Title and tagline: The title of the movie is 'The Equation Part 2' and the tagline of the movie is 'Expect the unexpected'. Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.): The topic that we have chosen from the brief is Modern Noir. Genre (and sub-genre if applicable): For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen to make it a "Thriller" with a lot some slight emphasis of it being a "detective movie" where it is riddled with a lot of enigma codes and generally gets the audience thinking and hopefully ends with a cliff hanger that leaves the audience asking for more. Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer): A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers. Other successful films that are similar to yours: To Kill A Mocking Bird and Sin City, the fact we will be using the black and white layout and having a quiet introduction in the beginning. House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc Whiplash, use of colours and palettes Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order: At the beginning of the story, there was this detective who was on his way to work. Once he got to the office, his manager told him there were numerous gunshots in different places; He was sent to a scene downtown and a couple of other detectives around the city went to the other scenes. They believed it was just the one person who did this mess and it was hard to find her as the CCTV cameras weren't working. He tried many different solutions but non of them hadn't worked. Therefore, he went back into to time and re-try different solutions. On the fourth time he went back into time, he felt like he was getting even closer. One night, he had a dream about how a homeless man had whispered something in his ear and it was, "Think the unexpected". Once he had woke up, he kept this saying in his head despite it being only in his dream and is only a fantasy. However, he stuck to it and thought about it long and hard. Then, he went to a discrete located pub where he would think that people who don't want to show their face because they may have done something bad to a public. Once he went their, he saw this glamorous lady (femme fatale) sitting there and was quite odd because you wouldn't expect a lady sitting in a discrete pub. She looked as if she would spend most her day in a casino but she didn't which was odd for the detective and felt something didn't feel right. They both started talking to one another and suddenly, she shot the detective after playing one round of 'spin the bottle'... (Story left on a cliffhanger). Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:
The main protagonist will be the detective
The antagonist is going to be the femme fatale but she will only be shown at the end of the film.
Other characters and their role/audience appeal:
There will also be the detectives manager who tells him the job and situation
Another character is the different suspects the detective finds before going back into time.
Also, there will be a bartender which will only have a short cameo scene.
Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):
The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film
I believe males would watch it simply due to the fact we will have a femme fatale in it and the fact that men are attracted to things like this.
Working class/middle class
Those who are interested in film noir/'olden days' movies.
The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film: The part we will be using from this film is where the detective and 'femme fatale' meet up in the pub and when she shoots the detective and is left at a cliffhanger. The fact that this will be left at a cliffhanger, obviously states that this will be at the end of the movie.
The title of the movie is 'Who was it?' and the tagline of the movie is 'The more prettier, the more dangerous they can be'.
Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
The topic that we have chosen from the brief is 'The Secret'.
Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen two different genres we will try to work around and they are 'Action and Horror'. We have also taken into account that we may try and add a little bit of 'comedy' too but there could be a possibility where we may take it out as it is quite hard to make a movie with comedy.
Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):
A hidden, silent detective who is on a case to find a mass killer in the town, Greenford.
Other successful films that are similar to yours:
The films that have inspired us to do this movie are the following:
Casino Royal
Sin City
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Hitch-Hiker (Beginning)
Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):
At the beginning of the movie, there will be numerous gunshots. The boss will go to the main characters (detective) office and report the case. The detective will then start the case of who is the murderer. This is a hard task for him as he has a hidden identity and doesn't speak at all. There will be some hard times for him, as everyone in the city is very quiet. However, there is a new girl in town that no one has never seen. The detective gets quite close to her until he finds out that she's the one who did all of this. Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:
The Main Protagonist is going to be the detective in this movie
Other characters and their role/audience appeal:
There is also the boss of the detective who only has a short cameo scene in the movie as he is only reporting the case to the main protagonist.
We will also have a 'femme fatale'. She is going to be a main character in the actual movie but will only have a cameo in the 3 minutes film.
