SUSPECT- A Level Media: Film Opening

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Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?


Before we started our movie we planned that our target audience would be teens and young adults for men and women, this is because of the questionnaire of what people wanted in a film and we gave them what they asked. All the people we asked were teens and young adults, also young adults and teens are the ones that visit the cinema the most. Targeting the biggest audience that visit the cinema means the word will spread about how good our film is, this will increase the box-office sales. Even though our target audience is aimed at both genders but more boys will go and see because majority of the characters are male. Also action movies is at a high peak with popularity with young adults in the UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Questions 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media project and why?
A UK independent institution because our film doesn't have a grand budget so no big institution would distribute out film.

From this graph it shows the top UK independent film distributors in the UK and Ireland.

 

 

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Film Poster

Audience Feedback

About Me

As you know from my blog my name is Tyler Platt. I am creative as well as imaginative and I initially came up with the idea for our movie. I like being imaginative since i'm free to be doing what I want and I can do what i want to do, since i'm not a fan of being told what to do; having the freedom to do what I want for my movie just gets me excited.

Characters

Availability

At first we couldn't decide on a day to film because our schedules were clashing so we had to wait til the Christmas holidays where we filmed our flashback's scenes with Ali's little brother at his house on the 3rd January. The day didn't go so well so we decided to do it at Louis' house where we filmed the entire thing on the 4th January. We couldn't do it at my house because my house was never really free to be filming for hours.

Risk Assessment

Shooting Script

Scene 1:

• Canted shot
• Equipment- Tripod, Camera, Microphone
• Props: Suit, Paper(for brainstorm)
• Time:N/A
• Location: Office in a Building 
• Cast: Louis Liburd

Scene 2:

• Over the shoulder shot
• Equipment- Tripod, Camera, Microphone
• Props: Suit, Phone, Computer
• Time:N/A
• Location: Office in a Building 
• Cast: Louis Liburd and Ali Mane

Scene 3:

• Medium-long shot(zooms in)
• Equipment- Tripod, Camera, Microphone
• Props: Suit, Lamp, Pen, Book, Chair, Table
• Time:N/A
• Location: Office room within a building
• Cast: Tyler Platt

Scene 4:

• Medium shot
• Equipment- Tripod, Camera, Microphone
• Props: Suit, Lamp, Pen, Book, Chair, Table, Phone
• Time:N/A
• Location: Office room within a building
• Cast: Tyler Platt and Ali Mane

Roles

Tyler Platt:

• Camera man (1 scene)
• Audio Editing 
• Actor (Hitman- Main Character)

Ali Mane:

• Cameraman (1 scene)
• Visual Editing
• Actor (Policeman on phone)

Louis Liburd:

• Cameraman(Last minute)
• Lighting
• Actor (Detective)

Lighting

My opinion is that lighting is the one of the most significant factors when filming because you have to make sure that you highlight objects/people which will provoke an emoting response from the audience. Because our film is an action/thriller the mise-en-scene should laid out in a certain way and shouldn't always be bright, it should kind of dark to get the scared response you want from the audience. The low-key lighting coupled with the diegetic sound builds the suspense and makes the audience feel anxious and edgy.

Release Form

Meeting Notes

First day- Flashback scene

We shot all the scenes we needed, however we decided to scrap them because the actor we used was not to the standard that we would have liked.  The actor we used was not able to act shocked or scared, when realising his parents had been murdered.  We also came across many more problems such as the tripod that was recommended and given to us what’s not tall enough to perform a stationary over the shoulder shot.  This meant that I had to worry about keeping the camera and tripod in the right place while using strength to keep it up.  This caused the shot to be very shaky which ruined the mood of our whole scene.  Thirdly the house we used to shoot this house didn't have the minimal requirements for all our equipment to fit in.  The corridor was not wide enough for us to install our lights into the right places, to get that right lighting.

