Invention of Love (2010) - Animated Short Film

This short film came across as elegant and was an interesting film.The storyline within this short film is conveyed in a very good way therefore informing the audience what the storyline is as its story of a doomed romance is conveyed it through shadow puppetry with excellent contrasts of black  and other simple coloured backgrounds of which each colour shows some aspect of the world the characters live in and highlights the film’s theme of love. 

The storyline is therefore effectively conveyed as an inventor looks for love for his mechanical gadgets and goes in search of it. He finds the girl of his dreams in the country, they marry and he takes her to his home in the city. But she is ill-adapted to life in the city where people’s pets and even vegetation in public parks are present, and the air is polluted with the wastes of industry, and the wife begins to be troubled.

Overall this short film makes good representation as the story is conveyed well to the audience therefore making the storyline engaging and the short film also has a good plot with a range of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds.

Short Film Organisation

Duration	Equipment	Location	Cast/Crew
1 week	Camera, tripod and lighting	Haris Zulfiqar’s house	Munashe Mukandi, Haris Zulfiqar, Curtis Fletcher	Scene 1-2
	Camera, tripod and lighting		Munashe Mukandi, Haris Zulfiqar, Curtis Fletcher	Scene 2-3
1 week	Camera, tripod and lighting	Primary School	Munashe Mukandi, Haris Zulfiqar, Curtis Fletcher	Scene 4-6
2 weeks	Camera, tripod and lighting	Football Pitch,	Munashe Mukandi, Haris Zulfiqar, Curtis Fletcher	Scene 7-8

Diary Log

Within this lesson we attended to some of the things that are required in order for us to finish our pre-production.Therefore we ensured that things such as our mood and word board were done at a good standard.Furthermore we looked at how we could improve our short film and then applied this onto our storyboard.

Mood Board

 

 

Word Board

 

This week's lesson

This week I was identifying all the things that I need to do in order to make a successful short film.Furthermore we also discussed more on what we have to do in order to improve our idea for our short film in which is a presidential campaign in which on of the campaigners is shot with a mysterious character then having done that a news scene is shown with a notification that of the campaigner's execution only to realise that the assassin is the news reader as his gun falls out while doing the news broadcast.

Beginning:

Start with speech 1st campaigner followed by 2nd campaigner

Middle

2nd campaigner is shoot and chaos occurs

End

News broadcast and reveal of the assassin

Unit 22 task 2

Green-Done
Orange-in progress
Red-Not done

• Identify audience
• Determine what you are trying to tell
• Story needs to be imaginative and creative
• Clear objective
• Proposal-overall idea of what its about (treatment)
• Storyboard (For both the 1 and 5min short film)
• Beginning,middle and end
• Use equilibrium 
• Genre/mood e.g comedy (mood-feeling (mysterious)
• How is the character going to be conveyed
• Misc en scene (what props,setting/style,costume etc.)
• Narrative structure (linear or non linear)
• Shortlist (time and shots including camera angles)
• Location list (find other locations besides the school)
• Be imaginative
• Shooting schedule (date,when you are going and where)
• Equipment list (sound and lighting required)
• Tripods,camera,SD card etc
• Risk assessment 
• Budget (predict cost)
• Timeline
• DIARY UPDATE EACH WEEK

Concept

Our Proposal and Treatment

Our shot film is going to be an action short film which will be aimed at an age range of 16 to 40 year olds.This will have a range of shots in order

Our film is going to be based on the presidential campaign in which Obama and Mitt Romney will be participating in through doing their speeches.Therefore we are going to start by creating the first setting of our scene through them saying their speeches followed by one of them getting shot in which a news report will occur only to find out the news reporter is the assassin.

Equipment

Video Camera 
Lighting 
Microphone 

Cast and Crew

Curtis Fletcher 
Haris Zulfiqar
Munashe Mukandi 
Other characters

Misc En Scene

Within our short film our aim will be to create a image that will go with the sound effects and we would like to ensure that it has a modern look therefore we will use a mixture of dark and colourful colours to convey this.The characters within film will therefore wear modern clothing in which will be formal as this will be a presidential campaign.

We will also use props in helping us to convey the message behind the story and to help us do certain things such as the performance .We will also use effects such as therefore making the overall look of the film professional and adding a good effect to the graphics of the video.

Camera Angles

Camera Angles on Prezi

Camera Angles/Movements/Shots and Sound

Introduction

I am going to make indication of the different forms of shots and how certain things such as sound effects should be used.

Types of shots

Within adverts there are a range of camera shots that are used in order to make the intepretation of the advert have a certain impact and in order show things that are important in a certain way therefore meaning that the audience recognise them.

Long shots

Long shots are highly used within adverts as they show the full image of what is occuring therefore meaning that the audience are informed of the surroundings within the advert.

Mid shot

This shot is effectively used when the camera is within a close range of the product but not too close hence why it is called a mid shot due to the shot's requirement to be in the middle.If applied to a character within a mid shot this will be the indication of their waist upwards.

Close-up

This shot shows a range of detail therefore providing enough imegery for the audience to make analysis of the product.As a close-up shot this is therefore close and when its the character their upper image above the shoulders is shown.

