Summary: Short Film, Magazines and Posters

From going through and analysing the magazines, short films and short films poster it is clear to see that there are some areas that can be easily changed for when we are creating all of the above and some that have to be kept the same for them to be considered either a short film, film poster, or magazine review.

From analysing the areas needed, it is clear to see that some areas that have to be kept the same, in terms of the conventions for a short film are:

• Narrative structure
• Themes
• Sound, editing mis ene scene
• Titles

There are some areas that are particularly useful in my research. In terms of short films vs feature films from all the research it is clear to see what the difference is that a short film is potentially less than 15 minutes, 5 minutes in the case of our groups film. By analysing a variety of short films shown previously it is clear to see that in terms of the ending it needs to be unresolved with a plot twist usually there to change the narrative of the whole plot. The unresolved ending is a common feature in short films which allows the audience to be able to come up with how the persons life or lives will turn out after the film ends. 

The themes that have been analysed have also been wide range varying from a love story to a educational film. The potential themes for the film could be broad but to make a good impact some themes that could work are educating ones such as:

• Bullying
• Violence at home
• Gun violence
• Teenagers point of view of things compared to that of an adult

All of these are potential themes that can be used in the film in order to get our message across like that in "Gravity". 

In terms of film posters the key area needed is the billing code where by looking at a poster you would know that it is a film poster due to that; it is just one of the conventions that are needed otherwise the audience will not be able to recognise that it is a poster. However, featuring the cast in the film poster is not essential but our group might still decide to use it. This is because not all film posters feature these shown from analysing a variety of film posters.

The magazines to be able to work our group have to make sure that we get our target audience correct for if that is wrong the magazine review can potentially be read by the wrong people and therefore making people me more inclined to not read it.