Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Rough Cut 4




This is our 4th rough cut of our film.
Feedback
After posting this on facebook and youtube we gained some valuable feedback.
Our target audience said that it was too complicated of a story. They liked the idea but couldnt get a grasp of what we were trying to achieve and say.
Our teacher after looking at the film gave us a technical viewpoint of where we went wrong. There were sound issues at the beginning, with a lot of ambient fuzziness. Also there was not enough of the rewind shots which would give a much better idea of how weird this world was. The protagonist also has to react much more  in a scared way to give it a sense of realism and also emotion which the audience can relate to. The antagonist (blue man) will also be much more believable as a mute, as it gives him more of a mysterious nature and leaves more narrative enigma.
From this feedback, we will re-work our film to get the best out of our skills, and also something our audience can be thrilled to watch.


Monday, 14 December 2009

Rough Cut 3




After showing this feedback to our teacher we have decided that we will be:

  • Taking extra shots to set the mood more
  • Improve dialogue
  • Add credits to the end

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Sounds


For our sound collection we have come across a sigh called www.freesound.org. This has a library of copyright free sound effects which you can easily log on and collect. You have to sign up to the site however, but it is free. We also will be recording some of our own sounds for the work e.g. alarm sounds.
This is a big step up from last year where we just used default sounds from the iMovie library which everyone else would be using as well.

Working with Children

After filming the scene with Will White, I know understand the point when people say 'Never work with children and Animals'


Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Rough Cut and Feedback

Feedback: Needs more shots of the blue man to give a more Woah! factor. Like the shots that continue same action from different angles (match on action)
Music would be good if it is slow, maybe rewind.
The shots of blue man need to be made more blue(this has been edited in this cut you see here, but this feedback was given along the way by actor Ben Gibson)


(Feedback was gained by uploading on Youtube  and then posting a post onto facebook for promotion)

Music and Sounds still need to be recorded, and noted that the titles at the beginning need to be edited e.g. 'A Short Film' will not make final cut

Monday, 30 November 2009

Ancillery Text Research

Poster
For our poster we are going to make we have looked at a range of film posters of which we believe are successful and have picked out points from posters we believe influence us most.

Star Wars: Episode 1
All the star wars posters follow the same general rule where the lead character will be in focus on the front and then secondary characters follow suit towards the back. The main evil character will be in large at the back as well. This part is what influences us most where we think it will be a good idea to have our Main protagonist at the front, and our doner/magic helper will be at the back (the blue man)


The Hangover
This poster follows general codes and conventions too. It contains the movie tag line and will also contain some information on the makers, if they are already made by another movie. It also has the main protagonists in centre frame, which instantly shows the audience that these will be the people they will be following in the film. The Block at the bottom is also what we will be taking example from with the layout of out poster.






Benjamin Button
We like the layout of this poster as well. It has the conventions of a film where two characters have a strong bond/interaction with each other. It is set out so they are side by side, like a couple, and also only half of each face is shown, making it seem like they are two halves and when together, make a whole. This is usually in romantic films, but can also be used in dark thrillers and other type of films. We may carry on this idea as we believe that our Two main protagonists share a strong connection.


Magazine
Looking at a few film magazines such as Empire, Film and Sky Movies we decided that if we were going to write our film review then wed have to have a large double page spread, generally filled with pictures. Also the language will be rather informal, as if talking to the reader as a friend.
The layout of our magazine will bi similar to Empire mainly. A large picture will take up about half the article and the rest will have the review. Side bits such as directors quotes and facts will be dotted over the picture.

Podcast Week 20/11/09

Beginning Audience Feedback

This is the beginning of our film. Bare in mind we plan on adding more titles at the beginning of it, and music has to be played to it.
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Good so far, edited well. Sound needs to be cut out at times and music needs to be put in where it needs to be.
More titles need to be on before credits(Going to be done anyway) And should stick with the theme of the title font. Nice idea of going to have a ticking noise with the title which extends onto the scene
Can clealry see influence from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead openings.

