Film Opening Progress Feedback

Good Points;

1. The crosscuts between the delivery man getting ready and the victim in the house was very effective and worked well
2. The Production company name was unique
3. The film overall was very good, enigma made class want to watch rest.

Bad Points;

1. The flash between sections of film is good but gets quite repetitive after a while
2. the news report and non-diegetic music should overlap a bit
3. Film of delivery guy on moped shows Tesco, ruins the effect of a secretive murder

With this feedback, we will make changes to the sound and overlap the news reports the the music. we will also consider changing the number of times we use the flash

Filming Update 3

We filmed the main biking scene today, we strapped the camera to the moped with duct tape, we tested the security of the camera and the rig proved stable. I was sent out on my bike to ride around town. There were some issues, for example; the conditions of the roads in Market Rasen are pretty poor so there was a lot of shaking when we reviewed the footage, another problem was that the tripod became unstable after a while which made filming hard.

We have learn that proper measures should be taking into account when filming on bikes e.g. condition of road, stableness of camera and lighting

Filming Update 2

Today, we filmed some corrections in footage, and the last scene where the bike pulls up. We took the camera of the tripod and held it very low so we could catch the wheel pulling up. we took care to make the camera very stable. We were very cautious as we where filming on a road. The lighting was very poor but the presence of street lights aided it.

In the future, we are going to plan and decide what road we would be filming on and maybe warn residence that we are filming and ask them not to drive up and down the road

Risk Assessment

 

Editing Update 1

Editing Update 1

We did the editing for the first section of our film today, we found royalty-free music that was acceptable and suited the genre for our film opening. We also make our production logo 'Leaky Pipe Production' on Sony Movie Studio. We still have 2 more sections to film that will be filmed on Wednesday. We have learnt that the simple logos can be the most effective.







 

Mise-en-scene

Filming Update 1

Filming Update 1

Day 1 of Filming was on Saturday, we found a location in Market Rasen that had a garage and a large drive. We manages to film me on my bike. The lighting was poor but that is what we wanted to achieve the desired effect. We are planning to film the last 2 parts on Wednesday.

I was not able to look over the footage but am assured by the rest of my group

 

 

 

 

 

Target Audience Members Profile

Target Audience Member Profile

We have chosen a member of our target audience and are going to profile them to see what they like regarding music, magazines and films and there views on our chosen theme.

We interviewed a Male, ages 59 and works as a caretaker for a local primary school. His hobbies are football and gardening, His class status is C1/C2. We asked him questions on what he favours in music films, books etc to get a better of our target audiences psychographics.

Music -  Likes 60s music such as Beatles. enjoys well known artists such as Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney.  He dislikes new popular music like '1D'.

Films - mainly comedy, but also likes action. Likes films with interesting plot that is full of enigma, films such as 'Now You See Me', 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Carry On...' and 'Norman Wisdom. Dislikes romantic films due to lack of action or comedy. Feels Horror films are no realistic and generally doesn't enjoy watching them.

TV - Enjoys Courtroom drama because of the enigma used in the storyline. also enjoys comedy shows like 'Harry Hill's TV Burp' because of the intense humour throughout. Dislikes Soaps that have an unbelievable storyline. Likes factual TV such as documentary, News programs and sport programs because of the non-made up, realistic content.

Media - Enjoys news websites and football websites because of the informative purpose. likes to read daily news paper and sport section. dislikes gossip magazines because of the exaggerated news features.

Attitude to our film opening genre - enjoys action films if the storyline is thick and is full of enigma to keep him interested. enjoys the element of comedy integrated into it at appropriate times

After collecting this information, we have concluded that our film opening needs to include; classic memorable music that will set the scene mentally, lots of enigma to involve the audience and make them think, the element of truth about the storyline (e.g.  events that could or have happened) and that are funny at appropriate times.

