LEARNING AGREEMENT

learning agreement

Name: Simon Hutchins

 

Course: (BA Hons)Digital Media Production            Level: 6

Unit: Extended Major Project

Reference number:

Credit points: 60

Study hours: 600

Tutor(s): Liam Birtles and Phil Beards

Synopsis of study

So continuing on from doing a short film on the last project I will make another short film. The last one was a silent so now I shall attempt to write a script for this next one. Which will be a big challenge and something I have no experience of but find it extremely exciting. I have learnt a lot from making my first short film and that will benefit me immensely for this upcoming project. In this project I will be making music to accompany the film composed on my sequencer. I realize to make the best use of the music I need not to over use it as that would diminish the affect of it. So I will be putting in a lot of work into what points of the film the music will accompany the images. My location will be using the countryside as a location so working outside will mean I’ll come across a few problems so I must be prepared. Also using dialogue for the first time means I need to work out how to record the dialogue to the highest quality. As this is will be one of the hardest parts to get right I will need to plan it carefully. On this project I will work with children as actors so at times it may be completely improvised and I may just have to do lots of rearranging to work out how the story will best fit together after I have captured my footage. I have decided to use children as the central characters because I would like to play on the element of their imagination and that will make the film more fun and likable for the viewer hopefully. In trying to get kids to say my lines may be difficult but I have experience in dealing with little ones. I have lots of younger siblings/relatives and like to think I’m good with children so I shan’t be phased or scared at the prospect.

I’m undecided on the tone of the film and feel sometimes I would like it to be emotional and sometimes just a bit of fun so for it to work out as one polished well fitted piece I will do lots of watching of films to get ideas on this topic.   I felt on the last project I managed my time very well which benefitted the project so I must do that again if I am to succeed in acquiring a piece of work I can be proud of. Most importantly I hope this project will turn out well so it will be a strong piece I can add to my portfolio. The short film will be around 10 and 12 minutes and like the last project I will also create the music for the project.

Aims

A1 To provide myself with the opportunities to exercise and enhance your knowledge and abilities in the development of a body of creative and technically competent work appropriate to your course aims and criteria at Level 6.

A2 To provide opportunities for me to learn from the increased complexity and rigour of creative production required for this unit.

A3 To encourage me to apply the advanced level of discipline and time-management which are required during the unit.

A4 To encourage me to work independently, albeit with supervision, in the development of your work, in a way which reflects contemporary professional practice. You are also encouraged to work effectively as a team member where this is demanded by your project or subject specialism.

Learning outcomes:

On completion of this unit I will be able to:
LO1 Demonstrate the ability to rigorously apply specialist knowledge, understanding and creativity in the production of your extended major project.

LO2 Demonstrate the ability to manage the complexity of practice demanded by the extended major project by managing your time and work efficiently.

LO3 Demonstrate ability in the coherent use of various representation techniques, documentation and presentations to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

LO4 Demonstrate my awareness of the ethical, social and cultural issues appropriate to the concept of a responsible professional practitioner, whether working independently or as part of a team

Assessment Requirements

Body of work to be identified through and in the negotiated Learning Agreement 100%

Assessment Criteria

Evidence of realisation through the application of technical knowledge and skills – Specialist knowledge and understanding are evident and applied in the work (LO1)

Evidence of understanding through critical evaluation and reflection – Informing the development and management of the project (LO2)

Evidence of realisation through presentation – The communication and presentation of ideas reflects best contemporary practice (LO3)

Evidence of knowledge of concepts, contexts, criticism and theory – The work demonstrates awareness of concepts relevant to the responsible professional practitioner (LO4)

References

Internet

Books

Magazines

DVDs

CDs

Action plan/time plan

Week starting-

10th January-Work out solid idea and start writing script.

17th- Go over script and get feedback about it.

24th- Research into how to build stories. Start experimenting.

31st-Fine tune script. Experimentation.

7th Feb-Storyboard. Experimentation.

14th-Find Actors, location and props.

21st- Visit location to brainstorm ideas. Visualize problems how to counter act them. Experimentation.

28th- Test shoot with actors see how they deal with script and plot.

7th March- Start shooting.

14th-Shoot, capture and edit test footage and real footage.

21st-Go back and do more shooting, more editing.

28th-More shooting depending on whether I have enough.

4th April-Get footage together to make story and reflect whether it is what I had hoped for.

11th-Get feedback on footage.

18th-Fine sound and editing. Try promote video on youtube, vimeo etc. to get some feedback.

26th-Critique