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Advanced Portfolio - Jarrad, Kazumi & Charlie
26 February 2014
Final improvments to the POSTER
Updated poster.
Removed 'R' certificate at the bottom as it was only for the US films and short films are not certificated.
Removed 'R' certificate at the bottom as it was only for the US films and short films are not certificated.
3 February 2014
Evaluation - Charlie
Q1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms & conventions of real media products?
a) THE SHORT FILM
1 - Narrative organisation and the short film format.
Misstep is a short film by Samuel Brewster which uses the narrative organisation of a flashback. The protagonist after being hit by the train has a flashback which reveals to the audience more information and insight onto the character and the situation. Our film also uses the same style of flashback. In our film, when the young man gets hit by the train, we use a flashback to reveal to the audience how the two main characters have crossed paths throughout there lives and are connected.
Bordwell & Thompson's Theory (Plot V Story) -
Our Narrative organisation and short film format falls under the theory of Bordwell & Thompson's.
Story - The story of our film is about a boy and his father that have never met before, yet are trying to find each other. As they get closer to meeting one another, the boy has an accident and dies.
Plot - The plot of the film shows the father and son's day to day live alternating between showing the two. In the flashback the audience finally see how these day to day activities lead to them meeting each other without them knowing.
2 - Characterisation
Exposure is a short film by Cole Paviour. Exposure uses stereotypical characterisation's of their protagonist and antagonist. This is so that in a short period of time the audience can identify with these characters. This allows the audience members to become immersed into the story quickly. We used modern stereotypical characterisations for our protagonist's. The father and son both doing stereotypical gender/age specific things, for example - the Dad drinking beer in the pub, the son playing football, the Dad watching football.
However, as we use a modern stereotypical characterisation, the Father can be seen food shopping and cooking the dinner - this is a modern representation of a domesticated male.
3 - Camerawork
Spare change uses MOA to establish the protagonists setting. We used the same technique in our short film, we used MOA to show the Father putting the shopping into the boot, the MOA allows the audience to see the Sainsbury's car park against the blue sky reflecting tranquillity and peace.
In our film we also use POV this enables the audience a unique perspective on the film. We use it to represent the dog running towards the Son and the bartender.
4 - Sound
Homey uses diegetic and non-diegetic sound throughout their film. The diegetic sound is added in editing through foley's - you can tell this by the loudness and quality of the sounds. This immerses the audience in the world of the film and allows them to connect with the everyday sounds. Homey also uses non-diegetic sound to draw out the audience's emotion.
We use a similar technique in our film. Throughout the majority of the film we use diegetic foley's, for example: the birds at the opening, train platform, the train. Submerging our audience in sound was one of our criteria's of our film. We hopefully achieved this by the blackout frame/train platform, were the audience have to rely on sound alone. We also use non-diegetic music during the flashback, this hopefully evokes emotion in the audience.
5 - Mise en scene
Mise en scene is key component when making a short film. It allows the audience to use clues around them (e.g. costume, props, colour, setting) to create a richer context for the characters and story.
A Favour is a short film that uses MES to create 2 different households. They use stereotypical views of culture to create MES that the audience can relate to. They create a Muslim family household by opening with the father praying on a mat and wearing a Taqiyah. The Western family household has a father wearing a suit doing his tie up for work (also suggesting he has a high paid job).
In our film we used MES to create a background for our protagonist's. We used props and setting to create the family home of the father, to represent his wealth and status. We also used costume to represent their age with the son wearing jeans, trainers and t-shirts contrasting to the fathers shoes and jackets. However, as we used so many different locations we had to make sure that we didn't use the same costume's as we used a non-linear narrative.
We also made sure that our mise en scene was realistic so that the audience could connect with the characters and their lifestyles, leading to a more emotional climax when the son dies.
6 - Use of genre conventions
Most short films can not conform to one genre or any genre at all as they have to use lots of conventions to create a story in a short space of time.
Most short films are hybrids.
Vibration is a short film that uses multiple genre conventions. It is mainly a drama but uses thriller techniques to represent the young boys fear.
