Real world influences

The film is about a girl who wakes up after being attacked only to discover that she is a dead.

It wasn't based on any particular real world sources however, many people die every day and there has always been some questions about whether ghosts or spirits live on after people which has influenced this film and many others quite a lot.

One of its biggest influences is the film 'The sixth sense' about a boy who sees dead people.

At the end the main character discovers that he is a ghost and that is why he can communicate with dead people. I choose this film because I really enjoyed it so I went onto IMDB and looked at some of the details of the film.

As you can see highlighted in green the film made a huge amount of money in the first year

and has probably made loads more which suggests people enjoyed the film and suggests my movie will be successful to. Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$26,681,262 (USA) (6 August 1999)

Gross:

$293,501,675 (USA) (12 May 2000)

The rating of the film is also 8.1, As shown by the highlighted section off of imdb.com which

is really high which suggest that people must have enjoyed the film and therefore they will

enjoy my film. This website was useful because it confirmed that this film was highly rated

and made a lot of money and therefore my idea has a higher chance of being successful.

8.1 Your rating: -/10

Ratings: 8.1/10 from 666,079 users Metascore: 64/100

Reviews: 2,072 user | 231 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com

I then did some more research into twists in regard to the film that had influenced my idea. I

found this website which listed and talked about the biggest shock endings of all time.

This was useful and it gave me the idea that this was the best type of ending for my short film

as not only was it voted the biggest shock but also all of the other biggest shocks

were similar.

Budget I then looked at the usual cost of making a short film. This is a document I found on the internet which gave me an answer. You can find it if you click here. This person suggested that short films should cost about 1000 pound. However, I have vertically no budget and will make to make do with the money from my own pocket so I changed some of the pricing in order for it to fit my budget.

This website was useful because it told me how much a usual production cost so that i could

plan mine. However, my production has virtually no budget and therefore this website does

not apply to my production and was not as helpful as it would be to other people making

short films. This website was also quite unreliable because anyone can comment on it and

the information isn't necessarily correct.

As this website wasn't as helpful I did some further research at this web

address: http://www.raindance.org/10-zero-budget-filmmaking-tips/ . Here is the page in

which i looked at, detailing all of the ways it has impacted my final story idea.

This website was useful because it gave me lots of tips on low budget film making which i

could interpret into my idea as I do not have a big budget to work from.

Funding

All of the funding for this project will come from a mix of mine and my team’s money as the

cost will not be that high and therefore no funding is needed. However, I did some research

on https://www.kickstarter.com/ and found that many people go and describe what their

project is in attempt to get funding from people on the internet. This would be a good way to

fund my project if it had been more expensive.

Although this website is a good way to fund ideas, it wasn't as helpful as it would have been

to other people because my production has virtually no budget and I don’t have time to wait

for my idea to be funded.

Another website which I looked at in order to fund my film was this one:

https://filminitiative.musicbed.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwuPi3BRClk8TyyMLloxgSJAAC0XsjkWIr

8neatYT00gPZUb0ujDKA5ZLHnstLJKAHNAS_vRoCas3w_wcB

This is a website which allows you to pitch your idea in hope for getting investors to fund

your project. This is the page in which I researched.

This website however was not very helpful as it was unlikely since there were only three

prizes and it is a known competition for people who are more experienced. It is also too

much money for my small low budget production.

Distribution

I then thought about how my work could be distributed by online platforms and looked at a

number of different film festivals that I could enter it in to. The first one I looked at was

called Raindance and this accepted all different types of films with many types of categories

Here is some information about the price of entering a film into this film festival.

This was not suitable however for my idea as it was a international competition for all sorts of

talented people and my film will not be as advanced as theirs will be.

I also looked at this one called Asthetica short film festival (ASFF) which showed

some similar information but was not suitable for my budget or experience when it came

down to short films.

I then researched into some student film festivals as I decided this would be closer to my

level. I found the London short film festival website and began looking down it in order to find

out some information about it.

The first two websites were not so helpful as they did not apply to me, however, the last

website was helpful as my film could possibly be entered into this film festival.

I then considered other places in which my work could be distributed. I found this website

that detailed how you would go about getting your film put on

Netflix.(https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/get-your-independent-movie-on-netflix/)

Although this was helpful for future reference, this told me that my film had little chance of

being put on Netflix and that there is no way to submit it. This website was partially useful

because it gave little information but not all of it was relevant.

However, with the thought of my film maybe being put on Netflix, i decided to look into

regulation and certification in regards to Netflix. I looked on this

website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9929070/BBFC-has-persuasion-job-

over-online-ratings.html

This website was useful as it told me that if my film were to be distributed via Netflix it would

be rated and therefore I should look into the possible certification of my movie.

Film classification

so I then did some research on film classification

on http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification. This is a company that

rates British movies on the age people should be to watch it. Here is

the necessary age you have to be in order to watch certain rated films. As my

film is a you tube video and therefore international, it will not have to be rated.

However, If it was to be rated, since it is a thriller, it would probably be a 12 or

15. So i went on to look at what sort of things can be in a 12 rated movie so

that i could narrow down the rating of the movie. This was the information in

which i found.

This website was helpful because, although my idea wouldn't have been rated, it gave me

information about what i could put in my film for what ages so that i could apply my film to my

ideal target audience. However, some of the information did not apply to my film idea.

This led to me thinking of what processes I would have to go through to get my short film

rated. I found this website which detailed this kind of information.

On another page on this site (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/industry-services/fee-calculator) it let me

calculate how much it would cost in order to get my film rated.

As you can see it would cost about thirty-three pound in order to get my film rated. This

would help me protect vulnerable audiences and might be a good investment for the furture.

However, for now this will not be considered after making my film.

Both of These website was partially useful because even though this information isn't likely

to be useful to me know, if my film went any further e.g got put on Netflix, this would be

useful information.

Guidance

Finally, I browsed online for guidance/criteria for writing for a successful short in order to

improve my film. On Film Network I found this advice to help me with my film. The red writing

describes how I have added this into my short film production.

This website was very helpful because it gave me relevant and helpful advice about my short

film. Therefore, when planning, filming and editing it i could follow the advice to improve my

film and improve my chances of getting it recognised.

Overall, all of the research that i collected has helped me in some shape or form which has

helped me to change and improve my original film idea. Any advice that was not helpful was

good for future reference.

I then thought about what locations I might need when filming and thought i could use some

advice. I found some information about location scouting on this website.

This website was useful because it gave me loads of relevant advice on how to pick

locations which I have interpreted into my planning.