Introduction - Choosing The Brief (Short Film)

Last year we had lack of freedom of choice in our coursework , we just got told to design a magazine cover and contents page and that was it. This year however has excited me very much as we had a large range of choice and could decide whatever we desired. In the end I picked the 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

This brief immediately struck out to me. I can show my skills in film making with this brief, unlike last year coursework which was graphic based. I make youtube videos which involves a lot of the same techniques of creating a short film and also I want to go on and do advertising as a career so I am very passionate about this brief. I also know the layout of a short film, compared to the other options as I am less aware of the structure and conventions of them.

Firstly I was going to choose the film trailer brief however I thought that I could express my talent more if I choose to do a short film as you can use a lot more shots, techniques and have the chance to develop a story better to the audience. Also the other briefs it was either liking one part of it and not the another such as the ancillary tasks were bad on most, this brief I have chosen is all round good which I love.

For the ancillary tasks I am going to choose a poster for the film and a film magazine review page featuring the film. I have chosen to do this brief as I am experienced in these two types of activities. I in fact do a lot of paid graphics work at home and I take graphics as my other A level so I am very experienced in these fields. We did a magazine for last years coursework also, so I am experienced in making magazine based prints and I know the layout and conventions for them too. I am excited to develop new skills in photoshop and perhaps even creating our own website.