PORTFOLIO: PLANNING EVIDENCE

1. THE MORE INTERESTING, VISUAL AND CREATIVE YOUR EVIDENCE LOOKS THE BETTER.
 
2. QUALITY NOT QUANTITY IS WHAT MATTERS!
 
3. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS NOT ANSWERED HERE, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK CHRIS, MS BLACKBOROW OR MRS DYMIOTI - WE'RE HERE TO HELP! 
 
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS + ANSWERS ABOUT PLANNING
QUESTION: WHAT SORTS OF EVIDENCE WILL SCORE YOU PLANNING MARKS?
 Answer: Basically anything you did from the time you started coming up with ideas right through to the actual shoot itself. We need to be clear what the group did to ensure production would go smoothly, but we also need to be clear what you individually did to contribute to this process.

QUESTION: WHAT PLANNING EVIDENCE SHOULD BE ON MY INDIVIDUAL BLOG?
Answer: Individual early ideas, proposals, brainstorms - anything you prepared individually in the early days up to the point when the group decided to move forward with one idea. This is evidence of PLANNING, and of your early individual contribution. Further planning evidence for the individual blog could be:

• explanations of your personal contribution to planning
• your own thoughts, reflections and comments on the planning stage and the processes followed
• the roles taken on in the group and the group dynamics

QUESTION: WHAT PLANNING EVIDENCE SHOULD BE ON THE GROUP BLOG?
Once an idea was taken on by the group, and developed further (ie for the pitch), this is GROUP PLANNING, so anything completed from this point onwards goes on the GROUP BLOG. From this point on, work may have beeen completed by individuals on behalf of the group, or by 2/3 people in the group or by all members of the group - it depends how you delegated the relevant jobs. Whichever approach you took, it is still group planning, but how you label these posts will be vital in showing who took responsibility for the different jobs involved.

QUESTION: WHAT PLANNING EVIDENCE SHOULD A LEVEL 4 GROUP BLOG CONTAIN?

For level 4, we are are looking for a range of evidence that demonstrates:
a) that your group understood the importance of this stage in the film making process
b) that you planned, tested, organised and communicated thoroughly
c) that the planning you did was appropriate and relevant to the sequence you were intending to produce

Your mark will also depend on:
a) how thoughtful your approach to planning was
b) how independent your approach to planning was
c) how creative and sophisticated your planning was

So it is up to you what you include to demonstrate this. The one hard and fast rule that you must include for Level 4 is storyboards. As a guide though, Level 4 group blogs would usually demonstrate evidence of the the following,

• the final film proposal
• the final treatment for the opening sequence
• storyboards
• a script
• a shooting schedule/shot list
• a production schedule
• actor screen tests/ contracts
• notes from meetings and general group communication
• floor plan or top down plan, maps of the area, weather checks
• test footage shots and sequences - lighting and camera tests, location scouts, actors, props, costumes etc 

QUESTION: WHAT IF THINGS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE PROJECT?
All film projects change and develop as they move forward; this is as it should be. Make sure you have included proposals, scripts, storyboards etc that match the final sequence you created, but if you have old/prior versions of any of these, do not remove them, as they demonstrate great evidence of work-in-progress and the process the group went through. Make sure they are labelled as such though, so it is clear that they went through a re-drafting process ie 'script 1st draft', 'script final draft' etc

QUESTION: WHAT IF MY GROUP DIDN'T ACTUALLY PRODUCE SOMETHING ON THE LIST ABOVE?
Then quite simply you wouldn't submit it. Make sure you have updated your proposal, treatment, script and storyboard so they represent the finished sequence, then make a list of everything else you have as planning evidence, and as long as you have a range of evidence that demonstrates that you have planned, tested, organised and communicated, then that is it!

QUESTION: WHAT IF MY GROUP DID SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE LIST ABOVE?
This kind of evidence is especially important as it shows independence and originality of thought. Anything unique to your project should be included if it demonstrates good evidence of the pre-production processes your group followed, and shows how you achieved your goals

QUESTION: WHAT LABELS SHOULD WE USE FOR OUR PLANNING POSTS?
Only 2 types of labels are required. Firstly all posts that are being submitted as planning evidence must be labelled as 'PLANNING'. Secondly, they should also be labelled by the name of the contributor(s), using the individual names of anyone involved in that activity. If the whole group was involved, all the individual names should appear.