Short Film idea and storyboard.

Storyboard: 

Another idea I had was that I change around the roles of the girl and the boy. So the boy is playing with the teddy and the girl is the one who slays the hydra, but the boy is still dressed as the knight and the girl the princess. This idea challenges stereotypes and breaks away from the cliche knight and damsel in distress. 

Possible Titles

Bernie the Brave

Bella the Brave

Chloe the Courageous

Caty the Courageous

Superhero poster 2

"Five out of twelve are breaking fourth wall.

The majority have the title of the film on the bottom of the poster. 

*All but one are wearing black leather.

** These two are very similar in the way they are laid out and the NVC of the characters.

*** All but one show at least one characters face.

**** Only two show more than one character."

Just his expression and his hand show his power and there just happens to be a half crushed car in the background, so it gives the impression he is the one crushing it.

I like the lighting in this picture and the overall colour scheme.

I like the juxtaposition of the fact there doing community service but have powers, I think its mostly the posture of the characters that says the most about who they are.

The first idea we discussed was that our superhero doesn't have to have super powers, and that our teenage heroine could be like batman and have lots of gadgets and rather than armour a dark coloured hoodie so their face is in shadow. So they're secretive, like an online superhero and it could take place in a urban setting. We dismissed this first idea because the convention of a teen in a hoodie screams urban gang movie more than superhero, and therefore would not show our audience what our film was about.

Our second idea was a superhero who can control time. With a victorian, steampunkish feel, with a brown, orange yellow colour scheme to it. The background to the poster could be pieces of a broken clock or pocket watch, and the only thing that shows it's her power could be the fact her eyes are closed and/or her hand is doing something.

Super Hero Poster

Initial ideas

• Female superhero
• Tag-lines - 'Another breed of human beings', 'it is not human'
• Examples - Superman, X-men (storm, jean, marie, mystique), Spiderman, Avengers (Black widow), Batman (batgirl, cat woman), Sky high, Arrow, Smallville

Red orangy colours, cat like pose, wearing heels

Blue, 'o' like cat eye, moon shows night, metropolitan 

Black, blue sky, heels, frame at an angle

***high heel signifier of female, black, red lip print also female

gun, red hair, block black background

**blue and red, explosion

****blue light, yellow eyes, red

black and white, uncoloured

*red clothes, red and black

blue/turquoise, sexuality of woman, shadow different

****cartoon look, shows powers

**black, blue tinge, white

• Black - Power, mystery
• Blue - trust, confidence, loyalty
• Turquoise - Feminine appeal
• Red orangy - energy, demanding of attention
• Red - rebellious, energy, strength, power, violence
• White - innocence, youth
• Yellow - betrayal, hope, deceit, hazard, friendship

Five out of twelve are breaking fourth wall.
The majority have the title of the film on the bottom of the poster. 

*All but one are wearing black leather.

** These two are very similar in the way they are laid out and the NVC of the characters.

*** All but one show at least one characters face.

**** Only these two show more than one character.

Before the Storm AS film - Poster

• use similar location to that in the opening sequence
• natural colours
• show character
• Don't give much away - mystery

Real Examples:

 

 

From these examples I might use:

• the silhouette's of the characters
• the 'all good children' title in two colours
• ratings and reviews
• main actors names
• festival selections
• age certificate
• a sans serif font
• one overall colour tone
• one photo
• movement
• credit block
• film tagline

Ideas:

 silhouettes (one could be looking over shoulder), the sky clouded and stormy

looking over shoulder, sense of mysteriousness

more distance from the camera, trees relating to opening

green foresty background (ivy leaves), portrait (Game of thrones style)

Things to include on the poster:

 ratings

 age certificate

festivals

 companies

 credits

Final photos to choose from to use for the poster:

I like this photo because there is a sense of loneliness, also the posture of the character shows the emotions of the film that i want to convey to the audience.

I like this because there is motion in the photo and you are left wondering whether the character is running away or towards something and what that thing could be.

I like this photo because it is more unusual because it is an extreme close up shot, I also really like the bold colours (blue and green) in this photo.

Questionnaire:

Which of these portrays the most emotions?

1 - 3 votes

2 - 3 votes

3 - 2 votes

Which of these grabs your attention most?

1 - 1 vote

2 - 4 votes

3 - 3 votes

Which of these photos do you think would be best for a poster for a film?

1 - 2 votes

2 - 4 votes

3 - 1 vote

I am going to use the second photo because there is more action and my questionnaire shows it grabbed the most attention because of the movement. The people I asked also said it is the photo they can see as most likely being on a poster for a film.

Final Poster:

Initial ideas.

Short film

Brief

A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the following three options:

• a poster for the film;
• a radio trailer for the film;
• a film magazine review page featuring the film.

My Idea

Title - 'Bernie the Brave'
Kids film - use young actors.
About bulling.
Fantasy - knight, princess, dragon.

Animated dragon.
Poster and a magazine review.

Plot idea: Young girl playing with a teddy bear. Three older boys come along and take her bear from her and tease her with it. Bernie a young boy sees them and stands up to them, he tells them to give her teddy back but they won't. Bernie imagination turns the situation so he is a knight and the young girl a princess and her teddy a baby. The three older boys become a Hydra. Bernie defeats them and returns the teddy back to the girl.

Opportunities

• New skills and equipment - animation
• Work with younger actors
• Present a moral
• Create costumes for the knight and princess
• Chance to use a green screen.

Threats

• Animation will take longer to create than live action
• Keeping within 5 minutes
• Mixing animation with live action.