Moodboard for Short Film

Before doing any planning for the short film I felt that both an image and video moodboard would be necessary, these would enable me to think about tasks/things I will need to learn to create my short film (Colour Correcting, DSLR Video Recording, etc). The image mood board in particular focused around my idea of looking very cinema-like and illustrates family and cultural values of Portugal, which is basically the sort of idea outline that I have for my short film at this moment in time.

The video moodboard focused more on videos demonstrating how to create a cinematic short film. I also included three short films which I recently found and inspired me for my short film. I also developed my idea and began looking at poetry/voiceover for short films.

Production Diary #16

Now my previous post felt good! That was one of the main posts I created about the way in which my short film will actually be about. I mean there is such a big lead up with over 10+ posts just solely on researching. I mean I have thought of so many ideas when doing the research posts that it seems good to get it all down. I recently watched a film called "Love Actually" and there was one section which got to me the most - the introduction. I have never been so dragged in to a film so easily and it was all due to topics which everyone relates to - family, friends and love.

 

Inital Planning Ideas

Here is a presentation I created on PowerPoint and then uploaded to slide share. This presentations was just an explanation of my initial planning ideas.

Production Diary #15

Purpose of Short Films

The most common reasons for creating short films are self-promotion and experimentation. They can be seen as a baby step into film production because it's all about finding different ways of expressing themes and communicating a message within different techniques. Whether it's sound, Mise-En-Scene or the cinematography.

They can also be used as a way of understanding New Media technology when it comes to filming with new cameras or editing with new software. It can be used to enhance the knowledge of technology and seen as an experiment with different shots, editing techniques and post-production to find ways of communicating a message. While challenging the normal conventions of filming a short film. Also they're mainly funded by the local film production companies like the UK Film Council or BBC Films.

Research equipment

I researched into the list of what equipment and software I will be using for my entire A2 Media Project, I even included software and external equipment to this detailed list.

Production Diary #14

Previously I completed a post which I really wasn't looking forward too - Audience research. It's not the fact that I have to do a research topic. It's more that I just completed an in-depth research topic last week. Everything seems to be researching and analysis. I just want to finish the Research section and begin planning and actually creating my short film. My next post is now moving away from the research and more onto the equipment I have my hand on and which I will be using to create my A2 Media Studies products.