A single man

Title                        
A single man

Director            
Tom Ford

Writer         

• Tom Ford

• David Scearce

Distributed by     
The Weinstein Company


Production Company
Lawrence Bender Productions

Plot 

George Falconer is depressed and struggling to cope a year after his partner of 16 years, Jim, died in a car accident. He plans to commit suicide that night, but people that he meets that day change his mind, especially one of his students, Kenny Potter.

My review
This was an interesting film. Colin Firth's acting was phenomenal, and his portrayal was both touching and realistic. I, personally, loved the non-linear story. The flashbacks really added a richness to the emotions and events, that wouldn't have been there otherwise. The cinematography was also extremely well done, in my opinion. The saturation added a nice tone to the shots; it reflected George's mood. It was mainly grey-ish and washed out, except during certain conversations when his mood peaked, when red tones were heightened. However, I can see how the slightly surrealist impression that the style and soundtrack give could turn people off the film, but I really enjoyed it.

Evaluation Plan

These are our evaluation questions, and I have finished planning my responses- I have yet to film them, but videos should be appearing in the near future. This is the final stretch!

1)  In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions      of real media products? 

2)  How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

3)  What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

4)  Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5) How did you attract/address your audience? 

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

7)  Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Finished film!

We finally finished editing our film! We fixed the issues brought up in the review, and are happy enough to post the final version. So here it is.... Classified!

Good Will Hunting

Title                        
Good Will Hunting

Director            
Gus Van Sant  

Writer         
Matt Damon
Ben Affleck           

Production Company
Lawrence Bender Productions

Distributed by     
Miramax films  

Plot 

"the film follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer Will Hunting, an unrecognized genius who, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer, becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor. Through his therapy sessions, Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend, his girlfriend and himself, facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future."                       
                                     
My review
I really loved this film, the character and the plot were amazing, None of the conflict felt forced or unnatural. The long on the characters faces worked amazingly well and the emotions were palpable. The soundtrack was one of the best I've heard. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone.

Our filming experience

Meet the rest of my group. Although we've never made a vlog together, they do exist! This is them talking about our filming experience, and some of the compromises and changes we decided to make during filming, and post-production.

 

Trouble with the credits

During the reaction it came to my attention that there was a repeated name in the credits that had to be changed. Unfortunately, the new title kept dropping in quality half way through the typewriter effect, and it would not go away, no matter how many times we started from scratch. Eventually we figured out the problem and managed to change the title so that it did not turn pixelated.