Mood board

This is the link to our mood board: https://www.pinterest.com/thinhutrang_nguyen/mood-board-for-product/ We divided the mood board into 4 sections: Inspiration, Vision, Clothings and Food, and Color Scheme. In our film, we expect to create a mysterious mise-en-scene, which explains why we chose the time is at night, so the lightings in this product will mostly artificial.

Props, Budget, Characters & Schedule

Props Canon EOS C100 Sony A7iii camera Lights Clothing for Jeff (hoodie, sweatpants) Pile of paper- 3 with bad marks Calendar/ timetable Ordered food (chicken, pizza, sweets) Printed script Other clothings Computer, mouse, charger Clothing for mother (pyjamas, apron) Pre-cooked food (scrambled eggs, rice, broccoli) Budget The renting for the flat was free, as it…

Risk Assessment

The risk assessment is very easy, especially with the small amount of actors and locations we have. Not only that, the location is interior, so it is even safer. It took me about an hour to assess and finish the form. Later on, I give this to the crew members, and they all agreed to…

Location Recce

From the beginning, we planned and set out to use as little scenarios as possible, so the only location needed in our product is John’s house, especially his room. Other necessary factors needed is the yellow lighting, having a bed, a door and a desk, and it should look like a typical teenage boy room….

Plot & Story

Plot A teenager finds a mysterious app on his phone that offers him rewards for each tasks performed. It starts off with a few simple innocent tasks but progressively becomes more and more wicked and dark, the catch is that the app makes it seem like everything done on here is in private and secure,…

Audience Research

Our group had conducted a survey around the school to look into our audience’s interest in films. It is of great convenience for us, as our age range for the targeted audience is from 13 to 21 and the students in our school is in it. However, we still have teachers joining into the survey…

Target Audience

The picture above is the demonstration of our targeted audience. The genre of our short film is psychological thriller, which is suitable for a wide range of audience, as its highlights are not the scenes, but rather the plot and content. Hence, it is suitable for any logical thinkers, which can be from teenagers to…

Textual Analysis (P.2)

Produced on August 23rd, 2011,  “Portal: No Escape”, made by Dantrachtenberg, is the second choice for analyzing. This film has a length of 6 minutes and 57 seconds. It is a combination of thriller, action and fiction genre. The product is possibly based on a video game called “Portal”, which was released on October 10, 2007, as…

Textual Analysis (P.1)

Short film “Anxiety” by Michael Smigiel         For my first, I’m looking at the short film “Anxiety” by Michael Smigiel, with length of 6 minutes 16 seconds, produced in 2015. The piece is on a night out of an upper middle class typical high school American student- Madeline, whose let alone by…