A Message From The Team

Working on this final project together has been fantastic, granted it has had its ups and downs and we have had some arguments but as the weeks turned into months and the deadline became hauntingly close we really pulled it together. I have enjoyed working hard on the blog as well as all the other aspects of the final product although I was unable to be on set as much as I would of liked to be I still felt as if I had an input. My main role was research as well as shooting all forms of diary and interviewing the team. As you can see below I did this whilst embracing new media technology. I used all my resources to document as much as possible of the film making process. We worked extremely hard on this project and hope you enjoy it. - Harvey

The film Limbo was a great experience that I enjoyed thoroughly throughout. I love working on this film as it allowed me to improve on my cinematography and editing skills which have vastly improved from last years film Deceit. The team worked well most of the time, however I think we could have worked a bit better as a team. Sometimes other members of the group wouldn't show up to the filming which was a bit frustrating but nothing to serious. I believe we worked extremely well as a team and since Anthony and I were both directing we each got to experiment with our own styles of filming and added new elements to the film which wouldn't be present if only one person was directing. Overall, I was extremely proud of the film and the team and I personally think we did an amazing job. - Jack

Creating the film Limbo was an extremely fun experience. As a group I feel we bonded well and were able to use our initial friendship as an advantage over the weeks we filmed. A stand out moment for me was being able to express everything I learned in GCSE Drama to help make our film that little bit more special. I also enjoyed being able to try my hand at editing this year, which was a big difference to last years film. Jack was able to show me many techniques as we worked closely together throughout editing and also directing the film itself.

Despite being off track occasionally, we were able to come together as a group and produce a film we are all extremely pleased with. We were constantly communicating, ensure we knew everything that was to be done in the weeks to come in the future, and thankfully, it all came together in the end, like we wanted. It was nice to do this final project with friends before we set off to do our own individual things in the future. - Anthony

Final Film

Below is our final product, I don't want to ruin the story at all so please just enjoy our film:

Evaluation Activity 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, timing and evaluation stages?

Im sure my entire group will agree with me when I say I love to capture every moment. Whenever I see Jack asking Anthony to repeat something so he can get it from another shot I always feel the need to record the example of teamwork that occurs within our group and show it off to the rest. The only way I am able to do this is by using all the technology that I have. Although I understand the importance of written work and essays I can imagine an essay on our last shot holds the same calibre of a video letting the viewer step into our world and witnessing the moment for themselves. Everything I use is high definition and only the best quality.

I thought for my evaluation it would make more sense to use my HD camera to present an in-depth video description of every single form of new media technology I have used to update the blog. as well as maintain communication with other members of my group. Another aspect that should be taken into account is that we are the first ever group to do this. The amount of effort that went into just making sure we skype each other every day to share ideas was outstanding and it all contributed to created both a film and a blog of high standards. Please enjoy the Video below:

Evaluation Activity 3 - What have you learned from your activity feedback? Part 3

Evaluation Activity 3 - What have you learned from your activity feedback? Part 2

Evaluation Activity 3 - What have you learned from your activity feedback? Part 1

After finishing the editing of our film we decided to ask some friends and family if they would watch our film and then fill out a questionaire. I personally wasn't happy with our previous questionnaire (shown in a post below) that we did earlier as the questions felt a bit out of place and rushed. I quickly decided to make another questionnaire with more suitable questions. The results from the questionnaire were very important for us as it would greatly help us with knowing what we could improve on and what people liked.

The questions we asked were:
1. What is your Gender?
2. How old are you?
3. Was the storyline confusing to you?
4. Did our film compare well with professionally made shorts?
5. Did our film influence you to watch other shorts?
6. Would you recommend "Limbo" to others.

We decided to ask these questions because we only wanted to ask questions we deemed very important. We were extremely happy with the results we got and felt the questionnaire was a success. In Part 2 of this Evaluation you can see the results.

Evaluation Activity 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

Why is our magazine important?

