WEEKLY JOURNALS

This is where you think about your FMP learning journey and development.
Don’t simply describe what you did - consider what you have learnt and how this has benefitted
your project. What do you need to improve?

THIS IS JUST GUIDANCE THAT YOU NEED TO ADAPT TO YOUR OWN PROJECT. YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR
OWN PRODUCTION SCHEDULES AND YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS SHOULD REFELCT THAT.

THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE WEEKS YOU COMPLETED THEM. DO NOT JUST SUBMIT THIS
FORM FILLED IN FOR YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS. THERE SHOULD BE 11 WEEKLY BLOG ENTRIES (INCLUDING
EASTER).

Week One - Context

CONTEXT

How did you find coming up
with an idea that challenged
you enough for your FMP?
At first I struggled to think of an idea for a short story without it including
skateboarding since I did think of a lot of ideas that uses it as the main
focus in the story. So I looked into different genres that don’t use sport or
action, my next favourite genre was horror so I started to think up some
really dark ideas of ghouls and ghosts then I realised that it would be
almost impossible to film ghosts so then I moved onto the thriller genre
and thought of my final idea first try. I find that this idea will challenge
me greatly since it is nearly out of my comfort zone since it is quite dark
and scary but on the other hand I do enjoy horror/thriller films so I do
have some great ideas for this short film.

How has writing a proposal
helped you with finalising
your idea?
As I was writing my proposal it made me realise the skills that have
developed throughout the year and how many of those skills that could
be used in a short film especially in the genre of thriller. I analysed all of
my skills in my proposal and realised that I could adapt and use them to
my advantage to create a thriller short film. As I was writing out my idea
I added a lot more scenes to build up the tension before the
disequilibrium. I changed things such as characters and who knows who
to make the middle of the disequilibrium much more suspenseful than it
originally would be for example: Where Danny would be dragging the
body under the bridge and just about get away with the dog walker
not seeing the dog walker will know Danny and start chatting to him but
also knowing something is wrong with Danny’s unusual behaviour will
create a lot of suspense for the audience if the dog walker will catch
him out.

How did the feedback help
you adapt your idea – what
did you change after
feedback?
People said that I should show the after effects of Danny after he
murdered the bully, not only psychological effects but what people see;
how he has changed in his looks and behaviour since it will show both
perspectives – Danny’s and other people in the film. Some other people
said I should use POV for Danny to show what he sees, this is to put the
 audience in Danny’s shoes so they could have more of an emotional
sympathy for him, I may also use POV for the bully as well to really show
Danny’s facial expressions since the production may not have much
dialogue so facial expressions will show the characters mood and what
they are saying through their face.

Are you on track for the I am nearly on track but I have to complete a few things.
week? If not, how far behind
are you?

What work do you need to I need to complete my own brief, find and enter a competition and
complete outside of lessons add to my bibliography.
to stay on track?