Magazine Mock Up

This is another update of the magazine mock up because when it came down to actually designing the magazine review. The image used in the article does not fit in with the design of the original mock up so by changing it around it seemed to fit a lot better so the original mock up had to be changed as well.

On this mock-up we have now included a title for the magazine article as we had forgotten to do so on the previous version of the mock-up. Any additional changes will be updated on the blog as well as the mock-ups. It is still quite difficult to piece things together seeing as we have not taken any photographs and do not have a fixed colour scheme. When we come to take the photographs we will have to make sure that the actors/actress are wearing appropriate clothes and colours that we will be able to work with.

This is a mock up of the double page review that we want to include there. We have not taken the images so it is harder to know where we are going place things specifically but any necessary changes will be updated on the blog and explained. The double page review needs to be as informative and realistic as possible and we might make it as if it was an article out of Empire magazine. even though Avatar is not the same genre as our film we looked at this magazine for inspiration because of the layout and the quality of the review.

Filming Schedule

Filming: 24th - 30th October 2011 (Filming will be done during this entire week).

Photographs: 24th - 30th October 2011 (During this entire week photos will be taken in the appropriate locations).

Editing: Week beginning the 31st October 2011 - 25th November 2011

Magazine Review and Poster: 17th November 2011 - 9th December 2011

Job Allocations

Casting (Jordan and Marie): Both of us worked on casting our characters because we had a good idea of who we wanted to play the characters. Sam, Jason and Hezzron are the three people that we have chosen to play these characters and we know that they are people we will be able to work with as they have the capabilities of play these characters properly.

Directing and Filming (Jordan and Marie):Jordan will be filming the short movie whilst I will be doing the directing. We will both be able look at the scripts and include any necessary changes if it comes to it and will make sure that we follow the script outline as much as we can.

Editing (Jordan): Jordan will do the majority of the editing but I will help him to do it as well. He will physically do the editing and I will just input my ideas where it is necessary. By doing this we are likely to get out work done more accurately and quicker this way.

Scripting and Soundtrack (Jordan): Jordan will complete the script for the movie and I will still be on hand if he needs any help with it. Jordan has also researched some songs that we are likely to incorporate into our movie at different points and he has included the points where the songs will come in on the script.

Analysis of Work (Marie): Whilst Jordan completes the scripts I will work on the analysis of films, magazine reviews, poster reviews and any other forms of analysis with the work. I will also try to make sure that the blogs are up to date as much as possible and make sure that Jordan also has a copy of the work.

Magazine Review (Marie): I will be working on the magazine review page. We will both take images for the magazine but I will be the one that constructs the double page spread by inputting the text as well and ordering the page accordingly.

Poster (Marie): I will also put together the poster from the photographs that we are going to take. I will work on constructing the poster by looking at the film posters we did reviews on and use them as our inspiration when it comes to the setting, colours and any props that might be necessary in the poster.

Planning: I.O.U

This film is going to be about a young teenage boy who is extremely talented at basketball and has been offered a scholarship to play basketball over in America. All is well until his friend gets himself into a situation that he feels he is obliged to help him through even though he does not want to pass up the opportunity of going to play in America. We have linked our film to Shank, Bullet Boy, Kidulthood, Save the last Dance and 4.3.2.1. All five of these films link specifically to our film in different ways and the content for each film enables us to work on a film that we feel showcasing the topic of Urban Youth that we decided on.

The reason that we chose urban youth is because as young individuals ourselves, we felt that this topic would showcase what we can do and how we can relate our ideas of real-life concepts to a fictional film. The different locations that we decided we wanted to film are: the school, in a kitchen and bedroom at a house, in a park, on the bus and possibly through City Centre. These different locations all serve relevance to the different scenes and subjects in our film.

What is the name of the film? What does the name of the film suggest about the film?
We decided to name our film I.O.U (I owe you) and the reason for this is because Lewis (the best friend) in the film feels that Marcus (the main character) owes it to him as a friend to help him out because he owes someone else as well. We decided this would be the perfect play on words because it shows how Lewis is trying to take advantage of his friendship with Marcus because he knows that Marcus is loyal to him and helps him through everything but this time around Marcus is conflicted with his loyalty to Lewis and following his dream - something Lewis is trying to dissuade him from. The title of the film also seems to suit the film because it gives the indication how these two friends face conflict both personally and morally so the I.O.U gives this idea to the audience.

What pace of editing is used? Does the pace increase/decrease at any time?
During editing we are likely to decrease the dramatic scenes to add more effect to the scene and make it more realistic to the theme of our movie. It also adds to the effect that these friends face conflict with each other so the pace shows the intensity and the seriousness of the situation.
We chose to have Sam (Rebecca - the girlfriend), Hezzron (Lewis - the best friend) and Jason (Marcus - the main character) as the main characters in our film because we felt that they were people who would suit the personas these characters would portray. Another reason that we chose them is because they are also people that we know so we knew that they would be able to do the work to the best of their abilities. With our filming schedule we need to work around it because I am always busy at the weekend and Jordan is always busy during the week so we need to make sure that we can work around this as well as Sam, Hezzron and Jason's schedules. We also have Shaqeel playing as accomplice of Hezzron's character Lewis and he is shown at the park scene where the confrontation between Marcus and Lewis takes place.

