Revised Review

I have upped the rating to a four star for consistency with Callum's poster which says my review gave a four star rating. 

I have also replaced the photo from Happily Ever After as Miss Stone suggested in her feedback.

My Review.

Poster

Callum made the poster for our group and I made the review. This is our finished poster. The process can be found on Callum's blog 'http://www.remasteredmedia.blogspot.com'

Final Poster

Having looked back on more feedback, Callum has changed the font colouring for the actor's names. So now that has been rectified, here is our final poster:

The choice to have a simple white background was made based on other Rom-Com posters I have analysed previously, with Callum looking at the camera as he is the person we empathise with. Also, Callum is the person we follow through the story, and he is the only one that understands the absurdity of Benjy's chat-up lines.

I supplied Callum with a white version of my production company logo which was created in my AS media.

Budget report

Callum and I decided from the very beginning that we would put everything into the final shooting of our film. As a result we spent hours talking to people, either on the phone or in person, to acquire the perfect locations. We also spent money on this film to make the film as professionally as we could. 
Previously, every film we have made has been 100% free, so because we spent money on our film, for the first time, we had a budget which was previous an aspect of the media industry which was not applicable with films Callum and I have produced.

We decided our budget would be £10

Callum (as expenses manager) gave me the figures so I could write up a budget report.

Things we spent the money on:

• Wedding decorations - balloons, confetti, and streamers
• banqueting roll - to make a white carpet for the wedding
• food for the restaurant date scene
• Tiara

In the rough cut we wanted to get an idea for how we would set-up a wedding sequence so we bought balloons and confetti. We did not buy food for the restaurant sequence because we knew it was a rough cut.

 Rough cut expenses

Balloons = £1

Confetti = £1

Total = £2

In the final shooting of Happily Ever After we bought more of the same wedding decorations and we also bought some streamers for £3. We also bought McDonald's for food during the restaurant sequence. We wanted actual food for three reasons:

1. to give the impression it was a real date
2. to make our film more professional
3. to give our characters something to do on their date and to add to our montage

The McDonald's we bought cost £2.18 for two medium fries and £2.98 for two cheeseburgers. We also got two packs of ketchup which was free and we bought plates from home.

Final Cut Expenses

Balloons = £1

Confetti = £1

Streamers = £3

Medium fries x2 = £2.18

Cheeseburgers x2 = £2.98

Total = £10.16

Overal Expenses

Rough Cut Expenses = £2

Final Cut Expenses = £10.16

Total Expenditure = £12.16

As you can see from these figures, we went over our budget by £2.16. We decided at the time that we would put in the the extra money because for the sake of £2 it was worth it in terms of the quality of our final outcome.

My Final Product - Happily Ever After

My Final Product -Happily Ever After

Callum and I are going to do a video commentary on the pre-production, post-production and production of our film.

Changes in my final film

1. I used our new font (Bachelor Pad College) instead of the previous font (Jellyka Delicious Cake). 

Reasons:

• It conforms to the conventions of a media american blockbuster better than the previous font.
• Its clearer and easier to read.
• The last font resembled a drama which might confuse our audience. Though the previous font makes subtle links to the story, subtlety is rarely found in american blockbusters.
• Our last font was only appropriate during the wedding sequence whereas the new font is appropriate throughout the whole film.
• Our film is set around two schoolboys so a font which resembles an American college is more appropriate.
• As a blockbuster, it makes more sense to pick a font which will appeal more to our target audience.

2. I added footsteps and sound in a part of the film which previously had no sound due to editing error.

Reasons:

• the lack of sound was unintentional so I have rectified this error.

Callum's edits

Callum and I have edited separately but used each others edits, outcomes and experiments, to determine what our final pieces are going to be like. As a result, we have shared the workload of trying different film techniques out and therefore produced more potential film ideas.

Here are Callum's outcomes:

Editing

I edited on two different softwares. Adobe Premier Pro and Sony Vegas. Here is a screen shot of editing the opening scenes. I used Sony Vegas to do the tiles and split screen effects. 

Thoughts and opinions from others on the two different fonts

80% of people asked so far have said they prefer the right because it fits the story more but the general opinion was that the font should be bigger because it would be clearer and easier to read.

Trying New Fonts

Callum and I tried the new font (bachelor pad college) and didn't think it suited our film. We didn't find it as effective as our original font.

We asked various people and friends what font they preferred and they all picked the original font.

Miss Stone said that institutionally the second one is better and that the first one resemble a period drama and is therefore inappropriate for a Rom-com aimed at a large target audience.

Though it is true that our film is meant to me aimed at a large target audience, Callum and I set out to produce an original film that hasn't been done before. For this reason we would still like to use our original effective font.

Callum and I are going to get friends and people to vote on their favorite font. We will use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to collect as many results we can. We are aiming for a large vote so that we can have a fair representation of what the larger public target audience want.

Photos Callum and I believe have potential

These are the photos that Callum and I have selected. He is going to edit 3 of them and I will edit 4 of them as it includes the first one which I have already edited.

All of the photos

Callum and I are going to go through these and upload only the ones that we may end up using.