George Ready's House
This is where Steon lives. We will shoot the scenes of Steon and his girlfriend, Steon getting the gun, and scenes of Steon walking out into his car. We chose this location because it was in a suitable area and was close to Monskpath park which is the second location we used for our filming. His house also had good features that we could use for our filming.
Monkspath park
This is where the drug swap between Boss and Steon happens, as well as the deal between Steon and another character. This is also where Steon gets mugged. We chose this location as it had a good alleyway that was appropriate for the drug deal, and also when it had got darker was a good setting to use for the mugging. It was quite and closed off so we weren't disturbing any of the public either.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Possible Locations
Because we have chosen Social realist Drama as our genre we need to shot around built up areas to follow these conventions. Below are the main locations and some possible locations for our trailer:
Location One: 48 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa
We will be shooting the last scene of the teaser in an alleyway next to 'Hobdays Pet Shop' down this road because it is a prime location for shooting. The alleyway creates the perfect atmosphere for a drug swap because it is in the centre of the town but looks dodgy because the connotation of two people swapping packages in a small alleyway or corner of a road creates the impression that they are trying to hide something which in this case is the drugs. The old pet shop also makes it look out of date and the high street fits in with the locations used in similar youth culture films.
Location Two: Shottery park
This is our back up for 'location one', we can easily access the alley leading to the park which would also be ideal for the meeting and swapping of packages. We could also use this as a possible location for other filming because with the graffiti on the walls could add effect to our film, chase scenes if we choose to use them would also work well in this location.
Location Three: Bishops Ichington
This is were we will be filming the car scene and the shot of inside the empty house. We will be using a different location and front of house for the outside shot because the we need a more built up area to fit in with our storyline and to keep in with the connotation of the character being portrayed.
Location Four: Shirley/Monkspath
We would use George Ready's house for the in house shots where Steon would be living. In monkspath we would shoot the drug deal and also the mugging of Steon
Location One: 48 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa
We will be shooting the last scene of the teaser in an alleyway next to 'Hobdays Pet Shop' down this road because it is a prime location for shooting. The alleyway creates the perfect atmosphere for a drug swap because it is in the centre of the town but looks dodgy because the connotation of two people swapping packages in a small alleyway or corner of a road creates the impression that they are trying to hide something which in this case is the drugs. The old pet shop also makes it look out of date and the high street fits in with the locations used in similar youth culture films.
Location Two: Shottery park
This is our back up for 'location one', we can easily access the alley leading to the park which would also be ideal for the meeting and swapping of packages. We could also use this as a possible location for other filming because with the graffiti on the walls could add effect to our film, chase scenes if we choose to use them would also work well in this location.
Location Three: Bishops Ichington
This is were we will be filming the car scene and the shot of inside the empty house. We will be using a different location and front of house for the outside shot because the we need a more built up area to fit in with our storyline and to keep in with the connotation of the character being portrayed.
Location Four: Shirley/Monkspath
We would use George Ready's house for the in house shots where Steon would be living. In monkspath we would shoot the drug deal and also the mugging of Steon
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Props for the trailer
Fake Gun
This gun will be used by Steon as he is holding it in his hand in one of the scenes and then hides it in his jeans when he his going to pick up the drugs that Boss has hidden away for him. this is to show that he carries a weapon on him showing what type of character he is.
Using this gun could cause a problem as we will be using this outside. The gun will only be shown for 5 seconds but we may have to contact the local police and let them know that we will be filming and the gun will be involved so that if any calls are made they know that everything is safe.
Grey Corsa
This is the car that Steon drives. It isn't in the scenes that often but will be used in the car chase scene and also the scene of Steon walking out of his house into his car and reversing off the drive.
Bag
This bag is what Boss uses to cary the drugs for Steon in. He hides this behind a wall in an alleyway, which is when Steon comes to pick it up.
Fake Drugs
We will make these with cling film and flour. These are the drugs that Boss gives to Steon and Steon sells off to another person.
Money
Money is used when Steon sells the drugs to someone else.
All of these are our own possesions and won't need to go out and purchase any of these items.
This gun will be used by Steon as he is holding it in his hand in one of the scenes and then hides it in his jeans when he his going to pick up the drugs that Boss has hidden away for him. this is to show that he carries a weapon on him showing what type of character he is.
