Semiotic Analysis
Gasman
http://a2shortfilmbse.blogspot.com/2007/09/final-idea.html
Gasman is a very well put together production. It is set in Scotland and suggests to the audience that it is a very hard time to be unemployed. This short film shows how one man has a hidden life by having two separate families which he keeps to himself, there are 4 children in the film, two are related to the father and the other two the audience do not know about until later in the film. The film elopes until the audience question the relation between all 4 children!
The short film finishes quite abruptly and has an open narrative which makes the audience ask questions about what they have just seen.
The short film has a fantastic range of shots, for the first couple of minutes all of the shots close/medium shots of legs and arms which mean the audience cannot see any facial expressions. This lasts for around 2 minutes until the audience finally sees the face of the protagonist. As the short film continues the shots vary from close ups to long shots, this gives variation to the production and as the audience have waited so long for a different shot it is a great way to start the film.
Once the family get to the train tracks where they meet another boy and girl the audience see’s a story emerge as the father flicks the mother hair, this suggests to the audience that there has been a bond between the two. This is backed up by the similarities between the sets of children.
As the short film continues the audience start to see more similarities between each set of children, one of the most striking points is that they both seem to think that the dad is father to both sets of kids, this is when one of the girls sits on the fathers knee and the other girl gets jealous and starts to fight with the girl. We then hear the girl on the knee shout “but he’s my daddy” and this is exactly what the audience thinks in the first place.
In terms of editing and mise-en-scene it is quite simple in terms of how they have edited it as they use a wide range of shots and keep it simple, the misse en scene is also key to the short film, it suggests that the film is set about 30 years ago as of the clothes and the situation/scene that it is in.
Overall the short film was very interesting, it had a wide range of shots, which keeps the audience hooked, and it has a quite good plot, which introduced a sub plot to the film. I think that the mise-en-scene was well chosen because it fits the time period, the audience would understand that at this particular time period those times were hard. So the mise-en scene aids this understanding.
Stoobi
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
bretts ideas!!!
Section 3- Ideas For a Short Film
By Brett!
Idea 1
For my first idea I thought of, was based on drug abuse and the ‘tripping’ side of drugs. The film would start with a group of young teenagers pushing each other into taking an ecstasy tablet in a empty house. But when they’ve all taken one, they would all start to ‘trip’ and then we would film it as we are following the teenagers through there ‘bad trip’ where they encounter violence, criminal activity and other things which they would not usually dream of doing. Then the film would end with one of them dying in a back alley and the rest are surrounded him, a point of view shot from the dying boy would show the faces of those staring at him till the film seems to end but after 10 second or so. It would cut to a clip of the boy coming back to life and a still would show him sitting up.
The audience would be seeing the ‘trip’ through one of the boys eyes which makes them interact and make them want to know what happens.
The audience for this film would be teenagers to warn them about drugs therefore it could be used in schools with year 9 or 10. The narrative is a closed ending because the audience knows the guy isn’t dead.
Idea 2
A Young boy at school is falling asleep in a history lesson when he falls into a deep sleep. His classroom is full of noisy children and the teacher doesn’t notice. But while he dreams with his head against his table, something indescribable happens, when he wakes up he looks around and the room is empty. He starts to look in the cupboards thinking it’s a practical joke but there’s no one there. He walks out and the building is totally empty, there is bags and books all over the floor. But then he sees another young boy, who he finds out that bullies put him in a cupboard at the time but when he got out he too was in the same position. The two set off looking for people but they have no luck.
The audience follows the students around the building and the interaction between the protagonist and the audience makes them wonder that has happened.
The audience for this film is young teenagers and maybe the young adults. It is similar to the film ’28 days later’. This would be a open ended narrative because the audience are left in thought of what has happened. And if they will find their family and friends.
By Brett!
