Double page spread

This is my double page spread for the film, again I have looked to follow conventions with regards to layout and setup. By doing this I hope to have given my magazine a professional outlook.

Poster

This is my poster, I have tried to follow the conventions of a successful film poster and put my own unique stamp on it which i think I have achieved here.

Double Page Spread

Here are some examples of double page spreads from popular film magazines. having looked at the double page spreads for inspiration, i believe the most eye carching ones are those which feature little text and big eye-catching images. This is a method which I will look to adopt for my final double page spread.

Posters

Here are some posters from other films that will inspire me with my own poster. I took particular intrest in making my poster similar to the 'CONTROL' poster because I like the fact that although it is a basic poster with regards to the image and text, it is very striking and in its own way makes viewers of the poster want to look at it more closely. When I make my poster I will ensure I have a striking image and a big clear title to engage my target audience, also I will try to put a unique stamp on my poster to try and make it stand out to the regular magazines, however avoiding breaking the conventions of film posters as clearly they are successful.

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BLOG TASK 7

• The hero, usually male, is the agent who restores the narrative equilibrium often by embarking upon a quest (or search). Propp distinguishes between the victim hero, who is the centre of the villain's attentions, and the seeker hero who aids others who are the villains victims. The hero is invariably the texts central character.

• The villain who usually creates the narrative disruption. 

• The donor gives the hero something, it may be an object, information or

advice, which helps in resolution of the narrative. 

• The helper aids the hero in the task of restoring equilibrium. 

• The princess (the victim) is usually the character most threatened by the

villain and has to be saved, at the climax, by the hero. The father's (who in fairy tales was often the king) role is usually to give the princess away to the hero at the narrative's conclusion. He may also despatch the hero.

• The dispatcher sends the hero on her or his task (who can typically be the princess father)

• The false hero appears to be good but is revealed, at the narrative's end, to have been bad

I'M HERE QUESTIONS

‘I’m Here’ is a short film written and directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Sheldon and Francesca who are the voices of Andrew Garfield and Sienna Guillory. I would categorise this short as a sci-fi romance, the reason being, the characters in the film are presented to us as robots however we can quite clearly see the display of affection and love for one another. The film portrays Sheldon as unhappy, displaying his everyday life as bland with no companion or nothing there to make him happy. A change in Sheldon’s mood and general character occurs when Francesca becomes a part of his life. When Francesca has all her accidents, Sheldon at no time expresses any hesitation to help even with the risk of his own life. Although the film shows the two characters in love, it could be perceived as Sheldon  having a greater love for Francesca through his actions towards her throughout.

The film comprises evidence of prejudice between a human female in the film and Francesca. When Sheldon is waiting at the bus stop, Francesca pulls up and speaks to Sheldon, the female human lectures Francesca for driving a car, stating that robots are not allowed to drive cars. This kind of bigotry towards a certain type, in this case a robot, reminds the viewers of times we can relate to such as black and white segregation. The female human in the story feels superior to that of Francesca, with her being a robot, and feels she needs to state this through her announcing Francesca isn’t allowed to drive a car. The film’s main themes are love, friendship and loyalty. We see the progression between being friends and falling in love through Sheldon and Francesca. The loyalty Sheldon has for Francesca is displayed by helping her throughout the film with the gift of his limbs as she loses hers.

The central character in this sci-fi romance short film is Sheldon. He is depicted as a kind, giving, yet rather shy individual. His character is isolated, which can be established when he tries to make conversation with his neighbours, as they fail to acknowledge him. This in turn enables us to sympathise with his character. He is shown as an affectionate character when Francesca is introduced into his life, with him making huge sacrifices in order to repeatedly help Francesca. When the two characters go to watch Francesca’s favourite band, she loses her arm in the chaos of all the people. Sheldon doesn’t hesitate to give her his arm, leaving him with no arm. This sacrifice shows Sheldon’s kind and loving nature towards Francesca. His character is very likeable, because of all the sacrifices he makes for Francesca. The end scene where Francesca is laying on a hospital bed without a torso, creates even more sympathy for Sheldon because of what he has had to deal with, and then his ultimate sacrifice, giving Francesca his whole body, leaving his head on the hospital bed.

Francesca is the love interest to Sheldon in ‘I’m Here.’ When Francesca is introduced to the story, she is depicted as having a loud personality, which is shown through her ignoring the female human when she reprimands her for driving a car, and turning up her music. She is mysterious as we don’t know about her character to begin with, which is what attracts Sheldon to her. Her character is extremely ‘clumsy,’ which is what she says as she lies with one leg missing. Her character continues to lose limbs throughout the film, until eventually she loses her whole torso. We never truly find out whether she purposely does this, or whether she is accident prone. When I watched it, it seemed to me like she was taking advantage of Sheldon’s good nature, but this can be viewed differently by different people as they watch the film.

The target audience for this short film is young adults over the age of 18. Absolut Vodka sponsored them because their target audiences are the same, young adults over the age of 18 are interested in drinking so the link is made between them. The film is most likely to be viewed online and at film festivals, because it’s a short film and not a feature one. You wouldn’t see a film like this on the television, like you would a feature length film.