Friday, 19 November 2010
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
More Market Research.
http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/films/past_entrants/332253/mixtape
This movie won the 2008 short film awards and was made by Luke Snellin.
I love the way music is used in this short film. Very simple shots capture emotions and are very effective.
I like the story line as it is cute and catchy.
Although it's a little bit shorter than ours is expected, but I really like some of the ideas used.
This movie won the 2008 short film awards and was made by Luke Snellin.
I love the way music is used in this short film. Very simple shots capture emotions and are very effective.
I like the story line as it is cute and catchy.
Although it's a little bit shorter than ours is expected, but I really like some of the ideas used.
More Market Research.
http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/films/entry/345289/sign-language
This short film called 'Sign Language won the short film award this year.
I like the general storyline throughout this short film, and the positive attitude of 'Ben'.
The twist in the story at the end is clever, and the music and mise en scene makes the audience feel empathy towards 'Ben'.
Our story line is quite similar in the way that Mr.White expects to be dissapointed but has a nice surprise at the end.
Hopefully our choice in storyline and choice of props, music, actors etc. will create the same empathy and happy/positive feeling.
This short film called 'Sign Language won the short film award this year.
I like the general storyline throughout this short film, and the positive attitude of 'Ben'.
The twist in the story at the end is clever, and the music and mise en scene makes the audience feel empathy towards 'Ben'.
Our story line is quite similar in the way that Mr.White expects to be dissapointed but has a nice surprise at the end.
Hopefully our choice in storyline and choice of props, music, actors etc. will create the same empathy and happy/positive feeling.
Market Research.
1, Do you watch a lot of films?
2, Do you watch them more at the cinema or on DVD?
3, What is your favourite genre and why?
4, Do you read film reviews? (If the answer is no advance to question 8)
5, If so do you read film reviews about films you’ve watched/want to watch?
6, If so do you read them before or after you’ve watched the film?
7, Which is your favourite film review magazine?
8, Have you ever watched a short film?
9, What is your favourite Fairy Tale?
10, What do you look for in a film?
11, Do you like fantasy or do you prefer things to be realistic?
These were the original questions we came up with, but we decided we didn't need all of them as the clip would be too long, below is the final outcome of our questionnaire being displayed by two bears!
2, Do you watch them more at the cinema or on DVD?
3, What is your favourite genre and why?
4, Do you read film reviews? (If the answer is no advance to question 8)
5, If so do you read film reviews about films you’ve watched/want to watch?
6, If so do you read them before or after you’ve watched the film?
7, Which is your favourite film review magazine?
8, Have you ever watched a short film?
9, What is your favourite Fairy Tale?
10, What do you look for in a film?
11, Do you like fantasy or do you prefer things to be realistic?
These were the original questions we came up with, but we decided we didn't need all of them as the clip would be too long, below is the final outcome of our questionnaire being displayed by two bears!
Final Idea.
Mr. White in Sunder-Land.
We've decided to pursue the 'Alice in Wonderland' based story, as there are loads of things we can research and lots of things we adapt to suit our audience.
Short film ideas 3..
Alice in Wonderland:
Based on the White Rabbit: Main Character.
The white rabbit lives alone in a little town called Sunder-land. He's actually a man called Mr.White, but he gets called rabbit due to his large ears and buck teeth as a child.
Mr White is known for being late, no matter what the occasion, he's always late, and always blaming it on his watch.
Mr White is supposed to have an important meeting with his business partners, Barry and Larry Tweedle. His alarm clock fails him, and he rushes to the meeting to find they've already left.
Next, Mr. White has a very important date with his lady friend Alice. Running late, he ends up at the wrong coffee shop and leaves Alice stood up.
Then Mr. White is supposed to be attending his good friend Mr. Hattersfield's tea party, but once again things get in the way and he misses all the fun.
After a long day, Mr. White returns home feeling sad. It's his birthday party tomorrow, and nobody will come because he's let them all down so much.
He goes to bed and cries.
