Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation - Question 2

Evaluation - Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Audience feedback is the key to producing a successful and credible media product. As the audience is what brings in revenue, without making sure your product is going to fully satisfy your audience, you will be taking a huge risk. In addition to that, asking selected audiences to view your product before it is officially released, can spark an interest in your work, making it popular and word may spread. Amongst other goals for your media product, the main one is always going to be to please your audience, and without audience feedback, you will not know whether you have achieved this and met the audience's needs. Audience feedback can also be useful as it can make you aware of adjustments and improvements that need to be made before distributing it to the public, as well as things that they enjoyed and worked well.  

An example of this can be seen with the film “The Dark Knight Rises”. After a small selected audience had previewed the film, a number of the members of the audience complained about not being able to understand what Bane, the main villain, was saying due to the mask over his mouth. Erik Davis commented on twitter: “A fantastic action sequence hurt by the fact you cannot understand the villain at all.” Warner Brothers took this criticism on board, however, Christopher Nolan refused to completely rework the audio, and only adjusted the sound slightly. If the film had been released without receiving audience feedback, they may have distributed a media product that would not meet its goal as a film; to tell a story.    

 A further example of how audience feedback is greatly important when creating media products is in the film “Thelma and Louise”. After the first run of previews, many members of the audience commented on how they disliked the ending to film, with the two main characters driving off a cliff, and then on the way down crashing multiple times into various obstacles to their death. The audience disliked the way they had been on this journey with these two women, and then they died of such a graphic and brutal death. The filmmakers responded to this audience feedback by cutting the film just as the back tires leave the edge of the cliff. Although it still implies that the two characters die, it does not show the full sequence of their death, which pleased audiences, and allowed them to consider if their "journey" had really ended.

For all three of our media products I used a variety of ways to retain audience feedback.   First of all, I uploaded the short film onto youtube.

I consequently posted the link onto social networking sites such as: 

Twitter

Facebook

And Tumblr.

I asked friends of the intended target audience to give a general evaluation of the film. 

Additionally, I held a screening of the short film to a few friends of the selected target audience for the film .After they had watched it, I filmed their views of the film. I was able to collect a lot of feedback for the short film.

 

Overall, the main criticism of the film was that not enough tension had been built up by the ending of the film. Many suggest a more dramatic score, but one twitter user suggested to add a heartbeat towards the end of the film, and then when the main character dies, the heartbeat will suddenly stopped. 

As a group, we really like that idea and decided to use it as it would make the sad, tragic ending much clearer. 

One twitter user recommended to add a nursery rhyme score to our short film. 

We decided against this idea as we were going down the route of a fairytale theme, rather than a nursery rhyme. Although both fairy tales and nursery rhymes are closely linked, we didn’t want our short film to get even more complicated or to confuse the audience. We also felt that a nursery rhyme score would not have been appropriate considering our target audience is teens, we feel they might have taken our educational short film less seriously if we had added that.   

Another Twitter user pointed out that not enough time was given to read the beginning quote. 

In response to this comment, we lengthened the time the first quote ran for. It was a really small and easy adjustment to make, however it made a massive difference to our film. 

It would have been confusing for the audience if they were unable to read the beginning quote as they may not have gotten the right mood and feel for the film.

For our poster and magazine article, in order to receive audience feedback we again posted it on social networking sites such as Twitter.

I asked my friends and followers to comment on what they thought worked well, and if they felt anything needed changing. Whilst at the screening for the short film, we also showed our audience the poster and article, and just like we did for the short film, we recorded their views. 

We were pleased to hear that some had noticed the poster took on a thriller look to it, as this was the look we were going for. 

The audience feedback from the article was overall mainly positive.

However they said it seemed like a very serious piece of text, and maybe to make it more colloquial and relevant to target audience. 

We listened to this feedback and made suitable amendments, however, we did believe some of the technical termonolgy should remain in the review if we wanted to be taken seriously by some higher level media students. Some readers also commented on some of the grammar, we took that criticism on board and fixed all the spelling and grammar.

