Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Film Pitch
This is our film pitch we did. In this video you will see our film pitch we delivered and the feedback we received at the end of it.
Identified Target Audience
In this post I will be looking at how our film compares to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC for short). I will explain about our target audience and will give an example of a person who represents our target audience. I will also talk more in depth about target audience which can also be called Target Audience Profile or TAP for short.
So some examples of films that may be rated U are "102 Dalmations", and "Rio"
At U there are only mild bad language and may use words such as "dam" or "hell". Occasionally bad language such as "Bloody" or "Bugger" may be included where justified by the context. Characters may be seen kissing or cuddling and there may be references to sexual behaviour (i.e. making love). However there will be no overt focus on sexual behaviour, language or innuendo.
At all categories heterosexual and homosexual behaviour and activities are treated the same. So there could be occasional very mild references to gay or straight sex at U.
Some brief fight scenes or moments ma be included in a U film where characters are placed in danger. There are normally no references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse.
This classification is PG which stands for parental guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for a younger children. A PG should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might upset younger or more sensitive children. Not all PG films are made for a younger audience.
No theme is prohibited at PG as long as it is treated in a manner appropriate to the category. PG works can explore challenging issues such as domestic violence, bereavement or racism.
There may be mild bad language, but the context and delivery are always important. So for example if the language is used aggressively or if there is too much bad language, a work may be passed at the next category.
References to sex are acceptable if the activity talked about or shown is implied and lacking in detail. Heterosexual and homosexual sex and sex references are treated the same. There should be no detail of violence in a PG work, so while there might be some blood, we would not see how the injury was inflicted in strong detail.
12A means anyone who 12 years of age or over will be able to go and see the film unaccompanied. The 'A' stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children younger than 12 may see the film
if they are accompanied by an adult (e.g. someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.
The difference between 12A and 12 is that the 12 certificate is just for videos, DVDs and Blu-rays. 12A is for films at the cinema only.
There are uses of Strong Language at 12 or 12A but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at this category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.
Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed at 12 or 12A. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis
or injuries on blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context.
15 films include strong violence, frequent strong language, portrays of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence, discriminatory language or behaviour, drug taking.
Strong violence in a 15 film should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable, Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.
There could be a potentially great deal of strong language in a 15 film. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language
18 works are for adults and contain strong issues such as very strong violence, frequent strong language and/or very strong language, strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore, real sex (in some circumstances), discriminatory language and behaviour.
There is no limit on the number of uses of strong or even very strong language which can be passed at 18. Uses could be aggressive, directed, frequent or accompanied by strong violence.
Strong and detailed portrayals of sex at 18, including nudity can be seen in 18 films. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. Very strong, crude and explicit sex references are permitted at 18.
At 18 violence can be strong and be portrayed with strong detail. There may even be dwelling on the infliction of pain or injury or scenes of strong sadistic or sexual violence.
The strongest gory images are permitted at this category.
From here since our target audience uses social media to inform friends of what they are up to, it is hoped that after seeing the film they will share their thoughts about the film which could raise the profile of the film and as a result could spread across social networks to further increase the awareness of our film. An example would be a video on youtube which is viewed by people and is then shared on social websites such as facebook and twitter, it then raises more awareness as more people would be interested in seeing this film. The more likes and compliments the video then gets on youtube and other social media networks makes it more popular and raises its profile.
Our typical target audience member is John Smith. He is a white British male and he has a band income of £3000 a year through his year as a part time store assistant in a supermarket while he studies in his final year at Birmingham Sixth Form before moving on to University. His favourite films include Wall Street: Money never sleeps and Die Hard 4.0 both of these being thrillers which is their favourite genre. He is aged 18, so therefore he would re-present our target audience. His hobbies include going to the cinema to watch films with other people similar age to him. He may stream films on the internet through websites such as Netflix and Love Film. His other hobbies include playing football and interacting on social media. He currently lives at his Mum and Dad's house before he may move away to go to University. He likes listening to a mixture of different types of music such as rock and pop.