Our Film has so much emotion crammed into it is absolutely spectacular but of course the film itself does not represent our entire project. We have all worked extremely hard on our ancillary tasks. The ancillary tasks consist of a poster and magazine article that we have produced.

The Magazine article consists of several points that both promote our film and excite the audience> it is important that we have a good magazine article to go with our final film because it is hard for us to sell our story without giving away the ending. A magazine review offers feedback from a third party that will excite and reassure the reader that Limbo is in fact much worth seeing.

As you can see Ant has made the article look like any other big time movie review. Key points that make the magazine look professional are pointed out by the arrows.

The higher up arrow points out the brief information box, if you open up any legitimate film magazine you will see they all do this. The second arrow pointing to a quote made bigger is also a key fundamental of a film review. It draws in the reader and convinces them that it is worth the read.

Why did we think a magazine article would be so important?

The combination of our film and a magazine article with a superb poster allows us to have the best impact on a a possible audience. The whole theme of limbo is that the audience has an experience from the first time they hear about the film to the riveting moment they whiteness the shocking twist ending. To take away the magazine article and poster from our film would be robbing it of its greatness and what it deserves. All aspects of the ancillary task make up the final project.

Evaluation Activity 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. The title of the film/music video
As a group we were extremely unsure of what we would finally call our film. I dove into some research of my own to figure out what type of title would fit in with our chosen genre of horror. Within my results I found out that typically a film contains a one word title supported with the word "the" to put greater influence on this, examples would be "The Ring" or even "The Exorcist". The use of "the" simply adds a bigger input signifying its important's and the fact that the controlling idea relates to this word or in some cases even is the word. Now, taking this into account the group and I know the controlling idea of the film is limbo, but were unsure if we wanted to settle with a one word title, we felt it could perhaps give off a boring feel to the title, which automatically can cause the audience to dislike the film. However, after much deliberation we felt "Limbo" was the perfect title, it simply explains the film to ensure no confusion is created for the audience at the films twist. This alongside the fact that the word gives off an ominus feel, which is somewhat haunting, linking it directly to our chosen genre and somewhat causing the genre to develop following typical codes and conventions.

2. Setting/Location
In terms of our overall setting and location we felt it would be extremely effective to only use one location. This decision has been one of the toughest, due to the fact that we felt it may prove to be rather boring. However, through our research into short films like Doodle Bug, we noticed that the entire film takes place in one dark and dingy room, and yet the short still had an amazing effect in making itself the short film we were most influenced by when creating Limbo. Upon location hunting, the entire group agreed that a wood would work perfectly for the film. Upon the location hunting itself, Jack and I took time out to visit the location to check it was exactly what we wanted. The large eerie looking trees drowning out the sunlight gave the dark feel, and instantly we were influenced by some shots within our surroundings. We were nervous at the fact that the entire film would take place in the wood and wanted to ensure that the film didn't become too boring and was always fresh, so we decided to exit the wood and stumbled across a large field. Perfect for extreme long shots and flowing perfectly from the wood we knew this was the perfect location. The initial idea to use a wood was drawn from the horror movie Signs, where Mel Gibson's character explores the crop field in search of something strange. This scene is one of my favourites in the film and I felt it most effective with the scares, the tension builds throughout the entire walking process until he sees the actual scare. This is something we wanted to incorporate into Limbo, but with our own twist making it something of our own.


3. Costumes and Props
The choice of costumes didn't come too easy. We had the controlling idea of Limbo but were unsure how to portray the character. Initially we wanted him to perhaps seem as though he fits into the lower class and comes across as a person with a very low income, so we felt perhaps clothing that has been ripped apart, giving that worn out feel, suggesting that the character in a way has had enough and in a way has given up. However, after much deliberation we felt it important to make the main protagonist appear as a regular, everyday man who the audience can relate to. The leather jacket in many ways we feel shows off an adventurous side to the character whilst the scarf with the skinny white strips indicate that this place he is in is cold and bleak setting. Also, a prime example of the props we used are all through the character of the drug dealer, we used extreme close ups on the props to spark the flashbacks and example would be the cigarette, seeing it immediately sparks a memory for the protagonist as the flashback reveals the hooded mysterious man smoking.


