Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Saturday, 5 March 2011
(Pre-Production) One Page Draft Treatment
25 word premise
Mercedes, a teenage girl from Marks Gate has always dreamed of becoming an actress. With many issues in her life, will she aim for success?
Target audience
- My film targets the age range of 16-24 because the themes such as aspiration, growing up, relationships and conflict relates to that age group. Also the themes are quite complicated such as violence and drug abuse which young people may not understand or take it seriously.
- Additionally the film involves the issue of suicide, an issue which is very serious and you need to be mature when watching it and it could be upsetting for a young audience. The film is targeted at a British niche audience we decided the film would relate to the working class as this class can relate to the film more. It will appeal to a female audience because the main characters in my film are females. This is appealing for a female audience as they can relate to the aspects of the person of the same gender and the lifestyle of the characters. It could still appeal to a male audience if they are aspiring to be something, but the issues faced in my film will relate more to females than males.
- I also did some research on the kind of interests this audience has for example music as the audience will be familiar with the song tracks in the film which a British artists. Additionally stuff like celebrities, television are aspects which girls like and enjoy. The Internet, mobile phones, magazines are consumptions that a lot this target audience have and these devices are used within the film to give it a sense of realism.
-The unique selling point of my film would be the theme of 'growing up and aspiration' as my target audience can relate to this and at the age group of 16 and over, you tend to make decisions in life. A film which inspired me was 'Fish Tank' which is about a girl from a working class background aspiring to become a dancer. Here is a link to a video showing a few clips from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvuWhhZUBRI. Another film which inspired me was Billy Elliot which deals with a similar theme of growing up and aspiration. The main character, which is a young boy, aspires to become a ballet dancer. Here is a link to the first part of the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5reTXJQQA
Outline of idea
The main idea of our film is to prove that no matter which social background you come from and the obstacles and issues you face in life, you can still aim to reach success. Many people get the impression that the stereotype of a ‘chav’ are troublemakers and have no career intentions, but they miss out the fact that they can be aspired to go far in life in order to get out of their current situation. In my opening sequence, when the protagonist Mercedes begins her audition, she gets nervous and messes up her line. She runs out of the auditions and into the toilets angry and upset. My opening sequence will end at this point depending on whether she gives up her hopes or continues to try and aim for her dream to become an actress.
Mercedes, a teenage girl from Marks Gate has always dreamed of becoming an actress. With many issues in her life, will she aim for success?
Target audience
- My film targets the age range of 16-24 because the themes such as aspiration, growing up, relationships and conflict relates to that age group. Also the themes are quite complicated such as violence and drug abuse which young people may not understand or take it seriously.
- Additionally the film involves the issue of suicide, an issue which is very serious and you need to be mature when watching it and it could be upsetting for a young audience. The film is targeted at a British niche audience we decided the film would relate to the working class as this class can relate to the film more. It will appeal to a female audience because the main characters in my film are females. This is appealing for a female audience as they can relate to the aspects of the person of the same gender and the lifestyle of the characters. It could still appeal to a male audience if they are aspiring to be something, but the issues faced in my film will relate more to females than males.
- I also did some research on the kind of interests this audience has for example music as the audience will be familiar with the song tracks in the film which a British artists. Additionally stuff like celebrities, television are aspects which girls like and enjoy. The Internet, mobile phones, magazines are consumptions that a lot this target audience have and these devices are used within the film to give it a sense of realism.
