Our media project attracts a wide audience, it attracts children as they are known for their love of fiction films such as Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland and Shrek. This is the ideal audience because their innocence and age allows them to believe the story and they learn the morals that are portrayed in them such as “good things come to those who wait” in Cinderella along with our film “Being Annie” and “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” taught through Beauty and the Beast and The Hunch Back of Notre dame. Our film also attracts young teenage girls because they may relate to our central character Annie in feeling depressed and stressed in school however by using Brad Cruise targets teenage girls as he is used as a symbol of sex appeal like many stars of today such as Chad Michael Murray, Orlando Bloom, Channing Tatum and Zac Effron. Other than attracting teenage girls the film also attracts upper and lower class binding them together as an audience as these social classes are shown through Brad and Annie and Ms Tiara and Aunt Velma in addition our film targets everyone as everyone has a dream and this film shows that however big a dream is anyone can accomplish it.
Children – It is based on a fairytale which is highly recognized by a lot of children and it is very popular. Those fans and recognizers of the fairytale would want to see the film which is based on it as they would already have a large child fan base.
Parents – Would also be an audience for this film because they would take their children to see this film
Teenagers – Would be an audience for this film because it deals with issues, problems and other situations which teenagers are very likely to go through, for example the crush on the celebrity idol – Brad Cruise
General Audience – The film is about dreams and achieving them so it is something that all of the audience all around can relate towards
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
What kind of media institution might distribute your media project and why?
Although our film could potentially have the makings of a Disney/ DreamWorks type film as our film is a low budget one, we are more likely to find an independent institution to distribute our film as they are interested in the scripts of young people and there new ideas. In addition, directors of Hollywood block busters are now becoming more interested in the scripts of students and young film makers as they focus on more independent and individual stories that get involved in a characters mindset.
We are more likely to find an institution like Metrodome and Icon Movies as they are independent companies.
Picture taken from Icon Movies website.
We could also distribute our video on youtube, the advantages of this is that youtube is free, people will be given a chance to comment and rate your videos which you could use to improve your next movie idea.
Plus YouTube is one of the most sucessful softwares over the world wide web which can be accessed all over the world, yes you could get your video placed on icon but your are more likely to more intrest rousing from your video on youtube and your distrubution would be faster.
Although our film could potentially have the makings of a Disney/ DreamWorks type film as our film is a low budget one, we are more likely to find an independent institution to distribute our film as they are interested in the scripts of young people and there new ideas. In addition, directors of Hollywood block busters are now becoming more interested in the scripts of students and young film makers as they focus on more independent and individual stories that get involved in a characters mindset.
We are more likely to find an institution like Metrodome and Icon Movies as they are independent companies.
Picture taken from Icon Movies website. We could also distribute our video on youtube, the advantages of this is that youtube is free, people will be given a chance to comment and rate your videos which you could use to improve your next movie idea.
Plus YouTube is one of the most sucessful softwares over the world wide web which can be accessed all over the world, yes you could get your video placed on icon but your are more likely to more intrest rousing from your video on youtube and your distrubution would be faster.
How does your opening sequence represent particular social groups?
Before we casted and began to create the film of “Being Annie” we held cast auditions by putting up posters around school, talking to students who were interested in drama and getting any suggestions of committed media students who would be interested in taking part in a media project. We thought this would be a good idea as they as media and drama students would understand how serious our project was to us, for the drama students it would simply be the fact that they themselves as committed drama students would want to in our film represent themselves as being professional in this role of Annie as well as keeping themselves professional in their drama careers. Similarly, the media students would understand the value of being a media student and the stress and importance that cast plays within the film. On auditioning the students we gave them a monologue and also decided to ask them a series of questions the aim of this was to see them acting as well as them in their natural state. As a result we wanted to see how girls naturally acted like the shy and timid Annie therefore suiting the role. After deliberating as a team we chose Lilly Samson who although she was not the best actor stage wise he looks and personality resembled what we thought Annie would be like.
With in our story, Annie takes the form of a lower class girl who is trapped by her Aunt Velma’s wicked clasp which prevents Annie from any social mobility. Aunt Velma herself is of a lower class and we would like to portray that she dotes this out on her niece Annie all the time, causing Annie to fell unwanted and unloved. There are also characters of a higher social class such as the hero of the story Brad Cruise who if we see the characters on a ladder of social mobility is placed at the top and Annie at the background. Although we do not see Brad Cruise in our opening sequence he is of a higher social group to Annie as he goes up in a rather wealthy family and has started his own musical career, like many other films this sticks to the codes and conventions of a fairytale where two people of a different social class fall in love, which is frowned upon my the public however, together they over come the stereotype and the two character have a long and fulfilled life together.
