Green Screen Evaluation Question 1&2

Evaluation Question 3&4

3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

TCM is a TV institute that broadcast man film noirs and has been established since 1990. Hollywood is the producer of many films and we feel that our film noir would be beneficial to the profitable side of the company and this being the reason that we would want them to distribute it because our film is a smaller budget film but could bring in a lot of profit for them.

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Film noirs were initially aimed at working/middle class men from ages of 18-35. This was based on our planning and history of film noir and this was because of the attractive femme fatale and male hero. Also we attracted people of ages of 40-50 years + and this was because of the 1950s style and classic conventions of the 50s and 60s. People of these age groups can relate to these times and seeing these films then.b

Analysis of BFI Data

The genre that released the most films within one year was thriller. They released 64 films whilst horror released 37 films and romance released 34. This shows that thriller could be the most popular due to how many films they released. On the other hand, by looking at the total income for the films, you can clearly see which films are the most popular. Horror created £57.5 million. Thriller made £29.1 million and romance made £13.9 million. This shows that the popular genre was horror. This is because although the genre made less films, they made more money for the films that they produced and released. The romance genre was not as popular. This is because they released the lowest amount of films and they also made the lowest amount of income.

From this set of data, this shows the average number of theatres that the films reached at the widest point of release and it also shows the amount that the box office made when the film was shown. In the horror genre, films reached 145 box offices. This shows that it reached a large amount of cinemas. Box offices, made about £57.5 million when the horror genre films were shown. Thriller genre reached 89 cinemas. The gross amount that box offices made was £29.1 million. This shows that since the genre didn't reach to as many cinemas. Romance genre has the lowest statistics. The genre only reached 59 cinemas and the gross amount that box offices made was £13.9 million. Over all this shows that the most popular genre is horror.

The chart shows the average amount that each cinema makes from the genre. It is compared with the overall gross amount of the films and also how many box offices the genre reached. In the horror genre, the average profit of the film is £10,708. The genre managed to reach a total number of 5,367 box offices, this is a large amount of money for each box office. Thriller genre made an average of £5,127 for each cinema. The amount of cinemas the genre reached was 5,667. The romance genre managed to make the cinemas roughly £6,895 each. The amount of cinemas the romance genre reached was 2,014. This shows that the horror genre did a lot better in sales due to the amount of audiences reached. Also, the romance genre has interesting statistics. Although the romance genre did not reach to as many cinemas, they still managed to make each box office more than the thriller genre did. 

It also allows you to see how many releases the genre made all together within this area. The horror genre released 7 films within the UK and Ireland in 2013. This generated a total of £14.8 million. The thriller genre released 17 films within the UK and Ireland. The total amount made was £4.1 million. Lastly, the romantic comedy only released 3 films throughout the year. The amount the box offices made was a total of £6.2 million. This shows that the horror and romantic genres are popular with the UK and Ireland. The horror genre released more films and made more profit but the romantic genre managed to release less films and almost get half of the horrors profit. The thriller genre did not do as well within the UK and Ireland even though they released more films. They did not make as much profit so this shows that there were less audiences viewing the films.

The chart shows the number of films worldwide (e.g. Hollywood films), in the UK and the small budget films within the UK (UK independent films). Action is the most popular UK film and then comedy is the most popular UK independent film. Horror has more films shown at box offices with a 5.8%. They are also shows a lot around the world with a 5.0% of films being shown at box offices. The thriller genre has more worldwide films and UK independent films rather than UK films. The romance genre has a high proportion of films at box offices that are UK independent. The percentage of this is 8.1%. Overall this shows the most popular genre over all would be horror. I think this because from looking at the data, the horror genre has a higher percentage of Hollywood type films.

Evaluation Powerpoint Question 6

Diamante Film

Evaluation Prezi Question 5

Mr Judge Feedback - Provisional Mark/Level/Grade: Level 3 (13/20)

• Planning and research evidence will be complete;•  There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;•  There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;• There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding; • There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning

6• Time management is good.

Interim grade: Level 3: 13/20 Level

Medal:

1. Jordan, your blog has improved a lot over the last few weeks. You have made a number of very good posts of a good standard.
2. Good work on your storyboards - could possibly add some more archive images to build a picture of the whole plot
3. Good synopis and your spelling has improved a lot
4. Watch the diamante spelling throughout
5. DS Studio logo could do with some improvements, to make it more visually appealing
6. Excellent script and ideas in evidence
7. You have improved your textual anakysis as well

Mission: To get a level 4:

1. Evidence of the BFI audience research required asap
2. Evidence of images from the set, of costumes, location reeces, images/video of the making/behind the scenes
3. Possibly some more 'fleshed out' mind mapping of initail ideas, Task 3
4. Comb through your posts and make sure you can add more details throughout

	MINIMAL (L1)	BASIC (L2)	PROFICIENT (L3)	EXCELLENT (L4)	TOTAL
1.RESEARCH & PLANNING [20]	0-7	8-11	12-15	16-20	13
2. CONSTRUCTION – MAIN TASK [40]	0-23	24-35	36-47	48-60
3.EVALUATION [20]	0-7	8-11	12-15	16-20
TOTAL GRADE FOR FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO [100]					/100
Minus -39 = U	40-49 = E	50-59 = D	60-69 = C	70-79 = B	80-100 = A

 

Production Schedule

Wednesday 6^th January -  Filming the first couple of scenes in the town centre with Tom And Jordan T acting and Jordan C filming, we do not need permission to film here. These shots will be outside shots and be long shots and medium shots for the opening scene.

