18/20 research and planning blog

Blog of Kamini

This blog was given the score of 18/20 because they made a lot of posts, looking into various things such as researching into their target audience and analysing different films, fonts and soundtracks. This was all very useful to see that they had researched into many things to do with their films. However they would have lost those two marks because they made posts that weren't relevant to their research and planning.

From his blog I have learnt that I can add more pictures to my blog to make it look a lot more presentable, as well as being able to understand the analysis when there are pictures to help. Also I can look into things in a lot more detail, and getting as much information as I can to help me in my research and planning.

Diary of location

Location research

This is my location reasearch for the types of locations I will want to be filming at, and what I want the locations to look like. This has helped me develop what places I want to film and how many places I'm going to have to make time for to film at. Also now I can start looking at similar places to these pictures and I can start creating ideas on what the mise en scene is going to look like.

Drama Adventure Flow Chart

This is a flow chart for the generic conventions of the drama, adventure flow chart. My film mainly follows the plot of this flow chart, and when creating my film and creating my shot list, I will look at this to make sure that all of my shots, get the message across that the girl isn't happy. It follows the generic conventions of a drama film because it has relate-able issues, and the main character goes through a lot of extreme experiences where the audience will sympathise for her, and engage them into wanting to carry on watching the film.

Diary- Audience research

My Target Audience

My typical target audience member should be a British lower middle class female hipster between the ages of 15-19. She might not get along with her parents a lot, or doesn't like the area that they are in and one day dream to get their own living space. They should like listening to alternative music, their favourite film should be an unrealistic fantasy film like The Lord Of The Rings. Or they could be completely content with their life, but wonder what a different life would be like. Both target audiences should feed off of drama and be open minded. They would be  a good target audience because they have the most disposable income, therefore they will be looking for entertainment and some sort of escapism. The picture above shows my typical target audience member.

Generic Convention Research

This is my generic convention research for drama and adventure films. It has helped me to understand what plot line the whole of my film will need to include. Also I know what to include in my opening two minutes to introduce the genre's of the film clearly. Also the actors will have to portray that my film is a drama and an adventure film. For example on one of my shots the girl is on the bus looking out the window. I want her to look sad but then to start looking exciting, showing that she is happy to be going somewhere else on a new journey. This would portray the adventure and drama aspects of the film, to show the shift in mood for the film.

Demographics

In my film I would like my target audience to be mainly girls, between the ages of 15-24, and to be in the class C2-C1. Therefore for my film I would be targeting people with the most disposable income, and also my story would appeal mostly to teenagers because they would find it appealing, as well as being able to relate to some of the topics.

Little miss sunshine:
This is the demographics for the movie "little miss sunshine." As we can see the highest audience band was 15-24 year old's, and more females went to see the movie over men. More lower middle class went to see it than the upper class.

Juno:
Mostly 15-24 year old's went to go see Juno and more women went to see it than men. There are a variety of classes that went to see the movie, but mostly upper middle class went to go see it.

Gone Baby Gone: Mostly 15-24 year old's went to see this movie, therefore we can see that it was aimed at people with a disposable income, an equal amount of genders went to go see it, and mainly the upper middle class went to go see it.

Development of film ideas

 This is the further development of my film ideas including:
 Two minute treatment: this describes what's going to happen in more detail of the first two minutes. Including certain props I'm going to show- where it will be shot- and what shots I will be using on some parts.
Music-  This gives me an idea of what sort of music will suit my opening two minutes and how the music will differ between the two different scenes
Camera angles/shots- I'm suing this to help for when I start to story board, and how I can interpret different shots in the most interesting way as possible that relates to the characters emotions and how the audience should see it.
Inspiration from movies/screen grabs  I'm looking at different shots and the way they do things in movies to help my ideas develop, and what I can use in my film to make it work,
Costumes This makes me organised and gives me more of an idea of what type of person the character is
Film treatment This is the entire plot of the movie, just so that I know what the first two minutes should relate to and where the movie would be going if it was made.
Possible inter titles-  I have only briefly looked at these and I need to look closer into this so that I have an idea of what to put when editing my movie.
Characters-  I have looked at the different characters I will need and show to complete the filming of my movie

Mood Board

This is my mood board for my opening two minutes including:
Props- I can prepare by finding props similar to these and it gives me an idea of what sort of props I should be using to suit the situation and the character.
Location- this gives me an idea of what sort of places I can be considering to film in, and I can start to look for places similar.
Shots- this helps me develop and understanding of how things are going to look, and what shots and angles I can use.
Overall the mood board helps me create a vision of what I want my film to look like, and what props and locations I can use to create the kind of look I want to give my film. It's going to help me develop a clear idea of all the things I have to take consideration of when creating the mise en scene for my film, to ensure that I create the right feeling and emotions for the film, that represent the girls personality and how she see's everything.

Diary of planning

Initial ideas for the opening two minutes of my film

This is my Prezi presentation of my initial ideas, this has helped me to start brainstorming about the type of film I want to make and what the story line will be. I can now start to develop my ideas for a more developed plan of my film. These initial ideas have made me able to start to come up with more ideas of how I want my film to look, and what I want to include in it and what kind of camera angles and shots I will use. I have included what I want to include in the opening two minutes, and what characters I may have in the film to create more of a story and profile of my main character. I have also started to think of music and locations to include in my film, I need ensure that I get these correct so that I can portray my film with the emotions I want the audience to come in contact with whilst watching the opening two minutes of my film.