Thursday 26 January 2017

Focus Group

Firstly,as Trigger finger is a art house films it is apart of assignment therefore it will be including drama and have a urban atmospheres which will have a direct interest in the younger audience as for the plot of our film we wish to have a narrative based on the dystopian world having no actual laws for guns and also in this world no one can get guns meaning from birth no on knows what a gun looks like.
Therefore, for the focus group it must target the younger audience at around 15 meaning that the narrative will be based upon having younger charters playing the roles. The narrative was slightly changed to make the original story make sense and in addition we have scarped the idea of having dystopian world with no gun it was changed to the main protagonist having his sister raped and kill by the anti protagonist which will all be explained through voice overs in the editing as the narrative will be following the hero as he finds the anti-protagonist and on the way of finding the anit-protagonist he comes across a paper bag with a gun inside which accompany's him through the journey of finding the villain.

In summary this films has been created with age, genre, and also lifestyle in mind as the focus group is mainly based in the younger audience who are not that interested in art house, this has given this film the chance to invite the audience into watching art by making it extremely based towards narratives that young adults and teenager will find interesting.

Lifestyles:
This will give the audience a more visual approach to the Art-house, because if Trigger Free did not have characters that had the lifestyles of the younger audience they would not have much to relate to they will not be interested in the film. therefore they will be more likely to want to watch the film if the audience was able to make a connection to the lifestyle of the actors in the film. In order for the actors to be realistic and relate to the lifestyle of the actual focus groups these include

  • School boy who lives a weird and terrible life because of false upbringings.(main Character) therefore he the audience will be able to relate possibly because they may have had the same type of problems in their past meaning they will be able to understand his type of pain. However then he finds a gun which gives him the power which could some other source of power for the audience, the is to implement his grant to happiness in a way because he then mages to be more confident knowing that no one else on this planet has this type of power. (As gun do not exist within this world. 
Genre:
Trigger Free is based on a urban and film noir, it is film noir as this film uses a dramatic twist as the gun is owned by a women which shows and signify to women have equal right just as men therefore this film will also invite more females to watch it also because of the fact of the ending being with this dramatic twist signify making it more appealing to the niche audience also, This will allow the film to invite a wide range of audiences to watch the film.  
        

Monday 23 January 2017

Print brief Research:


In this front cover it is a visual copy of a magazine cover which has
A colour scheme: A tropical sense of film as the colours represent passion, from the font main title a image of eyes which could be a suggestion of being able to visualise the creativity of the art house genre to be able open your eyes to wider range of film texts which ray you understanding of the film  for the niche audience.


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Firstly, in this content page you can see the different types of films that would appeal to the niche audience which is because they will be able to get information on the characters, this will then give them and enabling way of finding out more on the characters in the films. This is targeted to on audience who understand the genre well who want more information on the whole plot of the film while finding other film in the same line of appeal.




This cover has some artistic elements that would make it seem quite spontaneous with the use of colour and the actual theme being art house gives this picture artistic. This would also highlight that this is an institution which is based on an art-house cover because of the use of . This would also look to have the logo since this would be seen as quite good.

In a majority of "The Flare" covers, these would show an artistic feature that would allow it to look unique. This cover has a black background with a contrast from the picture to make it look quite professional and have the focus point of the cover on the picture where the title is present
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This is another cover that was introduced in the same year as the "BFI Flare" cover which could suggest that the use of a black background and bright text in front makes the visual point the brochure. I could also implement a similar technique with the black background and the contrast to make the text the visually appealing factor of the cover. This cover also states the different institutions that sponsors, the audience of the events can also keep up to date with the firm by following their 
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This front cover uses simple conventions of a film cover which has no real central image in it but i believe that is meant to be a back inside of the cover photo this is a creates the affect of being more appealing to the audience as they are then going to be to be more engaged into the central image which is because they are going to be concentrating more into the picture this is effective because then the audience are able to identify what cinema this is once engaged with the front cover itself. 

Monday 9 January 2017

MEST2: Existing product research

1) Find five arthouse film clips or sequences – ideally in a genre similar to your film idea or preferred genre.
It Follows Horror film that was designed to have an effect on the mind with the overall genre being horror, the fact the narrative is based on affecting a host psychologically which makes it an art house film because of the main plot of the film. However, it, in my opinion, has made the category with the use of a normal neighbourhood, which has made more of a diversion being able to escape the real world and be a part of this dystopian world.
Anuvahood: A crime based film, which only appeals to the younger audience who can relate and also understand this text. Therefore this text, in particular, is similar as our coursework is meant to be for a more wide range of audience, the target audience for our text is towards the younger audience just like Anuvhood. In addition, this has one key moment when the main charter Adam Deacon finds the gun under the bin which is extremely similar to our piece of text.
Slumdog millionaire: The movie tells the story of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) who is 18 years old and appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal is one question away from the grand prize. Jamal then reminisces his life through the flashback of him living and being brought up in the slums. This is, therefore, this a relativity similar to my idea.
Kidulthood: This film was created with the intent to show the lives of teenagers who grow up in west London, which means it will mainly be more targeted audience which makes this film art house as it has Crime/indie film which can make it a part of this list as this applies to the brief to create an art house film that will target a more wide range of audience and a younger one also.
AdultHood: This is then the second part its series to connect with Kidulthood, in this part of the film Sam is released from prison 6 years later and has to confront the ones he hurt the most, therefore making it harder than being in prison in the first place. In addition to this, it makes this an art house film because it will only appeal to the more niche audience as would have kidulthood which then leads to adulthood meaning its links on after the other.    


