AS Film Studies - Creative Project

Canon C100

FM 1 Section (b) Creative Project:

Aims & context, film sequence or short film and

reflective analysis (50 marks)

You are required to create a film sequence or a complete short film

that demonstrates how the micro features of film construct meaning. This

comprises three elements:

 (i) Aims and context

A clarification of the aims and context of the sequence or short film to be completed on the appropriate cover sheet.   This must be completed on the appropriate cover sheet, otherwise the Creative Project and accompanying Reflective Analysis cannot be adequately assessed.

(ii) Film Sequence or Short Film 

The film sequence may either be an extract from a longer film or a complete short film, with the emphasis on visual communication rather than on dialogue.  It may take one of the following forms:

• an extended step outline of 1000 words (representing 5-8 scenes)

• a photographed (digital or photo-chemical) storyboard of between 10 and 25 different shots (some of which may be repeated) plus up to 5 found shots (shots which would be difficult to photograph or where locations need to be established).   The 5 found shots must be acknowledged.

    

• a film sequence or short film of approximately 2 minutes and containing between 10 and 25 different shots (some of which may be repeated).  

(iii) Reflective analysis approximately 750 words or equivalent (10 marks)

 

The reflective analysis should select key micro features of the sequence and demonstrate how they make meaning(s) and aim to provoke response(s) in audiences.

The analysis can be presented:

• as a continuous piece of writing, with or without illustrative

material

• in a digital form such as a suitably edited blog or another web-

based format or

• as a focused DVD commentary.