Task 01:
Jobs roles within the commissioning process.
"Commissioning is the department that decides which films are made. They approach independent production companies and invite them to come up with ideas for films. Writers go to the commissioners; pitch their idea, and then it is down to the commissioner to decide whether or not he project is invested in.’’
Part A – Commissioning
• Editorial Assistant - The editorial assistants job is to ensure that the commissioning editors and editors are given the help they need. They act as a link between the commissioning department, the programme manager and the legal team. It is important that they communicate well and are well organized, as they will often start processes that need to happen in the commissioning process by booking meetings and stuff.
• Editorial Administrator - The editorial administrator acts as personal assistant to the head of commissioning. Their main job is to make sure the commissioning department runs nicely. They also deal with other departments to organize meetings. They also check that the legal department are happy with programmes and that the press and publicity team are aware of the goings on.
• Researcher - Researchers have many different roles within the commissioning process. They may be asked to research information about the topic the project is covering, finding appropriate interviewees, researching locations for filming, visiting the location to take photos for the director or taking part in script meetings. It is sometimes the researcher's job to obtain filming permissions and consent forms too. Researchers often work on a production from beginning to end, but sometimes they are also brought in at different stages in the process.
• Producer - Producers are vital within film production and have the task of holding a project together to create the desired end result. They differ from directors as they can only have a certain amount of input within projects. Producers sometimes come up with the initial ideas for a film and then get a team to develop the idea and make it into a reality. Occasionally, producers have to raise the money to make the project, so they have to be very good at convincing people their idea is worth investing in.
• Executive Producer - An executive producer is one of the most important positions in the media industry. Their job is to give feedback and constructive criticism to the director and producer to improve the quality of the project. Once a project has been commissioned, executive producers review the story line and the narrative. They also check that the during the editing stage, the commissioner’s specifications are met. Executive producers are also called in to advise on any serious problems that arise during production.
• Commissioner - The commissioner is in charge of which films get made. They do this by selecting the best ideas submitted by companies to them. The commissioner may already have an idea of what kind of film they are looking for but other times they may just take an interest in whatever turns up. Once a commissioner has selected an idea that they like for a film, a contract is issued between the production company and the film company. After this, the film then goes into production.
Part A - Commissioning Bodies
• Corporation - A corporation, such as the BBC, commission programmes to be aired
http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/
•Independent Productions Company - An independent productions company, such as Aardman, create select films and television programmes independently.
http://www.creativeskillset.org/animation/careers/article_1928_1.asp
• Independent Directors/Producers - Independent directors and producers will run their own productions merely due to the fact that they have the resources to do so without help from an outside company
Part A – The Role of a Writer
• Pre-production Planning - During this stage of production, the writer will consider what needs to be accomplished throughout production before any of it has even begun.
• Script Editing - During the process of script editing, the production company will edit the script to their preference with the permission of the writer to fit the target audience, airtime and tastes of the company.
• Director/Producer Involvement - During this stage of production, the writer will ask the director and producer for their advice and opinions on the script.
• Shooting Script Production - During shooting script production, the production company will plan all the different shooting techniques that will be used during the filming process. This includes camera angles, movements and positions.
• Page Lock-down - During this stage of production, the production company will make a final decision as to what they will produce and what they won’t. It’s the final plan of the project.
Part B – Working As a Writer
• Agent Representation - This is when a writer hires somebody to represent them on occasions such as press meets and conferences to make the correct decisions for them.
• Royalty Payments - These are what the writer has to pay to bigger companies so as to get their work approved for production.
Part C - Legal and Ethical Considerations
• Copyright - A production must never copy or use the material from another production without their permission so as not to breach the terms and conditions of copyright. If the laws of copyright are broken, legal action can be taken against the production company.
• Bias - This is when a programme only expresses the views and opinions of one party and not the opposite. This makes the programme prejudiced and therefore may become unethical.
• Censorship - This is when bad aspects of programmes such as sex, drug abuse, violence, swearing and discrimination are taken out of a programme so it is ok for a younger audience to watch and/or can be shown before watershed.
• Watersheds - After the watershed, programmes which feature sex; violence, drug abuse, swearing and discrimination are allowed to be aired on television. This is normally around some time in the late evening around 9 o’clock.
• Libel - This is when a programme mocks another person or thing without its permission. If the others take offense to what is being said or done in the programme, they can take legal action against them.
"Commissioning is the department that decides which films are made. They approach independent production companies and invite them to come up with ideas for films. Writers go to the commissioners; pitch their idea, and then it is down to the commissioner to decide whether or not he project is invested in.’’
Part A – Commissioning
• Editorial Assistant - The editorial assistants job is to ensure that the commissioning editors and editors are given the help they need. They act as a link between the commissioning department, the programme manager and the legal team. It is important that they communicate well and are well organized, as they will often start processes that need to happen in the commissioning process by booking meetings and stuff.
