Disney Cross Media and Synergy

Cars 3

Release Date - 14th July 2017

Production Budget - $175 million USD

Box Office - $384 million USD 

Distributed by Walt Disney Studios and Motion Pictures

The film was advertised in trailers, billboards, TV adverts. It was also distributed by Disney through their stores in merchandise and also branched out to other companies such as McDonald's in their Happy Meal toys. 

Film Production Planning

So far in film production we have addressed roles to each other in our team. We have also chosen our actors for the production and have been looking into possible locations to film at. We have told our actors about filming dates where we hope to complete the filming.

Job Roles:

Patrick - Director, Casting, Music Composer and Devising Acting Manager

Alex - Editor, Music Composer, Camera Operator (Post Production Manager)

James Bowes - Audio and Visual Director

Actos:

Chloe - Ellena Quarmby

Nikki - Freya Gledhill

Joe - Mathew Paul

Austin - Patrick Campbell

Dad - Ian Campbell

Filming Locations:

-Ilkley Grammar School Gates -

Ben Rhydding Road -

1A Wrexham Road -

23 Lawn Avenue -

Ilkley Train Station -

Ilkley Moor -

Unit 3 - M1

The Brief

My short film is under 10 minutes which was the maximum length for a short film

It shows a specific, recognisable genre and the style being a drama as well as mood throughout the film which links to it such as the use of drugs and teenage life

I am working in a group of three, myself, James Bowes and Alex Hardgreaves and have assigned each other to specific roles. James- Camera operator and director, Alex- Editor and Patrick- Director

The script is all original content and was devised by myself. The inspiration was from the lives of youths and what they do to be cool and fit into friendship groups

The music and audio we will use will be all our own which will be made in Garage Band. If it comes to us using pre made music we will be sure to reference it in our credits of the film

Examples of Short Film Distributors that operate in the UK

Shorts International Ltd is the world’s leading short film entertainment company with the world’s largest catalogue of short movies. It owns and operates ShortsTV, which brings audiences around the world the best short movies on TV, online and in theaters, as well as Shorts Factory, which produces original short film content for broadcasters and brands.

The film tells the story of Bill, whose daily routines, perceptions, and dreams are illustrated onscreen via multiple split-screen windows. Though his life seems mundane at first, he has trouble remembering things and the sights and sounds of the world are sometimes overwhelming. His life is narrated in several humorous and dramatic anecdotes, very gradually growing darker and terrifying as he appears to be suffering from a possibly fatal mental disorder (and has apparently been receiving treatment for it for quite some time). The film illustrates the struggle many people have with mental illness, in the inherent difficulty in deciding which muddled thought or distracted perception is most important and should be paid attention to. Meanwhile, Bill is suddenly faced with the possible end of his life.

This film was targeted to adults with children who are facing difficult decisions in life which is sort of similar to our film with how the it is the children facing difficult decisions while trying to live life to the full. The link this film has to our own is the way how the film focusses on one main protagonist and their struggles in life and the pressure they have to face and ultimately facing life and death situations in decisions they make. This is why I feel Shorts International is a company we can really work from in their ways of portrayal of characters and building story and characterisation. 

Candella UK distributes packages of short films at over 300 European and worldwide festivals, with the specific aim of promoting UK filmmaking beyond our shores. Candella-promoted shorts have won major prizes at European festivals in recent years.

This documentary looks into the interiorised sexism in women that together are searching for answers and ways to unlearn. There is a hidden sexism in the European society that hides a worrying fact; we are in a sexist society therefore we are all sexists. We will meet many women that are fighting for equal opportunities and wonder what will be their reaction when putt in front of the “female south American high society” not the unprivileged, the privilege ones, the other half, openly sexists in a society that still living in the MAD MEN scenario in the XXI century fighting to keep it that way for generations to come.

This film that we I have looked upon looks on the topics of female representation which is a key aspect in our film having a female protagonist. We can use similar representations of how women are presented in ou distribution of our film in how we want our audience to feel. Our film is about a girl who makes poor choices but in how we represent her will define the overall representation of the film. 

