We looked in to crime drama as our genre i focused on the channel 4 program Top Boy;
Top boy is set on the fictional Summerhouse housing estate in Hackney, East London, the series follows the lives of a group of people involved in drug dealing and street gangs. The series aims to provide an insight into life in London estates, and how drugs affect everyone living there. It mainly Focuses on the youths in the area getting affected by the convincing drug dealers who try and get them to do dealing for them to prevent themselves from getting caught.
Monday, 4 May 2015
Friday, 27 March 2015
evaluation task 7
Looking back on your preliminary task (the continuity editing task) what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to full product?
When we first started to bring up ideas for our preliminary task and looking at the different camera angles we could use, it was different to any other filming i had personally done before.
The only filming i had done before was skate edits with my friend Nathan and other films such as basketball trick shots. the types of angles in these type of films are all about getting different angles to get as much of what trick you are doing at the time. So when i started to look at camera angles for things such as crime drama where you have to film standing conversations from one actor to another and using techniques like the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot, it was a learning curve at first but due to me already having experience using a camera i picked it up quickly. The editing side of the two different types of filming was similar and i didn't have to learn much to allow my self to get the end product i wanted.
For the preliminary task we stupidly used a phone to film it, although it was 1080p we made the mistake of not using a tripod and filming it portrait instead of landscape. Although at the time we thought not using a tripod was a mistake to turned out that it worked out well as it gave us a better atmosphere to the film and made you feel closer the the action.
All of this taken in and learning from our mistakes in the preliminary task it gave us a better leg to stand on when filming the final opening. By using an X-grip to hold the video camera instead of no tripod and an Iphone, it gave us a much better quality and allowing us to use a slightly less stable camera it gave us the best possible effect to make the audience feel as close the the action as they can.
Over all the preliminary task was the most helpful aspect of the course as it gave us the basic skills i could build on to create the image for a film opening i wanted. With out it i wouldn't have learned how to do the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot which were key parts in our final product.
When we first started to bring up ideas for our preliminary task and looking at the different camera angles we could use, it was different to any other filming i had personally done before.
The only filming i had done before was skate edits with my friend Nathan and other films such as basketball trick shots. the types of angles in these type of films are all about getting different angles to get as much of what trick you are doing at the time. So when i started to look at camera angles for things such as crime drama where you have to film standing conversations from one actor to another and using techniques like the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot, it was a learning curve at first but due to me already having experience using a camera i picked it up quickly. The editing side of the two different types of filming was similar and i didn't have to learn much to allow my self to get the end product i wanted.
For the preliminary task we stupidly used a phone to film it, although it was 1080p we made the mistake of not using a tripod and filming it portrait instead of landscape. Although at the time we thought not using a tripod was a mistake to turned out that it worked out well as it gave us a better atmosphere to the film and made you feel closer the the action.
All of this taken in and learning from our mistakes in the preliminary task it gave us a better leg to stand on when filming the final opening. By using an X-grip to hold the video camera instead of no tripod and an Iphone, it gave us a much better quality and allowing us to use a slightly less stable camera it gave us the best possible effect to make the audience feel as close the the action as they can.
Over all the preliminary task was the most helpful aspect of the course as it gave us the basic skills i could build on to create the image for a film opening i wanted. With out it i wouldn't have learned how to do the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot which were key parts in our final product.
Evaluation task 5
How did you attract/ address your audience for your media product?
Our film opening will attract a certain audience due to the fact the opening can be linked to other films in our genre. One of the films is Harry Brown, the opening can be similar in the aspect of the main features are in both. This is things such as drugs, crime and murder. This will attract the audience that has seen and enjoyed this film as you would think it is similar and therefore be similar in quality, so they would enjoy it. The main aspects will also be in the norms of a crime drama piece and anyone who enjoys a crime drama will want to watch it as it is their sort of film. But also there are also some qualities that go against the norms of a crime drama and that can attract the audience. We also attracted our audience by our choice of music which was the song Warm up by Chris Webby which is a hip hop song and our target audience as described earlier will listen, enjoy and recognise such music and will attract and address our target audience. The unique selling point of our film is that there are certain things that are 'Unexpected' and that is what will frequently happen (Unexpected things) so it will surprise you and make you want to watch more and will attract and audience.
