STORY OUTLINES and RESEARCH - Thursday 16th June

Some great pitches last week:

Moonlight Productions - eloquent and ambitious. The pitch was forceful and effective. However, is the idea workable in five minutes? Who will your subject(s) be? Will they agree to be filmed to talk about this problem? We may need a rethink here...

Skin Studio - you have clearly thought ahead with regards to access, contacts, and keeping it simple. It's an idea that can work. How to make your documentary interesting, rather than a barrage of facts about the institution? That's your task for today...

Toto Productions - The pitch I heard in class contained a strong  and workable idea. It's do-able with careful thought and planning. But where is the document?? You need to be more efficient and meet deadlines if you want to get your documentary completed within the time frame given...

TODAY:

• Pitches approved - story outline
• Pitches not approved - revise idea/choose another of your ideas, resubmit pitch to class

 How to produce your story outline

• Map out the flow of the story using drawings and/or text
• refer back to the pitch
• write a brief 100 word piece on the narrative you will tell
• brainstorm what ideas will be communicated where in the story's timeline (using storyboard template)
• identify major images/ideas to be shown using  (using storyboard template)
• Access storyboard template in the shared area -   college\IB Film Studies\DOCUMENTARY PROJECT\digital.storyboard_template.pdf

 PLEASE NOTE: the story outline is a guide which will help you to plan and research the "meat" of your project. Obviously, your outline may well change as you research and develop your project. But it is a necessary first step in communicating your vision of what your documentary will be.


 DEADLINE for finished storyboard/outline - FRIDAY 24th June

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