Two pages of our script.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Post 23B - Researching our equipment - Sound Tests
We preformed two sound tests in our group, one in a classroom using a boom-mic and one in a corridor of our school using a phone to make a sound. We did this because some of our scenes are located in areas where we'll have sound echoes and needed to be aware of how this effects the sound of our actors.
Boom Mic
Corridor
Monday, 4 November 2013
Post 23A - Researching our equipment - Editing Software
In our group, we took the opportunity to play with Adobe After Effects and tutorials from Lynda.com in order to widen out experience with the program and look at things we could do.
This included how we would select a certain area of the shot; how to layer and more special effect related features.
This included how we would select a certain area of the shot; how to layer and more special effect related features.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Post 22 - Film Distibution
As short films don't have the budget for high-end marketing, film-makers must find other ways in which to promote and show their film. This can be done through multiple platforms, be it social media/digital distribution or film festivals.
Some of the below information is from this booklet we were given by our teacher.
Websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr are a great way to spread a film to an audience, word-of-mouth is vital for any film, but especially for short films with a small marketing budget or even none at all. Viral spread is what some film-makers desire and through video websites such as YouTube, short films can be uploaded and views by hundred and thousands of people. This digital distribution is also a away in which short films often find distributors if the film is sent to theatres and cinemas.
Phone apps such as 'Popcorn Horror' also supply app uses with short films to watch, this spreads an audience further than just the internet, it allows the fragmented audience access to these films offline.
Festivals are a great way to get independent films out to the audience, festivals are also often where both small and larger budget indie films gain distribution for theatrical release, such as Steve McQueen's film 'Shame' which, after the Toronto Film Festival was picked up by 'Fox Searchlight'.
Festivals are a great way for films to win awards, get recognition and find marketing ways to draw in an audience.
The BFI have one of the bigger UK based film festivals every year, which provides a platform for both bigger budget independent films and lower budget films to be submitted into may categories for people to then go and see.
However, most festivals will not allow content that is older than two years to be submitted and thus after these festivals, some films are left to find another way to thrive and reach their audience.
Some of the below information is from this booklet we were given by our teacher.
Social Media
Websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr are a great way to spread a film to an audience, word-of-mouth is vital for any film, but especially for short films with a small marketing budget or even none at all. Viral spread is what some film-makers desire and through video websites such as YouTube, short films can be uploaded and views by hundred and thousands of people. This digital distribution is also a away in which short films often find distributors if the film is sent to theatres and cinemas.Phone apps such as 'Popcorn Horror' also supply app uses with short films to watch, this spreads an audience further than just the internet, it allows the fragmented audience access to these films offline.
Film Festivals
Festivals are a great way for films to win awards, get recognition and find marketing ways to draw in an audience.
The BFI have one of the bigger UK based film festivals every year, which provides a platform for both bigger budget independent films and lower budget films to be submitted into may categories for people to then go and see.
However, most festivals will not allow content that is older than two years to be submitted and thus after these festivals, some films are left to find another way to thrive and reach their audience.
Saturday, 2 November 2013
Post 21 - Film Funding
Short films in general are forgiving in their nature to miss out on character development, be rather simplistic or have short production time, however there is less freedom to expand a universe or flesh out ideas. In relation to film funding, including too much in a film idea, leaving it confusing and sub-par, lowers the chance of a film-maker having their film funded.
Finding someone to fund your script or finding the money to fund it yourself is a difficult task, film-makers in more recent years can rely on social media outlets and websites such as 'Kickstarter' which is a global project contributing website that helps projects raise the funds they need. Also using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, film-makers can get their ideas seen to a greater audience than ever before.
Within the UK, the BFI work with the National Lottery provide ways for film-makers to gain funding. This development was done so that the BFI could support film-makers across the UK, through 'film production, distribution, education, audience development and market research'.
Finding someone to fund your script or finding the money to fund it yourself is a difficult task, film-makers in more recent years can rely on social media outlets and websites such as 'Kickstarter' which is a global project contributing website that helps projects raise the funds they need. Also using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, film-makers can get their ideas seen to a greater audience than ever before.
Within the UK, the BFI work with the National Lottery provide ways for film-makers to gain funding. This development was done so that the BFI could support film-makers across the UK, through 'film production, distribution, education, audience development and market research'.
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