Our film opening will attract a certain audience due to the fact the opening can be linked to other films in our genre. One of the films is Harry Brown, the opening can be similar in the aspect of the main features are in both. This is things such as drugs, crime and murder. This will attract the audience that has seen and enjoyed this film as you would think it is similar and therefore be similar in quality, so they would enjoy it. The main aspects will also be in the norms of a crime drama piece and anyone who enjoys a crime drama will want to watch it as it is their sort of film. But also there are also some qualities that go against the norms of a crime drama and that can attract the audience. We also attracted our audience by our choice of music which was the song Warm up by Chris Webby which is a hip hop song and our target audience as described earlier will listen, enjoy and recognise such music and will attract and address our target audience. The unique selling point of our film is that there are certain things that are 'Unexpected' and that is what will frequently happen (Unexpected things) so it will surprise you and make you want to watch more and will attract and audience.
evaluation task 4
Our target audience would be 18-25 year olds. We chose this age range as they will enjoy the tense atmosphere of our film and may be able to relate to it in some way! If we had chosen an older range they may not understand or find it to violent and rude. They may also not understand some of the terminology as it may not have been used in there youth. If we had chosen a younger audience it would have been to tame and not fit our original ideas as we would have had to cut out some of the language and violence.
Music:
Our target market would also be interested in more urban music and brands for this reason we used 'Chris Webby Worm Up' in our opening scenes as our target audience would enjoy it much more and recognise it. If we had used music that is frequently played on the radio they may feel it is to generic and would think that it will be like every other crime drama
Tv:
Our target audience would be interested in show such as Top Boy on channel 4. Top boy is about a young boy who's mum is mental ill and is taken to hospital. he is then left on his own with temptations from drug dealers in his local area.
Music:
Our target market would also be interested in more urban music and brands for this reason we used 'Chris Webby Worm Up' in our opening scenes as our target audience would enjoy it much more and recognise it. If we had used music that is frequently played on the radio they may feel it is to generic and would think that it will be like every other crime drama
Tv:
Our target audience would be interested in show such as Top Boy on channel 4. Top boy is about a young boy who's mum is mental ill and is taken to hospital. he is then left on his own with temptations from drug dealers in his local area.
Costume
Costume:
Actor one and two(drug dealers)
For our two drug dealers we want to create a two characters that looked like your average urban lads who may look a bit dodgy and might have a bit of a rough edge to them. For this effect we will chose to get them to wear jeans, hoodies, coats and possible hats. This combination could give off the impression we want. The cloths will be dark to show little about there personality, the jeans will be baggy to show that they don't have much respect for there appearance. The coat will then contradict this impression by showing that they half want to look smart but feel confutable at the same time, the coat will also give them a good place to conceal drugs or a weapon. The idea for the hat and hoodie is to show that they may want to hide there face if a situation occurs that they could get in trouble. Actor one will also have a beard to show he doesn't care to much about his appearance and he likes a bit more of a rough and scruffy look.
Actor three (cow suit guy)
The reason for the cow suit is not only is he going to a halloween party but you would never expect someone in a cow suit to kill any one or be a drug lord in an urban environment. This costumes representation fits the title of our film perfectly (the unexpected).
