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Storyboard Explanation

Q AIR/GRAPHS-research

I asked 20 people (10 women/girls and 10 men/boys) of mixed ages ranging from 10 to 75 a few different questions to help me when deciding on what type of film would suit what I wanted to do best and what people look for in a film.

What is your favorite genre of film out of the following?

Drama Action Thriller Horror Romance

Do you like films which entertain you and make you think or films which just entertain you?

Entertain/Think Just Entertain 

Do you prefer a film with or without a hidden message/moral?

With a message Without a message

Question One Results:

15% (3 people) of people answered that there favorite type of film genre was Horror,10% (2 people) answered Romance, 40% (8 people) answered Action, 10% (2 people) answered Thriller, and 25% (5 people) answered Drama.

Question Two Results:

75% (15 people) answered that they like film

s entertain and make you think and 25% (5 people) answered that they like films purely that entertain you.

Question Three Results:

80% (16 people) answered that they prefer a film with a message/moral, 20% (4 people) answered that they prefer films without a message/moral.

Below is one of the questionnaires that I made and an example of what one of the answered questionnaires looked like:

The information which I collected from my results helped me decided what type of film genre I wanted my film to be and helped decide if my film actually needed a hidden message/moral or not.

TARGET AUDIENCE-research

1. Gender-male/female
My film will be made for both males and females to watch. It will not be aimed directly at either sex. It will have a bit of romance for the women and a bit of action for the men. Using the internet I found out about the preferences of film genre for both women and men on average. The table below shows the following, males and females display distinctly different patterns of film genre preferences. The largest differences occur with the ACTION-ADVENTURE, ROMANCE and SCIENCE FICTION genres.

The genre which I will most likely choose for my film will be an action, drama so it will be a mix. The film will be for both sexes and will have a mix of what women want and what men want. I asked ten women then ten men people what they like about film. Firstly I asked the women what they look for in a film. The first person said that they look for a message in the film, otherwise it is pointless watching the film. The second person I asked said that they want the film to make them laugh or to interest them and them feel involved. Another person I asked said that as long as the film has some moral to it they will watch it. One of the last people I asked said a film is nothing without a bit of drama. I then began asking men the same question. The first person I spoke to said that he like any film with action. The second person said that he likes film which makes him think but still entertain him. Another person said they liked films with a lot of drama in because they are more entertaining. One of the last people I asked said that he liked Sci-fi films or films with a lot of action in them. From speaking to people and from the table above I have decided to make an action, drama genre film.

2. Age-the age group e.g. elderly, teenagers etc

My film will be a fourteen plus film because it may include a mild use of violence and a may include mild use of strong language. I looked on the internet about how films are rated and why they are rated in that way to find out the age group my film would belong to and be aimed at. The ratings/ages groups and reasons for the groups are below:

General
Suitable for viewing by persons of all ages. Occasional violence, swearing and coarse language, and the most innocent of sexually suggestive scenes and nudity are permitted in this category.
PG/12a
Parental guidance advised. Theme or content may not be suitable for all children although there is no age restriction. Motion pictures in this category may contain less subtle sexually suggestive scenes and nudity and a more realistic portrayal of violence than in the General category; coarse language may occur more often than in the General category.
15
Suitable for persons 15 years of age or older. Persons under 15 years of age must view these motion pictures accompanied by an adult. Motion pictures in this category may contain violence, coarse language or sexually suggestive scenes.
18a
Persons under 18 years of age must view these motion pictures accompanied by an adult. Motion pictures in this category will contain horror, explicit violence, frequent coarse language or scenes that are more sexually suggestive than in the 14A category.
Restricted
Restricted to persons 18 years of age and over. Persons under 18 years of age are not permitted to attend under any circumstances. These motion pictures are "adult motion pictures", as defined in the Act, and may contain explicit sexual scenes, violence or scenes. The director will assign this classification to motion pictures if the director considers that the theme, subject matter or plot of the adult motion picture is artistic, historical, political, educational or scientific.
Adult
Restricted to persons 18 years of age and over. Persons under 18 years of age are not permitted to attend under any circumstances. These motion pictures are "adult motion pictures", as defined in the Act, and may contain explicit sexual scenes or scenes of brutality or torture to persons or animals, that are portrayed in a realistic and explicit manner; however, the scenes would, in the director's opinion, be tolerable to the community.

My film age grouping/ rating will be 15 because of violence and use of coarse language.

3. Interests-sci-fi, westerns, thriller, action etc

My film will be for people who are interested in real life drama and what they are not aware of what happens around them. I want my audience to be thinking about what they are seeing because it could actually be happening in real life some where in the world as it is serious. A lot of people are interested in action and drama in film, so if I am able to make a film which is about real life situations and include action and drama in it the audience will not only be entertained they will learn something as well. Below is a chart which I found on the internet with the average preferred genre type of a film.

