LibGuides: Film Production: Course Outline (BMSO1C144)

Course Contents

Film Story & Its Development
- Idea Generation and Brainstorming
- Developing the plot
- Dramatic Structure
- Characterization
- Symbolism & Irony
Adding Conflict to your story
Writing a story
Handling Film equipment
- Camera Equipment 4K Black Magic Camera with Professional Rig, Prime Lenses,(14mm, 24mm,35mm,85mm,)
- Lights Equipment: Different Lights, Gels, Spun Reflectors and Scrims.
- Professional sound equipment Microphone, Foam and Wind shield Audio recorder. How to balance a Fluid Head Tripod
- How to focus effectively using a Focus Chart
- How to get the best F Stop
- How to use the Zebra
- How to frame a shot beautifully
- How to pan and tilt
- When to use Prime Lenses and when to use Zoom Lens
- How to use the Boom Pole
- We get you to use all the Sound Equipment
- The Shotgun Microphone
- The Wind Sock
- The Foam Sock
- The Pistol Grip
- The Boom Pole
- Wireless Transmitters and Receivers
- Microphones
- XLR Inputs on the Camera and why they are so important
- Setting the right sound levels.
- How to record top class Professional Sound
- The Session ends with shooting a professional one minute scene from multiple camera angles and correctly recording Sound
The Lighting Session
- The Film Lights
- Gels
- Blacks
- Cutters
- Spun
- Scrim
- Reflectors
- How to three point light a film set.
Anesthetics
- Point of View
- Subtext, Genre, and Archetypes
- Time, Structure, and Plot
- Space, Stylized Environments, and Performances
- Form and Style
Preparing to Shoot – Preproduction
- Feasibility and Budgeting
- Production Plan
- Hiring the Crew
- Story boarding
- Casting
- Acting Improvisation Exercises
- Acting Exercises with a Text
- Exploring the Script
- Actor and Director Prepare a Scene
- Rehearsals and Planning Coverage
- Production Design/Costume Design
- The Preproduction Meeting and Deciding Equipment
Auditions with Actors
- Work on the Casting of Actors
- Set up the Lights and Camera and operate them
- Use the Lapel Microphone on the actors auditioning
- Every 10 minutes an actor is scheduled for the casting
- Course participants get to direct the actors in the casting
- Finalizing Locations for the Film Shoot
- All Final Production issues are addressed.
- How to Prepare a Schedule and a Call Sheet
- Working with Actors and how to Direct Actors

Course Contents

Roles for the Film Shoot that students will do:
- First AD
- DOP
- Focus Puller
- Clapper
- Sound Recordist
- Boom Swinger
- Gaffer
- Grips
- Continuity
Make up
Production
- Developing a Crew
- Mise-en-Scéne
- Producing a Shooting Script
- Before the Camera Rolls
- Roll Camera
- Location Sound
- Continuity
- Directing the Actors
- Directing the Crew
- Monitoring Progress
Shoot on Location: Day One
Review of the work done on location (Post-production room)
Shoot on Location: Day Two
Review of the work done on location (Post-production roo m)
Shoot on Location: Day Three
Review of the work done on location (Post-production room)
Shoot on Location: Day Four
Review of the work done on location (Post-production room) and prepare and edit your movie and to get some scenes actually edited
The Shoot on Location: Day Five
Review of the work done on location (pre-production room)and prepare and edit your movie and to get some scenes actually edited