Make up:
The only small amount type of make up we will use is to show the blood in the stab wound of actor one
Props:
Our main three props are:
screw driver- used to show how he doesn't care about how he inflicts pain he just wants to get the job done no matter what the costs
money in an envelope:- to show how much the deal is worth and what is at stake
pen knife- this shows how prepared and maybe scared actor one is about the risky deal he is doing
fake drugs- to make the film feel more real as you can see what looks like real drugs
Actor one and two(drug dealers)
For our two drug dealers we want to create a two characters that looked like your average urban lads who may look a bit dodgy and might have a bit of a rough edge to them. For this effect we will chose to get them to wear jeans, hoodies, coats and possible hats. This combination could give off the impression we want. The cloths will be dark to show little about there personality, the jeans will be baggy to show that they don't have much respect for there appearance. The coat will then contradict this impression by showing that they half want to look smart but feel confutable at the same time, the coat will also give them a good place to conceal drugs or a weapon. The idea for the hat and hoodie is to show that they may want to hide there face if a situation occurs that they could get in trouble. Actor one will also have a beard to show he doesn't care to much about his appearance and he likes a bit more of a rough and scruffy look.
Actor three (cow suit guy)
The reason for the cow suit is not only is he going to a halloween party but you would never expect someone in a cow suit to kill any one or be a drug lord in an urban environment. This costumes representation fits the title of our film perfectly (the unexpected).
Make up:
The only small amount type of make up we will use is to show the blood in the stab wound of actor one
Props:
Our main three props are:
screw driver- used to show how he doesn't care about how he inflicts pain he just wants to get the job done no matter what the costs
money in an envelope:- to show how much the deal is worth and what is at stake
pen knife- this shows how prepared and maybe scared actor one is about the risky deal he is doing
fake drugs- to make the film feel more real as you can see what looks like real drugs
Opening credits
We looked at different film openings in our genre to gain a better idea of what they consisted of. We looked to see when they used different actors names for example the if the most well known actors names would come up first to draw the audience attention or if they used a big named director to draw attention that way! A good example we found was 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'
Credits:
Credits:
0:00 - Summit Entertainment
0:13 - The Steve Tisch Company
0:24 - Ska Films
0:50 - A Matthew Vaughn Production
1:03 - A Guy Richie Film
2:00 - Lock stock and two smoking barrels
In this case no actors names come up in the opening credits even though big names like Jason Statham. For our film we will put the production company first then the actors and the director and editor and lastly the name of the film at the end of the opening. This approach is due to us being an independent company and we want to get our actors names out there and any bug names we have we want the audience to know they are in the film and to give them the correct credit they deserve!
Risk assessment
A risk assessments aim is to keep the hole crew and cast safe during filming, it is a necessity in all films and Tv shows for health and safety reasons.
Our risk assessment:
Actors:
Due to us not using many special effects in our film it makes it much less risky for the actors, our original idea was to film it on a roof which would have had a slight risk for actors standing near the edge. As we moved location to an old warehouse it was much less high risk as there were no trip hazards. One risk for our main character (in the cow suit) played by Tom Blount is him having to run with a skew driver and near busy roads. To avoid this we will make it so Tom always run at a steady pace away from the edge of the road, no where near any trip hazards and with the skew driver away from his body. When one of our other actors Harrison (playing one of the drug dealers) has to run across an old car park which may have had trip hazards along it so we will make sure his path is clear
Equipment:
As we will be filming in the winter it may be rainy, windy or slippy. To avoid having any of the equipment damaged in the rain we will have to check the wether fore cast for the days we plan to film and if the rain is particularly bad then we will have to amend the shot schedule to fit our new plans. to avoid any of our equipment falling over and breaking on a windy day we have chosen to not use a tripod as not only will it keep the camera safe but it will also give a better effect and make you feel closer the the film.
