Why Have I Chosen This Brief And What Skills Do I Bring To This Task?

After examining the possible options for the brief, I came to the conclusion that the one which I could best showcase my abilities through was the one involving the short film.

Whilst there were alternative options that were a possibility for me to use, I believed that the combination of the short film and the two ancillary tasks (film poster and radio advert) were a nice combination, and had the most significant bearing on the way in which films are made and marketed.

With regards to the short film aspect of the coursework, I have thought about possible narratives that I can try to use, and have quickly established that in order to capture the audiences emotions, you have to move them, whether this is through occurences in the film, or through dialogue in the piece, I believed that I would be able to do this. Furthermore, the length of the film suits my style of film making perfectly, as whilst last year I was limited to just 2 minutes of film, which restricted the fluidity of my ideas and the narrative, the 5 minute threshold this year gives me a much wider scope.

On the front of the film poster, I have had large amounts of experience on Photoshop and other editing platforms. With this experience, I will be able to create as professional a poster as is possible. Furthermore, with this experience, I will be able to alter aspects of the film poster, including exposure and shadowing, to best reflect the narrative and genre of the film.

Finally, for the Radio Advert, I will have the benefit of making this is hindsight to the short film production. With the narrative and the images of the film freshly in my head, I will be able to accumulate a bank of the most important moments in the film, and place descriptions of these moments, and emotions, to have as large an influence on the audience, and furthermore to entice them into watching the product.