Friday 28 June 2013

A day in the life of a student

I plan to use a point of view shot to film the student walking to their lesson and use a voice over of their thoughts to show their opinion on what they're doing.
I plan to start the film with the student trying to find their timetable but not being able to. They think that their lesson is on D floor, the highest floor in the school, but find that it isn't after they have climbed all the flights of stairs. They find a friend and find out their lesson is on B floor... only to see the very crowded corridor where their friend runs away from the crowd and leaves them alone to fight the crowd of students.
I hope this video will be seen a comedy from the content I include in it.

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Research

To get a concept of the conventions used in short films I watched two short films. One is called 'The Desk' and the other is 'Awake'.

The Desk
Camerawork
Establishing shot
Mid shot of character looking lost
Close ups of his timetable and room number
Wide shot of classroom to establish the layout
Close up of girl, then his face to show crush
Mid shot of when he sees the writing on the desk and is in shock
Close up of note

Editing techniques 
Making the words fade onto the desk
Cuts

Sound
Piano music

Mise en scene
School
Lockers
The desk
Change in clothes of the boy

Target Audience
Age- 15-21
Gender- Female
Socio-economic group- Students, unemployed.
Lifestyle- Students, spend free time on youtube, interested in short films

Awake
Camerawork
Extreme close up of eye
POV of empty street
Close up of breakfast, eating alone
Tracking shot of feet walking alone
Close up of gnome doing 'activities' with him
Shot of grandad with weapon
Pan out of newspaper article

Editing techniques
Cuts

Sound
Voice over
Sinister music

Mise en scene
Boy alone
Messy clothes pile
Empty streets
Abandoned cars
Gnome

Target Audience
Age- 15-21
Gender- Both
Socio-economic group- Students, unemployed.
Lifestyle- Students, spend free time on youtube, interested in short films

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Welcome

For my A2 media project I will be making either a short film or a music video.
As for now I am making a 1 minute film entitled 'A day in the life of...' to enable me to use the equipment, such as a camera and editing, to make my film/music video. 
I have chosen to do A day in the life of a student and use a voice over of the thoughts.