Social classes are present in our opening sequence this is shown through out set in which Annie lives in a rather minimal set, which is shown through the bedroom we created. Her social class is also shown through the fact that she is left isolated in her room with no one for comfort, if she was of a higher more popular social group she would be possibly surrounded by friends or on the phone and her dress sense, style of talk, body language would be different. Where as, in “Being Annie” her facial expression is melancholy, her body language is negative and as for her speech there is none that shows the she does not find comfort in public speaking.
Before we casted and began to create the film of “Being Annie” we held cast auditions by putting up posters around school, talking to students who were interested in drama and getting any suggestions of committed media students who would be interested in taking part in a media project. We thought this would be a good idea as they as media and drama students would understand how serious our project was to us, for the drama students it would simply be the fact that they themselves as committed drama students would want to in our film represent themselves as being professional in this role of Annie as well as keeping themselves professional in their drama careers. Similarly, the media students would understand the value of being a media student and the stress and importance that cast plays within the film. On auditioning the students we gave them a monologue and also decided to ask them a series of questions the aim of this was to see them acting as well as them in their natural state. As a result we wanted to see how girls naturally acted like the shy and timid Annie therefore suiting the role. After deliberating as a team we chose Lilly Samson who although she was not the best actor stage wise he looks and personality resembled what we thought Annie would be like.
With in our story, Annie takes the form of a lower class girl who is trapped by her Aunt Velma’s wicked clasp which prevents Annie from any social mobility. Aunt Velma herself is of a lower class and we would like to portray that she dotes this out on her niece Annie all the time, causing Annie to fell unwanted and unloved. There are also characters of a higher social class such as the hero of the story Brad Cruise who if we see the characters on a ladder of social mobility is placed at the top and Annie at the background. Although we do not see Brad Cruise in our opening sequence he is of a higher social group to Annie as he goes up in a rather wealthy family and has started his own musical career, like many other films this sticks to the codes and conventions of a fairytale where two people of a different social class fall in love, which is frowned upon my the public however, together they over come the stereotype and the two character have a long and fulfilled life together.
Social classes are present in our opening sequence this is shown through out set in which Annie lives in a rather minimal set, which is shown through the bedroom we created. Her social class is also shown through the fact that she is left isolated in her room with no one for comfort, if she was of a higher more popular social group she would be possibly surrounded by friends or on the phone and her dress sense, style of talk, body language would be different. Where as, in “Being Annie” her facial expression is melancholy, her body language is negative and as for her speech there is none that shows the she does not find comfort in public speaking.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Question Seven: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Preliminary Brief: Film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. A couple of lines of dialogue must then exchanged between characters & match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule should be demonstrated.
Main Task: The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes (all video and audio material must be original, produced by candidates, with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source)
In our Preliminary Task our aim was to film a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. A couple of lines of dialogue were then exchanged between characters the 180-degree rule should have been demonstrated and match on action, shot/reverse shot. Some problems we encountered during this task were that we did not take enough shots with in our filming time and when we had to edit we did not a wide variety of shots to use making our final edit limited. In addition we did not hold cast auditions we relied on friends rather than who would be the best actors and one of our actors did not turn up making us have to search for a new cast member last minute. We made our script following an outline one given by our teacher.
In our main task of making an opening sequence of a modern fairytale we held auditions for our cast. We prepared our cast with a small description of their character and a script. We asked all cast to perform a monologue on a tragic death to see whether they suited the role of Annie. Our group then deliberated and then chose our cast and produced a photo board in a fake set. We set rehearsal days after school and we gave out a consent form allowing out cast to sign it making sure they would attend. From doing our preliminary task I learnt that groups needed more organisations that is why we were more organised during our main task.
In our Preliminary Brief task we did not use any sound equipment we only used sound that was recorded on the camera this made the sound of a low volume and quality. In our main task we used a Rycote windshield system allows better clearly sound this made it easier during editing.
In our Preliminary task we did not record second takes so when editing we did not have enough good takes. In the main task we took plenty extra shots which made editing easier.
Preliminary Brief: Film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. A couple of lines of dialogue must then exchanged between characters & match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule should be demonstrated.