Overall, the film distributer we will use will be Short International due to how they are experienced in distributing hard hitting films and letting an audience know this before seeing a film. 

Marketing Methods

Our own film being aimed at a younger audience, our main methods of advertising would be through social media on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Our adverts would include a trailer, film covers and film covers to attract the audience, giving them a glimpse of the full feature.  We would also feature our trailer on YouTube where people can share and like the widen the audience. 

We will also promote our film through banner advertising on billboards and posters in public spaces etc which will hopefully encourage word of mouth and widen the viewers and popularity of the film. 

Unit 1 - Attack The Block Case Study Analysis

Mise-En-Scène


Setting:
Set in a council estate in South London in the late evening on bonfire night. We follow young teens trying to fight back the alien invaders. It's a very urban setting, being in London, and the general locations filmed at are all built up areas.


Costume:
The main characters we follow in the film are a group of teenage city boys. As seen in the first scene they are somewhat of a gang so wear clothing to match. Quite dark clothes, hoodies, jeans/joggers and trainers. They also have knives on them to add to the sense that they are hooligans. BMX's and other bikes are also a common prop used by the boys to make their gangster likeness more realistic.


Lighting:
A lot of the lighting in the film is very dark. Most of it in a blue and black range giving it that Sci-Fi nature to the film as well as the horror aspect. A lot of bright quick flashes used too which links to the action side of the film.



Sound
The sound in the film spans across a large area of genre. Eerie music and sound effects are used for the horror moments and suspense in the film. Spooky sound effects of creaking and alien noises are commonly used. In the moments of high adrenaline and fast pace action scenes, faster music is used to emphasise the moment and keep the audience transfixed. To make the setting realistic there are a lot of city noises used throughout the film such as sirens, cars horns and crowds.

Editing

Camera

Live for the Weekend - Final Screenplay

Unit 1 - Media Products and Audiences - Research Task (PRIDE)

- The companies that were involved in the production of Pride were, Calamity Films, BBC Films,                                                                                                           Ingenious Media

- Sony Pictures and CBS were the companies that distributed the film to America

- The company that distributed the Film to Europe was Pathé

Unit 22 - D1 - THE BRIEF

Evaluation: SWOT analysis

Introduction -
Our film fits The Brief as it is a short narrative, no longer than 10 mins in a recognisable genre being a British Teen Drama. We, (James Bowes, Alex Hargraves and myself Patrick Campbell) are in a group of three and have all taken on specific job roles. James is our Director of Photography, Alex is our Editor and myself the Director, Music Director and sound. All of our product is original content and we have worked hard to achieve as original and independent footage as possible. Some music we have used is not our own produced, however, we have gained full rights from the artist and record label to use the music which will be referenced in our credits of the film.


Strengths -
In my script, aspects that went well were having a strong initial idea for the film I wanted to create. It had enough depth so that I didn't need to create scenes from complete scratch yet I gave myself enough room for improvement and constructive criticism. In my developed idea for my film,I made a clear description fro what I wanted to achieve which has made it easier in film development when thinking about potential locations and actors. Knowing the exact genre and outcome of the film, creating more context was made a lot easier. Such as how in my film the protagonist lost her mum three years before the film was set which create a stronger character for both the main character Chloe and her father. Knowing a deeper character profile will certainly help the actors when we come to shooting the film. They will be able to create moods and emotions using the back stories we already created. I believe I have been successful in my script from the peer feedback I have received about it. Aspects they liked about it was the level of detail that I went into with the characters and also the general flow of the film and how all the scenes slot together so well. I created believable scenes with understandable dialogue which transitioning from scene to scene was clear to an audience member. I believe the success of my script is down to the improvements I've made from each draft and spending time to just clarify what's happening and to know what's going on in the scene. That has been the most important aspect of my script writing process and I hope when it comes to film editing and bringing everything together that an audience will understand the film and that it will make sense.


