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In my opinion, our film is aimed at teenagers and young adults of both genders, with a more specific target audience of students. The reason for this being that the characters within our film are mainly students and we ourselves are students which makes it easier to know what they are interested in watching. The target audience would also have an interest in films consisting of the genre 'horror' and the sub genre 'zombies'. After looking at various certification websites, we decided to certify our film as a 15 due to the inclusion of zombies, weapons, violence and strong language. We decided that these features would make it unsuitable for people under the age of 15. As I stated above, our film is aimed at both males and females even though our film consists of mainly male actors. We have also aimed our film at all races in order to avoid any discrimination and to make sure we could attract a wider audience as possible. Due to our film being more independent based, we are aiming it at a more working/middle classed audience as higher class people tend to watch more mainstream films. Despite this, I fully expect our film to not have a niche audience as other films with the same genre have attracted large audiences.

To make our film as successful as possible, we created a questionaire for people to fill in. This questionaire allowed us to identify any improvements we could make to our film and to see how we could make it more suitable for our target audience. Some questions were as follows: What do you like/dislike? What genre do you think the film is? Would you and where would you watch this film? Are there any improvements you would make, after reading our story-line? 

The results showed that only 5 out of 10 people stated the genre of the film correctly and that we needed some music that would help portray the genre better. The results also showed that most people liked and wouldn't change our storyline. The people who did say they would change it, only stated a few things they would change which was a major positive for us. We also got a positive outcome from the fact that the results showed that people would view our film in many different ways. With 6 people saying they would watch it at the cinema, 2 people saying they would watch it on netflix and the other 2 people saying they would just wait for it to come on the TV. 

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Our film is aimed at teenagers and young adults as being of that age ourselves we know what this age group want. Mainly male as the film contains violence and this is normally favoured by the male gender, however we purposely made the majority of the characters in the film male as this could appeal to people from the female gender as they could be attaracted to one of the characters. From this we then decided that our audience would have in intrest in films of the horror genre and then sub genre zombies. From research we also found that a large proportion of the people that like these films are actually part of the video gaming community, meaning they play video games. This fact could actually aid us in an advertising campaign being able to target the correct audience easily by advertising before a youtube video showing a video game for example. During the research phase we also looked into certificates for films, we believe that our film should be certified as 15 due to it containing violence and strong language. This gave us base to work up from we could now have 15 as a minimum age for our target audience. If we decided to go with a independant distribution company like warp films we would also have to alter some aspects in order to target it more at people from the sheffield/ south yorkshire area. This could also make our target audience more working to middle class.

We then created a questionaire to ensure that our film was suitable to the target audience (shown below)

These are the results.

We advertised our questionaire with our storyline visible on a social networking site. The fact that 80% of the people that clicked on and answered the questionaire were infact of the age group that we wanted makes the results very valid. All of the participants said that they liked the storyline meaning that it is the correct audience. 

Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?
I believe that we reached our target audience very well. After asking 10 people in our target group we found that 90% would go and watch the film after seeing the first two minutes. After they had watched it we also asked them what they liked and what they didnt here are few examples of what they said.

The majority that were asked said they "loved the 4 shot news report". I believe this is something you dont see very often and it therefore stands out to the audience. It also makes them feel more involved as it gives the impression that the appocalypse is worldwide and could involve them. I also believe that the audiece appreciated the editing skill put into this.

Another thing the group liked was the non-linear sequence of shots, the fact that the first minute or so was a dream was unexpected and therefore gives the audience that shock factor. During planning this was the effect that we wanted to get from this.


One thing we found that the audience didnt like was the typography at the end, they said that it looks "tacky" and "doesnt fit in". To improve this I believe a better font could have been found and a better colour chosen both to help connote blood.

Here is a font I have found:

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Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Our preliminary exercise was continuity task involving the filming and editing of a character opening a door, walking in, sitting down and engaging in conversation with another character. Within this we had to include match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. Completing this task gave us a lot of initial skills, it allowed us to use the camera for the first time and get used to it, it allowed us to learn new basic skills on final cut and of course to begin to using blogger.

We then took these skills forward into the main task which was to create the titles and opening sequence of a new fiction film to last a maximum of 2 minutes. The experience we gained on the preliminary exercise definitely made it a lot easier than originally thought. It made sticking to the 180 degree rule a lot easier and we also included a match on action while opening a door in our final film. After the filming process we then once again used final cut to put it all together, after picking up the basics in the preliminary task we now had confidence to use more complicated techniques like adding transitions or even flashes. This helped our two minutes flow and made it what it is now. Blogger was also very easy to pick up and I know find no trouble using it.


All in all i have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and believe that i have learnt a great deal about many technologies that I had not used before.

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The target audience for our film is roughly teenagers to young adults, we have a strong link with students, who are in that age range, with an interest in horror / zombie films. On our film we have a certificate of 15, because it includes zombies, violence, weapons and strong language, so it would not be suitable for anyone under the age of 15.  Our film is aimed at both male and female, even though our film has mostly male actors, although we do have a small number female actors in our film. We don’t expect a certain amount of one of the genres. Our film is also aimed at all races as there is no discrimination in our film what so ever. Our film is likely to attract the more middle working class as the higher class is more likely to be watching more mainstream films and ours is independent, so it would be more unusual to get a large number of higher class people watching our film. I don’t expect our film to only have a niche audience as other films like ours have attracted a large audience so there should be a large demand for our film.