Extreme close-up

This is a very informative shot as it shows a particular part of an object or when refering to the character their nose or eyes.

Views of shots

Level shots

This is a straight shot towards something.Therefore this shot is direct and provides a clear image of the object or other things it may focus upon.

High angle shot

This is a shot that is done at a high level meaning that the image focused on is at a low level.Therefore this is looking down on something.

Low angle shot

This shot is mainly used to make something or someone to be enlarged.Mainly used to make emphasis when differentiating men from women.Therefore within this shot something is looked up to.

Speed of

This is the speed of the different shots in which are used when doing films.Therefore the speed can be high or slow to even slowmotion.Speed of films make emphasis of certain things for example when high speeds are used this shows a exciting and energetic scene. As opposed to a high speed shot a slowmotion shot is used to put audience at ease and for them to get in to the moment and clearly see what the advert wants to empasise.Furthermore when both are use mainly starting with a slow to high speed this shows a rise in something for example excitement.

Transition from one shot to another

Transition from one shot to another is higly used in as the audience can be withdrawn from the a film if it focuses on one scene without change.Transition can be used to show the change in occurance or to simply set a different image.In order for the transition to be proffesional effects of the image disolving or fading is shown.

Shot duration

The shot duration is effectively used in order to ensure that the advert does not lose the audience in terms of their attention span.

Voice overs

This is mainly used when narrating a certain film.The voice can be done by males,females or children depending on the target audience.

Sound effects

Sound effects are used in order to show the impact that something has etc.The sound effects mainly used are songs in which have a relation to the film.If sound effects are not used this may be to show how serious the subject of the film is or to allow non-diegetic (natural sounds) sounds to be heard by audience.

Today's Lesson

Within this lesson there we learnt the different types of shots and angles that are used in order to create a successful film that will show the audience aspects of what will be occurring within that certain film.Listing the different shots these include close up,over the shoulder,extreme close up etc.Looking at angles we looked at the different angles in which a character or an object can be filmed from may it be a high angle,low angle shot etc.Therefore looking at both angles and shots this is what determines the view that the audience get in terms of how the film is conveyed.

Moreover looking at other things that can be done to make improvement to the film these include pan,tilt and zooming in which is done when the object is moving therefore ensuring that the camera is steady and still.Lastly this helps in making sure that the film has a continuos angle but still facing the target.

Single camera overview

Single camera production- a mode of production where one camera operates at a time and shots are done in the most economically efficient order.Therefore within single camera the camera will be facing towards one direct position meaning that in some cases when there is one actor they will be directly faced by the camera.However as the shots within single camera will switch from one angle to another this is further edited to ensure that it comes across to audience as one scene.

Some examples of use of single camera techniques is within dramas such as ugly betty along with music videos,documentaries,commercials and films.

Scifi

Sci-fi movies show science fiction in which things such as aliens and time travel is used therefore defining what it is (fiction).A good example of a successful Sci-fi movie is the matrix in which shows a range of things including unrealistic figures and time travel.Within Sci-fi movies other things are also shown such as futuristic figures for example robots and space crafts.Use of different shots is done within Sci-fi movies as the scenes should draw the audience in and amaze the audience that watch that certain movie.

Sci-fi also include series in which have futuristic and unrealistic figres.

Comedy
Crime
Period drama
Teen
Thriller


Explain what Single Camera Techniques are and give examples; such as sci fi, comedy, period drama, thriller, teen and crime.

• Choose four and explain how single camera techniques have been used. Talk about camera shots, lighting and sound.

Within a single camera format different shots are used to maximise the advantages of a single camera recording. The Master Shot is a wide shot of a scene that establishes the scene as this is the main shot that shows the occurrences.

Narrative Structures can Single strand or multi strand narrative.However both have different ways in which they lead as single strand focuses on a single main character. An example of use of single strand in which a central character is placed then focused upon is Iron man.Narrative Structures can also be Multi strand in which characters form the focus of the narrative for example in Friends. However despite both having a focus different characters are also shown within the series or movie. Within on going episodes different characters or groups of the characters may be the main point of the focus therefore meaning that it is multi strand but focusing on different characters within each episode. 

Single strand narrative

Telling a story from one person's point of view.Therefore this shows a single story or a description of a series of events.

Multi-strand narrative
linear ...

This is telling a story from more than one person's point of view.Therefore this is several story-lines within one film.

Todorov's Theory

According to Torodov's theory all narratives follow a structure of Equilibrium,Disruption and resolution.An equilibrium is the point in the film where everything is calm and normal traditionally a film starts with an equilibrium then move to disruption were there will be a scene in which a problem will be caused but then further solved or attempted to be resolved  as the narrative then moves to the point where the story is brought to a finish.

E.g.- A murder occurs and people are terrified,someone vanishes and the characters in the movie solve the case.

Todorov conventional narrative structure complete with five stages

Stage 1
A state of equilibrium is defined.

Stage 2
Disruption to the equilibrium by some action or crisis

Stage3
The Characters recognition that there has been a disruption and then they set goals to resolve problem.

Stage4

The Characters attempt to repair the disruption

Stage5
Situation is resolved, a conclusion is announced