My Film Review (Click to view Large)

Music

Since I'm not having any speaking in my film I had to choose some music that would go well with the film. I decided on picking a song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera". It took some time to figure out what song I would want and whether I would want the words in it. So I decided that I would either have "Music of the night" or "Think of me". This is because they are both beautiful pieces of music and they would both work well with my film.

I think I am more likely to use "Think of me" however because it sounds more dramatic and is more likely to match every part of my film. I also don't think I will use the words so I will use an instrumental version.

Example Film Review

I got this film review from http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/tangled

I thought that because I am making a film for families, it would make sense to create a film review that is made for families. To find this film review I typed into google "Film reviews for families" and this is the first one that came up.

I think that this style of film review would be easier to re-create because it can say on it who it is age approprate for in the same way that this one has on the left, I can also give it a rating with the same starts that it uses. I think the benefit of having a film review like this would be that because the picture of the film is the poster it wouldn't give away too much about the actual film.

I also think I would be able to re-create the Rated things also shown to the left and I will be able to make my own comments about it. I however won't put the "More" at the side of the comments, I will just write short comments.

I also like that this film review puts a section in for the parents so that they know who it will be suited to and if there are any bits that will need explaining. I think this is a really clever way of getting them to watch the film because they think that it will be suitable for both boys and girls.
It also tells the parents what to expect (scary things) so that they will know that if their children are suseptable to being scared they don't have to take them to see it.

I also like that the review gives topics that the family can talk about after the film. This is a really clever way of developing ther communication skills and developing their skills of film analysis.


I also like how it gives a brief synopsis of the film (like most film reviews) and also an unbiased review of whether the film is any good or not.

It also gives details of where the film was made, the run time so it can tell the parents how long they can expect their children to be entertained for, when it was released and the ratings so that the parents get every piece of information they can about the film before actually going to see it.

Editing the film

I have just realised that I have brought in the wrong memory card so I have all the opening things but not the actual body of the film, now I realise that I am going to be really pushed for time as I can't go home and get the other memory card as I live 40 minutes away from the college. I am going to have to come in on friday and on monday at lunch to do the editing.

Shooting the film

I also did some of the inside filming last thursday and this monday. This was very hard to do as it was so time consuming and although the things I shot, I think, look good. I don't think it will take up much of the 5 minute time limit. I also planned to do some outside filming last weekend but because the snow had frozen on the grass I couldn't because it wouldnt look right. If I do choose to do the outside scenes still I am going to be really rushed to do it this weekend because the snow may not have melted and therefore I will not be able to film it. I will do another brainstorm so that I can come up with different ideas of how to get around it.

I am planning to edit most of the film today as I brought in the memory card for the film, however I left the openning titles memory card at home because my mum had to use it for work and the memory card didn't have enough space to do it all.

I also plan to go to the library on Friday lunchtime so that I can finish the film and perhaps stay in on Monday lunchtime aswell so that I can complete it aswell.

Filming The Opening

Last night I went to my mums work and tried to brainstorm ideas on how I could start my film. I came up with the idea of having a blackboard and then writing "Directed By" etc. in chalk and but having it look like it is shining so it would give the illusion that a fairy was writing it.
I then came up with the idea of having glitter on a page and then it being blown away and then it reveal "Directed By" etc. and then it is reversed to have the glitter put back on and then it writes "Produced By" etc. and so on. (looks like fairy dust)
I then came up with the idea of having a paper full of glitter and then it being written on top of it revealing a black outline of the "Directed By" etc.

I tried to do the 2nd option but I don't think it looks right, I'll upload it onto here so I can have a proper look but I think that I am going to use the 3rd option instead.