4. Camera work and Editing
We were delighted with the shots within our film. We ensured that we filmed more than we needed, so that every shot in a sequence was in some way different, making the sequence interesting. Also, the decision to film more than we need was to simply ensure that the best possible angle is used for each shot, so during the editing process we were able pick and choose what we liked best, making the film the best we could make it. This year Jack and I took the editing to a whole new level, we wanted to try many techniques that were out of the ordinary to make our film unique, and also in a way foreshadow the events in the conclusion. For example, fades were used as I was walking through the wood to create a somewhat ghostly feel to certain shots. Also, something that hasn't been done before was cloning, Jack understood that if i were to sit one side of the screen, and walk over to the opposite side of the screen, he would be able to cut the clip in half and crop the two together, to create the illusion that I am looking at myself. This shot went down well within  audience feedback and we feel it is something that makes our ending that little bit more brutal.

5. Title font and style
The title of our film was something that came last, we had our controlling idea, filmed and edited but we were unsure of what to call it. After much deliberation we settled on Limbo, as the entire concept of the film was about a man stuck in Limbo. Now with the title finally chosen, Jack and I began the process of deciding the font, we settle don the font showed in the image, we felt it was extremely simple and in a way reminded us of one of our influences credits, "Inception" where the word appears in all capitals in a white font placed on a black back ground, giving off the powerful effect of the film within the title. The group also drew influence with "Inception" in the position that the credits will appear, we settled on playing them after the film itself (including the title) this in turn helps to keep the ending in some ways a secret for the audience, for if the title was to appear at the beginning of the film, the audience would automatically know he is in Limbo, which could perhaps ruin the startling conclusion.

6. Story/tone of the short film and how the opening sets it up
The film immediately begins with a serious of rapid editing on the protagonist as he awakens in a strange wood. The camera shows close ups on the protagonists face as he begins to look confused and is constantly frowning, almost as if he reconsigned the place he is in. When an extreme long shot is used to show himself isolated in the wood he begins to walk around until he finally proceeds to walk past the camera. Through the editing process we were able to make the protagonist fade into his own steps, giving off a somewhat ghostly feel to the shot. Just the opening 30 seconds above subtly tell the audience the story of our film, the fact that this place is his last memory, and that he is in fact a ghost within limbo, reminiscing and recognising his surroundings.

7. Genre and how the opening suggests it
Our chosen genre for our A2 film is a horror. The horror genre is something we are all familiar with as a group and with further research we were able to recognise what the typical codes and conventions of the genre is. Taking them into account, we wanted to make an initial impression within the first few seconds of our film, so the audience knows for certain that the film is a horror. The way in which we did this was to instantly in a way startle the audience, we do this during the wake up scene, where the close up on the protagonists face shows him asleep and in some way peaceful, when suddenly the camera switches so it's directly in front of him as he suddenly comes forth with a rapid pace. We were able to edit the sound so the volume was loud diegetically, this adds to the audiences reaction as we hope to perhaps make them react as we catch them off guard. Also, the constant use of the low key lighting is something we were keen to use, as it is often used in the majority of horror movies, and in a way is signature to the genre. An example of this used within a film could perhaps be "The Exorcist" when the vicar exits the taxi and stands looking at the home, the extremely low key lighting in a way is broken up but the vicars breath, the breath is something we were extremely pleased to see come out nicely within our film on the camera within the editing process.


