My Evaluation

I have produced a Weebly for my evaluation the link is at:

http://ryanfishera2mediaevaluation.weebly.com/index.html

my posters in a single presentation.

my short film "Tedium"

short film from ryan fisher on Vimeo.

magazine artical finished.

Tedium draft 2 from ryanfisher43
I have used some more iconic pictures from the short film which were options for my posters I tried to keep everything level using a ruler to keep them a line. 

my magazine review draft 2 just need more stills from my film...

Tedium draft 2 from ryanfisher43

I decided  to make the writing closer together to reduce white space also I decided that I wanted to add more still frames from my short film to add more colour and drama to the poster, I also decided to re-type the image I snapped from empire magazine, I chose to do this because I couldn't match the fonts and styles exactly so by doing this they are all matching and look the same, this gives my review a more professional look and feel to it.

audio for my final production

Initial ideas

•  i thought about using music
•  i thought of having diary entries by the main actor
•  i thought of using a music track - like the 'end of the world by REM'
• i thought of have a news broadcast

but i wanted a more silent feel.....

I found this poem: 

Inspiration

ities buried           streets forgotten
warehouses ransacked and abandoned for the south.

We love         we breathe
light footprints of our passing through the snow.

What would we say?   And how say it?
Who would we talk to?   And how could they answer?

Buildings break beneath the ice
the bridges fall and there are less of us each year.

Like arctic animals we burrow through the wreckage
of the city underground.

And high above   where once the escalators climbed into the light
the tunnels terminate in breathing walls of ice.

Here in the dark
within the stone walls of the ancient hospital
below the copper roofs
and buried by the glaciers on all sides

Here in blood and wailing
anchored in breathing and inflexible resolve
we have sent this letter to the next world.

Archangel of the frozen colony
whose sign is fire   whose feet are locked in ice

We leave you more than this             than blowing snow
or permafrost a football field below.

This is the breath of the last words spoken
bubbling up
the frozen evidence of love
like nitrogen in glass
our histories etched into the worlds
we will not live to know.

- Ian Ferrier http://www.versefest.ca/2013/about/poetry-for-the-end-of-the-world

here are my first words to use

• quiet
• silent
• doors open
• nobody around
• snow
• weather
• buildings
• breathing
• thinking
• hungry
• people?

draft film review

Tedium from ryanfisher43

I have chosen to do my film review in the style of Empire Magazine, i chose to do this because then i could include a real Empire Magazine film review to give it the real affect. I believe that that this is a good first draft for my short film review because it includes media terms and created a want/need to watch the film for the readers self.  Although I do believe it will have to have some slight editing to be done because of font style and a couple of other small errors but i wait to speak to my Teacher about this to make sure I do not make it any worse. I presented this to my class they gave me feedback of the work that...
-there was to much white space
-the advert did not align with the rest of the article
-the other film review on the bottom ruined the style of the article
-needs more pictures from the film
-improve the clarity of the single picture.

Research; distrebusion of my short film.

films can be Distributed by many different ways,

-streaming

~streaming is where the film is sent via Internet to a television or console, this is done by such retailers such as netfilx, lovefilm. these are now becoming a big money way of selling film to the captive audience. Over these retailers you rent the film for so long which is streamed to your device, this is the more modern way to rent over going out to your local Blockbuster and physically renting the film, this way you do not have to leave the house to rent or return.

~streaming is also a bad thing it can be stolen through illigal downloading, this is becoming more and more of a problem to film makes such as Warner and Warp films.

-socail networking is free advertising to the film producers, this allows them to advertise up and comming films, the users of facebook (over 845 million active users) will comment on the film to there friends unintentionally advertising there film to others.

www.indiemoviesonline.com/

http://www.lovefilm.com/

http://www.netfilx.com/

this graph I found on Q:\Art & Media Faculty\media\KS5\AS\CASE STUDY UNIT BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY\audiences\How moviegoers at different ages use technology  Company Town  Los Angeles Times.htm

shows that my target audience is the main age of consumer which would stream or download a film, this is one of the reasons I chose the audience I did, 15-30 males.

poster ideas.

these are all pictures of what i may use for my posters in Teaser posters, or theatrical.

i have chosen these screen shots from my short film because i feel that they capture the depth and mystery of my short film. These screen shots can be used in all 3 types of poster; teaser, theatrical and character. The last one of the poster ideas was what I chose is the best idea for a poster because...

-natural white space for writing

-can keep to the style of my short film by having the writing on the right hand side.

-creates a memorable image.

-it would work on a billboard and poster.

I am planning to have my poster review and poster ideas completed by the end of this week allowing me to have plenty of time to do my evaluation of my short film which is worth conciderable marks, just as many as my whole blog.

prezi of my poster analysis

This is my analysis of two different poster analysis's, and follows on to my own trying to bring in my own perspective of my chosen poster which I believed related to my own short film. 