In addition to this audience feedback, I also constructed a questionnaire for the article and poster. I used non technical terminology so the questions I asked were understandable. I also made sure that the questionnaire was not too long as I planned to hand them out during break and lunch time along with copies of the poster and article. I got a lot of feedback from this, mainly positive.

Again, it was clear that our audiences were picking up on the thriller aspect of our poster, which most said they thought was a good way of getting a wider audience, as they would never have guessed it was an educational film from the poster. Similar to the previous feedback for the article, most people just commented on the grammatical errors, but apart from that said after reading the article, they would go and see the short film.

Evaluation - Question 4

During the research, construction and evaluation of our short film, film poster, and magazine review different technologies aided us to make them of the best quality we could which would not have been decades before when these new technologies were to available or as easily accessible to students.

Firstly, research and planning of the three products used three different technologies. The Internet to begin with was used to collect research on aspect such as genres, conventions of short film, film poster and magazine articles. With the Internet this was able to be done within the school premises as well as our homes making it much more accessible and used on a wider basis. . Before the Internet was introduced to society, or even students, the only way to collect research would have been to go to a library and find a book which is time consuming, limited with information and opening and closing times of the library. Also, the Internet allowed us to take images from the Internet and embed them into our blog posts in order to give examples of the research found or add a visual aspect to the blog making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Another new technology that aided the research and planning of our products is YouTube. Through the use of YouTube we were able to find, watch and analyse existing short films such as "Virus" and "Gravity", in order to note short film conventions and be able to have ideas for our own short film. Before the introduction of YouTube these short films would probably seize to exist or if they did would only be accessible via film festivals or independent cinemas.

Finally, the blog itself is a new technology which was used for the research and planning pieces for the three products without the chance of accidentally misplacing or losing them. By having the blog we were able to keep all content in one place, and even edit it and update information posted regularly.

The production of the short film, film poster, and magazine review used two types of new technology one of which being SD cameras compared to the DV cameras previously used for AS. These SD cameras were much more reliable to use as when using the DV cameras sometimes footage over ran one another or the tape used would make the footage more grainy at some parts than others. With the SD cameras all footage was stored safely on a card that hard a large memory capacity. Also the footage filmed, though not the highest quality was better quality than the DV cameras.
(put footage of both cameras)

Yet this did not affect our group since the grainy footage added to the serious, hard hitting genre we had which follows the conventions of British films as they are usually quite dark and grainy to convey realism.

(footage from our short film)

orange hue created by using
flash on a digital camera

the use of photoshop CS5
to take away the orange hue
and make it look more professional

Next, digital cameras were used for the photography for our film poster which helped as the photos came out with a fairly glossy look making them look much more professional. 

However, one problem that arose what that the flash would have been helpful to use in order to have brighter, clearer images, but they added an orange hue to the photos which would have been difficult to edit therefore the flash could not be used limiting the amount of photos we had to choose from (trial and error). Nevertheless, these were later edited by the photo manipulating software 'Photoshop' in order to create the desired look.

Imovie 11

Imovie HD6

Moving onto the post-production process, a variety of new technology was used by our group in order to edit and create our final products. To begin with, I-movie 11 was used for A2 compared to I-movie HD6 which was used for AS. When using this non-linear editing software, it gave us more freedom to begin editing when we did not have all the footage which saved us time, to move certain footage around and change where they were placed, make changes to all footage without the original being destroyed in case we wanted to make more changes or go back to the original footage which was done on numerous occasions. Also, compared to I-movie HD6, there were more text effects and transitions which gave us more variety in choosing the desire look for our short film. 

However, a problem that we found was that certain effects that could have enhanced our short film were no longer available on the newer version of I-movie such as 'ghosting'.

Next, for the film poster, we used Photoshop CS5. This was extremely effective as it allowed us to use diverse effects and colour changes to develop the photography used and make the poster look professional as if it was from the industry itself. The use of Photoshop CS5 had successful effects as it gave us the chance to create an aesthetically pleasing poster, using colours which immediately portrayed the themes and mood of the film as well as gave us the tools to make it look rather dark without affecting the image which conveyed the realistic, dark conventions of British film. 