Our risk assessment:
Actors:
Due to us not using many special effects in our film it makes it much less risky for the actors, our original idea was to film it on a roof which would have had a slight risk for actors standing near the edge. As we moved location to an old warehouse it was much less high risk as there were no trip hazards. One risk for our main character (in the cow suit) played by Tom Blount is him having to run with a skew driver and near busy roads. To avoid this we will make it so Tom always run at a steady pace away from the edge of the road, no where near any trip hazards and with the skew driver away from his body. When one of our other actors Harrison (playing one of the drug dealers) has to run across an old car park which may have had trip hazards along it so we will make sure his path is clear
Equipment:
As we will be filming in the winter it may be rainy, windy or slippy. To avoid having any of the equipment damaged in the rain we will have to check the wether fore cast for the days we plan to film and if the rain is particularly bad then we will have to amend the shot schedule to fit our new plans. to avoid any of our equipment falling over and breaking on a windy day we have chosen to not use a tripod as not only will it keep the camera safe but it will also give a better effect and make you feel closer the the film.
Pitch
A pitch is on the back of the DVD case to give you an idea of what you can expect, but it wont give to much away it will just want you to get interested and want to see how the hole film unravels.
Our Pitch:
Our Pitch:
This film is a gritty crime drama in a urban town and in a modern age where the selling and consumption of drugs is an ever increasing problem in the United Kingdom. Where there are drugs, there's crime. It starts with a small time deal but then grows into much more organized and deadly events that occur. This is the story of two rival gangs that are fighting for customers. And their lives.
pen profiles
Pen Profiles
Name - Tasha O'Connor
Age - 17
Hobbies - Reading and Watching films
Interests - History, Crime and Mystery Films
Favourite Films - Harry Brown, Lawless and Ferris Bullers day off
Favourite TV Shows - Criminal minds and Big bang theory
Opinion on Crime drama films? - They are very interesting
Crime drama film/TV show that you like? - Gangster Squad
Name - Oscar Spicer
Age - 17
Hobbies - Chilling with friends
Interests - classic cars, films, xbox
Favourite Films - lawless, christine, cast away and green mile
Favourite TV Shows - in the flesh, grimm,skins, trailer park boys and peakey blinder
Opinion on Crime drama films? - they are good as they have suspense and can portray aspects of life and types of life it can also always take a different turns and is always left open to new ideas and plots aswell as making lots of different suspects for the viewer to choose from
Crime drama film/TV show that you like? - broadchurch,luthur, sherlock, ripper street
Production logos
Due to us wanting to create an urban and independent film company we chose to call it 'Dank bank productions'. The official definition in the english dictionary for the word 'dank' is 'unpleasantly damp and cold' which i would agree doesn't fit our brand at all, but the urban dictionary's definition is ' to be of something of high quality and that everything is good and happy'. This definition was a perfect fit to our proposed idea for a production company. We used the word 'bank' as not only did it rhyme with dank but it fitted well with our image of possible crime drama films as banks are sometimes a feature in this genre. Bank was also used to show how we had a lot or 'dank' ideas to bring out in new and exiting films for our audience to enjoy.
shot list, filming and editing
Shot list:
Once we had made the script and story this gave us the chance to make the shot list, this is used to to show the different camera angles we used in our preliminary task. once we had the shot list and the story board we could get an idea of which angles would look best and make the scene have the most tension! we used different shot types including match on match action and camera angles such as close ups, extreme close ups and over the shoulder shots.
Filming:
When we went to record the film we used the school the we go to as our location which worked quite well as that's where we and our actors go to school so it was mostly based around convenience, it also worked well due to the layout of the school, it worked well as the school had long corridors so when the character walks for quite a long time down a corridor we had the space to film it all in one shot so it flowed well and it looked better. The doors also helped as they were doors where to open them was to push it so we could get close ups of it that looked exactly how we wanted it to. To film it we used a camcorder but it ran out of battery half way through filming and we didn't have a charger so we had to re-film everything with a friends iPhone which worked quite well in respect of the quality as it was a 1080p camera and looked good on the phone itself but had some problems when it came to editing.
Research for our preliminary task
For our preliminary task we used questionnaires to try and determine what kind of a target audience would be most interested in crime drama, the most effective form we used was survey monkey. It worked well as it allowed me to put a link to the questionnaire and let my frineds and family answer it honestly and anonymously to gain a good idea of what we need to put in the film for our target audience to enjoy it.
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