Technologies of Representation Folio
Your Technologies of Representation folio is due at the end of Week 6 in Term 2 (May 21st) and is assessed as one overall folio of work.
Along the way, however, you will be provided with deadlines for the various tasks that will make up this folio and are expected to submit planning and productions by the due dates you are provided for those individual tasks. Your folio as a whole, will then be submitted for final assessment at the end of Week 6 in Term 2. Unless otherwise specified, work will always be due by 4pm on the day of submission.
Along the way, however, you will be provided with deadlines for the various tasks that will make up this folio and are expected to submit planning and productions by the due dates you are provided for those individual tasks. Your folio as a whole, will then be submitted for final assessment at the end of Week 6 in Term 2. Unless otherwise specified, work will always be due by 4pm on the day of submission.
1. Tech Detective Film
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In groups of 3, you're going to create a "Tech Detective" film, inspired by the film Searching that we viewed in class. Your completed film should go for no less than two minutes.
Because it's our first group task, groups have been assigned by me, so you won't get to choose your own group members for this one. These groups can not be changed, even if group members agree to it. Here are the groups: Group 1: Julian, Ben and Amy Group 2: Ariel, Rivka and Gil Group 3: Max, Tyler and Oz |
Here are the requirements of your film:
1. The main plot of your film is that there should be a "mystery" to solve and the technology you highlight in your film is used to solve it. This doesn't necessarily have to be a crime, like in Searching.
Your film might be a romantic comedy and the mystery is the uncertainty of love, with one of your characters trying to charm another character into falling in love with them. Your film might be a horror, and the mystery is "who is the killer and who is going to die next?" Your film might be a comedy and the mystery is, "will this character get the job of their dreams? Will they make it to the interview? Or, will they do well in the interview?" Or any variations of these. You may even choose to do a silent film as your genre which would contrast the old-style of filmmaking with the advanced technology of the film's content. The point is, that it's up to your group how you interpret the word "mystery".
2. The entirety of your film, like Searching, must take place via technology. The film must only show characters via video screens, either via webcam video screens, or via a Facebook Live video, for example, or show interaction that's happening via a computer screen. For example, it could be showing a mouse clicking on links on a Facebook account, or Googling something, or looking at or posting Instagram posts, or messaging back and forth via a messaging app, etc. to convey the information.
3. A particular representation of the use of technology should be very clear, e.g. technology is invading our lives, technology is a useful tool, the excessive reliance on technology is dangerous, technology makes our lives better/easier/safer, etc.
4. You should choose a specific genre that your film is going to be. It should be very clear from viewing your film, what that genre is. You must use tropes, codes and conventions that are specific to the genre of film you have chosen. If you're looking for ideas of tropes that are specific to the genre you have chosen, the website TV Tropes is a good place to start.5. Your film must include at least two each of the following shots and angles: close-up, mid-shot, over the shoulder shot, wideshot, extreme close-up, extreme long shot, big close-up, dolly shot, pan shot, tilt shot, bird's-eye view shot, low angle, high angle, dutch angle.
6. You will need to utilise effective film-making techniques such as the use of camera, lighting, sound, editing, costume, etc. in order to effectively convey different genres and each of the representations. Colour filters and editing techniques will be taught to you as a class, using Final Cut Pro, once you've completed filming. (NOTE: every group member will be required to do an edit of their group's film. You will all be using the same footage obviously, but you will need to individually edit and submit your own finished version of the film).
Your group should plan out your film, deciding on the storyline, dialogue (if any), genre and write a brief shot list of how you're going to film each of the shots and sequences. You can use this shotlist template to create your shotlist: Download shotlist template
7. You must include ALL of the Advanced Film Techniques from the Advanced Film Techniques PPT.
8. You CAN NOT use copyrighted music. All music must be royalty free.
9. There CAN NOT be any swearing or inappropriate content in the film.
10. Every group member must do their own edit of the finished film. You'll be using the same footage obviously, but every single group member will edit their own full version of the finished product. I'll be demonstrating how to edit using Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro in class in a couple of weeks, so it doesn't matter if you've never edited before.
MOTION ARRAY TEMPLATES:
You may wish to use some of these templates to add authenticity to your product:
Google Search
Text Messages including Voice Recordings and Google Maps
Facetime Calls
Video calling Apps
Text Message Kit and Instagram Posts
Facebook Posts and Elements
Text Messages, Facebook Posts, Instagram Posts and YouTube Videos
Text Messages with Voice Recordings
Story and Shotlist Due Date: Friday 12th February (Week 2)
Filming Completed with all footage backed up to OneDrive: Thursday, 25th February (Week 4)
Finished Film Due Date: Friday, 5th March (Week 5)
1. The main plot of your film is that there should be a "mystery" to solve and the technology you highlight in your film is used to solve it. This doesn't necessarily have to be a crime, like in Searching.