Idea 1
For my first idea I thought of, was based on drug abuse and the ‘tripping’ side of drugs. The film would start with a group of young teenagers pushing each other into taking an ecstasy tablet in a empty house. But when they’ve all taken one, they would all start to ‘trip’ and then we would film it as we are following the teenagers through there ‘bad trip’ where they encounter violence, criminal activity and other things which they would not usually dream of doing. Then the film would end with one of them dying in a back alley and the rest are surrounded him, a point of view shot from the dying boy would show the faces of those staring at him till the film seems to end but after 10 second or so. It would cut to a clip of the boy coming back to life and a still would show him sitting up.
The audience would be seeing the ‘trip’ through one of the boys eyes which makes them interact and make them want to know what happens.
The audience for this film would be teenagers to warn them about drugs therefore it could be used in schools with year 9 or 10. The narrative is a closed ending because the audience knows the guy isn’t dead.
Idea 2
A Young boy at school is falling asleep in a history lesson when he falls into a deep sleep. His classroom is full of noisy children and the teacher doesn’t notice. But while he dreams with his head against his table, something indescribable happens, when he wakes up he looks around and the room is empty. He starts to look in the cupboards thinking it’s a practical joke but there’s no one there. He walks out and the building is totally empty, there is bags and books all over the floor. But then he sees another young boy, who he finds out that bullies put him in a cupboard at the time but when he got out he too was in the same position. The two set off looking for people but they have no luck.
The audience follows the students around the building and the interaction between the protagonist and the audience makes them wonder that has happened.
The audience for this film is young teenagers and maybe the young adults. It is similar to the film ’28 days later’. This would be a open ended narrative because the audience are left in thought of what has happened. And if they will find their family and friends.
bretts research on 'About A Girl'
Section 2- Semiotic Analysis
About a Girl
For my Semiotic analysis I have chosen the film ‘About a Girl’. This film explores the idea of social realism and what a young teenage girl encounters in their life. It is a open ended narrative, leaving the audience in shock of what the protagonist has just done. Short films have a reputation of been weird and entering darks areas within society and this is no exception. It explores the idea of underage pregnancy and family issues therefore it would be useful to show teenagers to teach about social realism.
The film is set in Manchester’s deprived areas; it shows the dark, industrial side of the city and from the clothes and her accent., it suggests she is from a working class background.
The girl explains how she wants to be a pop star, at this point, a cutaway showing her and her friends on the back of a bus singing a ‘Britney Spears’ song. The audience at this point of the film believes she is a normal 13-year-old girl who is just ranting about her issues like her family and her dreams. She does drop little hints of what is to come such as when she says ‘I’m good at hiding things’ and ‘dog went in the canal’.
The camera work is professionally done but yet the quality of the camera seems quite low but this is done deliberately to make it more realistic and effective, the use of a crane to do a high angle pan of place where she stops and drops the ominous bag into the canal. Then it switches to a underwater low angle to show the clear water turning red and the baby tumbling out of the bag. As the protagonist walks along the canal the camera is hand-held, this technique makes it look realistic. At the start of the film there is a low angle shot of the evening sky, with the young girl silhouetted, dancing and singing. This shot is a very good opener because it shows a scenic view and it suggests what the film may be about yet it is sill quite mysterious.
Editing is an important technique in this film because a lot of cutaways have been used to show the audience what she is ranting about, especially a clip of her and her father in the cafe. From this the audience can see how little connection the have. The use of sound is minimal, this gives it a sense of reality so the girl has the audiences full attention. The opening credits are the films titles in the sound of a phone beeps. Which could suggest that the new generation of teenagers have become materialistic and losing the traditional family views for a girl to become a mother, which this film shows very effectively.
The theme of this film is loneliness because she feels lonely with her parents not showing much appreciation and love. Another theme is deception because the result of the film is the baby in the river, which no one seems to know about, even her family. Also dreams plays a big part in this film because after all, it’s about her dream of becoming a pop star and having a baby would all most certainly destroy any hopes of doing so.
