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Film

This is our final film

Production Log

Work that I have Completed  individually:
11^th October: I completed 7 poster reviews, and 5 short film analysis
2 pieces of work relating to the documentary analysis
I completed the shooting script
I fully completed the evaluation, with some input from Joe my other group member
And production log

13^th October: I also completed Target audience research, including work from find your tribe.com, how slumdog millionaire targets their audience and a mind map of target audience
Completed a magazine review analysis on slideshare
Synopsis and planning frame for documentary.
Uses and gratifications theory analysis
24^th October: Shooting script
29^th October-10^th November:
Documentary Conventions
Documentary analysis

16^th November - 27^th November: Shooting Schedule
29^th November: Uploaded work on blog
30^th November - 3^rd December: Uploading other group member’s work.
27^th October - 1^st November Filming: with group
1^st November - 3^rd December  Editing: with Kathleen
3^rd December I Completed the evaluation with some input from Joe

Evaluation

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Programs Used:

 

Shot types

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The Hardware

• We used a sony camera to film our short film, this was suitable as i have used this type of camera before in my foundation portfolio, and i felt confident using it.
• We also used a tripod. To keep our shots steady and to make our film look proffessional. This was a simple piece of equipment to use .

Audience Feedback

Audience

Audience
Often research on audience is based on the response the film gets by the audience. They can see how popular a film is by the amount of tickets sold at the box office to see how much a success and how popular the film is by doing this. Often when one film is very popular f a certain genre you will get a stream of similar films being released. For example if a vampire related film comes out and is extremely popular then you will often get several other vampire films released at a similar time.

Horror films are very popular in cinemas all round the world and create large amounts of money at the box office year after year. The majority of the audience are men between the ages of 15 and 45 they are often the target audience. People go to see films as they want to be affected, it may be that it makes them sad, happy or in this case frightened. Audiences are able to pay as little or as much attention as they like to the disturbing images that horror film have meaning thy can choose the effect it has on them. There is such a huge variety of horror films, gory, supernatural and tauter films which means there is something out thee for everyone to enjoy.


We used post it notes to show some of the other audience feedback we received from some people who viewed it. Overall we achieved positive comments but one negative.

1.       Was the meaning/aim of the film obvious?

I felt the film highlighted the lack of awareness around eating disorders and how the younger people interviewed had little to say on the subject.

The film being based on eating disorders clearly was trying to raise awareness of it. It also showed the lack of knowledge most people in the film had of eating disorders.

Weightless made me realise how little awareness I have of eating disorders, the message of the film was definitely effective for me.

2.       What would you improve about the film?

The sound was a little patchy in places. Background noise disrupts the interviews a bit.

The sound quality varied throughout the film, perhaps more male opinions would make it more effective.

I liked the film as it was, perhaps a few less similar opinions but that couldn’t necessarily be helped.

3.       Did you find the filming effective?

The close ups helped showed the emotion and sincerity of the interviews.

The variety of angles and steady shots definitely made the film look more professional.

There were very few parts of the film where the shots were shaky; this made it look of a higher standard.

4.       What did you like about the film?

I liked how the film attempted some different viewpoints as opposed to other documentary style films.

The film was short but definitely effective with its message.

I liked how it had a personal impact on me and made me realise how uneducated I am on such subjects within mental health.

Audience Feed Back

Sara Louise - age 19

What was you overall view on the short documentary?
I really enjoyed it and thought it was a really good idea for a documentary as it something that is often not talked about. I think the information you included in the documentary was useful.
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
Yes, I think that a larger range of shots should be used as it would make it look a lot more professional.
What did you enjoy about it?
I enjoyed seeing how others coped with an eating disorder and liked seeing what others though about it. I really liked this idea of including a number of different people
Any other comments?
I think it is good but if you did it again I think it would be really important to add more camera angles as this would make it a lot more effective to its audience.


Ashley Drew - age 19

What was you overall view on the short documentary?
I thought it was ok I think it was a shame that you did not have time to cover more eating disorders as I think that would have mad it interesting. I thought your choice of target audience was clear which I thought was good.
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
I think that more information was needed in parts as it seemed a little vague at times and sometimes it got a little boring as the camera stayed in the same place and didn’t move much at some points. I also noticed that one or two shots were a little shaky which mad it looks a bit unprofessional at times.
What did you enjoy about it?
I really did enjoy the subject choice as I think it is an important issue. I also liked have the one presenter as this made it simple to understand.
Any other comments?
I think by using young people throughout the whole short documentary it made it very clear who the target audience were and I think that it is important that young people learn about these kinds of issues.

