I have uploaded my short film onto YouTube because this is the perfect way for my target audience to watch it. My target audience is teenagers and young adults and these are Youtube's largest users too. YouTube is free and extremely easy to use. I can see if my audience likes it because they can rate it and either 'like' it or 'dislike' it. I put it up a week ago and already have 37 views... seeing as I have not told anyone I have uploaded it yet, I am very pleased about this! Hopefully people will also write comments so I can see what people like and if there are things they think need should be improved.  :)                                                        

 

At this point, Sam walks towards the Police Station entrance and then turns back to look at the camera. I wanted to exaggerate him turning around to show he was still indecisive about whether or not to go in, I also wanted to make it obvious this was the end of the film - so I changed the speed to 50% to create slow motion.  The last image the audience see is Sam's face as he looks back - so they have no idea what he decides to do in the end!! I like the idea of having a cliff hanger because It gives the audience the ability to predict/imagine what is going to happen next. It also makes them feel like they want to see more!! 

CREDITS

I had filmed a shot of the sun shining from behind some trees, it had no relevance in my actual film so I decided to use it as a background for the credits. To create the credits I used 'INSERT TITLES' and chose a font that was in block capitals and tight in terms of its spacing between letters. I decided on a font like this because I was inspired by several films. The snapshot above shows the font used by 'The Boat That Rocked' and the snapshot below shows a very similar font used in 'Rubber'. This is where I got the idea to use tight black capitals! 

THIS IS MY MAIN TITLE

THIS WAS INFLUENCED BY THE TITLES OF OTHER CRIME FILMS. ESPECIALLY JOHNNY DEPP'S 'PUBLIC ENEMIES' AS YOU CAN SEE.. THE FONTS ARE VERY SIMILAR. I like that they stand out and catch your attention, this makes the film easy to remember. Also, because the font is so plain - it does not give much away - leaving it up to the audiences imagination again.