2) Write an analysis of each two- to three-minute sequence using everything you have learned about film language (camerawork, sound, mise-en-scene, editing etc.)

Slumdog millionaire: in the ending scene of the film they use subtitles to help with the scene, which has been used to help understand the Hindi within the scene which gives it that art house appeal, furthermore this film mainly appeals to the niche audience who will have an understanding of the setting of the film. Furthermore, the genre of the film consists of  Drama, romance and some fictional biopsy of the main Character who comes from the slums to becoming a Millionaire. This can be seen from the camera work following the children in the slums, the editing goes hand in hand with each other as the first beginning cuts are created like a montage of children running through the wreckage and ruins of the Mumbai. This use of editing of the film has made it very appealing of the film which helps the audience get a picture of the film in the introduction of the film, which helps give the audience an idea of what the characters leaving their home to find own hope of overcoming poverty and make something of themselves. The Final Question
Jamal is now back on the show and the whole of India is watching, including Latika and Salim. Salim redeems himself by helping Latika escape the grasp of her husband, but it is not enough to escape his past. He fills a bathtub full of rupees and gets shot in it. This shows how even though Salim (money) tried to redeem himself, his past and what he represented failed. The ending of the movie is very cliche, showing that we have switched to an escapist world. The final question is the perfect one and Jamal calls Latika for help. He has no clue and guesses and he answers correctly. Even though the plot is cliche, it is captured beautifully and Boyle uses many editing techniques to keep you on the edge of your seat. It is an exciting, fun ending. Just what escapism aims to be. Fun and exciting, not life. After the climax of Jamal winning the millions, we see him at the train station where he runs into Latika. Its a beautiful finale, where they kiss and the audience cries. Even more escapism

It Follows: In the ending scene off it follows it used the main protagonist and her male princess when he winds him over they finished the film with Following that scene, Jay and Paul (Keir Gilchrist) were seen holding hands and walking down the street near their house. During the scene, audience members could see a slowly moving body, much like the monster that follows her throughout the film, before the screen cuts to black. In the scene the use of make-up on Paul's face shows the aftermath of last nights horror of completing the "deed" of saving Jay from the curse, however not knowing that they are being followed by the curse making the ending in synergy with the working title, which is the suggestion that they will always be followed.

Anuvahood:  
Towards midway in the film the main protagonist of the film finds a gun that is owned by a drug lord of west London. Under a bin which helped towards the end of the film he finds the urge to use this gun as he has solved the disequilibrium of all of his friends assets being stolen by a gang member of the main Kingpin who guns the protagonist has discovered under the bin, and, in my opinion, this helped give it that nice edge of an art house film. because its had a very urban feel to the film, therefore, it is art house and it has manged to reach to the younger audience with the use of its narrative.   

Adulthood:
In the art house text, it has the same atmosphere of our film, with the use of the murder on the flat balcony. As the main protagonist/anti-protagonist who is reminiscing his previous life before he went to jail which was part of the first text (adulthood) therefore this indie makes of gang life in the west London streets are followed through with the life of on from his perspective. However, his remorse is not in given as he goes back to the same life that he grew up into which is seen by the intro scene of him killing the man who was leaving his flat which was followed by him stomping him to death. Finally, this is a suggestion of the fact even after he was segregated he would be the same. 

 


3) Research the target audience for each film (including the BBFC certificate) and produce your own assessment of who it appeals to and why.


It follows appeals to the niche audience this is down to the fact they have a direct opinion on the narrative, it follows revealing with the narrative because of the gore, violence and the nudity has given it the certificate by the BBFC 15, it has been given this is because of the genre being Horror and also because of the gory images and strong language. This in my opinion has given it that appeal to the more mature audience who enjoy the genre that will target the individuals who are categorised as Niche who have a enjoyment for Art House film which makes it appeal to the more older and mature audience who will understand the narrative and knowledge and a intellectual skill to understand the narrative of It Follows as they are most likely still studying or have done some sort of highly skilled jobs which have required them to have a long-term time of studying, therefore this film will have put in contrast of whom the target audience is trying to target. Finally, this means they have to be able to understand the plot which will then allow them to understand the film, it follows has created this in its narrative and plot of the film.

Adulthood: This film appeals to the more younger audience who have a appeal to the gangland, which is and niche audience and even though they do glamorise gang life in the text it will have a line of appeal to the target audience of mature teenagers and young adults therefor the film will only reach a BBFC certificate of 15 as this film has the categorised to the 15 certificate such as nudity and explicit language.
 Also, Kidulthood will also have the agenda as Adulthood but will have line of appeal to a more under aged audience which is not be viewed to such as 13 to 15 year olds because of the fact of social media marketing the film however the film was given a 15 but the fact if the matter is they have the idea to appeal to the youngest they can possibly can so they reach out to a more larger audience.