This assignment is a collection of different activities, including reflecting on in-class work, in-class exams, analysing an existing film, and developing some media work of the student’s own.
ASSIGNMENT 2
Submitting your Assignment
You must write an index post that contains hyperlinks to each post then past the URL of that post
into the ‘Website URL’ field in Submission Section
You must submit your assignment by the due date via the submission within the assessment.
Assignment 2 – 40% of your overall mark
1 Submission of Making 20% Reflection 20%
You will be marked to the WRITING & the SUBMISSION OF MAKING Rubrics below
Pick 2 of the exercises that we’ve done so far (that you haven’t included in Assessment 1) and write a post on each that includes:
- It doesn’t matter if the video is not highly polished. Perhaps if you’ve made different edits you could include the different versions
- Compress your edits using these instructions – Premiere – Compression and Export for Online found on the Film-TV Blog. Then upload it to your google drive and embed it in your blog using these instructions here (https://docs.google.com/a/rmit.edu.au/document/d/1UyqPUn094Zf3pmx6ArdbHYoyepXZELJ4N1buusp=sharing) – follow all instructions – especially aspect ratio. (This is worth 20% of your mark – therefore it must be done)
Reflection on each video (at least 300 words)
- Each clip should have a concise reflection that is constructive in nature.
- There should be some moment of discovery, an epiphany – If you didn’t have one that was naturally occurring, then you haven’t reflected enough.
- It’s fine for you to re-purpose the writing from the previous assessment but make sure you are progressing with it, building up from it
2 Deconstruction 20%
You find a scene (at least 400 words)
- Find a scene from a film and deconstruct it on the topics of sound, shot construction, camera movement, production design, performance and any other facets of the production you would like to discuss.
- It could be a scene you admire (beware: you might not admire it so much after deconstructing) or a scene you think is flawed, could be improved upon.
- I prefer the latter
- We understand you may not be strong in your analytical language, yet. You will be marked on your insights, your ability to look beyond the artifice
- Paste the hyperlink of the clip in your post or if you have a clip of the scene put it in google drive and paste the link in your post
3 Development of ideas 20% (no word limit)
This is a documentation of the development of your ideas – your individual ideas, prior to forming the groups then your work within the group.
- Present the development of your ideas in a few posts. Include any music, stills, videos, lists, sounds that have inspired or form part of your development.
- It is OK for this writing to be repetitive. That is the nature of it. You write, think about it, rewrite it, move on to the next piece.
- It has to include reflection. It must reveal your reflective practice.
- Your writing for the ideas presented in class is obviously included in this
4 Colour Grade 10%
Please interact with the tutorial here http://www.mediafactory.org.au/film-tv/post-production/
(http://www.mediafactory.org.au/film-tv/post-production/) – Colour Grading
- In a sequence called ‘colour’ of whatever project you’re working on, place clips that are indicative of a particular colour or lighting state.
- To the right of that clip you will have that same clip repeated 3 or more times with different colour grades on it. Hint – google – before and after colour grade.
- Take screenshots of each clip then upload to your blog the series of stills that show us ‘before and afters’ of your colour grading.
- Each with a description of what you did to the clip and why.
- Provide at least 3 clips with 3 grades on each and include the original.
- This is a learning exercise, not a qualitative one, don’t stress – it is the act of doing it and the reflection on that, that is important
- Also, if interested (Bonus Marks!) try Masking and tracking effects here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tmkIhL-8B6jj89ENbT0RYh8Uq4cAEamyQHCnA50MKoM/edit?usp=sharing)
5 In-class exams 10%
In order to reinforce your knowledge and see what is sticking, we will have a series of in-class exams to do this.