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ROSANNA BROWN
CANDIDATE NUMBER 0800
CLAREMONT FAN COURT SCHOOL

EDITING:
I edited and created the BBFC certificate which features at the start of our Short film. We all tried to include many different editing style like cross dissolves and hard cuts to highlight the tension which rises throughout the film.

CAMERA WORK:
I took control over the camera work as well as acting in the Short Film. Charlie and I tried to involve lots of different camera angles and shots, like extreme close up when Alice suddenly wakes up, to make it as interesting and unique as possible. 

DIRECTING:
We all were involved in directing and deciding what scenes would involve what. For example, I came up with the idea of the dinner scene and the close up of the Dad's PTSD episode. Georgie came up with the idea of Alice breaking into the father's office and Charlie came up with the dad's voice over scene. We tried to involve most of our ideas and by the end of it we all came out with great ideas and most of them were used in the final product. 

OUR SHORT FILM

CONSTRUCTION: ANALYSIS OF OUR SHORT FILM

PLANNING: ISSUES OUR FILM FACES

ISSUES THAT OUR FILM FACES by Rosie Brown

CONSTRUCTION: DEVELOPING THE FILM POSTCARD

Film Postcard

FRONT

BACK

I created my Film Postcards on Photoshop. Photoshop made it so easy to edit and alter the postcards. I was able add and change the coloured fonts and make it 3D. I was also able to change the filter of the picture to black and white.  

Visual Codes:

I used this picture of Alice on her own as it really shows the feeling of isolation and loneliness. It represents the idea of her being abandoned by her family. I chose to have the picture in black and white as it highlights the dullness wash on her face making her look upset.

Tagline:

The tag line that I used was "You don't know what I've done for you." I chose this as it is one of the most powerful lines in our short film. It shows the dad's controlling and possessive side which of course frightens Alice. This one simple line really tells the audience all about their relationship.

Title:

I really wanted the tag line to be the main focus on the front of the postcard and didn't want the title to draw the reader's focus away from it, that is why I opted for a more subtle approach with the title and the tag line to be very bold. I chose a simple font with the colour of it being black so it would go with the black and white theme.

Social Media:

I added our company's social media accounts for Twitter and Instagram, this meant that the readers could go look at some behind the scenes footage and some more information regarding our short film.

Design and Layout:

Throughout all of our different postcards, we wanted all of them to have a common theme with each other. All of ours had some sort of red block in the corner of the page and also some of the writing in bold red, this made made key words stick out. We thought the colour red is a very contrasting colour to black and white and worked nicely with our thriller theme to it.

CONSTRUCTION: DEVELOPING THE FILM WEBSITE

The link to my website: https://rosiebrrown.wixsite.com/silentvoices


I have created a Film Website to help promote my Short Film. I wanted my website to be as detailed as possible and to provide the audience with the most essential pieces of information regarding our Short Film and any other products that we have made along the way. With this in mind, I added in all the Hot Seating videos which shows the characters personalities and views on things more in depth, it allows the audience to get to know the characters more. I also included a page on the actors' background and why they wanted to be apart of this short Film, this allows the audience to know more about the actors before watching it. I also included essential information like the release date and our social medias. I included all of our production company’s social media’s like twitter and Instagram so it gives the readers a choice to be able to do further research if they want to on the making of our short film. Our social media includes photos of some behind the scene shots, latest updates, release dates and many more. If the readers to want to look at our social media pages then all they have to do is press on the logo of the platforms and it will take them straight to them. Including the release date a vital piece of information on our website as it tells everyone who is reading when the Short Film is out. 

CONSTRUCTION: SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media

Social media is essential when promoting anything. Every company uses social media like Instagram and Twitter to build awareness about their brand, it boosts visibility among potential audiences and customers. This is why we wanted to create social media accounts, so that people can find our work, and follow our journey. We created an Instagram and Twitter account so we can also post regularly and update our readers on potential release dates and many more. 

Instagram                                                    Twitter

CONSTRUCTION: BBFC CERTIFICATE

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non – governmental organisation, founded by the film industry in 1912. It is a company responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works.

For our film we decided on giving it an age rating of 12A as there aren’t any scenes in it which would upset younger viewers, but there can be some uncomfortable scenes which follow Emily's distressing journey on figuring out what has happened to her family so children under 12 might need to be accompanied.

To make our own certificate we used photoshop which we found very quick and easy to use. We found a template online and added in our own film title and description of the content of the film, so in this case we added "moderate language and disturbing scenes". We changed the colour, size and font of the writing to make it look suitable and more professional. We also took out parts of the template which we didn't need and that didn’t apply to our film.

PLANNING: IDENT

To make our ident we filmed in three different locations with me doing the same sshhing motion, in order to convey the idea of me stalking the audience. We edited our ident in Final Cut Pro so we could put together all three of the videos, put different filters on them and add our production name onto it. We chose to put a filter of black and white on our ident to make it seem more like a CCTV camera and to add a sinister feel to it. We also placed a CCTV filter over two of the videos to obviously make it again seem like the audience are watching through a CCTV camera and that they are watching me and I am watching them. Finally, we added text on top of the videos which gradually dissolves in, the text includes the name of our production company, No Name Productions. We also added a special effect on the text to make it seem more electric and static. This effect makes the whole ident seem more eerie and creepy.  

