Evaluation

Here is my full evaluation of my short film and ancillary tasks.

The Last Brian On Earth - Final Edit

Here is the final edit of my short film, The Last Brian On Earth.

Ancillary product 1 - Film Poster

Here is the film poster I produced to go alongside my short film. It shows both characters, that are the same person to represent his mental illness. 

I chose to give away the most important pieces of information which therefore means it's classed as a theatrical poster. Although it shows the film title, the characters name and it's release date it doesn't show where it will be distributed. I chose to reveal it like this, as it could then be distributed on many platforms including the internet, and several cinema conventions.

Seeing as I changed the name, I will need to produce a new poster. However, I will probably change the format, and go with either a teaser poster, or a character poster so that I can represent the two different styles for my film.

These are my 2 Character poster's. I decided that along with the theatrical poster, I would create two character poster's, so that I could use them for advertisement. They would lead up to the theatrical poster to give the audience something to look forward to, a sneak peek at the film's main character(s).
As the film is about 1 person, seeing himself, I chose to highlight this very clearly in the different poster's. The  top photo, as it's of Brian (The imaginary Brian) I wanted him to stand out from the background, to look added in, unnatural. Therefore I decided to put the back ground as black and white, and change his natural colour to red. Red is often a signifier of danger, and although the character poses no threat, he isn't real and there it's showing Brian (The real Brian) is alone. I believe the different colours work well to make him stand out, and it work's well as a simple character poster.
For the second character poster, I decided to keep the colour's natural, as it was of the real Brian. I slightly changed the brightness and contrast to make the photo seem a bit more "fantasy" ish, however not too much so it stepped away from reality. This again is just a simple character poster, but I like it as it gives the desired effect. It clearly shows the character, and his name, and therefore suits it's purpose. 

Ancillary product 2 - My Film Review

Here is the first draft of my film review. Made in a slightly unconventional way, in which is breaks down everything that happens in the film in a critical way instead of highlighting certain aspects in which the director has done well.
I decided to create the review like this because I read a fight club review in which it was very critical of Fight Club, and because Fight Club is one of my inspirations towards my short film, I thought it would be a good idea to create something similar.

The link to the fight club review: http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,102483,00.html

 The layout was taken from Odeon's review of The Waiting Room. I decided to do something similar to that because it was a film review that was very minimamlistic in style, and quite a basic design but I thought it looked good overall and did it's job.

Review analysis

Here is my break down of The Waiting Room review by Odeon. 

For my film review, I will be trying to almost replicate this idea because I like how it's not the most professional review. The style of this review matches my film, and the film style well. 

Magazine review

Model example focus - Layout - Structure

Body of text / Terminology

Literacy level - Elaborated / Restricted / code - mode of address - formal / Informal - narrative focus - Teaser / critical / promotional.

Audience type:
Film Buffs / fans.
Entertainment seekers.
General - sunday suppliment.
Demohraphics - Age/ gender/ class
Star fans.
Techno geeks.

Online / offline / both.
Insitution and industry - Does it add merit/ validity - Why/ how?

Poster analysis

There are 3 main types of film poster, all of which are made and viewed differently.
The first one is:
The teaser poster.

A teaser poster is very basic in terms of design and idea, but when launched it can be extremely powerful in gaining an excited audience. It may only decide to show the main character in some sort of action, and the name of the film, however it wont give away any dates, or where it will be distributed.
It's solely for getting the audience before the film has been launched.

The second is:
The theatrical poster.
A theatrical poster is more information related than a teaser poster, so it will tell the audience who the director's/ producer's are, more actor and actress names. It will also most likely show where it's going to be distributed. This is so people know when and where to go, and can base the idea of if they will enjoy it by the actors, or directors.

The third one is:
The character poster.

A character poster shows only one thing. One or two characters. It will have the main good, or the main evil character in most cases, and show them standing upright and strong, or in the darkness to represent different elements of the character. A character poster is used to promote individual aspects of the film, instead of the whole thing. 

Sound - Dubbing

For the voice, I had an idea to make it seem as if the main character is only speaking in his head. This means all voice would be dubbed in after filming.
As the voice will be done by the same actor for 2 different characters, the audience may get confused, but this is what I want.

Also, for the music parts, I will use Garage band, and see if I can create a music track to fit the short film's atmosphere, if not I will use sounds in the editing software.

I had to change the soundtrack several times to fit the vocals, and the action more, but eventually I feel I got it right and I think it fits the whole atmosphere very well.