External Client Project - Short Film: Drawing Greg

For my external client project I decided to collaborate with Chris Thorby and decided to create a short 15 minute film which will be entered into the 'Bang! Short Film Festival' based in Nottingham.

Chris Thorby & Daniel Bissill

Synopsis

Colin, a shy, young and lonely artist who enjoys reading comic books discovers a coupon for a free sketchbook. He eventually learns that anything he draws within this sketchbook becomes real. He fulfils his loneliness by drawing a friend called Greg who brings fun to Colin's life.

Our film collaboration is called 'Giant Panda Productions' and we have a Facebook page which we used to keep people updated on our progress.

www.facebook.com/GiantPandaProductions

This is the behind the scenes from the film. We set up another camera whilst we were shooting order to show our process and filming techniques.




This is a film teaser in the style of a silent film. We decided to provide our followers with a teaser trailer to show them what to expect, however we didn't want to give too much away which is why it only lasts 55 seconds.

Giant Panda Productions

http://www.facebook.com/GiantPandaProductions

Welcome to our facebook page. Support and share!

Artefact 2 - Interview with Al Clark

I decided to interview a producer at a Nottingham based film company called 'Wellington Films'. I thought it would be a good insight into finding out about film piracy from a primary source.

The questions that I asked him were based around the feedback and results I attained from my first artefact; the on-line survey.

External Client Project

WE ARE GIANT PANDA PRODUCTIONS!

Artefact 1 research

For my first artefact I intend to use an on-line questionnaire to ask people their opinions on film piracy.
The questions will need to be linked to my research document therefore I will think of 6-10 questions over the next few days.

In order to establish a variety of answers, I will use different techniques when writing the questions out.

Closed questions, open questions, leading questions and recall questions are some of the effective methods I could use.

External client project

For my external client project I have decided to collaborate with Chris Thorby, a good friend and more importantly, a passionate student who loves to make films. We have decided to enter the Bang film festival based in Nottingham. 

Our project and client: 

•Create a short film maximum of 16 minutes.

• A short film festival called ‘Bang!’ situated in Nottingham. The ‘Main event’ screens up and coming work from established and developing regional filmmakers, national and international work and always includes one or two major award winners from around the international short film circuit. Bringing short films to Broadway, Nottingham that we wouldn't get to see on a big screen anywhere else in the city.

•This section is often edgy, dark & provocative and shows the best of contemporary short films.

•The ‘Crash bang! Wallop’ event is an exciting afternoon of fun films, made by and for young people. Crash bang! Wallop is a mixed showcase of films for families; a veritable explosion of joyful colour, humour, animation, drama, fact and fiction.

•Films are welcome from all, including local young people, school pupils, colleges, community groups, as well as experienced film-makers from all over the country and around the world.

Our aims:

•Gives us a chance to see a film we’ve made screened to an audience and because it’s situated in Nottingham we can attend the festival.

•Creative freedom to produce a short film for our portfolio.

•A chance to meet like-minded filmmakers building a network of useful contacts.

•Earn recognition for our work.

Research document

I have decided to look at the idea of film piracy and whether it is seen as theft of not. 



This paper will initially look at piracy as theft; can film piracy be seen as ‘stealing’ in a conventional manner, particularly when it takes place online? This first section will consider the legal and moral definitions, and some basic arguments for and against film piracy as theft. The next part will contain analysis of articles and statistics showing the harm film piracy does on a broad scale. The final section will contain a summary explaining the future for film piracy and the entertainment industry. Will piracy continue to build and create even more problems for the film industry, will piracy reduce or will piracy remain as it is?

The document will seek to explore the issues of piracy, in particular piracy in the film industry and how the entertainment industry as a whole has both benefited and suffered. The objectives of this research are to determine whether or not it is considered theft to commit piracy. This topic will navigate through old and contemporary issues including those that are economic, social and cultural. Addressing why people use illegal torrent sites to access material such as The Pirate Bay is essential in understanding how fragmented our world has become. The internet has become a tool for mass confliction; there is almost a ‘good vs bad’ sensation across the globe between those in favour of piracy and those against.