About a Girl
For my Semiotic analysis I have chosen the film ‘About a Girl’. This film explores the idea of social realism and what a young teenage girl encounters in their life. It is a open ended narrative, leaving the audience in shock of what the protagonist has just done. Short films have a reputation of been weird and entering darks areas within society and this is no exception. It explores the idea of underage pregnancy and family issues therefore it would be useful to show teenagers to teach about social realism.
The film is set in Manchester’s deprived areas; it shows the dark, industrial side of the city and from the clothes and her accent., it suggests she is from a working class background.
The girl explains how she wants to be a pop star, at this point, a cutaway showing her and her friends on the back of a bus singing a ‘Britney Spears’ song. The audience at this point of the film believes she is a normal 13-year-old girl who is just ranting about her issues like her family and her dreams. She does drop little hints of what is to come such as when she says ‘I’m good at hiding things’ and ‘dog went in the canal’.
The camera work is professionally done but yet the quality of the camera seems quite low but this is done deliberately to make it more realistic and effective, the use of a crane to do a high angle pan of place where she stops and drops the ominous bag into the canal. Then it switches to a underwater low angle to show the clear water turning red and the baby tumbling out of the bag. As the protagonist walks along the canal the camera is hand-held, this technique makes it look realistic. At the start of the film there is a low angle shot of the evening sky, with the young girl silhouetted, dancing and singing. This shot is a very good opener because it shows a scenic view and it suggests what the film may be about yet it is sill quite mysterious.
Editing is an important technique in this film because a lot of cutaways have been used to show the audience what she is ranting about, especially a clip of her and her father in the cafe. From this the audience can see how little connection the have. The use of sound is minimal, this gives it a sense of reality so the girl has the audiences full attention. The opening credits are the films titles in the sound of a phone beeps. Which could suggest that the new generation of teenagers have become materialistic and losing the traditional family views for a girl to become a mother, which this film shows very effectively.
The theme of this film is loneliness because she feels lonely with her parents not showing much appreciation and love. Another theme is deception because the result of the film is the baby in the river, which no one seems to know about, even her family. Also dreams plays a big part in this film because after all, it’s about her dream of becoming a pop star and having a baby would all most certainly destroy any hopes of doing so.
Idea's
IDEA 1
For my first Idea I thought of having someone who commits suicide and then they go back in time and live out that same day but it would have a open narrative so the audience does not know what choice the person makes the second time around. We could put in drug use, self-harm and certain subjects; this will engage the type of audience, being teenagers.
NARRATIVE – sound over creates the persons real feelings to what the shots look like, and can describe the sort of life the protagonist has.
GENRE – Social realism
MISSE-EN-SCENE – set in 2007 the short film portrays a teenager who struggles with life. The majority of the film is set at home but it cuts in to school and other sets within the film. There should be very a dark colour scene however in certain scenes the colour could be changed to show a different mood!
AUDIENCE – Teenagers – 16 – 21 year olds
IDEA 2
Someone is walking in the woods and they come across someone who has been attacked, then we see various flashback of what has happened to the person, the protagonist now has to try and find the attacker as they are still in the woods, but does she get attacked trying to catch the culprit? You will never know!
NARRATIVE – The thoughts of the attacker and the victim are recorded over the clips, showing their feelings throughout without any other sounds apart from the surroundings and backing music.
GENRE – Social Realism, Crime
MISSE-EN-SCENE – Set around the year 2000, this short film portrays the inner feelings of a psychopath and a victim; the scenes are very dark and mysterious, mainly set in the woods where the crime is committed.
IDEA 3
Our final idea is based on the film Groundhog Day where someone relives the same day over and over. The protagonist wakes up everyday 5 minutes earlier and having a cigarette, and then we see him walk out of the front door and walk to the bus station.
Then we see the main character spot a girl that is at the bus station everyday.
He lives out the day and the first day he has a great day getting the girls number and helping the homeless person.
The next day he relives the day and doesn’t act as he did before and this continues for the next 2 days.
