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Below you will find a series of tasks which need completing and blogging under RESEARCH or PLANNING. These can be done as a group, but all members must show active engagement. All except tasks 8 and 9 should be completed before any filming is started.

1. Opening titles analysis - analyse the opening titles to three films. You are looking at the production company credits/logos, the job titles included, star billing, fonts, text movement, and if titles are set against a black matte or transparent over particular shots. The aim is to use what you find out about titles in your final production.
2. Analysis of film openings - select three different films from the genre you intend to work in, and analyse the first two minutes. Look at the camerawork, the sound, the mise-en-scene, and narrative if present.
3. Preliminary task - make sure that your preliminary task is embedded in your blog and that you have written an analysis of it. Remember to focus on variety of shots, the notion of shot-reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule.
4. Make a company logo and ident - use Photoshop to produce a company logo (you could animate this later in Flash to produce an ident for your film opening).
5. Animatic storyboard - produce a storyboard and scan the individual "boards" as JPG files. You should then animate these by importing them into Premiere and placing them on the time line. In this way you can get an idea of the pace and rythm of your piece.
6. Recce shots and report - go and look at the location you wish to use for your film. Take photographs and upload them to the blog. You should then write a short post explaining why you are using these locations.
7. Risk assessment - all filming involves risks. Some locations and activities are riskier than others. It is your responsibility to keep yourself and your team/cast safe by identifying risks and planning how to avoid being harmed by them. Complete a risk assessment form for each shoot and upload to your blog.
8. Shooting schedule - complete a shooting schedule for each time you go out to film. Either complete online or scan a paper version and upload to your blog.
9. Photos on the shoot - keep a record of your filming and blog a short journal of your shoot.
10. Make some screengrabs whilst you are editing and blog a short editing journal.

You should also blog any thoughts or initial ideas, decisions taken, an outline of your role in the group, and reflections on what you have done.