Research on film posters

Cinema and film posters are the physical incarnation of the special movies we have enjoyed through the years. Although there is a big market for collecting film posters, they were never intended or created to be sold to the public. They were merely meant to promote and entice viewers to come to the local theatres that were screening the films. Today these rare original movie posters are in great demand. They are the tangible souvenirs of favourite films and stars whose characters we fell in love with

Early Days
Ironically in the early days of movie making actors were not usually depicted on the film posters. The title of the film and the producer and directors names were usually the attraction until Hollywood realized that it was the actors who brought in the viewers. It was at that time that the stars of movies were then plastered on each poster giving life to a new era in the film industry.

Bellow are two examples of film posters traditionally created for advertising which are now rare and expensive collectors items, you can see that these posters are very different to 20thC posters

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Research on Short Films

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004pyzt

This is the first short film which i have watched. It is four minuets and six seconds long and the story is only focusing on two main characters and has a very simple story line which is easy to follow.
It is about a doctor who falls in love with a women who is dead. Something that i learnt from this short film is that from just watching this short film i have been able to summerise the story into just one sentence which is what we have done with our film.
Also at the start of this film it tells you that it was made according to Straight8 rules. One 58mm cartridge, no editing, unless on camera.

Another thing which i liked about this film is that the story is so easy for the audience to follow and understand, although i do not like the actually idea of a man falling in love with a dead women. There are not many locations involved and it is very basic however, at the same time very effective.
The genre of this film was a dark romantic comedy.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004tdk0

This short film is a Romantic Comedy, of the same genre we are doing.
I really enjoyed this short film, however it was 12 minuets long and ours is only allowed to be 5 minuets.
This story is about a women and man who both get very drunk at a fancy dress party. They go back to someones house, once they find the key, and the next morning when they wake up neither one of them know who they have slept with and where they are. In the end it turns out they slept at a random couples house. Once they leave the couple have a little romantic kiss and decide they want to go on a date.
I like this story. It has humour's, exciting, mysterious, fun and interesting. In my opinion it made you want to see me, for example i would like it if it was a normal length film and we got too see what happened between them once they left the house. Many people have one night stands and can relate to this however the audience are interested to know who's house this is which draws you into the film.

Example of shot sizes

Film Poster

Another task we have to do is create a poster advertising the film we've created. Bellow are some samples of film advertisements...on billboards, buses, magazines...etc. We have started to research other films ways of advertising in order to get ideas to create our own and make it as effective as possible.

Equiptment List

The equipment we will need to actually film is fairly basic:
A camera (Sony PD170)
A Tripod
An umbrella - in case of rain (to hold over and protect camera)
film - for camera
spare battery - in case the original ran out of charge


Some of our scenes our outside, for those scenes the props are fairly basic because the background we need is already there. For example (the street, house, trees/cars around...etc). The other scenes are in the house, again all the furniture is already there so the main thing we need to organise and worry about is "personal props". Our personal props consist of things like, Knickers, his&her clothes, bottle of champagne, her shoes, his cigarettes, the key,

Characters

AMY: Amy is an 18year old girl. She comes from a middle class family and has been brought up in private education. She's very fun and loving and has lots of friends but is currently single. Shes just finished High School/College and will be going to Leeds University next year to study English. Amy is your average teenager however it is very rare that she gets so drunk that she would have a one night stand and is therefore embarrassed when she wakes up in the morning to remember what she has done.

JACK: Jack is 19 years old. He is from a working class family and has been brought up in the state education. He's very outgoing, loud..etc. He's a typical lad around his friends and is only interested in girls, football, sports, party's, getting drunk...etc. However, Jack has just come out of a long term relationship and therefore is extremely shocked at himself for sleeping with Amy after they had only met a few hours previously.

The Morning After

Our new script is called 'The Morning After' It is about a girl and boy who met at a party and ended up leaving together. They are extremely drunk and end up in somebody Else's home. They wake up in the morning, feeling a sense of embarrassment and regret and both think they are in each others homes. After getting out of bed and having a very awkward breakfast they both discover that it is in fact neither of their homes and that they need to get out as soon as they can before somebody finds them there. After escaping the house they have a laugh together and realise that there might actually be some feelings between them and re introduce themselves, making a new start.