Why are there short films? (Post 3)

 Why are there short films?

What is the point of them? - Short films can be produced for a variety of reasons, could be for education, entertainment, to express a creative vision, for a profit, to win an award, to push a political/social/cultural agenda or they could be produced to get good grades, it ultimately depends on the person making it.

Who makes them? - Anyone with the right resources can produce a short film, and in the modern era the basic only resource to produce a short film is a phone, a phone can record, pick up sound and edit. Short films are smaller projects so don't require studios, large amounts of people, big budgets and so on.

Who is in them? - Anyone can feature in a short film.

How and where are they exhibited? - Short films are primarily uploaded to websites such as YouTube where they can access a much wider audience, they are also shown at events such as film festivals.They can also be viewed on various streaming services.

Has this always been the case? - When film was first made and popularised the majority of films were short films however this was due to a lack of technology at the time of production.

Who watches short films? - Anyone with access to the websites, streaming services and festivals can watch short films and the primary audiences for short films are incredibly diverse from film to film.

Short Film Power Point (Post 1)

This  is the link to the power point I completed covering the short films.

Vlog

Mid Point Practical

This is my practical piece for my mid point, based off the stimulus of a person waiting for someone to arrive, their thoughts change

Get off my Land - Recreation

Get off my Land - recreation

Mise en scene

Prop - the prop used in the short film is a gun, this prop is used to create shock and fear in the audience when the farmer first appears with the weapon and then kills the couple with it. The prop gun we used was an air rifle as an alternative to the shotgun used in the actual short film.

Costume - In this short film there are 3 different characters - for the first two characters: the couple going for a walk; the costumes are not too important. They are wearing simple basic clothes suitable for walking but not too outdoorsy, the man has white trainers on that are extremely muddy whilst the woman has walking boots showing she is more prepared and perhaps a keener walker. The landowner looks like quite a traditional farmer or hunter with a farmer’s cap and boots, he looks quite wealthy.
All of them are wearing light jackets.



Setting - We were originally gong to be shooting our creation of ‘Get off My Land’ in Swardeston. We chose this location as our setting because it is a rural and desolate area in the countryside, obviously a very fitting setting for our recreation of ‘Get off My Land’. Also, as the setting is very deserted, the sound of traffic and the public will not be a problem and not disrupt our video. Moreover, not only is this location rural, it closely resembles the setting of ‘Get off My Land’ as it contains numerous trees, fields and foliage just like the video. However due to bad weather on the day of the shoot we had to change locations to the Tiffy in Wymondham which is similar to Swardeston and so was suitable for the shoot.

Passing the ball

In this video we used editing to pass a ball over a number of locations, this is the link to the video:                  https://youtu.be/c5jpQxm1ZSo

Meaning Scene

I’m this scene we created a meaning, the meaning of our scene was unrequited love