• Editorial Administrator - The editorial administrator acts as personal assistant to the head of commissioning. Their main job is to make sure the commissioning department runs nicely. They also deal with other departments to organize meetings. They also check that the legal department are happy with programmes and that the press and publicity team are aware of the goings on.
• Researcher - Researchers have many different roles within the commissioning process. They may be asked to research information about the topic the project is covering, finding appropriate interviewees, researching locations for filming, visiting the location to take photos for the director or taking part in script meetings. It is sometimes the researcher's job to obtain filming permissions and consent forms too. Researchers often work on a production from beginning to end, but sometimes they are also brought in at different stages in the process.
• Producer - Producers are vital within film production and have the task of holding a project together to create the desired end result. They differ from directors as they can only have a certain amount of input within projects. Producers sometimes come up with the initial ideas for a film and then get a team to develop the idea and make it into a reality. Occasionally, producers have to raise the money to make the project, so they have to be very good at convincing people their idea is worth investing in.
• Executive Producer - An executive producer is one of the most important positions in the media industry. Their job is to give feedback and constructive criticism to the director and producer to improve the quality of the project. Once a project has been commissioned, executive producers review the story line and the narrative. They also check that the during the editing stage, the commissioner’s specifications are met. Executive producers are also called in to advise on any serious problems that arise during production.
• Commissioner - The commissioner is in charge of which films get made. They do this by selecting the best ideas submitted by companies to them. The commissioner may already have an idea of what kind of film they are looking for but other times they may just take an interest in whatever turns up. Once a commissioner has selected an idea that they like for a film, a contract is issued between the production company and the film company. After this, the film then goes into production.
Part A - Commissioning Bodies
• Corporation - A corporation, such as the BBC, commission programmes to be aired
http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/
•Independent Productions Company - An independent productions company, such as Aardman, create select films and television programmes independently.
http://www.creativeskillset.org/animation/careers/article_1928_1.asp
• Independent Directors/Producers - Independent directors and producers will run their own productions merely due to the fact that they have the resources to do so without help from an outside company
Part A – The Role of a Writer
• Pre-production Planning - During this stage of production, the writer will consider what needs to be accomplished throughout production before any of it has even begun.
• Script Editing - During the process of script editing, the production company will edit the script to their preference with the permission of the writer to fit the target audience, airtime and tastes of the company.
• Director/Producer Involvement - During this stage of production, the writer will ask the director and producer for their advice and opinions on the script.
• Shooting Script Production - During shooting script production, the production company will plan all the different shooting techniques that will be used during the filming process. This includes camera angles, movements and positions.
• Page Lock-down - During this stage of production, the production company will make a final decision as to what they will produce and what they won’t. It’s the final plan of the project.
Part B – Working As a Writer
• Agent Representation - This is when a writer hires somebody to represent them on occasions such as press meets and conferences to make the correct decisions for them.
• Royalty Payments - These are what the writer has to pay to bigger companies so as to get their work approved for production.
Part C - Legal and Ethical Considerations
• Copyright - A production must never copy or use the material from another production without their permission so as not to breach the terms and conditions of copyright. If the laws of copyright are broken, legal action can be taken against the production company.
• Bias - This is when a programme only expresses the views and opinions of one party and not the opposite. This makes the programme prejudiced and therefore may become unethical.
• Censorship - This is when bad aspects of programmes such as sex, drug abuse, violence, swearing and discrimination are taken out of a programme so it is ok for a younger audience to watch and/or can be shown before watershed.
• Watersheds - After the watershed, programmes which feature sex; violence, drug abuse, swearing and discrimination are allowed to be aired on television. This is normally around some time in the late evening around 9 o’clock.
• Libel - This is when a programme mocks another person or thing without its permission. If the others take offense to what is being said or done in the programme, they can take legal action against them.
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Task 02:
Drama Film Examples:
The Shawshank Redemption - A former banker convicted of murdering his wife develops a lifelong friendship with a fellow prisoner, and ultimately tries to defy the odds by keeping hope alive inside prison walls.
The Godfather - The aging patriarch of an organized crime circle must secure the future of his family’s empire by leaving it in the hands of his reluctant son.
The Shawshank Redemption - A former banker convicted of murdering his wife develops a lifelong friendship with a fellow prisoner, and ultimately tries to defy the odds by keeping hope alive inside prison walls.
The Godfather - The aging patriarch of an organized crime circle must secure the future of his family’s empire by leaving it in the hands of his reluctant son.
Task 03:
Script analysis:
The Walking Dead, Season one: episode one, “Pilot.”