RESEARCH: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

PLANNING: HOT SEATING

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT - ALICE AND EMILY 

We created our hot seating as it is a way for our actors to really dive into their characters personal life as they are asked questions about their family, personality and home life. We filmed our Hot seating with the Canon 370 and we used a tripod to help steady the camera which also let us manipulate the tripod so we could explore loads of different angles. 

We wanted to make our hot seating set in a therapy room so in order to make this look as real as possible we used a black curtain behind the characters and placed a table in between the character who was talking and the therapist who was asking the questions. 

In order to get to know Emily and Alice better, Charlie asks lots of specific questions regarding their family, the dynamic of their family, the bond between each other and their own personalities. 

Emily is presented as a very calm individual who doesn't try very hard to please her family yet she she is still the favourite. We wanted her to be on her phone during her talk with the therapist to portray the idea that she doesn't take it seriously. 

Alice is presented as a very energetic, optimistic, positive girl. She always finds the positives out of everything and desperately wants to please her parents. To show her energetic, and bubbly side, she used small and quick movements like fidgeting in her hot seating. However, this is all just an act in a way. She almost is seen as trying to hard and deep down she is lonely. 

PLANNING: CHARACTERS

PLANNING: RISK ASSESSMENT

	HAZARD TO HEALTH AND SAFETY	RISK POSED AND TO WHOM	LEVEL H/M/L	CONTROL MEASURE REDUCE RISK
Danger coming from falls or slips	Tripping over objects on the ground and injuring yourself.	All students	This is a very low risk level	We can reduce the risk of this occurring by wearing appropriate footwear and being cautious.
Weather	When filming outside making it possible to not be caught in heavy rainfall and making sure that the surfaces walking on are steady and will not become slippery meaning the chances of falling over and injuring ourselves are quite small.	All students	This is a low risk level	To wear appropriate clothing to prevent being cold. We can prevent this by planning ahead and checking the weather a day or couple hours before.
Making our way to destination	Making sure that roads are clear to prevent any danger from oncoming vehicles.	All students	Low risk level	We can prepare and be safe for this by checking every time we cross a road by looking both ways before walking out.

PLANNING: SHOT LIST

SOUND	VISION	ACTOR	PROPS	LOCATION
The family muttering and the sounds of a camera taking a photo.	Establishing shot of family taking a photo.	Protagonist, Sister, Father and Mother.	Camera	Living room
Alarm Clock ringing	Close up shot of alarm showing the time 10.00am	None	Alarm Clock	Bedroom
‘Have you seen mum’ - Alice ‘You know we don’t talk about her in this household!’- Dad ‘Wha..’ (stuttering) - Alice	Alice going downstairs questioning her mothers existence. Her father gives a strong tone back.	Alice(protagonist) Gary (Father)	None	Kitchen
Gasping	Reaction shot of her fathers tone and confused as to her mothers disappearance	Alice	None	Kitchen
Tea Swirling as well as mother favourite music in the background	As Alice runs out see where her mother has gone, she goes into her room where a hot tea is swirling and her favourite music playing in the background seeming her was here recently.	Alice	Tea Radio	Mother old bedroom
Heavy breathing with eerie sound playing in the background making the setting more tense.	As Alice notices her sister is missing from the photo in the previous day. That night a black silhouette of the sister is crawling out from her bed.	Alice Emily (Sister)	None	Alice’s room
‘It’s a nice photo isn’t it’ - Dad (in a creepy voice) ‘Where is my sister!!’ - Alice screaming	Alice goes down to living room to see all family photos down stairs. Looking at photo with herself and her dad. The dad creeps up behind her, admiring the photo.	Alice Gary (father)	Photo	Living Room
Alarm Clock Ringing	Alarm showing its a new day	None	Alarm Clock	Bedroom
Alice muttering	Close up of Alice holding the image realising that she is the only one left in the photo.	Alice	Photo	Bedroom
Creepy music	The title Silent Voices appears before a black screen.	None	None	None

PLANNING: LOCATIONS

• House = Main Location 
• Dark rooms
• Typical teenage girls bedroom
• Kitchen 
• Parents Room 
• Stairs 

Our main location is set in an ordinary, average house. We decided this as our audience will be able to relate which will draw them in to watch more. Similarly we have used typical rooms for the parents room and our protagonists (Alice's) room. However, we have used a dark, eerie images creating a spine chilling scene: when the sister is crawling up from underneath the bed. This will be shown in a POV shot which creates personal aspect of the protagonist. All the other images have resembled similar rooms within the house we are filming in, we got images that are similar as can be. The image on the top left is the actual house we will be filming in. 

PLANNING: PROPS

Creating a props list is very helpful as it makes it clear on what all of us need to buy, have and bring to the filming sessions and what to include in our short film. 

The props I am going to need include:

• Family photo  
• Mug
• Alarm clock
• Other photos of friends and family on desk
• TV

   

PLANNING: CALL SHEET 1

Planning: Call sheet 1

MEDIA STUDIES CALL SHEET FOR SILENT VOICES

Shoot date: 11^th and 12^th January 2020

Location: Home of cast members GC and CC

Crew: RB, GC and CC (all phone numbers and emails have been exchanged)

Camera Equipment:

- Manfrotto Tri-pod

- Battery

- Camera bag and protective lenses

Lighting equipment:

- Flood Light

Props:

- Photo

- Tea mug

Wardrobe for GC: Comfy/pyjama clothes, casual day to day clothing

Wardrobe for RB: Pyjamas, casual day to day clothing