Background Music

These are some of the websites I have been looking at which most are copyright free. This was mostly just to research and get a rough idea of the music I wanted to use for my production and then ask a friend to create something similar. From the research i have gathered I think I will need 2 or 3 different soundtracks for the beginning, middle and end as I want to build the tension up slowly towards the end of the production

Lighting Research

As my production will mostly be set indoors i will be able to play around with the lighting and mise en scenes more easily.

The three point lighting technique is a standard method used when creating productions and for photography. It is a simple technique which forms the basics of most lighting systems in filming.

Key light
This light is one of the most important lights, its function is to highlight the main subject

Fill Light
The fill lights purpose is to lesson the contrast and shadows around the subject, by being angled differently to the main key light. It usually is softer than the key light.

Black Light
This light is placed being the subject to illuminate it creating a silhouette or to create separation or the subject and background.

High Key 
This is often used in comedies as it brightens and enhances the sense of liveliness or dramatic scenes

Low Key
This creates a more shadowy effect and usually darkens the scene. They are usually found in thriller or horrors.

Risk assessment

Hazard	Persons who may be hurt	Property which may be damaged	Risk controls already in  place	Risk assessment LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, EXTREMME	Further action required to control risk
Someone being run over by a car (Road safety)	Actors, driver	Car	Wear a seat belt and be sensible on the road	Moderate	Make sure the actor and the car a safe distance apart
Glass cup breaking	Actors camera man	Glass cup	take caution or use a plastic cup	Moderate	If the glass breaks clear it away carefully
Falling down the stairs	Actor	n/a	Hold onto the banister	Low	Hold onto the banister and be careful when using the stairs and the falling over scene
Tripping over while running	Actor	n/a	Be aware of your surroundings	Low	Be aware of your surroundings

Naming My Short Film

I already had an idea of what the production would be called as the whole narrative is based around events that the protagonist has already experienced in a dream so i wanted the film to be something along the lines of Deja Vu. I used an online thesaurus to come up with more words around the word premonition.

Out of the words i have came up with i feel that 'The Premonition' works the best and suits the style of my film which is a slightly unconventional film.

Semiotics

Conventions of a short film

Questionaire Responses

For my responses i asked people who fitted into my target audience which is males aged around 16-20.

Most of my target market have seen short films before so my production and structure isn't going to be a shock to them as they know the general layout of a short production.

Again my responses show that the majority would like to see a film about a vision of the future so my narrative is likely appeal to my target market.

Considering my target market had different opinions on the length i have deiced to go roughly in the middle like 5 mins is a suitable length.

Further Film Poster Research

These are some minimalistic film posters which I feel work better than realistic photos and a collage of images. Also their simplicity means that the audience has to be active to understand which scene or prop the poster represents.

The Genre of my production

From reading my narrative I would suggest that my short film will fall into the thriller genre due to the following conventions

• The aim of a thriller is to create suspense and excitement for the audience
• The narrative revolves around an investigation or enigma
• The hero is the only one that is able to solve the enigma
• The hero is often an outsider, isolated and secretive but moral
• A lot of the cinematography includes extreme close ups to show emotion of the protagonist

Although my narrative follows some of the conventions I think it would likely be an unconventional thriller as it is not centred around violence, except from the end and it doesn't have many characters only a protagonist.

Codes and Conventions of short films

Target Audience Primary Research

Similar Short Film Productions and Scenes

While I was researching similar short films I found it difficult to find films with a similar narrative however there were films with scenes similar to what I was going to create which inspired me.




I was very much inspired by the way in which the computer screen was recorded and the editing used to overlay the screen over the protagonists face which created a lot of tension as it gave the sense of someone always looking at you.




This short film has a similar concept to mine although the narrative is nothing alike but I felt it was go research to see how others went about Deja vu and re-living similar events. As this concept can get very confusing it is important to keep the audience informed of whats going on which i felt this film didn't do so in my production i will try too make sure that the narrative is clear.




I wanted to research how big production films also went about this concept and how to make the audience realize while the protagonist is still unsure(Dramatic Irony). Making events repeat was the convention of this production however I feel I will want to create more of a flashback effect.

Analysing Anchillary Products

My target audience

Presentation