Friday, January 15, 2016

The genre film project

AWR 2O1                                                         5 marks

The following assignment is worth 5% of your final mark and out of 5 marks. The final product should be submitted for the Big Screen Student Film Festival
  • Students are to write, direct, shoot, edit and a genre film. 
  • The film must be scripted and conform to many of the conventions and tropes of their genre.
  • The film must have a title sequence that follows the conventions of the genre
  • The filmmaker(s) must use one tool that they previously have not
    • (Go Pro, Crane, Pico Dolly, After Effects...)

Students have two options for this project:
Group Size
Genre
Output
1
Film Noir, Coming of Age, Sci Fi
5 shots of 5 seconds each (plus title, credits, music/audio) Like this http://riverfilm.com/four4/shortlist.html
2-3
Film Noir, Coming of Age, Sci Fi
A film that has unity of Time and place
(plus title & credits)





DUE DATES
  1. Script approved by:                                                  Jan 20
  2. Rough cut due by:                                                     Feb 16
  3. Final cut (to be screened in class):                            Feb 22
  4. Festival Cut                                                               Mar 7
  5. BSSFF  festival at the Queensway:                            Apr 1




The following rubric will be used to holistically evaluate the product.


Level R
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Script
Follows themes and stories of genre tropes






Quality of story





Rough Cut
Preparedness





Final Cut
Sophistication






Entertainment value






Improvement from
Rough cut





Rules
Use of new tool





Inclusion of clear  genre conventions/icons





Production
Composition






Visual Aesthetic & Stylistic language of Genre






Mise En Scene






Title Sequence





Post Production
Editing pace






Editing look






Audio/Music appropriate to genre












TOTAL