Research- Primary source for ‘Short film assignment’
Posted by: beckybrown1 on: March 1, 2010
Last week two film makers came into college to talk about their experiences. They bought along with them the person who is responsible for getting their films involved in festivals all over the world and advertising their work. She also updates their website regularly. The two film makers were brothers, Ben and Chris Blaine.
Whilst at the college, they made a presentation to us which included some information about their experiences in the film making industry. They told us the following things:
*They have been in the business for 10 years.
*Their first successful short film was called ‘Free Speech’ which Danny Dyer acted in.
*Life experiences and imagination help to inspire them when making a short film.
*When asked a question about raising funding for short films, the brothers replied that they had been lucky to inherit some money from their aunt that passed away. They said anyone interested in making a short film would have to apply for funding from the Government, which they admitted can be a very lenghty, tedios process.
*The Blaine brothers gave us some advice, they said to always keep in conact with people you have met and keep up appearences, this way it is likely that you will get noticed by people and so you could be provided with more job opportunities.
I will use some of the above information as my primary source for my assignment about a Bafta nominated short film, Yellow.
I feel that if the visit from the Blaine Brothers was to have happened earlier on in the course, I would have been able to take what they said into account when making my short film ‘The conversation’. I would have definitely changed the script more by making it more relevant to me and my past experiences as the Blaine Brothers said that this is what they tend to do when considering making any short film. Also, I feel that this would have made me feel more positive about completing it to the best of my ability, and so there is a high possibility that if I was to re-complete the assignment, I would achieve more than I did with my first try.
