Q4 - How did you use media technologies in the research and planning of your film

Q3 Ancillary technologies

This video shows the different technologies and tools we used for the creation of our ancillaries.

Q3 Audience feedback

This video shows two people who watched our short film now answering questions on the short film as well as the ancillaries.

Q2 Emaze

Question 1- How do our short film and ancillaries use develop or challenge forms of conventions in comparison to real short film and ancillaries

A change of plan

After having an attempt at the bucket list idea we realised that the film that we had created was rather boring and just wasn't good enough. We spoke to our teacher about this and she agreed. We then proceeded to come up with a new idea as the previous bucket list idea didn't really have too much potential. The new idea that we have come up with is about a teenager who has just passed his driving test and can now drive his car independently. He then picks up two of his friends but at one moment he has to choose between seeing them and a girl who has had a crush on but has never been interested in him, until he could drive.

6 Bucket List ideas for our film

These are the 6 ideas that we have came up with for the character to take part in - 

• Ghost pepper challenge with others
• Sightseeing (Windsor Castle)
• Driving
• Learn to say hello in 5 different languages
• Conquer a fear
• 11-a side football

Shooting and Editing Schedule for January 2015

Ancillary - Lighting and Photography planing

Lighting and Photography Planing

For the equipment, we are going to be using a DSLR. The same DSLR we will be using for filming. We are going to be using a DSLR because of its ability to capture RAW images. This will help us correct: Colours, lighting and exposure in post.







We will be using a tripod along with the camera for added stability. The benefits of using a tripod is that we can level our shots so that they have no angle. It will also add as a level of protection for the camera because it is fastened into the tripod.




We are going to using natural light because we will be taking pictures outside. We will try and shoot our pictures during mid day so that the natural light around us is brightest. Because we are shooting in RAW we will be able to change the lighting levels of each picture in the editing stage.








When we are taking pictures we need to take into account where in the shot the text will go. To help us manage this we can use the rule of thirds. Most cameras allow you to have a grid display up on the screen. By using this we can align up where the characters in the shot should be and and if there will be space to put the text.
If we say the text will go on the top line then we can put actors and props along the bottom line and the sides.

Draw Poster Audience Feedback

I handed people in my class a copy of the draw up film poster and asked them to say a positive and a negative thing about it.



Nick Baldwin: The posters main headings fading into the distance is a nice touch. You might run into trouble when trying to picture a scene with the Sun out and a few clouds because of the season.

Josh Barnes: The location which is draw looks very nice. The poster is missing the names of key actors and institutions. A little bit of work will need to be done using Photoshop to blend in the titles with the clouds.

Danny O'Brien: Neat looking poster. Could try and add more of the characters to the poster.

Jake Hemming: I like how the titles are blended in with the clouds. This will require some photoshop work but overall the poster seems not overly complicated which will be easy for your group to meet deadlines.

PhotoPeach & Emaze

PhotoPeach allows users to upload pictures to put into a slide show. The Order you upload the photos is the order they are put into the slideshow.

They then choose what music they would like to have in their slide show. They can choose from some music that is already on the website, from Youtube or from their own collection.

Emaze is very similar to Prezi. You create slides with text, images and/or video. And then is allows the viewer to go through the presentation in a graphical way. A benefit of using Emaze is that it supports .ppt files. So converting any Microsoft Powerpoint files into Emaze is supported.

The Bucket List (Film Poster ) using PhotoPeach

The Bucket List (Film Poster) on PhotoPeach

Drawn Film Poster

Digipack Analysis

Preliminary Inspiration

Preliminary Inspiration

For the preliminary film poster i created i got the idea from a short film i have seen. The film (pictured right) is called "Orange Drive". The film has only one camera angle. The camera is mounted on to the front of the car throughout the film.

The two shot used in this film allows the audience to see: The characters, clothes they are wearing, props they are holding and their facial expressions. Because of the amount of information given off by this particular shot i chose to do a similar premise on the preliminary film poster.



