PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO I ­­

FAV119-O—FILM AND VIDEO

The Project and Portfolio I: Film and Video course

combines hands-on learning experiences with
summative and formative portfolio assessments.
In this course, students will write an outline that
will later be crafted into a short and also create
a trailer for their short. During the process
of creation, the technical basics of cinematic
direction, art direction, sound, and editing will be
woven into the students’ activities. Students will
build an understanding of how cinematic, audio,
and editing principles work together to tell a story.
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IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SUBJECT
AREAS COVERED IN PRIOR CLASSES WILL BE EVALUATED AND
CONFIRMED

Students will review the material provided in earlier classes and expand their current
skill sets. This will foster an advanced understanding of the materials in preparation
for future portfolio project goals.

OUTCOMES
To articulate how to tell a story through a script and visual elements

To successfully outline a story idea

To demonstrate set-safety skills

To research, compare, and analyze local production industry opportunities for

potential employment

MATERIALS
¡¡ Microsoft Office 365 (Word) ¡¡ Final Draft
¡¡ Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat
Pro, Premiere Rush)
¡ ¡ Safari Books Online

Students will use a mobile camera, Apple iPad camera, or DSLR camera for some
course assignments. They also have access to a camera on their LaunchBox laptop.
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PORTFOLIO STRUCTURE
This course is the first checkpoint of three along students’ central track for the DCBS
program. Assignments in this course will build toward a completed video project,
which students will create by the end of the month. This project will allow students
to practice with the tools they will use in Project and Portfolio II and Project and
Portfolio III.

The assign­ments students have completed in previous courses in preparation for this
portfolio cycle are listed in the table.

PORTFOLIO COMPETENCIES AND COMPONENTS

VISUAL STORYTELLING I

¡¡ Treatment to AV Script
¡¡ Storyboard to Digital Video Project
Students will refine skills acquired in Visual Storytelling I, including those used in
constructing their Treatment and Storyboard components. In addition, they will be
introduced to the basics of scriptwriting, digital filmmaking, and editing—tools that
will thread into their upcoming Project and Portfolio II course work.
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WEEKLY BREAKDOWN
WEEK ONE WEEK THREE
Students will learn about basic set safety and participate in a Students will immerse themselves in guided research of local
discussion about a case regarding the safety of a production crew. production-industry opportunities. They will explore the production
They will also learn about AV scriptwriting and demonstrate their guidelines of their city or state’s film commission. Additionally, they
knowledge in completing a checkpoint quiz. will practice strategies of peer evaluation and critique.

THEMES THEMES

¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
 Themes   Professionalism   Set Safety   Scriptwriting 
¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
 Themes   Preproduction   Research   Communication
¡ ¡
 Storytelling   Preproduction
¡  Professionalism

WEEK TWO WEEK FOUR

Students will review shot types and learn basic concepts for For the final week, students will film and edit their Instructional
narrative screenwriting using Final Draft. Next, they will create an Video Project using their script from Week 2 and their storyboard
AV script for their Instructional Video Project using their treatment from Visual Storytelling I. They will learn basic digital filmmaking
from Visual Storytelling I. techniques using a mobile device, iPad, or DSLR camera. Finally,
students will explore basic editing techniques and protocols using
THEMES Adobe Premiere Rush.

¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
 Themes   Scriptwriting   Storytelling   Preproduction
THEMES

¡ ¡ ¡
 Themes ­  Preproduction   Scriptwriting
¡ ¡
 Digital Filmmaking   Editing
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GRADE WEIGHTS INSPIRATION

ACTIVITY GRADE WEIGHT

WEEK 1
Discussion: Set Safety 10%

Quiz: AV Scriptwriting 15%

ROB SCRIBNER
SK Y TOWER FILMS, OWNER /
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGR APHY
WEEK 2
Rob Scribner is a 2014 graduate of Full Sail’s Digital
Instructional Video Project: AV Script 20% Cinematography program and is currently the owner
and director of photography at Sky Tower Films. Rob
started his career as a director of photography for
Bodybuilding.com, where he worked with people such as
Arnold Schwarzenegger before going on to form his own
WEEK 3 company.
Rob utilized the skills and equipment he acquired at Full
Discussion: AV Script—Peer Critique 10% Sail to produce the short documentary Warbird Pilot:
Behind the Visor, which won the American Society of
Industry Research Workbook 15% Cinematographers’ Gordon Willis Heritage Award for
Best Documentary in 2015. Based on the success of his
documentary, Rob has been selected by Sony to direct and
shoot a series of short films showcasing their new camera,
WEEK 4 the Sony FS5.
Click here to view Rob’s Vimeo page:
One-Minute Instructional Video Project 20% https://vimeo.com/robwscribner

GPS 10% SEE HIS WORK

Total 100%
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FEEDBACK representatives and local production-company
owners in a professional and effective manner.
Students’ submissions will be evaluated within They will also develop clearer insight into the
one week of the submission date. Students can value of preproduction and copyright law.
find grade comments and revision requests
in the FSO grade review window for each OUT- OF- CLASS WORK
weighted activity and should review all scoring
rubrics provided as well as Class Policies for This course requires at least 8 hours of
more information. Course Directors in the preparation and out-of-class work. Out-of-
Digital Cinematography program should be class activities are documented in this syllabus
considered as real-world clients. This course will and include reading assign­ments, outside
offer students the opportunity for peer review research, project development, skills practice,
and feedback via the Peer Critique discussion and homework. Consideration has been given
activity, which will be conducted via video and to creating out-of-class work that will support
audio recordings. your efforts to successfully complete this course
while achieving course objectives and program
CONNECTIONS learning outcomes.

Students will write, produce, and edit a RUBRICS

project that they will use as a guideline for all
upcoming projects both in their degree program Rubrics will be available with each activity’s
and in their careers. Specifically, students written instruction. Students can access all
will participate in preproduction planning, scoring rubrics via the activity downloads area in
production, and postproduction through their the FSO class portal.
work. Their exploration of local production-
industry resources will provide practice and
confidence in approaching film-commission
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FURTHER RESEARCH | TUTORIALS | COURSE DIRECTOR’S PICKS

WEEK 1

Lynda.com
Anthony Q. Artis: Ten tips for set safety https://www.lynda.com/Shooting-Video-tutorials/Ten-tips-set 10:28
-safety/129017/172186-4.html?org=fullsail.edu
Chad Perkins: Practicing on-set safety https://www.lynda.com/Filmmaking-tutorials/Practicing-set 3:34
-safety/129023/519474-4.html?org=fullsail.edu

WEEK 2

Simply Scripts http://www.simplyscripts.com

Lynda.com
Rick Allen Lippert: Video Script Writing https://www.lynda.com/Video-Screenwriting-tutorials/Video 2:10:00
-Script-Writing/144854-2.html?org=fullsail.edu

WEEK 3

Lynda.com
Valerie Sutton: Job Search Strategies https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Job-Search 37:53
-Strategies/97580-2.html?org=fullsail.edu

WEEK 4

Lynda.com
Ashley Kennedy: An introduction to mobile filmmaking equipment https://www.lynda.com/Video 10:06
-tutorials/introduction-mobile-filmmaking-equipment/580659/721344-4.html?org=fullsail.edu
Tony Harmer: Premiere Rush First Look https://www.lynda.com/Graphic-Design-tutorials/Learning 1:13:00
-Premiere-Rush/618719-2.html?org=fullsail.edu