8. How characters are introduced
As discussed previously the main protagonist is introduced with an extreme close up, as the editing rapidly shows him getting up, he's portrayed as something our audience can relate to, giving it in some ways a fearful edge making the audience feel as though this place is real and could even happen to them. Essentially, the two other characters are introduced through flashbacks from the protagonists past. The first shows a hooded man who appears to have a dominant size advantage over the protagonist as he tells him where to go, this in some ways gives a peer-pressure feel to the sequence, something that perhaps challenges the genre of horror, as he is influenced by others rather than himself. The second shows the protagonist approaching a hooded man smoking a cigarette, as the two characters meet the character in the hood instantly appears to be completely different to the protagonist, seeming un-welcoming, it would also be tough for the audience to relate to him, as he comes across as dangerous. The differences of the two characters shown in a two shot we feel is a great way to introduce the character, as it makes it seem as though the protagonist doesn't usually purchase drugs, and that this may be his first time. Once more challenging the genre and relating back to the peer pressure point made previously.

Ancillary Task - Magazine Review

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Ancilliary Task: Poster - Final Draft

Above is the poster I designed for our short film Limbo. I wanted to make it as simple as possible without it being boring and bland. I decided to put a syringe at the top because at first glance it is extremely mysterious but doesn't give away to much of the plot.  I also loved the simplicity of the font as it is extremely eye-catching and mysterious. I am also extremely happy with the fade from white to black which almost signifies the journey into Limbo itself. 

Director's Commentary

Anthony and I decided to record a Directors' commentary of the film as we were the ones who physically thought of the idea. We recorded it using a Skype conversation but for some reason the video completely vanished so only the audio was left. However we still decided to post it up here as it still gives a clear view of how we conceived the idea for certain shots and ideas and we also explain the hidden meanings behind certain things we did.

Audience Feedback

A pretty tough part of evaluating ourselves comes from asking others the hard questions; " What could we have done better?" Although it may seem a little difficult for us to sit and listen to what's wrong with our final film, we all understand it has to be done in order to complete a full evaluation as well as realise where it was we may have let ourselves down. We decided to gather a few of our peers and ask the difficult questions but also ask what it is they liked about it, so here it is the roses and thorns of our final production;

Planning Diary 3

Week 10
Jack and I decided to continue with filming and so proceeded with our third day of it, thankfully the snow had returned and so the entire day consisted of the pair of us patching up the snow shots that had issues, for example a tripod was seen within frame, and so we completely re filmed this shot. As well as this Jack and I dove into poster research where Jack would find some posters which we are looking to imitate and I would analyse then to find a deeper meaning and help us when creating our own poster. I decided to write an initial script for what we have been discussing in making the movie, I took into prospect most of the shots we are going to use as well as the dialogue. Whilst Jack posted about the numerous decisions on props and costume.

Week 11
We began the process of narrowing down the music choice to ensure it would be perfect, taking into account of a few different songs I posted one which we were very impressed with and contemplated using. Jack and I then found Skype, whilst talking over it we thought to ourselves why not textually analyse the movie Signs, this adds an interesting edge to a textual analysis and provided us with the opportunity to work together giving off our own opinions on why the director used the shorts.The filming then began to get a lot more serious, as the snow had melted and there was no way of getting it back, we scrapped everything and started over. Thankfully as we had already done it before, Jack and I were experienced and knew exactly what we were doing so were able to get through the first 3 minutes of the film itself with no hassle and once Harvey and Michael arrived we were able to finish the film nicely. Jack and I then edited the entire film during and after school to a standard we were all very pleased with. I then decided on the music choice of the film which fitted perfectly thankfully.

Now the film has been finished I proceeded to decide what magazine between Sight and Sound and Total Film I would structure the article in, I posted a video as well as wrote a few lines describing why I decided on total film, and then proceeded to write the entire article the next day. During this process Jack created a poster for the film, which we drew influence from, shown previously within a blog post. Now that the group has uploaded the video onto the blog, we individually took up the evaluations and completed them alone.

Methods of marketing our short film

 For people to see our short film, we need to get it out there, we need to market. With the ever growth of th e internet, marketing your product has changted dramatically from 10 years ago. We will have to market and look into New Media Technologies, like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and blogger. However we will still stick to the old fashioned roots of posters, reviews in magazines and word of mouth.