Themes and the Main Elements
So before I explain to you about our target audience and what a target audience is, I shall tell you the keywords that are the themes and elements of this film, not just in the first two minutes, but the whole film. These are the themes and elements I've identified.- Thriller
- Action
- Computer Science
- Political
- Secretive
- Serious Drama
- Banks
- Crime
- Journey
- Spook
British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
British Board of Film Classification (also BBFC) is a classification given to your film based on what age people is only to view the film. Basically on films, they say what such things is in a film such as Violence, Strong Language, Sexual References and will say an age after, which is the age people only aloud to see this content in this film. (so which age is this appropriate for). Here are all the British Board of Film Classifications
U-Universal
The first Classification is a U which is Universal. This basically means that films with this are suitable for people aged four and over. But sometimes, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.So some examples of films that may be rated U are "102 Dalmations", and "Rio"
At U there are only mild bad language and may use words such as "dam" or "hell". Occasionally bad language such as "Bloody" or "Bugger" may be included where justified by the context. Characters may be seen kissing or cuddling and there may be references to sexual behaviour (i.e. making love). However there will be no overt focus on sexual behaviour, language or innuendo.
At all categories heterosexual and homosexual behaviour and activities are treated the same. So there could be occasional very mild references to gay or straight sex at U.
Some brief fight scenes or moments ma be included in a U film where characters are placed in danger. There are normally no references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse.
PG-Parental Guidance
This classification is PG which stands for parental guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for a younger children. A PG should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might upset younger or more sensitive children. Not all PG films are made for a younger audience.
No theme is prohibited at PG as long as it is treated in a manner appropriate to the category. PG works can explore challenging issues such as domestic violence, bereavement or racism.
There may be mild bad language, but the context and delivery are always important. So for example if the language is used aggressively or if there is too much bad language, a work may be passed at the next category.
References to sex are acceptable if the activity talked about or shown is implied and lacking in detail. Heterosexual and homosexual sex and sex references are treated the same. There should be no detail of violence in a PG work, so while there might be some blood, we would not see how the injury was inflicted in strong detail.
12A/12
12A means anyone who 12 years of age or over will be able to go and see the film unaccompanied. The 'A' stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children younger than 12 may see the film 
if they are accompanied by an adult (e.g. someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.
The difference between 12A and 12 is that the 12 certificate is just for videos, DVDs and Blu-rays. 12A is for films at the cinema only.
There are uses of Strong Language at 12 or 12A but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at this category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.
Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed at 12 or 12A. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis
or injuries on blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context.
15
None under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated DVD. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under the age of 15. No themes are prohibited provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.15 films include strong violence, frequent strong language, portrays of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence, discriminatory language or behaviour, drug taking.
Strong violence in a 15 film should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable, Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.
There could be a potentially great deal of strong language in a 15 film. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language
18
Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. No 18 rated works are suitable for children. No theme is prohibited at 18.18 works are for adults and contain strong issues such as very strong violence, frequent strong language and/or very strong language, strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore, real sex (in some circumstances), discriminatory language and behaviour.
There is no limit on the number of uses of strong or even very strong language which can be passed at 18. Uses could be aggressive, directed, frequent or accompanied by strong violence.
Strong and detailed portrayals of sex at 18, including nudity can be seen in 18 films. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. Very strong, crude and explicit sex references are permitted at 18.
At 18 violence can be strong and be portrayed with strong detail. There may even be dwelling on the infliction of pain or injury or scenes of strong sadistic or sexual violence.
The strongest gory images are permitted at this category.
Target Audience
A target audience is an audience at which a film may be based and aimed at. Target audiences can differ in many varieties from young children, toddlers, teenagers to young adults or old adults. The elements in the film and pacific facts in it are what match and represents a certain audience so for example our film which called "Hacked" represents an audience of age from 16 to 21 year olds. The gender target is predominantly male and the ethnicity would be white British. The income level would be that of a student (Band E) so no more than a few thousand pounds a year through part-time jobs whilst studying. Early A-level years to mid to late (depending on course) University years would be the education of our target audience. To gain the attention of our target audience adverts on popular websites used by our target audience would be our main point of distributing of advertising.From here since our target audience uses social media to inform friends of what they are up to, it is hoped that after seeing the film they will share their thoughts about the film which could raise the profile of the film and as a result could spread across social networks to further increase the awareness of our film. An example would be a video on youtube which is viewed by people and is then shared on social websites such as facebook and twitter, it then raises more awareness as more people would be interested in seeing this film. The more likes and compliments the video then gets on youtube and other social media networks makes it more popular and raises its profile.
