Target Audience

Target Audience Research:

The genre of our film is mainly thriller, with elements of crime and action.

Here are some statisticts about the audience profile for thriller films:

Gender profile for people who like thriller films

Age profile for people who like thriller films

From our research we have come up with the following target audience:

Priamary target audience - 15 - 25 year olds, predominantly male. The main character in our film is a 17 year old male who we hope our audience can relate to.  The elements of action in our film should aslo be appealing to that market.

Secondary audience - 25 - 50 year olds who are fans of thrillers. There is a still a signifficant percentage of people who like thrillers that are over 25, (44%) and they are therefore our secondary audience.

Brainstorming

We decided to expand on our thriller genre idea, with an aim to establish a title, possible location and actors as well as building a story line.

The brainstorm

1. Is it practical?
     - Yes as we are shooting in a location that is a 2 minute walk from Sams house which we can use as a base. We are also using actors/actresses from within the group as it is alot more convinient as we know that we will be comitted to shooting when we want to. Only one of the roles requires some skill in acting, and this role is played by Lewi who does drama AS.

2. Is it an idea that works to the strengths of the group?
     - Yes, we have all had experience in shooting and editting before. Some of us have also had acting experience.

3. Will it show off the skills you have learnt so far on the course?
     - Yes, we will be using what we have learnt about shooting, editting and continuity from our prelim task. We will also be appllying the Todorov's theory of equillibrium, where the equillibrium is disrupted by the two men carrying the dead body.

4. Is it something you can reasonably shoot and edit in the time available?
     - Yes, it isn't a very complicated plot and dosent require any extensive editting.

5. Can you get access/ permission to shoot in the chosen location at the chosen times?
     - Yes, we are shooting in a public park open for anyone.

6. Can you organise lighting to use in that location?
     - This is our biggest problem as it will be dark when we shoot, we will have to have lots of different lights sources, or shoot when it's slightly lgihter.

7. Have you included dialogue? If so, will it work to shoot conversation in that location?
     - The only dialogue will be added in after we shoot, so you won't actually see anyone talking.

8. Do you have guaranteed high quality reliable actors to play the characters?
     - Yes, Lewi has agreed to act for us which is uselful because he does drama A-level.

Our Institution

We are 'Bite The Bullet Productions', and we specialise in  action/thriller films targeting national and international audiences (anyone who is a fan of the genre). We also have a backlog of relatively low budget and gritty/unusual films that have become big successes.

Our Final Proposal

treatment

Music research

We think, as our film would be set in East London, a way to instantly portray this would be through the music.

The music, for the chase scene especially would add to the atmosphere of the moment as this music does for this clip:


A song we like is Water Torture by Cee Why, it is from the Kidulthood soundtrack (also portraying the same part of London). We like this as it has a eery squeak to it that shows bad is going on (with the disposing of the dead body). It also has a quieter beginning which could contrast the shots of our innocent victim and then the shots of our antagonists. However, this music is not very tense for the moment when our victim is hiding, and just builds on the adrenaline for when our victim is running.




We also feel that this music would work well, as it has a gan gstyle feel to it and could also work well with a running sequence.


So, for the beginning of our sequence we think it should be very quiet with only diegetic sounds of the forest and our main character moving, and for the dialogue of our antagonists. However when the characters start running i think the music above or something similar would fit in nicely, as the bass and beat seem to represent the adrenaline heartbeat of the protagonist.

BLK FEEDBACK TO MEETING

3 Main Issues Our Meeting Raised Were:
- Was it realistic to do a night shoot? A lot of equipment needed etc.
- Should the main character be a bit more of a victim ?
- Would a woodland tracking shot in the dark be too optimistic? Maybe a different kind of shot or change the plot?

Resolutions
-Shoot not a night, but early morning, so the shots were dusky and not completely black
- Make the main character a drug user with a harsh background in comparison to a drug dealer
- We have decided to keep the tracking shot, but make it rough and handheld with a lot of CU's of body parts rather than a straight MS

Research - Chasing Sequences

Casino Royale opening:

The sequence involves lots of wide and long shots to establish the environment that they are in. There are also lots of tracking and panning shots which give a feel of movement and chaos. Editing between shots is predominantly done by cuts as this keeps up the pace of the sequence.

We plan on using some of these techniques in our opening sequence to mimic the feel of a chase.