On the 4th day the protagonist is that busy giving the homeless guy a lecture that he steps out into the road and gets hit by a car!
The end of the film has a wide shot of the bed with no one in it and it says Tuesday with a question mark, instead of Monday.
NARRATIVE – in our short film the narrative is closed as the protagonist ends up being hit by a car/bus and consequently it ends by carrying onto the next day instead of reliving it.
As well as being a closed narrative, the storyline has a single strand narrative as we follow one character in the story and his daily life.
Here’s a list of the other narratives we will use
• Anti-Realist
• Closure
• Motivations
• Alternative Narrative
GENRE – Social Realism/ Fantasy
MISSE EN SCENE – For our short film we have decided to have for the protagonist a smartly dressed man, the colours will be fairly dark colours. As a contrast the girl will be wearing fairly bright colours so that she stands out.
AUDIENCE – This short film has a wide audience range, because of the genre and the storyline I suggest that the audience will be around mid teens (15-17) to mid aged people (30+)
Stoobi
For my first Idea I thought of having someone who commits suicide and then they go back in time and live out that same day but it would have a open narrative so the audience does not know what choice the person makes the second time around. We could put in drug use, self-harm and certain subjects; this will engage the type of audience, being teenagers.
NARRATIVE – sound over creates the persons real feelings to what the shots look like, and can describe the sort of life the protagonist has.
GENRE – Social realism
MISSE-EN-SCENE – set in 2007 the short film portrays a teenager who struggles with life. The majority of the film is set at home but it cuts in to school and other sets within the film. There should be very a dark colour scene however in certain scenes the colour could be changed to show a different mood!
AUDIENCE – Teenagers – 16 – 21 year olds
IDEA 2
Someone is walking in the woods and they come across someone who has been attacked, then we see various flashback of what has happened to the person, the protagonist now has to try and find the attacker as they are still in the woods, but does she get attacked trying to catch the culprit? You will never know!
NARRATIVE – The thoughts of the attacker and the victim are recorded over the clips, showing their feelings throughout without any other sounds apart from the surroundings and backing music.
GENRE – Social Realism, Crime
MISSE-EN-SCENE – Set around the year 2000, this short film portrays the inner feelings of a psychopath and a victim; the scenes are very dark and mysterious, mainly set in the woods where the crime is committed.
IDEA 3
Our final idea is based on the film Groundhog Day where someone relives the same day over and over. The protagonist wakes up everyday 5 minutes earlier and having a cigarette, and then we see him walk out of the front door and walk to the bus station.
Then we see the main character spot a girl that is at the bus station everyday.
He lives out the day and the first day he has a great day getting the girls number and helping the homeless person.
The next day he relives the day and doesn’t act as he did before and this continues for the next 2 days.
On the 4th day the protagonist is that busy giving the homeless guy a lecture that he steps out into the road and gets hit by a car!
The end of the film has a wide shot of the bed with no one in it and it says Tuesday with a question mark, instead of Monday.
NARRATIVE – in our short film the narrative is closed as the protagonist ends up being hit by a car/bus and consequently it ends by carrying onto the next day instead of reliving it.
As well as being a closed narrative, the storyline has a single strand narrative as we follow one character in the story and his daily life.
Here’s a list of the other narratives we will use
• Anti-Realist
• Closure
• Motivations
• Alternative Narrative
GENRE – Social Realism/ Fantasy
MISSE EN SCENE – For our short film we have decided to have for the protagonist a smartly dressed man, the colours will be fairly dark colours. As a contrast the girl will be wearing fairly bright colours so that she stands out.
