A2 Task Brief

Task:

A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer together with:

• A film magazine front cover, featuring the film
• A poster for the film

Research and planning will be marked on the following elements:

• Research into similar products
• Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props
• Work on shot lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding
• Time management
• Care in the presentation of the research and planning
• Skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation
• Communication skills

For your practical element you will be marked on the following aspect:

Trailer:

• The ability to hold a shot steady
• Framing a shot appropriately
• Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
• Shooting material appropriate to the task set
• Selecting mise-en-scene
• Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer
• Using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately
• Using sound with images and editing appropriately

Print (Poster and magazine):

• Appropriate use of IT (In Design, Photoshop etc)
• Understanding of conventions of layout and page design
• Awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size
• Accurate use of language and register
• Appropriate integration of illustration and text
• Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate
• Shooting material appropriate to the task set
• Selecting mise en scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting
• Manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation