Production List

Tasks	Description	Time
Interview with doctor	Need to organise a time with diabetes doctor who we have contacted for us to come out to Cornell Medical University and film an interview	T.B.A.
Establishing Shots	Various shots at decided locations around Doha	21st Nov 2015
Jeppe's House	Scenes to be recorded at my house plus car scenes	28th Nov 2015
Props and costumes	Getting a hold of any necessary costumes or props required for the scenes	28th Nov and 5th Dec 2015
Abdul's House	Scenes to be recorded at my house plus car scenes	5th Dec 2015
Interview with victim	Need to organise a time with victim who suffered from diabetes, Qatar Diabetes association will be our contact	T.B.A.
Postcard and Website Pictures	Planned out pictures need to be taken so the post card and website can be finalised	30th Nov 2015
Editing	Putting all the scenes together into one piece	5th Dec 2015 on wards
Finished Product	Have all 3 of our products be done and ready to publish	16th Dec 2015

Post Card Drafts

these are our examples of postcards for our final product, this is only a first draft but it gives the rough idea of what we would like to accomplish 

 draft 1:

draft 2:

Website Sitemap

This is the general idea of our sitemap. we will follow this order of pages and link each page to the next.

Website homepage drafts

these are the sketches done for the homepage of our website

Time Frames

Final layout of short film

Plot summary

The plot summary of our short film is bringing awareness to Diabetes and looking at two people which have the disease but live very different lives. The first patient- Jeppe has had diabetes all his life.This is type 1 diabetes however he does everything he can in order to maintain his health, he takes his medicine on time, eats healthy and exercises as well as being very sociable . Jeppe is a tall, physically fit teenager which you would not expect to have diabetes, this challenges the stereotyping of diabetes.

We then meet our second patient-Abdul who has type 2 diabetes, Abdul does not take care of himself. he ignores his medicine and eats junk food regularly. Abdul would be the typical person you would expect to have diabetes. Unhygienic, lazy and does not care about his appearance. 

The plot thickens when Abdul collapses and Jeppe is left to save him.Coming out of his favorite fast food restaurant Abdul has a Hypoglycemic attack and is left unconscious, Jeppe is then jogging by and sees this happen and immediately injects Abdul with insulin,this is when Abdul changes his ways in which he treats himself and starts to be more careful. 

Costume and Props

Props

As this is an informative documentary our props will be kept very simple. we will be using only a hand full of props.

prop list:
Insulin pen
fastfood tray
blood glucose machine
car keys


Insulin Pen
the insulin pen is a very important prop in this film as it blatantly shows the differences of character between Abdul and Jeppe. when Abdul ignores the insulin pen it foreshadows later events and therefore tells a story through it.






Fast food Tray
The fast-food tray that is dramatically dropped when Abdul goes into a hypoglycemia attack represents just that, all the unhealthy lifestyle choices he made and how it back fired on to him.


Blood glucose machine 
In the very start of the film we see jeppe use this to measure his glucose levels, this shows he takes care of himself more than Abdul and wants to remain health, as you see from Abdul's house he doesn't even owe one of these.

 

Costume

Costume is a very important factor in this film, as each character represent themselves through their clothing,
we did not plan the clothing you see in the film this is what they would wear normally.

Jeppe 
Jeppe dresses in a typically normal way most 18 year old boys dress, he wears neutral colours and tight fit clothing, Jeppe represents most stlye of the European region and therefore our audience can relate.



Abdul 
Abdul dresses in the typical way most people from the arab regions
 do, loose fitting clothes and dull/plain colours, abdul is also seen wearing hats which is very common at this age.

Social media research

From our audience feedback through the questionnaire we found that using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube will give us a range of platforms to promote and distribute our product. As well as, using our personal social media platforms including Snapchat to bring attention to the website. 

Looking at the chart above, the most popular platforms of which the audience would like to see are Instagram, twitter and Facebook so although we have decided to do YouTube as well our main focus will be on the most popular.  

On our website, there are links to all of these plus more which can be found in the corner of the website and is very easy to navigate

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion.

Facebook 

Facebook is a corporation and online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, in the United States, facebook has one billion active users as of 2012.

Instagram

Instagram is a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures. Snap a photo with your mobile phone, then choose a filter to transform the image into a memory to keep around forever.

Production studio research

Casting choices

Due to our film being about a serious disease we decide to have only 2 main characters and 2 informative characters, rather this will help reiterate the message in the film.

Main actors

Jeppe

This is Jeppe, he's our health character in the short film,jeppe has diabetes and therefore he knows the risks and prevention to it. he has been our main source of information when it comes diabetes related issues. his character will show how to take care of yourself and your diabetes through out our short film. you will see him go to doctors appointments, eat health and take his medication.

 Abdul

          We will use abdul has the character that faces struggles with his diabetes, this will be due to the fact he doesn't take care of himself, this will show the audience the dangers of being unhealthy with diabetes, throughout the short film he learns to live a healthy lifestyle and change his ways.

Informative characters

Doctor
The doctor plays the informative character in our short film, he will tell our audience the serious affect of diabetes and how this can be maintained at a health level or prevented.he will give facts about diabetes in Qatar and around the world.










Patient 

One of the main ideas of our film is to use a patient who mistreated his diabetes and lead to complications in his life later on, we would like to speak to him and ask him what he did and this would make our audience aware of the real dangers that come with the mistreatment of it.

Awarding certifications

The awarding centers play a very big role in the success of a short film, as the more awards a film has the more attention it will receive, as the placement of the award will advertise the film.

Categories:

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Sound

Best Story

Best National Picture

Best Picture

Best Junior Film

People's Choice Award

Best Poster

The awards

BIRTH OF SOFIE

The Short Film Awards, affectionately nicknamed the SOFIES, was born out of a love for the special art form known as the Short Film.  Due to its brief nature, the Short Film genre fosters an unmatched spirit of creativity, resourcefulness and independence that inspires, stirs and transforms. SOFIE seeks to bring the segmented short film community together to honor, support and enjoy the best work in Short Film.

Kerala State Film Award

The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala,


BAFTA Award for Best Short Film



The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1960, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Short Film at an annual ceremony.


BIFA



The Moët British Independent Film Awards highlight and reward the best, most innovative and creative independent filmmaking and filmmakers in the UK. We identify and encourage emerging talent, support and celebrate the independent film community and promote British film and talent to the public.