Tasks For The Holiday

As we have two weeks off of school, we will be editing our blogs frequently during, trying to complete pre-production tasks. We will create a shooting list, which will show the order of shooting the scenes, this will be useful as it will save time and extra work. We will also do our storyboards, including time, shot type and lighting. These storyboards will be accompanied by the shooting list. The storyboards are what show us the order of the scenes on the screen. When we have completed the storyboards we will scan in the sheets and create an animatic.

Group Roles

We have allocated group roles for the holiday:
Dani: Target audience questionnaire
Mike: Storyboarding
Lizi: Location planning
Josh: Set up facebook group for Fuse Films

These should be finished by 3rd November, this will allow us plenty of time to film efficiently.

Teacher Feedback

You have good evidence of looking in to genre but this needs to be followed up with some textual analysis of existing texts and links to the creative decisions that Fuse films are making.
It would also be good to relate your theory to your own project.

Codes and Conventions

I have looked at many short films and have seen many codes and conventions that are the same. Most of them include 1 or 2 characters and follow them in a part of their life. For example in 'Le Cheval' it follows a male character wanting to be like a horse and be free.

Most of the films have hybrid genres, again in Le Cheval it shows parts of a french, art house theme but has aspects of comedy in it to get across the message that the man wants to be a horse, this gives it a light hearted feeling. The use of hybrid genres make the film more interesting and can appeal to a wider audience.

A short film normally has 1 or 2 characters in it as the time is limited. The mise en scene therefore has to be of high importance as the character has to be introduced very quickly. In the short film Goodbye Mr Snuggles we first see 2 characters in tweed jackets and coming out of a manor house, this shows that they have wealth. Also the non-diegetic music in this film creates suspense when the clown is coming around the corner quickly in his car.

Short films purpose are mostly to put across a message and there is usually irony in them. Like in Goodbye Mr Snuggles the clown tries to kill the old man but ends up being shot himself.