Marketing our production - we would market our production in news papers and on well-known websites such as news sites. this should appeal to our target audience as they presumably watch and read the news. We could also market our production on sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, this would appeal to a younger audience and widen our target market but we will mainly focus on appealing to our primary demographic.

Shooting Schedule

 

BBFC

The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/ DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.

   The BBFC must take in to account weather the film they are reviewing for example. They need to pay close attention Context and tone of the film. Context means how the different elements are interpreted for example violence it could be seen at funny say in the Simpsons with Homer and Bart but in a more mature film it can be seen as horrific and unnerving.        

Our film will be given a 15 certificate because it will contain strong violence and brief scenes of horror and threat. I feel this is appropriate because it allows us to target our film at a larger audience of under35’s.

Job Roles

Job Roles

Producer

Producers are a key part in the filming industry. They oversee filming projects and are responsible for different elements of a shoot e.g. finance, finding material for the script, hiring actors and crew. They liaise with all members of the crew from actors to directors.

We have chosen Callum Bibby as our producer because of his major input into the storyboard and initial idea. He is also one of the main actors so he would have insight into what would look good on camera.

Director

Directors are responsible for the movie its self, they are responsible for the vision of the movie and has the job of describing that vision to the crew such as cameramen, actors, lighting and set designer. They work closely with the prod cuter when casting and choosing the actors.

We have chosen Matthew Wheldon as our director because he work with Callum when designing the storyboard and inputted a lot when we where filming.

Camera

The camera operator is the person who has to take instruction from the director, they have to work in tandem with the director without mistake. They have be skilful to recreate the directors ideas with a camera.

We chose Harrison Cattell as our camera operator because he is confident with his skill when using a camera work well with people.

Editor

The editor has the job of spending long hour on a computer trying to put the director instructions and idea into a motion picture. They have the responsible of keeping the film understandable and make it presentable.

We chose Shane Chamberlain as our editor because he has the nesaccery skill and understanding to use movie editing software correctly.

Lighting and Sound

The light and sound crew has the job of getting the light levels and sound levels to the director wish. They have to be flexible and have an understanding on lighting and sound equipment.

We decided that all of us should have this role because it allows us to all pitch in idea and make it a better film opening.

StoryBoard

Shot List

Script

Film Ideas Pitch

Idea 1- Fed-Ex-ecution

Genre- Action/Crime

Synopsis-Delivery Man delivers box that cause death to people who receive them, police are investigating but have no less, only the delivery man calling card.

Target Audience-(Primary) Males 35+ (Secondary) Males under 35

Conventions-Lots of enigma, Title to suit genre, Fast paced 

Unique Selling Point-Filmed mostly from the Villains perspective 

Feedback-Needed to change the name it felt to comedic for a serious action film


Idea 2- On The Run



Genre- Action/Thriller


Synopsis-Man walking home from work, witnesses a murder, and rushes over to help victim, he is caught on CCTV, police think he is suspect. He goes on the run and plans revenge on police and murders for destroying his life











Target Audience-(Primary) Males 35+ (Secondary) Males under 35





Conventions-Close-up shot of face, Chases, Enigma








Unique Selling Point- Heavy focus on action, The audience views the main character as the bad guy throughout the film

Film Opening Ideas

The first idea is a Crime/Action called Fed-Ex-ecution about a unknown criminal who dons different outfits and persuades his way into peoples houses and then dispatches them. the story will follow both sides the police and even the killer which is quite uncommon in todays films and this genre. we will have to create large amounts of enigma to keep the suspense going throughout the film. most of the film will be filmed later at night to get the darker shots needed for the thriller feel.

