One Inital Brief...One Inital Thought...

We have been set for our advance production the task of creating a short film, that lasts for five minutes. We must expand our knowledge, and show how our skill have developed in relation to key media elements. Similar to how with our foundation production, we must plan every aspect from the initial ideas to the development of the final idea, from research into target audiences to finding our ideal locations and actors. We must create our own storyboards, scripts, music and lightening, however we must also create our own film poster and review page in order to complete our ancillary task. Similar to our foundation production we must at the end do a full evaluation, however within this evaluation we must also take on board how we have developed our media skills and knowledge from our foundation production to our advance production.

Creation of a Short Film : The Year Planned Out...

After creating a filming timetable last year for the reason to review it in year 13 I thought I better do just that, I found that last year due to a change in location (I was unable to use the police station) and the need to call on my friends and family to be my actors for me, as the garage who I emailed about possible actors had a big productions coming up, that in media it is very rare that the road to film making is completly smooth, therefore this year I have created not only a filming and editing timestable but a whole year timetable in order to ensure that I have completed all the necessary tasks, but also feel a little less stressed so I can enjoy the process of filmaking! Seeing all the tasks we are due to do, although seems a little over whelming at the moment, also is exciting and I cannot wait to get started and stuck into the creation of my short film!

Date		Research, Planning, Filming and Editing Work
6th June 2012		Back to school to start A2 production - Receive the initial brief for A2 production portfolio - to create a short film that lasts five minutes, with an ancillary task of creating a film poster and review on our short film
Late June 2012		Start to explore the concept of a short film, what is the criteria of a short film and what elements are needed to be in corporate in order to create by definition a short film (example = less than 40 minutes long)
Early July 2012		Start to explore the elements of the ancillary task by participating in a number of workshop sessions with James where we explore the elements of Photoshop (for the creation of our poster) and dream works (for the creation of our review)
12th October 2012		To have a post completed of .... What is a short film? The benefits and difficulties of telling a whole story in a short period. Example of short films. Our short film recreation either MBF or GOML. Evaluation questions based on the experience of creating either MBF or GOML
2nd November 2012		To have a post completed of .... Initial ideas, plots, characters. Consumption of short film. Use of sound, narration, angles, editing styles. Narrative in short films and which narrative my short film plans to take on. Stop motion including about technique, examples, directors and a practice of stop motion
30th November 2012		To have a post completed of ... Final idea. Audience research and feedback. Location research video and how will create Mise-en-scene. Characters and detailed profile. Actors and actresses. Plot. Script. Plan. Release form. Prop list
4th January 2012		To have rough cut of film completed
25th January 2012		To have a post completed of .... Whether a bad review ruins a film. Who reads and writes the reviews. Does an audience take them into account. Different magazines their styles and layouts of reviews. Which style I'm choosing. Audience research. What is my review attempting to do. What image I shall use
25th January 2012		To have a post completed of .... Examples of film posters. What influence a poster had. The film poster in popular cultures. Common conventions of a  film poster. Examples of successful poster campaigns. How much information posters give away. Audience research into posters. What I want to gain from my poster