Distribution

From learning about Short Film, the use of the internet is an extreme plus to the medium of short film and this is because it is extremely easy to access, just click and view. So I began by looking at the Virgin Media shorts, which is something Virgin Media have put together to students like myself and others can share there work with the world, however 'One Two Many' did not manage to meet the criteria, and in the end I never managed to find a shot film website of which I could upload this short, however it is on Vimeo and soon enough Youtube.

Audience

Now because short film is a mediaum simply intented for niche markets, saying that our film was intended for a mainstream audience between the age of 18-25 would be pointless, however to some extent this would have been our audience if were not a niche market. Usually in any type of film, the actors tend to reflect the type of audience of which it wishes to market itself towards, however this being a short film, reflecting from the actors, that aged audience are barely educated in the idea of short film. So I believe the type of audience this film would attract are those on short film courses, or budding directors in film school. If neither of those, it could be someone who is into there films and likes to watch something that the British tend to thrive in.

When the Year 12s watched 'One Two Many' and filled out the questionnaire, everyone of them stated that the camera, mise-en-scene and narrative in general kept them entertained throughout the piece.

Influences

To a certain extent it was understood that 'The Big Shave' by Martin Scorsese was an influence, which is why it is set in the toilet, and also why it shows vivid images of the toilet before the narrative is even set. There is also something else which Jordan showed me and it is called Roach, I think that had some effect on our title sequence. I had input which was used within the 'One Two Many' and that was the use of P.O.V shots because I felt it helped to engage the viewer and keep them interested. The constrast between the slow constant fluid shots, to the sudden P.O.V shots help to keep the viewer alert. The narrative, I believe was thought of because it is completely out of this world, but still something that could happen and come true, so to be able to show that tenstion within only 4 minutes has been a success.

Completed Short FIlm

Overall, looking back at the entire short film of 'One Two Many' I feel that it appears to be a very good polished short. From watching Short Films, it seems to be that the narrative of the films can be extremely outrageous or completely believable and to a certain extent 'One Two Many' fits this convention. It presents the idea of an over the top protective brother, Who tries so hard but, no matter how hard he tries to stop certain things from happening, it still remains out of he's control. That is what the protagonist 'Fish' presents. I think aesthetically, the visual style created by Jordan, is extremely eye catching, it manages to catch and engage its audience from start to finish, due to the way Jordan brought out the vibrant colours using Colour Correction in FCP. I think the music used within the film helps to keep its audience engaged and also helps to influence the fluidity of the narrative. I felt that the frame within the end credit wasn't needed, it didn't meet the conventions of the short, or did it meet the convention of shot films in general, I felt it lowered the sophistication of the piece, however like other big decisions within this project my opinion was simply overruled.

To be able to have critically analyzed my input within this project, I would have had to put a lot of work into this project. I felt within this project my technical skills of putting a well polished video project together were not fully utilised. I worked on character creation and a few mood boards and held the sound mic while shooting, however everything else from filming to editing was done by Jordan. Overall, if I were to have re-done this project I would have tried to involve myself more, however the short film is extremely good.

One Two Many - Filming.

For the shoot, I travelled to Brighton, which was where we had planned to produce 'One Two Many', I met up with Jordan and the actors in My Hotel, and held the mic for sound which Jordon did the filming. The length of the shoot was not long mainly bwcause we had good actors which had managed to look over the script and be prepard for the day ahead.

Wearing The Collar.

wearing the collar

I live with a lady and four cats
and some days we all get
along.

some days I have trouble with
one of the
cats.

other days I have trouble with
two of the
cats.

other days,
three.

some days I have trouble with
all four of the
cats

and the
lady:

ten eyes looking at me
as if I was a dog.

Above is a poem, which Alex and I decided to use as a inspiration for our short film, it would be a visual interpretation of the poem, and it would start with a ECU shot on the man telling the story, it then pans round to see the cats one by one, and at the end, it pans back round to see him as a dog.

Tambourine Man

Using a lyric from a song created by Bob Dylan, The Tambourine Man is a story which begins with someone crushing a tambourine, while shouting at his wife to clean up the house and be more productive. The tambourine is a symbol of sounds which are not there, because a tambourine is an instrument which creates a lot of noise and by breaking the tambourine at the start, the protagonist has transferred the noise which the tambourine would make, into his house.