For the magazine review, the software used was pages. Though fairly complicated to use, after practice, we were able to design and create our own layout for the magazine review in an accurate manner as it aided to create the layout with precision to make it look more professional.

A problem we found was trying to fill the white spaces in order to follow the conventions of magazine film reviews but the software made it easy to change font sizes, add breakout boxes and images to fill the space. 

Finally, the internet was used for the post-production of the short film as it provided our film with copy-right free music. When the internet was not available, any production of film had to record the scores and sound effects themselves and manually add them to the film which would waste time and be costly.

Furthermore, new technologies were used by our group for the evaluation of all three products. The internet was used once more used for this process of the work. It gave us the opportunity to get images to make our blog posts and podcasts come to life as well as to blog the evaluation to the blog site making it easy to store and upload from any location.

YouTube was also used again however this time rather than using it for existing short films, it was used to upload our own short film to distribute it to our target audience for free but also to collect audience feedback in order to improve our short film to make it even more suited for the audience. For individual producers such as ourselves, the internet was beneficial for distribution. We do not have the funds to play our film at independent cinemas or to allow people to view them on major sites as the BBC. Also, the internet allows us to distribute our short film to a larger amount of our audience, even those who were not initially our target audience. Many independent producers use the internet for cheap distribution in the hope to be recognised by mainstream directors. 

Finally, I-movie 11 was used to create the podcasts to evaluate all products in a unique and interesting manner rather than merely having text to read however was a time consuming process.

Over all, without the new technologies available to us our short film, film poster and magazine review would not have been completed with such freedom, easy access to information and allowed us to enhance them with new equipment and soft wares. Also, without the internet distribution for our film would have been problematic rather than the free distribution we were able to use due to the internet. 

Final Short Film - Happily Ever After?

This is our final short film, portraying the life of a young girl growing up in modern day British society.

Final Magazine Article

This is our final magazine article review of our short film "Happily Ever After?" We hope to have given  an informative and balanced judgement of our film. We intended to not only highlight the positives our film, but also mention the downsides to it. We hope that after reading the film review, the reader would consequently want to watch the film.

Final Poster

This is our final poster for our short film "Happily Ever After?" The poster features the main character at two stages of her life. It clearly informs the viewer of the title of the film, as well as the date it is to be released and the rating. We hope if people were to see this poster, they would consequently want to see the short film.

Film Magazine Title Ideas

1. Daily Film - we liked this idea, but then realised we would not be publishing out film review magazine on a daily basis so may be misleading.
2. Monthly Film -  we thought of this idea as it made sense because our magazine is released monthly, however, we didn't think it was creative enough.
3. Love Cinema -  we decided to go with this idea as it was more creative, eye-catching and is clear that it is going to be a magazine about films. As our magazine is aimed at students, we thought this was a fun name for our magazine. It would also highly appeal to media students as we assume they too "love cinema".

Poster Idea 4

This is our 4th idea for our film poster, designed to show the contrast between the young child at the beginning of our film, to the depressed, drug addict at the end of our film. The film poster will portray a whole face, half being the younger girl and the other half being the elder. We have focused on the main character, who is female, as we are aiming with this particular poster to attract a more female audience. The main image reflects the plot of our film and the aging of children in British society.

When we create this film poster on professional software, we are going to make it look more like a poster for a thriller film. We will do this through dark backgrounds, scowling faces and gothic font. Even though are film has been designed to educate the audience and possibly be shown in schools or colleges, we decided to go for a more thriller themed poster as we believe this will attract a wider audience. 

This poster does not contain the names of our main actors as they are not well known and will have no effect on whether a person will want to see the film or not. To add to that, our short film is educational, and does not rely or need a A list cast. 