AUDIENCE – This short film has a wide audience range, because of the genre and the storyline I suggest that the audience will be around mid teens (15-17) to mid aged people (30+)
Stoobi
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Ellens Ideas for Short Films
Section 3: Initial Ideas for Short Films
By Ellen Wilkinson
Idea One:
Basic Plot:
A teenage boy has the house to himself to for a month as his mother visits his sick grandmother abroad. He is left a substantial amount of money in order to buy food etc. However he has other ideas on ways to spend the money, and enlisting the help of his friends holds “The party of the year.” With drugs, music and no rules the party gets out of hand. The boy wakes up to discover a dead body of a girl in his house and no recollection of who she is or what happened.
Genre:
I thought of this idea when watching an episode of skins. Which has similar themes and storyline.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/skins/episodes_p2.html
Plot of Skins Episode Season 1 Episode 4:
Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up one morning with a hangover and a hard-on. Nothing unusual there. Until he discovers a grand in cash and a note from his mum saying she’s gone away. So, like any not-so-average pill-popping 17 year old, Chris embarks on a bender to end all benders. But what do you do after you’ve thrown the mother of all parties and blown all the money? Well, you sell everything that isn’t nailed down and go again - and just hope that everything else will start to make sense. Sometimes though, life can make a little more sense than you want it to and Chris has to face up to the fact his mum might never be coming home
Style:
I wanted to create the style of madness, no limits out of control that skins manages to achieve.
The following images show what I am trying to capture.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/16/skins460.jpg
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/skins_460.jpg
The story would be told from the point of view of the protagonist, showing how the drugs affect him and then his reaction to discovering the body.
Target Audience:
Teenagers and younger adults; the themes of drink and drugs would not be suitable for a younger audience and would not interest an older audience.
Main Themes:
• Growing up
• Drugs and the danger of them, though this is an underlying message it is not what the film is intended to do.
Mise-en-Scene:
In order to capture the authenticity that is needed for it to be successful then it would have to be shot at a real party
Possible outcomes:
They dump the body:
This would be difficult to shoot to make it look realistic.
Tell the police:
This ending would allow both open and closed narrative; we could either show the decision being made the ending so it is inconclusive of what happens, or it could be a closed narrative showing how she ended up there
He wakes up in hospital/or bed it was a trip but cuts away to a shot of the dead girl in the house but no ones found her yet, and on some sub conscious level he new about her.
This is my personal favourite and would be easiest to shoot and creates a open narrative and the audience asking more.
By Ellen Wilkinson
Idea One:
Basic Plot:
A teenage boy has the house to himself to for a month as his mother visits his sick grandmother abroad. He is left a substantial amount of money in order to buy food etc. However he has other ideas on ways to spend the money, and enlisting the help of his friends holds “The party of the year.” With drugs, music and no rules the party gets out of hand. The boy wakes up to discover a dead body of a girl in his house and no recollection of who she is or what happened.
Genre:
I thought of this idea when watching an episode of skins. Which has similar themes and storyline.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/skins/episodes_p2.html
Plot of Skins Episode Season 1 Episode 4:
Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up one morning with a hangover and a hard-on. Nothing unusual there. Until he discovers a grand in cash and a note from his mum saying she’s gone away. So, like any not-so-average pill-popping 17 year old, Chris embarks on a bender to end all benders. But what do you do after you’ve thrown the mother of all parties and blown all the money? Well, you sell everything that isn’t nailed down and go again - and just hope that everything else will start to make sense. Sometimes though, life can make a little more sense than you want it to and Chris has to face up to the fact his mum might never be coming home
Style:
I wanted to create the style of madness, no limits out of control that skins manages to achieve.
The following images show what I am trying to capture.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/16/skins460.jpg
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/skins_460.jpg
The story would be told from the point of view of the protagonist, showing how the drugs affect him and then his reaction to discovering the body.
Target Audience:
Teenagers and younger adults; the themes of drink and drugs would not be suitable for a younger audience and would not interest an older audience.
Main Themes:
• Growing up
• Drugs and the danger of them, though this is an underlying message it is not what the film is intended to do.
Mise-en-Scene:
In order to capture the authenticity that is needed for it to be successful then it would have to be shot at a real party
Possible outcomes:
They dump the body:
This would be difficult to shoot to make it look realistic.