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Screen Play

This is our screenplay for our film
One Step Back Screen

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Storyboard

This is our brief storyboard to our film.
One Step Back Storyboard PDF

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Podcast Week 13/11/09

This is our podcast of our second week of pre-production.

Monday, 23 November 2009

Ancillery Tasks

As part of our coursework, we have to include two ancillary texts.
For our coursework we have chosen to do:
a poster for the film
and
a film magazine review page featuring the film



Our poster for the film will be mostly done on Adobe Photoshop Elements. It will be similar to our teaser poster, but much more fulfilling as it is a normal poster, not teaser. 
Our Film magazine will be done in Office Publisher as this is great for using graphics alongside text.


More Details to come, watch this space...

Schedule

Schedule for Filimg
We are going to try stick to this as much as we can but changes mar occur if things go wrong. These will be notified.


Updates (23/11/09): Filming of getting ready scene will now be done afternoon Tuesday. The location has also changed to Ben Gibsons house.

Friday, 6 November 2009

Podcast Week 1


This week we talk about the pre-production tasks we have completed, adn also our narrative of our film.
Enjoy:)
It is also on my youtube channel along with other videos for my production and  other shorts.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Genre Research

The genre we want to look into is Thriller/Comedy, (comedy but with a bit of a serious side/weirdness to it) will look into books and also previous films of the same genre.
Family Guy - Seth Macfarlane- 2003 to Present 
Robot Chicken - Adult Swim - 2007 to Present 
After watching these two shows(of similar creators[Seth green is the man behind Robot Chicken but also stars in Family Guy as Chris Griffin, and Seth Macfarlane will also take part in Robot Chicken at times e.g. P.S I love You S4EP1]) we noticed that random actions add good comedy effect e.g. Random man on fire come on screen screaming for a split second.
Having distorted physics also tends to make things more of a comedic value as well e.g. in Family Guy when people fall off something, they will hit the floor instantly, with a loud thud.

Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly - 2001 
This film has a few elements we would like to take into our film.
The film is based around the main protagonist (Donnie Darko) seeing an invisible character, but is seen by him and no one else. This invisible character also has a disturbing/weird look to it which can cause unease in a way to the audience.
Camera shots in this film portray the attitude and atmosphere of the main protagonist very well which we feel would work rather well in our film as well.



Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 (VideoGame) - Valve - 1999/2004
This videogame influenced one of our Main Protagonists because a character that features completes a similar position in the story. The character known as 'G Man' looks like a normal person, in a business suit, however is invisible to everyone but the main protagonist. G Man's role is to watch over the main character and protect him, but also watch over him to see if he is worthy. This is the role our 'Blue Man' will have.






Lost - JJ Abrhams - 2006 - present
We have looked into this Tv Show as it uses falshbacks to explain the story and exposition of characters often. Therefore we will take into account these when creating our flashback. For example, we like the sound that is used to translate from flashback and real world.

Twin Peaks  - Mark Frost/David Lynch - 1990
We have looked into this program as it has a very weird story line and also has odd settings. Such as the particuler episode we have looked at is where the main protagonist has been sent to another dimension. in this place, there is a man who speaks backwards. Such as, his voice is in rewind, but the words are said forwards, so if he was played forwards, he would sound odd. We will try incorporate this into our film, by having our 'Blue man' a mute in the real world, but in his world, he will speak backwards.

Red Dwarf (Backwards Episode ) -  1989 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WBE0wGzMT4
This episode is very related to our film since it is about a crew of 'normal' people in a place where everyone else is going backwards. We are going to take from this the type of stuff that works well going backwards such as eating and drinking, driving, and arguments/talking.

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Deadlines

Here are the deadlines for my blog, they will be updated as i go.


-Friday 16th Have looked at 30 or so Short Films
-Wednesday 20th have blogged casting/prop/music requirements.
-Friday 23rd to have completed Teaser Poster
-Friday 6th November Pod-cast and Genre Research
-Friday 13th (No pun intended) November finish story board, screenplay, casting and Soundtrack preferences

Hardware

The Camera i will be using to record the video footage is called Cannon Wide screen MV920
It is 115mm in length, 92mm in height, 49,mm in width and 375 grams in weight. The LCD screen is 2.7 inches. Te video type is PAL, it also has features to change the white balance;
  • Auto White Balance
  • Manual Brightness/Contrast Settings
  • Multiple features to change lighting and focus such as Daylight, Nighttime, and Sport etc.
It has a built in microphone and its audio output is Stereo. It has a 800x Digital zoom and a 25x optical zoom.

