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Getting A Location

Getting the location was one of my job and i think it was one of the hardest task i had to do, as our preferred location was a book shop and if we were to film in a book shop we would be making alot of noise and this was somthing alot of the owners were afraid of , i then whent to a library to see if they would be okay with it and i was told to get intouch with the southwark film council so i would film grove vale or dulwich library however as its a public place i was unable to film there but was told that i could film in kingwood house library and they would open it up on the day it was closed for us to film after I confrimed that that place i had to go online an fill out an application for a filming perment and then was told i had the all clear to film ..

Storyboard

Props // Costume

Production Schedule

Check List

Things we need to bring and sort out:

- Camera with tape & battery (Jerome)
-Tripod (jerome)
- Light (shaakira)
-Props (Both)
- Extra money , in case we need a new bulb (both)
-Health and safety information for actors (jerome)
-storyboards and production notes (shaakira)

health and safety

These are things we need to do and have to makes sure we and our cast are working in a safe environment:

• Lights must be monitored at all times, kept away from materials and anything it can set alight, Make sure we read the manual, to work it safely
• Make sure our cast know where all the fire exists are in the location we are filming
• Have a working phone at hand just in case we need to call the emergency services
• Have a 1hr long break to make sure the actors are not over worked
• Make sure we all have access to clean drinking water and toilets
• We will also have short meeting with actors on health and safety, making sure they are able to work safely

Synopsis

Short synopsis: The film will be about a man meeting a woman in the book/record store, they begin to flirt then in the end there is a twist


The film begins with a young man reading a romantic book in the book store, as he his reading he notices a woman seating next to him reading the book over the shoulder. Then this is where the match.com flirting style comes in. As he looks at her she looks away. He moves down she mover closer. Then he becomes intrigued by her they. She starts to playful walk of, and the almost start playing hide and seek in a flirty way. Then a guy walks in to the shop unnoticed. As he finally finds her they are about to kiss then, they stop because they see this man shouting “everybody get down” robbing the shop.

The last shot is them holding hands hiding under the table

soundboard

These are a few songs which we thought would go with our film well, so this is kind of a sound board of copyright free music that we could later feature in our short film. Music well be vital to our film because there isnt hardly any talking

The music that we have up is kind of quirky but this not a defiantly the music we will use but just what we like



On A Sunny Day - Ukulele Sunnyboy by Ukulele Sunnyboy

A grand ole day on Friendfeed by joshhaley

Let's Go Slow by Vela Vox by LittleBlueSkeletonRecords

what we based our idea on?

After coming up with the ideas we thought we would gain inspiration from and we want to make our film in this style



The things we like about this advert its very unique and the flirting is quirky and almost cute. it may be diffcult to do this exactly because if we get dodgey shots then it will ruin i
We also like the music its would suit our film our idea perfectly.

we also like the movement in this film when they are flirting once again its very quirky and charming. the setting is great as well because its a weird thing to do in such a public place where and everyone seems oblivious.

michel gondry sminoff advert

This is the advert where he uses bullet time he also uses allot of fast past editing techniques to make the advert interesting  

film Festivals Case study

A film festival  is an extended way of showing film markers work and can give film makers the recnightion they disever . different festival may foucus on different things an may have different subjuct matters eg gay and lesbian film festivals. A number of film festivals specialise in short films.Film festivals are just like short film festival but usaly contains full length films an some short  short film.

One well known film festival is the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and is held every year in the south of France

British Urban Film Festival

The British Urban Film Festival is a london baced oganisation  (BUFF) which was put together showcase urban  homegrown british talent  in cinema . As there was a place on the market of short films by young ubran people
There film festival is a unique event  as there is un like it in the uk  and is free to attend by the general public.

Short Film Festivals

  Short Film festivals are another way besides the internet that enables filmmakers to show an audience there work. There are so many short film festivals around the worlds therefore it gives film makers opportunities promote their films around the world as anyone can submit there work . there are many full lenght festivals that show shorts an each festival has its disered maximum length there is also a festival for very short films:

The Festival des Très Court

and it is an international short film festival which was created in 1999 and is held each year they show films that are 3 minutes long and aim to promote the very short films .                      

