Job roles in the film industry

Film Producer

• decide which projects to produce, or creating program ideas themselves,
• reading scripts, raising finance for projects, 
• assessing what resources will be needed,
• planning the scedule, 
• hiring all the necessary technical resourcing and support services, 
• recruiting key production staff and crew, 
• editing scrips managing cash flow,
• making sure that the entire production stays on schedule and within budget.
  
  
  The Directors
  • Visualise the script and turn it into a movie. 
  • They are in charge of all the creative scenes. 

  Camera Operator
  • Choose suitable camera lenses
  • They must be creative
  • assembling, preparing and setting up equipment prior to filming
  • offering advice on how best to shoot a scene, explaining the visual impact created by particular shots

  Sound Operator

  • assembling and operating the necessary equipment
  • recording sound onto digital audio tape or hard disk recorders
  • maintaining and repairing sound equipment.

Character Descriptions

Characters

• Dave Nickles is a 18 year old male he is well built. A school janitar at the school he left a couple of years ago. In the film he is the murderer and jelous lover.
• Lilly Fairfield is a 17 year old female she is slim. And a very sweet girl, in 6th form. In the film she is in a sticky situation with Dave and Steve.
• Steve johnson is an 18 year old male. Daves bestfriend he went to school with Dave and he is now a trainee doctor.

Cast

• Dave Nickles- William Callaway
• Lilly Fairfield- Sophie Clarke (Myself)
• Steve johnson-Jan van der lubbe

Location

We have had to change our location because the man that owned it wouldnt let us use it in the end.
So the location we want to use is Sheffield manor in Market rasen in the cellar there because it is dark and a good place to film.
Also we are having picture taken at these following locations:

• Cathedral
• Parties
• In bed
• Lincoln high street & other areas around shopping centre
• Beach in lincoln

Interviews

We interviewed a male that was under 35 and a female that was under 35.

Do you enjoy watching horror films?
     Male: yes     Femal: yes
Why do you enjoy watching horror films?
     Male: Because it is something different to watch other than tv.     Female: Because i like to snuggle up and feel safe.
Whats your favourate horror film?
    Male: The ring because I like the fact it made me scared which made me dislike it but then came to like it.
     Female: Because I like the fact that it makes you snuggle up and when doing so makes me feel safe.
Whats your favourate sub- genre of a horror?
     Male: Psychological horror     Female: Psychological horror

This has helped us with our 2 minute film opening because it shows us psychological horror films seem to be many people's favourate.

Male (Mr bradbury):

Synopsis

The film opens with a man (Dave Nickles) taking a woman and after the title it goes back in time to show why the man is doing this to the woman he has found. Dave walks into his apartment one night to find his girlfriend (Lily Fairfield) cheating on him with what he thought was a good friend. So he plans revenge on the two of them. Whilst shopping at the local supermarket he sees a woman whom resembles the woman he once loved, Lily. He starts talking to her and arranges a ren de vous with her.  So they meet and become close friends but she is letting herself in for more than she can handle. Dave sees a few girls that remind him of the woman he was once heart taken for and they too cant handle whats lurking around the corner. Towards the end there is the woman locked up in a stingy room and she has two limp dead bodies near her. Dave walks in and shuts her up. Soon after we see him walking into another room and lily is locked away within with the good friend and new lover, Ben. As Dave enters to the room holding Lily and Ben captive, Lily stabs Dave in the lungs and leaves the glass in the lung pulsing. Whilst having words with the vulnerable Dave, Lily escapes. She manages to do this as Ben sacrificed himself by allowing Lily to pull the rope tight on him and crush his lungs and loosen the rope to free herself. A true soulmate. s she runs off she says a few lastwords and pulls the glass from the lungs causing lung failure and a gross scene of blood.

Pitch

During our pitch we got mixed opinions of the two pitch's

Pitch 1 

• They thought that the horror idea in the first pitch was unique and was different to any other they had seen.
• The enigma's that were created were also good they said.
• The opening i think got a good overeall positive view by the group and that helped our group decide which one were going to do.

I think that our group will end up doing this film idea because the groups overall decision.

Pitch 2 

• They said it was to like other films they had seen.
• That the two pitches were the same and to close to one another so that they can not be separate films. 
• The pitch was looked at at a different angle because it reminded the group of other films that are out there.

The conclusion 

Overall the two were considered to be to similar to be different pitches.

Pitch 1 was the best according to the group so I think we will be going with that one which is good because we wanted to do that one overall.

Watch our pitch and feedback below

horror film analysis

M-Mise en scene

• CLAMPS
• C- Costume- The costumes used in the opening scene to make the people in the scene look like thay are going to work the men in suits and the women in business suits and dresses. This creates a buissness type environment quite serious and the woman stood still in the middle of the shot is wearing casual clothes to make her stand out from the group and this creates use to wonder why is she wearing this? it shows she is not in the right environment. All the people in the scene have umbrella's apart from the woman in the middle of the shot who has no umbrella and it is raining already this sets the scene that there is something wrong
• L- Lighting- is included in M.E.L.C.S.
• A- Actors- The actors used in the scene are casual and in is set in either China or Japan because all the people are from that type of area this creates the viewer to wonder what is happening because it starts there and then it spreads to the UK further on in the film.
• M- Make up- The make- up used in the scene is natural because it creates a sense of reality and the woman that has no umbrella is pale the make-up used would have made her look pale because she is different as we find out at the end of the scene.
• P- Props- There are only umbrella's used as props in the first scene because it is raining which creates a dark suspense for the viewer because its already dim and drury.
• S- Setting- The setting of the scene is a busy street in the middle of a city centre.

