2.  Our genre isn’t easy to define; this was a design choice to
encourage our audience to think about what they were
watching. There are certainly illustrations of certain genres
like ‘feel good’ films and drama. The film definitely contains
elements of comedy as well as moments of deep emotion and
with neither of the elements outweighing each other, made
the genre hard to decipher.

3.  Film could be classed as British
comedy, which start with tragedy and then
they uplift the atmosphere with comical
moments. It is comparable with Billy Elliot
and The Full Monty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=UOGBTFFxOpY

4.  The editing in this film does help to show progression
making the narrative seem linear. All events which occur in
this film occur in the right order and earlier scenes prepare
the audience for scenes witness later on. There was a scene
when we inserted a text indicator to show how much time has
passed, and this is a common convention (especially in a film
which contains a death).

5. The story told here fits in to the todorov 3 act structure being that it has an
equilibrium, a disruption and a new equilibrium.
 Equilibrium – Sasha has died, Matthew’s sister, and he and his family are
grieving over the death of her.
 Disruption - Matthew is given the iPod and discovers what the iPod does to
him; transports him to different eras.
 New equilibrium – Matthew has realised what made Sasha so happy, and that
it has made him happy. He discovers a boy looking disheartened and passes
the iPod on to him.

6.  It is arguable that this is a circular narrative because although
the lead doesn’t end up in the same position he started, the
iPod is passed on to someone else, in the hopes it will
transform them. The audience are left wondering whether he
will pass the iPod on to someone else, after he has been
transformed.
Patrick Bateman, after
his confession has not
achieved
anything, and is still
stuck with his job
which he hates, his
moronic friends and
his unstable mind.

7.  We used voiceovers when needed like in a windy
shots where you can’t hear the actor. We decided
to do this so that our audience can still clearly
understand what is happening in the scene; that
everything is audible and visible, as intended when
scenes were first shot.

8.  As the most common age for people watching
short films is roughly 15-25 year olds we
decided to get a young cast, or a cast in that
age range so that the audience can familiarise
and relate to the character more.

9.  As I’ve stated before in a previous post, a good short film has
some kind of event which happens – in our case being Sasha
dying and the iPod getting passed on – and that also the film
may contain more than one genre. Our film has element of
drama, comedy and ’feel-good’ in. We also stated that they
have twists on leave the audience wondering, which is exactly
what happens when Harley is handed the iPod and the film
finishes.

10.  Mise en scene was a main part of our short, with a variety of
clothes, props and locations to keep the audience interested
and focused. As our film consisted of time travel through the
eras costume, in particular, was a main focus and most of
time and effort was actually trying to find outfits which would
represent the decade.

11.  Our lead, played my Matthew used most of his own clothing
after taking a closer look at what people used to wear
realising he had some similar items. However, for the scene
where we replicated the 80s, Matthew actually purposely
ripped his t shirt to make it appear like the 80s, and we also
made the red sweatband out of a red fabric.

12.  Music being a pivotal point in our film, we decided to make or find
our own as we were rejected when trying to use copyright music –
this involved emailing various different people such as record
companies and managers. We were always redirected to somewhere
else so we though to save time we would try to make our own
versions of the songs we were initially going to use. We chose a
multiplicity of different types of music to depict the era in which the
scene took place.

13.  We had a clear cut idea of what we wanted
with our film and how to achieve this through
our planning and research. We followed the
guide lines of our planning as building blocks
for the shooting and execution of filming.

14. For my poster, you can clearly identify
conventions included in actual existing
products. During our research for our
short film, we looked at short film
posters for short film that we had
watched. One thing which was
identifiable in all the posters we
studied is the lead character is always
dominant or an important part of the
poster. Bearing that in mind, I included
several different shots of the lead,
representing the different eras. These
help to entice the audience.

15.  I also included an image of someone
holding an iPod which also an essential
part of the short film. It is common for
posters to glorify the subject. The film
poster also contains small print of all
the people involved in the making of
the film, including director, editor and
our own made-up production
company. Typically the production
company logo is displayed in the
bottom left corner of the poster.
Beneath the crew involved I have
included when the film is coming
out, also a very popular convention.

16.  The only thing which possibly
challenges a conventional poster is
that the poster appears to have a lot
of white space around the imagery.
However, I did this to truly contrast
so that audience are attracted. My
poster also contained a logo from
the Sundance festival which is very
common on independently
produced films. If my film did
actually win at the Sundance festival
it would attract audiences just
because of this.

18.  My magazine article also contains conventions similar to existing
products. My first year of media helped me produce this as we also
had to produce one for our coursework. There is a clear link
between the poster and the magazine article with similar pictures
being used. My magazine article contains clear columns, pull
quotes, as well as the first paragraph being in capitals. My article
contains an interview too, with every question also in capitals, and in
red contrasting to the background and also relating to the bright
colours used in our short film. I forgot to include a drop capital in
my magazine article which is present in almost any article. This
could affect the effectiveness of the magazine article. The film’s title
and tagline were taken directly from the poster I had
created, showing a link between the two.