Places like Future Shorts which is network which holds short film festivals Since 2003, Future Shorts a network which enables filmmakers the opportunity to have their work seen worldwide. They believe in getting short films seen and creating a culture around them. They have a monthly film which does this

short films and the internt

the internet has been one of the reason why short film have had the chance to do so well due to technology advancement it has made short film easier to view not only that it has made it easier for the everyday person to upload there films an exhibit them on places like youtube an vimeo not only those there are websites like bbc network an coffee shorts

BBC Film Network: http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/



BBC Film network provide filmmakers a place to showcase there work , the bbc network is a diverse site which offers you incites in to different backgrounds and topics an different everyday issues



Coffee Shorts: http://www.coffeeshorts.co.uk



Coffee Shorts is an Independent short films witch includes many different styes

• Documentary short films
• Anima Narrative Short films.
• Experimental short films
• Music videos.ted Short

i think as the internet grows so will short film as more an more people are choseing to watch full lenght film at home they will work short films as you can was 3-4 in an hour instead of just one

aboy called dad

the stairwell shane

Shane meadows stair well is filmed on a camera phone this shows that he was looking at the content of what was in the piece not the equipment

The mise-ene scene if dark with low key lighting an gritty this adds mystery an tensions

the music also builds tension making the audience think that something is going to happen leaving them wanting to know what going to happen next

the audience expectations are constantly being changed by the climax as they are left wanting more as there are different shots and angles of the man and women protagonist walking up the stairs and how the man idently is hidden and the women looks scared

The Silver film company

The Silver film company that was founded in 1966. They have worked with Lexus Toyota and the co-operative banks which show how creative they are hens the reason why That has won BAFTA awards as they have a unique style which enables them to emerge film making and advertising more interesting, and only intend in being the best therefore they like to expand there idea and work with new people to show their diversity .there short films are hard hitting and have a important message which leaves the audience thinking like’ about a girl’ which is a film that shows realism an is very kitchen sink, which shows how good silver film really is

Maya Deren

Maya Deren was an avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist Deren wrote articles and books, made avantgarde films.

this film is expremnenting with new ideas however it is a hard film to annotate

the black hole

wasp

whore

Whore - Opening Scenes from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.

History of film

Cinema has evolved quite a lot over the years as short films only use to be a couple of seconds and with the advance in technology  it a couple of minutes  in 1894 Thomas Edision kinetoscape  which was a peepshow- like device for individual viewing

1895 first short film publicly displayed "La sortie de l'usine", it was a 46 second clip of workers leaving a factory an it .

It wasn't until 1910 that the length of film expanded  an “short subjects" was coined. Therefore the public had a new form of entertainment an could go to the cinema an watch a number of films  

Also 1895 the Lumiere brother’s arrival of a train at la ciotat had in such shock as this was the 1^st time an audience has seen a moving image moving towards them

In 1930 was labelled "The Golden Age of Hollywood” and the development of film genres

In 1950 a lot more home had TVs therefore short films were being aired on the TV until 1960s

In 1980s short films took a much different approach an were a lot darker an gave the audience something to think about by having a message

Avant Garde

Avant-garde" is a word French meaning "ahead of the crowd." "Cutting edge." Avant-garde film makers like to take old idea and develop them into knew ideas that why it is often said to be "ahead of their times."

Avant-garde films are often known to be highly experimental and play around with the norms or conventions of that time

“Avant-garde film is always a vehicle for the filmmaker’s expression.”

Newton Aduaka

Newton Aduaka is a film director who moved to England in 1985 and studied film history in London International Film School  

In 1997 he set up his own film company alongside Maria Elena L'Abbate the company was called Granite Film Works this a loud them to make cutting-edge an counterseal film .

His 1st feature full length film was Rage this film was first independent film by a black film-maker. Rage won Best Director at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry is a French film, music director and screenwriter. Who stared creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, his music video caught the eye of a music artist Björk, who asked him to direct the video for her song "Human Behaviour". And after that he went on to making many more videos for her

Michel has also created an number television commercials. And came up with  the "bullet time" technique  which is featured in The Matrix, however many people think that the Matrix is where bullet time originated from however it was in  the Smirnoff vodka advert,

The style of Gondry's often plays with the framing of his subject in many of this work and often manipulates the Mise- en- scene

“According to the Guinness World Records 2004, Gondry's Levi's 501 Jeans  "Drugstore" has the "Most awards won by a TV commercial"

shane medows

Shane meadows is a British self taught director am screenwriter. Meadows tried to live a life of crime however finding that, that wasn’t for him he did voluntary work in return of a video recording and editing equipment , Shane got his friends an family to appear in his short films an went on to making over 30 , Meadows an his friends became angry that there was no where they could show there work an when to a local cinema an made a film festival called’ six of the best ‘ this was a festival where anyone could showcase there work it then became an international video festival called 'Flip Side'. ‘Where’s the money Ronnie’ was the first short film to grab the attention of the film industry. Shane then when on to making documentaries for channel 4.Meadows then made his first his first full length feature film Twenty four Seven an then when on to making This is England . Shane meadows tends to make very gritty kitchen sick films an even though he makes full length films he still like to

continues making short films

steal away

Steal Away started with the style of a crime genre an as if it was a bank heist the title of the story was on money which keep to the style of the film there was also upbeat music which added to the genre. As all short film does it jump straight you straight to the climax