Editing

• dissolving in and out credits.

Lighting

• Mainly low key lighting, this creates tension and it tells the viewer that the film will be scary and dark. Shows suspense and tenstion

Camera

• Close up of the girls face to show emotions and facial expressions, mid close ups too. There is an establishing shot and a zoom at the end to show the the infection is spreading and to show you where it was set. This shows the fear in people who dont want the infection.

Sound

• There are two types of sound Diagetic and non diageticto start with the diagetic sound there was the rain falling and the woman's attack on the man. The non diagetic sound in this scene was the music which created suspense and this creates tension to the viewer.

Conventions of a good film opening that this film has

• There are credits to tell us that who the producer is and who will be staring in the film.
• It leaves us wondering what will happen.
• It sets the scene and the mood of the scene.

Enigma's that are created

• What has just happened?
• How has it happened?
• Why is it spreading?
• What is this infection?
• Where did it start off?
• What will happen next?

Marketing The Film

I will market my film on the TV with advertisments and trailers, internet website for the film, magazines and newspaper etc.
Magazines people read between the age of 18 and 35,
heat magazine
kerrang!
take a break
auto trader etc.
these interest people because they all have something to do with everyday life and you find things out.

Target Audiences

After reading through the data on film audiences from the UK Film Council, it is obvious that there is a huge market for this genre. Almost one third of film fans (32% - picture 1 - page 105). Along with 15% of film fans who say it's their favourite genre (picture 2 - page 116). The demographic data shows I shoukd be mainly aiming my film at females below 35, at 44% of liking watching this genre. Males over and under 35 like horror films to. But females over 35 do not as much (22%). So my target audience are females under 35 and males over 18.

The Blurb

Our blurb for our film idea:

Join Dave Nickles through his heart weakening story. As the woman he once loved tips him over the edge. He cannot cope with the sight of his past lover and certainly not anyone who resembles her. So goes through desperate measures to make sure 'they' are gone.

evidence to show why we chose our genre

This backs up that the horror genre is more popular at the moment with Paranormal Activity 3 At 12.5%

Horror genre again, more popular with Paranormal activity 3 with 12.5% and also paranormal activity and saw II being popular in the past 11 years.

The pitch

Analysis of Veridicality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkWqMTWNng&feature=channel_video_title

M.E.L.C.S.
Mise - En - Scene
C - Every day clothing, converse etc.
L - in M.E.L.C.S.
A - Protagonist was worried because someone close to him was answering their phone and came across the body when coming to visit her. Antagonist looks angry because she is the killer.
M - No makeup
P - Phone, Flowers, Kitchen Knife
S - Lincoln, then a house
E - Panning shots, jump shots, jump cut, extreme close up, long shot, close up
L - day light
C - low angle camera, zoom,
S - Diagetic- Phone, Busyness of lincoln
non diagetic - music

Likes -  I like the different camera shots and music
Dislikes - the story line isn't very good and actors are not great.

Enigma?
Why isn't she answering her phone
Who's the killer
Why is she killing

Film Opening Analyse of Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZJANhWizUY
Mise - en - scene;
C- Older version of Private Ryan & family: everyday clothes. Soldiers: Army Uniform. Connotations - Army uniform shows soldiers which makes the audience assume that the soldiers are in war.
L- Memorial Ground, Dog green sector: Omaha Beach. Connotations - battle fields show war,
A- Mostly American speakers, but some German soldiers. Respectable soldiers (especially Captain Miller)
M- No makeup.
P- Grave stones, Boats, Religious Necklaces, Water bottles, Guns, Knives. Connotations - Shows some personal items that the soldiers own, and nessessary items for war.
S- Graveyard, Beach.

Camera: midshots showing captain millers facial expressions,subjective point of view shots through captain millers eyes to show how he feels, mid/long shots to show the busyness of the beach while in mid battle, long shot to show battle (eg; shell shock blowing up soldiers on beach), close ups of captain millers hand picking up the blood filled helmet, more closeups of miller's face to show his shocked facial expression,

Sound - Diagetic: Gunfire, screaming, crying, waves hitting the shore, explosions, muffled sound once explosions have gone off
Non Diagetic - no music at first.

Lighting - dark sinister lighting, bright lighting when running around on beach etc.

Editing - Lots of jump shots, slow motion, cutaways from millers blank expressions, slow motion while looking around at the scene in front of himself when on the floor (lots of shots back and forth to show himself then whats in front if him)

Conventions of a good film opening;
Introduction to the setting
The mood and tone is set for the film
The main character is introduced
Draws audience in

Enigma;
Who will die?
Will captain miller die?
What will happen next?

Introduction to myself and my group

Danielle Burns

Sophie Clarke (Me)

Will Callaway

Me, Dani and Will decided we'de work best together because we are all friends and work well together.

Conventions of a film opening.

• Establishing shot
• Non - diagetic music (sets the mood/tone) lyrics hint at the films course
• Low key lighting for Gangster's - sets the tone/mood
• Narration (from main character)
• POV shot
• Text used to establish time, date and location
• Titles/Credits
  
  M - Gangsters dress smart and where bling, this = power, wealth, respect. cigar - rich, classy
  E - Text sets time and date/location, car = wealth,
  L - above^
  C - Pan down street > shows us the location, hand held in the home to show frantic family life and we're a part of it. extreme long shot, long, mid of gangsters (introduce them) close up of Pauly to show importance.
  S - Cars - Crime/rich/wealthy fits in with scene one fast paced. non-diagetic - momentary stop in music, accompanies narrative side, diagetic - keys/cars/family