Panic Attack Case Study

The question that is asked about short films a lot is whether they can be successful or not. The answer to this question is yes. Short films can be successful in variety of ways, not only to do with money. These other ways include, the number of views it has on a certain media platform, for example Youtube. Also the idea that as long as the message was portrayed successfully to the audience, the film as a whole is successful, as many short films are of the alternative group of films. Lastly, the short film can be successful in the means of what impact on the audience it has as a short film, being 5-20 minutes long.

'Panic Attack', created by Fede Alvarez, is a very good example of how short films can be successful. The whole budget of the film is $300, due to the genre of apocalyptic science fiction, needing a lot of explosions to the narrative to add effect of tension. It is set in Uruguay which is automatically intriguing to the audience an alternative location to be used.

The short film 'Panic Attack' was released at the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, on the 31st October 2009. It was then distributed onto the massive media platform, Youtube, on the 3rd November 2009. This then led the film to receive as huge amount of viewings, at 7 million. The 7 Million views it received also stemmed from an example of the twp step flow, as Kanye West saw the short film and tweeted about it, giving it huge recognition.

This then led to Alvarez to be offered $30 million from Hollywood to create his own full-length film which is called 'Evil Dead'. Alvarez also went onto making other feature length films such as 'Don't Breathe'.

Re-filming of First draft

After receiving feedback from our peers in class, and our teacher going through our first draft, we had a few things to change to make our short film the best it can be. This is a list of all the things that needed to be changed when re-filming;

Re-film

Shaky/ Out of focus shots

Costume 1 - BLUE TOP AND LEGGINGS

Close up - reading book in bed

Close up - receiving text

Close up - text message on phone

Medium shot - getting out of bed

Aerial shot - lying down on bed

Costume 2 - RED TOP AND LEGGINGS

Close up- text message

High shot - emily on bed

Close up - emily

Costume 1 - BLUE TOP AND LEGGINGS - RED SCRUNCHIE

Book throw

Medium shot - needs to cry before close up

Close up - crying

Close up - getting stuff out the cupboard

Tracking - walking back into the room

Record her on her bed after she has taken the pills

The re-filming dates were confirmed to be, Wednesday 15th - leave at lunch and film period 5, and this was because this date and time suited everyone that needed to be there.

Here is a video of us as a group discussing what was changed whist filming our first draft;

Film Poster ideas

For our film, individually we had to complete ideas for the film poster that would be for our short film. These are some of my individual ideas:

After we had designed our initial ideas, as a class we went round each person's ides, and gave feedback. Here is the feedback that I received from my peers;

FILM REVIEW

First draft- Anything But Social

Film day VLOG