Thursday, 26 November 2015

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.

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

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.










Tuesday, 17 November 2015

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
ThBritish 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.

Diabetes association meeting planning


We have been in close contact with doctors specialised in diabetes, below is one of the doctors jeep has worked with previously,we will be using his insight on the subject to help make our short film more understandable and clear to the general public.





This was the mail sent by jeppe to the diabetes association requesting a certain patient needed for our short film, he has been in close contact with them as we are planning to visit them next week , we will be working along side the diabetes associate to help educate the general public on the dangers of diabetes and how to prevent it. 

Monday, 16 November 2015

Shot List




Date
Scene
INT/EXT
Day/Night
Shot descriptions/
Summary
Location
Characters
Equipment/
Props/Costumes




21/11/15
Opening scene
Day-ext
Establishing shot of the corniche,pearl and aspire taking from inside a car
Corniche,Aspire and the pearl
None-buildings and etc.
None


TBA
Second scene
day
Birds eye view of jeppe waking up
Jeppes house
Jeppe
Bed,bathroom  costume:pyjamas

TBA


Second scene
day
Tracking shot with eye level view with close up
Jeppe’s house
Jeppe
Tv,food and epipen

TBA



Third scene
day
Over the shoulder shot
Car  
Jeppe and the person driving
Costume: casual attire

TBA



Second scene
Day
Birds eye view of Abdul waking up and point of view shot
Abdul's house
Abdul
Bedroom,bed and bathroom
Costume: pyjamas

TBA



Second scene
day
Point of view shot
Abduls house
Abdul
Same as previous scene

TBA



Third scene
day
Eye level shot
Car
Abdul driving in his car
Car and phone
Costume:Causal attire

TBA
Forth scene
indoors
Eye level and over the shoulder shots
Doctors office
Jeppe and doctor
Doctors office and casual attire plus doctor

TBA
Forth scene
Day
Side on shot
Teatime
Abdul and waiter
Same as previous scene

TBA
Fifth scene
day
Various shots: close up,point of view,side view and birds eye view
Jeppes lifestyle
Various locations;house, cars and others
Same as previous scene

TBA
Sixth scene
day
Various shots: close up, point of view,side view and birds eye view
Abduls lifestyle
Various locations;house, cars and others
Same as previous scene

TBA
Sixth scene
Night
Handheld shot and point of view
Consequence
Hospital
TBA

TBA
Seventh scene
indoors
Eye level and straight on
Experienced diabetic
TBA
Same as previous scene

TBA
Seventh scene
indoors
Still camera on same level as doctor no movement
Doctor talking about diabetes
Office
Doctor in office

TBA
Final scene
indoors
Eye level and straight on
Back to experienced diabetic
TBA
Same as previous scene