BTEC L3 National Extended Certificate in Creative Digital & Media Production

Unit 10 & Unit 4: Pre-Production for Film Making

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Task A.2: Narrative Filmmaking Comparison Table

Learning Aim A: To understand the codes and conventions of fictional film
production.
Camera
Editing
Mise
Narrative Lighti
Use of
Genre
Title
Techniqu Techniqu
en
Structure
ng
Sound
es
es
Scene
Serial
East
There is
Subtle Eye level Following Added Accents
Drama,
enders
always a
lighting
dialogue
sound
Soap,
cliffso
to a sense effects Pub
hanger at looks
of reality
to add culture
the end to realisti
dramat
make the c
ic
Home
viewer
effect style
wand to
decorati
watch
on
more.
TV Drama
Breaking There is
Dark to Eye level Following Added Accents
bad
always a
add a
dialogue
sound
cliffsuspici
to a sense effects America
hanger at ous or
of reality
to add n drugs
the end to grimy
dramat and
make the effect
ic
gang

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Feature
Length
Production

Beasts
of no
nation

Science
Fiction/
Fantasy

Star
wars

viewer
wand to
watch
more.
Form a
Dark
young
misty
boys
lighting
perspectiv
e

At the end
of each
episode
there
tends to
be a
dramatic
cliffhanger
that which
will be

Dark
and
mysteri
ous
lighting
to
create
empha
sis on
the

effect

Low angle
shots on
main
characters
A lot of
close ups
Close up
shots are
heavily
featured
showing
the main
cast in all
their
glory,
wide-

Following
dialogue
to a sense
of reality

Added
sound
FX for
dramat
ic
affect
and
realism
Following Added
dialogue
sound
to a sense FX to
of reality. create
a
mood
to
theme
that
cannot

slang

Accents
African
culture
gritty
witchcr
aft
Accents
of
ancient
decent
to
create a
sense
of
disparit
y

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Sitcom

succeeded
by another
episode.
Starts with
equilibriu
m and
ends
neutral or
with
another
equilibriu
m that
needs to
be
repaired in
another
episode.
Big Bang Usually
Theory
base the
story
alongside
the punch

fact
that
someth
ing
negativ
e is
going
on,
bright

angle
shots are
used to
show
battles
and large
scale
areas that
give
context to
the
audience
when
changing
scenes.

Bright Eye level

colourf
ul
lighting

be
create
d by
natural
sounds
.

Following
dialogue
to a sense
of reality

among
the
cultures
of star
wars.

Added Geeky
music
to
brighte
n up

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Musical
Films,
Music
Videos.

The lion
king

line. Story
usually
continues
based on
new
dilemmas.
Music tells Animat Animation Following
the
ion
dialogue
storyline
to a sense
of reality

Factual
Ganglan Document
Documenta d
ary about
ries/
gang life
Political
and street
Filmmaking
struggle

Dark
Eye level
lighting

Trailers

Animat Animation
ed
lighting

Madagas Group of
car
friends
who run
into some

Small
editing to
allow for
clear
storyline

the
atmos
phere

Animat Animat
ed fx
ed

No FX

Street
slang
Street
music

Lots of
comed
y
effects

Slapstic
k
Comedy
and

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trouble

and
songs

accents