Before we began filming, we made a questionnaire, in order to find any mistakes made and to make it more suitable for our target audience, with there responses. It included questions like: What do you like / dislike?, What genre do you think this film is?, would you and where would you watch this film?, Is there any improvements you would make, after reading our story-line?.

From looking at the results of the questionnaire it showed that only 5 out of 10 got the genre correct, which told us that we need some obvious, conventional music, with a creepy feeling to it. It showed that many people wouldn't change the story-line and the ones that did would only make a few more things happen in the short space of time. The most interesting thing was the wide range of different ways they would watch the film, As 6 out of 10 would watch it at the cinema, 2 out of 10 would watch it on Netflix and  2 out of 10 would wait for it to come on TV.

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Jake Leesley Question 1

Preliminary Exercise

Story boards.

Treatment

Title:
Length: 90 minutes
Audience: The audience for our film is from age 15. We chose this age as our film includes violence and mild swearing which means the younger generation may copy it which would not be suitable.

Character Profiles

Jake Leesley- 16, male.
Jake is about 5 ft 11.
He has brown hair and brown eyes.
He is an outgoing character that is very sociable.
He is also extremely sporty and loves to go to the cinema.
Jake plays Adams housemate and plays the part of laying on the settee and coughing up blood.
In the film Jake is wearing casual clothing that consists of jeans and a T-Shirt.
He is normally young and fit which makes his episode of coughing up blood rather unusual.



Adam Hoyland- 17, male.
Adam is about 5 ft 9.
He has ginger hair and brown eyes.
He is also a very outgoing character and loves to go out and socialise.
He attends the gym regularly and is a strong character.
Adam is the main character in our film and appears in the whole of it.
At the start, when adam is running, he is wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a hoodie. When in the house he is wearing joggers and a plain T-shirt.






Joel Hunt- 16, male.
Joel is about 6 ft 1.
He has blonde hair and blue eyes.
He plays a zombie in the film.
He is wearing casual clothes that are a bit ripped and dirty.
He has got blood all over him.









Cameron Hudson- 16, male.
Cameron is about 5 ft 8.
He has blonde hair and brown eyes.
He plays a zombie in the film.
He is wearing casual clothes that are abit ripped and dirty.
He has got blood all over him.




Megan Carrington- 16, female.
Megan is about 5 ft 4.
She has brown hair and blue eyes.
She plays a zombie in the film.
She is wearing casual clothes that are abit ripped and dirty.
She has got blood all over her.



Abbie Bladen- 17, female
Abbie is about 5 ft 6.
She has brown hair and green eyes.
She plays a TV broadcaster in the film.
She is wearing smart clothes.
She is very intelligent and has a lot of qualifications.
She isn't very sociable because of her busy work life.

Filming schedule

This is our schedule for filming, we plan on getting it done early so we can go back and redo anything.

Prop list

We have established that we don't need that many props for our film. However, we need things to make our zombies look realistic.
-Fake blood which we have looked into making but have decided just to purchase it due to our time scale and the trickiness of the process.

-We also need plain white t-shirts in which we can create the idea of a dead tattered zombie.

- Smart clothing will be needed for the TV broadcaster. For this we are going to source a plain white shirt, suite jacket. This will be easy as our group members each have an item of this.
-As we are using a house setting, we need a house, which is easily sourced as one of our group members is allowing us to use theirs.
-We also need a bed for the waking up scene, this is also easily sourced as we are using the same house.
-The most important prop is the camera and its battery which we need to book out from college.

Risk Asssement

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How to make fake blood

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Questionnaire results

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Link to share on facebook

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Audience questionnaire

Research into title sequences.

This is the title sequence from the film zombieland to begin with the differant shots are edited together using a dissolve, this shows a change of location and in this case it gives the impression that the zombie outbreak is wide spread.

The titles also appear to be part of the scean in some cases this may be something we could use, expecially with them smashing into pieces as this could be assosiated with violence.

The actual imagery in the title sequence is very representitive of the genre, it shows a lot of zombies covered in blood ect...

Location ideas

As our film is based on zombies, we have established similar settings and locations we can use that link to what people expect in zombie movies. Because of where we all live we have decided to use the woods for the first part of our film as our main character is running through them in their dreams. The woods are ideal for as as they are close to where we live and in safe distance for if it gets dark etc. Our next setting will be in a house. We have decided to use one of our group members house as in the film our character wakes up from a dream and walks down stairs so we needed the bedroom and house setting to make it seem realistic. We also need to create a TV broadcast to go with our film as it will play a huge part. We haven't yet decided where we are going to set the TV broadcast but we need to make it seem realistic and look like an actual TV studio. We are also going to use a shot of outdoors which will exaggerate them emptiness and zombies. This shot will probably be on an open field near all of our houses as it is usually empty and in my opinion is an ideal place for it.
This is the woods in which we have decided to use as it is near all of our houses. As well as this is a really good setting for the start of our film, it also has some down sides. For example if it has been raining the ground may become sludgy or slippy. Also, because of the time of year we are filming and the leaves and branches of the trees, it is possible that it will become dark very easily so we need to be aware of these factors when venturing out to film as it may effect the lighting in our frame of the overall outcome of the shot.

