Research and planning - REVIEW LAYOUT RESEARCH

EMPIRE MAGAZINE from looking at various magazine reviews and layouts i found that i prefered those of empire magazine, and felt that my film would be suitable for a less mainstream version of emipre magazine. conventions used within empire layout include

• a large still from the film which covers sometimes more than half the page.


• a large bold title of the film being reviewed.


• simple colour schemes empires being black white and red.


• movie stats which are in a seperate box from the main text.


• columned review in a small simple font.


• a verdict and star rating.

i feel that i can use some of these conventions as well as challenging them as i feel that the audience of empire magazine is similar to those of our films target audience.

Research and Planning- FILM POSTER PRODUCTION

when creating my film poster i decided to create a polaroid picture format from researching films which used this technique, as i felt that it complemented the films theme and genre as well as appeal to the target audience.

• i began by using photoshop to create a border upon the picture, which i had taken with a retro filter on my camera to create a aged look relating to the title of our film 1970


• i then used dafont.com to select a font which contratsed the aged photo by using a digital font relating to the technology brief. i then used an orange filter on photoshop as well the burn tool to make the photo seem un developed, as well as a texturising tool.


• i added the slogan 'who needs technology?' is a font which resembled handwriting to make it look as though it is a polaroid memory.


• i then decided that the previous layout didnt work so well as when people look at posters the main focus should be central and the title of the film wasnt so i made '1970' central. under this i added credits of the film in a basic black font so it didnt take any focus away from the main content. i also used a black simplistic background for behind the portfolio.

Research and planning - STORYBOARD

storyboard 1970 from abigail bell on Vimeo.

Research and planning- ANIMATION IDEAS

within our film we decided to do some stopframe animation to connote time travel this is a storyboard of ideas and plans for our animation.

Research and planning - RECCE CHECK

these photos are images and screen shots from the settings of our film.

for the film there are 4 basic settings that are involved:

- blogging , anywhere (probably bedroom)

-The girls’ bedroom

-A transitional stage -The field/beach naturalistic setting that the hippies are in

-Returning home scene, street/home setting

Girls bedroom- I want this scene to reflect the two girls characters and the binary opposites that they represent, using mise en scene might be a nice way of doing this panning across the bedroom half of which is decorated elaborately in the style of the ‘free’ sister character and bed is split down the middle to the girls side that is full of wires etc.

The setting I found for this is in my house there is a bed in the front window flanked by a wardrobe and a set of draws this will be perfect as in is relatively symmetrical and can be decorated easily .

Transitional stage we are going to use fade to black and a short animated section .

Research and Planning - RISK ASSESSMENT

POTENTIAL RISKS & CONTROLS 1.Tripping over lighting wires - Make sure wires are out the way of acting space. 2.Slipping on wet surfaces in the bathroom. - Make sure the floor is dry before filming. 3.Water near the electronic devices - Keep the equipment away from any water. 4.Slipping on mud in outdoors scenes - Try filming on dry ground, make sure people go steady. 5.Getting burnt on the campfire - Keep a safe distance from the fire.

Research and planning - CAST LIST

Main characters.

Hannah - Hannah Coxon.

Abigail - Abigail Bell

Hippy extras.

Molly Cormican

Abigail Bell

Vicky Nimmo

Hannah Coxon

Jack Peacock

Char Wilkinson