but needs to be completed before you start filming, so... Pretty much Monday, really.

Task 4: Crew and Talent
Secure services of crew and talent as appropriate. Prepare a master list of team members and crew/ talent. Include home phone numbers if the production involves work out of school after hours. Check with your teacher and the crew concerned for any privacy issues to do with contact details.

Task 5: Production Schedule
Prepare a dated list of the whole production process indicating when you plan to complete tasks. Each dated entry should list personnel involved, equipment required, props required, location, time details and contingency plan. Use the template provided.

Task 6: Art department
Prepare a master list of props and costume required and where you will source these from. Include names and phone-numbers of suppliers.

Task 7: Locations, Permissions
Prepare a brief profile of each location that you wish to use. Use the location planner attached. You will need to secure permission to use any location through the owner of that location. Get the owner to sign the agreement slip or (in the case of council owned locations) complete the appropriate application forms

Film Production: Treatment

After you have written a paragraph about your concept, you need to write a paragraph describing the opening scene. This is called the film treatment. It should be in the present tense, and describe in detail what happens, what the audience will see and hear in your film opening. Check out this example of a treatment for The Terminator to get inspiration (but don't write this much! One paragraph is enough!). This is part of your pre-production tasks (due Monday) and should be completed on your blog.

Genre Concept Paragraph

I am so excited about the great ideas and planning that is going into your film openings! There will be lots of horror and gore, and also love and laughter. Let me know what you are thinking:

In a paragraph on your blog, comment on the following:
1. a brief outline of the name/genre of the film opening
2. the principal ideas you wish to explore
3. the emotions you wish to evoke
4. the impact you wish to have on the audience
5. a brief outline of the story, character and style of the opening

You should consider:
Access to sources/ talent
Availability of equipment, resources
Interest to your audience

A love story filmed on a camera phone

We have been thinking about ideas and limitations for our own production today. Here is a short film that was made with Nokia camera phones. And it looks pretty darn awesome: interesting idea and clever execution.

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

How to make a horror movie...

Some of you came up with awesome ideas for films: Cowboy Zombie face-offs, submarine love stories, accounting love stories (?). But now that you have your concept, what's next? Here's a handy flow chart that makes the whole process simple! (it is an advertisement for a French TV channel).

Here's a bigger version so you can read the words.

There are also similar flow charts for action and animation.