May 3-6 - Final Project: Preproduction

Objective: In teams, students will create production team folders, production team names, fill out production reports, complete synopsis and crew/cast list for their project, and work on storyboard or script.

NOTE: NO PRODUCTION (FILMING) WILL BE ALLOWED BY YOUR TEAM UNTIL THE FOLLOWING PREPRODUCTION ITEMS ARE COMPLETED AND OKAY'D BY MS. H. 

May 3 through 6 is Preproduction Week. By the end of this week, your team should have the following things done to stay on schedule.

1) Final Project Requirements and Restrictions turned in by all team members.

2) Team Production Folder with Production Name and all team members full names and Period clearly written on front.

3) Production Report (see image below) clearly made out with production and team member names. The Production Report, and all production documents are to stay in the Team Folder so that they are accesible to all members present. NOTE: As production documents and assignments are completed, they will be marked off with stars on a copy of your team's PR pinned on the Video Production board.

4) All items under Preproduction on the PR will be completed (synopses, storyboard/script, crew/cast list, locations scouted-permissions signed, cast releases signed, costumes and props brought in).

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Harold & Maude - Cinema Arts Part Two

Assignment: Watch the film and answer these question fully in your own words. 10 points each

6. The marketing campaign for Harold and Maude was basically “He’s 20 - She’s 79 - They’re in love...”  The movie flopped when it was first released, but later became a cult classic hit. What do you think happened to make audiences want to see this film?

7. Comedies often use sets of 3’s (the theory being that the first two are a set up, the third is the punch line). How does Harold and Maude follow this pattern?

8. Comedy also uses scenes that cause emotional discomfort to create comic effect (the  idea being that if you make someone tense, they will need to laugh in order to release that tension). Describe three scenes in H and M that do this?

9. How does Harold change from the beginning of the film to the end, in other words, what is his character arc?

10. Do you think Maude needs to die at the end for the film to feel complete or for Harold’s character to change - why or why not?