CUAPPM420 — Coordinate continuity in productions
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What an assessment for CUAPPM420 must cover
46 assessable components: 3 elements (17 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 15 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 9 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare scripts for continuity
- 1.1Confirm production requirements for scenes to be shot with reference to production documentation
- 1.2Analyse and break down scripts and production schedules and determine continuity implications of scenes to be shot
- 1.3Determine shooting sequences that meet production requirements in collaboration with required personnel
- 1.4Prepare continuity documentation according to production requirements
- 1.5Identify story days and sequence of story within script and mark against production schedule
- 1.6Note continuity information on script, production schedules or in continuity documentation according to organisational or industry-standard practices
- 1.7Confirm dialogue requirements and verify purpose and storyline in discussion with required personnel
2 Conduct continuity during production phase
- 2.1Log information for each action, or take, on script or in continuity documentation
- 2.2Produce detailed notes on all elements associated with each scene according to production requirements
- 2.3Take photographs of all characters, sets and locations according to production requirements
- 2.4Time and record duration of sequences during shoots according to production requirements
- 2.5Describe technical information of shots according to production requirements
- 2.6Provide progress reports to required production staff according to production requirements
3 Advise on continuity during productions
- 3.1Identify implications of changes to dialogue and other elements and inform director of impact on production schedules and costs as required
- 3.2Communicate approved changes to cast and crew according to production requirements
- 3.3Liaise with personnel from other departments responsible for specific areas of continuity and ensure continuity for whole production is maintained
- 3.4Report identified continuity problems to director and discuss resolutions according to production requirements
Performance evidence
- coordinate continuity for at least two different productions
- develop, organise and document detailed continuity information according to production requirements
- identify continuity problems and implications and address them according to production requirements
- maintain continuity documentation using appropriate industry terminology
- advise required personnel of continuity issues
Knowledge evidence
- common production requirements for coordinating continuity including: timelines, frequency of updating continuity documentation, reproduction requirements, technical and creative criteria
- role of continuity work within a screen, media or entertainment production
- role and responsibilities of a continuity supervisor or script supervisor and their relationship to key members of the production team
- required terminology, protocols and procedures that apply to continuity work in a screen, media or entertainment production
- ways the following continuity conventions are used to support a successful production outcome: direction and line of action
- crossing the line
- eyeline
- types of shots
- angles
- position of cameras
- position of performers
- script changes
- methods used to visualise and interpret creative and technical concepts required to coordinate all aspects of production continuity
- typical problems and challenges of production continuity work and common solutions
- documentation associated with running a production used to inform continuity work
Foundation skills
- Numeracy: Calculates with whole numbers and routine fractions, decimals or percentages Calculates costs, compares information with available production budget and identifies cost differences
- Oral communication: Participates in verbal exchanges of ideas and solutions regarding production and continuity requirements using appropriate, industry-specific and clear language Contributes information, confirms understanding and expresses requirements with others using listening and questioning skills
- Reading: Reads and identifies required information in documentation
- Writing: Organises and updates detailed continuity information using formats, terminology and conventions specific to industry
- Initiative and enterprise: Gathers and analyses required information and makes continuity decisions cooperatively with others
- Planning and organising: Adopts a methodical and logical approach to planning and management of continuity tasks
- Problem solving: Recognises potential scheduling problems that affect continuity and provides solutions
- Self-management: Meets requirements of own role and associated responsibilities Follows organisational procedures and requirements and industry standards in planning and completing continuity work
- Teamwork: Collaborates and cooperates with production team members Provides advice, information and support to others during production
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Questions about assessing CUAPPM420
What does an assessment tool for CUAPPM420 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUAPPM420 needs to address all 46 unit components: 3 elements with 17 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 15 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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Related units
- CUAPPM311 — Assist with conceiving and preparing performance spaces
- CUAPPM312 — Plan and prepare program content
- CUAPPM414 — Produce programs and program segments
- CUAPPM416 — Coordinate media production services and resources
- CUAPPM417 — Create storyboards
- CUAPPM421 — Contribute to organising productions
- CUAPPM422 — Organise and facilitate rehearsals
- CUAPPM431 — Compile production schedules
- CUAPPM432 — Coordinate production operations
- CUAPPM433 — Coordinate touring arrangements
- CUAPPM511 — Manage small-scale live productions
- CUAPPM512 — Realise productions
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