Script to shot

In our lesson today we where put into our groups that we will have for our final short film. Sarah came and explained more about the different camera angles and different camera positions. Once we were finished discussing the shots we was given a theme that our short film has to be based on. That theme is 'Secrets'.  Before we actually start our short film, Sarah assigned us to film a short little scene. This allowed us to get used to the different angles and have a better understanding. 

Short Film Inspirations From Short Of The Week

For this short film, it really shows that other people in this world are living life differently and tying to make the best out of the lifestyle that they are living in. In this film you see that the family follows a tradition where for the young men rabbit hunting is a right of passage practiced since the early 1900s.

For this short film, it is indeed a dark comedy. It has an ax slicing up multiple people, including a baby and a child. In the video when the child has her hands cut off it does not even blur it out. If a younger viewer was to watch this I am sure that this would leave a scar. In my opinion you are able to see that this short film is not super realistic or high on budget. It is a funny dark comedy creative film with decent special fx with blood and gore.

Short Film Inspiration Form Other Sources

                                   

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(Patmore, 2005)

 Patmore, C. (2005). Character Design . London: Piers Spence.


For this book this first image grabbed my attention immediately. I like the art style for this character compared to a lot of the other characters in this book. When I see the character I imagine that this elf looking character could be a bounty hunter. He looks like he is a serious person and gets anything done his way. He doesn't listen to anyone unless there is money involved. I imagine that he is swift and sneaky and he slices his enemies/victims in half or decapitates them with his katana.

            For the second image it grabbed my attention as well. The art style is similar to how I draw. This character looks like a very intense rogue ninja or some sort. I don't know what it is about me but I find that when characters wield katanas they instantly become bad ass. He looks like his sister died because of the village. The villages head captain betrayed him and killed his sister. This made him turn rogue against the village and him planning on the day he will take revenge. His physical characteristics look really cool.
 

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            For the first photo it has this pop art punk vibe to it. The photo looks like an album cover to a song.
            For the second photo it looks like it could be the cover art for a movie or TV show. A Romance movie/TV show where he is blinded by the simple things he does not do for her. As much as she loves him he must let him go until he finally realises what really matters. There will be obstacles he will have to surpass and overcome. There will be regret and sadness but it is all for the better good. It is up to him to realise what is wrong and how he can truly do to fix it before it is to late and the love is gone forever.

Genre and Narrative Notes

Genre

What is Genre

The term for media texts which are grouped together, they tell similar stories or are comprised of similar elements and are established through repetition and variation. E.g  Science fiction movies are established through repetition and variation. 

   Generic Conventions

The widely recognized way of doing things in a  particular genre

Iconography

Symbolic images in film that have specific meanings attached to them and can be identifiable by genre

Light sabers ( Star wars )/( syfy ), Race car ( Fast and Furious )/( Action ) 

Narrative- The way the story is told. The way the film is structured.

Shortoftheweek.com 

Linear/Non Linear

Linear- Beginning, middle, end.

Non Linear-Middle,end,beginning.

Single Stranded/Multi Stranded 

Single Stranded- Story told from one person.

Multi Strand- Story told from the point of view of more than one person.

Open/Closed

Open- The end of the film leaves you unclear /uncertain of what will happen.

Closed- The end of the film will have a clear ending.

Realist/Anti-Realist

Realist-based in the real world is believable and no added visual or unrealistic elements are added

Anti Realist - based in a world that is not seen as 'real' including magic and fantasy element.

Questionnaire Analysis Plan

Questionnaire Analysis Plan

Looking at my Survey analysis 84% of the people who answered my survey watch movies and 16% do not. It was half and half when it comes to the age.

40% 16 year olds

40% 18 year olds

20% 17 year olds

For my survey I did not add just 4 basic movie genres for the person to pick from. I allowed them to have more of a general selection but from the looks of it, Action movies are the most picked genre.

My survey overall is nice and straight forward. It has the person not wanting to immediately leave or not answer the questions. It starts off with a simple question asking about your name.





Character Bio

 Character Bio

We where required to do a character analysis. We had to have notes on our selves, interesting facts, design ideas/inspirations, images I could use and state my Psychographic and demographic things.

We also had to draw or create a character of ourselves. I am sure others just took pictures of them selves or took a picture of something else instead of drawing themselves but I wanted to be different and draw myself,

Steriotypes

For this lesson we where required to read the characters bio and state what type of movie genre we thought they like to watch. Once we finished answering that question we had to state why we thought this.

Key Research Terminology

Key Research Terminology

Task 1

What is a primary source?

Gathering information myself.

Example

Me taking it upon myself to go and get the information. Writing down my own notes and ideas based on it.

What is a Secondary source?

Getting information from, videos, internet, magazine etc. Collecting information that another individual already has made.

Example

Getting information from books.

What is Market Research?

Finding out information within your market.

Example

People on the street asking if you have seen their ad.

What are Quantitative results?

Information involving numbers, graphs, percentage.

Example

Numbers, yes/no tick boxes, popping numbers into graphs.

What are Qualitative results?

Individual peoples point of view.

Example

A quote or sentence from a person, an opinion.

Media Audiences and Products

In this lesson we covered Audience profiling. I had to watch an episode of CBeebies and Grand Design. I had to decided what type of audience would be watching the TV shows.