Poster Idea 3

For the poster I designed this image based on a suggestion by the group. The idea was to have the two actors of the main character on either side - younger on the left, older on the right. This way the poster could easily reflect the fact that it is a growing up story as well as giving the impression of a drama plot. The image is intended to be on a black background with the characters in low-key lighting. This will attract the viewer's attention towards the title first before the faces, as they will be slightly blended into the background. The poster does not use main actor crediting, since the actors are unknown and so would not attract the audience at all. The poster would most likely attract a female audience due to the focus on the main female character.

Poster Idea 2

The above image is a sketch of our second idea for the short film poster. This one is a still from the film itself; the last scene as this is the peak of the film therefore due to the fact that the posters we have chosen to be more thriller to grip the audience, this still seemed only fitting. Also, the darkness of it and sadness contrasts to the title which would intrigue the audience. We decided to aim the poster at females  which is why we decided to use the female character as the main image in this idea for a poster since females tend to relate to other females and would be more interested however another reason for using the female character is since she is the main one so it helps demonstrate the plot of the short film. The tag line above is in-correct as eventually we hope to use the tag line " we are our own poisoned apples" which links in well with the image used since the character is down, and looks almost destroyed. All this raises question for the audience: who is she? why is she alone? why is she a poisoned apple to herself? why does the title seem so happy and contradicting? all these would hook the audience and hopefully motivate them to watch the short film. The actor's names (technical code) are not displayed in this idea due to the fact it is a short film and the actor's are unknown therefore having them there would not make a difference to the audience. The lines underneath the "coming soon" represent the billing block where the actors will be mentioned in small as well as directors, writers, camera crew etc. 

Poster Idea 1

This was our first idea of our film poster, reflecting the educational side of our short film. It is designed to relay the message that drugs are never the answer. no matter what circumstance you are in. The image has not been taken from the film, it is a more bold, eye capturing image, that is very clearly designed to advise and educate.  The overall simplicity of the poster may not attract the wide range of audience that we had hoped, as it does not expose any information about the film itself, apart from that it is to do with drugs. After creating this rough poster, we asked ten 17/18 year old students would they potentially go and watch this film after seeing this poster on a side of a bus, or in a train station. It resulted in 8 out of the 10 students saying they would not want to see this film as the poster isn't very interesting, and it does not tell you anything about the film. The students also mentioned that the tagline, although got the message across, was not very snappy or inviting.

We soon realised this type of film poster was not going to attract the audience we wanted, and we would have the think up some more ideas.

Image Ideas for Poster

In order to create a unique and memorable film poster for our short film we must plan and think about the type of images we would like to use within the poster to portray the essence of the film as well as make it attractive. Due to our short film being quite a serious, educational film that should be impacting the audience, the film poster must do the same and show the contradiction between being an innocent young child to an older teenager in Britain.

Firstly, an idea would be to use a still from the film itself. The end of the film where the main character is slowly dying in front of her wall on the floor. This image would be effective as it contradicts the title of the film which will of course be on the poster as well. Also, this represents the film successfully since the film is about the change from innocence to the dark side which is shown through the title being fairly innocent and the image showing the opposite.

Another idea would be to do a face split in half representing the younger girl and the girl at an older age. A close up of both of their faces would be used to show emotion also and one half of the face would be the younger innocent girl, the other half the older darker girl. The close up would help as we can make sure to show the happiness in the younger girl's eyes and the tears and sadness in the girl as shes 18.

Film Magazine: Layout & Design Sketches

For the magazine I decided to use a simple design and consistent theming throughout. In all 3 page layouts the main image takes up around 1/3 of the page, supported by a smaller image. In the third design I decided to use a larger breakout box than the others so as to make up the space since the main image was also larger, and the additional use of a smaller image would use up too much space.

Throughout the design I decided to use the imagery of a film reel, something commonly associated with cinema, to theme the page. Since the reel design is simplistic and unobtrusive it helps avoid distracting the viewer from the main focus of the page, which is the writing.

Magazine Review article draft

When it comes to the magazine review article of our short film, as a group we must make sure to create drafts of the article and correct any mistakes making sure with the final product, it is of the highest quality and sounds professional.

