Weekly progress + Plan

 Weekly progress + Plan

Week	Start Date		Task		Blogpost Title	Content	Deadline
W1	30 September	Pre Production	Research	1	Brief
				2	Team
				3	Weekly Progress
				4	Preliminary Research	Broad genre research	W3
W2	7 October		Research	5	Research: Industry	Who makes music videos?	W3
W3	14 October		Research	6	Research: Genre	Codes and Conventions of your genre	W4
W4	21 October		Plan	7	Statement of Intent	Your initial proposal	W5
W5	28 October		Plan	8	Storyboard	Shot by shot plan	W7
				9	Script / Screenplay		W7
							W7
W6	4 November		Plan	10	Screen Test	Actor auditions	W7
				11	Classwork	How to: Camera, MeS, Sound, Edit	W7
							W7
W7	11 November		Plan	12	Location scout & Risk Assessment		W7
				14	Filming Schedule	Film over the break?	W7
							W7

Week 1: This week I did preliminary and industry research, as well as looking through and choosing a genre for our short film.

Week 2: Today I did research into my genre so I know what goes into making horror films and what is needed for my group to make our own. I listed things that are typically used and can be seen in other horror films.

Week 3: research was done this week so we could watch and learn about other movies and how they created them. We discovered the mise-en-scene features in it.

Week 4: we made a statement of intent, which included us splitting roles on what we have to do during this process, and what people were assigned to what tasks. 

Week 5: this week we started on our storyboards, our script, screenplay, and we had a unit assessment on media consolidation. The assessment was originally supposed to be completed online, but a student was found on chatgpt so we had to finish it on paper. Along with that, our notes were taken from us as a consequence. 

Week 6: this week we worked on our blogs and completed our screen tests. Our whole class had different lines from different genres to choose from, and we had to try our best in our auditions. Most students were very uncomfortable and shy in front of the camera, but some went all our and delivered the lines very well. It was a fun group task for all of us to participate in. 

Week 7: 

Reflection:

Week 1: This week we practiced filming and editing, we recreated a scene from a found footage horror film and tried to make it as identical as possible. We went around the school to film, then edited it together on CapCut.

Week 2: This week we practiced our editing skills and learnt about why editing is important and what effects it can create. We also learnt about four new theories; cultivation theory, desensitization theory, social learning theory and reception theory. We also learnt about being dominant, oppositional and negotiable about media that we see.