The next morning, Mr.White still feels very sad, he climbs out of bed and plods down the stairs..
"SURPRISEEE!!!!"
In his living room, all his friends like Mr. Hattersfield, Larry and Barry Tweedle, Alice and many more are all stood around a big cake with lots of cups of tea and presents!
Opening his new presents, Mr. Hattersfield bought him a mobile, this means he can call to say he's late.
Barry and Larry bought him an alarm clock each, so there's no excuse to be late.
And Alice bought him a watch, but with a GPS! So he can never get lost.
Mr. White is ever so happy.
The end.
Based on the White Rabbit: Main Character.
The white rabbit lives alone in a little town called Sunder-land. He's actually a man called Mr.White, but he gets called rabbit due to his large ears and buck teeth as a child.
Mr White is known for being late, no matter what the occasion, he's always late, and always blaming it on his watch.
Mr White is supposed to have an important meeting with his business partners, Barry and Larry Tweedle. His alarm clock fails him, and he rushes to the meeting to find they've already left.
Next, Mr. White has a very important date with his lady friend Alice. Running late, he ends up at the wrong coffee shop and leaves Alice stood up.
Then Mr. White is supposed to be attending his good friend Mr. Hattersfield's tea party, but once again things get in the way and he misses all the fun.
After a long day, Mr. White returns home feeling sad. It's his birthday party tomorrow, and nobody will come because he's let them all down so much.
He goes to bed and cries.
The next morning, Mr.White still feels very sad, he climbs out of bed and plods down the stairs..
"SURPRISEEE!!!!"
In his living room, all his friends like Mr. Hattersfield, Larry and Barry Tweedle, Alice and many more are all stood around a big cake with lots of cups of tea and presents!
Opening his new presents, Mr. Hattersfield bought him a mobile, this means he can call to say he's late.
Barry and Larry bought him an alarm clock each, so there's no excuse to be late.
And Alice bought him a watch, but with a GPS! So he can never get lost.
Mr. White is ever so happy.
The end.
Short film ideas 2...
The ugly ducking:
At a college in England, a teenage girl is constantly bullied for the way she looks.
Her hair's never styled, she's not that skinny, she wears glasses and has a brace, as her family are quite poor she can't afford the latest trends in fashion, so she's basically an outcast.
All her parents want from her is for her to be normal, they want her to have friends and have a boyfriend and have grandchildren, but the girl is too focused on her studying, and after several attempts to be 'cool', she gives up.
She becomes depressed, and leaves the college, leaves her little town, and plans to explore instead of studying. She loves fashion, and wanders streets window shopping the beautiful clothes she'll never afford, constantly sketching in her little notebook full of her ideas, dreams and fantasies.
When wandering the towns, she feels very lonely and lost. She doesn't know any body and has no friends.
One day, she gets so angry, she throws all her sketchbooks away, but these are only to be found by a modeling agent who loves the ideas and looks up the girl.
He finds her in a tiny studio flat and offers her a job for a big modeling agency, designing and modeling clothes.
But she becomes sad, knowing she's not beautiful enough to model clothes.
"But you are!" He says, and pulls down a mirror to show herself what she looks like.
Over time, her hair had grown luscious an long, she'd had her braces removed and contact lenses instead of glasses made her eyes look beautiful!
"You're perfect." Said the agent.
After doing several photo shoots, and earning lots of money, her family get in touch saying how proud they are, and they want to be back in her life.
Some of her old colleagues from college also get in touch, but she decides she doesn't need them in her life.
She buys a new posh flat, and lives happily ever after.
At a college in England, a teenage girl is constantly bullied for the way she looks.
Her hair's never styled, she's not that skinny, she wears glasses and has a brace, as her family are quite poor she can't afford the latest trends in fashion, so she's basically an outcast.
All her parents want from her is for her to be normal, they want her to have friends and have a boyfriend and have grandchildren, but the girl is too focused on her studying, and after several attempts to be 'cool', she gives up.
