Final Website

Below are screen shots of each page of our website. The link for the online website is www.dirteecashmovie.weebly.com

Review page

Photo gallery page

Trailer page

Facebook link page

Homepage

How we made our website. Step by step

Construction of our Webpage

To produce or web page I decided to use WWW.WEEBLY.COM, an online program that allows you to create your own website easily and for free.

The screen capture from above is the homepage for our website. I have decided to use the same image as the poster so that it gives the audience something to recognise the film by. There is also a navigation bar down the right side of the website. This allows the viewer to easily move through the website to a different page.





This is a page of the website. The main image (of the facebook logo) is a link, when the viewer clicks on the image they will be transferred to a facebook page where they can learn more about the film. This is a major new part of advertising films in today's media. Because of the huge potential audience film companies are tapping the resource and advertising to their target audiences.


There is also a photo gallery, where the audience can see photos of the characters outside of the movie, in their everyday lives. This has not been used by film production companies before as they tend to show more information in the form of bloopers or videos. I feel, however, that this would be a good way of connecting the audience with the characters as it latches on to the facebook rage that is present time. People enjoy riffling around others photos and if they can do it with the characters then they might be more inclined to go to watch the film.


Another page is the review page. This is where the audience can see what main media companies, e.g. The sun newspaper, have thought about the film. This might also make them more likely to want to watch the film. This is used by movies all of the time. Their websites, movie posters, e.c.t., all have a review on it so that the audience knows a third party were also interested by the film.

The following web-address is a link to our web page.

http://www.dirteecashmovie.weebly.com/

Poster research

In preparation for our construction of our poster, I have done some research into what other films of our genre have produced. This is to find out more about what the conventions of the genre are in terms of marketing via Posters. I decided to analyse gritty British Teen dramas such as Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1 and Shank. I have also analysed the poster for the american film Superbad because this is the film that we have mainly drawn inspiration from.

In the British gritty films we found that the conventions for the Posters are :

• Dark, mysterious background
• Large, prominant title
• Male characters are seen with weapons and looking very aggressive
• Female characters are seen also looking slightly aggressive but are very over sexualised
• Production information
• Date of release

In the Superbad film the Poster features the following things :

• Unintimidating characters
• Large, curvy, colourful title
• Production information
• Light, plain background
• Release date

We have decided to go against the main conventions of the typical british teen drama movie and to steer towards the codes and conventions of the Superbad movie. This is in hopes of making our movie more original and therefore, hopefully, more desirable to viewers.

Shooting problems

We shot some scenes in October, however, when we have come to edit it we have realised that there are some issues that would effect our overall piece. After lengthy discussions we have decided that we need to re-film. The problems we face are :

- Poor sound quality in a scene where our characters are running.

How we could solve it: We could either refilm the sequence and position the microphone closer to the characters, or try to use the footage we have and record the dialogue again in a voiceover, editing it into the scene in post-production.

- A shaky camera lens in a shot of our characters walking, due to our tripod being broken and therefore not secure.

How we could solve it: Refilming- This is a big problem that cannot be disguised by careful editting.

- Availability of actors- one of the boys we used in our trailer lives in Stamford four days a week, and this tightens our filming schedule.

How we could solve it: We could utilise the time we all have off from school and college by doing our retakes during the Christmas holidays, weather permitting. We could also not bring his character into further shots and introduce another one instead.

- One of our actors, Sophie, has cut her hair since shooting, providing issues with continuity.

How we can solve it: We will have to either reshoot every scene invovling Sophie, or find a way to cover her hair in the remaining scenes. We could also not use her character in further scenes and introduce a different one instead.

Storyboard final draft

Copy right and our music

Because we have to use copyright free music in our main task I have done some research into what we are and are not allowed to use.

• We have to gain permission from the people who's music it is if we want to use it and we cannot claim it as our own.
• If permission is denied then we are not allowed, by law, to use it and another piece of music must be used instead.

We have found out that there are websites that list copyright free music and from where you can download it legally. I think that it would be easier to use copyright free music because it would save time waiting to be granted or denied permission to use it.
If we were to use copyrighted music it is possible to get around the laws by writing, next to/on our work, who wrote, performed and produced the music.

We have decided to use the song A song to you, Rudy by The Specials. To make sure that we are definitely abiding with the copyright laws, I have emailed the band, using the address I have found. The letter is as follows,

Dear The Specials/ Production Team

I am writing to you on behalf of my media production group, KDN Productions. We would very much like to use your song A message to you Rudy, in our A-Level media coursework film. We have chosen this piece of music because all the members of the group like it and it suits well with both the genre and the atmosphere of the short film. It would mean a lot to us if we could use your music in our film as it may help to better our grades. This film will only be used for exam purposes and will not be publically released. We have also stated the name of the song, who performed it and who it was written and produced by, to abide by copyright laws.

If we do not hear from you, we will assume that it is ok to use it in our film. You can contact us on the following email address- 03Harrisk@kscs.org.uk