Your film might be a romantic comedy and the mystery is the uncertainty of love, with one of your characters trying to charm another character into falling in love with them. Your film might be a horror, and the mystery is "who is the killer and who is going to die next?" Your film might be a comedy and the mystery is, "will this character get the job of their dreams? Will they make it to the interview? Or, will they do well in the interview?" Or any variations of these. You may even choose to do a silent film as your genre which would contrast the old-style of filmmaking with the advanced technology of the film's content. The point is, that it's up to your group how you interpret the word "mystery".
2. The entirety of your film, like Searching, must take place via technology. The film must only show characters via video screens, either via webcam video screens, or via a Facebook Live video, for example, or show interaction that's happening via a computer screen. For example, it could be showing a mouse clicking on links on a Facebook account, or Googling something, or looking at or posting Instagram posts, or messaging back and forth via a messaging app, etc. to convey the information.
3. A particular representation of the use of technology should be very clear, e.g. technology is invading our lives, technology is a useful tool, the excessive reliance on technology is dangerous, technology makes our lives better/easier/safer, etc.
4. You should choose a specific genre that your film is going to be. It should be very clear from viewing your film, what that genre is. You must use tropes, codes and conventions that are specific to the genre of film you have chosen. If you're looking for ideas of tropes that are specific to the genre you have chosen, the website TV Tropes is a good place to start.5. Your film must include at least two each of the following shots and angles: close-up, mid-shot, over the shoulder shot, wideshot, extreme close-up, extreme long shot, big close-up, dolly shot, pan shot, tilt shot, bird's-eye view shot, low angle, high angle, dutch angle.
6. You will need to utilise effective film-making techniques such as the use of camera, lighting, sound, editing, costume, etc. in order to effectively convey different genres and each of the representations. Colour filters and editing techniques will be taught to you as a class, using Final Cut Pro, once you've completed filming. (NOTE: every group member will be required to do an edit of their group's film. You will all be using the same footage obviously, but you will need to individually edit and submit your own finished version of the film).
Your group should plan out your film, deciding on the storyline, dialogue (if any), genre and write a brief shot list of how you're going to film each of the shots and sequences. You can use this shotlist template to create your shotlist: Download shotlist template
7. You must include ALL of the Advanced Film Techniques from the Advanced Film Techniques PPT.
8. You CAN NOT use copyrighted music. All music must be royalty free.
9. There CAN NOT be any swearing or inappropriate content in the film.
10. Every group member must do their own edit of the finished film. You'll be using the same footage obviously, but every single group member will edit their own full version of the finished product. I'll be demonstrating how to edit using Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro in class in a couple of weeks, so it doesn't matter if you've never edited before.
MOTION ARRAY TEMPLATES:
You may wish to use some of these templates to add authenticity to your product:
Google Search
Text Messages including Voice Recordings and Google Maps
Facetime Calls
Video calling Apps
Text Message Kit and Instagram Posts
Facebook Posts and Elements
Text Messages, Facebook Posts, Instagram Posts and YouTube Videos
Text Messages with Voice Recordings
Story and Shotlist Due Date: Friday 12th February (Week 2)
Filming Completed with all footage backed up to OneDrive: Thursday, 25th February (Week 4)
Finished Film Due Date: Friday, 5th March (Week 5)
2. Mockumentary
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You are to create an animated advertisement using Adobe Animate CC (or Adobe Flash if you have an older version) that is exactly 30 seconds in length.
The catch is, the product you are going to be advertising doesn’t exist yet. Download the Full Task Booklet Download the Commercial Conventions PowerPoint Download the Mac version of Celtx (script writing app) Download the PC version of Celtx (script writing app) Due Dates: The Pitch - Thursday February 27th (Week 5, Term 1) Script and Storyboards - Friday, 6th March (Week 6, Term 1) Completed Animation - Friday, 27th March (Week 9, Term 1) |
NOTE: Remember, the finished product will be greatly enhanced by the quality of your artwork. If you're not the best artist in the world, you CAN improve by completing multiple drawing tutorials. Anything you can possibly think of you might want to draw, you will find a tutorial for on YouTube, just by searching for, "draw a <object name> tutorial". I've put some below that might help you get started. If your artwork doesn't look as good as you'd like the first time you try it, don't quit, just try again. You WILL get better.
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3. The Pitch
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4 To “recut” a film from one genre to represent it as being from a completely different genre by producing:
Download The Full Task Outline Planning Due Date: Monday, 30th March (Week 10, Term1) Final Film Due Date: Friday, 24th April (Week 1, Term 2) |
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