Tell the police:
This ending would allow both open and closed narrative; we could either show the decision being made the ending so it is inconclusive of what happens, or it could be a closed narrative showing how she ended up there
He wakes up in hospital/or bed it was a trip but cuts away to a shot of the dead girl in the house but no ones found her yet, and on some sub conscious level he new about her.
This is my personal favourite and would be easiest to shoot and creates a open narrative and the audience asking more.
Sunday, 16 September 2007
Funding
Was just looking into more detail on funding and directors for planning section 1
If you look on FilmFour's website there some useful information and also www.cineuropa.org
Directors/Producers of short film and funding
Funding
Here’s is what FilmFour suggest what to do about funding:
Doing It Yourself
Many film-makers will tell you that the first shorts they ever made were at home. Spielberg filmed his train set crashing on Super 8, today you can practise on your home video. You can also buy basic editing programmes like Final Cut Pro for your computer, provided it s got the memory. Start this way if you can. You can get a book from the library on basic film making techniques and work at your own speed.
Private Finance
Given the weight of applications for limited funding opportunities, combined with the Catch-22 of having to have something to show in order to qualify for said funds, many film-makers turn to their nearest and dearest, friendly patrons or business sponsors for help. This is absolutely understandable but film-makers must be realistic with themselves (and their backers) about the chances of getting the money back. Short films rarely, if ever, get even a small proportion of their budget money back because shorts are expensive to produce and the outlets where they can be sold are limited.
Potential Sources Of Funding
First Light
www.firstlightmovies.com
A new scheme at The Film Council reaching out to 'a new generation of film-makers' aimed specifically at school children of all ages and backgrounds. Teaching children about film, helping them link up with film organisations in their area, and getting their work seen.
HTML: http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=113742
Cineuropa offers an online consultancy to help anyone who wants to make a film and needs funding for it, below is a small insert from the website.
Do you have a feature, animation or documentary film project but have difficulty in financing it? Are you lost in the labyrinth of European cinema support? Are you finding it difficult to negotiate with television channels? Are you finding it difficult to get on board a distribution or a sales company? Would you like advice from an external professional?
Cineuropa.org offers you an online consulting service to provide you with clear and relevant answers to issues related to the financing of your project in Europe.
This desk is a Cineuropa.org service for film financing.
In a straightforward way, this service allows you to:
1. Get advice from professionals on the different stages of financing and the creation of your film;
2. Identify possible sources of financing best suited to your film;
3. Define your finance strategy;
4. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of your project;
5. Position your project on the market and among your potential partners;
6. Identify partners and anticipate strategic errors.
Moreover, Cineuropa.org can help you to find the key contact in the complex world of public institutions, consultants, international sales companies, national and international banks, private funds, law firms and executive decision makers.
HTML: http://www.cineuropa.org/filmfinancing.aspx?lang=en&treeID=910
Euroscript also offers the same services as Cineuropa and have an online consultancy to help you with any queries on funding and the financial problems that will come with making a film.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A25578372
http://www.britfilms.com/whodoeswhataguidetothelabyrint/
http://shortfilmarchive.unlv.edu/ - when it’s up and running!
Directors
Whilst I was looking on the internet I came across this website which was on the archive of the Guardian’s website, it lists 40 best directors of film and gives a small account of why the director came in that particular place.
HTML: http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html
Stoobi
If you look on FilmFour's website there some useful information and also www.cineuropa.org
Directors/Producers of short film and funding
Funding
Here’s is what FilmFour suggest what to do about funding:
Doing It Yourself
Many film-makers will tell you that the first shorts they ever made were at home. Spielberg filmed his train set crashing on Super 8, today you can practise on your home video. You can also buy basic editing programmes like Final Cut Pro for your computer, provided it s got the memory. Start this way if you can. You can get a book from the library on basic film making techniques and work at your own speed.
