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Dairy Entry 2
This week I will be looking into institutions that can distribute
short films. I have decided to study Film Londons London
Calling. This is an independent organisation that typically
distributes first time film
makers and script writers
projects. Studying this
organisation has given me the
opportunity to look at the
types of short films that get
distributed and the quality that
they reach.
I additionally this week looked at the BFI and the short films
that they produce. Comparatively to London Calling, the BFi
tend to distribute and produce known and experienced script
writers work. This in my opinion is clear to see in the final
product, for example it is obvious that the
short films produced by the BFI had a
much larger production budget with
higher quality actors.
If I was to choose between these
organisations who would distribute my short film, I would
choose the BFI. The BFI are an internationally known
distribution company, therefore if my film was to be distributed
by this institution it is highly likely that viewing figures will be
much higher than that of London Calling. Additionally if the BFI
were involved I would have a much larger budget available to
my disposal.
I found this section of research interesting as previous to the
research I was not aware of institutions that produce short film
other than the BFI. It was interesting to see how an
independent organisation operated and distributed their films
compared to the BFI.
Dairy Entry 3
My aims for this week were to produce a research survey that
would enable me to see and understand what my target
audience would like to see in a short film. I attempted to be as
open as possible with my questions to try and get as I tried to
get detailed opinions from my target audience on what they
believe makes a good short film. This is the, in my opinion,
most important aspect of my research as it enables me to
collect responses from my target audience and therefore
directs the way my short film will flow and the content of my
short film.
To create this survey I created Survey Monkey. This is a website
which allows you to create and distribute surveys over the
internet for free. The use of the internet enables me to collect
results from all over the world and not just my class. It also
allows me to see what different cultures think of short film and
how they should look and what content message should be. My
questions I included are below.
Dairy Entry 4:
I completed research this week into film classifications, I found
this section of research very challenging for my research. All I
could find was classification systems for films, not short films,
therefore I decided to do in depth research into the BBFC and
films that they have certified. I
researched the BBFC and the process
that they go through to classify a
short film. To further research I
looked at how the institutions would
classify to film at different ends of
the spectrum, Shrek and Snatch an
18 and a PG.
Dairy Entry 5:
I continued to look into posters
this week as last week I feel it
helped me develop my
knowledge. This is greatly
beneficial for me as it enables
me to understand what my
audience are looking for in the
short film. This week I analysed
two posters. I looked at The
Matrix, an award winning sci-fi
film and I also analysed
Thirteen, a film about a
relationship between two
teenagers. This was done
because I intend for my short
film to be about the developing
relationship between two characters.
Dairy Entry 8:
This week I decided to complete another short film analysis. I
did this as all the posters I
was looking at were
posters for full length
films. By analysing
another short film it
allowed me to get back
into the short film mind
set.
For this short film analysis
I worked with George
Feast to create the
analysis. This was done
because he is the person I
will be producing my short
film with, it gives us the
opportunity to work
together for the first time
and see how one another
take apart and analyse a
short film and understand
how one another works.
Dairy Entry 9:
This week I created and
edited a Vox Pop. I enjoyed this section of my research as it was
the second opportunity I have had to use a camera and practise
my camera framing, even if it was just created a Vox Pop. It
also gave me an opportunity to speak personally to my target
audience and see what they would like in a short film. It is also
a lot less direct than the questionnaire as they get to choose
how they answer. I think that the Vox Pops is more significant
than survey with regards to research as it gives me to
opportunity to home in on my target audience and get a
personal insight on their opinions.