G321 Foundation Portfolio in Media - Film

Tasks

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

Marking Grid
Level 1 0–23 marks - There is “possibly incomplete” and “minimal evidence”:
Level 2 24–35 marks - There is “basic level of ability”:
Level 3 36–47 marks - There is “proficiency”:
Level 4 48–60 marks - There is evidence of “excellence” in the creative use of most of
the following technical skills:
- holding a shot steady, where appropriate;
- framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
- using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
- shooting material appropriate to the task set;
- selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
- editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;
- using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;
- using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
- using titles appropriately.

G321 Foundation Portfolio in Media – Research and Planning Blog

Marking Grid
Level 1 0–7 marks - There is “limited”:
Level 2 8–11 marks - There is “basic”:
Level 3 12–15 marks - There is “proficient”:
Level 4 16–20 marks - There is “excellent”:
- research into similar products and a potential target audience.
- organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
- work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
- level of care in the presentation of the research and planning
- time management is excellent.

G321 Foundation Portfolio in Media – Evaluation Blog

Questions:
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
- How did you attract/address your audience?
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Marking Grid
Level 1 0–7 marks - There is “minimal”:
Level 2 8–11 marks - There is “basic”:
Level 3 12–15 marks - There is “proficient”:
Level 4 16–20 marks - There is “excellent”:
- understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.
- ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
- understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
- ability to communicate.
- skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

www.academicinfo.net/film.html Mike Madin's excellent portal site for film and media.
www.cinema-sites.com Portal site for film and media.
www.indiewire.com Portal for independent filmmakers.
www.imdb.com The Internet Movie Database.
www.filmworld.co.uk UK-based site for film lovers.
www.mrqe.com Movie Review Query Engine - launch site for film reviews.
www.filmreview.co.uk UK film review site.www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/Software.html Screenwriting software.