Our film uses multiple genre conventions to tell our story. The main genre is drama however we use conventions of thriller as well.
8 - Editing/Post-Production
Transmission is a short film that uses editing/post-production to layer footage onto an object. This allows them to create a web chat on a tablet.
We used the same technique in our editing/post-production, we layered footage of a football games onto a blank T.V - we also used the same technique to apply our own website (for birth certificates) onto a blank computer.
b) THE POSTER
OUR POSTER -
Most short films do not have posters - therefore we have to compare our poster to low budget independent film posters.
FILM POSTERS -
Title
Our title fits the convention of other film posters. It's the biggest text on the poster, this grabs the audience's attention. The colour of our title is also significant, as it's the colour of the sky in the poster, this reflects our genre of drama. Other posters sometimes use a colour or style that can reflect a mood or feeling e.g. red for 'Cherrybomb' this shows passion and danger which is a key theme in the film. The title also fills up any dead space in our poster.
Imaging
Our poster is comprised of 5 images. The main image of our poster is of the two protagonists. This is a typical convention of other posters. 'Cherrybomb', 'Fish Tank' and 'An Education' posters all have the main protagonists as the main image. This allows the audience to identify with the characters. Most audience members will then be encouraged to watch the film if the can find there personal identity in the protagonists. We also emphasise our characters by having small images of them in either side of the title in the field.
References
In the top right hand corner of 'An Education Poster' there are references to romance books (written by the same author) that other films are based on. This attracts a specific audience for the film as it would attract well read women.
Unfortunately we could not include any references on our poster, as we didn't have enough room. We thought it would make our poster look cluttered rather than organised.
Credit/Production Block
We followed film conventions by placing our billing block at the bottom of the page in the centre. The billing block is a legal requirement showing who made and participated in the film. Therefore we made sure we always took into consideration the placement of the billing block when designing our poster. In addition, we also added our “distributor’s” logo in the bottom right of the credit block and we added our own logo (as the producers) in the bottom left which is usually a common feature on the credit block.
Ratings
Some but not all film posters have ratings. 'Fish Tank' has three ratings - all from newspapers (The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent). However 'Cherrybomb' and 'An Education' posters do not include ratings.
We chose to include ratings on our poster - we followed the conventional layout of them and had them from 'Little White Lies' (to tie in with our review) and one from the 'British Independent |Film awards - both included a summary adjective to describe the film. "Warming" "Touching".
c) THE REVIEW
We decided to make our review in the 'in house' style of 'Little White Lies'. To create this we used InDesign to create a replica review.
We used InDesign to create the exact layout of a 'Little White Lies' review. To do this we found out all the information/guidelines and then transferred them to InDesign.
For the content of our review we analysed different reviews, we found out that on average there were 6 paragraphs all containing a variety of information and we used that information to create a structure for our review.
Paragraph 1 - contexts for the film including: literary contexts, director's previous films, historical or cultural contexts.
Paragraph 2 - information about the protagonist(s): traits, representation, key aspects and performance evaluation.
Paragraph 3 - key themes that were used, issues that may have occurred and the plot
Paragraph 4 - narrative devices that have been used and why they have been used/what they mean.
Paragraph 5 - the use and modification of genre conventions and why they have been used.
Paragraph 6 - reviewer's experience of the film and their evaluation of it.
We also analysed the language used in 'Little White Lies' and found the style of language we had to write in. To create a true review in the style of 'Little White Lies' we had to use their language conventions as well.
Complex Sentences - several clauses combined into one sentence using a variety of language.
Adverbs - the modification of the meaning of a verb.
Puns - the possibility of two or more meanings of a word.
Adjectives - a word identifying the characteristic of the noun.
Metaphors - one object/action/etc. used to describe something with another object/action/etc.
Nouns - the term of a person, place, state or quality.
Rhetorical Questions - a question that does not await an answer.
Restricted Code - a style of language that a reader is assumed to understand.
Examples of how we used 'LWL' language -
"...gauche..." - adjective - restricted code
"...cathartic..." - restricted code
"...slice of life..." - metaphor
Q2 - How effective is the combination of your main product
and your ancillary tasks?