The POV of the camera makes the audience feel as if there apart of the film the camera moves in a fast past and focus on one subject to another

 There is a POV from the driver then female protagonist

then the move meant slows down and there is a exaggerates gun shot noise this challenges   the audience view as they are left wondering who got shot there is also a close up on her expression when this happens which may suggest that she going out the male protagonist she also had a tattoo which may suggest she is a rebel

As the film goes on and the two protagonist open the brief case there is an explosion of read ink this could symbolise sin as they had stolen the money it could also be passion and danger

 As they get on the train there ironically is a priest preaching an a man cleaning people feet this could link to the read in the brief case as this may be a biblical reference to when Jesus washed the people feet to cleanse them of there sins deeper on there journey on the train the light flicks on and off when the male protagonist is 'cleansed of his earlier sin an that he has been forgiven

The story truly unravels at the end as it becomes clear that the male protagonist has died, this makes the audience think about all that they just watched an make them think about there own life’s this conventional of short film as it has a messages.  

Horny

Horny is short 6 min film about a women an her view of the tube an how it makes her horny the film follows the conventions of a short film as it has controversial subject which is taken to be funny thought the film. The girl play the narrator an is talking straight to the audience about her thoughts which keeps the audiences attention and makes them feel like there. There’re a lot of shots of the people reactions like  the man who is getting a hard one. thought out the film she is the only one who has any dialogue until the end .the music in the back is fast an up tempo to keep to the past of the music it is also the same music which is in steal away which is odd as they have two different types of story however it works for them both   

The Bouncer

I thought that ‘ the bouncer ‘ was a very effective film with a message and had some humour to it , I thought the way the story was told was the most effective as  you feel like he talking you and  telling you and telling you his story .

The story is told at a fast paste which keeps the audience engaged an trying to keep up  however it does stop to make you think about what was just said an make you put yourself in a bouncers shoes, this conforms to the conventions of a short film as it has a messages which gets the audience thinking.

I like the use of freeze frames as they are used at the most gripping parts of the story when the guy pulls out a knife an the audience get worried I think that that a good editing techniques.

At the end when the other bouncer is killed that is the only part of the film with no dialogue

About a Girl

Written / presented in text this shows you the audience the story is aimed at it also has    non deject sound of text as if someone is texting the title. There is also a connection to about a boy

We are first introduced to a seilottes of a girl singing alone in a field, this enables the audience see her innocents as she is singing Brittney spears stronger this makes her relatable to young girls however we wonder why such a young girl is alone in a park.

When the audience are introduced to her she has a hard extrea which is a contrast when she was singing , she is very naive as she believes that being a singer is top “ if god was alive he would be a singer” she also thinks that a baracisd breezer is a ‘ top drink’

Even thought she is only 13 she believe that she’s no a kid and that she is ‘grownShe is very ‘kitchen sink’ as she is seen to be  Stereotypical girl who looks like she lives in a council estate who has had a hard life and both mum and dad don’t care and have split up,

The audience can see that she has a very forces relationship with her dad and he is portrayed as a dead beat dad for example she stands on the side line why her dad pays football this may also represent her in her  dads life ‘ on the side line’ ‘not important’

And when her dad is in the pub she is outside this shows her independents however she is sat singing Britney spears stronger which once again shows her innocents  an shows the relationship between her and he dad

 When she it with her friends on the bus we see her innocents as she  is on the bus  singing with her friends, with is typically of what 13 year old girls would do.

When she is walking down the street even though she is talking into the camera it looks as if she is talking and walking by  herself an saying her trail of thoughts an every time the camera changes the context of what she says changes by the camera doing this it shows how chatty she is.

