Evaluation Question 1: Conventions

Question 1

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We use a few hand held camera shots in our film, this is done for a reason as we were emulating independant 'lo-fi' style cinema, and use this cinematography to represent the man's personal story. Also, the hand held camera shows how deteriorated the man is after overdosing on paracetamol, this helps the audience to relate to the personal life of the main chararcter and relate to his troubled life.

These clips use hand held camera shots and link to our film:

The Son's Room:This uses similar shots as our film to deal with the man's grief.

Festen: Uses raw techniques, similar to our film as it has a raw and personal feel to the moments that take place.

Run Lola Run: The camera work differs throughout the film and makes it feel like we shouldn't be there. This could link to our film as the story is so personal, it almost feels we shouldn't be watching.

Advertising posters for Family Tree

Teaser poster

Second teaser poster

Final film poster

Double Page Spread

This is the article we produced to advertise our short film. Film reviews are a simple, cheap way to get films known and into the media.

Family Tree, Finnished Product

Here is our finished product, the short film 'Family Tree'. It uses the two concepts, time and technology; time being the flashbacks, the thing that gets back his memories and technology being a killer. This suggest binary opposites in a way that time is good and technology is evil.

Making of my poster and article

Making of my poster and article

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Screenshots

This close up of the man holding the wedding ring is effective and the depth of field makes it look professional. This screenshot is important to the film as the ring is significant to the film. The fact that the ring is in focus and the man is not shows how meaningful the ring is and how it creates a sense of relationship around the tree.

This screenshot shows the technology part of the film and creates suspense as the audience don't know what is going to happen. The fact it is shot in the rear view mirror shows how the man is out of focus with what he is doing and lack of concentration. Also, the trees in the background link to the tree significance and keeps us wondering what is going to happen.

This romantic snap shot of a flashback from the film is a positive image, but you can tell it is a flashback because of the slight sepia and happy looking scene. The central image focused around the tree makes the tree a place of happiness and blooming relationships.

This screenshot is effective as it shows the gin glass, a prop used to show a troubled character and the photo of the young boy suggests family. But, the reflection of the photo in the table suggests ghostly effect. Also, the empty paracetamol shows drug abuse and a distressing fact that something bad has happened.

These photos are screen shots from our film and indicate how the film looks and gives an idea about some of the scenes.

Inspiration

This film poster for Six Feet Under reminds me of the tree we are using for our film. The poster is very effective as the tree is central and seems sacred, as it has a glow around it and is near the top of the page, suggesting it's importance. This poster gives me inspiration for my film poster, which is going to be centered around an image of my tree, emphisising it's importance and significance to the film.

Progress

With our idea changing so late into the project we have had to ensure we worked rapidly to keep up with the production of our film. To do this we planned a storyboard which included every camera angle and shot. When shooting at our location we took different