On Friday 16th of July, our Media class went to the BFI. First we watched a number of short films including Borderline by Alex Chandon (4 minutes),Milk by Andrea Arnold (10 minutes), Project One, Sundial by William Raban (1 minute) and Girls' Night Out by Joanna Quinn (6 minutes). All the films were very different in their own ways, however personally, some of them I didn't like as much as others. Project One was very technically flawless and very well made however there wasn't any real storyline- beginning, middle and end- to the film. It was a film which could have ended at any point.
I really enjoyed Girls Night Out as it was very different to the rest of the films. It was a cartoon animation film yet this just made it more interesting and appealing. The good use of colour throughout the film encourages us to focus on different things which makes it easier for us to watch. Similarly, I really liked Borderline. It wasn't a conventional film as it didn't have a defined storyline however it was cleverly made and very addictive.
We were also told about the Future Films organisation which is an opportunity for us to enter in our short films. It also gave us the chance to exhibit and screen the films to people with influence so our 'voices can be heard'. The best short film is picked and given a prize. Project One won the Future Film award in 2009.
We learnt that music must be copywrite free for us to include it in our films. So many of us are going to have to make our own music or use a limited range of songs. We were given this site PRSMUSIC which is a site which has many copywrite free songs for us to use. This was really handy to know as it will help in the progression of my film.
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