This document outlines 9 steps for a video coursework project. Students must provide evidence on their blog each week of time management, digital technology skills, research into target audiences, and care in blog presentation and communication skills. The steps include setting up the blog, developing a pitch, planning shots and storyboards, organizing production elements, shooting the video, and editing a rough cut and final cut to post on the blog. Students must complete shooting by February 4th and post the final video by March 6th.

1. AS Video Coursework
Steps…Show evidence of this on your blog Evidence of These ‘Areas’ Must be shown Every Week on your Blog
Step One: Blog set-up (layout, widgets, catergories, ect). Due January -Evidence of time management—dairy, journal, time line, group spread
sheet, personal spread sheet, ect..
Step 2: Take Stock of Task and Materials (what’s the task?, what’s the -Evidence of skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation—think
assessment?, what’s the timeframe? what’s the equipment?) What are you limits? about how you post your blog materials—images, screen shots of
What skills do you have? Due January editing, Scribd, Prezi, podcast, Flicker, videos, voice overs, vlogs and more.
Step 3: Research into similar products—Influences, videos with similar techniques -Research into target audience/audience feedback—obtain feedback on all
(mes, editing, camera work, sound), ect., what do film openings actually look relevant tasks. Reflect on what was learned and HOW it relates to your
like?, what does other student work look like?, what do you need to know about coursework. Ask open ended questions. Use different methods to get feedback
titles?, how are you going to do something that stands out? Genre research? (focus group, questionnaire, ect.)
Conventions of the genre. Due January
Step 4: Idea development and Pitch—what type of fiction opening do you want to -Show care in the presentation of the research and planning of your work (our
make, possible scenarios for pitches/treatments, write a 25 word pitch, make a blog)—organise blogs entries, tagging, categorising.
moodboard, get feedback, have realistic expectations- keep it simple, know the
film but make the opening Due January 23
Step 5: Planning--Work on shot lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding— -Show excellence in your communication skills (edited blog entries, blog entries
animatic, post it notes, location layout, drafting of set, costume, make-up introduced, feedback is reflected on and evaluated on—what was learned and
how it applies to your production).
Step Six: Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props—get everything
organised, recee shots, risk assessment, rehearsals, practise shots, ect.
Step Seven: Shooting video. This will take A LOT of TIME.
People, places, props, costumes, rehearsing, use the equipment, jobs on the
day, keeping a record of the process. Shooting must be completed by February 4
Step Eight: Edit Rough Cut of Video This will take triple the amount of time as the
shoot. Everyone has a part in it, collect screengrabs of the process, what about
audio, importance of titles, get peer feedback, get feedback from target audience
Post your rough cut on your blog
Due February 27
Step Nine: Edit Final Video and Post Video on Blog.
Due March 6