Second day- detective scene 

One thing we struggled was the lighting for the scene, it was very hard for the viewer to see certain things going on during.  However I feel that the darkness creates an ominous/moody scene that really sets the tone of the film right.  I felt the problems we faced for the first scene we cut were now non existent.  The lighting was really outstanding as we had the right tools and equipment to do the job.  You can see this in the hit man scene which I shot feel the lights really compliment the conversation that is going on in the play.

The Different Scenes and Camera Shots Used In Our Film

 

 

Our Film Title

Our film is called SUSPECT which corresponds with the storyline of our film because our main character deems a lot of people suspects because he believes that his dad's death was an act of murder.



Ali Editing



This is Ali editing the audio of our film introduction and he has nearly finished with it, and the final production is near completion.



script with camera shots and editing

Scene 1

(Canted shot- Steady cam)

Detective: Charles Wicket. He’s no longer a victim. He’s a suspect.

(Detective picks up the phone and calls an underling)

Detective: C’mon. C’mon. c’mon. Pick up. Pick up. C’mon… C’mon.

Scene 2

(Over the shoulder shot- Steady cam)

(Phone Ringing)

Detective: Hello

Police officer: yeah boss

Detective: Can you hear me?

Police Officer: Yeah I can hear you

Detective: Ok. I need you to look up a name called Charles Wicket

Police Officer: Ehh… Yeah sure… but what do you need it for?

Detective: I believe that he is now… a suspect

Scene 3

(Medium-long shot – Zooms in)

(Transition- Fade)

Scene 4

(Medium shot)

(Phone call ends)

(Hitman walks in a room and closes the door. Then goes to sit down and switches on the lamp. He then opens up the book, picks up a pen and starts to cross out names in the book)

(Phone rings)

(Hitman goes into pocket and answers the phone)

Hitman: Hello

Police Officer: (Panting) I’ve got important news. They’ve found information on Charles Wicket.

Hitman: Well, that’s bad news isn’t it? Well I want you to clean this up cus’ that’s why I have you on the inside don’t I?

Police Officer: Yeah Yeah. Definitely, I’ll do it.

(Phone call ends)

Scene 5

(Over the shoulder shot)

(Hitman crosses the name Charles Wicket out of the book)

 

New Script

Detective: Charles Wicket. He’s no longer a victim. He’s a suspect.

(Detective picks up the phone and calls an underling)

Detective: C’mon. C’mon. c’mon. Pick up. Pick up. C’mon… C’mon.

(Phone Ringing)

Detective: Hello

Police officer: yeah boss

Detective: Can you hear me?

Police Officer: Yeah I can hear you

Detective: Ok. I need you to look up a name called Charles Wicket

Police Officer: Ehh… Yeah sure… but what do you need it for?

Detective: I believe that he is now… a suspect

(Phone call ends)

(Hitman walks in a room and closes the door. Then goes to sit down and switches on the lamp. He then opens up the book, picks up a pen and starts to cross out names in the book)

(Phone rings)

(Hitman goes into pocket and answers the phone)

Hitman: Hello

Police Officer: (Panting) I’ve got important news. They’ve found information on Charles Wicket.

Hitman: Well, that’s bad news isn’t it? Well I want you to clean this up cus’ that’s why I have you on the inside don’t I?

Police Officer: Yeah Yeah. Definitely, I’ll do it.

(Phone call ends)

(Hitman crosses the name Charles Wicket out of the book)

We scrapped our old script because it was too long and just didn't fit with what we was filming. So we changed the whole script which would give us the opportunity to use more camera angles, different lighting and different mise en scene.

 

 

 

 

Our Production Name

This picture above is what our production name is which is the initials of all our groups names (Louis, Tyler and Ali). Since we couldn't come up with a descent name we decided to use our initials since its unique because no one else has the same names and are in the same group. It is just white writing on a plain black background but having it simple can come out with the best results since your not overcomplicating it.

Production Scheduling

Location and Equipment Used

Screenshots Of The Different Scenes