PLANNING - AUDIENCE PROFILE

 1. Who is my primary target audience?

Our target audience is mainly boys/men from the ages of 11-22. We believe this would be the most effective target audience as they are the prime target audience in films like ours, such as the Maze Runner. The age group allows our viewers to be mature enough to appreciate the cinematography and understand what is happening on screen and going up to 22 means they still have an imagination and can actually picture themselves in the actors' position.

2. What kind of films and television are they likely to prefer?

Our target audience are likely to prefer action-adventure type movies such as The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games. Another possible genre people who might like our movie is a murder-mystery genre, as this is the general theme we are going to be using in our film. 

3. What platforms do they choose to watch films and where are they likely to see information about films?

I believe that our target audience will be almost hipster and enjoy going to independent theatres to watch smaller films that don't have nearly as much budget than films like the Avengers and The Maze Runner. They are likely to see information about films on social media platforms such as Reddit and Twitter. I have chosen those two platforms as they are off-piste; non-mainstream. 

4. What brands do they prefer?

The brands our target audience may prefer are going to Vintage shops and buying clothes from there, again, complying with the hipster persona I believe would enjoy our film.

5. What makes my film stand out from the competition?

Our film is different through how we have combined different genres into one. We have combined action, murder mystery and adventure all into one film and we really believe that it will come off for us in the long run.

6 . Why should my audience watch my film?

My audience should watch my film as it stands out from all the other competitors. We are bringing something new to the scene and we really believe that people will enjoy watching our movie. 

RESEARCH TASK - SORRY WE MISSED YOU

Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You is a movie in the genre of drama directed by Ken Loach, well known for directing Kes (1969), Riff-Raff (1991) and, more recently, Sorry We Missed You (2019). Ken Loach, 84, is  British director of 27 movies throughout his career. In most of his movies he criticises social ideology and tackles problems experienced in everyday society, such as homelessness.  In Sorry We Missed You he targets the issue of poverty, overwork and the way organisations treat their staff. 

Sorry We Missed You is about a family's struggle to escape from poverty. The father was hard financially of the 2008 global financial crash and found himself in extreme debt. Because of this, he has to take whatever work he could get and now works as a delivery driver to earn money for his family. He buys a new van and starts his own independent delivery service. He struggles at first due to the intensity of the job and how he hardly has any time with his family, which is a big part of his life. The film shows the audience that the family is strong, however, the father and mother are both working long hours in unrewarding jobs and are tested to their limit, while pulled in different directions for their jobs, family life and their relationship. This story is partly dedicated to Don Lane, a DPD courier who died in 2018 after failing to take care of his health because he was so focused on working as many hours as possible through the Christmas period. He missed multiple hospital appointments so that he could carry on working in a desperate attempt to provide for himself and his family. This relates to Sorry We Missed You as the father in the movie experienced similar issues – he was so focused on working and trying to provide for his family that he missed out on many chances to be with his family and spend quality time with them.  As much as this helped his family, they did not really appreciate his efforts as much as he expected them.  This could be because they would have preferred to have the time with him.

The film does not feature any big movie stars, which follows a pattern of many Ken Loach films. Loach believes that using less well known actors makes it easier for the audience to relate to the characters in the movie.  as It makes it more believable to see associate these unknown actors with the everyday person, struggling in life and finding it hard to get a grip of everyday lives. The movie also takes an underhand dig at large courier companies such as DPD and UPS and how they treat their employees as though they are just machines, with no respect for their personal situations.   Sorry We Missed You, is carries the message to encourage these organisations to  think about how they treat their workers and to put a limit on how many hours they can work before they have to take a break.  Not like in the case of Don Lane, where he had been given a £150 fine when he missed work to attend his type 1 diabetes doctors appointment, the lack of treatment for which ended up being the reason for his death.   Overall this movie carries many important messages, ranging from the importance of family life and relationships, to taking care of our health and to challenging how bug business care for their workers.

SCOOP IT

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I have made this post on Scoop.it to collate a group of movies that the target audience of the film opening that my group and I aim to make would like. I chose action movies such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner and The Matrix. I chose this genre of film as the film opening my group is making will be an action film and will have a similar tone to these movies. Hopefully this Scoop.it can guide me on the way to making my film opening, as I now have a better idea of what kind of film I will be making and what the main events in this film will be. 

ON THE SET

 In class, we passed around the camera, learning how to turn it on, take a photo, zoom in, insert the memory card and battery and loads of other vastly useful tools in using a camera. We also learnt how to put the camera onto the tripod, how to use the tripod and how to take the camera off the tripod without damaging the camera or the tripod. 

We also learnt about the 180 degree rule, which means that you should have the same relationship with the left side of the shot as you do with the right side, so it is not too obvious that it is filmed in a set, indulging the viewer more into the scene. 

We also learnt about the on-set etiquette, which meant that when the director shouts rolling, everyone must be quiet, and prepare for him to say cut and strike the kit, marking the start of the filming. 

RESEARCH: TITLE SEQUENCES

The Sopranos

Actors - James Gandolfini

              Lorraine Bracco

              Edie Falco

              Nancy Marchand

Production designer - Edward Pisoni

Co-Producer - Martin Bruestle

Produced by - Ilene S. Landress 

Written and Directed by - David Chase

Title comes on screen - The Sopranos

American Psycho

Lions Gate Films presents: 

An Edward R. Pressman production

In association with Muse Productions & Christian Halsey Solomon

A Mary Harron Film 

American Psycho

List of actors : Christian Bale

                        Willem Dafoe

                        Jared Leto

                        Josh Lucas

                        Samantha Mathis

                        Matt Ross

                        Bill Sage

                        Chloe Sevigny

                        Justin Theroux

                        Guinevere Turner

                        etc. 

Casting by - Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith and Kerry Barden

Costume Designer - Isis Mussenden 

Production Designer - Gideon Ponter

Music Supervisors - Barry Cole and Christopher Covert

Music by John Cale

Editor - Marcus Andrews

Director of Photography - Andrzej Sekula

Co-producers - Ernie Barbarash, Clifford Streit and Rob Weiss

Executive producers - 

Produced by

Based on the Novel by - 

Screenplay by - 

Directed by -