Monday, November 22, 2010

Film Classification

In order to show the examiner you know what this means you need to do some research.

Visit the British Board of Film Classification's website at www.bbfc.co.uk

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), originally British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and some video games under the Video Recordings Act 2010

You need to post evidence to your blog that you have researched film classification. Again, this needs to be available on your blog by Monday 29th November.

The Opening Titles of Your Film

You need to show the examiner that you have researched and given consideration to the opening titles of your film. The starting point for this is to visit www.artofthetitle.com and watch the openings of 3 different films.

For each of these, make a list of the information that is presented to you on screen.

Once you have done this make a blog entry explaining what you have learnt about how titles are used in these openings - you can add images from the openings to help if you wish.

This needs to be evidenced on your blog by Monday 29th November.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Now you have pitched your film...

Once the pitch for your film has been accepted you need to do the following things:

Decide upon two possible openings for your film. Think carefully about what you can do to engage your target audience and clearly identify the film as being a teen horror. Once you have blogged your two possible openings you can choose the one you want to move forwards with.

As soon as you have chosen your opening you need to storyboard your ideas. Think carefully about the range of shots you use - you need to show creativity. Try not to use too much dialogue as this will present difficuylties in both the production and post-production stages.

When you have your storyboard you can clearly identify the LOCATION and CASTING requirements for your film's opening. This then means you can look for suitable locations and actors. You need to 'scout' these and provide photographic evidence for your blog.

All of the above needs to be planed and evidenced on your blog by Monday 23rd November