Q3 - What have you learned from your audience
feedback?
Q4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction
& research, planning & evaluation stages?
challenge forms & conventions of real media products?
a) THE SHORT FILM
1 - Narrative organisation and the short film format.
 |
| Misstep |
 |
Misstep is a short film by Samuel Brewster which uses the narrative organisation of a flashback. The protagonist after being hit by the train has a flashback which reveals to the audience more information and insight onto the character and the situation. Our film also uses the same style of flashback. In our film, when the young man gets hit by the train, we use a flashback to reveal to the audience how the two main characters have crossed paths throughout there lives and are connected.
Bordwell & Thompson's Theory (Plot V Story) -
Our Narrative organisation and short film format falls under the theory of Bordwell & Thompson's.
Story - The story of our film is about a boy and his father that have never met before, yet are trying to find each other. As they get closer to meeting one another, the boy has an accident and dies.
Plot - The plot of the film shows the father and son's day to day live alternating between showing the two. In the flashback the audience finally see how these day to day activities lead to them meeting each other without them knowing.
2 - Characterisation
 |
| Exposure |
Exposure is a short film by Cole Paviour. Exposure uses stereotypical characterisation's of their protagonist and antagonist. This is so that in a short period of time the audience can identify with these characters. This allows the audience members to become immersed into the story quickly. We used modern stereotypical characterisations for our protagonist's. The father and son both doing stereotypical gender/age specific things, for example - the Dad drinking beer in the pub, the son playing football, the Dad watching football.
However, as we use a modern stereotypical characterisation, the Father can be seen food shopping and cooking the dinner - this is a modern representation of a domesticated male.
3 - Camerawork
Spare change uses MOA to establish the protagonists setting. We used the same technique in our short film, we used MOA to show the Father putting the shopping into the boot, the MOA allows the audience to see the Sainsbury's car park against the blue sky reflecting tranquillity and peace.
In our film we also use POV this enables the audience a unique perspective on the film. We use it to represent the dog running towards the Son and the bartender.
4 - Sound
Homey uses diegetic and non-diegetic sound throughout their film. The diegetic sound is added in editing through foley's - you can tell this by the loudness and quality of the sounds. This immerses the audience in the world of the film and allows them to connect with the everyday sounds. Homey also uses non-diegetic sound to draw out the audience's emotion.
We use a similar technique in our film. Throughout the majority of the film we use diegetic foley's, for example: the birds at the opening, train platform, the train. Submerging our audience in sound was one of our criteria's of our film. We hopefully achieved this by the blackout frame/train platform, were the audience have to rely on sound alone. We also use non-diegetic music during the flashback, this hopefully evokes emotion in the audience.
5 - Mise en scene
Mise en scene is key component when making a short film. It allows the audience to use clues around them (e.g. costume, props, colour, setting) to create a richer context for the characters and story.
A Favour is a short film that uses MES to create 2 different households. They use stereotypical views of culture to create MES that the audience can relate to. They create a Muslim family household by opening with the father praying on a mat and wearing a Taqiyah. The Western family household has a father wearing a suit doing his tie up for work (also suggesting he has a high paid job).
In our film we used MES to create a background for our protagonist's. We used props and setting to create the family home of the father, to represent his wealth and status. We also used costume to represent their age with the son wearing jeans, trainers and t-shirts contrasting to the fathers shoes and jackets. However, as we used so many different locations we had to make sure that we didn't use the same costume's as we used a non-linear narrative.
We also made sure that our mise en scene was realistic so that the audience could connect with the characters and their lifestyles, leading to a more emotional climax when the son dies.
6 - Use of genre conventions
Most short films can not conform to one genre or any genre at all as they have to use lots of conventions to create a story in a short space of time.
Most short films are hybrids.
Vibration is a short film that uses multiple genre conventions. It is mainly a drama but uses thriller techniques to represent the young boys fear.
Our film uses multiple genre conventions to tell our story. The main genre is drama however we use conventions of thriller as well.
