One
of the briefs I am looking into is a short film lasting around five minutes,
live action, animated or both. With either a poster, radio trailer or a
magazine review page. I am drawn to this by the skills and techniques I will
have to use, which are the same to those I used at AS and my research of films
from last year.
Last
year I watched ‘Tell’, a short film made by Film Riot. They made the production
on a small budget of £1000. To view, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PGgRH7-Qs9g.
This was a very successful piece, not only
did it scare me, but it was believable too. Although the film was much longer
than mine needs to be (32.56), it has definitely inspired me if I do decide on
the short film brief. The main thing I loved about ‘Tell’ was the sound throughout;
the build up of music was gripping was forever adding to the tension.
I also
looked at some A2 short films I found on YoutTube. These three were my
favourite:
- ‘Penelope’
- ‘Never Judge a Book’
- ‘Alone’
All of which
have such excellent story lines, a huge variety of shots and great music to fit
in with them. They are all quite dark and sinister, which I am not sure if I
would want mine to be on. I have listed some of the shots and ideas I really
loved from them which I could use in mine, including:
-
The merging
of voiceovers
-
Use of a
diary
-
Having a
torch backlight with a hand silhouette over
-
Breathing
and wobbly camera work to show the murder’s point of view
-
Opening an
eye on the camera lens
-
Having a
black screen and just the sound
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