There are some similarities between our film and this film such as:

• Both films follow the life of a boy.
• Low budget
• Small Cast

Preliminary Photoshop Ancillary

Student Ancillary

"Unbalanced" Film Poster Analysis

The film poster features: the release date of the short film, the institution that is making the film, the actors and the title of the film.

The film poster is dark which hints to the audience that the film can have a scary genre such as Horror or Gore. This is a common convention of a film poster. This is because the poster wants to give as much information about a film without revealing its narrative. The poster is in black and white as well. Black and white gives a quite subdued look to the character.

The character on the poster looks rather unkept. The character has greasy looking hair and is unshaven. This can means that the characters class may be low/working class.

Script

Scene 1, Waking up:

Lewis: *Starts to wake up*

Parent: LEWIS! Wake up!

Lewis: Okay, Okay, OKAY! *progressively louder*

Parent: LEWIS

Lewis: Urgh *mumbles*

Narration: This is how i wake up every morning. *Gets interrupted*

Parent: You're going to be late!

Narration: ...Every morning.

Scene 1, Getting ready:

Narration: Im in my last year at school now. *Puts on school blazer*
I've always hated that blazer, in fact, school in general... *Trousers on & Shoes*
Every day(Monday to Friday) i will wake up like this, get ready and go to school.

Scene 2, Montage 1(Journey to School):
               
Narration: [Sound Bridge] The walk to school is quite nice actually. *Headphones go in*
Only one more day till the weekend which is nice! *Music starts*

Scene 2, Montage 1(At School): 

Narration: School can be decent sometimes. *Paper gets thrown at him* But most of the times its   Shi....[Cut]


Scene 3, Home by desk:


Parent: Lewis, Dinner is ready.

Lewis: *Goes down stairs and brings it up to the desk* Thanks (parent)!

Parent: *Stands by door* Lewis we have just got a letter through the door. You better be getting good grades in your exams next month. Its important!

Lewis: Yes, yes, yes i know. *Continues on with his games, etc*

Scene 3, Blog: 

Narration: One day i stumbled across a post on this website. So i thought 'Oh why not'.
After reading that post i decided to create my own bucket list. It took me ages to make a list of things i wanted to do. It took my mind off of the pressures of school actually.

Parent: Lewis!

Narration: Well for a bit.

Scene 4, The Bucket List: 

Instructor: Right Lewis, Raise the clutch and pull away.

Lewis: *Proceeds to stall* Right one more try.

Instructor: Raise it slowly, lets begin.

Lewis: *Pulls away perfectly*

Scene 4, GYM: 

Narration: Now i'm not the strongest kid in the world. I mostly just go on runs.

*Small montage of weights increasing*

Narration: But i've definitely gotten stronger. (But not that strong) *Camera points at biggest weights in the gym*.

Scene 4, Blog Post: 

Narration: I decided to make a post on how i've made my self more happy. I have completed my bucket list now. I still go out and try things i've never done before but now i just do them for fun.

Scene 5, Fishing/ Home: *One month later*

Narration: I love fishing now. I go every friday afternoon. Very peaceful. I have just finished my exams and are dreading the results.

Narration: Once i got back home i saw on the table a brown envelope addressed to me. They were my results....

Target audience

Location Research

Location Research

Location research is  arguably the most important stage in the pre production period of making a film. The importances of having a good location is that some narratives need certain locations in order to provide a realistic experience for the audience. When choosing locations the location scouts take into account several factors including: Budget of the film, Availability of amenities(Hotels, Electrical outputs), availability of light and the feasibility of getting to the location.

At each location you have to get permission to use the land from the owner. Sometimes they might just let you on their land, but most times you will have to pay to use it.

Local weather reports HAVE to be taken into account. If you're going to a notoriously rainy country to film then this can cause issues if you are filming picturesque scenes.