My idea is of a Action film with Sci-Fi elements is of Being from other worlds have been entering our through mysterious lights crossing the sky but instead of showing hospitality and all-out lock down of earth has commenced and all the worlds army's have combined to form a united front against the 'Aliens' but instead of being a guns blazing film you see it from their perspective and how they are forced to leave their home worlds in order to survive and have to blend with the general public and deal day to day life and the xenophobic attitudes of the of the times public    

Target Audence Interviews

We spoke to Chris Higgins as he was part of our secondary target audience demographic of males under the age of 35, and he is a fan of the action genre so he had some interesting ideas and answers to our questions. He told us that he particularly enjoyed action films like The Bourne Identity because of the 'interesting story line about the goings on secretly within the government', as well as the acting by the lead character 'Matt Damon'.


We spoke to Paul Cutts as he was part of our primary target audience demographic of males above the age of 35, He was a good choice to interview as is a fan of some of the older, classic actions films such as 'Speed', he liked how the plot was thick and 'they got a lot out of the concept' he said he enjoys the 'explosions and adrenaline pumping car chases'. He also mentioned a very interesting view on how action films that use the dominant male character and saves a 'damsel in distress' character can detract from the film as its a very traditional story feature, and he likes 'Speed' as it challenges this by the female character doing the hard job.

Group Conventions of Our Chosen Genre

Box Office Data for Genre

From this picture we can see that action films have there place firmly placed in the top five favourite films of all time the film in question is 'Batman The Dark Knight'.This film has achieved  over $1 billion in revenue worldwide, it is the 17th-highest-grossing film of all time,The film received eight Academy Award nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Heath Ledger was awarded Best Supporting Actor. From this we can take that there is a large audience willing to pay for a high quality action film if one was to be created



From this we can see that within the top 20 action takes up a large portion of the films this shows us that people action films make a lot of  money for example Avatar cost 237 million dollars in production cost but has made 2.7 billion dollars  this shows me people are willing to fund action films and the return on them  usually large as can be seen by the information below.

Avengers Assemble (2012)
This film took the much loved comic book series and
moved it to the big screen. it was bound to be a success
because before the release the origin stories
for each character also did very well in the box office.
Budget-$220 Million
Box Office- $$1,518,594,910
The shows again large scale action film
can make large sums of money and people are willing to see this type of film








Skyfall (2012)
This film is the latest film the James Bond
series and the end of the trilogy that star Daniel Craig
and widely considered the best of the three
Budget-$200 Million
Box Office-$1,108,561,013
From this we can take even British made films can also make
large amounts of money even with American audiences

 

Analysis of Demographic

We looked at audience research carried out by UK Film Council to Identify our target demographic. My group has picked the genres Sci-fi crossed with action. The reason why we have done this is because these genres are widely watched by both genders but manly males. Also looking at the chart Action and Sci-Fi are both in the top 10 most liked by the audience. By mixing the two genres gives us an advantage over just picking one genre you are also being able to attract viewers that normally don't watch Sci-Fi films to watch because that usually like actions.

From this survey we can see that action and Thriller and action  are in the top most liked to watch. From this we can see that they are popular genre's and we have a large target audience to be aiming for this allows it appeal to more people. Rather than if will chose a more niche genre like 'Bollywood' who has a less populated following.

In this table we can find out our audience that we need to focus on the older male audience because they are the one who typically watch the genre so this makes us think we need to change our films direction more toward a mature story or topic's. The class that watch the different genres doesn't really matter because it is grouped close together.
  

In conclusion our target audience is mainly male but for action the main views are the older males under 35. 62% of them watch it but  this shows older people enjoy the more fast paced and intensive film. but on the other hand with Sci-Fi is watched more by the older male audience   

Filming Group

I will be working with three other people they are. Matt, Harrison and Shane I have chosen to work with them because I feel we can produce a high quality film with our expertise in different areas. Also I think we share the same kinds of ideas and interests. We will be making a action/Sci-Fi film we all have interesting ideas for the story and concept.

Film opening conventions of a film openings

Me and Matt watched the film opening to Saving Private Ryan an this Prezi is the notes we made from it.

 

Film Opening Conventions

In this prezi I talk about different conventions in the first few minutes of a film

Brief

The Titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes