Video 1B

Final Project –Genre Example

Concept: 15 Points (Group Score)

Script: 25 points (Group Score)

Shot List 20 (Group Score)

Storyboards 20 (Group Score)

Video production and edit: 100 Points (Individual Score)

Length: 3 to 5 minutes

 

OBJECTIVE: To create a short story suitable for the advocacy broadcast. 

 

In this final project you will use all of the skills you have developed in this course to produce an original work.  The final project must runs between three and five minutes.  The story has to fit into a genre: comedy, drama, horror or martial arts.  All three members of the group you form must work together to brainstorm a story and then write the script.  One person of the group should serve as the typist. Then select a different person to type the shot list.  This is a group project Storyboards are done as a group. You should draw storyboards for a sequence where you think they will help. ONLY one sheet front and back (10 drawings) are required.  

 

IMPORTANT OPTION:  If you have access to a video camera (mini DV, SD card, DVD, mini DVD, VHS), you may do this as an individual project, where you write, direct and cast your own friends and family.  However, you need to make yourself available to assist your group if they need help on their project. 

 

GUIDELINES

If you can obtain a video camera, see if your group can shoot this project outside of school.  These projects always seem to turn out better. 

 

Actors must play within the age range that they actually look like.  (A 16 year old cannot play the role of a 35 year old police detective.) 

 

Use real locations.  The locations you use must really look like the locations needed for your story. If you shoot at school, then you need a story that is set on a campus. 

 

You must select a genre.  This is a film type based on subject matter, theme or tone. Film genres include action, drama, comedy, horror, noir, musical, mystery, western, thriller, or science fiction. Many genres then have sub-genres, such as dark comedy, teen comedy, romantic drama, historical drama, sci-fi thriller, or sci-fi horror.  The finished project should not feel like a skit.  Do not pretend that a location matches a place it does not resemble.  For this assignment, consider the following:

 

Comedy: a comedy can involve funny situations, conversation or physical movements to create a humorous story. 

 

Action:  A story driven by exciting action.  This is like The Chase, but with a more fully developed story.

 

Drama: a drama can involve some conflict.  It can feature an interpersonal conflict (such a betrayal, or tension between former friends. 

 

Horror/Suspense:  a work of horror can involve a sequence that creates anxiety. (Note: violence cannot be explicitly shown. This includes the depiction of blood or gore) You can create something creepy or suspenseful without any gore.    See these Video 1 student examples The Tunnel Has Eyes and The Legend of The Lurker.

 

Martial Arts/Comedy: Note that any physical contact must be gentle and there can be no contact of any blows.  Any moves must be slowly rehearsed to prevent the possibility of any injury. See this example and this one done by a Video 1 student. 

 

Use appropriate music either from Garageband or from the Royalty Free Music folder on the server.

 

GRADING CRITERIA

 

CONCEPT (15 Points possible – Group score)

  1. Three paragraphs discussing what will happen in the beginning, middle, and end.
  2. List the genre you selected. 
  3. The role each group member is playing. (Director or actor.) 
  4. List of any props you will need. 
  5. List the location(s) where you will shoot it.
  6. Save the concept with the names of all group members in the file name and FPC (example: smith_chan_gomez_fpc.doc).  If a member is absent, do not include their name, they will need to do this as an individual assignment. The typist will turn this in on School Loop under the proper assignment link

 

 

SCRIPT (25 points possible – Group score)

1.      The story is creative and entertaining. 

2.      Page length is 3.5 to 6 pages long.

  1. The story is primarily visual, with a lot of visual description.
  2. Story follows an arc with a beginning, middle, and end.
  3. Script is in typed in the proper format with the names of all of the three co-writers placed at the top. 
  4. The script should follow standard script format and typed in Celtx. The file should have the names of all three contributors along with FPS (Final Project Script) (example: smith_chan_gomez_fps.celtx.  One member from each team will turn in the script on School Loop under the proper assignment link. If one member is absent for the writing of the script, do not include their name, they will need to do this as an individual assignment. 

 

SHOTLIST (20 points possible – Group score)

1. Select one typist for your group.  This person will download to their desktop the Shot List Form (click here)

  1. The typist will change the document name to all list all three last names of the members of the group.  Example: Smith_Chan_Sanchez_shotlist.doc. 
  2. The group will then work together to discuss each required shot.  Students observed not participating fully in this collaborative effort will receive reduced points.  
  3. All members of the group are responsible for the final project. 
  4. The typist will turn in the document on School Loop for the group. 

 

STORYBOARD (20 points possible – Group score)

1.            The group must work collaboratively, with all members discussing the shots needed.

2.            Each group member must alternate drawing the storyboards.  The initials of the artist should be places below the bottom right corner of each cell drawn. 

3.            MUST HAVE A MINIMUN OF 10 ILLUSTRATED SHOTS (one page front and back).

4.            The drawings reflect good composition, following the rule of thirds.

5.            The drawings appropriately fill the screen and are not stick figures.

6.            The drawings have appropriate eye room and headroom. 

7.            All members of the group must collaborate and discuss each cell.  Your group will lose points if this is not observed. 

8.            The drawing should be neat in appearance. 

9.            Printing of video and audio directions should be neat.

 

 

  VIDEO (100 points total – Individual score)

  1. Entertainment Value (30% of total)
    1. Quality of overall production

 

  1. Performance (30% of total): 

You are graded on your performance as a director or an actor.  The director/camera operator is responsible for the following:

    1. Director/Camera Operator

                                                              i.      Camera composition (follows rule-of-thirds, proper headroom, proper framing).

                                                            ii.      Camera technique (color balance is correct; tripod is set properly.

                                                          iii.      Direction (shots have motion that will match when cut to; actors directed to give appropriate performance; retake scenes if needed).

                                                          iv.      Coverage (shooting enough footage to edit, including a variety of shots (CU, MS, OTS, LS, etc.)

                                                            v.      Creativity in shot selection.

    1. Actor

                                                              i.      Delivery of lines (phrasing appears natural; volume appropriate).

                                                            ii.      Affect (emotional response is appropriate to the character and the situation).

 

 

  1. Editing (30% of total)
    1. Demonstrate competent use of editing software.

                                                              i.      Effective selection of available takes.

                                                            ii.      Appropriate use of cuts and/or transitions.

                                                          iii.      Appropriate use of sound effects if needed for story

                                                          iv.      Music at start and end of video (over credits). At a minimum. 

                                                            v.      Pacing moves the story along without sacrificing clarity.

                                                          vi.      The title of the production (you make this up) appears sometime during the beginning of the film.

                                                        vii.      Credits at the end list the following:

Directed by _________

Starring ________  ________

Edited by __________

 

  1. Professionalism (10% of total) 
    1. Professional attitude.

                                                              i.      Works well with others.

                                                            ii.      Follows classroom and school rules.

    1. Assignment completed in a timely manner.

                                                              i.      Assignment delivered in proper format and properly labeled.