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RESEARCH

For the research of my project, I looked at a variety of films that were of a similar genre to my own. Because my film had a plot revolved around the use of computers and their technology, one film that inspired me was The Matrix. This was mainly because the main character ‘Neo’ was a computer hacker, which was also the subject of the main character in my film.

Another factor I had to consider when researching for my project was the target audience and their age. Because of this, I had to research films that were aimed at the same age range as my own. To make it easier for myself, I made a rather larger scale for my target audience e.g. 15-50, instead of targeting my film at a ‘niche’ audience.

IDEA BRAINSTORMING

I personally contributed to brainstorming ideas, as I decided on the casting, meaning I had a general idea of what specific role a person would have e.g. Camerawork, or what character they would be playing. As well as this, I brainstormed the possible genres of my film and what specific codes and conventions could be included in order to fit the chosen genre. Based on the fact that I wanted to make a film more seriously orientated, I chose my project to be a film of the thriller genre. I also chose this due to having a better understanding of the genre. I contributed to the overall storyline, giving the film an overall theme in the process.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

So I could make the film to the best standard possible, I familiarised myself with the program iMovie. In doing this I was able to edit the film much more conveniently when necessary. In addition I also familiarised myself with and used the cameras supplied by the school, to complete some practice shooting, so we were able to understand which shot which type of shot was more suited to my film

PLANNING (STORYBOARD/SCRIPTING ETC.)

For the planning of my production, I created a storyboard, which included illustrations and detailed descriptions, to layout the plot of each scene. Additionally, I created a shot list, describing in detail every type of shot that was going to take place in the movie. So there was clear dialogue included in the film, I created various scripts for the group to work on. The scripts included the names of people, and the specific dialogue that would be spoken.

ACTUAL SHOOTING

During the actual shooting of our film, I had three main roles. Firstly I was director and choreographer, meaning I decided on the location, what shots/camera would be used in certain moments and had some influence on the way people acted during certain scenes.

Furthermore, I also took the role as actor. I played the role of the hacker in our movie. Even though I had no dialogue in the movie, my role had a huge significance in the movie

POST PRODUCTION

Possibly my main role in the production was editing. I configured certain scenes e.g. removing certain snippets of a scene that were not necessarily needed.

I made the choice of music played in the film, I added sound effects to the movie to add impact and tension to the movie.

I stayed after school to complete this.