Moving Image Education

Activity Template:

Getting started filming 2 - We have a story, what now?

Planning the shoot – pre-production

MIE Level: Beginners/Intermediate/ Advanced

Curriculum Level 2/3

Key Learning:

• Teamwork, team roles and hierarchies
• Roles in the creation of moving image texts
• Interpreting a script or brief; how a moving image story evolves from a written document
• Practical production planning, logistics & budgeting
• Creative visualisation and imagination
• Effective communication of ideas and requirements
• Technical planning

Curriculum Area(s): English, Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Religious and Moral Education, Art and Design

Curriculum Outcome(s)

Resources Required: writing materials; internet access

Activity for groups or individuals

Who will do what?

• Director – what does a director do?
• Actors – carry out a casting session
• Camera team
• Sound team
• Producer (budget & logistics planning) Makes ultimate decisions about crew and cast.

What do you need to make your project?

Basic Equipment – LINK to site guidance, checklist

In Drama, Adverts, Art & Music Videos you can have have:

Art Department/Designers:

Backgrounds, sets, props – what is it going to look like?

Where will you make it. Do you need a Locations team?

Costume

What will people wear?

Design how it will look. List what is needed. Do you need more than one of the same thing? When is it set? Is it realistic or fantasy?

Make Up & Hair

These jobs are essential to get the look to tell the story. How could make-up help to tell a story?

Music Video – Playback equipment and operator

Choreographer – are you planning a dance?

Documentary – Research & Planning

Find out about your subject, ask people if they will agree to be in it. Get permission to do what is needed, where you need to do it.

News Report –

Who will do what? How will you cover it? Research it – learn about your story. Or you could do a fake report – this would be drama!

Sports Report – Plan to cover live action.

Who will be the reporter. Who will write what they say or will they improvise?

Animation - Plan what method

Imaginative Art/Abstract – What do you need.

Take time to experiment to find ways to make your ideas work.

Even if it is observational documentary you will need to keep these questions in mind as you make it.

The beginning – what is going on in the story at the start – introduce characters and the world they live in. The middle – something happens to make it interesting and for us to want to know what happens – maybe there is a mystery, a problem, a challenge or a goal. The end – how does the story sort itself out?

How many people are in it? Describe the main characters real or imagined. How would you make it – live video or animation?

Does it still suit the style you chose? Maybe it is better suited to one of the other styles or media – you can change this now.