Short Film Practical Assignment : January 2014

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Poster Work (Day 4)

Today we added the name of the actors at the top, the photograph of Edward and the slogan. However, we don't want to keep this slogan as we believe that it doesn't fit well with the poster.

Monday, 20 January 2014

Today we had a team meeting to discuss our print products. We discussed our film's slogan on our poster and if anyone wanted to change it. We then decided to use different ones on our poster to see which one looked the best against the image of Edward. On the other hand we all agreed that we liked the end result of our Review and that the colour really pops out.

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Stage 3- Review

I added all the journalism in three columns and changed the font style of the interview

Changed the first letter of the article 'T' into a larger size.

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Team Meeting

Our review is nearly finished so we had a team meeting to discuss if everyone is happy with its progression. From the meeting we discussed that we need to put all of the text on it by tomorrow. We also stated that we should change the font of the interview text from the rest of the other text, because from looking back at some articles the text is a different font or colour. However we realised that we are using time wisely as everyone in the group is keeping to their personal deadlines.

Stage 2- Review

At the Bottom left of the page, I've put the magazine logo, page number and publishing date

I've added a rectangle box, that provides the information of certificate, star rating and director

Changed the position so that its clearer and the text at the top is not piled up.

Friday, 17 January 2014

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Day 1- Poster -Developing Title On Illustrator

Today, we focused on developing our title of our film on the software Illustrator.

Journalism

Though somewhat sceptical, I chose to see The Bigger Picture out of curiosity of why it received such mixed reviews. I walked into the screening, observing all the other film critics while walking to my seat, many of whom looked like they would rather be anywhere else and others, convincing themselves that the film was going to be a good one. This stereotype based film reflects the citation, ‘Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes’, a moral I feel I only learnt after watching the film. In this black comedy of morals, we come to follow two opposing characters. We come to meet Edward, (played by Cameron Lark) a classy fellow who may come across as a stuck up, serious snob and Joseph (Jordan Luke), an all-round friendly chap with an approachable attitude. Watch as their paths entwine and their stories unravel as we come to realise that they’re not who you think they are. Joseph isn’t your ‘stereotypical’ young black guy and as reserved and poe-faced Edward may be, we come to see that he has a heart breaking story, allowing us to be aware that the situations explored in this film can happen to anyone, regardless of class or colour. I sat down with the director of the film, Evie Padmore to find out more about The Bigger Picture and how she managed to get the message across to the audience. Why did you decide to take this film on board? Society has become a place where people are judged by their looks, how they dress and what class they’re from. I’d say the story challenges that. I was given the story by scriptwriter Tom White. What intrigued me the most was the portrayal of the characters of whom show up the whole don’t judge a book by its cover stereotype. Was it challenging to portray the characters in a certain light? We had to show how the characters evolved and slowly reveal to the audience who they really were. From watching the film you’ll see that there is hardly any use of dialogue, an element we decided to use to simply focus on the characters. In a way, this purposely allowed the audience to judge Edward and Joseph. This inspiring film breaks stereotypes, challenges them and lets us to learn from them. The Bigger Picture is a film in which one can truly say don’t judge a book by its cover. This drama may leave you in occasional fits of giggles, but it also teaches an important moral than everyone can gain something from.