Saturday, July 29, 2006
Project! Project!
My Christian Humanism IV classes will be having a major project. They are tasked to create a 20 minute short film on Virtue and Filipino values. I have asked each class to have four groups each (with a maximum of 10 members). The schedule deadlines are as follows
1st Quarter: Groupings, Staff: Producer, Director, Scriptwriter; Conceptualisation
2nd Quarter: Finance, Script, Pre-production Storyboard
3rd Quarter: Shooting, Trailer Production (1 minute max)
4th Quarter: Post Production & Movie Premiere Marketing
To aid the class in the movie making process, I suggest the following sites:
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1st Quarter: Groupings, Staff: Producer, Director, Scriptwriter; Conceptualisation
2nd Quarter: Finance, Script, Pre-production Storyboard
3rd Quarter: Shooting, Trailer Production (1 minute max)
4th Quarter: Post Production & Movie Premiere Marketing
To aid the class in the movie making process, I suggest the following sites:
- Wordplayer Screen Writing Website From the writer of the animated feature "Shrek" comes this fascinating web resource on writing for film. It's kinda difficult to navigate through the site, so you might want to go to the site map first. Many people are having difficulty accessing the site but their table of contents seems ok.
- Movie Making Manual Basic Basics (Wikibooks) A section from an online textbook that introduces the basic concepts in filmmaking. This e-book will help initiate the novice filmmaker into the meanings of the following stages in filmmaking: conceptualisation, pre-production, production, and post-production. The MMM e-book itself seems incomplete though.
- The EEJIT Complete Guide to Filmmaking Some tips on each stage of filmmaking. I recommend you take a look at the pre-production links, most especially the storyboarding section.
- Guerilla Filmmaking A step-by-step description of the filmmaking process.
- FilmUnderground's Introduction to Fiction Production I initally thought it was a useless site that merely advertised a CD ROM of Filmmaking. However after perusing the articles section, I found a good number of interesting online articles about filmmaking.
- The Independent Filmmaking Network British site on independent filmmaking. Again, quite a number of paid advertisements (watch out for those double underlines) but a good collection of articles. Don't forget the article on writing dialogue.
- Free Film School A website that seems to make money out of books that are advertised on the site. Sometimes the ads take more than half of the page! But, breathe slowly, for there are number of good articles that you can reach via the tabs.
- Filmhelp.com's Filmaking Primer Film site by indie filmmaker Greg Pak. The site is schizophrenically in transition and may also be accessed through Pakbuzz.com.
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gah!
somehow, i feel excited.
hurray for indie films or whatevertheirnameis!
haha!
somehow, i feel excited.
hurray for indie films or whatevertheirnameis!
haha!
# posted by 
: 11:12 am
: 11:12 am
as i said in class, i want you to choose your own groups as much as possible since teamwork is essential in filmmaking. i will only come in if it's really needed.
# posted by : 1:40 pm
: 1:40 pm
yup. many others too were having trouble accessing the site. (like myself) now it seems ok, thoug,
# posted by : 11:30 pm
: 11:30 pm
[07-30] Hi from Wordplay! If anyone has trouble accessing us, please follow the instructions on the special, private page you'll see and e-me. (It's tough to troubleshoot specifics when people don't tell me they're having a problem:) Also, the SPECIAL ALERTS link on our home page takes you to all site & snafu news. Thanks! -Annie
# posted by : 12:05 am
: 12:05 am
so how will the children's works be graded: on the basis of their production output? reflective message? which weighs more: design or content? have you spelled out the grading criteria? who gets the higher grade: the director? the actor? the xtras? the camera owner?
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