LO2: Creating meaning in Climate Crisis

In the planning of my short film I ensured I would incorporate many technical elements that would connote the genre and create meaning to the audience.
To ensure that my short film is fit for purpose I wanted it to be really informative and engaging with the audience, this would hold audience attention due to the strong topic being covered alongside it being relatable due to it being a topic that affects all audience members making it a mass interest topic.

I wanted to accompany the strong topic covered with visuals in the short film that would also incorporate meaning throughout, this being done with the strong link to Sheffield that is shown often, this link in particular was shown by the Sheffield skyline that was used in the title scene.
The title scene showing the Sheffield skyline from a distance was placed to connote meaning as the scene was designed to have its speed duration increased, this meaning that the audience would see 5 minutes worth of footage in a couple of seconds. By including this scene with the sfx as the title scene it created meaning of the business of everyday lives that allows the problem of climate change to grow.

Another key element that we wanted to capture was the sun and hot weather in the b-roll clips, this would connote the heat of the earth rising that is a key symptom of global warming, by shooting all the shots with a very present sun (e.g purpose lens flare) and golden tones to create the meaning of heat, these subtle visuals will allow the audience to see a problem that is often only associated with the oceans and third world countries and how it is creeping into everyday life.

By including certain mise-en-scene and framing features this allows the short film to denote its genre to the audience for example, in the interview and vox-pops portion of the short film I was keen to film the clips with talking space for the interviewee's, by framing the clips in the style of a documentary this allows the films genre of a documentary to be denoted easier and quicker by the audience.