Developing Story

FNDT 152 Video Essentials

Project: Story
In this project, students are asked to make a short film. The genres are unlimited, including drama, horror, documentary, and animation. Students could use all the skills, technologies, and knowledge that they have learned throughout this semester. All the projects are evaluated based on the following aspects: story, visual language, sound and editing.

Stories are marked according to character development, and story structure; Visual language is marked based on the choices of exposure, camera movement, camera angle, shot size, composition, color, and lighting; In terms of sound, students need to be extra careful on sound design: dialogue, sound effects, sound editing, and music; Editing could be a chance for the students to recreate their work after shooting. They are required to think about the duration of each shot, transition, and the sequence of the clips in order to formulate the spectatorship. This project was built up during the 3rd wave of COVID-19. The majority of the students did their work individually during this difficult time.