Many different suspects which will be there. They are going to be questioned by the detective. When this part is happening, it will almost be a stare-off with the suspect and the detective as the detective cannot speak.
Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):
From what we have made this film noir into, we would think that this film is located to people that are aged between 10 and 35. This is because this isn't an ordinary 'Film Noir' ; Its is more of a parody as there are some scenes of humor involved in our version too. We would also think that this is aimed at mostly male because there isn't much that female can relate too as this film is only based around men and one female. Therefore, the majority of viewers of this film would be male. People who like comedy and thriller would find this film more enjoyable than the people who would like horror or action. The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
In this extract, we will be filming the beginning of the movie because I believe that this is the more effective bit of the movie.
What is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government?
The BBFC shows information, written short and briefly, about all the films that have been published and what we have also rated. The director of BBFC had said that their has been a large number of increase in the amount of people that are wanting to make new films but don't have their facilities. Therefore, the BBFC have helped fund those people which costs £50+VAT for films that are upto 20 minutes long and films that cost £100+VAT for films to are between 20 and 40 minutes long. For this to work, the film can only be fiction and non fiction and has to be accepted and recognized through the funding scheme. How is a film rated? A film is rated depending on what is included on the film. Sometimes, people may rate the film in groups but sometimes it is done individually which is also known as 'solo viewing'. For example, if a bad language has been used, then the film may be rated 12 or above. Issues faced when classifying a film This debate was all about movies being an influence on the audience. Many people strongly disagree with some movies as it can bring a bad feeling around others. Many younger audiences may start to watch horror and action films which can influence their lifestyle. Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The Dark Knight was awarded? The Dark Knight had a large number of complaints about it's rating, as it was given a 12A by the BBFC. The reason why many people complained is being of the fact it was way too violent for any 12 year old or younger to watch it as there was some parts with blood and a lot of brawl fights going on. Many of the audience may have thought that these brawl fights could influence the younger audience and maybe one day make them really brutal as well as the characters in the movies. In my opinion, I believe that this rating given to the Batman movie was really accurate. This is because I believe that Batman has been a really famous superhero to the children for many decades and just due to the fact that it shows a number of violent scenes, doesn't mean that they should increase the rating of the movie. What are the guidelines for a 15 certificate? In a 15 rated film, you can see the following:
Strong violence
Frequent strong Language
Portrayals of sexual activity
Strong verbal references to sex
Sexual Nudity
Brief scene of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
Discriminatory language or behavior
Drug Taking
Choose a 15 rated case study movie from the BBFC
The movie that I have chosen from the BBFC, that is also a 15 rated movie is the movie called Shank. This movie was directed by Mo Ali in 2010, which was a low budget movie and is based in London about younger British teenagers. The reason why this was named as a 15 rated movie is because it had many features of a 15 rated movie as stated above:
Strong Language
Violence
Sex references
Drug use
Strong language is always going to effect the movies rating as it will always be a 12A rating but if the swear words, e.g. the 'F' word was used very frequently, then it will be given a 15 rated. For instance, in this movie, the 'F' word was used over a hundred times. Street fights and weapons that have been involved also gave it this rating as the directors most likely didn't want to influence the younger audience as it could effect how they would grow up, e.g. they may find this movie really motivating and could do certain things from this movie that they really shouldn't.
Pandora Cinema (This production also made more low budget movies for the likes of Grind, $6 million and Man without a past which is listed below.
Flower Films (II) (This production also made the film 'Whip it', $15 million).
Adam Fields Productions (S.Darko, $10 million)
Gaylord Films (Duma, $12 million)
Girlhood
Studio Canal ('71, £8.1 million)
Hold Up Films (Tomboy, $1 million)
The Man Without A Past
Pandora Cinema (Listed above)
Oslo, August 31st
Don't Look Now (With this production company, Oslo is the only movie that they have ever created)
Motlys (This production has many different types of movies but I cannot find the budget of that movies anywhere).
