A2 Media Studies

I've changed my mind; There are going to be certain aspects of my ancillary task (review page) that I am going to be changing, the most noticeable perhaps is the fact that I will be going from a double page spread to a single page. There are a few reasons for this, the first being that the majority of reviews from Empire are only allocated a single page so it seems unlikely that a niche short film would be allocated a double page. Furthermore, I will be changing the 'In Cinema' banner to read 'At Home' due to the fact that most short films are not made for profit and our short film falls in this category so it seems fitting to have this instead. Due to the change in number of pages, there will be many changes in the layout of the review. I will go more into detail of this in a later post, the main thing to take away from this post is that it is vital for me to retain brand identity in my product and I must also conform to the conventions of Empire's product...

By Oliver Wain

The following shot list will provide information on how we plan to capture each shot for our main production of the coursework. By Morgan Glover-Evans

During the half term break, my group and I were able to go to soar lane and begin the filming of our main production. We chose to go on Monday the 12th of March for a few reasons; firstly, it was one of the few days in the holiday that we were all available and we figured that because it is a Monday, our locations would not be really crowded. Furthermore, we looked at the weather forecast and decided that it was the most fitting weather of the holiday for the mood and tone of the film: Despite the forecast drizzle, we hardly saw more than a few drops at times this turned out to be perfect lighting with the use of a few filters on the camera lens and we were really happy with this. Each group member dedicated the weekend leading up to the 12th learning the script inside out to ensure maximum efficiency with the time that we had to spend there. We arrived at about 10:00am and got straight into filming. This was because we were not sure if we would be able to retu...

This script was written by Morgan-Glover Evans and edited by myself and Jake Foulkes, with story suggestions made by each team member. The  script was completed based on previous work surrounding narrative ideas and the plot blocking graph.

Sound and music in film is a topic that I'm quite interested in. Its a really important part of the experience because the two senses that you use when consuming a film is your eyesight and hearing, so sound is essentially half of a film. This short documentary shows the skill and art of creating sound for moving images:    Morgan-Glover Evans has developed some further research into sound and music:

After reviewing the preliminary storyboard, my group and I have come up with our final storyboard for the short film. We have made a few vital changes and added in some more detail. I think that the storyboard really captures the mood of what we want to create in our final production.

Below, is a chart displaying the roles that each one of our group members are responsible for. It clearly outlines each of our responsibilities and our roles are very beneficial to each one of us as they play on our strengths. Furthermore, we tried to evenly spread out the roles, but not every single role is displayed below, they are only generalised because of the sheer amount of different roles that need filling out.

In this post I will be discussing the Institutional Regulations that we must adhere to, follow and consider while planning and filming our production. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is an institution which specialises in classifying films and categorizing them based on the context that is shown throughout the film and the messages that they try to out across. For our film, we are going to aim at an age rating of 12, we aren't able to determine it's classification however until it has been made. This classification however, is the age group below what we are aiming our final product at. This is not a bad thing however because we will have a very niché audience and allowing another age group to watch our film is going to widen this niché. Our target audience is 15  and over, this is because the themes that we are going to explore might be of a more mature nature and therefore not be perceived as we want it to be by a younger audience. The BBFC state...

Introduction The mise-en-scéne of a film is arguably just as important as camerawork or the narrative. For this reason, we do not intend to lack behind in the planning of the costumes or props. The audience responds in a very active way to mise-en-scéne, deciding whether or not their costumes relate to their character. Characters: Sebastian Forge  (Protagonist) Joshua Carter-Mills  Costumes: Sebastian Forge Ideas for Seb's costume initially came from his artistic background and aspirations. But we feel like someone that is in as much emotional conflict as Seb is in perhaps does not have the time and energy to consciously shop for fashionable items. Clothing like this, while fitting the overall smart casual theme, seems a bit too outgoing and confident for the character of Seb. A costume like this comes really close to what I envisioned. It's simple, almost like a disguise, and the backpack is also integral to the character as well. I think t...

Below, are some risk assessments that my group members and I have completed, concerning our filming locations. The reason behind doing this is to outline some possible risks that we may encounter during the process and try to put in some kind of precautions in order to reduce the likelihood of anything happening.When it comes to any project, safety must always be a priority. Soar Lane  Bedroom Location Countesthorpe Leysland Community College

We're starting to move more deeply into the planning and production stages now, and I'm currently happy with the rate at which the narrative for our main product has unfolded itself. There are still a few tasks we need to complete, but when they are we'll be well on track on the production side of things. Here are a few drafts of the storyboard, drawn on school whiteboards to express some creativity: Working with a first draft on a whiteboard was a really great move. It allowed me to quickly adjust images where needed, and forced me to move away from obsessing over detail and rather focus on creating a meaningful visual guide (as a storyboard should be). From this, I plan to build a better draft of the storyboard, with some of these aforementioned details included, a shot list, and complete a script that's almost at it's conclusion: