Influences

Over the course of this unit, I have watched many Short films. One of our main influences was ‘About a girl.’ The concept of this film influenced us with our script and also the way we filmed it. ‘About a girl,’ was successful when it came to intriguing the audience with what the main character was saying. Her character also influenced us to make our main character have a similar personality, which misleads the audience.

Another short film that was an influence to our short film was ‘Black cabs,’ which I found on youtube.com. This short film influenced the way we filmed our footage in the cab. The shot angles were interesting, and this short film allowed us to see what camera shot and angle would work best in a smaller space. There were some shots from the front of the taxi looking onto the couple in the back, which we used. When filming our cab scene, I sat in the front of the cab as Ali held a torch underneath Felicity, making sure we had sufficient light. I then gave the camera over to Ali, where she filmed the back of the cab driver and also, the cab driver looking back at Felicity through his rear view mirror. This was also a shot that we had found in ‘Black taxis.’
Cabwise released a television advert on 2006, which was based on people getting into unlicensed cabs after a night out. When watching this advert, we felt that it didn’t really appeal a younger audience. The short film was good and effective as many people at the end start to realize what was happening. We felt that if we create a short film based on unlicensed cabs, we should aim for a target audience of 16-25’s, as this had not been done before. Cabwise also released a image advert at the same time. Similar to the television advert, we looked at the image and brainstormed ideas around it. (You can view black cabs online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXhWlw5C6U)

As the majority of our group is now eighteen, when we have been out in the past, we have realized the dangers. More and more people are not being careful with how they get home, hence the amount of attacks that are happening. Every year, a large amount of teenagers turn eighteen, and we want to make sure they all are notified about the dangers. The more attention we bring to people, the more enjoyable having a night out will be.