I want my film to be about a girl with OCD because it is a serious mental illness which people are not very aware of and they can learn more about it. I would like my audience to sympathise the character and realise that it is not only the girl in my film who has OCD but many people around the world really do have the mental illness and they would really appreciate the life that they have been given. What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder most commonly characterized by intrusive, repetitive thoughts resulting in compulsive behaviors and mental acts that the person feels driven to perform, according to rules that must be applied rigidly, aimed at preventing some imagined dreaded event; however, these behaviors or mental acts are not connected to the imagined dreaded event.

4. Class-ABC1, C2DE, lower, higher etc
I want my film to be for both higher class ABC1 people and lower class C2DE people because both classes like to enjoy films and they could both learn something new from my film.

PRELIMINARY TASK-THE FALLBACK

This was my preliminary task video- THE FALLBACK

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR MY FILM

When designing the Film I had to think about:

• What do people want from the film?
• What camera angles should be used?
• What genre is most interesting?
• Which effects should be used in the film?
• How will it be edited?
• What type of font shall be used for film titles?
• What is the target audience?
• Is there violence in the film?
• Is there strong language in the film?
• Is the film suitable for all ages?
• What is the film about?
• Is there a specific topic in the film?
• Where will the film be set/where will it be filmed?
• etc..

RESEARCH-OUTCOME

Five things I have learnt from researching films:

1. How credits look/ should look and how they can set the mood of a film.

2. Different colours can represent different things and they can also change the mood of a film, this is also the same with lighting in a film, for example if there is not much lighting and it is dark it could make the film feel scary or mysterious etc.

3. If a character in a film does something different to the other characters or has something wrong with them they tend to stick out, different characters are often given different backgrounds before filming begins.

4. The plot of the film changes everything and could affect the whole out come of the film and the mood/audience for the final film.

5. Different camera angles/ shots/ techniques look better than others for different pieces of footage, for example a low angled camera shot looking up at a character could make them look more powerful as they look big and appear to the audience to be standing over them. This would also change the mood of the clip/the final film.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS- research

The Pursuit of Happyness-CAMERA SHOTS

• What were the camera shot used for?

At the start of the scene Chris (Will Smith) is sitting at his desk working away, he looks like he is under a lot of stress. This is shown using a medium point of view shot of some one looking at Chris working. Then a man comes over and tells Chris to come with him. Then the camera pans across the room as Chris walked towards the interview room, this shows the audience where the scene is set. It then switches back to a point of view shot from one of the interviewers as Chris walks through the door the, this shows the audience what it would be like to be the interviewer and the first impressions they would get from the way Chris looks.

Match on action is then used when Chris goes to shake the boss’s hand. Then the boss tells Chris that Chris has a nice shirt and a little bit of conversation is started and shot reverse/shot is used when they speak to each other to show both characters point of view.

When Chris shakes the interviewer’s hands and the boss’s hand it is shown in a medium shot to show all the important characters in the scene. This introduces them to the audience watching the film.

When they all sit down it goes to a long shot from outside the interview room looking in to show what else is happening at this point in time outside the interview room. When they are sitting down it uses an over the shoulder shot when the boss speaks to Chris and does the same when Chris speaks to the boss, this is like shot reverse/shot and an over the shoulder shot put together.

The boss then tells Chris that he has the job and Chris starts to cry with happiness and it uses a close up shot on his face to show his emotions and show the audience that he is crying because he is so happy.

Then they all get up and it goes back to the long shot from outside the interview room in the office working area where Chris was before. Chris then leaves towards the door, just before he leaves the boss stops him and gives him back the money he borrowed from him early. It then does a close up shot on the money. It then goes back to a normal medium shot showing Chris walking out the door.

Chris then leaves and he walks across the office and its is panned along at his head on a close up, it is like a tracking shot. This is done to show that Chris is so happy he is in tears and it shows Chris’s emotions as he walks out the door.

The lighting in this scene has been done to look as natural as possible and look like a normal office area. The only extra thing they have done with the light is put more light on Chris because it is as if he is the chosen one.

In this scene the props used have been used to look like what would happen if it were in real life. The costume used in this scene is done to look realistic and as if they were everyday people at work. They wear typical work clothes, for example Chris is wearing his suit.

Looking at this scene will help me when I make my film because I will be able to look into what different shots and angles can be used for my film. For example over the shoulder shots during shot reverse/shot if I use any conversation in my film.