Killer of Sheep
Berlin Film Festival
With the Flower Film production company, I believe that the most successful movie they have made is Whip It because it's budget was 15 million dollars which I believe is as high it will get when it comes to a high budget movie.
StuidoCanal have made some really successful movies for the likes of RobCop but this is beyond being a low budget movie. However, they did also produce Krigen which is another low budget French movie that was recently produced in art house cinemas. Distribution: Independent film distributors 1. http://launchingfilms.com/step-step-guide/ 2. 10 steps of film distribution
Introduction - This is where people start to gather their ideas and start to plan a movie which doesn't need to be the actual one; Just a rough idea.
Lord Puttam - This is the part where the makers of the movie start to make up who their target audience is going to be.
So what exactly do distributors do? - This is where all the profits are started to be planned; Why would the audience want to go watch the movie and how they can gather audiences.
Who are the distributors? - Who will take care of the movie without the production work going on.
Where all the pre production work takes place and who is going to be the people who distribute it. Is it a sales person etc?
This is the part where all of the distributors sign a contract with the producer of the movie where they are talking about rights of the movie and what they can and cannot do.
This is when the producer and distributors start to think when they will release the movie once they have signed the contract.
When the release date has to be decided.
The job of a distributor is to create visibility and to raise enough awareness and interest in a film
to persuade potential audiences to buy tickets to go and see it.
This when they get the license to start producing.
3,4 and 5... Donnie Darko
Distributor
Pandora Cinema (World-wide)
Metrodome Distribution (UK)
Warner Bros
Cinema
Donnie Darko had firstly screened in the Sundance Film Festival and then during the opening week it was filmed another 58 times across many different cinemas in the United States. In the opening week, it grossed $110,494 and then after it had been showed worldwide, it grossed just under $8 million which meant that it had made a profit from it's budget.
Girlhood
Distributor
Abordar (Spain)
Strand Relseasing (USA)
This movie hadn't been distrubuted in the UK, so the USA was the nearest thing that I could find.
Cinema
This movie has been very popular and has been shwon in many different cinemas and some of them being on of the most popular cinemas in the world, such as Vue. It had made a domestic gross of $60,000 which meant that it had also made a grand profit from its budget.
The Man without A Past
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classic
Cinema
This is another movie that was released worldwide especially in France but wasn't published in the big cinemas. This movie also made a gross of $900,000 which had also made a huge profit from it's budget considering that they only spent less than $100,00.
Oslo, 31st August
Distributor
Maison Motion (Taiwan)
Soda Pictures (UK)
Cinema
The gross of this movie was just over $100,00 which is another profit considering they had an extremely low budget. This movie was also distributed in many arthouse cinemas all across London and also France etc.
Killer of Sheep
Distributor
Milestone Films
Cinema
This movie had a budget of $10,000 and had a gross of $300,000 which is definitely a high profit as it was published world wide and highly in the USA and the UK.
6. Curzon Artifical Eye is all about releasing films to the UK audience by whether or not checking if they are suitable for the audience.
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From this trailer, I believe that I can use the hand held camera effect, to show that someone is coming towards the main character.
In this trailer, I think that I can use the black and white effect which will link really nicely to the short production we have in mind (film noir).
In this final trailer, I think that I can use the panning and zooming effect which gives the movie a little bit more tension and suspense to the audience.
Exhibition: Arthouse cinemas
The first arthouse cinema I have researched about is the Electric Cinema which is based near Notting Hill station in London (W11). This week in the cinema, they are showing two different movies per day at two different timings per movie which are 'Bridge of Spies' and 'Carol'. The different with this London arthouse cinema, comparing it to the popular cinemas such as Vue, is that this cinema doesn't show the big blockbuster movies, e.g. Spiderman and doesn't tend to make as much movie as the other cinemas because they are everywhere where as these Art house cinemas as only located in one place. As shown on the website, this cinema is to attract the younger audience. This is probably due to the layout of the cinema, as they have these comfortable seats and beds at the front of the cinema which is an attraction to more of a younger audience.
