Introduction of coursework.

I am going to create a short film and the theme is going to be based about love. I have chosen this brief as I believe that it suits my personality best and I will be able to complete the coursework to the best of my ability.

Linking texts together.

Links between texts are important, as it helps your target audience know what poster belongs to what movie and what movie belongs to each poster. Also it helps the message of the product come across stronger if 2 pieces of text link together or look familiar.




Alice In Wonderland.

Conventions in the trailer:

• Bright but bold colours.
• Fantasy Characters.
• Actors ( Johnny Depp).
• Fantasy Music.
• Director ( Tim Burton)
• Typography which links again with Fantasy and Tim Burton.

This is the Alice and wonderland poster.

It links with the poster because there is a close up shot of Johnny Depp which is a good advertising point for the film as those who are fans of Johnny Depp and who would just go and see the film as Johnny Depp is a leading character. The bright bold colours help it link to the trailer as it's the same to what is shown in the trailer above. The Typography is the same in the poster to what it is in the trailer which not only makes it look good it also helps with the advertisement of these 2 pieces of text because it makes it look advertised together and it's 2 different ways an audience can consume a media text. Also the typography is rather famous as Tim Burton uses it in a lot of his films and posters etc.

Independence Day Trailer.

Conventions in trailer:

• Science Fiction ( computers and technology used a lot).
• Famous actor Will Smith.
• Well known landscapes of New York.
• Space ships. ( Fear of the unknown).
• Explosions.

Before watching the trailer I was given a task to create an Independence Day poster to see if I could place the right code and conventions from the trailer into the poster, and this is what it looked like:

I mentioned the main actor on my poster Will Smith as he has a lot of screen time in the trailer. In the trailer you see and hear the mention of a space ship that is attacking the area so I thought to include it in my poster so my audience would know that it is a science fiction film. I involved a picture of the space ship attacking a tall building to show the audience that there is  a cause of conflict due to the space ship.

Codes and conventions of short films.

Todorov's theory.

It is important to look at narrative for a short film because you don't have a long time to build up the story in a short film so the audience won't get to know your characters either. So setting up a good narrative through images and small text is important as it saves time and it helps the audience to understand the film better.

Love Sick (Short Film) - How is love portrayed in short films?

How is love portrayed in short films?

In many short films love is portrayed in many ways, because in short films there is not enough time to tell the story through speech and narrative it has to be done in different ways usually by using visuals. Love is always portrayed as this 'big deal' and something that all of us has to have in our life time. It's always seemed as a negative thing if we don't have an ounce of love in our lives. In short films there is usually a happy idea and then the idea goes wrong and then everything ends up okay. For example in the short film above the plot represents this idea.

Analysing a short film of my chosen genre.

Coursework media from Courtney Burch

Target audience.

True Love Waits short film.