Finishing Product

We have showed our final video of the short film to the media teachers. They seemed to respond very well to it which I was really happy about. We also got some feedback from them which is very helpful on our Post-production. We realize that we can add another scene to it which can give it a humorous effect to end with. The ending would show the message of the film through humor and it will be great way to end the film. The first person on camera comes back to take the good magazine from the tallest man on camera.

Short Film

We have looked at several short films in class. Films like Black Hole, Shelf life, Shit happens, The Bullying effect and so on.

Shelf life shows a man undergoing a series of safety procedures before beginning to drill into his wall, a certificate that we see shows he is a health and safety officer and has been rewarded for his accomplishments.
Once the man begins to drill into the wall, we see another shot of an elderly man, his face drops and he falls as we notice his head has been penetrated by the safety mans drill. The credits roll and we see the man continuing to drill a series of holes. The film then ends.

The reason i chose to analyse this film is because of the unseen twist that happens towards the end, where the elderly man is killed. The twist really draws your attention into the film more, as it is very unexpected. What makes this so intriguing is the way the main character is set out to be very safety conscious, this leads us to believe he has taken every precaution and that the foreseeable events will run very smoothly, this is then completely changed as wee see the character accidentally kill a man, and not even know he has done it.
This adds a very comical yet cynical feel to the film and makes it very enjoyable to watch.

This short film is about mundane everyday things, and a lot of emphasis is shown on these simple everyday tasks, this links the short film to the one we were planning on making, as in the one we are planning on making would also emphasis everyday tasks that everyday people would undertake. Although in our short film it is going to give the viewer a view of the life of a standard person, with no twist, the short film we watched is still relevant for the fact of it being about everyday thing

FiLm PoStEr

we have been getting some ideas from the internet on our short film poster. We've realized that it needs to have an edge to it which draws in the audience. A certain bubbly but mysterious way of portraying the message of the movie through the poster. As for now we have not yet put the finishing touches to it but its at a stage where we can modify and polish it. It definitely needs colours which are dim but at the same time stand out. We have print screened a clip of a male with a sad face looking towards something the audience cannot see. This being the background we have put a diagonal box going through the poster for the name of the film, credits and so on.

SoLuTiOnS

For every problem there is a solution and we have been able to find a solution to all the problems we've had. We decided to keep our filming clothes at the school so then whenever we get to film we're ready for it. We had to look for taller and taller people and we have found all of them so thats something to be happy about. We have done most of our filming if not, all of our filming. The editing has been our strongest point. We have been doing really well with our continuity editing, match on action and we are always looking for the simple and effective editing.

FiLmInG PrObLeMs

We have had a lot of problems during our filming and most of them to do with continuity. Continuity is a form of editing and we had problems getting everything precise. One of the main things which we needed, to make the film ascend with a flow was clothing. We had to remember all the time that we have to bring the same clothing every lesson and we would sometimes forget and that became a big problem because we would lose valuable filming time.

We also had problems on thinking about a location to film. What was needed was a location which we know we can use all the time. We found a location in the end which is right next to the class and we can always get advise from teachers which is always good.

A major problem we have had recently is getting people which are taller than Tom. We have been searching for a long time and it has become a serious problem for us. I think we should start being more assertive and organized before we get to lessons. Problems will always be there for us but I think that we will have a really good project at the end.

EdItInG

I have started to learn more and more stuff on the Macs. Most of the things i have learnt are mainly to do with editing. The macs are so much easier to use and faster. I have learnt how to do fades and i can utilize them at the right time. We have used fades in our short film when we show clocks. I like the effect of fades because it never takes the audience's attention away and makes them believe that we are going to a different timing or place. We have cut our film from a long 3:48 to 2:23 minutes and this is a good thing because it gives us room to do some more filming and we will be filming quite a lot so we also have to make time for editing.

FiLmInG

Filming has gone so well for us so far and we have gotten footage of about 2:40 secs which is really good at this stage. We know now what and who we need to film so thats what we need to start planning our time upon. I think that after we are done filming the hardest thing for us to do will be to put some music for the start of the short film. Different elements need to be thought about when doing a short film:

- How will we manage our time?
Managing time is a very hard thing to do and even when we did our gantt chart, some of the things we wanted to have done by then couldn't be done because we were either missing someone or we couldn't accumulate the space and sometimes we lacked resources. I think that we should start to book our spaces in advance and we need to also be prepared with resources all the time.
- How much resources will we need?
We will need a lot of resources and they are mainly things like cameras, tripod, a lot of what we needed involved electronics. We need resources that will always be there when we need them. The editing is so much easier this year than it was last year because this time we have access to the mac computers which are so much faster and easier whereas the ones we used last year were always being used and you couldn't find any time to do some editing.

Filming is a hard thing to do and the only way we will get our short film to become noticeable and to stand out is to do as many effective shots as possible.