The Walking Dead created by Frank Darabont, based on and influenced by the graphic novel created by Robert Kirkman. It is set in the present day and follows the life of Police Officer Rick Grimes as he leads a group of survivors in a world over run by zombies. The genre of the Tv show is obviously Horror, it also has a mix of drama, thriller, fantasy and apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. This meaning the show requires some intense and heart wrenching scenes.
According to google and/or Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror film) horror is a genre which seeks to gain a negative emotional response from it’s viewers by playing on the primal fears of human nature. Most scripts such as this (not this episode pacifically but others) feature scenes that are made to startle us as viewers. Most will also include macabre and super natural themes quite frequently.
Horror often deals with the viewer’s nightmares or worst fears. Plots within the genre of horror often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage most commonly of the supernatural origin into the everyday world. For example in this show the evil comes in the form of the Zombies/walkers who roam around aimlessly.
Other horror related creatures include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, Satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, zombies, cannibals and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the super natural are not always necessarily horrific.
To me horror is all about the atmosphere setting acting and music. Things like the lighting can make or break a scene. For example in the script of the walking dead I analysed we are beginning our journey along with rick we are only just started to establish weather or not he is good and what exactly is happening. The fact it starts in day time in broad day light is it gives a false sense of security we feel as though everything is happy and as it should be then after a few more scenes we are thrown into this horrible world and it is very hard to see a good out come, we are led into feeling sorry for him as it begins to seem he has lost everything and is most likely about to die.
It calls out on our nature as human beings, we begin to question it and it brings out the negotiated viewer in us all, we put ourselves in there place and begin to say what we’d do if we were in the same position.
To the script lab (http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/drama\) the drama genre relies on emotional and relational development of realistic character, which we can connect to on a emotional level. Most of the time the genre heavily relies on it. Dramatic themes also play a large part in the plot too. Whether heroes are facing conflict from some kind of opposing force, sometimes even themselves the drama genre aims to portray an honest story of human struggles.
The Walking Dead created by Frank Darabont, based on and influenced by the graphic novel created by Robert Kirkman. It is set in the present day and follows the life of Police Officer Rick Grimes as he leads a group of survivors in a world over run by zombies. The genre of the Tv show is obviously Horror, it also has a mix of drama, thriller, fantasy and apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. This meaning the show requires some intense and heart wrenching scenes.
According to google and/or Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror film) horror is a genre which seeks to gain a negative emotional response from it’s viewers by playing on the primal fears of human nature. Most scripts such as this (not this episode pacifically but others) feature scenes that are made to startle us as viewers. Most will also include macabre and super natural themes quite frequently.
Horror often deals with the viewer’s nightmares or worst fears. Plots within the genre of horror often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage most commonly of the supernatural origin into the everyday world. For example in this show the evil comes in the form of the Zombies/walkers who roam around aimlessly.
Other horror related creatures include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, Satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, zombies, cannibals and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the super natural are not always necessarily horrific.
To me horror is all about the atmosphere setting acting and music. Things like the lighting can make or break a scene. For example in the script of the walking dead I analysed we are beginning our journey along with rick we are only just started to establish weather or not he is good and what exactly is happening. The fact it starts in day time in broad day light is it gives a false sense of security we feel as though everything is happy and as it should be then after a few more scenes we are thrown into this horrible world and it is very hard to see a good out come, we are led into feeling sorry for him as it begins to seem he has lost everything and is most likely about to die.
It calls out on our nature as human beings, we begin to question it and it brings out the negotiated viewer in us all, we put ourselves in there place and begin to say what we’d do if we were in the same position.
To the script lab (http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/drama\) the drama genre relies on emotional and relational development of realistic character, which we can connect to on a emotional level. Most of the time the genre heavily relies on it. Dramatic themes also play a large part in the plot too. Whether heroes are facing conflict from some kind of opposing force, sometimes even themselves the drama genre aims to portray an honest story of human struggles.
Task 04:
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HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/DAKOTAWINT
I like the 'montagey' / narrative style of these pieces i would quite like to recreate this in my own way with a cruel twist at the end, as apposed to a break up or a loss of connection perhaps life is the reason and old age kicks in and we see the man behind the voice at the very end and he is old and alone and reminiscing of his past and his wife. (though we wouldn't realise that until the very end) I like the use of background music also and would quite like to use that idea. In my idea would like it as if the old man was perhaps reading through old letters his wife whom has passed had written to him when they met. And the on screen visuals we see are his memories.
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*Eventually I decided that i would prefer it to be a husband david thinking about his wife and reminiscing over her, missing her and wishing she was back. I want it to be metaphorical and a learning curve for the audience i want it to show how we all end alone and it is truly inevitable.*
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These are some of the songs i have been considering for my work, i would like it if one of them (or a song similar to these) played in the background under the voice over to play with the emotions of the audience and add more feeling to it.
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Task 05:
MY ETERNAL - drafts and final edition:
Second draft:
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