Using this gun could cause a problem as we will be using this outside. The gun will only be shown for 5 seconds but we may have to contact the local police and let them know that we will be filming and the gun will be involved so that if any calls are made they know that everything is safe.
Grey Corsa
This is the car that Steon drives. It isn't in the scenes that often but will be used in the car chase scene and also the scene of Steon walking out of his house into his car and reversing off the drive.
Bag
This bag is what Boss uses to cary the drugs for Steon in. He hides this behind a wall in an alleyway, which is when Steon comes to pick it up.
Fake Drugs
We will make these with cling film and flour. These are the drugs that Boss gives to Steon and Steon sells off to another person.
Money
Money is used when Steon sells the drugs to someone else.
All of these are our own possesions and won't need to go out and purchase any of these items.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Treatment
Working Title:
'Skrilla'
Estimated Duration:
1 minute.
Intended Audience:
18 - 26 year old males, with cinematic interest and of the working class.
Feasibility:
The lack of special effects and equipment will work alongside the realistic genre of the film which will make it easier to film in comparison with the action, horror or science-fiction genres.
Format:
DV
Budget:
Our budget is low so we require actors to work for free
The Equipment/Resources Required:
- Camera (Sony A1E)
- Computer (iMac)
- Editing Software (iMovie)
- Tripod
- Photoshop
Genre:
My group and I have selected Social Realist Drama (youth/gang culture) as our genre.
Synopsis
The story follows a central character called Steon who is a drug dealer in a local community. He has a criminal record so therefore cannot get an established job, so drug dealing his way of looking after his sick girlfriend. He "ticks" (loans) 1kg Cocaine off his dealer Boss and has a week to pay him for it. However, he gets robbed in his neighborhood, and has his money stolen. He has two days to get the money, after which Boss will find him and kill him. The rest of the film follows the story of Steon trying to escape the clutches of Boss and managing to find a way to get Boss off his back.
'Skrilla'
Estimated Duration:
1 minute.
Intended Audience:
18 - 26 year old males, with cinematic interest and of the working class.
Feasibility:
The lack of special effects and equipment will work alongside the realistic genre of the film which will make it easier to film in comparison with the action, horror or science-fiction genres.
Format:
DV
Budget:
Our budget is low so we require actors to work for free
The Equipment/Resources Required:
- Camera (Sony A1E)
- Computer (iMac)
- Editing Software (iMovie)
- Tripod
- Photoshop
Genre:
My group and I have selected Social Realist Drama (youth/gang culture) as our genre.
Synopsis
The story follows a central character called Steon who is a drug dealer in a local community. He has a criminal record so therefore cannot get an established job, so drug dealing his way of looking after his sick girlfriend. He "ticks" (loans) 1kg Cocaine off his dealer Boss and has a week to pay him for it. However, he gets robbed in his neighborhood, and has his money stolen. He has two days to get the money, after which Boss will find him and kill him. The rest of the film follows the story of Steon trying to escape the clutches of Boss and managing to find a way to get Boss off his back.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Target Audience
After doing our primary and secondary research, we have all decided that our target audience for our film will be young adults aged 15-21. From the questionnaire it showed the genre had more males as fans of this genre, although there wasn’t much difference between the two. This means that our film will follow the conventions of other films to try and attract the same type of audience, but won’t show any gender bias.
Target Audience Interviews
To find out more about our target audience, Grace and I interviewed 5 people to find out their views on Social Realist Genre, and what type of conventions they expect to see within this style of film.
The questions asked were:
1) Name?
2) Age?
3) Are you familiar with the genre social realist drama?
4) What are your views on social realist drama as a genre?
5) What are your views on the use of gun crime and drug use in films today?
6) Is this a genre you would normally choose to watch, if so/not, why?
7) What typical conventions do you expect to see in within the storylines of this genre?
8) What previous films have you seen that fall under this or a similar genre?
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301925-maria-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301928-liz-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301930-melody-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301935-greg-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301941-charlotte-target-audience
Doing these interviews helped me to find out what people thought of this genre. Some thought that the use of gun crime and drug abuse was slightly exaggerated, whereas some thought it was effective to see as it is more natural these days to see gangs and violence. The people that enjoyed this genre had most commonly seen Kidulthood, Adulthood and Shank. These are films that we have researched into to find certain conventions that we can use to challenge and develop into our own work.
