Production

Production related content for Media students

Submitting Assessment Task 1

Great to see some good work today on the scripted shoot and edit.  I’ve had a couple of questions about how to submit this, and so just thought I’d give more details in case the task sheet isn’t clear.
When you have finished your video, export it and upload a copy of the file to your own GF Google Drive Folder.  Then, click share and get the ‘view’ link to this, and paste that link into your reflection blog entry.  This way I’ll be able to see it, but it won’t be public to people outside of RMIT.  At the very least, I’ll be able to access it from your GF folder on Google Drive.
I hope that clarifies any questions, otherwise please let me know.

Choosing your concept

During Wednesday’s workshop in week 3 the CW students will present their 5 concepts to us.  A great deal of work will have gone into this process at their end, so I’m very excited to see what they will come up with.

As discussed in week 2, the way you will nominate which concept you want to work on (and, in turn, the group that you’ll work with) will be a ‘silent ballot’ type system.  Instructions are as follows.

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Sponsorship opportunity

Here’s a nice little opportunity passed on by Brian Morris from Media.  The Macedon Ranges Film Society is offering sponsorship for local filmmakers, or films that use the Macedon Ranges as a location within their work.  Check out the SPONSORSHIP DETAILS Doc below for more details.

But!  Please don’t let this dictate your idea.  If you have a great concept that requires a specific setting, then don’t change it to suit this opportunity.  It’s possible that it will be a very competitive application process, and could also be a long time before the funds are released, so you shouldn’t put all of your eggs into this basket.

I’ll leave the rest to you!

SPONSORSHIP DETAILS – Click to view

The writer’s brief

Link to the writer’s brief available HERE

Thank you to the CW crew for your feedback on the brief – some very useful points were raised about the role of writers, how the writer/director relationship will works, logistical concerns such as minimising multiple locations, creative concerns about limiting the amount of characters in each episode, and episode durations.  It was great to hear that the CWs understand these challenges, and were very receptive to our suggestions.

We concluded that most of these concerns can be addressed through development, but it’s great to be thinking about them from the start.  Some CWs also expressed an interest in acting in their own series’ as well, which the Ms were very receptive to.