Songs for my short film

In my short film, I have decided that I will need to include two songs. It has been a long process trying to find good sources to get copyright free music from, but I have finally found a good website.

On the London Grid for Learning website, there is a link to a site called Audio Network which hosts a large number of copyright free music. 

I visited the site and selected Genres and the site offers a range of different styles of music from Electro, to R&B to Period Music. I chose Romantic as a main theme in my film is love. This in turn led me to select Pop and here is where I found my first song 'I love you' by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy and Richard Kimmings. 

'I love you'

I have decided to use this song at the start and and the end of my film as a way of signalling 

more explicitly the circular structure of the narrative. The words of the song were also good as it links perfectly to the start of the film where there are an array of couples laughing, kissing and holding hands. Although at the end of the film Tina has not found love, the song is used as an irony to highlight the disappointing nature of love; yet it also suggests that this is what Tina wants for herself. There is a bitter sweet aspect to the song which I feel is very powerful.

Here is the link to the song.

'I love you'

http://soundcloud.com/larabusinaro/iloveyou

'Bluebird'
This song will feature in the middle of my film whilst Tina is getting dressed, preparing for her date. It has no words and consists solely of an acoustic guitar. I feel this song creates the bridge which connects the first half of the film to the second- the Tina before who is longing for love to the empowered Tina who realises that finding love isn't the most important thing in the world.The tone of the film is very striking to me, as in many ways it is upbeat and positive mirroring Tina's feeling towards this date; but then on the other hand, there's a underlying tone of disappointment and sadness which foreshadows the end of the film. In my view, this is the perfect song for this point in my film.

Here is the link to the song.

'Bluebird'

http://soundcloud.com/larabusinaro/bluebird

Shots from filming

During the filming process, I took some shots of my film so I could use them for my review page.
I chose the shots I felt summed up the film in images.

This is Tina getting ready for her date during the middle of the film. This scene is the turning point in the film as it bridges the gap between the old Tina, and the new one. The viewers are revved up only to be bitterly dissapointed.



Tina and Alan walking off into the distance. Alan puts his arm around her and holds the unbrella like a genuine gentleman but things don't end as well as they started...



This is another key shot. This is Alan, Tina's good date whom she finally meets at the end of the film. But things don't go to plan...



This is the shot of Tina at the end of the film. She sits on a park bench alone thinking about the dissapointing nature of love.