11a. Finished Script

10. Film Treatment

As a group we made a film treatment. We presented it to the other students in our group and they gave us some feedback on how to improve our film. Individually I then adapted our treatment to include the feedback from the class and made it into the Prezi below.
 


When we gave feedback to the class, they asked how we would show that Josh's father had died and somebody gave the idea of having him looking though photographs so we have added this into the film to make it clear what the issue is. We also decided to show a montage of clips of Josh being rebellious because this will make it easier to stick within out 5 minute time limit of our short film.

9. Film Development

In this post I have looked further into my character and locations, and also tried applying my film to some narrative theories. 

Propp's Narrative Theory

It could be argued that our film both fits in with Propp's narrative theory and also doesn't. This is because our film contains some of these characters but not others.

The Hero - Josh - searching for ways to cope with his father's death feels lost and needs support, which he has by the end of the film.

The Villain- The gang - Push Josh's to do bad things and are seen to be morally bad, this is becasue they carry knifves, are seen smoking and drinking.

The Donor -Amy - Give's Josh a way to move apart from the gang

The Helper- Policeman - Supports Josh, tells him what he is doing is wrong, stops him from getting into very serious trouble later is he carried on being with teh gang

The Princess- Amy - could be seen as a reward for Josh leading a better life

The Princess' Father - Our film does not contain this role

The Dispatcher - Our film does not contain this role

The False Hero - Our film does not contain this role

Characters

I have chosen to relate Josh to Cook from the series Skins. This is because he is the main character and this TV show, like our film is about teenage rebellion. This character fits Josh as he is also led to rebellion though his unstable life at home and gets involved with things such as drugs and smoking.

Location

These are some locations that we could used to film. They are around the school, as this is a location that is easily recognisable and everyone can relate to being a student. This will mean that the audience will be able to relate to Josh more and the film will also fit in with the conventions of the Drama genre.

8. Film Language

by molliebugg

7e. My Film's Genre Conventions

My film, will be a Drama film involving a romance. I looked up the conventions of the Drama Convention.

• Real life situations
• Character's relationships develop throughout the film
• Realistic struggles
• Happy ending or form of realisation
• Characters must be relatable 
• The audience should be able to relate to the characters emotions
• Music is used to evoke strong emotions

I feel my film with fit with many of these conventions, such as, real life situations and realistic struggles. As the film is set in a school, and the main issue is getting involved with the group group of friends via peer pressure, this is something that many of our target audience , which is young people ages 15-30, will have witnessed happen or had happen to them at some point within their life. Our film will also have a happy ending as at the end of the film, Josh will end up with Amy, instead of the gang of boys.

There are also conventions that we will be able to add into our film during the production process. For example, the use of close ups and point of view shots will make Josh, the protagonist, relatable and the audience will be able to relate to Josh's emotions. Also, during editing our film we can add music over the top of scenes, when choosing this music, to make sure it fits in with the conventions of a Drama film, we will have to choose strong music that heightens the emotions of the characters.

I went on the website www.freemusicarchive.com and found this song which is an example of what I could add in to my film whist editing. It is upbeat and could be used to show a character's happiness, perhaps at the end of the film.

7d. Moodboard of Genre

7c. Sub-genres and Hybrid Genres

Sub-genre

Sub-genres are identifiable sub-classes within a larger film genre with their own style, formulas and iconography. For example, a sub-genre of Action may be spy or martial arts films.

Most genres of films have sub-genres within them. Sub-genres, like conventions, make up what we expect to see from a film within that genre. Such as, a sub-genre of Action being a race against time.

Sub-gnres change throughout time, just as society changes. Events that happen within the world effect sub-genres and what an audience want to see within a film. For example, in the great depression, a popular film genre was science fiction. This is because many people sued to cinema as a place to go to escape reality and watching a film that was set in a completely different world, allowed the audiences to forget about all the issues that they had within their lives.

Hybrid Genres

Hybrid Genres are when two or more genres are put together and to conventions are mixed. Such as, Rom-Com's or Action Adventure films.