IB Short Film and Portfolios  (Internal Assessment)

Overview-

Now comes your moment of truth. It’s time to combine all the skills you have learned in this class and build out your final short film. The final short film in IB asks you to dedicate yourself to one specific role in the film.

Each project may be the work of an individual or of a group of students. Group size must not exceed four. However, this restriction applies only to the number of students who will be assessed on their work in the project. There may be any number of performers or assistants involved in a project.

The role to be undertaken for assessment purposes must be one of the following:

• director
• writer
• cinematographer
• sound designer, recordist or mixer
• editor

SL film projects must be no longer than five minutes and no shorter than four minutes, including titles.

HL film projects should be no longer than seven minutes and no shorter than six minutes, including titles. The trailer at HL must be 40–60 seconds in length.

Each film project must be accompanied by:
• an individual rationale for the film of no more than 100 words at SL; an individual rationale for the film of no more than 100 words and an individual rationale for the trailer of no more than 100 words at HL
• an individual written commentary of no more than 1,200 words at SL and no more than 1,750 words at HL. The written commentary should be based on the student’s personal production journal.

The rationales are required so that the examiner will know the intentions of the project.
The individual written commentary should be the student’s own unaided work. It should give a concise, reflective account of all stages of the production process, and should also include an evaluation of the completed project as a whole. Any special circumstances surrounding the production process should be mentioned, and any outside help received (for example, technical support) must be acknowledged. Where appropriate, students may incorporate sample production materials (for example, frames from storyboards, schedules, floor plans) into their commentary. However, such materials should not stand apart from the commentary or form an appendix. Students at HL must take care to include both parts of the film project (the film itself and the associated trailer) in their reflections, descriptions and evaluations, clearly describing the rationale behind the trailer and its relationship to the film project.

The portfolio as a whole must reflect a clear understanding of how meaning is constructed through the appropriate use of film language

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Review the IB Support Site for details and samples of student work.