Research and Planning - Production Schedule

 This is my production schedule, it is a rough idea to help my group keep on track to make sure we finish in time.

Research and Planning - Target Audience

For our Social realist film we are planning to target a audience that is quite young. We want to give it a 15 Certificate so we are going to aim it at people 15 years old and older. We plan to do this by using people around this age in the trailer as the main characters as we think the younger audience will relate to it more and it will attract them to watch it.

Research and Planning - Production Roles

In our group we have decided that I will be in charge of the editing and the sound and Harriet will be in charge of the cinematography and the mise en scene. We decided to split it like this because we think editing and sound fit in well together and cinematography and mise en scene group well together.

Research and Planning - Film Magazine Analysis

On the front cover of this Film Magazine 'Empire' We can see a large picture of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe). This implies that the main content of the magazine is about the film Harry Potter. The shot type used is a medium close up, this allows the audience to see his facial features and expression very clearly. We can clearly see the blood and cuts on his face suggesting that the film involves violence and could be rated for an older audience like teenagers. As the background of the picture of Harry is low key lit, the white and red text really stand out - especially the red of the title. The red title also carries connotations of the blood and violence that is displayed in the film and the cuts on Harrys face.
 I like the layout of the magazine as it is done neatly and is quite simple as it includes very few images and not too much text. Another reason why we know the film is violent is that as a little sub heading for the main story it says "Harry comes out fighting".

This film magazine is called 'Total Film' and the main storyline of it is James Bond. We can tell this as he is on the front and it is a mid shot picture of him, also it says 'BOND' in big silver letters underneath the image of him.. We can tell which James Bond film it is by the sign on the building in the background as it says 'Casino Royale'. I think this magazine would look better without the grey border around it. However the text probably stands out more on the border. I like how they've stuck to the three colour rule and how they have included simple and easy to read fonts.

Research and Planning - Film Poster Analysis

This is a poster for a film called Juno which is a comedy drama. The poster includes an image of both the main characters in the film. The colours used are bright and make the film seem like it is happy. The background is striped like the woman's top and it also uses the same colours for the stripes. Both the characters are young and you can tell this by the clothes they are wearing. We can tell from the picture that the female main character is pregnant and under the title of the film it says " A comedy about growing up ...and the bumps along the way."  This gives us a glimpse of some of the humour that is included in the film as when it says 'bumps' its referring to both the journey of growing up and the fact that she is pregnant.
It has a long shot for both characters showing what there fashion sense is like and so we can clearly tell that the woman is pregnant.
I think the audience for this film is aimed at teenagers as the main characters are teens and they are most likely to be able to relate to some of the stuff that happen as they are at the same stage in life as the characters are.

This is a film poster for She's the man. This film is a romantic comedy about a girl who pretends to be her brother while he goes away to London so she takes his place at school all just to play football and beat her schools football team. The poster includes pictures of the main characters, theses are all longshots of the people. It also gives a bit of the story away at the top but it also makes it sound very confusing which will make people want to see it to know what its going on about.
 The text is done in black and red this matches the colours of the title. It also includes the names of the main actors as this might persuade some people to watch it. I think this film is aimed at teenagers as they can relate to the film as it follows people at school.

Research and Planning - Name Ideas

Cut it Out
Warning
Catch up
Watch your back

Research and Planning - Prop and Costume list

Props
Pretend drugs
Pretend weapons

We will be including fake drugs as in the genre social realism drugs are a main feature as well as some other things. This will give us a plot.

Costumes
Tracksuits
Trainers

As we are doing a social realist film we will get our actors to wear tracksuits and trainers as this 'chav' look is what is expected from this genre of film.

Research and Planning - Equipment and Software list

Equipment

Video Camera

I will use a video camera to record the footage for my trailer.

SLR Camera

                          

I will use an SLR Camera for test shots and pictures for my magazine and poster.

Apple Mac

I will be using an Apple Mac for the majority of my work, however if I do anything at home that I need a computer for I will be using my Dell Laptop.

Tripod

I might use an tripod for any shots where the camera needs to stay still as it will be more stable than holding the camera.

Software

Photoshop

I will be using Photoshop for my film magazine cover and poster. I might also  need to edit some picture that I take on this.

Garageband

I will be using Garageband to create a score and sounds for my trailer. As I haven't used this software before I will need to test it out.

Blogger

I will be using Blogger to upload my progress to, this is so that the examiner can give me feedback throughout the project.

iMovie

I will be using iMovie to edit the footage I get and put it together. This software is fairly new to me however I have created a little 'Chase' clip and edited it using this software to help me get used to it.

iPhoto

I will use iPhoto to import my pictures I take on the camera to get them onto the computer.

Research and Planning - Production Company Logo Research

These are some existing production company logos that I found. I will look at these to help inspire me to get ideas for my groups film company logo.

I have used Worditout.com to create this list of the existing production company names.

Research and Planning - Proposals

Proposal 1

Teenager called Ross

Lives on a Council Estate

Wears Tracksuits

In a Gang

They break the law (Take Drugs)

Proposal 2

Teenager goes for a walk in the woods at night

Hears footsteps following him

Looks around but doesn’t see anyone

Continues walking

Gets attacked

Proposal 3
Teenager gets abused and it doesn't end well

Research and Planning - Group Pitch

Research and Planning - London Pictures