I will be using a tripod for some shots to keep the camera steady. The tripod we used was very useful as it had expandable legs and also you can change the angle of the camera-rest for shots such as a Dutch angle. It is also very stable with adjustable feet as well.
The main good thing about this tripod is that it is adjustable in about anyway which makes it easier to get a steady shot of whatever angle you want.



For some special shots e.g. slow motion we will be using the Lg KC910. 

Primary8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, auto/manual focus, xenon flash
FeaturesGeo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, touch focus, image stabilization
VideoYes, VGA@30fps, QVGA@120fps
SecondaryVGA videocall camera

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Casting and Costume

All casting, composers and props have been sorted out/are organized to be done by ourselves. Sam White in the group is a composer, and I have props and costumes we are planning to use.
There will be two protagonists in our film. The rest of the cast will be filled up with extras which have been sorted out as friends and other actors have agreed to help out where-ever they can.

One of the protagonists will be the 'Blue Man' he is never named but this is what people have come to call him. He will be acted by me(Sam thomas) and will be dressed in a work uniform (white shirt, black ties, working trousers, black shoes blazer and a hat). He is too look like a busy business man, with not much time on his hands.

For our main protagonist in the film we will be using Ben Gibson. He has had acting experience when he was younger and he is also available whenever we are as he has similar frees to us and also is a friend of ours and will happily give up free time to work on the film. He is of a normal stature and is what we see as the average teenage boy. He is 17 years old and is part of the middle class.
The costume for this character will be basic clothing. He will, most of the time, be wearing a leather coat, jeans and a t-shirt. For props that link to the story, we will have him wear a medal from RAF. This links to his childhood in the story. Also it will act as the magical object  from propps narrative theory.

For  our flash back seen will be using a small child who will be the image of our main protagonist as of when he was younger. This role will be played by Sam Whites Little brother William White. He is aged 7, which is the same age as the character and also will be of similar attitude (Lively, active).

UPDATE(14/02/2010): Due to unfortunate circumstances, our lead actor, Ben, became very ill and then went away on holiday, making re-filming very difficult. Therefore, we have changed the main protagonist to Sam White. HE still fits with our character as he is of average build, and looks like the average guy. HE also is the brother of our younger Gordon therefore will actually fit better as he looks more alike.

Teaser Poster


This is our teaser poster, We created it on Photoshop using an image taken of me in my outfit for the production and then edited around it. We decided the tag line suited the poster as it is all about time being backwards and also he clock suited this because it is mirrored.

Useful Resources


I useful resource found in my school library was 'Making short Films' Written by Clifford Thurlow.  It teaches how to write scripts, what good shots to sue and also how to create an impact, in a simple to do way. ISBN: 978 1 84520 804 2

www.filmradar.com/community/viewforum/6/  a community site where posters talk about films, this forum in particular talks about short films and people help each other out.

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Target Audience


The age range we would be aiming for our target Audience would be 12 (12a technically). This because we will not be using adult language, and if we do, there will be little and it will not be of much harm. the theme of the film isnt too disturbing but it wouldnt be understood as easily to a child audience. There is no sex witnessed in our film, nor violence or drug use, but some scenes may be horrific to some e.g. backwards people and the blue man. Our cast and location will reflect this age as well as it will be in a recognisable environment, and also the age of characters will be older teenagers, which at this age, they aspire to be like.


Our film is aimed at all ethnic minority's. There is no discrimination against either ethnicity however there are only Caucasian characters being used. However this is down to primarily being a mainly Caucasian school. In the media industry this generally doesnt effect the audience of the film anyway as it doesnt really matter. However, if a Black character was to be used as a main protagonist, this could change our audience a little bit as it is seen to attract more of a Black audience, which can be seen as odd as a Caucasian character does not effect as much.


