Audience Profiling

The primary audience for our media product would be both genders, however mostly males aged from 16 to 35, the product would also attract an audience outside this profile as I think the gritty, violent nature of the film would attract fans of this type of film. I think that any other any other gangster film may not attract an audience so young however because our film is centered around this age group it will appeal to them more, being more relatable for some. I think that the film would be certificated at 15 due to the strong violence involved, probable drug taking and frequent strong language, however would not be an 18 certificate due to the lack of strong horror or sexual violence etc

Storyboard

This is the rough storyboard I have drawn for our title sequence

Genre & distribution and why it is important

The genre of a movie or show describes what is expected and how we categorise the films together depending on what is contained within the narrative. For example, in a rom com movie you would expect both romance, comedy and quite light-hearted subject matter, scattered with puns throughout. However in a gangster movie you would expect violence, crime and dark plot elements.

Genre is important as it gives the audience an idea as to what will be contained in the film so that they can have a vague idea as to whether or not they will enjoy the movie and what can be expected to happen in the film.

The genre of a film is built by the codes and conventions of the film, for example the codes and conventions expected in a gangster film would be that the colours will be dark, representing the subject matter, that there will be props such as guns and cars and that the characters will be dressed in suits, our opening, however will not follow the convention of the characters being in suits, as it is set amongst younger 'chavvier' gangsters.

Our film will be a British distributed film, meaning that the opening should be minimalistic but still dramatic and 'eloquent' as opposed to american films that tend to be less experimental and more fitting into a blockbuster/Hollywood mould for all films to be packed more full of explosions and stimulating elements than realism and storyline, there are obviously many exceptions to this rule.

Knowing how to distinguish between genres will help as it will help us make a piece fitting to the forms and conventions of a real gangster.

Location shots and reccie

Me, James and Will went to east hill, where we are planning to film our footage to reccie the area and take location shots for our film, we discovered that the area was very suitable for our setting, as the woodland creates a very eerie setting and the straight roads would make very nice shots. These are the location shots and other test shots we came up with.

It is useful to go on a reccie as it allows us to choose an appropriate location that will fit the theme of our film.

Timeline for Watchmen

This is a timeline I created for the opening sequence to watchmen, it is useful to do this as it will allow me to see how real media products break down.

Our pitch

Last lesson our group had to pitch our movie opening idea to the rest of our class, my group consists of me (sound), Will Whales (editing), and James Flower (filming).
Our opening idea is to have a British gangster film, with it going against the conventions of a gangster film by  having them as young "chavs" instead. part of the reason to do this is because it is easier to film it like this as we have more accessible actors and props for this age group and plot. our opening is going to be shot in twilight, using car lights to provide extra light, and we are going to have a character thrown in the boot of a car, then see the car driving off, having shots of inside the car and having shots showing the car driving past.

Opening sequence analysis

For our final project our group are planning on creating an opening for a British gangster film, so for my deconstruction of an opening sequence i have decided to analyse the opening sequence of the film Snatch.

The very first scene of the film shows CCTV screens showing four disguised men breaking into a diamond business disguised as Jewish rabbis, this opening scene immediately sets the criminal aspect to the film as it is showing the thieves on CCTV screens, connoting that a crime is about to be committed. whilst this sequence is playing the casts names are appearing on the screens.

After this sequence the film cuts to becoming incredibly fast paced, with the characters pulling out guns and storming the office, the non diegetic sound in this part of the opening is a very fitting fast paced drum beat which greatens the tense feelings of the viewer, the editing of the scene is also fast paced and uses effects such as the image rotating and spinning to add tension, which could easily look unimpressive and over the top, however works very well.

 

The sequence continues to show the title "snatch" imposed on top of an outrageously large diamond, when the image of the diamond rotates into another person holding it, this bit of editing is incredibly clever and works very well, a different non diegetic soundtrack starts at this point and is considerably more funky and upbeat than the soundtrack before,creating a more fun element to the opening.

From here onward the opening goes through the characters, establishing who's who, what they do and how their stories intertwine, with each character having a freeze-frame with their name over the top, the fast paced, flowing editing style here makes the viewer incredibly captivated to find out what happens to each of the characters.

 

In my opinion this is an incredibly good and inventive way of making a title sequence. With the sequence finishing with the same shot of the diamond.