Holly's blog

 I asked people that I know what they think of my short film: Here they are: My Nan, Jean: "It sounds very exciting to me! I love the inspiration from fairy tales and the settings idea, being an avid walker myself. I am concerned about how you will manage to get everyone to my house for some of the filming and how long that will take. I can't really think of anyway to improve it as I am not as creative a you." My Mother, Suzanne: "It sounds like you have thought this through very well Holly. I love the ballet inspiration being a fan of ballet myself and love the costume designs also being a sewing enthusiast . I am concerned about how when you get there you wont be prepared with types of shot. I think you should go up their and have a rehearsal first." My boyfriend, Ralph: " I think your short film sounds alright. I'd definitely watch it and I like the inspiration behind it, I am a fan of Tim burton myself. I am conce...

 My aim for this was to show the highs and lows of being in lockdown. I had crosscutting between day to day activities and me crying as this shows how in lockdown you can be having fun and then feel really sad and lonely the next minuet. I used a blue huge on the crying clips to separate them but also reflect mood. I chose the upbeat music to reflect the happy mood but to also juxtapose the sad mood too.

  We started very early in the morning around 8am. We took two cars to pick up everyone who was involved with filming before heading to Thetford forest. It was tricky to get everyone in the same place as there was no mobile connection but we worked it out in the end. We started to walk in a random direction until I found a spot I thought it would work for the shots. I then helped my two main leads get into their costumes and make up. We filmed for a few hours but unfortunately I had forgotten an SD card and my phone was dying so the last scenes were rushed and if it hadn't been for COVID I would of gone back to film the last section again. Then me and my two leads headed to my nans house while the other actors were dropped off at their homes. We filed the last few scenes we needed at my Nans house, I still need to film a little more but unfortunately due to COVID restrictions I have been unable to do that.

 I have recreated a student made 1 minuet short film called toast. After having first watched the video I took a screenshot and analysed the Mise en scene, editing and cinematography of every shot. The screen shots of the work are slightly blurry. Also the first shot is at the end of the post and works up from there. List of props I will need: Bread Toast Lighter Hairdryer Plate Oven  Actor: Suzanne (my mum) will be my actor, I have chosen her because she was the only person in my house available to help me but she is also very funny and can take direction well. Here is my recreation I could not get access to the music over the top but have kept in the natural diegetic sound. I also had to edit on my phone as I did not have access to premier pro so I was unable to do the slow constant zooms.

 This is the missing poster I have created to use in the opening and final sequence of my short film. I have used a real missing poster I found on line but changed the words to fit the film and the area I live. This is my friends ring she leant me for filming. It looks enchanting and fits with my desired genre. 

Colin: He is my dad and plays one of the cloaked figures the figures just need to be tall and require no               acting, he is 6ft1.  Cassie: She is a peer at my school and a friend so I know she will take me seriously and listen to me. She plays a cloaked figure and is 5ft9. Ralph: He is my boyfriend so will have to do as I tell him. He plays a cloaked figure and is 6ft3. Suzanne: She is my mother and I have been bouncing my ideas off her she will understand my vision and help explain it to others. She plays a cloaked figure and is 5ft7. George: He is playing figure and will be a main character. He takes A Level Drama and has been in many stage shows, I know he can take on direction well and has a lot of acting experience. Natasha: She has been in lots of plays and has done drama her whole life. She also takes A Level drama and will be able to follow direction but also act on impulse.

I want the sound in my short film to capture the essence of the genre. It should be twinkly and enchanting to reflect the fantasy side of my film but yet also haunting and unnerving to reflect the horror side of my piece. It also needs to be routed in classical instruments to intertwine with my ballet inspiration. I also am a musician myself and take A level Music Technology, so to me choosing good sound for my piece id very important and something I want to be proud of. First I found this composition. It was twinkly and had bass heavy electronic sounds blended in to it. It was haunting from the vocals. This song has a good feel about it however I'm not sure if it would be the best fit. I could cut parts of it up and use them intermittently when appropriate.    This song is a waltz and incredibly haunting. when listening to it I felt intimidated and scared, I think this would be excellent to use when the figure is talking to the girl and enticing her in like prey. This next so...