Short Film UTS Final Project Guidelines

Objective:

THIS IS A GROUP WORK BETWEEN 10-12 MEMBERS. EACH GROUP IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A
SHORT MOVIE BASED ON THE LEARNINGS OR INSIGHTS THAT THEY GAINED FROM THE
COURSE, “UNDERSTANDING THE SELF”.

Sample lesson topics in UTS:

BANDURA, DWECK, LOCKE- Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset, Setting Goals, Self-
Efficacy
Sample Movie: Dubai
PHILOSOPHICAL SELF: Man’s Goal to do Good, Faith in God, Freud’s ID, EGO, and
SUPEREGO
Sample Movie: San Lorenzo Ruiz, The Crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer
SOCIOLOGICAL SELF: Peer Pressure: Its Influence on Teens, How Society Molds
one’s Personality, Social Media and Its Impact on Filipino Teens
Sample Movie: Nemo, Unfriended (2014), Not Okay (2022), Untraceable (2008), Love
Guaranteed (2020)
POLITICAL/ CULTURAL/ANTHROPOLOGICAL SELF: Filipino Identity, The Philippine
Political Condition, Filipino Cultural Beliefs: how they affect our lives, Kulam, Barang, at
Usog: Totoo o Kathang Isip
Sample Movie: Maynila Sa Kuko ng Liwanag, Harry Potter, OUIJA, Hocus Pocus,
Kita kita, Through Night and Day
PHYSICAL/ SEXUAL SELF: Society’s Influence on The Concept of Beauty, Early
Teen-age Marriage, LGBTQ Acceptance, Sexually transmitted disease, Different
Cultural Views on Beauty (Lotus Feet)
Sample Movie: Bohemian Rhapsody, Perks of Being a Wallflower
MATERIAL/ CONSUMERISM SELF: Online Shopping Addiction
Sample Movie: Shopaholic, The Wolf of Wall Street, How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
American Beauty

The short film:

 May be presented in English, Bikol, or Filipino
 must not exceed 30 minutes.
 Scenes must be shot inside the school campus ONLY.
 Must exhibit a clear PLOT which highlights the:
Problem, Climax, Resolution
 Must promote the core values of SorSu
 Must be accompanied by a post-credit scene that states how the movie
relates to the learnings in UTS
 Must include the names of the members and their roles, together with the
class section

Deadline of Short Film Submission:

December 29, 2023 via shared Google drive folder

RUBRICS for Short Film UTS Final Project

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VIDEO CLARITY & All shots are Most shots are Many are clearly Few shots are
LIGHTING clearly focused. clearly focused. focused. Motion clearly focused.
Camera Camera shots are fairly The camera is not
movements are movements are steady. Some held steady.
smooth and of smooth and of shots have Many shots are
appropriate appropriate inadequate light. poorly lit.
speed. All shots speed. All shots
have appropriate have appropriate
lighting. lighting.
TRANSITION The video moves Transitions move Transitions from The movie is
SMOOTHLY from RELATIVELY shot to shot are UNEDITED and
one shot to SMOOTH from CHOPPY and the there is no
another using an shot to shot. The types of cuts and transition
appropriate cuts and fades of fades are between clips.
selection of each shot are inappropriate.
transition. appropriate.

AUDIO Audio is WELL- Audio is Audio is Audio is

BALANCED USUALLY SOMEWHAT UNBALANCED
between BALANCED BALANCED between
dialogue, music, between between dialogue, music,
and voice over. dialogue, music, dialogue, music, and voice over.
Audio is very and voice over. and voice over. Audio is
clear throughout Audio is clear Audio is clear INAUDIBLE in
the movie. throughout the throughout the significant
movie. movie. portions of the
movie.
PLOT DRAMATIC Plot has CLEAR Plot has MOSTLY Plot is difficult to WHAT PLOT? This
STRUCTURE beginning, clear beginning, follow and lacks is a collection of
middle, and end. middle, and end. either a clear random actions
Dramatic Dramatic beginning, with nothing
structure builds structure IS middle, and end. tying them
to climax ten GENERALLY Dramatic together.
ends with falling FOLLOWED but structure is
action. wanders in somewhat
places. Climax of followed and
the story is clear. actions seem
random.
CHARACTER All characters are MOST characters SOME characters EVERYONE who
DEVELOPMENT thoroughly are thoroughly are developed appears on
fleshed out as fleshed out as but at least half screen is
the story the story are just people UNFORGETTABLE.
requires. Clear requires. Main on the screen. No real character
depiction of the characters are WHOSE STORY IS development to
Protagonist and clear but did not THIS? speak of.
antagonist, give justice to
characters the roles.
played their role
well.
CINEMATOGRAPH Shot Shot Some clever and Little, if any
Y composition is composition is creative shots attention is given
carefully crafted. noticeable. are used. to creative shots.
USE OF SSU AS The entire Most scenes of A few movie No clear use of
SETTING setting is taken the movie are scenes make use SSU area/s in the
within and at the shot within the of SSU vicinity. scenes of the
entrance of SSU. SSU premises. movie.
LENGTH OF MOVIE The movie has The movie runs The movie runs The movie is
exactly 45 less than 45 between 50-60 more than one
minutes running minutes in minutes in hour in length
 time. length time. length time. time.
SHOWCASE OF SSU The movie The movie The movie There is NO
CORE VALUES clearly exhibits MOSTLY exhibits PRESENTS depiction of the
Commitment, Commitment, EITHER CORE VALUES OF
Social Social Commitment, SSU in the movie.
Responsibility, Responsibility, Social
and Excellence. and Excellence. Responsibility,
OR Excellence.
POST-CREDITS There is A CLEAR There is a The explanation There is NO POST
and CONCISE sufficient on how the CREDIT shown at
explanation on explanation on movie’s theme is the end of the
how the movie’s how the movie’s related to UTS movie. There is
theme is related theme is related was UNCLEAR. no inclusion of
to UTS. The to UTS. The Only the list of members
members’ names members’ names members’ names and their roles.
are indicated as are indicated as are indicated ,
well as the roles well as the roles roles are not
they portray. they portray. mentioned.