• What is your current knowledge and understanding of film? (For example: watching film, reviewing, photography, making your own films, Youtube channel, film or media course, work experience)

• Do you have specific areas of interest or skills in filmmaking? Include links to film work, photos, music etc.

• What role(s) would you see yourself taking on your Academyy film? What do you hope to gain from the BFI Film Academy?

• How would you like to improve your skills or knowledge of film? Give reasons. Do you have plans to further study and work in film?

Take a role in the production of a short film

• What is your production role?

• What planning will you do?

• What will you do in pre-production, production and post-production? What specific skills do you need?

• What equipment will you use?

• What documents will you use and how?

• What other resources are needed to make a film?
  Include any planning and pre-production work you have been involved with.

• What other resources are needed in your film production? (For example locations, actors and anything else you will need)

Gain feedback on how you performed your role and share the feedback

Ask tutors and/or other Academy participants the questions below, you can write your answers, film them or record the audio

• Can you tell me what I did well?

• What were the challenges and how did I deal with them? How did I work within my team?

• Do you have any advice or areas for my development?

Review own technical skills and use of equipment

• What did you do in your role?
  Do you agree with the feedback? Give reasons for your answers.

• How well do you think you carried out your role in production? What were your strengths and what were your challenges?

• In what ways did your technical filmmaking skills develop over the course of film production?

• How far has your knowledge and understanding of film production developed?

• Give examples (consider your knowledge of: technical equipment, on-set processes, production documents, post-production)

Explain the working culture of the film industry

• What is it like working in the film industry?
  (Consider hours, travel, freelance, working on set and budget. What are the pressures? What are the positives and negatives?)

• What qualities do you need to work in the film industry? (E.g. Showing initiative, taking responsibility, good time management, knowing your specialism, having good communication skills)
  Give reasons for your answers.

• What have you learned about the working culture of the industry from masterclasses and working on your own film production?

Describe a range of key job roles and responsibilities in the film industry

Research 5 different roles in the production department and summarise them. Explain how the roles work together.

Outline the potential progression routes into the film industry and wider sector

• What have you learned about potential progression routes into film and connected creative industries? Research the following routes:

• Apprenticeships

• Entry-level jobs

• Studying at university

• Online opportunities (e.g. entering competitions, sharing work, networking)

• Film festivals

• BFI Film Academy progression (residential courses, BAFTA mentoring and Future Skills)

Personal Progression Plan

• What areas/ specialisms in creative media would you like to work in?

• Would you like to further study film / creative media?

• What courses interest you? Give reasons

• Which local media companies would you be interested in working with? Give reasons

• What are the options for making your own content

• What would you make and how?

• What are the options for funding and distribution? What networks will you join?

• What do you hope to gain from these networks? Are there other opportunities you are interested in? What are your next steps?

Learning from Masterclasses

(It’s worth briefing the industry speaker in terms of giving detail about their role and their personal progression.)

Industry Speaker:

• What is their job? What does it involve?

• How did they start working in film/media?

• What have they done in their career?

• What have you learnt about working in film/media?

• What opportunities for your own progression have you found out about?

• What are the different teams in your production?

• How do they work together? For example, how did your team work together to prepare for the shoot? Also, during production and post-production?

• Why is it important that production teams work well together?

• Give an example of when your production team/s worked well together.

• What can happen if there isn’t good teamwork?

• Was there an example of when teamwork could have been better on your film production? How did this affect the production process?

Identify the qualities needed to work well with others

• What are the most important qualities for working well as part of a film production team?

• How did you show the following, give examples:

  Good timekeeping
  Being reliable
  Sharing ideas

• Good communication

• Safe working

Describe how you worked with others collaboratively on your film production

• How did you work with others in the crew?
  Give an example of when you worked well with your team.

• Were there any problems you needed to overcome? Give examples: How could you improve your ability to work with others?

Demonstrate good health and safety practice when working on film productions

• Why is health and safety important when working on film productions? What are some of the key safety issues relating to film production?

• How did you apply good health and safety practice when making your film? Include your risk assessment and explain why this is important.

Explain why copyright is important in the film industry

• What is Copyright?

• Why does copyright law exist?

• What kind of work is covered by copyright?

• What might happen if you were to use copyrighted material in your film? How can you make sure not to infringe copyright law in your film?

• How has copyright law and other IP regulation affected your film production?

Review and critique at least one short film production

Film Title, Director, Country, Year.

• Story outline (1 or 2 sentence summary)

• What is the film about, is there a theme or message?

• Describe the genre (if fiction film), or style (if documentary). How was sound used?

• How were camera techniques used?

• What was the editing style?

• Describe the setting/ location/ mise-en-scene.

• Who is the film aimed at?

• How did the film make you feel? Did it work well?
  Would you recommend it?

Date:

1. What did you do?
2. What have you learnt?
3. How have you worked with others?

4. What do you need to develop?

OR Write or film your SHOOT DIARY for your portfolios.

Please include production photos, any behind the scenes footage, scripts, storyboards and other key production documents and a link to the finished film.

What was your role in pre-production and what did you do?

What was your role on the shoot?

Briefly explain what happened each day of shoot.
What equipment and skills did you need to apply to your role?

How well prepared do you feel we were for the shoot?

Explain. What changes had to be made and why?

Did you have any feedback or advice from tutors / others on set? In what ways did you improve your own knowledge and skills?

Who did you work with on set? How do you feel you worked with others on set?

What did you learn about how a film crew work together on a shoot?

Briefly explain how you followed good working practices for filmmaking? (Time management, health and safety, being reliable and coping with on set demands.)

Overall – How do you feel the shoot went? What went well/ didn’t go well? What would you improve on?