FILM, DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA DISTINCTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
DP005 – Film, Digital and Multimedia | APRIL 2020
Annemarie Lean‐Vercoe FRPS Contents DISTINCTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 3 GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ALL LEVELS OF DISTINCTION ...... 4 LICENTIATE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ...... 5 ASSOCIATE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ...... 5 FELLOWSHIP ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ...... 6 MULTIMEDIA ...... 7 DURATION OF MULTIMEDIA SUBMISSIONS ...... 8 FORMAT REQUIREMENTS ...... 8 PANEL MEMBERS ...... 9
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INTRODUCTION
Distinctions at the levels of Licentiate, Associate and Fellowship in this genre recognise the creation of high quality, innovative and engaging stories told via the medium of Film, Digital or Multimedia. These globally recognised distinctions are aimed at film and video making across diverse cultural, traditional and contemporary practices, from the initial concept through cinematography, post‐ production and presentation. Submissions could include documentary, drama, music video, stop‐frame animation as well as the artist video and gallery installation form. Entries that may be considered as Multimedia in which sequences of still images only or sequences of still and moving images are combined to tell a story, enhancing the images with music, narration, text and other sound effects are welcome in the Film genre. See the section Multimedia below for guidelines which apply to entries of this type. If you are unsure which Distinction level is appropriate for you or whether your entry should be evaluated using Multimedia criteria, please contact Distinctions Manager Andy Moore [email protected] in the Distinctions Department.
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Tom Glendinning Photography
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GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ALL LEVELS OF DISTINCTION
1. Your application must include a Statement of Intent (Word or PDF file) with a maximum of 150 words which answers the question:
“From a cinematic story‐telling perspective, what is your intent with this submission?”
2. The cinematography/photography must be 100% the work of the applicant. Joint submissions are not allowed.
3. Sound recording, mixing and editing can be outsourced, but the applicant is responsible for the quality of the submitted work.
4. Third party images – such as archive footage, stills or animation will be accepted where they are deemed necessary to support the story being told. Full attribution and copyright consent must be provided for all third‐party images and music.
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LICENTIATE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The Licentiate distinction will be awarded for submission of a body of work up to 30 minutes, this is a guide only and complete films which are longer are acceptable. Your submission should show basic competence in:
Camera work and technical quality
Visual awareness
Lighting skills
Communication of your story by appropriate image sequencing
ASSOCIATE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The Associate distinction will be awarded for submission of a body of work up to 60 minutes; this is a guide only and complete films which are longer are acceptable.
At this level of filmmaking, the submission should: ‐
Demonstrate a high level of technical ability in cinematography.
Show good management of lighting
Use creative techniques and styles appropriate to the subject matter
Use skilled editing techniques.
The application may consist of the works as a whole, where entirely created by you or consist of a recognisable contribution(s) to a film or moving image piece. Primarily this will be a recognition of cinematography as well as cinematographically orientated animation (e.g. stop‐frame).
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FELLOWSHIP ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The Fellowship distinction will be awarded for work of the highest standard and will recognise excellence in film making. The Fellowship distinction will be awarded for submission of a body of work up to 60 minutes; this is a guide only and complete films which are longer are acceptable
The application may consist of the works as a whole or selections from works, where entirely created by you or consist of a recognisable contribution to a film or moving image piece. Primarily this will be a recognition of cinematography as well as cinematographically orientated animation (e.g. stop‐frame).
At this level of film making, the submission should: ‐
Display the highest level of cinematographic techniques.
Demonstrate lighting skills
Have a distinctive personal style.
Communicate in a creative manner your vision of your work.
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Roger Chapman FRPS
MULTIMEDIA
Entries in this category may consist of sequences of still images only, or combinations of still and moving images which unite to tell a story, and may be enhanced by music, narration and sound effects. For each of the levels of Distinction, the criteria for Film and Digital described above also apply to Multimedia. Still images must demonstrate consistency of photographic technique, quality and creativity appropriate to the level of Distinction being applied for as described in the criteria for Film and Digital.
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Dick Pope FRPS
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DURATION OF MULTIMEDIA SUBMISSIONS
The durations below are the total length of the submission, not of individual sequences. Variations, either shorter or longer, may be accepted after consultation with the Distinctions Department.
LICENTIATE: up to 15 minutes ASSOCIATE: up to 20 minutes FELLOWSHIP: up to 30 minutes
FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
All digital formats accepted.
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PANEL MEMBERS
MAX ROBINSON FRPS Filmmaker, writer, photographer Robinson chairs the Film Distinction Panel and holds RPS Fellowships in Travel and Multimedia. He is a co‐founder of Rainbows4children, which provides education for children in Ethiopia.
STEVE CLARK‐HALL FRPS Producer A renowned film and TV producer with more than 50 years’ industry experience, Clark‐Hall is best known for the films Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015) both with director Guy Ritchie.
SEAMUS MCGARVEY FRPS Director of photography McGarvey has collected two Academy Award nominations and two BAFTA nominations for his cinematography on a pair of films directed by Joe Wright – Atonement (2007) and the 2012 version of Anna Karenina.
DICK POPE FRPS Director of photography Pope was Academy Award nominated for The Illusionist in 2006, and for Mike Leigh’s biopic Mr Turner in 2014. He was also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Motherless Brooklyn (2019).
RAVI DEEPRES FRPS Aritst, photographer, filmmaker Deepres has collaborated with such globally renowned choreographers, directors and musicians as Wayne McGregor, Saburo Teshigawara, Phyllida Lloyd, Michael Clark, Zoviet France and Shobana Jeyasingh.
RACHEL MORRISON FRPS Director of photography For Mudbound (2017), Morrison became the first woman ever to be nominated for a Best Cinematography Academy Award. She was also the first woman to be director of photography on a Marvel film – Black Panther (2018).
ROGER CHAPMAN FRPS Director of photography Chapman’s work in documentary, film and advertising have won him several awards, including the Royal Television Society Award for Photography and the Guild of Television Cameraman Award of Excellence.
ANNEMARIE LEAN‐VERCOE FRPS Director of photography Lean‐Vercoe has shot award‐winning feature films, documentaries and TV shows for major broadcasters in the UK, including the BAFTA‐winning Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley for the BBC.
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