We could create our own Facebook page which gives details about the films and allows viewers to discuss on a forum what they thought of the film. It also allows us the team behind the film to get in contact with the viewers gaining vital audience feedback.

Twitter could be extremely usefull aswell as obtaining vital audience feedback, we could keep fans in the know of what we are up to regarding other productions and ideas.

To market our product we could create a 30 second teaser of our short film or unseen footage. This could be shown in cinemas, so that millions of people around the country would see. WE would display information such as where our short film is showing or what channel on TV.

Also, at the London short film festival we could air our short film, this will attract huge attention and create hysteria around our short film. We could also show our preivous film, Deceit, this would create an interest around us as a team and maybe even create a fan base.

Our target audience

Before we even thought of initial ideas for the horror, we decided as a group that our target audience would be 15-30. We wanted our BBFC rating to be 15. We never wanted our film to be graphic and contain blood, this steered us away from the rating of 18, however our mild offensive language moved us into the 15 rating, what we always aimed for. We definitely didn't want a rating of 12 because then our target audience of 15-30 would be put off as they could get the impression, before they see it, that our short film is for children and pre teens. Our target audience of 15-30 are most likely to enjoy our short film, as it can be stated as a horror, it makes you think and suspicion different things, however questions are still left open at the end of the film something which we worked hard on as we really wanted to leave the audience's imaginiation wide open of what could happen next and what is happening to our protaginist, played by Anthony.

Pinaccle - Our editing software

To edit our media film, we use Pinaccle. This software is provided on our school computers, it is very user friendly and we all know how to use it, saying that however, Jack took a particular interest in the editing stage, he has more knowledge and understanding of the programme than any of us, therefore he was elected as the dedicated editor. With Pinaccle, Jack could cut down shots, dim lighting, create fades, transitions, edit sound, create titles, credits and much much more with a wide range of choice.

Pinaccle also allowed us to burn our short film straight to DVD. All we needed to do was buy a DVD and put it into the drive, commence the burning process and there we go our product is on a DVD which can be viewed on a computer aswell as any DVD player.

Finishing the film - Editing

After filming today, Anthony and I headed to the editing suite to try and finish the editing in one day. Unfortunately Harvey and Michael were not present because they had lessons to attend to so Anthony and I had to edit it ourselves. The program we used to edit was Pinnacle Studio which I believe is fantastic for editing  as it is extremely user friendly and allows people to use quite complex effects with a click of a button. I physically did the editing because I have had much more experience editing then Anthony, however Anthony was extremely helpful with editing and without him I doubt the film would be nearly as good as what we created. Because I've had to edit so many different versions of the film I knew exactly what to do and this made the editing process extremely quick and easy. Because both Anthony and I were present and only one person can physically edit, I would edit numerous clips to form a sequence and would then ask Anthony to give me his honest impressions on what he liked and didn't liked. This worked out very well as we could both voice our opinions and we could try out different techniques that we may have not of used if only Anthony or I was editing.

We managed to edit the film in about two and a half hours as we would watch the footage numerous times to look out for clips or sounds that may have looked out of place. Within this time we also received feedback from many of our peers telling us what they liked and disliked and this helped us very much in making our final tweaks to the film. Overall we received really good feedback from our peers and many of them were especially impressed with the "Cloning shot" which was essentially a shot of Anthony looking at his own body. After we editing the film we had to put the music in and balance it. Anthony supplied the music by bringing in his USB memory stick and together we tweaked the settings to get the perfect balance. We managed to create many musical stings at crucial parts of the story that I believe are extremely effective.

Overall the editing process went extremely well and we managed turn footage that we filmed on the same day into a film that we are all proud of.