Possible Introduction

"When I grow up, I want to be happy". Words that have been spoken by a young British girl dreaming about her fairy tale future; naive, innocent, bright. Little did such a character know that within a few short years of becoming a teenager, things would spiral downwards as short term happiness becomes the priority and long term consequences were completely forgotten. Sound familiar?

Since the article is aimed at students (mostly sixth form and lower university students) the introduction must hook readers in, in an intellectual manner immediately mentioning the film itself and getting to the point. As shown above within the first   couple sentences the plot of our short film is revealed without it being too obvious or over revealing for example a spoiler. The rhetorical question at the end of the introduction would aid to communicate with the readers more as they would feel personally addressed with the question helping them relate therefore more likely to watch our short film.

Main Paragraphs

These paragraphs must again be written in a formal manner however keeping in mind it is aimed at students who are possibly doing Media or Film studies. In order to make the article more engaging a quote of some sort should be used to add life for example from the director, or a member of the audience or some sort. Also, due to magazine reviews being a different company to the film production company it has to be unbiased therefore some realistic criticisms must be added to the article. 

Possible conclusion

The film leaves you wondering: in modern Britain can there be a "Happily Ever After?" 

The conclusion or ending paragraph being one simple sentence makes it effective and memorable. The incorporation of the title of the film within the rhetorical question asked again is an interesting way to engage readers to the last word. 

Film Magazine Review: Reader Profile

What breakfast cereal do they eat? Coco Pops

What mode of transport do they use? Economy cars or public transport, e.g. busses and trains

What accommodation do they live in? At home with parents, university halls, small student flats

What do they drink? Soft: Coca Cola. Alcoholic: Spirits

What TV shows do they like? Sitcoms e.g. Friends, The Big Bang Theory. Soaps e.g. Eastenders, Hollyoaks. 

What is their favourite meal? Pizza

What are their main types of interests? Socialising, whether that be at parties or a trip to the cinema to see the latest films.

Where do they go on holiday? They go on holiday to places with a young population and a party atmosphere e.g. Malia, Zante, Malaga, Cos. 

Do they vote? Yes, for The Green Party or Liberal

Film Poster

Target Audience

Although our overall films target audience is teenagers/students, we have decided to focus more on the female sector of our audience for the purpose of our film posters. We have chosen this specific target audience out of the wider bracket as the main character is a teenage girl for most of the short film and therefore our largest audience will probably be teenage girls, so it makes sense to focus more on them as they will be the ones more interested.

Genre

We have decided to make our film poster using the same conventions as a thriller film would. Even though thriller isn't our main genre, our film does have some dark aspects to it. We have also agreed that the type of person who would enjoy a thriller film, may also find our film interesting and it may be beneficial to their life. The purpose of our short film is educational, but we do not want this to put teens off watching our film, so portraying it as a type of thriller will hopefully interest more people.

Planning-taglines

As shown in previous research tag lines use written codes to link in with the movie, give away more information about the film and make it is usually quite memorable and short with the use of literary devices. Below are a few ideas for my group's film: Happily Ever After?

Idea One:

An ending fairy tales don't usually have

The theme of fairy tales is mentioned in this tag line which goes with the title of the film. It shows a twist to the story and foreshadows that the ending is not going to be what audiences would usually expect with fairy tales allowing them to get prepared and it creates suspense.

Idea Two:

The End begins from birth

"The End" links with the theme of fairy tales in the film however also links in with the death of our main character making it a play on words. Also the fact that the end begins is another play on words as the words contrast each other. By mentioning birth it foreshadows to the audience that there is some form of ageing within in the film.

Idea Three:

Will you get out of life alive?

This tag line mainly focuses not on literary devices but rather the message that it puts across. This one foreshadows the ending of the film however not completely as audiences are left to question whether the main character will survive or not. Also, the depressing gloominess in the tagline contrasts with the cheerful title of the film.

Idea Four:

we are our own poisoned apples

This is a play on words and links in with the film quite nicely. The poisoned apples mentioned has to do with the fairytale 'snow white' but also has to do with death which foreshadows the plot to the audience. By mentioning that we are our own poisoned apples it foreshadows the suicide in the film but also shows that people make their own choices and their death is the result of their own decisions and paths they have taken.