The gender of our film would be aimed at the male audience. This is because we havnt invested in using any female characters, and the main-protagnoists are male as well. However, we will incorporate the Female Gaze in our film by having either a topless man, or a short love scene, but these are not major plot points. With our film also being a Comedy genre, this will cross out the female audience as Comedy has been branded a more male film genre, the Rom-Com being totally different, but this hybrid genre has evolved into being completely on its own.

Our film will be aimed at C1C2(Middle Class) audience. this is because our characters will be of Upper.Middle class but the upper class will be victims of a mockery and from the view of a middle class character. Also the story may be too complex for a DE class or too boring (no explosions and 'hot babes'). However there will be hints of the lower class which can draw them in as the character will be walking around town, through different areas.

Software


In the production of our movie we will use a few pieces of software. The main software we will be using is Final Cut Express 4. We have chosen to edit our film in this programs over others (iMovie used last year etc.) because it is a very complex movie editing program but with a wider arrange of tools to others we can produce much higher quality films. It is also at the film industry standard where films such as District 9. Me and my partner recently under-went a Editing Master-class at the co-op young filmmakers festival where we used another version of Final Cut, but is practically the same.



To compose music for our film we will be using Garageband. This is because it has a wide range of audio sounds which we can use and also it is simple to hook up an instrument and record live to compose our own music. Other software similar to this may be Logic Express 8, this is more complex, but can create better pieces.

To create graphical images we will be using Adobe PhotoShop Elements 6. This is because it is a highly complex program with a wide array of tools which can produce very high quality images. We will be using it mainly for teaser poster but also may create some slides which may feature in the film



Update 10/12/09
We will now be doing all the editing on Sony Vegas Pro. This is because I have used it more at home before, and also since it is at home I can work on it more freely. It is very similar to Final Cut with the precision of the editing and tools available.

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Locations


For our locations we decided we would need somewhere gothic to give the movie a more creepy atmosphere. We also needed it to be old fashioned as it would fit in with one of our characters in the film thereforewe came up with this location:
This location will be used when we are having the character walk around his school. We believe that the pattern on the floor sets the scene of his mind rather well as it is a bit weird, but organized.




This image will be for when the character is walking into the school. It will be used with a wide angle shot, being an establishing shot to show and set the scene, also giving off a gothic/weird atmosphere to our movie.















Update: For Newer Version
We needed a place where our character would feel tranquil, and happy, but however in this story it will be more gloomy. Therefore we chose the local band stand as a scene for him to walk pass. This will show that even though usually it would be a bustling happy place, in Gordons depressed world, it is grey and empty, like now he feels now his dad is gone.

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Assessment Criteria


Research and Planning must be presented in electronic format. Where candidates have worked as a group, the research may be presented collectively, but teachers are asked to differentiate the contributions of individuals within the group in arriving at a mark and justifying individual marks on the assessment sheet. As part of the moderation sample, the moderator will request some research/planning material. 

Level 1 0–7 marks 


There is minimal research into similar products and a potential target audience. 


There is minimal organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props. 


There is minimal work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding. 


Time management may be very poor. 


There is minimal care in the presentation of the research and planning. 


There is minimal skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation. 


There are minimal communication skills. 


Level 2 8–11 marks 


There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience. 


There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props. 


There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding. 


Time management may not be good. 


There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning. 


There is basic skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation. 


There are basic communication skills. 


Level 3 12–15 marks 


There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience. 


There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props. 


There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding. 


Time management is good. 


There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning. 


There is proficient skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation. 


There are proficient communication skills. 


Level 4 16–20 marks 


There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience. 


There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props. 


There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding. 


Time management is excellent. 


There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning. 


There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation. 


There are excellent communication skills. 


Candidates will evaluate their work electronically. The format of the evaluation has some flexibility and its form can be negotiated between teacher and student: it may take place with individual candidates or with the production group as a whole, or each individual candidate or production group may make a formal or informal presentation to the whole class. 

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are: 


In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 


How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? 