Final Music Choice

When researching alone for a song which would fit best within our film I found one track which struck me. I came across a track called Resentment. Similar to Paregoric the track doesn't sound typically like a song. The track contains what appears to be demonic voices whispering rapidly why a deep bass line is playing throughout, gradually getting louder and louder. Something that can only be described as a slit occasionally cuts through the track giving a sense of someone cutting something, instantly creating an enigma within the song itself. The haunting track I feel could go perfectly with the films conclusion, when he sees his dead body the main protagonist could perhaps break down and hear the track in the background (non-diegetically) as if this place he is in has a deeper darker meaning, and that many have suffered here before. The constant whispers finally finish with a large bang, this gives an opportunity for the credits to role in complete silence.

Another song I found which I felt would go perfectly within our film is a track called In the Mist. One of the main reasons I was drawn to this song was due to its title, as the protagonist appears alone in a misty environment, so after typing in specific words like suspenseful and tension building this was the song I was most drawn too. The song was perfect in every possible way, containing an elongated bass line throughout to support the protagonists walking, but also a huge bang towards to end to end the song. Although the song is only around a minute long, we had to loop it within the editing process, thankfully this turned out very well as we were extremely lucky for the occasional bangs to appear on moments which are able to adapt to certain shots. Another advantage of using this song was the fact that we were able to use the bang for the films final shot, to create that jumpy, startling moment that the horror genre is best known for.

Final Credits

Much deliberation has occurred over the filming process of what the name of the film should be. Many different suggestions have been said but there was always something not quite right about them. We decided to keep it simple, stick the films controlling idea and name it "Limbo". Despite the fact the title somewhat gives some of the story away, we felt that the best idea was to make the title appear at the end of the film.

Now the film is complete and we can view it over, we feel this is an outstanding way to portray the credits, as it somewhat clears some unclear air that the audience may have as to what the film itself was about. The decision to do this came from one of our main influences "Inception". Similar to Inception we have undergone a somewhat startling conclusion which asks questions, as the title appears dramatically with a bang in sound. Once the title appears we were then able to place the actual credits in, we felt that it's best to keep them simple, as not to take away interest from the films conclusion, so like Inception, a simple black screen was used with the font white as to stand out in a rather subtle tone. Making the credits short was something that the group felt important, so the audience can immediately react and compare ideas of what happened, so to keep it simple we placed the actors names, the directors and the producers. The image above shows an example of how Inception credited their actors, we feel this effective and attempted to imitate this with our own twist.

Todays final filming - it rained

Today we filmed, it went extremely well, we got everything we wanted. Tomorrow, when we edit hard and non stop, if we need to fill some space we have a few rough ideas for scenes at Anthony's house. Our filming today only took two hours as we were extremely organised on what we needed to do and didn't mess about.

However, we came across one surprise which was that it began to rain really heavily. Luckily, it all started coming down before we started filming. It would have been a huge problem if it started raining mid way through filming as the continuity editing would have been completely ruined. Also, the camera lense started to become wet, a problem we came across last year. With our product deceit, we did not realise there was water on the lense untill uploaded the footage onto the school computers, and there were massive sploges on every single shot, this completely ruined all of the footage, so to overcome this and to allow this not to happen to us this time round, we constantly wiped the lense and I went home and got an umbrella so the person who was filming could hold it up to sheild the camera from the rain.

Below is a photo of Jack demonstrating how we used the umbrella to shield the camera:

Final costumes

This is a picture of Anthony and I in the final product. As you can see I am wearing a hoody and am smoking. This is very important as when you first see me, you don't know why I am concealing myself with a hood, I look very suspicious and it leaves questions open to the audience as to why I am so secretive. We have created a very omninous and dark profile around my character.

As you can see, Anthony is wearing normal clothes like a normal person. We wanted Anthony to come across as a normal average male. Anthony's acting was extremely strong as in the footage his facial expressions come across as very scared and confused.

