Saturday 28 February 2015

Ancillary Task: Stylistic Influences

 
I decided to change my stylistic influence towards Little White Lies magazine as I found their layout to their reviews more attractive to my other influence. I started to change my layout and got the measurements for my review which are:
 
Height: 19.4cm
Width: 24.4cm
 
They also have a box at the bottom right corner of the page with three different opinions towards the film that have been reviewed. This allows comments from the reviewer to be shown but three certain aspects. Anticipation, Enjoyment and Retrospect.

Friday 27 February 2015

Ancillary Task: Review Part 5


Repositioning the text and image. I managed to allow space for the two. I also added a quote from the review on top of the image to hint what the story is based on.

Ancillary Task: Review Part 4

 
So far, this is what the review looks like importing the image. I have some issues with positioning the text and the image.

Ancillary Task: Review Part 3

 
This is the image I will use for the review. It captures the main issue the character faces in the short film. Hints what is wrong with character and the review allows the reader to understand another obstacle in his way.

Ancillary Task: Review Part 2

 

 
After placing my review onto InDesign, I placed it in three columns to spread the information across the page. I left space for an image to go above to have a screenshot of the short film.

Ancillary Task: Review Part 1

The new drama "Dream" has hit the internet dramatically the past week as the story of teenagers issues and inspirations mix in this short film has created such a hype online. Starring Joe Donnison playing the difficult role with the short film written, filmed and even edited by David Connelly.


The story of the issues and inspirations mix together and form a difficult pathway for a teenager as he deals with the odd balance of happenings in his teenage stage.

With the internet ringing with response over the short film, many teenagers suffer the issue of loss and may lose their selves. The film is based towards a young and older audience due to its plot. Most seem Drama is a popular genre to be viewed. So for this plot to be into a drama, it was a strong pair.

Writer David Connelly discusses his views and how he portrays his pathway into a five minute piece.

"I wanted to tell a story, nothing too dark and nothing fantasy like. I thought this through with a lot of care and how to portray what a person would feel. However its not all doom and gloom for Joe’s character, his ‘dream’ gives him hope in success. This is the stir of the story."

The production of this film was short and sweet, it was mostly Connelly and Donnison working together for this film. It was tough for the two as their commitments belonged to other things as well so filming was on and off at times. The filming began December and came to an end in late January. The film was uploaded as soon as the editing was complete.

The views came in incredibly after a few days and started to grow after a week. It’s even been stated to be used as a film for those in a situation of loss to give inspiration. The BFI London Film festival got involved as the short film was played, it even invited down Connelly and Donnison for a panel to discuss what it was like to have this opportunity. The two received an award, the writer received "Best Drama Short Film" and the actor "Strong Performance 2015".


During production, Donnison stated it was a difficult role he took on.

"He guided me with how to feel but yet not allow me to picture myself really in the situation. We had this technique that I found helpful for us both with the script and my skills. We filmed David’s directions then another shot with what my own. Then compare the two."

Connelly did admit directing this film wasn’t easy as he believed he had to be careful.

"Like the script, you’ve got to be careful. I picked Joe because of his capabilities and I wanted to push them. He amazed me and blew my expectations."

Donnison played a difficult role of a teenager experiencing loss but however his dream of performing comes into his life as he’s offered not just a part but the main role in his schools show. Seeing flashbacks on his past that makes sense, we see him deal with his unstable emotions. Joe fights his feelings and copes with things a way you would not believe. The emotional, good feel factor short film has received strong results and made the actor and writer sit back and relax on the thought they succeeded on their goals.

I believe this film presents such a strong piece of drama. The realism shown in this short film holds success and nothing better than a writer and directing take control and give out advice towards an actor. It is something which I advise to those for inspiration.

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 6

 
Finally,  I removed the black tape on the stage floor. It looks rough so far but I will adjust it. I then made the text bigger to read underneath the title.

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 5


Adding another industry involved with my short film. I also painted the bottom of the stage black as it was a lighter shade and made it slightly difficult to read the texts. The black background makes the texts easier to read especially with the colour being white. 

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 4



 
After playing around with the settings of the images quality, brightness, contrast etc. I managed to create a black fade around the border of the poster, this is to allow more attention directly to the centre of the page. I also used a lens flare to create a spotlight effect.
 Filter >Render> Lens Flare.

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 3

 
Once I started to place the quotes, the film industry logo, credits I started to feel the poster was coming together quite well. Although the texts create an impact but the photo however doesn't seem to reach out. This was the next step in my development.

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 2

 
I started to import the title and centre it at the bottom of the page. I'm happy with the titles effect on the poster so far, however I find it doesn't fit somehow with the photo.

Ancillary Task: Poster Part 1

 
 
This is the photo for my Ancillary Task poster. I few issues being with the seats of the stage being pushed back, the stage floor have a mixture of colours. Joe is wearing a purple shirt so I thought to use a black and white effect t o hide it. Also to foreshadow the colours and mood of the short film.