week 3.

Short films

Why make a short film?
Being a student making short films give me a chance to experiment with different genres and gain experience in different areas of film to find out what interests me. It can also help build my profile and increase my presence in the film industry. Other reasons people make short films are..

• Budget: although some short films are still expensive; they require less crew and could  then allow more money spent on other things.
• profitable: If a short film is well made and marketed it can earn a profit.
• Accessible: Short films are now a lot more accessible to an audience through blogs and websites such as youtube.
• To show the idea: in some cases people will make a short film to show production companies with the hope of turning the idea into a feature film. creating a short film first will help get across the theme and characters of the film better while giving them a taste of what you can do.
•  To tell a story! Having a story to tell should be a good enough reason to make a short film.

week 2.

Themes

A theme of a movie is the moral or message that the director is trying to get across.
Every movie has one, some more obvious than others and it connects the audience with the film.
The theme of a film can be told in one sentence describing the physical and psychological arcs of the main characters.
A theme of a film can be written as...

vice leads to defeat
virtue leads to success

e.g. Realisation of Betrayal leads to loyalty.

Week 1.

What qualities does a director need to possess?

A director’s responsibility is to oversee majority of the creative aspects of a film. They turn the script into a vision and from then guide the crew and actors into bringing it to life.  Even though a director makes a lot of creative decisions they should remain level headed and take other ideas into consideration. A director with a big ego is shown no respect and will often cause tension, effecting the film and future films (or lack of).

So what qualities does a successful director need to posses?

*Creative

*Attention to detail

*Confident

*Communication skills

*Enthusiastic

* The ability to turn words into a vision

*Open minded

* Passionate

* Focused