Audience profile

This is Will Whales, he is part of our primary audience for our film, He is male, 17 and would identify to the characters in the film, Will lives in the countryside town of West Hill.

Will likes music such as bassline and drum and bass, however also likes grime such as Skepta and Bugzy Malone, however also has a soft side and loves a bit of Justin Timberlake.

Will likes films such as 'This is England' because it appeals to his regional identity, however also likes films such as 'James Bond' as they appeal to the boy inside him. Will also likes films such as 'Pulp fiction' as they have more storyline and he feels they are more gripping than films like 'James Bond'.

I feel that our film would appeal to will as he has interests that would align with those of the primary audience for our film.

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.