Module Three - Planning and creating a Digital Video
Suggested Time: 3-5 hours
Purpose
The purpose of this module is to introduce the
three stages of communication production technology (pre-production, production, and post-production)
that are commonly used in the communication production industry.
Students will participate in some basic pre-production activities, and will begin to understand the need to apply industry recommended practices in each stage to ensure quality production techniques in audio, visual and multimedia products.
In this module you will:
- examine in detail the stages of production
- view and critique examples of various filmmaking and lighting techniques
- create storyboards and production schedules
Related to Saskatchewan Curriculum
Foundational Objective
To develop an awareness of the three stages of communication production technology: pre-production; production; and post-production.
To develop an awareness of current industry practice in each stage of production.
Assignments
Module 3: Assignment 1 - It starts with and Idea
The first step in any Production is an idea. This is the most primative form of your production as it will slowly get polishing along the way to the finished version. Download and complete the Story Planning file and submit your finished story via the assignments drop box.
1. Visit Quicktime's Trailer park and view a few movie trailers o up and coming movies. This may require patience as some movies take a few moments to load.
Click here to go to the Trailer Park
2. Think about the trailer you will prepare for your play. It should be specific to the original play. This means you will be using characters like Hamlet rather than Mel Gibson. Start by planning out a rough outline of what you imagine your trailer to be using text. Download the word document below and use it as a guide to fill in your details. Try to be as descriptive as possible.
Additional help and example links:
Short Story Elements
Module 3: Assignment 2 - Story Board
Now that you have a rough idea of how your production will proceed, your next step is to create a story board of the Key Frames, just like you did in the Historica movie in the last module. In that exercise, the finished movie was on the screen before you. In this exercise the movie is in your head so remember to be as specific as possible using words as well as pictures. When you have completed your storyboard, scan the frames individually and submit them individually as jpeg images as demonstrated in class.
Module 3: Assignment 3 - Animatics
Your next step is to turn your ideas on storyboard into an animatronic to hel0p others visualize what your finished production may look like. Before you begin, view the example Subway Commercial Sample .
With your story board frames scanned, create a sequence of keyframes using iMovie. If you need a refresher from the lesson on using iMovie in class you can click here for a tutorial.
Export your finished movie as specified in class and submit it through the assignments drop box.
See more animatronics from your favorite commercials
Mr. Naks favorite commercial clip
Module
3: Assignment 4 - Animatic Assignment
This is an exercise in creating and anamatic using files, music and media fro
a short movie entitled "Fetch". Click on the link below for instructions and
download links. When you complete the assignment, submit it for marking using
the assignmet drop box.
Evaluation
Note: this is an ongoing project - you will be adding to it continuously.
Check the WebPage Evaluation Rubric for expected standards.