Reviews Analysis

SIGHT AND SOUND MAGAZINE: 

  The full layout of the film review.
This again is a very simple layout, from the picture in the top right hand corner, with the writing of the review around it.

This follows the basic understanding that most readers, see this like a normal book, reading from the top left hand corner to the right and all the way down.

The credits to the film, showing who is involved in the making of it as well as who is in it is in the bottom right corner as extra information to tempt the reader to see the film.
There is no simple sum up of the review in this magazine like there was in Empire Magazine and it has no star reviews either.

In the top left hand corner of the page is the title of the film and the general information about it, including who the director is, the actors in it, the age certificate and when it was released.
This is the background information before reading the full review.

The main image is in the right hand corner, with the writing of the review around it.
It again is like a visual sneak peek into the film, showing the actor in it in his costume and the setting.

The synopsis is again like background information. It is a sum up of what happens in the film, which will help you understand the review a bit more. It will also help you see if you are attracted to the storyline of the film.

Reviews Analysis

EMPIRE MAGAZINE:

The layout of the review.
The picture right at the top, as we generally tend to read things from the top left corner the down.
The picture captures the audience's attention, as does the bold titles underneath it, telling us what film it is.

Then after the picture and the title is the full review. There is two boxes (one top left and one bottom right) which are like quick sum ups and the full review in between.

This is a simple layout which is very clear for the reader. It's also informative about the film and has simple sum ups for those lazy readers...!

A still image from the film, to get fans excited.
Shows the actors in it, also the costumes, props and some of the setting. This is all like a 'sneak peek'

A box with general information about the film. A very quick sum up, before the full review.
This can be effective as background information may be needed before reading the full review.

A quick sum up at the end with a star rating. It's sort of like a conclusion to the full review of the film.

Poster Idea

Here, is the conventional 'Small print' at the bottom of the poster, listing who's in the film, who directed, produced and edited it.
There is also the website for more information on the film and the logos of production companies at the bottom.






The font for the poster is very simple. In the actual poster the colour of the font will be white, as the background will be black, but I did this using a fine liner in order for the poster to stand out for the moment.

I decided to keep the font simple as all the other documentary/mockumentary poster's i've looked at all have very simplistic font and have either a black or a white font colour. I've decided to conform to this convention with my short film poster.

As you can see from my poster design, I wanted the main character to be the focus of the poster, the main image in the centre which attracts the audience's attention. This is a medium shot and I got inspiration for this from the poster I analysed, 'I'm still here'. The main image in 'I'm still here' is of the main character and the focus is entirely on him.
In my poster, you see the subject holding a triangle, which creates some enigma codes such as 'what is the relevance of the triangle?'
The man also poses the question 'who is he?'

General

Locations:
My house will be used as the main character's house. I will change the furniture around and place some props around, to make the house look more like the character's. For instance there could be a portrait of a triangle in the background, photos of Fret around the place, a few plants and so on, to make it feel homely.
Another location is an alleyway, where Fret will be attacked by some violin players. It will look like a rough place in town and will convey how traumatic it all was for the main character and alleyways are usually conventional in places where people are beaten up.
The last location I'll use is the school, in a music room, where there are already music posters and instruments everywhere to show it is a music room, which is where the band will rehearse.

Props:
All the instruments will be props, obviously so a triangle, xylophone, egg shaker, recorder, wooden block and spoons will be used.
There will also be the petition Fret shows the interviewer.
And obviously, the character's triangle will be the main prop. Like how Harry Potter's wand is the most important prop.
Fake blood will be needed for the scene where Fret's ear bleeds.

Costumes:
Fret Puke = tweed jacket, a check shirt, cord trousers and glasses - gives him a geeky look, to make him stand out a bit. What my target audience think a triangle player would look like.
Other characters = everyday clothes; jumpers, shirts, jeans etc.

Equipment Needed:

• Camera
• Tripod

Actors:

Josh

- photo will be poster soon.

(others to be confirmed)

Potential Difficulties: 

How to over come

• If the weather is too bad to film, however this could be useful when filming the main character being beaten up, as it has a pathetic fallacy theme to it. 
• If the actors are not available due to unforeseen circumstances, I'll need to have some people on standby. 

Production Schedule/Risk Assessment

My Animatic

This is my finished animatic. I recorded the voices of the characters, perfected the timings of each shot, so that it is in 5 minutes, instead of nearly 7 minutes! The music is from garage band, they suit the mood of the scene and they are only examples of what the music will be like, I will make the music later when it comes to the editing process. 

Progress

So far I have finished my storyboard and have done a rough draft of my script.

When storyboarding I couldn't help but think back to when I did it for my year 11 music video coursework, which was a 3 minute long video and for a 3 minute long video I did at least 130 shots. This time, despite the fact the film is 5 minutes long, I found that I only managed about 85 shots in my storyboard for the whole thing. For a while I was worried that it wouldn't be enough shots, but because my short film is a mockumentary, alot of the shots is an interview with the main character, so those shots will be particularly long. This meant that the shots were less that I thought they would be, just because a few go on for at least 20-30 seconds.

I need to type up my script onto scriptbuddy.com in order to have the layout clearer and neater. But I did a rough draft of the script so that I could make storyboarding easier.

In the end, I think I will need to cut some shots out in order to make the time limit, but it is always better to have the whole thing run a bit longer, so that you can review it and make the necessary changes in order to make the film as good as it can be, but still within the time limit.