CONSTRUCTION: USING AFTER EFFECTS

We wanted to use "after effects" in order to create an interesting and creative opening, but when Amber was attempting to use it, she found that it was very complicated and not very original. So we decided to make our own  I-dent using animation. We found that by doing this we had more of an opportunity to express our creativity and individuality.

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE ABDUCTION

The last scene we filmed was the abduction scene. For this we had the little girl alone outside. We showed she was alone through a mid shot of her outside her house. We then cut to a close up shot of the girl, we then had the woman walk into the shot and offer a sweet packet to the little girl. A close up showed the little girl look up at the woman as she takes the sweet. This is very effective as it shows how easy it is to manipulate a child. Finally we placed the camera down at a lower level to show a close up of the little girl and the woman holding hands as they walk out of shot. We liked this as one of the final images as it has a powerful impact over the audience.

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE WALKING HOME

Today we filmed the section of the film where the woman follows the mother and child home. We filmed this by having the two characters walk ahead of us and we follow behind with the camera. We found that this made the shots look more realistic. We also placed the camera behind some building work and a sign post, this gave the idea that the woman was hiding and spying on the other characters. This creates a scary ambience for the audience and conveys the theme of our film. We found these shots worked well with our film, the only problem being that it was a bit too long and so it required some cutting down.

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE PARK SCENE

Today we filmed the play park scene. For this scene we used the playground next to Amber's house. We filmed the little girl playing on the swings with her mum. We decided to film an establishing shot showing her on the swings being pushed by her mother and the surrounding playground. We then did a pan from left to right showing the woman sitting on a bench watching the mother and child. This is a very unnerving shot as when the woman is revealed in the pan it is frightning. Finally we filmed the last section where the girls mother is distracted by her phone and we see her walk out of shot we then,
(from the apposing side), see the woman walk into shot and come up behind the little girl. As we only see the back of the woman in the shot this is unsettling for the audiene and genorates a negative vibe.

PLANNING: MARKETING TECHNIQUES

When researching iconic war photos we found a memorable and hard hitting image of a rag toy caught in barbed wire. We felt like it combined our two ideas of war and children. We felt like it showcased the idea that children are the innocent victims of war, as well as the idea that they are never forgotten. This idea is simular to ones in our film as when a child is kidnapped the child is an innocent victim; who has done nothing wrong and they will never be forgotten by their familys.

 

 We decided to replicate our own version for our P&A poster. We took a few photos from different angles, overall we liked this shot: 

Here is an example of a selection of other photos:

CONSTRUCTION TOY IN BARBED WIRE

Today we filmed the scene where we pan across a section of barbered wire, to reveal a rag toy hanging entangled in the wire. This scene might act as our ending for our title sequence, as it is hard hitting and symbolizing how children are the innocent victims of war. We chose a pan for this shot as it allows time to build up to the big reveal of the toy. We felt that this had a bigger impact on the audience and leaves them with a memorable image.

For our film in particular, we decided that the toy would work as a symbolic code for the audience. It would symbolize that the child has left the toy behind and has been snatched. Signifying something bad has happened.

CONSTRUCTION: PROMOTION AND P&A

Today we created a Facebook page for our film "Hush Little Baby", this will act as one form of promotion for our film. It will allow people to "like" our film and share it with their friends.

Along with this we created a Twitter page for our film, so that the youger genoration could be connected and informed about our film instantly and convietly:

This is the film poster we have made to advertise our film: 

Finally we created a P&A website for our film which acts as a interactive and informative tool, to promote our film. We included a home page, featuring ratings and plugs, a gallery page to store still photos from our film, a link to watch the trailer and a interactive mystery puzzle to generate buzz around the film. As well as a link to the films Facebook and Twitter pages.

I made a Slideshare to explain our choice of promotion clearly.