Luke Andrews - age 17

What was you overall view on the short documentary?
Generally I don’t like documentaries as I find them boring but this one seemed ok I think it could have done with a few more shots
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
More shots would have improved it a lot as it would have been a lot more interesting as the camera was still a lot of the time I think.
What did you enjoy about it?
I liked the places it was set as I think they were appropriate to the mood and what was being said.
Any other comments?
Yeah it was ok I liked the topic and there were some good shots in there to.

Laura Giles - age 18 

What was you overall view on the short documentary?
I think everything in the documentary was really good. I thought there was a good amount of information that was useful and I felt that there where some good camera angles and shots used. I liked the settings used as I thought they were all well suited to the topic and mood.
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
I though most that the documentary was really good apart from a few shots that seemed a little shaky in parts
What did you enjoy about it?
I thought it was a great idea involving just young people as its important they know about the subject
Any other comments?
I think it was really good if you had more time this would be a great idea to expand on

Amy Flight - age 20 

 What was you overall view on the short documentary?
I really did enjoy it I found it very interesting and educational
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
Some more shots would make it a lot more interesting, and maybe adding bullet points of key points covered
What did you enjoy about it?
I found the top very interesting and really enjoyed that I also liked having a range of people in it.
Any other comments?
I think a few more shots could have improved it loads but apart from that great

Danni Hale - age 18

What was you overall view on the short documentary?
I though it was good even though there was a couple of shaky shots. I liked the idea and thought it was a good topic. I think all the information was good and useful.
Was there anything that you think could have been improved?
If those unsteady shots were sorted I think it would look great.
What did you enjoy about it?
I liked how it concentrated on young people because I could really understand and relate to it.
Any other comments?
Overall I really liked it

Planning

Reflection

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Poster Analysis:
The title is weightless, in "Tahoma" font this has been chosen because its easy to read, bold and serious. I tried to keep the layout simple and uncluttered so people wouldn’t have to spend to long reading it. I made some things bigger than others in value of their importance, so institutional references and the title I made the largest and the tag line I made smaller. The tag line is “4stone and fat” we chose this because the weight is shockingly low and no one who is 4 stone could possibly be fat, we felt it shows the psyche of eating disorder sufferers well and with great realism.

Poster drafting:

We wanted our poster to be shocking, to reflect the documentaries subject of eating disorders. we wanted it to make people stop, and think. The purpose of the poster was to surprise people and show them what an important issue eating disorders can be and then to hopeful interest people enough so they will watch the documentary.

Firstly we wanted our main image to be of a severely thin person to show people how serious eating disorders can be. Although we needed to take the picture and we didn’t know anyone who was that ill with a disorder. We then thought about photographing a delicious plate of food with a tag line saying is this scary… or something to that effect. We thought although it would be easy to do it wouldn’t be shocking enough to grab peoples attention.

Then I thought of photographing someone standing on scales, I photo shopped the number to make it really low. I chose black and white because I felt it made the poster more serious but kept it looking simplistic which I think is important for a poster. The main image was taken by me, and then photo shopped. I turned it black and white and changed the lighting and contrast to make the image more raw. And I lastly added typography saying the information we needed it to contain.
 

Original Photo taken by me.

Image made black and white.



With upped contrast and 4 logo.



Tinted blue.

Contrast upped and lighting altered.

 

Lighting and contrast changed.



More info added and image
lengthened.

Only the top part lengthened.

Picture cropped and turned to
 landscape.

Image lengthened clearly
showing parts of high
importance.

This was going to be our final
poster but then  i  improved it further.



This is the final poster. with
presenter centred and feet further
down the page and intiuitional
ref. made smaller.

Location Pictures

We searched around for suitable locations to film our short film. we thought these places were the best for interviewing people, as it wasnt too distracting.

Characters

Joe is the central focus of the short film. We will be looking at him in depth about his eating disoder to educate the audience on the subject.
He will be wearing casual clothing, to make him more relatable and so the audince can focus on him rather than the costume, we want to avoid distractions. And to link back to the target age group, as this is the type of clothing that they would wear.

