The Importance of Audience

Here is a Prezi I created about the importance of audience and how it applies to my film.

Script Final draft.

Here is the fianl draft of my script. This is vital as it has allowed me to plan the dialige for the film.  A crucial part of narrative and representation.

Storyboard Final Draft

Here is the fourth and final version of my storyboard. (I could not show the 3rd draft as parts of it were cut up to create this one.)

 This is essential to my film as it allowed me to plan meticulously each shot I want to include in my film. It also allows me to see when I want audio in the piece, and also allowed me to ensure the film will stay within the 5 minute time frame.

Storyboard 2nd draft

Here is the second draft for my storyboard:

Script 1st Draft

Here is the 1st draft of my script. This is a vital part of my film as it allows me to plan the dialogue for the piece, and I can give it to the actors before shooting so they can be familiar with the lines.

Workshop by Sion Rowe

Last lesson, our media class had a visit from Sion Rowe, someone who has worked on music videos and has a wide breadth of knowledge regarding editing on Premiere Pro.

Sion conducted a workshop on how to create effective titles. I found this incredibly beneficial in regards to making my piece as he focused on creating text almost identical to how I want my opening title to be. (I simply want to use a different font and have waves behind the text.)

Here is an image of Sion demonstrating how to create this specific text effect.

Here is my attempt at replicating the same effect.












This exercise will be vital in aiding narrative and genre. This is because the waves behind the text will help represent and establish the location of the story, And the simplistic yet effective title is conventional within independent film.

Further Inspiration: Nate Gunn

An extreme wide-shot of three travelers in Greenland

Nate Gunn is a cinematographer who has a large following on video streaming site Vimeo. Gunn creates beautiful shorts (usually lasting 2-3 minutes) which document a travelling experience. Normally, there is a person talking over the stunning footage.

An instance of Gunn's composition (rule of thirds)

(This may be one of the biggest influences for my film, as I wish to use the shaky-style of cinematography, in order to give a more, personal, intimate feel. I am also going to include a poem (written by one of the characters) read out at the end, whilst various footage of the actors plays over.

On top of this, Gunn's work features multiple shots of people exploring the wilderness, a key part of my film.

A time-lapse shot of people constructing a tent

This video was of particular interest to me, as it included many exciting ways to frame 3 subjects walking. 

I specifically wanted to replicate this shot, as using a macro lens meant that I didn't have to worry about framing the background so much. 

Further Inspiration: Swiss Army Man

Recently I watched the film 'Swiss Army Man' - Directed by Daniel Kwan + Daniel Scheinert - Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano.



The film follows a man named Hank (Paul Dano) trapped on an island, and finds a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) who has many practical powers (Water supply through his mouth, his arms can be used as an axe.) Hank then teaches the corpse (now named Manny) what it is to be human, and Manny progressively becomes more alive.


This film is inspirational to my film making as it has many elements which I was hoping to encapsulate; such as an elliptical editing style (eg. finding berries, then cut to Hank vomiting) on top of this, the costume in the film is similar to what I want my actors to look like (however not as extreme)

Further Inspiration: Wild

A few years ago, I went to see Jean-Marc Vallée's film 'Wild' Starring Reese Weatherspoon. The style of the film has definitely  inspired me in terms of elliptical editing, camera angles and mise en scene.

I also liked the use of the backpack, as it speaks a lot about the character (they over prepare)

I thought I would use this for my characters, have the most uptight character with the most luggage, and the more carefree characters have less baggage.