BFI Trip - Resources

The below link is to Pete's Media Blog. He has kindly shared the resources he used during the event, including the clips and presentations. Use it to assist you with your write up of the trip (weekly blog 5).

1. What did you learn from it?
2. How will this affect your research and planning and production?

BFI Trip

What are you favourite film openings?

One person's take. What do you think? It would be interesting for you to do a blog post like this...

15 Amazing Opening Titles Sequences

Opening Credits

Make sure you watch it from 0.34 as the first one is for a short film and you are making a feature film!

Opening Credits - Sample

Create a mock up of your credits. This will go alongside the billing order task. You can  have any image in the background (relate it to the atmosphere of your film if you can). Make up the names, but make them suitable for a film. Your names will be for the main roles, i.e. director, producer, editor.

Here is a guide to the opening credits - guide. Remember, you are being marked on your ability to follow the codes and conventions of a film opening, which the opening credits are a big part of. 

AS Institution Research

Distribution

Skim read over this page to find out what a distributor is: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/distribution

Look through the list of UK distributors and see which one is most likely to distribute your film. This will take a bit more research as you will want to explain why that would be the best company to market your film. Link it to existing films that may be similar to yours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/links-exhibition-and-distribution-features

Film Classification

Carry out research into the BBFC. Who are they? What do they do? How are films classified? They have an education section on their website. What classification is your film likely to be and why?

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources

AS Target Audience Profile & Production Schedule

Target Audience

AS Trip Update

Well done to all those who remembered to give their trip money. Waiting on four more. I can't book until you have all paid. First day back from half term please! Any issues or concerns, please e-mail me.

AS Half Term HW

All the work needs to be done prior to the start of your first lesson back. There will be phone calls home for groups who do not manage to do this. It is really important that we get a good start when you return to school. All the tasks on the link should also be visible on your group/individual blogs: BLOGS

Tasks

Group

•Synopsis for chosen pitch
•Script (following conventions)
•Institution – which one is likely to distribute your film? Explain.
•Ratings – who regulates film? What will your rating be? Explain.
•Target audience research – what are their expectations from your genre? Conduct via social network?

Individual
•Weekly log 2

Suggestions

•Divide the tasks equally between yourselves. Remember, you get an individual mark at the end so do not shy away from doing work or let others take over!
•Make sure you have the phone numbers for your whole group to stay in touch
•Perhaps set up a WhatsApp/Facebook group to communicate?