Kathleen is the presenter and will be interviewing joe, herself, and the mother. She is also present to infrom the audience about eating disorders and to set the scene, so the audince are aware of the subject we are focusing on. We chose to use a presenter to ensure that what we are trying to infrom about is clear, and to inform the viewers of who we are interviewing.

 

 Dorothy is the mother in the documentary and she explains her expiriences on the subject. This gives a different viewpoint and the audiece can also relate to her if they are older.

Soundtrack



We used two different songs in our short film. The tone of both contrast with eachother, to represent different emotions. The first song is slow and is quite sad and the song features at the end of the film is upbeat and happy to represent the emotions of the people we interviewed. We ensured that we got permission to use the audio tracks, here is a copy of the e-mail we sent to record producing company.

stop frame animation

I decided to try and do a stop frame animation to see how good and succesfull i could make it look to see if i should consider using it in my short film. I soon relised that the process of taking this many pictures toke a very long time to do and it was difficult to redo a section if the first time went wrong which was very frustrating. Another thing that was hard was getting the times right between each picture so that it looked fluent and clear. By doing this small test of me walking i relised that i didnt want to do this in my short film as i didnt think it would look as good as filming.

This is the first draft story board, for my groups documentary on eating disorders:

Final Draft of Storyboard

First draft of storyboard, after developing our ideas. It was apparent that we had to create another draft of our storyboards to be accurate

Shooting Script

[Music Fades In]

[Establishing shot of narrator walking towards camera]

 [MS of the narrator]

[Music fades out]

Narrator: In this documentary we are going to take a special look and view at the very relevant and serious issue of Eating Disorders. Let’s take a look at peoples various opinions on the matter...

                     [Music slowly fades in]

 [Close-up shot of each member of the public]

[Music fades out]

Actors :( each actor gives a brief description individually answering the questions)

[Statistics appear on screen in front of an establishing shot of all the people that were interviewed]

Narrator: a shocking 1.1 million people in the UK alone are affected by an eating disorder, also that females are 10 times more likely than males to be affected by an eating disorder and that only 25% of women are happy with their weight. Pressures from the media endorse this as 91% felt it was bad that the media always portray so-called perfect women.

Narrator: Before we take a closer look, at [states names of patients] we decided to go and ask the public a few questions about the subject and see if we can get a few different views

[LS of narrator walking into town]

[Tracking the Narrator]

Narrator: Can you spare a few minutes to participate in our documentary?

Person 1: ?

Questions that the narrator is going to ask the public:

1.  Do you have much knowledge on the subject of eating disorders?

2.  Do you know anyone that has been affect by an eating disorder?

3.  Do you have a view on eating disorders?

4.  What do you think is the meaning of an eating disorder is?

5.  What comes to mind when someone mentions an eating-disorder?

6.  What do you think are the causes of an eating disorder?

[MS of narrator]

Narrator: Sums up findings of the public interviews

Questions to ask the patients

1.  What was your lowest point?

2.  What made you admit to yourself that you had a problem?

3.  How is your relationship with food now?

4.  What was your lowest weight?

5.  When did you really start recovering?

6.  How did it start?

7.  What helped you through it, why didn’t you just give up?

8.  How long have you been diagnosed for?

   [LS of the patients walking away together]

Planning Frame 

Characters	Predominantly female, some male. Recovering eating disorder patients. Who will be in film, and purpose: Those who have experienced eating disorders will feature and tell of their journeys, what led to it, what got them through it etc. As to evoke emotion, inform audience of what’s behind eating disorders, and to show how the smaller things mean so much more.
Setting	Some filming would have to be done on the street to film those not affected by eating disorders to make it more casual. Filming of the E.D interviews could be in any room, as long as it had the same backdrop. It would be a bit impractical to film on the street so perhaps we could take the random interviewees into one of the rooms for a more practical filming location.
Events	The narrative will consist of a silent narrator and questions shall just appear on the screen, to make it seem more personal, or a one on one interview with the interviewer being behind the camera. The film will start on an introduction with random people being asked what does the word “it” mean to them, and then develop to what the word means to those affected by eating disorders. It will develop by showing how such a small thing taken for granted can mean and be so much more for another person.
Problem	Eating disorders and people who suffer with it.
Resolution	The ending will conclude on returning to ask other people what the word “it” means to them, and then contrast it with those who it does affect.
Conclusion	How they are now - what they expect of the future

