Feedback

Please turn on your sound for this blog! Our feedback was overall good. They liked the narrative and said that it was realistic and emotional. If we were to make another film, we would know that using a voiceover was one of our strong points, and also the actor used would be used again if needed. We did this because we felt the speech we recorded in a recording studio sounded much better than the sound quality of a video camera. Had we had more expensive equiptment or a microphone, the quality would probably be better. The feedback told us that the cast we chose was realistic and well cast. The characters were natural and gave the effect of normal family home films, this was the impression we wanted to give so to receive such great written feedback was very rewarding. The script was also given great reports as it keeps pace and stays interesting throughout, this was important as it is difficult to keep a monologue interesting for 5 minutes. The camera was also described as 'great' and 'natural' this was good news as the camera work was difficult to maintain at a high standard and had so many different locations and environments it was hard work to keep a fluency when editing.

Evaluation

Original Idea - Possession Horror Film

Our original idea was to produce a horror film aimed at teenagers. This fell through however when we went to film and none of the shots were usable in the editing process and the weather was too unpredictable to film outside. This left me and Abbi with 4 weeks to create a new film when we came up with the simple, yet effective Love You Always idea. This is the original planning for "Possession".

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ANIMATION




 MISSING POSTER

ORIGINAL PITCH 

Merchandise - Advertising

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Like a real film, we decided to create an online store with film merchandise such as t-shirts.

Final Radio Trailer

Final Poster

This is the final version of my poster. Firstly, the colours I used were a baby blue and a soft pink to represent that this film is gentle and also the story of a little girl. This way, it will probably appeal more to a female audience, especially with a little girl on the poster, but the blue could also make audiences think that it is suitable for both genders. I also chose to use these colours as they reflect the logo's of two huge cancer charities, prostate cancer awareness and breast cancer awareness. This shows that the story in the film can affect both genders and that it is a unisex film. 

I wanted the font that I chose to reflect hand writing. As the father has written an email to his daughter I thought of it as him writing letters to her. This makes it seem personal and directly to the little girl. I also used an image of a crumpled piece of paper behind the title of the film, which again made it seem like last letters to his daughter before the father passed. I chose to use that particular image of Elle for a few reasons. The first being that it showed a picture of a young girl who looks sweet and innocent and it sets the tone for the rest of the film. The title and  image together indicate that this story may be a heart warming tale about a family. With the quote "Tear jerker of the year" from The Guardian which is a reliable source, audiences will immediately link the 3 things (- the title, image and quote) together and assume that this will be a sad story. 


Finally, the tagline "A picture speaks a thousand words" relates to the emails that the father sends his daughter. As he only had a limited amount of time, he shares his memories through photos that he has sent to her. There is only so much that he can write to her, and the photos say the rest about their time and relationship together. 

Film Music and Trailer Song

Graveyard song Elle's Lullaby Email Montage

Flat Plans

This is my first plan for a poster. I decided to use just a single photo of Elle to avoid unnecessary photo-shopping, as short film posters are very simple and don't involve a lot of images meshed together. It is usually just one still. Also, I wanted the poster to reflect the type of film, making people feel appreciative of their lives and making them feel better about themselves. I didn't want to reflect on the death in the film, but rather the memories and life that is involved. This flat plan is a portrait version, I wanted to draft one of each to see which I preferred. It simply has the cast at the top of the film, and a quote from a reliable source with a small review. The photo then takes up the most room and is in the centre, making it eye catching and the first thing that you see. Finally, I put the title at the bottom of the page  in big bold letters.

For this plan I decided to create it landscape as I noticed after conducting research that many posters for films are in this orientation. I liked this plan more than the other one as i felt the text and image would flow together more. I decided that as I was going to put one simple image, that I could be a bit more creative with the text. I decided for the title to split up the word "love" and put "you always" underneath. I also put the tagline next to the title. 

The colour scheme that I chose was soft pink and baby blue. This is to reflect that it is a story about a little girl, but is also a gentle and heart warming tear jerker. I chose the soft colours to represent the sensitive topic of cancer, as two of the most talked about appeals are breast cancer and prostate cancer, which use both of these colours. The house style is as much about awareness as it is to show the gentle story of a little girl. 

The fonts I experimented with also represented the father's goodbye. I chose a text that would look like hand writing, as the father has written a goodbye to his daughter, although it is on the computer, it is still a letter to her from his heart. 

Radio Trailer Scripts

Photo Ideas for Poster

These are all photos of Elle (the daughter) as a young child. I decided that I wanted to use a picture of Elle on her own for the poster as the film is about her, and she is the only person we see throughout it.