Another arthouse cinema I found was the 'Everyman Baker Street' cinema which is on Baker Street in Central London. Therefore, I would imagine that this would be a very popular art house cinema as it is based in a popular place. The showings in this cinema is very cinema similar to the showing in the Electric Cinema but in the Baker street cinema, they are also showing a movie called Brooklyn. This cinema is a little different to the one I stated above because occasionally in this cinema, they would show some popular (non) arthouse movies that they may have show in the Vue cinema etc.
A case study in independent film production: Film London and Microwave Film
What is Film London?
Film London is a film and media agency, which is a promotion for London as a major international film-making and film cultural capital, which includes everything in the screen industries. It was created to promote London as one of the best capitals in terms of the media.
What is Microwave Film?
Microwave film is where the London Film association gives help and support to people who are trying to create their own projects and don't really have the funds etc to do these projects (they will fund for the films).
What is the London calling project and how does it encourage independent film making?
London calling is all about providing help and mentoring the people that are wanting to make films of their own but don't really know how to do so. Therefore, they will help them with the different techniques etc.This encourages independent film making because this is accessible to anyone who wishes to create a movie.
I think that this is suitable for an arthouse because of how this movie is based on a 'ghetto' Londoner and how many people around the world wouldn't really understand this particular movie as they would find it very strange and abnormal.
I would think this movie to also be an arthouse movie especially because this is similar to the one above. This is also about a 'ghetto' life and how most the people around the world wouldn't understand it and therefore wouldn't pay to watch it as it would be pointless for them.
The first thing that I have learnt from this film is that we need to know what our story is about. This is by meaning that the audience know what the film is about, e.g. who is the main protagonist and where it is located etc.
clear idea of audience is also crucial - who they're communicating to
Understanding audiences and distribution- Who are the target audiences? This is a big thing that will help me out in the movie we are creating in our coursework.
Firstly, the black and white effect obviously shows that this movie was published a very long time ago but nowadays, this colour could suggest the wealth of the character, which to me suggests that she isn't poor but also isn't rich.
The sound in the background is diegtic. This is because this is the type of music that would be played if someone was to be going out with someone else to a club or something and this music is preparing the lady for when she does go out. I believe that both the two characters in this extract are the main protagonists because they were equally showed in this extract. I think that the little girl is whom this whole movie is being created around and so with the mother.Throughout the whole extract it would show a lot of straight cuts between the mother getting ready and her daughter listening to the music and playing with her toys which also showed continuity editing between them. The daughter was being shown at a long shot angle but in the centre of the scene whereas the mother would be shown at a close up shot which could also suggest she is the main protagonist.
When the little girl was shown in the extract, she was all alone even though she had her doll and was listening to music. However, since she is quite little and all alone while her mum was in the other room, there wasn't a lot of security around at that time. So, I think that somewhere along the line, something will happen to the little girl (kidnap etc).
BBFC Certificate: 12A
In this extract, there was a wide range of cinematography and a lot of editing happening. First of all, there a close up shot of this male protagonist which then went into a point of view shot. Once the audience saw the point of view shot, it was focused on this waitress at the restaurant which had the panning movement from left to right and then focus onto this other lady. From the first 10 seconds of this clip, you had already known that this person is going to be the main protagonist because the camera had gone back onto him on a numerous occasions. Even though, we find someone to be the main protagonist of an extract by looking at if the camera shot was a close up, this time it was a long shot but the audience knew that he was the main protagonist because he was in the centre of the scene and the only one who you could see very clearly.
At around 30 seconds of the extract, we saw the back of the protagonist and the camera itself was handheld which could mean that someone was spying on him. This extract had two ways an audience can interpret it, either the main protagonist was lonely or either he was waiting for someone. They could think he is lonely because of all those point of view shots where he would be looking at a lady each time; could be something to do with him past and hasn't forgotten about it.
