Post 5 - production diary 1

 This is the first post of the production of my film. For my film I took a lot of inspiration from the short film 'the arrival'. The short film is all voice over of the woman's thoughts but diegetic sound here and there in order to keep it naturalistic. I love the character relationship built in this film and I want the same in mine. 

This is a brief mind map I made to store some of my thoughts for my short film. It shows a bit about location, costume, lighting and props:

This quote highlights to me that I need to ensure the actor/ actress is still good at the acting and their position will be key. Although most of the sound will be done in voice over, the personality of the main character still has to come out through body language and facial expression.

This is a story board for my film. It is very basic and not too detailed but its just for me to reference when I'm  filming:

Post 4 - What I want to do and why

 In my film I want to explore the idea of creating a relationship between character and audience, if the audience can relate or feel a way about my main character I have achieved my goal. I want it to captivate those watching and encourage creativity. I want the audience to be fixed on ideas of what could happen next. My aim is for my film to be talked about positively and recommended through word of mouth. 

SETTING: My film will be set in a cinema. A cinema has a stereotypical vibe of escapism and hopefully the audience can do just that. The cinema will be simple and there will be people in the background to watching the film as well as the main character so it looks as naturalistic as possible. The main focus will be on the main character as my film is all about her thought process as she waits to see if her date turns up. The people in the background will just be watching the film, not much acting as I don't want the focus to be taken from the main character.

LIGHTING: The lighting should be fairly dark as that's realistic for a cinema. However, I need the audience to be able to see the main characters expressions clearly as we hear her thoughts so I think I will have her lit up to highlight her. However, I want the other characters who are watching the film to be seen too in the background. This could be tricky as I want everyone to be seen but I want the film to be as dark and as cinema-like as possible.

SOUND: Sound is going to be the most important feature of my film as we are going to hear the non-diegetic audio of her thoughts I will do through a voice over. It is non-diabetic because the viewers will hear how she feels but the characters in the film won't. Here is where we will hear directly her thought process about the date she's meant to be meeting and how she feels about if he's going to turn up etc. 

COSTUME: The main character will be dressed nice, maybe in a dress or jeans and a nice top to show she wants to impress her date but also nothing out of the ordinary to make sure it sticks with the naturalistic theme.

Narrative: My film will follow a linear narrative. We see the story of a teenage/ young adult woman turn up at the cinema and wait for her date. Her date does not show up and she begins to wonder why as the film goes on. However, at the end she receives a message and we are shown the texts that highlight there was a mistake on her behalf and she had gone to see the wrong film. They both thought they'd got ditched. 

Post 3 - Why are there short films?

 What is the point in them? Short films can be produced for many reasons such as film makers expressing their creativity, entertainment, profit, credibility, to be noticed or to express a point of view whatever that may be. It is ac cheap way of film makers deciding or seeing if they can make it into the industry.

Who makes them? Who is in them? Anyone can make a short film as long as they have the resources to do so. In this post-modern world its very few people that cannot do so as simple things like phones can be enough to produce a short film. Anyone can be in a short film there is no limitations. 

How and where are they exhibited? Short films are mainly unloaded on streaming websites as then anyone has access to them. They can also be shown on film festivals etc. 

How has he been the case? Technology was never advanced enough to allow people to make anything more than short films. This is because of lack of technology and resources. 

Who watches short films? Anyone can watch them as long as they have access to streaming websites or are able to attend film festivals etc. 

Post 2 - Research into existing student made short films

 This post is just like the first however I am reviewing short films made by students rather than professionals. I chose two different films and evaluated the micro and macro elements: 

Here are the links to the short films 'AVA' and 'Smell the roses' so you can watch for yourself:

Post 1 - Research into existing professionally made short films.