ASSESSMENT 5
USING SHORT NEWS ARTICLES TO CREATE A FILM IDEA
DEADLINE : MONDAY 25 AUGUST
EACH TASK TO BE POSTED SEPARATELY TO YOUR BLOG
You will not be signed on to the Y13 course unless
this work is completed to a high standard
TASK 1:
You first task is to research a variety of ‘weird and wacky’
news stories from around the world, but keeping your COLOUR in mind.
Your first stop could be one of the links below. Take a look
through a variety of stories and make a note of the ones you think you might
like to turn into a short film (this IS NOT your film idea – this is
still part of the planning stages, for which you will get marked.)
Stories should be quirky and unusual. Strange and
bizarre stories will make better films.
You also need to keep your COLOUR in mind while
choosing stories suitable for a film idea.
You will find several examples here:
TASK 2:
Pick one of the stories you’ve read.
You now need to write out a treatment/synopsis of film idea
(of minimum 500 words) which is INSPIRED news story and keeping your COLOUR in
mind.
Make sure you include all the small details which make your
film interesting and quirky.
Write out your story idea and POST IT ON YOUR BLOG
along with the original news story next to it.
This link will take you to an example of a treatment.
TASK 3:
POST IT ON YOUR BLOG
TASK 4:
Next using the script format we used in class for the
Hitchiker story, write a script for your 5 minute film.
POST IT ON YOUR BLOG
TASK 5:
Create a mood board representing your film – use images,
text and sound in your moodboard
POST IT ON YOUR BLOG
You will not be signed on to the Y13 course unless
this work is completed to a high standard