Analysis of film poster

This is another film poster for Changeling. It cleary presents sorrow and despair with the use of colours black, brown and grey. Her looking into a distance from the window suggests she has a sense of hope and the yellow bright light signifies a hope and a possibilty of a new beggining. The newspaper in hand suggests she wants to be informed. I think this is another good example of a film poster that reflects the theme of our short film.

Analysis of film poster

                       
This is a film poster of a film called changeling. It is a film about a mother who's son is missing. I felt this drama film poster links with the theme of our short film which is despair. The enlargement on her face shows the significance of her character and it shows her emotion. The dark brown on the poster signifes the feeling of sorrow. The dark shadow on her face signifies her despair and anixety for her missing son. I think this is a good example of a film poster that can connect to the plot of our film, which is the loss of a sister.The total dark shadow on the son demonstrates how he is lost and distant from the mother.

The second film poster on the top shows her holding a teddy, which is a object dear to the son. It is similar to our short film, because the sisters teddy is also dear to her.The majority of the backgorund is black and this creates the mood of the mothers sorrow and depression by her sons loss. I think this is another good example that portrays our theme.

Bereavement

The stages of Bereavement on Prezi

Casting


Girl (Hope)
Tosin Oluyadi: 
Plays the main sister. She is devastated by her sister's loss. She often gives her sister a reality check about the way she behaves and tells her to grow up. She gets frustrated with her sisters behaviour because she finds her annoying. She is the more shy sister.
Initially, we named the young girl Jessica so that the audience can relate to the character more. If she were to be nameless the audience may feel disconnected. We have now decided to call her Hope due to the irony of the name contrasting to the theme of the short film (Despair).







Sister

Priscilla Amankwah:
Plays the sister that has died. She often feels her sister is unfair to her and doesn't understand her. She feels her sister always has a say in everything she does. She gets frustrated when her sister takes her things away. She expresses her feelings in a diary, rather than saying things outloud to her sister, but she would rather keep her feelings inside. She is the more outspoken sister.
Deep down inside the two sisters have a strong sibling relationship and they stick by each other in the end.
We have not given the sister a name because we do not want the audience to get too attached to her character because the viewers attention will be drawn away from the main character.

Presentation


What went well 


* Our information on the Frey Tag diagram was good
* The information on our props and the detail overall on our presentation was good

What didn't go well


* There was not enough information on our narrative
* The voice projection of our voices was low so our voices weren't heard clearly

Improvements


* Everyone projecting their voices loudly
* Having more information on our narrative included on our presentation

My individual contribution 

* I did the information on the casting of our short film
* I did our audience research on drama, including the what stages of bereavement are
* I helped do the animatic storyboard by doing the voice overs with Tosin and the storyboard

    

what is a short film on Prezi

This short film is about a young girl loosing her father. This storyline is similar to our plot for our short film. In the middle of the short film the girl is dressed in black in her room waiting to go to her fathers funeral (which is likewise to our plot when the main character Hope waits to go to her sister's funeral) This girl expresses her frustrations towards her father dieing, which is similar to our main character (Hope) expressing her emotions too.