Main Task: The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes (all video and audio material must be original, produced by candidates, with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source)
In our Preliminary Task our aim was to film a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. A couple of lines of dialogue were then exchanged between characters the 180-degree rule should have been demonstrated and match on action, shot/reverse shot. Some problems we encountered during this task were that we did not take enough shots with in our filming time and when we had to edit we did not a wide variety of shots to use making our final edit limited. In addition we did not hold cast auditions we relied on friends rather than who would be the best actors and one of our actors did not turn up making us have to search for a new cast member last minute. We made our script following an outline one given by our teacher.
In our main task of making an opening sequence of a modern fairytale we held auditions for our cast. We prepared our cast with a small description of their character and a script. We asked all cast to perform a monologue on a tragic death to see whether they suited the role of Annie. Our group then deliberated and then chose our cast and produced a photo board in a fake set. We set rehearsal days after school and we gave out a consent form allowing out cast to sign it making sure they would attend. From doing our preliminary task I learnt that groups needed more organisations that is why we were more organised during our main task.
In our Preliminary Brief task we did not use any sound equipment we only used sound that was recorded on the camera this made the sound of a low volume and quality. In our main task we used a Rycote windshield system allows better clearly sound this made it easier during editing.
In our Preliminary task we did not record second takes so when editing we did not have enough good takes. In the main task we took plenty extra shots which made editing easier.
Here i have anaylsed the opening sequence of over the hedge :
Over The Hedge Anaylsis
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For your project we only needed one character. We were hoping for a mousy brown haired girl with palish skin who looked young enough to play a 16 year old. To start off finding our lead we chose to ask drama teachers if they knew any students that would be interested. We received a list of these and then begun to email them on whether they would like audition of the part. We also asked media teachers of any students that would like to be part in a media film to gain knowledge for their futures. We also found that by using a media student they would understand the importance of the project arguably, in comparison to a drama student. We received feedback off five willing girls. Two where drama students and the others media student. We gave them all a script monologue to read after deliberating who was the best in our opinion to play Annie.
The Winner Is ... Lilly Sansom !
In the end we chose Lilly she was the quieter of the girls however seemed to stand out more as a venerable character we also liked her look as it suited our characters profile we had previously conducted.
The Winner Is ... Lilly Sansom !
In the end we chose Lilly she was the quieter of the girls however seemed to stand out more as a venerable character we also liked her look as it suited our characters profile we had previously conducted.
Creating the set
This was one of the hardest and time consuming parts of the project, which required a huge deal of planning and cooperation. It was a huge mission to endeavour to manipulate a media classroom into a bedroom situation.
The Main Bedroom
The bedroom we create was made out of MDF panes which were provided by the drama department, it took a lot of hard work to get the panes as drama was often using them and they clashed with the our time table. When using the panes they were very tall and heavy and we had to transport them to the media room every time we rehearsed, they were held down with brick weights and getting them into position was difficult between the three of us. To make them look more like walls we covered them in pink and white fabrics acting wallpaper, this meant ironing stapling and using a ladder to get to the top of the panes. Our set all together was made up of five wood panes and the set was only half of the room. We only built two walls because this saved time and we felt we could produce our film from our storyboard using these.
Along with actually creating the bedroom set we needed to add the little touches that made this a girly room, this meant bringing in a load of furniture and props from our houses. I got a lift and I brought in a table-chest of drawers, a camping bed, a wicker basket, pillows, photo frames, girly ornaments to make the room seem real.
To make our bed we used a camping bed which we had raised on stage blocks provided by the drama department, we used a bed sheet to neaten up the bed and make it look more lifelike. I believe a big part of making the room seem like a young girls room were the small touches like clothes on the floor, posters and cd’s which we had to set up for several hours the night before filming.
The Door
When filming we did not have a door attached to our set which was included in our scene. We had to shoot a different door and combine the shots making them look realistic whilst editing.
This was one of the hardest and time consuming parts of the project, which required a huge deal of planning and cooperation. It was a huge mission to endeavour to manipulate a media classroom into a bedroom situation.
Our Created Set
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The Main Bedroom
The bedroom we create was made out of MDF panes which were provided by the drama department, it took a lot of hard work to get the panes as drama was often using them and they clashed with the our time table. When using the panes they were very tall and heavy and we had to transport them to the media room every time we rehearsed, they were held down with brick weights and getting them into position was difficult between the three of us. To make them look more like walls we covered them in pink and white fabrics acting wallpaper, this meant ironing stapling and using a ladder to get to the top of the panes. Our set all together was made up of five wood panes and the set was only half of the room. We only built two walls because this saved time and we felt we could produce our film from our storyboard using these.