Private Finance
Given the weight of applications for limited funding opportunities, combined with the Catch-22 of having to have something to show in order to qualify for said funds, many film-makers turn to their nearest and dearest, friendly patrons or business sponsors for help. This is absolutely understandable but film-makers must be realistic with themselves (and their backers) about the chances of getting the money back. Short films rarely, if ever, get even a small proportion of their budget money back because shorts are expensive to produce and the outlets where they can be sold are limited.
Potential Sources Of Funding
First Light
www.firstlightmovies.com
A new scheme at The Film Council reaching out to 'a new generation of film-makers' aimed specifically at school children of all ages and backgrounds. Teaching children about film, helping them link up with film organisations in their area, and getting their work seen.
HTML: http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=113742
Cineuropa offers an online consultancy to help anyone who wants to make a film and needs funding for it, below is a small insert from the website.
Do you have a feature, animation or documentary film project but have difficulty in financing it? Are you lost in the labyrinth of European cinema support? Are you finding it difficult to negotiate with television channels? Are you finding it difficult to get on board a distribution or a sales company? Would you like advice from an external professional?
Cineuropa.org offers you an online consulting service to provide you with clear and relevant answers to issues related to the financing of your project in Europe.
This desk is a Cineuropa.org service for film financing.
In a straightforward way, this service allows you to:
1. Get advice from professionals on the different stages of financing and the creation of your film;
2. Identify possible sources of financing best suited to your film;
3. Define your finance strategy;
4. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of your project;
5. Position your project on the market and among your potential partners;
6. Identify partners and anticipate strategic errors.
Moreover, Cineuropa.org can help you to find the key contact in the complex world of public institutions, consultants, international sales companies, national and international banks, private funds, law firms and executive decision makers.
HTML: http://www.cineuropa.org/filmfinancing.aspx?lang=en&treeID=910
Euroscript also offers the same services as Cineuropa and have an online consultancy to help you with any queries on funding and the financial problems that will come with making a film.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A25578372
http://www.britfilms.com/whodoeswhataguidetothelabyrint/
http://shortfilmarchive.unlv.edu/ - when it’s up and running!
Directors
Whilst I was looking on the internet I came across this website which was on the archive of the Guardian’s website, it lists 40 best directors of film and gives a small account of why the director came in that particular place.
HTML: http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html
Stoobi
Usefull Sites
I was looking on the internet and i found these websites! hope there of some use!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A25578372
http://www.britfilms.com/whodoeswhataguidetothelabyrint/
Stoobi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A25578372
http://www.britfilms.com/whodoeswhataguidetothelabyrint/
Stoobi
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Found A Great Site
Was searching on google and i found a great Australian short film!
Contains some graphic scenes
www.ifilm.com/video/2876701/subchannel/shorts
Stoobi
Contains some graphic scenes
www.ifilm.com/video/2876701/subchannel/shorts
Stoobi
shortfilm festivals
Short Film Festivals!
There are short film festivals all over the country and the world, all looking at different aspects and criteria, e.g. age, amateur or professional plus many more. These different criteria give anyone the chance to take part and get notice. To enter most film festivals it is free which allows entrance from all social backgrounds.
Just a few examples of British short film festivals.
Edinburgh, Leigh short film festival- June
Liverpool, Sefton short film festival- October
London. The London short film festival- January http://www.shortfilms.org.uk/
London. Betting on shorts- November
Its not only British who host short festivals! The Americans host lots through out the country,
Portland, 10 or less film festival- October
NYC short film festival- October
Los Angeles international short film festival September
For a list of all short film festivals check out web page.
http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/browse/?s=short%20film&skip=0
MORE TO BE ADDED SOON!!!
Brett
There are short film festivals all over the country and the world, all looking at different aspects and criteria, e.g. age, amateur or professional plus many more. These different criteria give anyone the chance to take part and get notice. To enter most film festivals it is free which allows entrance from all social backgrounds.