Weaknesses -
Area's in my script that I felt didn't quite reach my overall intention was how I failed to incorporate more music into the screen play. Initially before I started writing I wanted music to be a big factor of my film and a lot based around this. I worked out it was difficult to achieve this whilst trying to keep the dialogue flowing and trying to keep the audience aware of characters emotions. What I also found difficult was screenplay format and making sure my script would make sense for people on set who would use it for camera angles, sound FX and dialogue for actors. As far as the script is concerned something I feel that mine lacks is possibly the amount of scenes I have created which may effect the outcome of the film. However we will discover all of this in the process of the film production when we storyboard etc. and see if we need to include anything else to make the chronology of the film understandable. My personal skills were certainly challenged when trying to keep the format however after writing the script I feel like I have succeeded in keeping to the style and format and overcome the obstacle. It has helped me improve my work receiving feedback and evaluation notes which I have been able to take on board and worked upon. This includes my format of the script which was an aspect I found challenging, especially with action which is only what you can see and not what's going on. In future I will continue to act on the feedback given and use the skills I have taken from this to improve work especially for when we begin shooting our film.


Opportunities -
The skills I have gained from this experience of screenwriting have exposed me to learn my own capability to actually write a screenplay and then to look deeper into the jobs screen plays offer such as sound engineers and story boarder's as well as learning about what it would take to work in the industry. Other opportunities in this course have allowed me to look deeper into specific genres such as my film genre and working out what works and what doesn't. Also learning about what an audience likes to see which keeps them hooked which I have been able to incorporate into my own film. The experience I have learned from this course also have been such as completing the script to a deadline which in the industry would certainly be the case. Then sending it off and receiving feedback to work upon and improve on in the script. Another experience for me is not only researching possible locations for films but actually visiting them to see how they look and if they would work for our film actually getting to the scene. It is opportunities like this which have given us as a group independence to make out own decisions and gain experience to learn what works and what doesn't and how you overcome challenges i.e. the actors bail out or the desired location would not be possible to film on. To practise our skills we can use software's and websites such as YouTube to look at potential ideas from previous films and also FinalCutPro to see what sort of editing would be capable when we reach that stage in production. After developing this film and producing it, I would be in a better state of mind and knowledge to go further into this subject along with other subjects I take such as drama and potentially join the industry in what ever part I discover is for me.


Threats - 
The obvious factors that would prevent us from succeeding in producing our film would be if it didn't come out how we hoped and if what we aspired to reach was not possible at our level. This could include video quality, sound and actor ability which would create a big effect on the outcome of the film. Other threats is if members of the group fail in their area of the film. My area being the script and devising how the scenes will be acted. I could fail if the action created doesn't fit the flow of the film or if what I had hoped is no possible for the actor and we cannot achieve our desired take. The main threat for our group however is achieving what we've said we'd do in the time given. If we should fall behind at any stage in production then we may miss deadlines and when I comes to shooting the film we have to be able to film on certain days for when we've notified our actors when they are required. We will also need to remember to keep our work non copyright and be original in our ideas. One element is music which we will need to create ourselves. One of our scenes is a party so we will need to make sure the music sounds like party music and also try to make it sound like any other songs. The threat is that the music we produce will not bb to a very high standard and will put a bad atmosphere on the film if the music sounds rough and very basic. As a group we will need to support each other in production and maintain pace in completing tasks. Our efforts will need to be sustained and we will need to focus on sticking to the tasks and achieving to create a well worked script.

Meets the Brief - 
My film clearly meets the client brief.
-It is a recognised genre of a drama as we follow a protagonist who is within a serious representation of life with heightened emotions such as with partying, drugs and drinking. I have an easily relatable main character as many young people can relate to not wanting to do any school work and just wanting to have a fun time. My film also has stereotypes that can clearly be recognised by the audience.
-I have produced a film that is under 10 minutes and written a script for this to follow.

Conclusion - 
Ultimately, what I have learned from this part of the course is what I required when writing a film script. I have been given a new perspective on the task and providing I use the skills I will gain we will be able to achieve what we want the film to look like. However,  not only has this course given me the skills to write a script but also to learn about different areas in film production that I was unaware of before and potentially leading me to a career in the industry. From this point we will be able to move forward in production and hopefully create our film. I am looking forward to facing the new challenges and tasks we will work on in later film production, and eventually shooting which will be my favourite area to work on.