New Idea

We have came up with a new idea which will be alot easier and less confusing than the old one. We have solved the problems of location and characters as the new idea will be set just outside the school gates and will involve teenagers, which are easier to find as actors than adults.

The idea of our new film is as follows...

A girl being watched by a man whilst walking out of an after school detention with her friends, she leaves her friends to approach her stepdad waiting for her. The man watching her is in fact her real dad who keeps having flashbacks of his time with the daughter before her mother left him. The teenage girl has an argument with her stepdad, the whole time her real dad is watching, causing him to become enraged.

We believe that this new idea will be easier to film and that the audience will understand the situation the characters are in. We also believe that by choosing this idea over our old one we will end up with a better quality film. We have discussed our new idea with Mr Hood and he agrees that it will be easier and we will have a better outcome.

Pitch

After discussing and coming up with our final idea we now have to pitch our idea to Mr Hood and the rest of our media class. We have tried to get the idea of our story across in as much detail as possible without it being confusing.



Feedback

The overall feedback we recieved was that the film is too confusing. We decided that it would be difficult to find all the characters we needed and it was suggested that we could possibly use costume to disguise ages of actors etc. Another issue that arose was that in a 2 minute film it would be very difficult to distinguish the connection between the murderer and the victim.

After listening to all the feedback we recieved and realising it would prove more difficult than we had first imagined, we have had a long discussion about it we have decided to no longer carry on with this idea so we have thought of another..

Brainstorming Group Ideas

Group Ideas on Prezi

Target Audience Research

I have researched how films are rated on the British Board of Film Classification website. The knowledge I have acquired from this website I now have to decide on the age rating we should give our film. We have all came to the conclusion that our film will be classified as either a 12 or a 15. I have given you a brief overview below of all the age ratings:

Parental Guidance Universal -Suitable for All

'U' rated films are suitable for audiences aged four years and over.

Parental Guidance

'PG' films should not disturb any child around the age of 8 or older, children of any age may watch it if accompanied by an adult.

Suitable for 12 Years or Older

The category of 12A exists for films in cinemas and it means that noone younger than 12 can see the film unless accompanied by an adult.

Films with this rating may include violence, imitable behaviour, language, sex and drugs, but they must not be shown in detail and will be brief.

Suitable for 15 Years or Older

Only people ages 15 and older may watch a '15' rated film, it is virtually the same as a 12/12A rating however all the above things can be shown but will be in more detail.

Suitable for Adults Only

Noone younger than 18 years of age will be allowed to view this film in a cinema. This is because the due to The Human Rights Act 1998, at 18 you should have the freedom to choose your own entertainment.

Not only do we have to consider the age rating that we would give our film but also the type of person that would go and watch it. For example a 15 year old girl may be old enough to watch an action film but they may not want to. We have decided that our film would be aimed at older teenagers and middle aged people who like to watch  mysterious films. I also believe that males would prefer to watch it over women.