The Pages

• 9 Pages + 1 List of Sources
• Creative Intention should be clearly identified
• No names!
• The work should be created using a common page size (A4) and be typed in a legible sans serif 12-point font.
• Images should have captions.

The list of sources should include the following disclaimer:

“All sound, including Foley, music scores and effects were recorded by myself or other members of the production team I was working within. No copyrighted music or sound effects were used in my portfolio reel.”

If you were not the sound designer for the horror sequence, you must also explain within the action or reflection pages that the sound was recorded and edited by another member of your group.

The Reel

• Put your best work last (The Horror Short)
  • Show development & improvement.
• You must use black slates to introduce the task(s) in that role and how long each clip runs. For example:

• You should use black slates between tasks.
• There should be no found sound in your reel.
• The reel must be a maximum of 500mb in size

Horror Pages Draft 1

Some ideas for how you should develop your horror portfolio pages.

Images for your page

You can access the photos from our horror shoot below.

PHOTOS

Feel free to use them in the action section of your Portfolio Pages.

Storyboard – Use this document to visualise each shot. How are you going to frame each shot and how do you see your edit developing (match on action, eye line match, shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule, reaction shots, close ups on key objects…) Here is a document which explains the function and design of a storyboard.

An alternative to the very formal storyboard, which can be inflexible. Is to create a postit note storyboard. Each postit note is a shot, which contains your shoot planning ideas. You should mount these in order on a large (A2) piece of paper. This method allows you to make changes to your storyboard.

Here is an example for a student horror film:

Is a storyboard artist a screenwriter?

Action

Shot List – Use this to plan out your filming. Use it later to organise your shoot so that you film your film in a practical order.

Sound spotting list – Use this document to list the sounds that you would like to record on location. This should include (ambient, footsteps, dialogue, key props…)

Production Meeting Agenda – Use this document as a discussion and organisational document. Who is going to bring which props and costumes. Also, who will film what and when.

Please complete this document with requests for mise-en-scene that you are not able to provide as a group. Adding requests to this does not guarantee that you will get the item of costume or prop, so you must also have a discussion with Mr Gregson.

Group 1:

Sam: Director, Sound Recorder, Sound Mixer & Composer

Tyler: Director, Cinematographer & Vision Editor

Group 2:

Liliana: Director, Cinematographer, Sound Mixer & Composer

Georgia: Director, Sound Recorder, Vision Editor

Group 3:

Harry: Director, Cinematographer, Sound Mixer & Composer

Molly: Director, Sound Recorder, Vision Editor

Group 4:

Levi: Director, Sound Recorder, Sound Mixer & Composer

Luke: Director, Cinematographer, Vision Editor

Let’s judge some films made by last year’s students and rank them in terms of how well they have created meaning through the three main production roles:

1. Cinematography
2. Editing
3. Sound Design

Sequence 1

Sequence 2

Sequence 3

TASK

You will be given one role to assess and should watch all three videos and put them in rank order in terms of how well you think the students last year fulfilled their production role and used specific techniques to create meaning.

Meet with your peers who also focused on that production role and agree a ranking. Be prepared to justify your decisions with reference to specific examples from the three shorts.

An Example

Another One

Another Great One

Task

Find some examples yourself…

Production Schedule

Please view the production schedule here