The 60 Second Film Challenge

The task is to take a well known Hollywood, re-film it and compress the whole story down to 60 seconds.

For inspiration have a look at Top Gun, Avatar, Titanic and this site for the Done in 60 Seconds competition run by Empire.

Planning and Research
Find a film.
- Analyse which key scenes you need to include in the film and write a list on A4.
- Create a 60 second timeline on A3 to assess how long you'll be able to have for each scene and whether it will all fit in.
- Brainstorm inventive ways of mimicking iconic moments that used special effect and exotic locations, with just a camera, a few props and the Long Road campus.
- Feel free to add some appropriate humour if necessary, 

Construction
Get out there and film.
Do not try and stunts - think of inventive ways to film action (think editing).
Do not film on roofs, behind the stage or anywhere you think you shouldn't be - as you probably shouldn't.

Once you have finished filming - upload the footage to each team member's Mac and each do your own edit.

Start a blog post
Call it The 60 Second Film Challenge.
Write up a brief description of the task set.
Embed a trailer of your chosen film. 

Include pictures of your shots lists, timeline and any planning (use the Mac cameras and Photobooth. Open in Preview go to Tools>Flip horizontal if they are a mirror image).
Includes pics of props you have collected. 
Write supporting text for your images, explaining what these pieces of paper are and why they are necessary.

Post pictures of your progress in terms of editing (Final Cut Screenshots) and post any rough cuts you have made.

Evaluation
Embed your final film and answer the following questions.

How do you feel about your final product? (Which bits do you feel work well, which parts could be improved and why)

What peer feedback did you recieve? Relfect on the feedback - was it fair/helpful?

During the shooting of production what problems arose?

If you were peparing for the shoot now what would you differently?

Try to write a decent paragraph for each question and back up your points with specific reference to your shooting and work.