Brief.

Title of Brief:
PROPOSAL FOR SHORT FILM AND ANCILLARY PRODUCTS

Outline of ideas:
DOCUMENTARY OF THE LIFE OF A GIRL WHO’S BOYFRIENDS GONE TO WAR, BUT WITH THE DATES GOING BACK IN TIME, THERES A TWIST AT THE END

Auxiliary Products:
A POSTER FOR THE FILM
A FILM MAGAZINE REVIEW PAGE

Target Audience: (age, gender, socio/economic group)
NON SPECIFIC, BUT MAY APPEAL MORE TO THOSE WHO CAN RELATE TO THE STORY

How will your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
USING MUSIC TO CREATE EMOTION

What is your inspiration?
A FRIEND OF MINE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR REACTIONS

How will your main product and ancillary texts compliment each other?
I WILL TRY AND HAVE REACURRING FEATURES THROUGHOUT, SUCH AS IMAGES FROM MY SHORT FILM IN MY ANCILLARY PRODUCTS. THEY WILL ALSO TRY AND USE THE SAME OR SIMILAR TEXT FONTS AND COLORUS THROUGHOUT TO MAKE ALL OF MY PRODUCTS WORK WELL TOGETHER

How will you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
RESEARCH
-INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE
-ONLINE PRESENTATION SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMES
-YOUTUBE AND OTHER VIDEO SHARING WEBSITES
-MICROSOFT WORD
-MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
PLANNING
-INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE
-ONLINE BLOGGING SITE, BLOGGER
-ONLINE PRESENTATION SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMES
-MICROSOFT WORD
-MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
CONTRUSTION
-IMOVIE
-PHOTOSHOP
EVALUATION
-IMOVIE
-MICROSOFT WORD
-MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

How will you incorporate the following concepts?
Genre
THE BOY GOING TO WAR, WITH THE GIRL BEING LEFT BEHIND AT HOME
Narrative
THE GIRL WHICH THE DOCUMENTARY IS FOCUSED ON WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE FILM
Representation
CONFORMING TO STEREOTYPES - FEMALES BEING WEAK AND UNABLE TO COPE WITH DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND HOW MEN ARE STEREOTYPED TO BE THE MORE LIKELY ONES IN A FAMILY TO GO TO THE ARMY
Audience
WITH THE GIRL DIRECTING HER SPEECH AT THE CAMERA IT WILL MAKE THE AUDIENCE FEEL MORE CONNECTED WITH THE GIRL
Media language
THROUGH THE USE OF SOUND TO CREATE EMOTION