Reflection

Self and peer evaluation of planning process so far…

Use these categories to view the blogs of your classmates and evaluate their level so far:

Poor (1), basic (2), good (3) or excellent (4)?

• Research into similar products and a potential target audience
• Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props
• Shot lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding
• Level of care in the presentation of the research and planning
• Time management

Leave a post on their blog site with your feedback!

At the end of the lesson, reflect on your own performance so far – which level are you at? What do you need to focus on to improve over the next 2 weeks?

Your blogs MUST include:

• critical analysis of the work of Saul Bass
• evidence of research into similar media texts and analysis of their forms and conventions
• a logline for your film idea/concept and/or a mind-map exploring narrative/character
• development of ideas
• draft storyboards and plans
• a comprehensive set of posts outlining the processes in the development of your film and the decisions and revisions made
• your continuity/preliminary sequence
• your final title sequence

Your blogs SHOULD include:

• location shots
• casting shots
• a filmed practice with camera movement/cuts and sound
• second/third draft storyboards
• music choices discussion and analysis with audio extracts
• the first cut of your sequence with analysis
• detailed critique of the development process with reflective commentary on the decisions and revisions made.
• exploration of why opening title sequences are so important to the film industry
• photographs of the shoot – you in action!
• shooting schedule
• mini-evaluative postings showing reflective thought processes throughout the project
• evidence of audience profiling

Your blog COULD include:

• thorough audience research exploring the relationship between opening title sequences and spectator responses to film
• a detailed audience profile drawing upon demographic and psychographic profiling techniques
• audience responses to your finished film
• evidence into ‘Film Production’ processes undertaking a case study into a specific studio or film and tracking its production, distribution and marketing strategies.

Some more useful title sequence websites:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/about/

http://mmbase.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/

http://shadowplaystudio.com/smoking.html

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/19/30-unforgettable-movie-title-sequences/