Tittle ideas for my short film, TEDIUM.

reflective comment- Do I want descriptive or symbolic???
Should my tittle give a hint as to how to read the film?

Style needs to fit with the graphics/typography and credits=consistency.

CIRCULAR: more to do with spherical or rounded.
MONOTONOUS: dull, boring, samey, repetitive, tedious.   ???tedium???
PERPETUAL: uninterrupted, eternal, terminal, lasting, unending.

I decided to look at tittles which linked into my film such as how the film repeats itself in certain places. This is why i chose to analyze these words.

I believe that now looking back at the work i did before filming my film i should have came up with a brief idea of what i wanted the film to be called so i had an idea of which direction i wanted my film to go in, if i had the chance to redo this work i would definitely think of title options before filming.
I chose to use this name because I believe that my audience will be on the intellectual level to understand what is meant by the short film.

my first film review.

My review of the Due Date review.
I believe that I did go into enough detail although missed out some small pieces of relevant infomation about this magazine article. From analyzing this magazine article I have learnt that I would prefer to do my magazine article in the style of Empire magazine because it is easily laid out for the consumer to understand, also my TA are more likely to read this magazine. It allows for colour to be brought into the article within tittles etc.

• Blue tittles
• Right hand side is description
• columns 
• single large picture with smaller around.
• verdict at the end
• easy enough lay out to get similar.

Reviewing film reviews lay out and how to analyse.

Model example focus structure and layout.
-picture
-tittle
-text
-sub tittles
Analyse the body of text-terminology(media+film)
literacy level: -elaborated
                    -restricted         -code/ mode of adress- formal? informal?
                                            -narrative focus -teaser-critical-promotional
Audience type: -film buffs/experts+fans
                       -entertainment seekers
                       -General->sunday suppliment
                       -demographics/age/gender/class              terminology-online
                                                                                                       -offline
                                                                                                       -both
                       -star fans
                       -techno geeks
Does the magasine/source of the review merit or discount the review of the film due to the institution who are commenting/reviewing the film.
Industry/institution...
-Empire
-Odeon
-Total Film
Reflective comment:
From analyzing this magazine review I learnt quite a lot to help me create my own magazine review. My analysis of this review is in the post above on the blue postits. I believe that me doing this analysis has helped me to realize what type of film review page I would like to do. This review is very formal and I believe that it is written to address an older audience of a maturer age. This is, in its form the type of style I will probably go for. If I choose to do a review this way, I would have to chose 4-5 other films like or unlike mine which I could review also. As this may be hard a good idea may be to review my classmates work and apply them in short reviews on the page.    

audience feedback and ideas...

I done some research into what my target audience would like from a short film, they like to be teased in prior to watching the short film, to make them want to see the film more and more this was done with the release of "Batman, The Dark Knight Rises", they done teaser posters to keep the audience interested, exited and building the expectation of the film. Although I know that my film is no where on the scale of the type of film that Batman is, I took inspiration by there advertising techniques using viral and teaser ads. I talked to Elaine, Hamish and the rest of my class as they fit into at least one part of my target audience they all like Art house cinema. So therefore using there criteria for a short film and what they want from the genre I chose to do I revamped my 1st idea to fit with their ideas about what a short film should be like.

My Interview About My First Film Attempt

This is me reflecting on my 1st attempt at my short film, explaining how I didnt think it worked as a short film, what I wanted to improve and also change.
I believe that i should have taken the advise more critically to improve my 2nd attempt at my short film this way i could have met what the viewers wants and needs of the film could have been there fore creating a happier audience. Also i believe that if i had been more confident infront of camera asking the audience questions myself on how i could improve my short film.

animatic on my short film

I believe that this was a good enough animatic to go by to film my short film although if i was to redo this i would mainly add more detail of the text, camera angles and the types of actor/ what i really am aspiring for them to be doing.

snow day

Wednesday Dillan and I had chosen to film, yet because of sufficient snow the school was closed, also due to bad roads we could not meet up to film therefore setting me back further. We have chosen to film next wednesday although the deadline in thursday I believe that I can edit the majority by the end of thursdays lesson.

I believe that if we had have been prepared for the snow to occur we could have still filmed although to being a new driver i felt safer to leave it, rather than having to drive into the city to pick up my actors.

illnesses, setbacks and reflections

me and my actor Dillan had decided tto film on the past wednesday, but as i was ill with flu and a chest infection I had to postpone the filming therefore missing the deadline for filming, although I still plan to film my short film with in the next week to hopefully have it ready to be edited by next week.
This could have been sorted out by having done the filming earlier this is a reflection on my poor time management if i was to re-do the film again i would have written up a time scale of when to have filmed by and managed my time a lot better to avoid all the issues of filming late.

BBFC ratings

Bbfc film ratings from ryanfisher43