4th & Final Draft of Short Film

3rd Draft of Short Film

Previous Feedback:

How I used Feedback:

Chloe:

Again we agreed with her costume choices as we felt that the connotations of that outfit would fit our film.

Jack:

I changed the blue light so that it, like the other characters, covers the full screen for Macy's character.

Eleanor:

We have planned to add a narrator to the film, however, haven't added one yet. We should have written a script, chosen a voice actor, and recorded the voice by the time we upload the final film.

Jacob:

We agreed with Jacob's suggestions for Felix.

New Feedback

First Glimpse at New Project

More details in the description - but the Premiere Pro file on which my previous project is on crashed and I unfortunately lost all my work so far.

Re-Filming

Initially, we planned exactly what we needed to film, and the equipment/props that we needed to film. We also decided upon dates when to film and where we would film.

Our first re-filming session took place at Dylan's house for his scene as 'Laptop Guy'. We made the mise-en-scene purposefully messy and created a blue light effect by placing coloured tape over our phone flashlights.

Here's what it looks like with the desired lighting:

 

Ancillary Tasks Updates

Feedback Panel on my Double-Page Spread.

Above is a draft for my double-page magazine spread. As you can see I have effectively followed conventions of a magazine movie review article.
Conventions:
- The title of the film/article is bolder and more visible than the other text.
- I have included direct quotes from critics and people who worked on the film.
- I have mentioned positive aspects of the film.
- I have shown the ratings given to the film by other critics.
- Page numbers are present.
- I have included the writer of the article
- The images are captioned

What I need to improve:
- I need to add the films tagline and release date.
- I need to introduce the film and describe the plot.
- I need to mention the characters in the film in more detail.
- I need to mention the writer of the article.

Feedback Panel on my Movie Poster.

I have also followed conventions with my poster:
- It is eye catching and draws attentions.
- A main image.
- Title is obvious and a different font to the rest of the text
- The genre is clear
- I have included the release date
- It targets to the largest audience possible
- I have included a billing

I need to :
- Include social media
- reviews

Ancillary Task Convention Research

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2nd Draft of Short Film

Previous Feedback:

How I used Feedback:

Chloe:

We decided to keep Felix's outfit and agreed with Chloe on her opinion on his outfit. We also decided to completely cut any footage from other sources from our film to make it completely our own.

Jack:

With Jack's advice we decided to keep the blue filter, and even exaggerated it to make to bluer (in part due to Jacob's advice as well). We felt as a team that this reinforced our point, and made it seem like the characters were completely obsessed. We also made an active effect to make the lighting brighter so it was picked up better on camera.

Eleanor:

We filmed the rest of the film.

Jacob:

When filming the rest of the film Ruben effectively managed to maintain his cool, quirky use of the camera. We also did experiment with different filters and as a result came out with this bluer effect.

I have chosen to upload at this stage to gain some preliminary feedback on the way the film is presented and whether the little niches, ie Macy's blue light only coming from her phone. Which numerous members of the feedback panel suggested they didn't like on different occasions.

First Draft for the Magazine Article

Change of Ancillary Task

I'm changing my task from a radio trailer to a magazine article.

RADIO TRAILER --> MAGAZINE ARTICLE

After seeing ex-student Tom Joyce's ancillary task where he created a double page spread for his film. 

I think it's really cool what can be done with the double page spread and this is something I will definitely draw inspiration from due to it's quirkiness and professional look.

Other professional magazine articles look this this:

From these images and other research I've recognised a few conventions of these magazine spreads:

- There is a main image of the film that can go across both sides of paper and is the main centre piece of    the article.

- There is text that discusses the film.

- There are other secondary images that are smaller.

- There can be quotes that are highlighted, and other interesting information that readers' eyes are drawn    to.

3rd Draft of Poster

I find myself doing constant drafts because I love graphic design!

For my third draft of my poster I decided to gain some audience feedback to see if my overall idea is working.

I asked Rui (left) and Aiden (right) for any advice on my poster and they offered their personal opinion in my 3rd draft:

Before I remove the pop-ups I will consult more advice as personally I like them, however I don't mind removing them if a majority of my audience doesn't like them. I will also take my own photos for the next draft which should remove the awkward lighting on the main images.