8 - Editing/Post-Production
Transmission is a short film that uses editing/post-production to layer footage onto an object. This allows them to create a web chat on a tablet.
We used the same technique in our editing/post-production, we layered footage of a football games onto a blank T.V - we also used the same technique to apply our own website (for birth certificates) onto a blank computer.
b) THE POSTER
OUR POSTER -
Most short films do not have posters - therefore we have to compare our poster to low budget independent film posters.
FILM POSTERS -
Title
Our title fits the convention of other film posters. It's the biggest text on the poster, this grabs the audience's attention. The colour of our title is also significant, as it's the colour of the sky in the poster, this reflects our genre of drama. Other posters sometimes use a colour or style that can reflect a mood or feeling e.g. red for 'Cherrybomb' this shows passion and danger which is a key theme in the film. The title also fills up any dead space in our poster.
Imaging
Our poster is comprised of 5 images. The main image of our poster is of the two protagonists. This is a typical convention of other posters. 'Cherrybomb', 'Fish Tank' and 'An Education' posters all have the main protagonists as the main image. This allows the audience to identify with the characters. Most audience members will then be encouraged to watch the film if the can find there personal identity in the protagonists. We also emphasise our characters by having small images of them in either side of the title in the field.
References
In the top right hand corner of 'An Education Poster' there are references to romance books (written by the same author) that other films are based on. This attracts a specific audience for the film as it would attract well read women.
Unfortunately we could not include any references on our poster, as we didn't have enough room. We thought it would make our poster look cluttered rather than organised.
Credit/Production Block
We followed film conventions by placing our billing block at the bottom of the page in the centre. The billing block is a legal requirement showing who made and participated in the film. Therefore we made sure we always took into consideration the placement of the billing block when designing our poster. In addition, we also added our “distributor’s” logo in the bottom right of the credit block and we added our own logo (as the producers) in the bottom left which is usually a common feature on the credit block.
Ratings
Some but not all film posters have ratings. 'Fish Tank' has three ratings - all from newspapers (The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent). However 'Cherrybomb' and 'An Education' posters do not include ratings.
We chose to include ratings on our poster - we followed the conventional layout of them and had them from 'Little White Lies' (to tie in with our review) and one from the 'British Independent |Film awards - both included a summary adjective to describe the film. "Warming" "Touching".
c) THE REVIEW
We decided to make our review in the 'in house' style of 'Little White Lies'. To create this we used InDesign to create a replica review.
We used InDesign to create the exact layout of a 'Little White Lies' review. To do this we found out all the information/guidelines and then transferred them to InDesign.
For the content of our review we analysed different reviews, we found out that on average there were 6 paragraphs all containing a variety of information and we used that information to create a structure for our review.
Paragraph 1 - contexts for the film including: literary contexts, director's previous films, historical or cultural contexts.
Paragraph 2 - information about the protagonist(s): traits, representation, key aspects and performance evaluation.
Paragraph 3 - key themes that were used, issues that may have occurred and the plot
Paragraph 4 - narrative devices that have been used and why they have been used/what they mean.
Paragraph 5 - the use and modification of genre conventions and why they have been used.
Paragraph 6 - reviewer's experience of the film and their evaluation of it.
We also analysed the language used in 'Little White Lies' and found the style of language we had to write in. To create a true review in the style of 'Little White Lies' we had to use their language conventions as well.
Complex Sentences - several clauses combined into one sentence using a variety of language.
Adverbs - the modification of the meaning of a verb.
Puns - the possibility of two or more meanings of a word.
Adjectives - a word identifying the characteristic of the noun.
Metaphors - one object/action/etc. used to describe something with another object/action/etc.
Nouns - the term of a person, place, state or quality.
Rhetorical Questions - a question that does not await an answer.
Restricted Code - a style of language that a reader is assumed to understand.
Examples of how we used 'LWL' language -
"...gauche..." - adjective - restricted code
"...cathartic..." - restricted code
"...slice of life..." - metaphor
Q2 - How effective is the combination of your main product
and your ancillary tasks?
Q3 - What have you learned from your audience
feedback?
Q4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction
& research, planning & evaluation stages?
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