My Own Poster

I did a drawing of my own idea of what the film's poster could look like, getting inspiration from other posters which carry all similar elements.

However if I did it again I would improve many things:

• I would make it look less happy in general. It looks too much like a light hearted drama or even a comedy film as it shows the friends walking together smiling. 
• I also could have put a shadow on Nathan's character as he is also a real person.
• It looks too childish with all of the bright colours.

Film Poster Analysis

I had to analyze a film poster which reflected what we wanted to do. I chose Somers Town because it's a film about friendship and I like the simplistic style of it. I also had to look at what the elements in the poster say about the film itself, such as why they purposely displayed these characters in front of this particular background. 

Shot List

I made a shot list which is a guide to how we will make our film look great. This shot list included the scenes of the shots and their descriptions. I looked back at the animatic to help me write up the descriptions of the shots. In the descriptions I made them very brief just incase we decide to change anything in the shots if something goes wrong (like if one of the actors cannot turn up). I included the names of the characters and what the shot is in the descriptions. This photo is the first page of the shot list containing the first few shots.

Final Evaluation

What went well?

Many things did go well, such as the audience research as it was very simple to get results and then turn them into a graph. Also, the group were very easy to get along with and the work was fine, although we did have a few problems with the animatic.

If I had to improve anything, I would make my pictures on the storyboard look more like Adeel's so that there would not be any chance that someone viewing animatic would get confused between the characters in mine and Adeel's pictures, even-though they are the same people. Also, although I got quite a few people's results for my audience, I felt that I could have used a few more people of different age ranges so that it would be less biased and I would have a bigger picture of what audiences want.

My individual contributions to the planning and research so far was firstly finding out audience results in the form of a web graph and then also helping Adeel to make a storyboard which was one of the longer tasks in the coursework.

Getting Music

The music we need to get was copyright free music so we looked on helpful websites like freeplaymusic.com. Me and Aidah had the task of choosing the correct songs for the website that we felt suited certain scenes from our short film. 

We got many good songs from our film such as a choral tune for the ending and a happier song for when they are walking through the street together.

Pre-Production Planning

For planning the short film, Adeel and I drew some shots for a storyboard, which will serve as a visual aid for the types of camera angles and shots that we will use for the film. We will use these pictures for an animatic, which is a mock-up of how the film will look. The first thing I did was actually help make the storyboard by drawing some scenes on to bits of paper.

They were then placed in order on Final Cut. We then got the script and narrated the dialogue over the pictures which were in a slideshow, making sure that we timed it right and do not mix up the shots with the wrong lines. The final animatic was then uploaded to YouTube. We cut the length of the pictures if they ran on for too long.

Audience Research

For my audience research, I did a survey involving 20 people of different ages (around 17-30) and interests. I told them a rough idea of what our film was about before asking them their view on it.

"It's about a boy who's asked to a party by a girl, along with his three friends. However we find out at the end of the film that they are imaginary which comes as a surprise."

I then turned the results into a web chart. The survey contained three factors which made it a quick and simple way people could fill out their opinions. These were:

Plot- If they think that the story's narative and events sound interesting
"The boy Alex sits in the cafe with his 3 friends. They spot some girls sitting across the cafe, and his friends pursuade him to approach the girls. One of the girls asks him to a party and he reluctantly says yes. In the street later he sees his friend Tyreece. Talking, he realises he is also going to the party. At home that evening, Alex is trying to get ready for the party. His 3 friends are battering the door to come in, which makes Alex angry. He shouts at the friends fir making his room a mess. His friend Tyreece hears and enquires who he is shouting at. This is where it is revealed that his 3 friends are imaginary."

Theme- If our theme of isolation appeals to the audience
"The isolation in this film is based on the fact that his imagination makes him falsely believe he has these friends when he doesn't. It's isolation because we find that he is more alone than we think due to the end scene."

Relevance- How relevant the film's content is to their lives
"I explained relevance to be something they have possibly imagined or any situation with friends similar to the ones in the film"

This is the chart showing the most average results:
Plot- 10
Relevance- 5
Theme- 8



From the results, it shows that many people thought that the plot was very interesting although it did not really sound relevant to their lifestyles as many people do not live in isolation. Many people did like our theme and thought it worked well with the story. The results are very postitive and everyone seemed to like the idea of our film.

Drama Genre Conventions