PLANNING - ACTION SEQUENCE STORYBOARD

ACTION SEQUENCE STORYBOARD

Started: Friday 16th October

Finished: Friday 4th December

We first started our initial planning/ideas on the last day of half term. This session was our first major brainstorm for our film opening: generating ideas, planning characters etc.. 

After Half Term, we developed the main storyline and changed some of our scenes at the end of the film opening, as we faced some challenged in terms of filming due to the pandemic. So, we altered the locations of our film opening so that everyone who was involved (who are filming and directing) would be safe and are taking precautions.

INITIAL STORYBOARD

FINAL STORYBOARD

CHARACTERS, SOCIAL GROUPS & STEREOTYPES

 SOCIAL GROUPS & STEREOTYPES

SOCIAL GROUP STEREOTYPES: 

           1.     SOCIAL GROUP – YOUNG EX-CRIMINALS

The first social group we use in our fictional film opening includes young ex-criminals. They are serving their time by carrying out community service After they Have committed various crime. Thus, making them ex-criminals: although in the film we do not see what every crime each character commits; we see them working hard to Essentially redeem themselves from the criminal acts they committed in the past.

2.      SOCIAL GROUP (aesthetic) – PRISONERS

This social group is the stereotypical criminal in prison. These types of scenes will not be in our final film opening, however we wanted to show the type of criminals in prison and how they act in prison and outside of prison (when they are out). These images reflect the stereotype inside prison and what happens behind locked doors. 

3.      SOCIAL GROUP – COUPLES

This social group is for the end of the film opening where the love interest to Kevin is introduced. She is also a criminal, there is a shed of hope for Kevin to decide what path he wants to go to (his old ways or a better/positive life with his new love interest). This ending will help audiences build character relatability, as for many people there could be one person in their life that would change them to be good and be in a better place. This stereotype builds audience empathy, sympathy of antipathy very quickly, this last scene will end in a cliffhanger.

AUDIENCE THEORY

Audience theory from PreeshaPatel

RESEARCH: AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE

RESEARCH: AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE 

I have used Google Forms to create my audience questionnaire to send out my peers, teachers and family. This platform is easy to use and the layout is easy on the eye. It was not difficult to create. 

The purpose of this questionnaire was to gain a deeper understanding of our audiences’ interests. Therefore, for this questionnaire I asked questions that help to build a general audience profile (this will make it easier for me when writing my audience profile). By dividing up the age groups in this questionnaire, movie interests and more I can then begin to form a higher level/view of our audience. Once Tom and I have all the information from the questionnaire we can then begin to plan and research how we will make our film opening in a way that attracts our specific audience/viewers for the film. 

My questionnaire started with general questions to the audience and then I went in detail to ask more specific questions about the film we are making and the certain aspects we are going to have in our film. By asking these more detailed questions we can gauge whether people/audience are actually interested in these aspects/style of films. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DS7HXe26Eo7mI-7gVXqVNtIUssikFXcpMS9ETPmvTec/edit

PLANNING: MY AUDIENCE PROFILE

MY AUDIENCE PROFILE

From carrying out this activity, I understand that all products are targeted to a specific audience. In order to successfully target my own audience, I created an audience profile. To do this, I needed to clarify and understand who they are and consider the following factors: age, gender, social class and background. To engage my specific target audience I would also need to know what media platforms and sites they use, so that I could carry out successful marketing and promoting strategies. As seen below, consist’s my audience profile that considers all these factors I have mentioned. 

 

PLANNING: MY TARGET AUDIENCE

1.     Who is my primary target audience?

Our primary target audience is unisex ages 15+ from Britain.  

2.     What kind of films and television are they likely to prefer?

Films my audience would like are hopefully crime/mystery and possibly horror. This will be for the audience who prefer this type of genre in film. 

3.     What platforms do they choose to watch films and where are they likely to see information about films?

The platforms they would watch this kind of film would be in the cinema or on a streaming channel like Netflix. Frequent cinema visitors, with a passion for crime/mystery film viewing. High quality cinemas/premium cinemas, like the Everyman is one of their favourite was to watch/screen the film. Other streaming channels like Netflix or Amazon Prime are also good alternative options they like to watch the film. This audience is not afraid of what is going to happen next, they like these new plot scenes and challenges – these are they’re favourite films to watch. 

4.     What brands do they prefer?

This type of audience prefers, are more vintage and unique brands. 

5.     What makes my film stand out from the competition?

       This film creates a feeling from the past and the present. The audience gets to encounter the intricate details that leads up to why the main character is in the place that he is in now. The film shows the reality of having a criminal record. 

6.     Why should my audience watch my film? For example:  Total Film / Empire / Cinema Scope / Slant / Sight and Sound says: Most powerful psychological thriller since Don't Look Now!

It’s a different style to the normal crime films that the audience would usually see. It’s not the type prison crime film, it the effects after the criminal has come out of jail/prison, showing the difficulties a criminal goes through after they are out. 

 

PLANNING: TREATMENT

PLANNING: TREATMENT

Friday 13th November - Tuesday 17th November

We had done some research into how to write a treatment, this is what we had found:

• Write a short/brief outline
• Remember what the purpose/meaning is of the treatment
• Don’t include all of the information
• Make the treatment readable and moving
• Show an active protagonist
• Include two or three intriguing, vivid images

As part of our research we took part and watched a FutureLearn video/course, which is presented by Frank Ash. Frank Ash has taught us storytelling and creativity technique to teams across the BBC and worldwide. 

See link below for Frank Ash’s Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DjaV-Y-90

Four Key Points/Quotations: 

1.     “What is the story?” - What is it all about, what is about, what is the issue about (Top line)

2.     “What is going to happen?” - giving them a questions that gives the audience a sense of anticipation and suspense.

3.     “What big story question” - what is the questions that your going to pose at the beginning of the story, which is gong to give the audience a sense of anticipation and suspense. The end goal.

4.     “How will this story relate and connect to me (personally)” - think about the main theme in this storyline.

Our Treatment

The protagonist (Arrran) has just come out of a 5 year jail sentence and discovers his first taste of freedom agin into the real world, but not everything is is as easy going as he/you may seem. He faces manny problems and dilemmas once out of jail and the audiences sees the hard hitting reality that he faces (in his personal/social life, work life, mental and physical health) once coming out. The audiences sees what happens to the character: what happens when they face the criminal record on their back for the rest of their life. 

Top Line/Title and Big Questions

Top Line: Arrran has done time for stealing from a convenience store and emerges with a new-found determination  to go straight. He does not realise how much prejudice he will face and how many setbacks threaten to sink him. He is haunted by his past mistakes. It comes to a head when he is almost tempted back to his old ways, until a chance encounter offers new hope.

The audience encounters both sides of Arron himself, his past and present thoughts and actions. The audiences sees how Kevin tackles these problems that he faces on a day to day basis, after his traumatic situation. 

Title: “Criminal Faces” 

Big Question: “Will Arran make peace with his past and fin a future?