Ahmed has decided he is going to do the shot-list on the production schedule instead of Sahir, as he decided whilst editing this would come useful to him.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
Target Audience
Target Audience:
We aim to target:
- 12-25 year old males & females: purely because we don’t want to include any bias, as both genders are equally able of grasping the themes and plots portrayed in the production
- Young teens and adolescents, currently in education or have just left education
- People that are familiar with the aspects, expectations and ideas of education
- People that can recognise the role of a teacher and a role of a student
- Socio-economic groups targeted: C1 C2 D & E, as their lifestyles correspond with the lifestyles portrayed in the production
- We want to make the production as real as possible, therefore set it in a school location to therefore make the plot more believable so that the audience is more likely to relate to the themes put forward to them
We will market to them by releasing merchandise such as stationary, t-shirts and mugs, which will be branded to therefore increase popularity and recognition for our consumers
There are also attached some images of the audience we aim to target above.
Pre-Questionnaire
What gender are you?
Male
Female
What is your age group?
12-15
16-18
19-21
22+
Are you a big fan of horror movies?
Yes
No
What age category films do you watch?
U
PG
12A
12
15
18
Do you like the logo?
Yes
No
Does the music build up enough tension?
Yes
No
Do you consider our film to be a Horror after reading the script and the synopsis?
Yes
No
After reading our script do you believe the narrative is appropriate?
Yes
No
Was the synopsis informative?
Yes
No
Weekly Updates- Week of 3rd October 2011 (week 3)
This week we looked at our production schedule and acknowledged what tasks had to be completed by the end of the week. I made a start on our target audience research and i was curious to know what people at school thought about horror films, and used them as my sample. Ahmed made a start on the pre-questionnaire and we began to gain insight into what people thought of horror films, and what their views were on our title and plot. We are also curious to find out which gender likes horror films, as in our meeting, we predicted males preferred scary films rather than females. Furthermore, Ahmed made a start on the uses and gratification theory, and in our meeting, Ahmed discussed how he would approach this. We began by discussing how films in general provide entertainment, and horror and comedy films provide the most entertainment. I had to make a start on our script, and by looking at the 2 minute outline; I made decisions about how much dialogue i wanted to include. I finally came to the conclusion that minimal dialogue is not only a convention of horror films, but silence helps intensify the scenes, and create tension. I also considered leaving room for essential sound effects, and referring back to the 2 minute outline. In the meeting we held this week, we made decisions about what would actually happen in the sequence. Our initial idea was quite basic, but I thought it wouldn't be as hard to film. I made a start on the script, Sahir spent the week completing other work and taking pictures of the location and creating location notes, made a start with score notes, and Ahmed continued with the pre-questionnaire and shooting script. This week was good as it helped us move forward with the production, and map out exactly what we wanted to include in it.
Cast Notes
Character: Ahmed Khan - Protagonist
AGE: 16
ROLE: Plays the role of the young student who is on his way home after serving an hours detention after school due to his childish and immature behaviour, who encounters the weird occurrences that take place in the hallway.
REASON WHY HE WAS GIVEN THIS ROLE: As a group we decided that Ahmed fitted the role of the rebellious and troublemaking teen perfectly. This was due to a number of reasons; he has his ear pierced, as well as him having a 'urban' hairstyle. Furthermore he, like many other teens today, wears his trousers lower than usual, which would effectively help him in looking more intimidating and rebellious. This would help us portray the image of him being a rebellious and trouble making teen as he would be fitting the criteria perfectly.
Character: Jordan Constantine - Antagonist
AGE: 16
ROLE: Plays the role of the young girl who is seen on the tricycle, by Ahmed.
REASON WHY HE WAS GIVEN THIS ROLE: Jordan, a small 16 year old girl, who took Drama at GCSE level, fitted the bill of our Antagonist perfectly. We decided that the actor who had the role of the small girl, had to ideally be very small. Jordan fitted the bill perfectly, as she is small and has acting experience.
Character: Pianki Assegai, Mr Cole - Extra (Teacher)
AGE: 33
ROLE: Plays the role of the teacher, who Ahmed has had earlier run ins with before, and who is keeping Ahmed behind.
REASON WHY HE WAS GIVEN THIS ROLE: We decided that Mr Assegai would fit the role perfectly as he is a teacher by profession and plays the role of a teacher in our film. As he has professional experience in the teaching field and acting field, due to him being a media teacher, we thought that he'd fit our role perfectly.
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