Idea Five:

Can the end always be happy?

The use of the rhetorical question mimics the title slightly since that is a rhetorical question also which speaks to the audience in a way and allows audiences to make plots and have ideas of their own and then see whether they are surprised by the plot or not. The words "happy" and "end" are also in the title  which helps link the two together.

Idea Six:

How will your fairy tale end?

Again the use of the rhetorical question links nicely with the title as well as speaks to the audience. The question is open meaning that it builds suspense and tension and raises questions for the readers.

Shooting Schedule

Session 1

Date: 29/10/12

Time: 1pm-4pm

Location: Lammas Park

Shots: 4-8; 9-11; 12

Actors: Greta, Johnny, 3 extras

Crew: Eva (camera and directing), Migle (camera and directing), Calum (props)

Costumes and Props: change of costume for Greta to show ageing, young childish costume for all actors, hats and scarfs

Equipment: SD camera, SD card, tripod

Potential Issues: 

-Lighting: sunlight will start to dim the more it gets into the afternoon showing inconsistency

-Weather: if it is bad weather such as rain it could damage equipment and distort the image

-Public: due to many of the shots filmed in this session being in a public park there could be legal issues to not get the public in the footage as they may complain that legally they should not be filmed

Risk Assessment: 

-Low: the playground in which the majority of the shots are filmed in have been specifically built with safety precautions since children play in them therefore the risk of something occurring is low. 

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Session 2

Date: 29/10/12

Time: 7pm-9pm

Location: Eva's house 

Shots: 22-26; 27-29; 30-32

Actors: Migle, Liam, girl extra

Crew: Eva (camera and directing), Migle (directing), Calum (props and camera)

Costumes and Props: cigarettes, alcohol bottle with contents that looks like alcohol, fake smoke

Equipment: SD camera, SD card, tripod, lighting

Potential Issues: 

-Lighting: due to these scenes being night time scenes the lighting may be too bad to get clear footage therefore street lights and makeshift lighting may have to be used

-Weather: if it is bad weather such as rain it could damage equipment and distort the image. Due to these scenes being in the night time there may be a chance of fog or mist which could distort image

Risk Assessment: 

-Medium: night time scenes always have a safety risk as more dangers arise such as youths in the public  not liking filming to be happening or seeing expensive equipment used, also cars may not be able to see us properly therefore there is a chance of injury through that. We will have to make sure to use lighting to be seen and not harass the public. 

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Session 3

Date: 1/11/12

Time: 1pm-3pm

Location: Eva's house

Shots: 13-17; 18-21

Actors: Migle, Eva

Crew: Calum(camera), Migle (directing), Eva (directing and camera)

Costumes and Props: alarm clock, robe, change in costume for Migle

Equipment: SD camera, SD card, tripod

Potential Issues: 

-Lighting: one scene is meant to be in the daytime whilst one is meant to be in the night time therefore for the night time scene lighting must be changed somehow to make it look like it is night time rather than daytime which is when it is actually filmed

Risk Assessment: 

-Low: it is in a house therefore the risk of injury or something happening is low along as precautions are taken with filming

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Session 4

Date: 3/11/12

Time: 5pm-8pm 

Location: Migle's house

Shots: 33-38

Actors: Migle, all party extras

Crew: Eva (camera and directing), Migle ( directing), Calum (props and camera)

Costumes and Props: cigarettes, alcohol bottles with non alcoholic content, shot glasses, fake smoke, 

Equipment: SD camera, SD card, tripod, lighting

Potential Issues: 

-Lighting: to create the party scenes there has to be flashing lights however this may distort image

-Public: the neighbours on the street may get disturbed due to noise

Risk Assessment: 

-Low: these scenes will be done inside the house therefore there is a low chance of risk. 