We have chosen the following settings to shoot some of the scenes:
George Park
House - Hallway, Bedroom
College
Bus
City Centre
The Streets

All of these different locations are relevant to all of the scenes in our short film and we feel that they will all showcase the topic of urban youth that we are showing through the characters in our film.

Magazine Film Reviews: Empire - Avatar, The Day After Tomorrow & Kidulthood

We looked at the magazine review for The Day After Tomorrow as well as the Avatar and Kidulthood ones. This magazine review offered a different perspective and with the image that we used in our main article we decided that this new article would be better to follow to suit the design we wanted to make. This review has one main image, a paragraph describing the actors and his previous roles as well as the main article itself.

This the image that is in the magazine film review done by Empire magazine on Avatar. This magazine review gives an indication to the audience about the content of the film and the images showcase the different scenes that are in the film. This article in the magazine about the film gives a detailed insight about the film, its director and the actors/actresses in the film. This double page spread does higlight key facts about the film and by having such a significant image like the one above it gives the audience an idea of the sort of characters that are in the film as well as what the characters look like. Avatar is not within the same genre as our film but if we follow the concepts and ideas that this magazine follows then we will be able to make a magazine article that is suitable for this genre and shows the contents of the film in the best way possible.

The main image on the magazine double page spread does cover both pages and then the beginning of the article starts in the bottom left corner of the page. By making the image spread across both pages, they are showing its significance as well as making the audience think about what scene of the film this is and why they decided to make this image central. We intend to do the same with our magazine and we just have to make sure that it is descriptive and makes the audience see more into the film than they should.

Empire magazine also did a review on Kidulthood. With this review you can see that they have spoken about the plot, given a rating out of five as well as mentioning the main actors/actresses that are in the film. This review might not be as informative as the Avatar one but the reason we used it as an example is because it is more relevant to our genre and can give us a starting point when we come to workinh our double page spread. The lack of information on this review shows that when we are writing our article we should make sure that there is enough content like the Avatar film but is more compatible to Kidulthood.

What ideas can be used in the magazine double page review on I.O.U? What will be included on the magazine spread about I.O.U?
With the double page review on our film, we have to ensure we mention the characters, their roles and the content of the whole film. The image we put there should be of a scene in the film which definitely enables the audience to be able to read into what the film has to offer to them. In our double page spread on I.O.U we intend to outline the details of the film, the actors/actresses in the movie and the ideas and perceptions that the movie portrays. It is important that we include the correct information we should also make sure that the image we choose is suitable for the magazine because we want the readers to look into the film and see it for more than what it is and gather an understanding of what we have created.

Ancillary Task - Movie Poster (Adulthood and Shank)

The theme for our movie poster will be largely inspired by the ''Adulthood'' movie poster. With the main characters in the middle of the screen and the background shows the area they live in or something - which indicates the sort of lives they all have. The Title of the movie being bold and in the middle of the screen close to the characters. Our movie poster will not have as many characters in as ''Adulthood'' did and also wont have any visual effects in the background, our pictures will be natural and the only things that will be edited in will be the text. As the poster above also shows we will have at least one main prop on our poster. The Adulthood poster has a baseball bat as the only prop, seen as it has a lot of meaning within the movie. Our Prop will be a basketball because the ball has a lot of meaning to the story seen as because of basketball the main character ''Marcus'' is moving away to play basketball in America, but the ball will be on the floor showing that his future isn't as much in his hands as he would like. The positioning of the character on the poster will have meaning to it, showing how they now feel towards each other and how the characters relationships have changed towards each other. This film is the continuation of Kidulthood so if audiences have already seen Kidulthood then they will have an idea of what is to happen in Adulthood.

When you first look at this poster all you see is a group of individuals that all look like they have been or are up to no good but if you look beyond all of that there is the likelihood that you can gain a different perspective of it. This poster should make the audience think why the characters are showing this persona and what has influenced the choices they make in the film. This film is a follow up from Kidulthood so if people have seen this film before then they are more likely have a better understanding of this poster as they will know what relations the characters have with each other as well as what to expect in the film.

Shank is another movie poster that we were inspired by and decided to use to help us with the designing of our film poster. This poster shows the main characters in the film along with a dog running away from or running towards what seems like a fight. This poster gives the indication that something serious has happened because of the fact that the main characters are running and there is a mass crowd in the background. All of this gives a slight idea to the audience of what is happening but the audience need to see the film to look in more depth at the purpose of the poster and how it helps to sell the film. This is inspirational for our film poster because our intention is to include the three main characters and take a photograph of them maybe at a park or against a wall and try to showcase Lewis'(the main character) conflict and show how his girlfriend and his best friend have an influence on all of this.

What ideas of both movie posters are relevant to I.O.U?
The target audience for both of these films would be teenagers. This is even more relevant to our film because we have the same target audience and we are trying to use the ideas that these movies showcase in our film. The concept of friendships, loyalty as well as the personas that are portrayed from these two movie posters are relevant to I.O.U because they give the film its purpose and identity.