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Continuity Exercise

The document provides guidance for students on directing and producing a short film continuity exercise as a team effort. It outlines the process, including conceptualization, story building, location scouting (recce), and required pre-production documents. Story building involves outlining, writing in a three-act structure, adding sequences and scenes, and reviewing. Recce involves visiting locations to assess suitability. Required pre-production documents include the idea, concept, story, screenplay, crew details, property list, and more. The submission for the continuity exercise assignment should include all pre-production documents and plans, as well as production materials like the shooting schedule, footage logs, and post-production information.

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Continuity Exercise

The document provides guidance for students on directing and producing a short film continuity exercise as a team effort. It outlines the process, including conceptualization, story building, location scouting (recce), and required pre-production documents. Story building involves outlining, writing in a three-act structure, adding sequences and scenes, and reviewing. Recce involves visiting locations to assess suitability. Required pre-production documents include the idea, concept, story, screenplay, crew details, property list, and more. The submission for the continuity exercise assignment should include all pre-production documents and plans, as well as production materials like the shooting schedule, footage logs, and post-production information.

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Sukriti Bajaj
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A Short Film Production

GETTING STARTED
Individually direct and produce Continuity
Exercise as a team effort
Getting Started

To prepare the students to Conceptualization


individually direct and
produce Continuity Exercise
as a team effort. Story Building

The objective of the exercise


is to make the student Recce
proficient in applying all the
rules of editing in juxta-
positioning two shots Pre-production Papers
together.
Conceptualization

The ability to invent or formulate an idea


or concept.

The conceptualization phase of


a project occurs in the
initial design activity when the scope of the
project is drafted and a list of the desired
design features and requirements is created.
Story Building

Outline the Story


Write the story in 3-Act Structure
Add Sequences
Start writing Scenes
Begin writing Dialogues
Cut Away the dead weight
Take Reviews
Review yourself
Story Building Tips

The Shorter the Better


Keep the Practicalities of Writing in Mind
Make it Visual
Find Single Moments
Tell a Story
Engager the Reader/Viewer
Beware of Cliches
Recce

A visit to a potential location for filming to


assess its suitability
Pre-production Documents

Idea
Concept
Story
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Cast & Crew Chart
Set & Property List
Costume & Make-up List
Continuity Exercise Submission
Continuity Exercise Submission

Idea
Synopsis
Concept
Story
Screenplay
Recce & Shoot Permissions
Shooting Script
Locations (Studio/Outdoor)
Cast & Crew Chart
Set & Property List
Continuity Exercise Submission

Costume & Make-up List


Target Audience
Production Budget
Rehearsal
Production Schedule
Final Shoot
Time Code Record Sheet
Continuity Log Sheet
Post-Production
By Sukriti Bajaj

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