| Week | Topic | Description | Due Dates |
Week 1 | Exploring Narrative | Narrative, genre, production elements and story elements.
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Week 2 | Unbreakable | An introduction to superhero narratives and a screening of M Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. |
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Week 3 | Unbreakable | Studying key scenes and responding to questions on the film. | |
Week 4 | Unbreakable | Studying key scenes and responding to questions on the film. | |
Week 5 | The Dark Knight | An introduction to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and a screening of the film. | Unbreakable Questions
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Week 6 | The Dark Knight | Studying key scenes and responding to questions on the film. | |
Week 7 | The Dark Knight | Studying key scenes and responding to questions on the film. | |
Week 8 | The Dark Knight | Studying key scenes and responding to questions on the film. | The Dark Knight Questions
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Week 9 | Narrative Overview
| Re-examination of the key elements of narrative and preparation for the Narrative SAC. Practice SAC questions. | |
Week 10 | Narrative SAC
| Short/extended responses on the films Unbreakable and The Dark Knight. Duration: 100 minutes.
| Narrative SAC
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Week 11 | Media Production Design
| An introduction to media production design. | |
Week 12 | Brainstorming, influences, audience and intention
| Generating ideas for School Assessed Task. Formulating statement about audience and intention.
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Week 13 | Written Planning | Screenwriting...getting your film down on paper! | |
Week 14 | Visual Planning | Completing the storyboards for your major project. | |
Week 15 | Technical Exercises
| Exploring production design plan specifications through the completion of two technical tasks. | |
Week 16 | Technical Exercises
| Exploring production design plan specifications through the completion of two technical tasks. | Technical Exercise #1
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Week 17 | Technical Exercises
| Exploring production design plan specifications through the completion of two technical tasks. | Technical Exercise #2 |
Week 18 | Production design plan specifications | Just how are you going to use the various production design plan specifications to meet the intention of your piece? | |
Week 19 | Finalising Production Design Plan | Time to put the finishing touches on that production design plan! | |
Week 20 | Production Design Plan
| Time to hand it in! | PDP |