-The unique selling point of my film would be the theme of 'growing up and aspiration' as my target audience can relate to this and at the age group of 16 and over, you tend to make decisions in life. A film which inspired me was 'Fish Tank' which is about a girl from a working class background aspiring to become a dancer. Here is a link to a video showing a few clips from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvuWhhZUBRI. Another film which inspired me was Billy Elliot which deals with a similar theme of growing up and aspiration. The main character, which is a young boy, aspires to become a ballet dancer. Here is a link to the first part of the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5reTXJQQA
Outline of idea
The main idea of our film is to prove that no matter which social background you come from and the obstacles and issues you face in life, you can still aim to reach success. Many people get the impression that the stereotype of a ‘chav’ are troublemakers and have no career intentions, but they miss out the fact that they can be aspired to go far in life in order to get out of their current situation. In my opening sequence, when the protagonist Mercedes begins her audition, she gets nervous and messes up her line. She runs out of the auditions and into the toilets angry and upset. My opening sequence will end at this point depending on whether she gives up her hopes or continues to try and aim for her dream to become an actress.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
(Pre-Production) Analysis of Feedback
Looking back at my treatment as a draft, I received some positive feedback on my treatment and some feedback on areas I could improve on. I would need to take all this into consideration for when I improve my final treatment. My partner and I have discussed that we might need to make a couple of changes on our final treatment based on our peers' feedback.
I received positive feedback about the title 'Hear Me Out' because it is short and gives a sense of what the storyline may be about. They also mentioned that the storyline was very good and the fact that we had good ideas such as using the helicopter to get an establishing shot but we couldn't because of the cost issues.
Me and my partner also received feedback on areas which we could improve on and parts of the story line they lacked understanding of.
- Why does she hate her mother?
On our treatment, we had to cut the narrative short because it went over 2 minutes whilst working on the shooting script. So we decided to remove the scene where Mercedes snatches the letter of acceptance from her mother. This can be a stereotype that she is just a moody teenager but doesn't actually hate her mother.
- What happened in the flashback?
In the flashback, we see Mercedes having a dream of herself in the future as a famous actress. We hear a man say "Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Mercedes Johnson" and she comes on to the awards stage looking glamorous, smiling and waving at the crowd who are cheering and clapping. Mercedes, from a working class background is aspired to live her dream of becoming an actress which contrasts with the fact that she is quite poor.
- Who is she aspiring to be like?
As she is quite poor, she wants to get out of her current situation to live the dream of a celebrity. She could be reading magazines and wants to live the lifestyle most famous actresses do.
- What are her daily routines?
I received positive feedback about the title 'Hear Me Out' because it is short and gives a sense of what the storyline may be about. They also mentioned that the storyline was very good and the fact that we had good ideas such as using the helicopter to get an establishing shot but we couldn't because of the cost issues.
Me and my partner also received feedback on areas which we could improve on and parts of the story line they lacked understanding of.
- Why does she hate her mother?
On our treatment, we had to cut the narrative short because it went over 2 minutes whilst working on the shooting script. So we decided to remove the scene where Mercedes snatches the letter of acceptance from her mother. This can be a stereotype that she is just a moody teenager but doesn't actually hate her mother.
- What happened in the flashback?
In the flashback, we see Mercedes having a dream of herself in the future as a famous actress. We hear a man say "Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Mercedes Johnson" and she comes on to the awards stage looking glamorous, smiling and waving at the crowd who are cheering and clapping. Mercedes, from a working class background is aspired to live her dream of becoming an actress which contrasts with the fact that she is quite poor.
- Who is she aspiring to be like?
As she is quite poor, she wants to get out of her current situation to live the dream of a celebrity. She could be reading magazines and wants to live the lifestyle most famous actresses do.
- What are her daily routines?
Her daily routine is that she goes to school and is in competition with a middle class girl from the same school who seems to have a higher chance of getting through the auditions. Mercedes isn't academic in school, but she wants to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous actress one day.
- Sound/Music
As for sound and music effects, me and my partner decided we would play non-diegetic sound of the piano being played towards the end of the opening sequence so the audience would feel sympathetic towards the protagonist. We would also play slow instrumental music when introducing the antagonist to give us an idea that she is from the middle class. We find that ambient and diegetic sound is important because we would also need to make our film looking as realistic as possible.
- Sound/Music
As for sound and music effects, me and my partner decided we would play non-diegetic sound of the piano being played towards the end of the opening sequence so the audience would feel sympathetic towards the protagonist. We would also play slow instrumental music when introducing the antagonist to give us an idea that she is from the middle class. We find that ambient and diegetic sound is important because we would also need to make our film looking as realistic as possible.
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