Target Audience questionaire

This is the questionaire that Fehinti created and conducted as the questionaire was Fehinti's job. I think the questionaire went quite well and we now have something to work with when we come to filming ad we know what the target audience are like and want.

Week five -Target audience

   We decided our video would be certificate 15. This is because it may feature mild occasional swearing but not repeated use. It will not include any dangerous behaviour (e.g. hanging, suicide and self-harming) and will not “glamorize” easily accessible weapons. There will be no drugs filmed at all or included in our film and there will also be no nudity or sexual activity. There will be some violence but it will not dwell on the infliction of pain or injuries. Gory images will not be included in our film and no reference to sexual violence.

We used the BBFC to verify the certificate we would give our film.

Week five -Script

   I was given the job of creating the script and this is the script i created. I tried to put myself into the mind of the criminal and try to write what he himself would probably be thinking.

Script

Criminal: “It starts with a thought. The thought that I could actually do this and get away with it. The police want to believe that they can find her but deep down they realise I’ll never let up. I saw her working behind the bar one night and became obsessed. The way she looked at me she wanted me to take her, she was begging for it. I waited until she’d left and closed up to follow her home. Stealthily I crept ensuring I wouldn’t be detected, hiding behind every car and tree.

“Lunging forward I grabbed her strategically placing my thumb and forth finger on her neck –an old trick I’d learned –to knock her unconscious. I took her to this old dark abandoned warehouse. Tying her hands behind her back I laughed, the power I felt, dominance –I’m the alpha.”

Criminal is filming the woman.

[Woman is crying and pleading with the criminal to let her go]

The woman bites his ear.

[Criminal screams]

Back in the interrogation room when it is about to end.

Victim: [shouts] “WHERE IS SHE?”

   I think this script may be too long so when we film we may need to alter it and cut it down a bit.

Week Four -The Pitch

   Yesterday we presented our pitch to the class. I think it was an average pitch. We added all of our work and research together onto a prezi and delegated different reading parts to different people in the group. I think to improve our pitch we could have ran through it a few more times so that we were completely prepared and i also think we should have added informaton about the actors we found and how we wanted our actors to be e.g. we want the criminal to be sinister and threatening as he is a criminal and a kidnapper. We also want him to be well educated as serial killers are generally highly intelligent.

Week Four -Synopsis

 I have been looking at film synopses to gain ideas for the group synopsis. Here is an example of one of a synopsis i found:

The Departed

Rookie cop Billy Costigan [Leonardo DiCaprio] grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello [Jack Nicholson]. It’s his job to win Costello’s trust and help his detective handlers [Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen] bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SU officer Colin Sullivan [Matt Damon] has everyone’s trust. No one suspects he’s Costello’s mole. How these convert lives cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral talk of crime and consequences. This is searing, can’t-look-away filmmaking: like into the eyes of a con – or a cop – with a gun.

   I liked this synopsis as it was very concise and to the point. The opening line grabs the readers attention and this is an aspect i'd like to put into our synopsis as i believe it is very effective. I also liked the way it ends with a gripping sentence which leaves the reader with that thought in their heads. This is something we will try to do in our synopsis.

The Bourne Ultimatum

Academy award winner Matt Damon is trained assassin Jason Bourne. Having lost his memory and the one he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets from a new generation of highly-trained killers, tracking his every move and who will stop at nothing to prevent him from learning his true identity. The Bourne Ultimatum unfolds with heart-stopping action, death-defying stunts and white-knuckle excitement in the film critics are calling “The best action picture in decades”. –Maxim

   This synopsis is similar but also slightly different. It has a powerful opening describing on the actors as an "award winner" which also grabs the readers attention. Although it is eye-catching, i don't think we will use this approach to attention seeking in our synopsis. On the other hand, i did like the use if quotes from magazines/news papers  ""The best action picture in decades". -Maxim". This shows that not only the creators have enjoyed the film, but also the reviewers. This makes the synopsis seem less biased.