BBFC Certificate: 15
In my opinion, I would say that the target audience for this between 15 and 35. This is because many people wouldn't really understand this particular movie because it is a movie related to isolation and people don't really understand that feeling when they're quite young.
This film is about a man who had lost his memory about everything that had happened to him in the past, even his name hence why the movie name itself is called 'The man without a past'. In the first few minutes of this movie, it had just shown this man and lady talking to one another about his name and other personal details about him which he didn't remember.
Throughout the first couple of minutes it showed a wide range of straights cuts and continuity editing between the two people and then as the extract went on, it would then become a three way conversation.
The camera work through this clip was really detailed. It would start of with a medium close up of the man which obviously showed that he was the main protagonist because of the fact that we saw more of him and also most of the questions were thrown at him. Also, when the third character came into the scene, the camera angle had then changed. At first, it was eye level with the audience but when the other male character came it was at an angle. The man was looking down at the main protagonist and the protagonist was looking up at the other male. This showed a sense of who had more power than the other because it suggested that the main protagonist was clueless and didn't know what was happening which might have sent a message to the audience that this character is defenseless and couldn't really stand up for himself since he didn't know much.
BBFC Certificate: 12
In my opinion, I would set this type of movie to people between the age of 30-50. This is because not many young people would find a movie about someone who has lost his memory really entertaining unless if it is a comedy or even horror which in this case, it isn't.
From this clip, I found out that this film is about how this person called Donnie Darko and was alone a lot of his life. As you can see, there is a two way conversation happening between the main protagonist and his consultant or someone that he went to talk to; It showed a lot of different straight cuts which resulted into continuity editing.
Also, the camerawork showed an 180 degree cut between the two characters which shows that the two characters where talking to one another. This isn't shown as a point of view shot because when each character is being shown on the screen, it shows the are either looking to the right or left of the camera which is defining the 180 degree rule. There was a wide range of medium close ups on the male character which to the audience shows that he's the main protagonist as he is doing the most talking and the audience see him more in this extract. There different shots also meant that it was a shot/reverse shot as it was between the two protagonists and it was going back and forth between them.
The sound itself was quite dull and diegetic. This is because the two protagonists were sitting in a dull and dark room which kind of represents the music as the setting of the scene felts quite lonely and if he was on his own.
BBFC Certificate: 15
This movie is set for teenagers and younger adults because it is related to horror and this is what people like to watch nowadays.
This extract is about a gang of girls dancing on a train. From looking at this extract, the characters looks like they are in this 'ghetto' city and are eligible to do whatever they want to. This is because they were in a train dancing and that isn't something you would see happen on a normal basis, especially due to the fact the are female and don't really act in this sort of way. Just by looking at the characters facial expressions, it looks like they are enjoying every moment of it. This to the audience suggests that these character do not care about what they are doing and where they are doing it because the main thing to them may be is that they are enjoying it and they don't want that to be ruin since they are on a train etc.
Throughout this whole extract, there was one main part of cinematography used; it was the panning movement. This panning movement was used when the two characters were on one side of the train, dancing to the song they were listening to. This panning movement was really important to the audience because when they were doing this camera movement, the scene itself was more or less taken within a couple of shots. Therefore, this meant that the audience may have felt that they were there with the characters while they were dancing (made them feel apart of the film). Another reason why the audience may feel like they are apart of the film is because of how high the camera. As you can see, the level of the camera is head height so it may feel to the audience that that's them and that its a point of view shot.
Also, in this clip, hardly any editing was done apart from a few straight cuts but that was it. This is because the panning movement played a huge part in this extract.
BBFC Certificate: 15
In my opinion, this move should be for people who are aged 16 and above. This is because this movie talks a lot about drugs and has quite a few violent scenes which isn't a good thing for young viewers to be watching. Also, people are are over the age 40 wouldn't want to watch this particular type of movie since it isn't a movie that the elder generation wouldn't want to watch since it viewed at teenagers and young adults.
