Research: Textual Analysis of The Black Hole

The Black Hole is a short film, in high I have analysed. Make sure the annotations of the video are turned on.

(Post) Production: Opening and Audience Feedback

Here is the first cut of the opening to my short film, I have asked my focus group to say what they liked and didn't like about it (what could be changed).

Suzie Maynard- 

Liked:"I really liked the choice of music with the combination of the opening black and white shots. The transitions are really smooth and a nice pace has started to build. The feeling of emptiness when we realise that there is no audience is also very affective."

What could be changed: "I think the clips of him laughing could be made shorter and perhaps you could use a sound to signify the end of the music and the beginning of the reality."

Nick Beecham-

Liked: "I loved the dramatic climax that the scene builds to, and I also enjoyed the different use of light in this opening. The sun and light ripples on the water and the the prominent spotlight. It was all very aesthetic"

What could be changed: "I think that the shots of him laughing go on a bit, and should perhaps be cut to form a faster pace sequence of hysterics. The flash of the child should appear more frequently"

By asking a two members  of my focus group for their opinions (both of different age and gender) I get a very broad view of what needs to be done to my opening to improve it. I shall take their comments into the editing room and make the need changes.

Research: The Sopranos Textual Analysis

This is my second textual analysis. Although The Sopranos is not the most obvious choice to analyse and compare to my short film, the ideas and themes that this scene explores is very alike to those in my short film. This gives me hope for my short film; because it has giving me confidence that the journey my character goes through is similar to other journeys portrayed in the media. This means I am setting out to achieve what I wanted, to create a situation which others can relate to.
Textual Analysis: The Sopranos

Research: The Wrestler Textual Analysis

The Wrestler (2009) is a deeply moving film by Darren Aronofsky. It explores the idea of following a character whose drive for life is taken away. In this scene he is forced to take a job in the deli of a supermarket, the monotony overwhelms him, for the contrast between this dull job and that of his previous career (a professional wrestler) is too much to bare. In this part of the scene we see the journey to his work place.

Textual Analysis on Prezi

Production: 3rd Shoot

Here are my video files from my 3rd shoot. They include shots that will be used in both the end and beginning of my short film.

This video showcases a few of the shots from my 3rd shoot

Planning: Plot Advancements

I feel my short film needs more of a journey, and more of a climax to really grab the audience and effect them as intensely as I want to.

Having a thought amount my film, it shall follow three stages to the plot.


OPENING: The Man when he was a child, holding a toy clown and wearing a clown bow tie. This shows him from an early age grasping onto the idea of being a performer.

MIDDLE: Cleaning a stage that either he once performed on or always had the desire to perform on, he goes slightly mad in the monotony of everyday life.

END: He returns to the beach where he was once a child, only to take his final bow.