T351 Final Project

Your T351 Final Project will be a production of your own creation and design. It should be no less than 4 minutes and no longer than 8 (without permission).

Before you shoot any footage, your project must be approved by your instructor and fully scripted. It should contain original graphics (at least a title and credits). In addition to the video, it should also have a well-recorded and edited audio component. Regardless of the subject or style, it should contain a clear storyline.

The final project is worth 65 points of your 500 point class total, which will be broken down as follows:

• 20 points: Pre-production & presentation (program proposal, treatment, script, storyboard, etc) YOU WILL TURN THIS IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PROJECT IS DUE. That's why they call it "pre-production"!
• 40 Production (shooting, editing)
• 5 points: Final Critique

Before shooting, you wll turn in a pre-production packet containing:

• Project Proposal (find details here)
• Treatment
• Script (either two-column or drama style with storyboards)

When you are finished shooting, you should turn in:

• Talent/location releases (copies of are fine - YOU keep the originals)
• Master tape (miniDV) or Quicktime file.
• Critique
  • Optional elements that will increase your grade and productivity:
    • Shot/location lists
    • Footage Logs (easy to read, with time code & comments)
    • Miscellaneous supporting material: sketches, storyboards etc.

Requirements:

• All your materials (excluding footage logs) should be typed and neatly presented.
• Running time: Minimum of 4 minutes, maximum of 8 minutes (without permission). Focus on quality NOT quantity. Due to limited class time, we can not screen projects longer than 8 minutes.
• Your work is expected to be your own. If you use other people's audible or visual work, you must do so legitimately and acknowledge it in the credits.
• Students are expected to produce the soundtrack that accompanies their projects. Given this, music videos must have additional audio elements: natural sound, dialog, etc. (In other words you can't just import an audio file and cut video over it.)

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