Lesson 1

Today was our first video production lesson. We started the lesson by going through the brief for this unit. Mrs. Mathews broke down the brief to assure everyone was clear about what was needed to be done during this unit. The brief had a new look and a more simple layout which made it even easier to break down and understand. After everyone was clear about the brief we as a class brainstormed our thoughts about ‘short film’. As a class we came up with many ideas based around the idea of short film. This task assured that everyone understood the basic principles and everyone was at the same level of knowledge before we moved on. Next we watched a few examples of short film. 

We watched ‘Horny’ which of the DVD – Tube tales. After we watched ‘Horny’ we discussed our thoughts on the film. The film itself was very controversial so there was mixed opinion from student to student. We also watched another short film titled ‘Bouncer’. Like ‘Horny’ we discussed what we liked and discussed camera techniques and editing techniques that were effective that helped progress or tell the story. Next task was discussing the similarities and differences between ‘short films’ and ‘long mainstream films’ and Mrs. Mathews went around the class to each student to share a difference or similarity there thought of. Next we looked at quotes from short film directors ‘Catherine Des Forges’ and ‘Gareth Evens’. For each quote we broke down what they meant and see how they could help us when planning for our short films.