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Session 5

Date: 13/11/12

Time: 5pm-8pm

Location: Eva's house

Shots: 39-41; 42-43

Actors: Migle

Crew: Eva (camera and directing), Migle (directing), Calum (props and camera)

Costumes and Props: fake needle, photographs

Equipment: SD camera, SD card, tripod

Potential Issues: 

there are no potential issues with this session

Risk Assessment: 

-Low: due to these scenes filmed in a house the risk is low

Location Research

When it comes to planning our short film we had to try and consider various locations to be used for difference scenes. Each location had to be visited, checked if they were available for when we needed them, if they were suitable, and which had the easiest access. We do not have the funds to have paid for locations meaning that we had to be creative and geographically aware of local locations which were free for public use as when it comes to using cameras there are legal links with the public possibly not wanting to be in any footage without consent.

Possible Locations:

Migle's home:

This location would be used for again one of the "house party"scene where the main character is seen to overload on alcohol and become as they say "wasted". The fact that it is in a home portrays Britishness as mentioned before youths in Britain do not have the funds or the legal age usually to go to private clubs etc. therefore resort to using their friend's homes. It portrays delinquency also as stereotypically it is common for youths to have parties when their parents are not around. The main room can be used as it large enough to fit a large number of people inside it however can make it look like they are tight together. The garden may be used for any smoking scenes to portray the youths being tempted into the drugs route. Also, since it is one of the cast member's residence it means there will not be a price to use the location and it will be available. However, if this location is used neighbours will have to be warned about any noise disruptions as to not have legal issues.

Eva's home:

Eva's house will mainly be used for the bedroom scenes, where Greta will be shown sleeping, fighting with her mum, and in the final scene, dying. This room is suitable to use as it is a typical young childs/teenagers room filled with posters of her favourite movies. The room will be available to film in whenever we need it as it belongs to a member of our groups who has no objections to this. Another part of Eva's house that will be used is the ground floor window for the sneaking out scenes. Although this window is in fact on the bottom floor of the house, we are going to film from a low angle, making it look higher than it actually is. This is ensures safety when filming. The film is again situated in Eva's house which means there will be no travelling between bedroom scenes and sneaking out scenes. It will also be available to film whenever we need.

Elthorne Park:

This is a large, forested park that is open to the public. If this location were to be used by us it would be used for one of the montage scenes where the main character is drinking and partying with her friends. It is a good location to use as it portrays Britishness since British youths do not have the money to go to paid for locations usually therefore tend to settle for parks. Also, if this location were to be used due to the large space there would be areas to film without disturbing the public who may not want to be in any footage. One problem that could arise however is that the park has certain times that it can be locked therefore if we want night time footage we would have to film it before the park closes. Also, if we have a large number of extra's to create a "party" atmosphere the noise may disturb passers by therefore if the location were to be used we would have to regulate noise with our actors.

Lammas Park: 

This is large, family friendly, public park, equipped with 2 playgrounds which will be perfect for our playground scene where we show the first transition of Greta growing up. If filmed on an early morning, this playground is usually empty and we will be free to film as we please. It also has all the facilities needed for our scene; swings, slide and see saw.

Gunnersbury park: 

Another possible location is Gunnerbusry park. This is a good option for us to look at since it is freely open to the public. Though not as large as Elthorne park there is still enough space inside the park to find a more deserted area to use for filming some of the smoking/drug scenes to portray British youths. The main location problems we have come across when it comes to parks however is that most of our scenes that we need to film in park must be when it is dark: with that there are safety issues, issues with the times the park closes, and legal issues with the public. Gunnersbury park could also possibly be used for the beginning playground scene as it has a large playground. Gunnersbury park is situated in our local area and very near our school so we could film there promptly straight after school. 

Street:
The street we have chosen for the argument with the boyfriend scene is very near to Eva's house, this is at our advantage as it will save time travelling from location to location. The wall we have chosen is the back wall of some garages, this means that we should not be disturbing anyone as we are not that near any houses. On this road there are a number of streetlights which will be useful as we are wanting to film in the late evening. We shall film directly under and streetlight to capture the image, however if it is still too dark then will bring our own powerful torches.