Wednesday 30 September 2015

Short Film Research: Introducing Jacob

The purpose of this post is to let my audience get to know my main characters, this one is introducing the main male character in my film. I created this spider diagram to record personality traits that my character has, this will allow the audience to get a better feel for the film and relate more to the character.

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Character Profiles: Introducing Abigail

One of the important stages in creating a short film is building the characters, their background story and their relationship.

I made this mind map to record all of the personality traits my characters will hold. This will help me when I come to create a small dialogue. I aim to portray all of these emotions and features in my short film.

 

I also took a photo of both of my characters together, this enabled me to see first hand how they will look together.
 

Friday 25 September 2015

Short Film Research: Scouting for Male Character

It is important that before choosing my main male character, I scouted for potential actors. I tracked down three males who I would use in my film and from this, I have decided who I want to use.
 
Character Profile:
Lewis Taylor
DOB: 25th July 1998
Height: 5ft 8
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Brown


 
 
Character Profile:
Joe Moore
DOB: 16th May 1999
Height: 5ft 8
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Brown
 
 
 
Character Profile:
Luke Birkbeck
DOB: 10th October 2015
Height: 6ft
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Brown


 
I have came to the conclusion that I will use candidate one for my short film. I have chosen Lewis because I feel like he will fit the description of my character perfectly. He is also very flexible for filming times.
 
 



Tuesday 22 September 2015

Short Film Research: Scouting for the Female Character

I think it's important that the right person plays the role of  Abigail, therefore I wanted to have a choice between people. I decided that I would go around the people I knew, assessing them for the role.

Georgia Brown
DOB: 24th December 1997
Height: 5ft 5
Eye colour: Blue
Hair colour: Blonde



 

 Lauren Daley
DOB: 2nd August 1998
Height: 5ft 5
Eye Colour: Green
Hair Colour: Brown


 
Taylor Johnston
DOB: 23rd July 1998
Height: 5ft 3
 Eye Colour: Green
Hair Colour: Brown


 
I decided to pick Taylor for my main character because I feel like she would look the best with the male character and they will compliment each other. I also think she will play the role perfectly.
 
 
 
 

Short Film Research: Questionnaire

In order for me to understand what my audience wants, I have created a survey for people to take. My survey will then help me incorporate what my audience would like to see into  my short film. The questions in this survey will help me decide what I should put into my film and what will be effective. I want to create an emotional piece, so by asking these questions I'm getting an insight into how they may feel.

Friday 18 September 2015

Short Film Research: The Pitch

For my A2 coursework, I am going to create a short film. I decided to make a short film because I liked the idea of creating something from scratch and making it all I wanted to be.

My short film is going to be about an insecure 17 year old girl called Abigail. Everybody associates her as carefree and happy but what they don't know is she runs an anonymous blog where she writes about her true feelings, the sadness she feels everyday. Somehow, this blog only has one reader who comments everyday in an attempt to change her mind about they way she views life. The reader keeps themselves as an anonymous commenter, but little does she know that the person who keeps her alive, she walks past everyday.

The following songs are the ones I have found to use in my film, I am yet to decide on the final ones:
  • Pretty Hurts (Acoustic) Jessica Sanchez
  • Pretty Hurts Jacquie Lee
  • Broken Ones (Acoustic) Jacquie Lee
  • Silent Tori Kelly

Locations I would like to use:
  • Two bedrooms (one girls, one boys)
  • Hebburn Harbour
  • A large hill

Props:
  • Two laptops
  • Two mobile phones
  • Mirror
Audience and purpose:
  • My chosen audience is going to be teenagers, I want my short film to highlight that not everybody is the happy souls they put themselves across as and 1 in 5 people suffer from depression, unknowingly to others. I want my film to send the message that despite the loneliness you may feel, there's always somebody who is willing to listen to you and be there if you need them. I want to make sure my short film is relatable as most teenage girls and boys at some point, put themselves down. Whether this is in regards to how they look or school grades.