
Goal
- Create a film that ‘makes us care’
- The film should be well planned, show what you have learned (effective use of film language: narrative, mise en scéne, cinematography, sound, and editing), and engage the audience with a clear protagonist struggling for something against some thing
21st Century Skills
- Pick one 21st Century Leadership Skill from each of the four sections linked below
- Demonstrate these four skills during this project
- Gather evidence of these skills
- Include your evidence in your (NAME of FILM) Film Production blog post
Product
- A blog post journal with embedded film from YouTube
- Included in the post are the pre-production, production, and post-production stage requirements detailed from the Film Production Project Feedback Form (PDF) for one of the 5 production team roles listed below
- Screenwriter
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Sound designer
- Editor
- Review the more detailed IB journal requirements to add film elements for each phase of production
- Production Team Roles Forms
Examples
- Brad’s Session 5 Blog Post (film)
- Avian’s Session 5 Post (film)
Steps
- Week 1
- Hour 1 – Create Blog Post and Add Headings, Fill Into
- Review the Film Production Project Feedback Form .v3 (PDF)
- Create a blog post titled (NAME of FILM) Production Project
- Copy and paste headings from the Production Project TEMPLATE
- (Optional for Covid) Fill in the Teamwork Form PDF’s
- Research your role
- Find role a model(s)
- Study their work
- Find at least one tutorial, embed it, follow it, and take notes
- Hours 2-5 – Begin Pre-production
- Planning and preparation
- Set film intention or goal with your group
- Set your specific role creative and technical intentions (goals)
- This should be based on the research of successful filmmakers in the same role
- Research genre, style, theme, etc. for the film
- Choose these and set the tone for the film
- Create a screenplay, storyboards, blocking, lighting, shot list, etc. – based on your role
- Prepare equipment
- Practice set up and recording
- Organize talent and props
- Learn script
- Planning and preparation
- Hour 1 – Create Blog Post and Add Headings, Fill Into
- Week 2
- Hours 6-10 – Begin Production
- Use the equipment to capture images and sound
- Gather supporting material
- Foley sound effects
- Images
- Adapt script and set up, as needed
- Organize files
- Hours 6-10 – Begin Production
- Week 3
- Hours 11-15 – Begin Post-production
- Edit film clips
- Edit/add sound
- Reshoot, as necessary
- Add title and credits
- Hours 11-15 – Begin Post-production
- Week 4
- Hour 16 – Second to Last Day
- Publish to YouTube
- Embed film under the Film heading
- Create commentary video and embed, if required for this project
- Hour 17 – Present Film for feedback
- Hours 18-20 – Receive feedback and finish to blog post
- Hour 16 – Second to Last Day
Tools
- Your creative mind!
Resources
- Teamwork Form (PDF)
- Camera Operations and Control
- Lens Operation and Control
- Shot List Creation for a Blog Post video tutorial
- Audio for Film with GarageBand
- Free online sound and other media sources with Search.CreativeCommons.org
Feedback Form
- Film Production Project Feedback Form (PDF)