Monday 11^th January -  Finish off all the filming that is needed for our open sequence, this will be filmed in the school so we do not need permission here and Jordan C will be filming.  The shots filmed will be more close up shots and

Wednesday 13^th – Mock Exam

Monday 18^th – Start the edit for our opening sequence and add the intro sequences, this will be done at school and done by the three of us so that the editing is kept between us and we then know how to edit.

For filming we will need a HD camera so that we can film all the shots that are needed and also get a tri pod so we can use them for steady shots when filming to make it more professional.

When filming there will be no real risk as we will be filming outside in the town centre where there is no real danger for us to film and also in the sixth form there is no danger for us to film.

Storyboard

·        First shot in the opening sequence is an establishing shot of Birmingham. 

 

·      Femme Fatale in detective’s office explaining about what has happened to her jewels.

·      Over the shoulder shot of the characters speaking.

 

·      Femme fatale hiding her jewels trying to frame her former husband of stealing them.

·      Close up on her hand stashing the jewels in his apartment.

 

·      The 2 detectives go to the former husbands house to look for the jewels that the femme fatale has stashed in his apartment.

Synopsis

       Diamant Synopsis

• Director- Jordan Cunningham 
• Femme Fatale-
• Detective- Thomas Hendry  
• Victim- Jordan Twiggs

Plot

A woman wants revenge on her former husband, and so she claims that he stole her jewellery from her apartment, which is worth millions of pounds. The femme fatale then goes to the detective explaining her story blaming it on her former husband. The detective claims that he will try and put a case together for her. The plot then is left on a cliff hanger  to whether the woman gets found out for blaming it on the man or whether the man gets punished and arrested for his actions and the woman wins.

Location

Birmingham - with establishing shots at the start to set the scene and let the audience know where the film is taking place. We can do this by showing some iconic buildings in the city centre of Birmingham for example the Bull Ring. We have chosen this location for the film as there are many unique features for the film to take place.

Characters

In the film we have three main characters that are in it, like any other normal film noir we will have three main characters and they are: Femme Fatale, Detective, Victim. We are using these sorts of characters to create a hook for the people watching the film. When using these characters it shows the audience that it is a traditional film noir as most of the film noirs that were made used these types of characters.

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Diamante Script

Script – Diamanté

FADE IN:

EXT: BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE – NIGHT

(An Establishing Shot of the city)

INT: OFFICE –WAITING ROOM – NIGHT

(Detective is about to close up and go home when he sees a woman walking in.)

WOMAN – I’m so glad I’ve caught you! I’m in need of some help.

DETECTIVE – So what can I do for you my dear?

WOMAN – Is there somewhere abit more private where we can speak?

DETECTIVE – Sure, come on in to my office… Want a drink?

WOMAN – Sorry I don’t drink.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT: OFFICE – DETECTIVES ROOM – NIGHT

(Both Detective and Woman walk into the office, and then Detective reaches out and grabs his finest bottle of whiskey and pours himself a glass.)

WOMAN – Right so this is where it all started, yesterday after coming back from my trip to France it appeared to me that some of my most precious jewels have gone missing. These are not any ordinary jewels these are the rarest, finest diamonds that someone can get their hands on! I do have a little idea of who could be behind this.

(Detective whips out his notepad and writes down what the woman is saying to him.)

DETECTIVE – So tell me more about the man that you may think stole the jewels.

WOMAN – His name is Hubert and lets say we have abit of history, this man is my ex husband and well we didn’t split up on good terms.

DETECTIVE – Okay I’ll try my best to get a case together sweetheart.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT: HUBERTS HOUSE – BACK GARDEN – MORNING

(POV Shot: Woman hiding her jewels that she claims had been stolen by her ex husband in his back garden.)

(Detectives go into the mans house to search for the jewels that are believed to be stolen from the woman.)

Mind Map

Mr Judge Feedback

Medal: Your current posts are of a good standard and some are excellent

Mission: What we need to see now is you completing the outstanding tasks as soon as possible. 

The last feedback posts targets have not been met. What we now need is to see is your evidence for; Stereotypical representations of gender, designing and creating studio logo's and your understanding of the correct conventional title orders as studied in class. Some images are also required to enhance the look and design your blog. 

Also the BFI data task that was set yesterday has not been initiated, this needs to be completed in order to evidence audience research. 

Stereotypical Representations Of Thriller/Horror Genres/Characters

Representations

Representations have been pre-established in genre films such as the Horrors and the Thrillers. Certain representations have now become stereotypes and Dracula still remains the most recognizable character in Horror films.

Dracula has a number of stereotypes that people associate him with, some of these are:

Alot of the time Vampires such as Dracula and others are associated with bats and they're often able to transform into as part of their traits.

The most popular vampire thing that people remember is his costume which consists of a very white face, black slicked back hair and a big cape which comes down to the floor.

Something that's also recognizable on vampires is their fangs, these are often very sharp and sometimes have blood all over to make them seem even scarier.

Vampires drink blood! Its believed that blood is life after all, so it makes sense that an undead being would feed on blood to survive.


Cultural Representation:
Hollywood has always been a white centric, the actors are all white males with black, asian actors being a small minority. Actors such as Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Morgan Freeman are braking the mold. It changed in the thriller Se7en as Morgan Freeman has a leading role.

Gender Representation:
Females has predominately been the victims in thrillers or the femme fatale. Since the Silence of the Lambs it has changed that.

Heterosexual Representation:
Having a homosexual protagonist is almost entirely rare in Hollywood. It's not very heard of as they're normally masculine. Thomas Harris is that all antagonists such as serial killers have homosexual tendencies which has formed a negative stereotype.