She becomes depressed, and leaves the college, leaves her little town, and plans to explore instead of studying. She loves fashion, and wanders streets window shopping the beautiful clothes she'll never afford, constantly sketching in her little notebook full of her ideas, dreams and fantasies.
When wandering the towns, she feels very lonely and lost. She doesn't know any body and has no friends.
One day, she gets so angry, she throws all her sketchbooks away, but these are only to be found by a modeling agent who loves the ideas and looks up the girl.
He finds her in a tiny studio flat and offers her a job for a big modeling agency, designing and modeling clothes.
But she becomes sad, knowing she's not beautiful enough to model clothes.
"But you are!" He says, and pulls down a mirror to show herself what she looks like.
Over time, her hair had grown luscious an long, she'd had her braces removed and contact lenses instead of glasses made her eyes look beautiful!
"You're perfect." Said the agent.
After doing several photo shoots, and earning lots of money, her family get in touch saying how proud they are, and they want to be back in her life.
Some of her old colleagues from college also get in touch, but she decides she doesn't need them in her life.
She buys a new posh flat, and lives happily ever after.
Short film ideas..
Modern Hansel and Gretal:
A teenage boy and teenage girl's parents split up.
The father loves the children and the wife decides to get revenge by taking the children into a nearby big city and trying to lose them.
The children are clever, and first they find a tourist information shop, get a map, some bus times, and eventually find their way home.
The next day, she does the same thing, but they use the GPRS Sat Nav on their phones to find their way back.
Lastly, on a sunday, she steals their phones and money and abandons them once again.
The tourist information is closed, the buses aren't running, and the children are well and truly lost.
Whilst wandering the streets, an old friendly woman offers food and shelter in her high-tech orphanage, so they follow her to a big house.
Once inside, the woman turns evil and traps them in a room, activated by a keycard.
She feeds them colossal amounts, making sure they eat it all, fattening them up to be butchered.
The two children devise a plan to escape the next time the woman brings their food.
She brings them their food and they run behind her and push her in, stealing her keycard they lock her in to die.
They steal all her money and jewels, then escape from the house.
After wandering the city, then run into police, who have been searching for them for days.
They take them back to their father, who is thrilled.
They are now rich with the woman's belongings, she gets arrested for pedophilia, the mother has left with another man and they live happily ever after.
A teenage boy and teenage girl's parents split up.
The father loves the children and the wife decides to get revenge by taking the children into a nearby big city and trying to lose them.
The children are clever, and first they find a tourist information shop, get a map, some bus times, and eventually find their way home.
The next day, she does the same thing, but they use the GPRS Sat Nav on their phones to find their way back.
Lastly, on a sunday, she steals their phones and money and abandons them once again.
The tourist information is closed, the buses aren't running, and the children are well and truly lost.
Whilst wandering the streets, an old friendly woman offers food and shelter in her high-tech orphanage, so they follow her to a big house.
Once inside, the woman turns evil and traps them in a room, activated by a keycard.
She feeds them colossal amounts, making sure they eat it all, fattening them up to be butchered.
The two children devise a plan to escape the next time the woman brings their food.
She brings them their food and they run behind her and push her in, stealing her keycard they lock her in to die.
They steal all her money and jewels, then escape from the house.
After wandering the city, then run into police, who have been searching for them for days.
They take them back to their father, who is thrilled.
They are now rich with the woman's belongings, she gets arrested for pedophilia, the mother has left with another man and they live happily ever after.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
What Makes a good review?
What makes a good review?
- Good exciting layout
- Enticing pictures
- Bold fonts
- Main highlighted points
- Star ratings
- Personal views
- Actual good review of the film
- Informal so it's easier to relate to
- Comparisons of similar films
- Predicted Interest Curves, to make it more exciting
- Not giving away to much of the plot
- Small credits
- Short, basic outline of the story
- A full detailed synopsis meaning you know the ending of the film
- Basic layout
- Loads of credits
- Unnecessary information
- A small simple picture
- No personal views
- More like a directory than a film review
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