Evaluation of group presentation

What went well?

• visual aides were very useful
• we managed to conduct the presentation effeciently without notes
• each member of our group spoke equally

What would you change?

• i would talk in more detail about scripting
• i would have included a picture of the focus group i conducted
• We could have included our filming schedule

What were you individual contributions to the planning and research so far?

• I created a mood board of inspirations for our film
• I conducted a focus group
• I wrote the script for the film with Adeel
• I casted the actors for the film with Adeel
• I chose appropriate costumes for the actors with Adeel
• I selected music for the film with Ryan

Music

Me and Ryan searched through various uncopyright music websites in order to find non diagetic music for our film, we finally found www.freeplaymusic.com in which we found various options for music. We narrowed our alternatives down to two track options per scene, and we are yet to discuss our final tracks with the rest of our group members.

Casting

 Me and Adeel then went on to cast the characters based on the image we had been creating whilst deciding character traits and scripting. We thought it would be sensible to cut down our list two options per character.After making the neccersary alterations to our cast list, we decided to find out the acting experiance of each candidate and discuss the commitments we would expect them to make for our film. Only then could we finalise our eight cast members, we felt that our final selection fit the visual codes and conventions of their character type perfectly.The cast members were also confident that they could give there personal time up for filming.

In order of appearance; top row left to right  Alex Eagles as Alex, Adeel Khan as Eddy, Feargal Parham as Parham, Maurice Enwright as Maurice.

bottom row left to right Nathan Jameson as Tyreece, Ellie Goffe as Stacey Taylor, Aidah Namugenyi as Imogen, Alice Marks as Bianca

Scripting

Me and Adeel scripted the entire film, we felt it was very useful to incorporate role play during the creative process in order to fully embody the characters.

We then numbered the script to correspond with the shot numbers, we thought this would help with filming process.

Results

After compiling the notes i made during the focus group i found that most people felt they could relate to the characters myself and Adeel had created. Members felt very strongly about the character 'Parham' a member of the group added " everyone knows a someone like that". This information made us feel comfortable in the knowledge that we would not have to alter any of our characters. The plot was also very popular with the focus group members felt that it was definently something they would enjoy watching and it was an interesting concept in the portrayel of isolation. Noone withn our focus group had seen a short film and or knew where they could go to watch one. six out of eight members strongly expressed there love for comedy as there preffered genre. After discussing this with my goup we have decided to add comical elements to our script.

Audience Research

I decided to conduct a focus group as a form of qualatative data as the previous research done by my other group members were all forms of quantattive data and i feel its important to have a mix. The aim of my focus group was to find out our target audiences perceptions, opinions, beliefs and attitudes towards our film narrative and characters. I felt this would help us to make any neccessary alterations before scripting our film idea.

I decided rather than having a formal list of closed questions i,e how often do you go the cinema? it would be better to have a list of conversational prompts in order to allow the people within the focus group to ellaborate whilst answering the questions in order to provoke responses from other members of the focus group whch may be useful to our research.

My four discussions topics were;

• The charcters within our film
• The narrative
• interest in short film and its appeal
• favourite genre

Conventions of drama

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