Our Typical Target Audience Member
Our typical target audience member is John Smith. He is a white British male and he has a band income of £3000 a year through his year as a part time store assistant in a supermarket while he studies in his final year at Birmingham Sixth Form before moving on to University. His favourite films include Wall Street: Money never sleeps and Die Hard 4.0 both of these being thrillers which is their favourite genre. He is aged 18, so therefore he would re-present our target audience. His hobbies include going to the cinema to watch films with other people similar age to him. He may stream films on the internet through websites such as Netflix and Love Film. His other hobbies include playing football and interacting on social media. He currently lives at his Mum and Dad's house before he may move away to go to University. He likes listening to a mixture of different types of music such as rock and pop.
The Role of the Sound Editor
The role of the sound editor is to select and assemble sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a television program, motion picture, video game, or any production involving recorded or synthetic sound.
Sound editing developed out of the need to fix the incomplete, undramatic, or technically inferior sound recordings of early talkies, and over the decades has become a respected filmmaking craft, with sound editors implementing the aesthetic goals of motion picture sound design.
Foley sounds is sounds that you record on a boom Mic to match up with the action that will be happening in your film and also maybe some dialogue from your film script. So for example, you may record the sound of you foot stepping which you can then put in your film to match up with the foot stepping action in your film.
Here are some examples of some Foley sounds that we completed in groups.
Sound editing developed out of the need to fix the incomplete, undramatic, or technically inferior sound recordings of early talkies, and over the decades has become a respected filmmaking craft, with sound editors implementing the aesthetic goals of motion picture sound design.
Foley sounds is sounds that you record on a boom Mic to match up with the action that will be happening in your film and also maybe some dialogue from your film script. So for example, you may record the sound of you foot stepping which you can then put in your film to match up with the foot stepping action in your film.
Here are some examples of some Foley sounds that we completed in groups.
Film Title Design
Film title design is where the titles at the start of a film have been designed effectively so that they look interesting. The purpose of having these titles is to intoroduce the auidence to what this film is about. It also effectivly makes them interested in watching the film. For example the opeing titles to the James Bond film "Skyfall" has a really long opening title sequence. In these titles they always have the same style. Whatever is happening in the titles always happens in the film. It captures the audience because they see what is going to happen in the film.
Now here is an example of a James Bond title sequence from one of the films in the 1970s
Here is an example of a deconstructed film title sequence from the film "Halloween".
Now here is an example of a James Bond title sequence from one of the films in the 1970s
Here is an example of a deconstructed film title sequence from the film "Halloween".
Early Consideration of Evaluation Questions
In this Post I am going to be discussing about the early consideration of evaluation questions in which we as a group also discussed.
1) How does our product use, develop or challenge and conventions of real life media products? Our conventions in our film is two men who play the antagonist and the protagonist, this is a convention because the two characters are men. Our challenge convention is having a "chav" who is a hacker. This is a challenging convention because you don't expect a hacker to be this kind of chav person, you would expect them to be a science "geekey" kind of person.
2) How does our media products represent particular social groups? The social groups that we are going to be representing in our film are a "chav" group, "intelligent" people, Business people. The age range were going to also represent in our film are people in their late teens and young professionals.
3) What kind of media institution would distribute your media product and why? The institutions we would distribute our product through would be cinemas. We would advertise the film in cinemas. We would also distribute it on DVD release after it is shown at the cinemas over a course of time. It would also be distributed on TV, and TV Companies such as Sky, Virgin Media, BT, a few months after it is released.
4) Who would the audience be for our media product? The audience for our film would be people who are in their teens and people who are young adults, because the actors in our film are young, so the audience will be able to understand specific elements of these people in the film that older people may not.
5) How did we atract/address our audience? We're all planning in our film for there to be a cliffhanger so this will make the audience want to carry on
watching the film.