Along with actually creating the bedroom set we needed to add the little touches that made this a girly room, this meant bringing in a load of furniture and props from our houses. I got a lift and I brought in a table-chest of drawers, a camping bed, a wicker basket, pillows, photo frames, girly ornaments to make the room seem real.
To make our bed we used a camping bed which we had raised on stage blocks provided by the drama department, we used a bed sheet to neaten up the bed and make it look more lifelike. I believe a big part of making the room seem like a young girls room were the small touches like clothes on the floor, posters and cd’s which we had to set up for several hours the night before filming.
The Door
When filming we did not have a door attached to our set which was included in our scene. We had to shoot a different door and combine the shots making them look realistic whilst editing.
We conducted some research on Tag lines and why they are used :
What is a Tag line ?
(quoted from wikipedia) A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. The idea behind the concept is to create a memorable phrase that will sum up the tone and premise of a brand or product (like a film), or to reinforce the audience's memory of a product. Some tag lines are successful enough to warrant inclusion in popular culture.
Below is my own definition of tag lines and research on tag lines that I have derived.Appolgies for the bad quality this was scanned in from my book.
What is a Tag line ?
(quoted from wikipedia) A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. The idea behind the concept is to create a memorable phrase that will sum up the tone and premise of a brand or product (like a film), or to reinforce the audience's memory of a product. Some tag lines are successful enough to warrant inclusion in popular culture.
Below is my own definition of tag lines and research on tag lines that I have derived.Appolgies for the bad quality this was scanned in from my book.
Taglines
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As a group we could not decided on a name for our film, we thought it would be a good idea to jot down some thoughts therefore everyone was gave a chance to express their opionon. We create a chart of titles and after listing all we could think of we went through and decided whether we liked them or not. We also wrote a brief quote on why we did on did not like the title suggested.
It just so happens that it was the first title we thought of that would become the title of out film "BEING ANNIE" was selected for its passive, short, snappy and easily memorable qualities.
Titles For The Film
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It just so happens that it was the first title we thought of that would become the title of out film "BEING ANNIE" was selected for its passive, short, snappy and easily memorable qualities.
Before we are able to create our script for our opening sequence we had to do some research on dialogue and how to script. We were given work sheets on what you should and should not include in a piece of dialogur for a script.
We were also given a script example which is loacted below: this showed us how to set up our script:
Here is our opening sequence script :
You may have noticed that out script is rather short however this is just for our opening sequence and there is a reason to this. In our script we only include one line of dialogue which is a powerful yell of the word Annie. This was intended to shock the audience as well as state the characters name to the audience as she does not actually speak. We wanted to use a song through out our opening sequence to convey the pain, suffering and isolation that Annie faces at home, believing that sometimes silence speaks louder than words. The knocking of the door as someone endevours to open it also shock the audience changing from a lullying tune to aburpt and angry racket this makes the audience want to know how is knocking and why is the bedroom door shut.
Here is our script that we created for the rest of our film not just our opening sequence :
Here is our changed script :
Constructing Dialogue
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We were also given a script example which is loacted below: this showed us how to set up our script:
Dialogue 2
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Here is our opening sequence script :
Location
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You may have noticed that out script is rather short however this is just for our opening sequence and there is a reason to this. In our script we only include one line of dialogue which is a powerful yell of the word Annie. This was intended to shock the audience as well as state the characters name to the audience as she does not actually speak. We wanted to use a song through out our opening sequence to convey the pain, suffering and isolation that Annie faces at home, believing that sometimes silence speaks louder than words. The knocking of the door as someone endevours to open it also shock the audience changing from a lullying tune to aburpt and angry racket this makes the audience want to know how is knocking and why is the bedroom door shut.
Here is our script that we created for the rest of our film not just our opening sequence :
Scene one
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Here is our changed script :
Scene one take 2
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After completing our pitch we collected some feedback of our proposal from our audience. We received some positive criticism : 
In addition we received this negative criticism too:
From the audience criticism we were able to develop our narrative further. We has a good discussion using the feedback received to our advantage and derived a critism feedback and developmental page.
In addition we received this negative criticism too:
From the audience criticism we were able to develop our narrative further. We has a good discussion using the feedback received to our advantage and derived a critism feedback and developmental page.
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