Final Piece (dun...dun...DUUUUH)

So Mr Earl briefed us today on what we will be doing for the rest of the AS Media course: our final pieces. I have been so excited to find out what we're going to be doing and the time scale for everything and we found out all the information today. We have to create a 2-3 minute opening title scene of a movie, genre is up to us, and we have to make it look as slick, realistic and as bloody good as possible! We have around 5 months from today until the final final point and we have A LOT to do during that space of time. Firstly we have to plan and research; that involves choosing a genre, researching films for that genre, researching distributors and producing companies that would present the film - like Universal -, researching the general order of titles for that genre, research who would be appropriate to credit for that genre and more! 

Once we've chosen our genre and done loads of research into it, the planning process begins! This involves writing a script, storyboarding, mind-mapping, finding locations, booking places, finding and booking actors, book transport to said places for said actors, getting casting schedules ready, alongside call day sheets, shot logging sheets, special effects requirements and a props and costumes list....PHEW! It's a lot of work but it's really exciting to think about! After we've planned, we have a massive 3 week shooting window in which we must book our cameras and tripods and start filming our pieces. They must be shot professionally with a wide variety of shots, so no faffing about! After that, the long arduous editing process begins, as rough cuts get rolled out and watched and redone and recut until finally you have your final edit done and dusted. 

    I'm very excited to get started as I already have a lot of ideas floating around who I want, what I want, where I want it, how I'm going to get it and why I need it! I'm in a drama group too which helps with costumes, props and actors. I'm also very excited to do the evaluation using a variety of media, my aim is to do at least one blog every day, one video blog every week recapping what has been done (as well as 'in the moment' little vlogs!) and for my evaluation I'm planning on doing a lot of 'Making Of' and director's commentary style videos as well as a full written evaluation.  

Let's get started! :D