6) What have we learnt about technolgies from the process of constructing our product? I have learnt about a few technologies in the process of constructing our product as we have learnt how to use a camera and have also learnt about the different shot types and movements we can use with it. Focus pulling is another technology factor in which we have learnt about in the use of cameras.
7) Looking back at our preliminary tasks that we did what do we feel that we have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? We've learnt alot since we did our preliminary tasks, because when we first started off doing these preliminary tasks we only the knew the basics, but now know alot more since then. The preliminary tasks have helped us to understand more about the different elements of filming and shot types and movements that we should have in our final film.
1) How does our product use, develop or challenge and conventions of real life media products? Our conventions in our film is two men who play the antagonist and the protagonist, this is a convention because the two characters are men. Our challenge convention is having a "chav" who is a hacker. This is a challenging convention because you don't expect a hacker to be this kind of chav person, you would expect them to be a science "geekey" kind of person.
2) How does our media products represent particular social groups? The social groups that we are going to be representing in our film are a "chav" group, "intelligent" people, Business people. The age range were going to also represent in our film are people in their late teens and young professionals.
3) What kind of media institution would distribute your media product and why? The institutions we would distribute our product through would be cinemas. We would advertise the film in cinemas. We would also distribute it on DVD release after it is shown at the cinemas over a course of time. It would also be distributed on TV, and TV Companies such as Sky, Virgin Media, BT, a few months after it is released.
4) Who would the audience be for our media product? The audience for our film would be people who are in their teens and people who are young adults, because the actors in our film are young, so the audience will be able to understand specific elements of these people in the film that older people may not.
5) How did we atract/address our audience? We're all planning in our film for there to be a cliffhanger so this will make the audience want to carry on
watching the film.
6) What have we learnt about technolgies from the process of constructing our product? I have learnt about a few technologies in the process of constructing our product as we have learnt how to use a camera and have also learnt about the different shot types and movements we can use with it. Focus pulling is another technology factor in which we have learnt about in the use of cameras.
7) Looking back at our preliminary tasks that we did what do we feel that we have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? We've learnt alot since we did our preliminary tasks, because when we first started off doing these preliminary tasks we only the knew the basics, but now know alot more since then. The preliminary tasks have helped us to understand more about the different elements of filming and shot types and movements that we should have in our final film.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Initial ideas for our thriller, pros and cons
After initial discussion between the group we have come up with our first narrative draft. Our daft follows... The film opens to see a person rushing to unlock a door with a key drawn from their pocket. They unlock the door and half close it behind them leaving it slightly ajar. They rush through the hall way into the kitchen and hurriedly wash their hands. They take a bag from the side and fill it with items pre placed on the side.
The shot switches to feet walking down the drive, the camera moving to the back of the head as they reach the door. The person looks left and right but not showing their face to the camera and push the ajar door open. They walk in to find no sign of the first person. They take out their phone and speak into it. "They're not here" The shot switches back to the first person who is now running, glancing all around as they run. They run around the corner and come face to face with the second person and the first person steps back in shock, eyes wide open.
The pros for our thriller film opening were that the audience will be able to understand the opening of the film. The budget will be quite low for our film as we will not be needing to buy high cost products. Also the location is not an issue as we are using one of our production member's house to film the opening.
The con is that it is difficult to achieve in 2 minutes.
The shot switches to feet walking down the drive, the camera moving to the back of the head as they reach the door. The person looks left and right but not showing their face to the camera and push the ajar door open. They walk in to find no sign of the first person. They take out their phone and speak into it. "They're not here" The shot switches back to the first person who is now running, glancing all around as they run. They run around the corner and come face to face with the second person and the first person steps back in shock, eyes wide open.
The pros for our thriller film opening were that the audience will be able to understand the opening of the film. The budget will be quite low for our film as we will not be needing to buy high cost products. Also the location is not an issue as we are using one of our production member's house to film the opening.
The con is that it is difficult to achieve in 2 minutes.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Production Team Name
For our production team name we came up with the word "Limelight". We as a team came up with the name limelight, as the definiton is that it is centre of attention and always in the spotlight. Therfore the film that we will produce in this production will be in the spotlight making it a great quality film.
Draft ideas for our Limelight can be seen below:
Draft ideas for our Limelight can be seen below:
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