Costuming planning

This was a collage I found which seemed to relate quite well to what I wanted to achieve - however it seemed too over the top. The actual costume wise, this is not 100% ideal and will not fit the scenes. the makeup from this is probably a winner, as it ties in to the rebellious youth.

I personally think this outfit fits the target audience, but does not fit the context that the films will be created for. It is to based on making a fashion statement, and it would be restrictive for combat and planting bombs, so this outfit will be avoided. The plugs and badge is in the right direction though.

This does not look like it would work out so well for multiple reasons. The costume itself is straying away from the original audience, as well as it is not optimal for the combat side of things again - however it is more casual and you would blend in more - acting as a more passive resistor in the rebellious youth but as the protagonist is an active, violent resistor - this outfit would not work out.

After looking arrond, the inconspicuous full black casual seems to work much better as it seems normal, cheap, and allows the protagonist who will not have a lot of money or resources, to blend in better and complete the story arc better. The hood would probably be down, to compliment the dark lighting just so it won't be pitch black.

Doc martens are a common brand among the youth, more specifically, my audience of the youth. This works perfectly as they are similar to combat boots, but they are not super heavy or do not have un-needed decal to keep them low profile.

I kept everything very black and mysterious for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is to keep it gender neutral. This is important for my opening as I want the female protagonist, but I decided to break the stereotype of a typical woman in a film. She is a powerful character and therefore seems more masculine - keeping the clothing more neutral helps to not make her seem 100% masculine.

3 Point Lighting

http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/ - this website taught me about 3 point lighting. for 3 point lighting, you need a main light, which is to create a good focus on one side of somebody - casting shadows across the other side of their face, the second light is a fill light, which is a weak version of the main light. this is normally combined with more of a flood light from the fill light instead of bright - detail picking light. Finally for the 3 point light, there is a backlight - which will compliment the main light to light up that side of the character full, and creating a bigger sense of depth with the shadows.

Cinematography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KJOKiRfBc

Establishing shots (ES):

These shots connect the audience with the location that the events are unfolding in. This allows the audience to have the background information required to know what is happening with more depth. the deep focus that has been used also lets the user to gain more information from the shot. One could also comment that

Extreme Close Up (ECU):

As this shot focuses on a very specific object or part of a person - it has a very specific meaning linked to it. For example, if it is an ECU of somebody's eyes, this can show an extreme emotion such as fear or anger. It allows the audience to get a stronger connection with the character or associated object.

Wide Shot (WS):

 These shots focus more on the background, and thus imply a certain emotion towards what is in said background. The portraits hanging on the wall, with the gun next to them implies the family is in danger. The character within the scene does not show much importance apart from body language, which can show how the actor is behaving in the scene.

Close up (CU):

 A close up is a feature which is like the lesser form of an extreme close up - it allows the audience to focus on one element but not in the extreme. For example, in this shot there is a man loading a gun. As it is a close up this can show the link between the man and the weapon, giving a sense of anger or fear.

 Long Shot (LS):

A long shot establishes the whole character with some of the background on show. This can be used to link the character to the background - but in a lesser way then a wide shot does. It can also be used to show the distance between the character and their surroundings.

It is also notable to mention how the framing is used in this opening. There is a lot of closed frame shots - suggesting that the people inside the house are trapped with the one who is focused on in the intro - however this could also be flipped as there is no implicit meaning.

Primary Audience Research

Research into a Potential Target Audience - Secondary Research

http://business.pearlanddean.com/films_guide_details/7589/blair-witch
https://yougov.co.uk/profileslite#/

Blair witch

This is the film details for Blair witch which hit cinemas a couple of months ago. This is near on exactly what we are expecting to get as the genre is a horror and has thriller elements involved. For horror, the gender gap between male and female is rather small with only of a  60% male audience. The most prominent class to go and see this movie is the lower middle class. This can show that the lower middle class like these sorts of films the most, and again can accommodate for this. All of these data sets shows that I need to put this under a lot of consideration when creating the finished product as it is close to my film idea. However, the demographics on the yougov website states that 40-54 year old males of the social grade C2DE would watch it instead. This does not fall in line with pearl and dean, but this could be because it took a sample of 65 people for the data - where as the pear and dean one had a much higher sample for it's data.

This is the film details for a film called split, which is Near the Horror genre as it is a thriller. the gender gap between male and female is slightly higher then Blair Witch - resting the male audience at 67%. This can be down to a multitude of factors - such as it only being a thriller. The most prominent class to go and see this movie is again the lower middle class. This can also show that the lower middle class like the thriller side to films the most, as Blair Witch also has thriller elements involved. These data sets shows that I need to put this under a fair amount of consideration when creating the finished product as it is somewhat close to my film idea. 

 This is the film details for a film called Patient Zero. It is within our genre of horror, but mixes in action and drama into the film, which varies the data which we recieve. the gender gap between male and female is similar to Split, having a 65% male audience. The most prominent class to go and see this movie is yet again the lower middle class. This can show that the lower middle class like horrors most, and again can accommodate for this. All of these data sets shows that I need to put this under a lot of consideration when creating the finished product as it is close to my film idea. 

 This is the film details for a film called Resident Evil 6. It is within the horror genre but also mixes in action and Sci-Fi. the gender gap between male and female is larger with a 72% male audience. The most prominent class to go and see this movie is still the lower middle class. I will hold these results into consideration, but as I am not filming in the action or sci-fi genre - it will not be overly useful to me.

The age group data shown in all four of the data sets gives me a clear indication that I will be catering towards People of the age of 15-24, I will be mainly aiming at the lower middle class so some lower middle class representation will help the film sell. It is also ovbious that the male audience is slightly higher then the female audience - allowing me to accurately know who my audience is. To describe the average person from the target audience would to be as follows: "Compassionate, unflappabe, and geeky" but "miserable, neurotic, and boorish" - with the general interests being "religion and spirituality".