What have you learned from your audience feedback? 


How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? 


Ideas for the format for the presentation of the evaluation can be found in the Guidance Notes. 

Level 1 0–7 marks 


There is minimal understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions. 



There is minimal understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production. 


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There is minimal understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts. 


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There is minimal understanding of the significance of audience feedback. 


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There is minimal skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation. 


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There is minimal ability to communicate. 


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There is minimal use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 


Level 2 8–11 marks 


There is basic understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions. 


There is basic understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production. 


There is basic understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts. 


There is basic understanding of the significance of audience feedback. 


There is basic skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation. 


There is basic ability to communicate. 


There is basic use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 


Level 3 12–15 marks 


There is proficient understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions. 


There is proficient understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production. 


There is proficient understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts. 


There is proficient understanding of the significance of audience feedback. 


There is proficient skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation. 


There is proficient ability to communicate. 


There is proficient use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 


Level 4 16–20 marks 


There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions. 


There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production. 


There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts. 


There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback. 


There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation. 


There is excellent ability to communicate. 


There is excellent use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 

Coursework Options

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options: 
a website homepage for the film; [disregard this option]
a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; 
a poster for the film. 

10. A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the following three options: 
a poster for the film; 
a radio trailer for the film; 
a film magazine review page featuring the film.

Out of these two options available my group has gone for the Short FIlm option. This is because we feel we can put more time and effort into a sequence that roles in order and also put in more deeply thought emotion than a trailer which would be made of a montage of clips and is also much shorter. After looking at examples of both, we believe it will be easier and more fun to do a short film as well. Looking at trailers they generally have big impact shots such as explosions, car chases and other action scenes that would be very hard to mimic at our current level.

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Short Film Research



The Black Hole
 Title in white, slanted. Similar to olden sci fi movies, signify this is sci fi.
 Transition relates to name, like going through a black hole.
 Everything is dull, filtered light.
 Mans tie is grey, open collar, sigh, shows that he’s bored.
 Messy hair shows Man is a bit crazy
 Grey tie signifies he has a bad side to him
 Dutch, low angle, wierd noise, shows all is not right
 Close up of face to show emotion, also change of thoughts through the face with reverse shots
 Flickering lights connote his mind changing, warning of next events.
 Short cut shots to show time change
 Twist, man gets stuck in safe
 Camera moves back in time with photocopier


This is Me
 Titles in white, low budget
 First shot of oxygen tanks, indicates hospital, and bug health problems
 Emphasis on the breathing tank.
 Shots of different parts of patients body in hospital bed, establishing the scene
 Titles disappear in dust, like decomposing
 Voice over, male, cockney, expect to be tough, gangster
 Timer signifies woman doesn’t really care
 Camera puts mag in frame to prove the point ‘not here for chit chat’
 Orange filter on to show memory, also to highten mood.
 Voiceover mixes with actual diegetic monologue
 Comedic effect with sound effects and cartoonistic and book like explanation


Spider
 Establishing shot of area, sets scene
 Shot from back seat, like part of the scene
 Emphasis on outside noise emphasizes on the tension inside.
 Title appears to an imploding sound, goes all quiet, no capitals, whit/grey, gives a sharp look, a nasty feeling to it.
 Exposition given with, foreshadow future..
 High pitch ring indicates something bad is being plotted, but unaware
 Shifty/stalker style camera work to look at woman by car.
 Camera focuses on talk behind character as if its important.
 Twist, man live sup to his story ‘takes it to far’, woman gets run over
 Camera work acts as a real person, gets out of car in one movement
 Sudden ending, song coems in with plain black and white credits