Just a few examples of British short film festivals.
Edinburgh, Leigh short film festival- June
Liverpool, Sefton short film festival- October
London. The London short film festival- January http://www.shortfilms.org.uk/
London. Betting on shorts- November
Its not only British who host short festivals! The Americans host lots through out the country,
Portland, 10 or less film festival- October
NYC short film festival- October
Los Angeles international short film festival September
For a list of all short film festivals check out web page.
http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/browse/?s=short%20film&skip=0
MORE TO BE ADDED SOON!!!
Brett
Research on Successful Film Scripts
I researched into Film scripts and specific ones that have been nominated or won awards and recognised as successful short films.
I first visited the website www.australianshortfilms.com/scripts.html
I then looked at three different film scripts
Number One:
Title: Life Without Love
By: Frankie Pain
Plot: Short Film showing the effects of an elderly man after his wife has died.
It shows his struggle and emotion with dealing with life without his love.
Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100375.html
Number Two:
Title: Benjamin
By: Christian Anderson
Plot:A 5 year old boy drams up plans to raise the money to buy a real ship.
Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100310.html
Number Three:
Title: Copycat
By: Laurent Boulanger
Plot: A Sales women claims to be giving a man a free photocopier; the con is on but who's conning who?
Link to Script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100424.html
other short films found by Laurent Boulanger: Combustion/ Marble/ and Simpora
I then went and reasearched the archive of major film awards and looked at the winners for the past years.
European Film Academy Award
2006 Winner for short film award
Name: Before Dawn
By:Balint Kenyeres from Hungry
2005 Winner
Name: Undressing my mother
By: Ken Wardrop from Ireland
2004 Winner
Name: Jattendraile suivant
By: Philippe Orreindy from France
BAFTA SHORT FILM WINNERS
2006 Winner for short film
Name: Do Not Erase
By:Asitha Ameresekere
2005 Winner
Name: Antonio's Breakfast
By:Howard Stogdon
2004 Winner
Name: The Banker
By: Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton
Oscar Short Film WInners
2006 Winner
Name: West Bank Story
By: Ari Sandel
2005 Winner
Name: Six Shooter
By: Martin Mcdonagh
2004 Winner
Name: Wasp
By: Andrea Arnold
Research by: Ellen Wilkinson
I first visited the website www.australianshortfilms.com/scripts.html
I then looked at three different film scripts
Number One:
Title: Life Without Love
By: Frankie Pain
Plot: Short Film showing the effects of an elderly man after his wife has died.
It shows his struggle and emotion with dealing with life without his love.
Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100375.html
Number Two:
Title: Benjamin
By: Christian Anderson
Plot:A 5 year old boy drams up plans to raise the money to buy a real ship.
Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100310.html
Number Three:
Title: Copycat
By: Laurent Boulanger
Plot: A Sales women claims to be giving a man a free photocopier; the con is on but who's conning who?
Link to Script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100424.html
other short films found by Laurent Boulanger: Combustion/ Marble/ and Simpora
I then went and reasearched the archive of major film awards and looked at the winners for the past years.
European Film Academy Award
2006 Winner for short film award
Name: Before Dawn
By:Balint Kenyeres from Hungry
2005 Winner
Name: Undressing my mother
By: Ken Wardrop from Ireland
2004 Winner
Name: Jattendraile suivant
By: Philippe Orreindy from France
BAFTA SHORT FILM WINNERS
2006 Winner for short film
Name: Do Not Erase
By:Asitha Ameresekere
2005 Winner
Name: Antonio's Breakfast
By:Howard Stogdon
2004 Winner
Name: The Banker
By: Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton
Oscar Short Film WInners
2006 Winner
Name: West Bank Story
By: Ari Sandel
2005 Winner
Name: Six Shooter
By: Martin Mcdonagh
2004 Winner
Name: Wasp
By: Andrea Arnold
Research by: Ellen Wilkinson
Monday, 10 September 2007
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