When she starts to give a insiste into her life an when she talks about her mother you sense that she has some hostity in her voice as she call her mum a TIGHT BITCH because her mum is hard on her  an that she favours her dad because when she talks about her dad shoving an ice cream in her mums face she doesn’t seem remorseful this also shows that they may have been domestic violence in their household

Both her and her mum want to escape the life they live as her mum is always buying lottery tickets and she want to see a singer ,

She then goes on to tell her dad that she has run away an unlike a responable father she say there’s no space for her at his this shows that she is not a main protiy in his life

For the first time in the film the girl is silence an there is a over the head shot of her looking into the river after she talks about her mum throwing the puppy in the river after the puse she then goes on to say that she become good at hiding thing from her mum an then throws a white plastics bag into the river an then walks off an contries talking about her 99 ice cream

The audience then see that inside the bag was her baby an that she has no remorse for what she has done and has become a prousct of her invroment an is acting just like her mum wen her mum trow the puppy in the river

The plastic bag could repsent her and the baby’s innocents as it it white and also represents the baby coming out head first

We then realise that she has no identy  an her life has become a vicious cycle an she has become her mum

Short film- prey

Prey from BDC on Vimeo.

l liked this short film as I think it followed the conventions of a short film as it told a story it was relatable had a niche audience small cast an unknown actors I think by it having unknown actors made the story more relatable to the everyday girl. They also had a narrator who told her story and the then there were flash backs of what she was talking about and then it went back to her so the audience were able to see her reaction as she tells her story. I think that the camera shots were quite effective and help with the gradual tension because you don’t see the burse on her until she gets to that point in the story.

qouts from short film directors

Catherine Des Forges

“Spare economic narratives interesting, storytelling well structured work which draws in the audience quickly


Gareth Evans

“Short Films are long films that end earlier . a good idea succinctly told less is more

short film an mainstream

My expectations of shorts films were very similar to what the conventions of a short film should be

• Low budget
• Tells a story
• Contrervasail
• Niche audience
• Fiction/non fiction
• Small cast
• Entertain
• Screened in cinemas before feature
• Reality
• Used for purpose

Short films are very different to mainstream films as they so not follow the conventions ways of which a film should be made

• Known actors
• Big budget
• Longer to make
• Shown everywhere
• Glamour
• Builds to the climax
• Larger cast

Conventions of short films

• Abstract
• Unknown actors
• Low budget
• Quicker to make
• Shown mainly online
• Nitty gritty
• Realism
• Straight to the point(jumps straight to the story line)
• Won’t follow the conventions of a main stream film
• Break the rules
• Unconventional way of storytelling
• Niche audience

skin deep

Skin deep  by yusif ali khan

Skin deep  by yusif ali khan

Skin deep if a short film that doesn’t follow the convention of a short film as it has unknown actors which makes the film more relatable as this film is very controversial an raises many racial issue which help to raise awareness of the issues. This film uses shock tactics to grab the audience.

The story is quick passed as we are thrown straight in  where the film begins which an Asian boy looking in the mirror an the opening line he say ‘ hey u Paki u fuckin Paki’ this makes the audience question the boys race as you couldn’t say racist comment about you own race

Title which is skin deep which could be taken from the quote beauty is only skin deep. Which lets the audience no that this film is about self persecution an how we see our selves as well as others

As the film continues we see that he shorten his name to Romo an doesn’t like this birth name as it is a Paki name an takes back alleys so people who support the national fount don’t see him with his sister as she looks more Asian than he does therefore he lets her walk and take rascal abuse by herself which shows that is a coward who is ashamed of his back ground

the audience always see Romo looking into the mirror flatting his hair trying to change his image an look ‘ white ‘ he also uses slag words like you ‘ite mate’ which would also suggest that is what to hid where he comes from

 

when Romo is in the pub with his work mates there is a short reverse short of him and one of the boys looking at him  an you see worry an fear in his face , as if he doesn’t want them to no his secret an he wonders if they already no

he also has that same look on this face we n one of this mates say ‘ ah Romo you look like you could have some Paki in you ‘ however he confront the situation by taking the Mick out of how an Asian would speak ‘ you calling me a Paki you calling me fuckin Paki’ he does this to get an approval from this friends  he also go on to shout abuse to another Asian due to per pressure of his ‘friends’ an wanting to fit in

 

the end of the film is the most hard hitting as this is when the film has reached it climax and the audience an really supervisee for him even though he has abandoned his race an belief to fit it in this scene Romo viciously cut off all his hair to have a ‘skin head’ while shouting verbal abuse to him self an the audience can see the mental damage Romo has been going though

there are a number of flash backs to show Romo’s past an this give the audience an incite in to why he has happened this way and show the audience that he has no become the people he once hated in order to fit in

There is Pathetic Fallacy in this film as there is a lot of low key lighting an it is very ‘real’ an gritty this could show how Romo is feeling inside .