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**__Project One__**

**Objective:** In order to get you familiar with the production process, the Panasonic cameras, and microphones, each crew will plan, develop, conceptualize, write storyboard and film a 60-second commercial.

**This project is worth 100 points which will be divided as follows:** **Part 1, quick pitch is due no later than the end of class Thursday, August 29th (10 Points)** **Part 2, pre-production is due no later than the end of class Tuesday, September 3rd (10 Points)** **Part 3, ALL dailies are due at the end of class Tuesday, September 17th (30 Points / -10 points for every __day__ late)** **Part 4, Final project due at the __start__ of class Thursday, October 3rd (50 Points / -10 points for every __day__ late)**

**Method**: Students will shoot in teams of two to four. **Step One:** Before shooting, each crew must present a 25-40 word oral quick-pitch to me accompanied by a written quick pitch for submission. **Step Two:** As a crew, design the commercial in your head and storyboard it, complete with locations, names of actors you’ll use, alternate shooting locations, and voice over script. Take your time and get everyone’s input. You may use any method of storyboarding you choose. **Step Three:** As a crew you will share equally the responsibilities of shooting the necessary shots for your commercial. You may use classmates or friends as your subjects. You must record “handles” for each shot. You must slate every shot. You may get the shots in any order. Unless otherwise called for, all shots must have sharp focus, proper exposure and be shot from a tri-pod. Shots can be taken in-studio or throughout the campus. While sync sound is Don’t forget to keep in mind the aesthetic points learned in class (e.g. 180 rule, matching eye lines, rule of thirds, etc). Remember, ALL students must take equal time in working with the camera on this project, AND all crew members must be on time and stay until shooting is completed for the evening. **Step Four:** You will each individually edit your own version of the commercial using the clips shot in your crew. Your finished product will require no less than 8 different shots and must time out to :59 seconds with fade up and fade down.

**You may be required by the instructor to show original dailies and/or project (timeline) files at any time during the course of this assignment. All files __must__ be properly labeled using a legitimate file naming convention. "untitiled 27 is unacceptable at any point after the digitization process and will result in a 5 point deduction from your total score.** **Do not take yourselves too seriously. This is not intended to be something you will put on your real.** ** The process is the assignment, NOT the finished product!!! Keep it simple and straight forward.**