Minority Report

Superstar Tom Cruise is “at his charismatic best” (Sunday Mirror) in director Steven Spielberg’s “terrific race against time thriller” (Radio Times).

For six years, Washington D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Precrime Unit (Cruise) is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who set him up – or he’ll fall victim to the “perfect” system he helped create. It’s a mind-blowing action thriller that is “fascinating and utterly absorbing… a triumph not to be missed.” ***** (News of the World)

   I also like the opening of this synopsis as it has another powerful opening which attracts attention. This seems to be the running theme with a synopsis and therefore, we will incorporate this into our synopsis.
   What i don't like about this synopsis is that it uses too many quotes (4). I believe this is excessive and will try to avoid this as i do not believe it looks good.

This is the synopsis we created for our film:

   A kidnapping in London throws Detective Lewis Court into an intense game of hide and seek as the police attempt to uncover the location of the victim. The kidnapper referring to himself only as ‘9’ gives the police clues to the whereabouts of his victim but is she still alive? 9 is convinced he and Detective Lewis Court are connected by fate and sends videos of the victim to ensure he continues playing his game. The Detective is on the biggest case of his life that will either make or break him professionally, metally and physcally.

Helf term work -Logo

   We also came up with a logo as we were not satisfied with our logo ideas. 'Gravitational Studios' was the logo Fehinti and i came up with. We decided that we wanted our logo to be big, not in size but in presence and wanted it to say 'gravitational' in a bold font with 'studios' as its shadow underneath it. As Adam was not present at our meeting due to foreseen circumstances, we thought we'd give him a sketch of the logo that we thought would look good and let Adam create that.










This is the first logo Adam presented to the group. Fehinti and i felt it didn't represent Gravitational Studios. We envisioned the logo being big, not in size but in presence. We also didn't think the lights in the background had much relevance and suggested that the 'gravitaional' should be in the centre with 'stuidos' as its shadow beneath it. Another idea we thought of was having the text have broken the ground beneath it which Fehinti and i thought would be more fitting.





This is the logo that Adam came to us with which we agreed was better and slightly more turned down.
This is the logo we will be using for our film.

Hallf Term Work -Storyboard

   On Monday, Fehinti and i met in Starbucks to create our storyboard and come up with more ideas for our coursework. Here is my storyboard of what Fehinti and i created.


  

1   Big close up on policeman’s face shouting, focusing on his mouth.

2   Zooming out on man’s face whilst still shouting.

3   The camera zooms out so far that it’s now filming from over the criminal’s left shoulder. Whilst this is happening, the shouting is muted and the only noise heard are the criminal’s thoughts as a voice over with very minimal music playing in the background.

4   The camera pans to outside depicting an autumn day with leaves falling from a tree.

5   The next shot shows the camera panning upwards into the tree, the shot then comes down from the tree but it’s now night time and dark. On the screen there will be text saying how many days or weeks prior to the interrogation the scene is.

6   This will then turn to a building. The camera will then cut to inside the building and the criminal is inside masked with his victim.

7   The camera will now be filming from over the victim’s left shoulder showing the criminal from a low angle.

8   The victim will be crying and pleading with the criminal and the shot will be over the criminals right shoulder at a high angle looking down on the victim.

9   There will now be a close up on the victims face.

10   The criminal will get out a hand held camera or phone and begin filming the victim.

11   The shot will from the criminal’s p.o.v. filming the victim with the criminal’s hand on the filming device.

12   The shot turns to what the camera is filming. The criminal is filming the victims face close up.

13   The victim jerks forward and bites the criminal’s ear but you won’t see this because the criminal wouldn’t be filming his ear. The criminal screams and drops the phone and all you can see is the floor from a different, sideways angle.

14   There is dramatic music as there is screaming in the background and heavy breathing. The screen is black.

15   The black screen is still there as the shot comes out of the tv/laptop in the interrogation room.

16   The policeman uses a remote control to pause the tv, then slams both hands on the table leaning forward and shouts ‘where is she?!’.

17   The shot changes to an over the shoulder shot over the policeman’s shoulder showing the criminals mouth smirking.

THE END