As the beginning of our film turns out to be a dream, we needed a bedroom setting for our character to wake up in. We have decided we are going to use a group members house. However other factors may effect us when filming this such as sound from outside. Also depending on the time of day lighting may need to be altered to fit in with the time of day in the script.



The next scene involves our character walking down the stairs to try and find his house mate. For this we are using the same house as before which means that the same factors would be effecting us.

Our survey

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This is our survey we created to question people on their opinions of our storyline so we can get an idea of what the public would think of our film.

Indicidual Analysis of first 15 minutes of a film/tv programme

Walking Dead episode 1, first 15 minutes
The first episode of the walking dead series consists of the main character waking up in a hospital bed after having been shot while on duty and discovers that while he was in the hospital, something has happened which causes the bodies of the dead to reanimate and attack the living. The town he lived in is mostly abandoned, with many dead roaming the streets at night. Believing that his wife, Lori, and son, Carl, have most likely fled to safety in nearby Atlanta, he grabs a stock of weapons from the locker of his police station, and sets out to find them. Below are some screenshots from the first 15 minutes of the episode.

Group Script

Title sequence research

This is the opening sequence of 'The Thing from another world'. The editing between the shots here are faded. The title its self is done as if it is burnt into the background and shows beams of light coming through.



From the film title it fades into an establishing of what seems to be where 'The Thing' comes from. On the top of this establishing shot there are the editing and screen producers names.

This title sequence is from 'The Walking Dead'. It shows flash backs and memories throughout the title sequence of the characters. This clip shows us what it is like after the incident. All clips throughout this sequence are edited to a sort of sepia filter which could suggest the length of this epidemic. All the different clips fade into each other.

  Throughout the sequence names of the actors and directors are placed on top of different clips which again show us what has happened slightly in the programme without fully giving it away. Music is also placed on top of the clip which i believe builds tension.

Film analysis

A long shot of the main characters is used here to establish the new setting they have entered. Medium close ups are also used to establish new characters in the shot.

A medium shot is used here to show the action that is taking place. The editing used between the scenes are generally cuts which shows the fast pace and building of tension.

                                                       This clip is near the end of the first fifteen minutes of the film. In this scene we are hearing an emergency radio call to the fire fighters, but are unable to hear what exactly is being said. This builds suspense for the viewers and gives a sense of excitement and fear. We are using a similar technique to this in our film as we are doing an emergency TV broadcast to announce what is happening.

Sound is used in this clip to create tension and it also gets the viewer’s heart racing. The sound we hear is a rumbling noise which could suggest the start of the horror throughout this movie.

                                                    Cinematography is used widely throughout this shot as the police and fire fighters have just discovered the source of the rumbling. Here we see a close up of the back of two people’s heads but a medium shot of an elderly woman. I believe this shot shows authority as the close ups are of police men. The camera is also shaking throughout the shot creating a slight un-nerving feeling.

Title Sequence Research

The opening scene of a film is known as the title sequence. The title sequence sets the scene of the film and gives a small insight as to what the film is about/will be about to the audience. It lasts for around 30 seconds. An example of this is below, walking dead.

In this title sequence it shows a deserted setting and images of the main characters who feature within the TV series. At the end of the title sequence, the main title appears and this is the case with most title sequences.

Individual analysis of first 15 mins of similar films

World War Z -

In the first 15 minutes of World War Z -
The title sequence takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds. In this it tells you  the cast, writer and producer etc, After it shows a number of different worries / calamities what is happening all over the world, Non of which has anything to do with the crisis on which happens in the film.
 

After the title sequence is completed, It starts with all the family, which consists of mum, dad and two daughters, there just making breakfast and then it puts attention to the TV where its the new talking about martial law and the situation that is happening in other countries named as rabies.


They then are held in this huge traffic jam, with police patrolling the the streets and loads of helicopters above in the air and then a massive bang goes off. Then this massive truck comes speed through and smashes and knocks all the cars in front of it and Brad takes this opportunity to to go in the clear path and and then it crashes into a ambulance.
  

Everyone gets out of there cars and is just running everywhere even the police because behind them are all loads of zombies. It then takes an crane/long shot of the town in absolute panic.
Whilst running Brad picks up that after a zombie bites you it takes 12 seconds for them to turn into a zombie.
They head for the RV whilst having constant attempts from zombies to get them, They manage to get out of danger.
   

Whilst driving in the deserted area in the RV Brad to try get safety for him and his family rings his previous employer, which happens to be from the government who takes care of crisis's in the world. They agree to get picked up and taken to safety if Brad joins there team in order to find a cure for this disease.