Filming finished

Today, we finally completed filming. We kept the locations the same however through trial and error from Tuesdays filming which we scrapped, we got our best ideas and best shots together. The deadline was looming and is coming round quick, however as a group we all stuck together and put our heads down to work. Listening to eachothers ideas and doing the best possible job we could. We realise that our current situation is not ideal, however we are determined to edit our short film to the best of our ability. Like our product last year, Deceit, editing will be conducted whilst all of us are together in the editing room, so we can all have our input into the final product, regarding complications such as: shots to cut, effects, credits and sound. These factors all have a huge impact. There are four key points to cinematic production which are; Mise en Scene, Sound, Camera and Editing.

We will record a video diary tomorrow whilst editing.

Final Script

Here is the final script as it appears in our completed film.

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Ancillary Task - Magazine Review - Choosing the Magazine

When deciding what magazine our film review should appear in I feel it extremely important to compare magazines to ensure that the perfect one is chosen. As part of my own research into this, I went out and purchased two of the leading film magazines, Total Film and Sight and Sound. In doing this research I am able to measure the advantages and disadvantages of using either magazine, and hopefully come to a conclusion in which one will feature our movie review. Within the video below I will be taking note of my initial impressions of both magazines, from their covers, to their actual reviews.



I decided to look into each article with much more detail, to ensure that the decsion made in the video, is the correct one.






















Firstly, Total Film (Left). At first glance its clear to see that this article does in fact stand out. Likewise to the other reviews that appear within the magazine. The use of the large image draws the reader in and somewhat entices them to read deeper into the review. The use of the image I feel is an extremely effective way in making sure people actually read the article, rather than skim through and miss it out. This is dissimilar to Sight and Sound which takes a completely different approach and completely scraps the idea of an image and goes directly to the text. This may somewhat put off the reader as the text could seem rather intimidating, notwithstanding the fact that many reviews from the magazine Sight and Sound appear to come across this way, meaning people may not notice our review if they are just skimming through.

When deciding which magazine to choose I feel it most important to ensure that the magazine will relate to our chosen target audience, in our case that is ages 15-21. Despite the fact that Total Film's review does seem to be a much more engaging article than Sight and Sound, it is worth mentioning that the film we are creating is aimed at those who have an extremely big interest in film, whether they're studying film or even film makers. It would seem that Sight and Sound would appear to that type of audience, giving off the more professional feel with the article itself.

Taking into account these two examples, I feel it best to select the magazine Total Film. Simply due to the fact that I feel their articles are filled with much more content than Sight and Sound, what with the appealing visuals and overall verdict, these will appeal more to our targeted audience and hopefully draw the attention from those we wouldn't necessarily place into this category, but rather would be drawn in by the article itself.

Since I am certain Total Film is the perfect choice for our review, I decided to create a layout which I felt suitable for the review. After studying many different Total Film review articles I felt that this was the most effective type of layout. With a medium amount of writing length our audience will not feel intimidated by the text and thus will tend not to just skip to the end for the final verdict. Also, The use of the large image plays a key role in grabbing the attention of the reader, and thus make them read the article, after being intrigued by the image.

I felt it necessary to create multiple layouts to ensure the best one is chosen, despite the fact that this second one is more in depth when I finally write the review I will decide which out of the two images will fit best for it.

Failed costumes - as to why we didnt use them

This is what we wore on Tuesday, the day of filming of which we scrapped. We thought the suits were a very good idea as they make us look professional. However, we thought it looked to over the top and greatly lacked explanation in our story. So for our final product we have decided to ditch the suits.

Filming - finished?

Yesterday, we supposidily finish filming. We added all of our great ideas together, along with new ones we thought of on the spot. For example, Harvey and I wore suits, this emphasised our characters professionalism and defines their persona. However, after watching our footage as a group, we are not entirely happy. So we are currently deciding whether to re-film everything and edit by Saturday. This would be a very tight deadline, however, we want our short film to be perfect and to the best of our abilities, therefore whatever we can do to make it better, no matter how time consuming, we will do.

Script- Second Draft

As a group we are highly influenced by our surroundings, we are extremely keen on going with the flow as it comes to dialogue and small changes to the actually story line. Here is another draft of a script with some changes we made as a group.