things to think about when making my film

Title Sequence: I  need to think about what i would use within my title sequence as it is important in setting the tone for everything else that is going to be included. I need to think about what the title of the film is going to be, the colour and tone of the sequence, the use of sound (whether it is ambient music or artificial music), the use of editing to compose thright atmosphere and mood, setting the scene with an opening shot that will effect the entire film. 


Narrative: The idea of a short film is that it is short this means that the narrative must be effective and short, writing from experience will assist in making the narrative flow as it provides a story that is closer to reality. Ensure to re write the narrative over and over to ensure that the narrative is effective and suits it's purpose. Ensure to keep the story line as close to real life as possible this engages the audience more as they are able to take aspects of it and compare it to their life or conventions they may already have about real life. When thinking about narrative it is also important to make a genre for it, this is because all successful films are able to be sorted into a genre, e.g. star wars can be put into sci fi. 


Planning: When thinking about how i will plan the video i will need to use various different techniques. First to generate mood boards to generate thoughts about what it is i want to make my video about, also narrative of the video, the location of the video, the lighting, the hardware i will use, what software i will use to edit the video etc.

two step flow

Two step flow

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video ideas

When thinking about which brief i would choose i started to look at music videos, i found this music video (After Midnight Blink 182) and i like the narrative that goes with the music along with the how it has been made. I like the use of narrative within the music video as it is almost like watching a short film with the two protagonists being the patients in the psychiatric institue that get out of their rooms and cause havoc within a hospital. With the antagonists being the wardens of the hospitals, this makes the video follow the normal conventions that we would perceive in a narrative but are presenting it in a different way. This is because instead of being a knight saving a princess, it is instead 2 patients. This video also makes us question stereotypes we already have about those in psychiatric wards, as we would think that they are all mostly mentally unstable and not safe but this shows how they are the same as anyone else. They have conformed however to the stereotypes used in a rock music video this is the use of the band performing their song inside a big hanger and they have assumed stances that a typically rockstar would. I like the idea (if i was to make a music video) to insert a narrative into the music video, almost making the music video a short film in it's self. However this could be difficult as it may turn more into a short film retracting from the fact that it is a music video but i enjoy this style of music video and feel that it is a possible option if i was to make a music video.

Course Work Briefs

I have the choice between two briefs for my A2 media course work these are:

1. A promotion package for the releas of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

• a website homage for the band
• a cover for it's release on DVD
• a magazine advertisement for the DVD

2. A short film in it's entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the following three options: 

• a poster for the film
• a radio trailer for the film
• a film magazine review page featuring the film