The questions asked were:
1) Name?
2) Age?
3) Are you familiar with the genre social realist drama?
4) What are your views on social realist drama as a genre?
5) What are your views on the use of gun crime and drug use in films today?
6) Is this a genre you would normally choose to watch, if so/not, why?
7) What typical conventions do you expect to see in within the storylines of this genre?
8) What previous films have you seen that fall under this or a similar genre?
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301925-maria-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301928-liz-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301930-melody-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301935-greg-target-audience
http://audioboo.fm/boos/301941-charlotte-target-audience
Doing these interviews helped me to find out what people thought of this genre. Some thought that the use of gun crime and drug abuse was slightly exaggerated, whereas some thought it was effective to see as it is more natural these days to see gangs and violence. The people that enjoyed this genre had most commonly seen Kidulthood, Adulthood and Shank. These are films that we have researched into to find certain conventions that we can use to challenge and develop into our own work.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Questionnaire Analysis
Questionnaire
1. Gender?
Male Female
2. Age?
16-18 19-21 22+
3. Do you like watching films?
Yes No
4. If yes, what is your favourite film?
5. How often do you watch films?
Very often Often Not much
6. Do you like youth culture/gang films?
Yes No
7. If yes, what one is your favourite?
8. What information do you expect to get from a trailer?
9. How much information would you expect to find on a film poster?
10. What type of story lines do you expect to find in a youth culture film?
11. Are teaser trailers ever enough to excite you enough into going to watch a film?
Yes No
These graphs are answers to question 5 'How often do you watch films?'. As you can see there aren't many responses to the not much option, but as the age group gets higher there are more responses.
These next set of graphs are results from question 6, 'Do you like youth culture films?'. In the 16-18 age group, more males said yes than the females, and there were more females that said no than males. This pattern also continues in the age groups of 19-21. This shows that this genre has more of an appeal to male viewers. People in the age group 22+ all responded with no, showing that the target audience would be lower age groups as older people don't have much interest in this kind of genre.
These graphs are results for question 11, 'Are teaser trailers ever enough to excite you enough into going to watch a film?'. There were very little responses to the answer no, showing that teaser trailers do give off enough excitement and information, that makes the viewers want to go and see the film even though they don't get enough information to understand the film.
From doing this questionnaire I found that the youth culture genre is more popular with younger people from ages 16-21 than older adults. The majority of the people who took part in this questionnaire watched films on a regular basis and all thought that teaser trailers gave off enough information and excitement to make them go and see the film.
Many responses to question 8 & 9 were similar, saying that they would expect to understand the story line, know who the characters were and know the release date from a trailer, and for a poster just to see the title, cast names and release date.
The story line expectations of a youth culture film was very similar as well, as many people said they expected to see drug and alcohol abuse, sex, violence and some story about gangs. The majority's favourite youth culture film was Kidulthood or Adulthood.
1. Gender?
Male Female
2. Age?
16-18 19-21 22+
3. Do you like watching films?
Yes No
4. If yes, what is your favourite film?
5. How often do you watch films?
Very often Often Not much
6. Do you like youth culture/gang films?
Yes No
7. If yes, what one is your favourite?
8. What information do you expect to get from a trailer?
9. How much information would you expect to find on a film poster?
10. What type of story lines do you expect to find in a youth culture film?
11. Are teaser trailers ever enough to excite you enough into going to watch a film?
Yes No
I used facebook, google mail and also handed out these questionnaires to get my results.
From doing this questionnaire I found that the youth culture genre is more popular with younger people from ages 16-21 than older adults. The majority of the people who took part in this questionnaire watched films on a regular basis and all thought that teaser trailers gave off enough information and excitement to make them go and see the film.
Many responses to question 8 & 9 were similar, saying that they would expect to understand the story line, know who the characters were and know the release date from a trailer, and for a poster just to see the title, cast names and release date.
The story line expectations of a youth culture film was very similar as well, as many people said they expected to see drug and alcohol abuse, sex, violence and some story about gangs. The majority's favourite youth culture film was Kidulthood or Adulthood.
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