Lucky Short
 Text in a fun font, like Newspaper clippings writing.
 Camera with a slight blur, fading in and out. Signifying character regaining consciousness.
 Denote from boots character is male and tough
 Hands bonded, grimy. Show that character is a captive.
 Sound is all distorted, signify he is not in right state of mind, knocked on head?
 Not sure if sound is Diegetic or not
 Blood on mouth shows violence. Genre is action/horror
 Male looks stereotypical, Dirty, tough, worn out, muscular, short hair
 Opens up to be in car chase, camera is all shaky, as if part of the scene.
 No usual use of diegetic sound to heighten the action, more suspenseful.
 Camera moves round the car, showing hes all alone.
 Classic American muscle car used, Intertextual references to other movies such as Dukes of Hazard
 Passing camera shot (tracking) makes it as if someone is watching.
 Reverse shot of what’s ahead indicates to character and audience, that it is at high speed.
 Close up of keys signify its an important part, for what wouldn’t usually seem that important.
 Final Establishing shot shows the setting with the wreckage down below.

Pin Point
Animation style is old and burnt looking.
No voices are ever used.


Pass this On - Johan Renck - 2003
-A music video done with live music
-Dull setting, people in a cafe, one woman singing, all dressed up
-Ends with everyone dancing awkwardly, one woman is shocked and doesnt understand

Bicycle Messengers - Joshua Frankel - 2008
-Documentry style short
-Bicycle men are aniamted in, real world reacts to them tho as if real
-Relatively high budget for a usual short film.

Whats Virgin Mean? - Michael Davies - 2006
-Shot in a kitchin, feels like a advert
-Wrong idea of the word Virgin
-Non-Diegetic family/fun music is played, relates to happenigns
-Builds up to climax of Sex talk

Shame - Tom Geens - 2007
-Long black title card
-Diegetic voiceover,whispering girl and shots of house
-Creep feel to everything, dark atmosphere
-Girl with big hands

Bats for Lash's Music Video - Bats for Lashs
-Dark woody area, like horror fantasy
-Clever camera work, rabbit appears from behind woman
- All one take

-A mans view of a wedding party
-Lots of drugs/bad doings
-GF cheats on him
-Ends with fight
-Lots of Body cam shots to show drug effect
-Old woman locks her in cage

Trapped in the Closet - R Kelly - 2006
-Hiphopera (Music video style drama)
-Satire of stereotypes (ghetto gangster)
-Social realist camera work, like soap operas

I love Death - Hannes Häyhä - 2004
-animation
-Grim stickman drawn view of life

Viva Calaca - Ritxi Ostáriz / Spain / 2008
-Animation of Day of Dead
-Music in sync with action

Pound - Evan Bernard - 2007
-Short about secret handshakes between friends, very long ones
-Comedy/documentry
-Mocking ghetto style dj mix over the top

Paintballing - Grant Orchard / UK / 2007
-Animation on war done with paintballing
-Done from birds eye view angle
-Comic view of real war

Fallen Art - Tomek Baginski / Poland / 2005
-Animation with old war characters who are insane
-Speach only said with 'Blah'
-Turns into a musical/dance film

Whos Gonna Save my Soul - Chris Milk / USA/ 2008
-Music video featuring Lonely island Comedian
-Starts with normal chat, no music
-Man rips out his heart, heart starts singing, people react to it oddly.

Not long Now - Joe Berger/2008
-Very short short about train journey
-Shot from one angle
-Positions of boy change as tree moves passed (active transition)

District 9 - Neill Blomkamp/2005
-Sci Fi short documentary style
-Lots of social realistic shots(as if actually in action)
-Very good cgi for a short.

Skeletons in the Closet
-Man and woman wake up with memory loss
-Camera tracks woman, but attached to her shoulder
-Grim looking, social realistic camera work

Safety Procedure
-Shows what to do on a plane in danger
-Safety card rotates a lot, crashing sounds in background
-Pictures animate to show crashing

Goodbye to the Normals Jim Field Smith/ UK/ 2006
-A boy decides he want to move to america
-Lots of close ups with reverse shots.
-Unexpected adult language from boy

The Trampolinist - Chris Robert Mellors/UK/2008
-A man is on his trampoline all day
-Shots change per bounce
-Lots of angles from weird places.

Felixes Machines - Tom Mansfield/UK/2009
-Documentry showing how Mansfield made his robotic orchestra
-Lots of angles of shots

-A man is given a chance to re-record a voice message
-Lots of fade shots showing time passing







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