Synopsis

The narrative will consist of a silent narrator and questions will appear on the screen, to make the film seem more personal. At the beginning it sets up the documentary with the interviewer talking about eating disorders on a normal street surrounded by average people. Then it will lead on to random people being asked what does the word “it” (what sufferers refer to their eating disorder as) mean to them, and then develop to what the word means to those affected by eating disorders. It next develops by showing how such a small thing which most of us take for granted, e.g. eating can mean and be so much more to another person.Then they introduce the place where people go for help. They continue the exploration by talking to the people there and then sufferers who tell of their journeys. The Interviews are the most important events in the film. The ending will conclude on returning to ask other people what the word “it” means to them, and then contrast it with those who it does affect. To conclude the interviewer asks about their thoughts on life now and the future as they see it.


Short story

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Day 1:
Wednesday 27^th October:
Location: Reading-Forbury Gardens-Location had nice scenery, much greenery and a public place. Reminiscent of the clinic grounds Marina stayed at.
Clothing Casual
　
Sainsbury’s in Reading, easy access to shots of food and magazines.

11am - Forbury gardens - panning shot of scenery (include water fountain in shot) (10 minuts maximum)

11.10am - Forbury gardens - interview between Joe and marina (40 minutes maximum)

12am - Sainsbury’s - panning shot of magazine stands, and film plan of various food products.

Day 2
Thursday 28^th October
Location: Henley College - Rotherfield Benches - Nice scenery in background, common place for students to be having lunch, eating.

Easy access to students available for interviewing, creates a juxtoposition as they eat their lunch whilst talking about eating disorders.

12.10 - Set up equiptment.

12.15 - Film interviews of personal experiences, asking questions or letting participants ad-lib. (approx 30 minutes max)

Location: Henley college - Art courtyard - previously planned to be filmed near exam hall but wheather conditions created too much external sound. The courtyard creates an intimate atmosphere perfect for a personal interview.

13.30 - panning shot(s) of scenery.

13.35 - Re-set up equiptment and shot to avoid external sound interference.

13.40 - interview Olivia (E.D. patient). Approx 30 minutes maximum filming.


Day 3Friday 29^th October
Location: Henley college - media studio 1 - the studio is very small and ideal for an intimate interview, the shot is lit by natural lighting. The set of the room helped provide an over-the-shoulder shot.

14.40 pm - set up over-shoulder shot and check that the shot is properly lit. (approx 5 minutes maximum).

14.45 - interview Kathleen about her knowledge of eating disorders. (20 minutes maximum).

15.05 - Extreme close up shots of Kathleen. (5minutes maximum).


Day 4 Monday 1^st November
Location: media Room R115 - A casual student oriented backdrop to the shot, creating a casual interview atmosphere with the natural college environment.

10.35 - Arrange backdrop to scene and set up equipment. (10 minutes maximum).

10.50 - interview with Maggie about her friends suffering with eating disorders, and having her views/opinions. (include close up shots). (30 minutes maximum).

Location: Henley College - entrance corridor to media room R115 - the brick wall creates a different backdrop for this interview than in the other shots. First male interview, aiming to get a different perspective.

12.00 - set up equipment and shot. (5 minutes maximum).

12.05 - Jordan talking about his views and opinions on eating disorders. (maximum 20 minutes).



   Shooting Schedule

Location	Date	Subject	Details
Henley College	18th October		Setting up equipment, doing a few test shots
Henley College Henley Town	19th October	General public Students Narrator	Asking the public/students a few questions on the subject of our documentary, to get different perspectives
Henley college Henley Town	21st October	Students General public Narrator	Continue to film and ask questions
Henley college Henley Town	25th October	Background	Filming a few shots of the town/college to get a ‘establishing shot’
Henley College Classroom	26th October	E.D patients Narrator	Start to film and interview the patients, in a quiet and private room. Interviewing them about their eating disorder
Henley College Classroom	1st November	E.D patients Narrator	Continue to film and interview them
Henley College Classroom	2nd November	E.D patients Narrator	Finish off our questions, and finish filming them
Henley Town Sainsbury’s	4th November	E.D patients	Film them from a distance and finish off any unfinished filming
DEADLINE	5th November	DEADLINE	DEADLINE