THE MATRIX-research

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HITCH- research

Hitch-CAMERA SHOTS

• What camera shots are used?

At the start of the scene Kevin James walks up to a door and opens it, it uses match on action for when he turns the handle to get in on the outside to a long shot of him actually walking through the door to the inside. When he gets through the door it does a medium close up shot on his face to show that he looks sleepy but he is now there to work.

It then zooms out to show the whole room from a long shot and it establishs everyone in the room and what the room is like.From the audiences point of view they can see all the other people who work with Kevin James gathered round a table in a meeting and the audience meet the actress Amber Valletta who the actor Kevin James eventually falls in love with.

It then pans across the room till Kevin James is sitting down in his chair.It then goes back to a long shot to show that everyone is now here and they are all sitting round the big table with their client Amber Valletta. They all start to speak to each other taking it in turns to suggest something. When the conversation is filmed it used over the shoulder shots and shot reverse/shot.

The scene ends with all the workers trying to give Amber Valletta their pens beacuse she needs one to sign something,this is show from a medium shot getting the top half of their bodies in the shot. The shot concentrates on peoples facial expressions because they all really want her to take their pens beacuse they think she is beautiful. In the end Amber Valletta takes Kevin James pen.

In this scene the man props are the people pens other than that there are no significant props. The costume of the actors and actresses has been done so it looks natural and the men are just wearing typical office workers suits and their client is wearing casual/posh clothes which look designer, this shows she's wealthy. 

The lighting has been done to look natural and it would not use any other extra lights other than the ones in the office. The only thing which has been done with the lighting is that the women is the most important and has a little bit more light on her.

This will also help me when I look at different camera shots/movements/angles/positions for my film. 

Big Daddy and Daddy Day Care-research

Big Daddy

Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is thirty-two years old and just graduated from law school a few years ago but chose not to take the next exam. Instead Sonny works as a tollbooth collector and spends his day lazing around. One day his girlfriend decides that she has had enough of him and tells Sonny that things have to change a lot or else it's over. When Sonny's roommate Kevin leaves to go to China, a young boy is dropped at their apartment and is told that the boy is Kevin's son but Kevin doesn't know who his mother is. Sonny takes care of him and after spending time with the boy he decides to adopt him hoping that his girlfriend will be impressed. But when he learns that she has a new older boyfriend, Sonny tries to have the boy sent back to his mother but when he finds out that she died and that he would be sent to an orphanage, Sonny decides to take care of him. Sonny starts dating his ex-girlfriends sister and they fall in love and Kevin arrives home and takes his son back from Sonny and is a good dad to the boy and in the end Sonny has his own child with his new girlfriend and everyone lives on happily.

A1-Meets Sonny and Kevin and there girlfriends

CA1-Kevin goes away and a boy is dropped to their door, Sonny gets dumped

A2-Sonny looks after the boy and uses him to try and get his girlfriend back

CA2-His ex-girlfriend already has a new boyfriend, so Sonny moves on and falls in love but needs to get rid of the boy.

A3-Kevin arrives home and takes the boy from Sonny and Sonny has a child of his own with his new girlfriend and everyone lives on happily together

In Big Daddy there are many characters but there are three main comedy characters, which bring the audience into the story. The main character is the funny guy and the one who everyone likes and everyone wants the character to be happy this is Sonny. Then the main character has his best friend who is a bit boring because he is more mature than the main character but everyone still likes him because under the mature look he is a fun nice guy this is Kevin. Also there is the really, really funny character who is the delivery man who is the main characters other good friend; everyone loves this character because its none stop laughing with him because he is very random. On top of all these characters are the other characters like the girlfriends and random other characters to link up the story.

Setting of the film: modern day in a city/ typical home area.

Film type: Comedy.

Audience Reaction: none stop laughing

Daddy Day Care

Charlie (Eddie Murphy), a busy working father, is fired after the health division in his company was shut down. Desperate for money Charlie opens up a day care center with the help of two friends who used to work with him. As it became more popular, a nearby school's daycare became less populated because Charlie's center Daddy Day Care was much cheaper and the children enjoyed it much more. Mrs. Harridan, the head of that school tries to shut down Daddy Day Care, but fails. Charlie and one of his friends are offered a better job at their old company and they decide to take it. But not long after, Charlie soon realizes that the job isn't what he really wants to do and misses his son. He returns to Daddy Day Care, only to learn that everybody left and went to the expensive school with Mrs. Harridan. He successfully convinces the children and their parents to come back to Daddy Day care and Daddy Day Care becomes a very big success.

A1-Meets Charlie and his family and work mates

CA1-Charlie and some work mates get fired because they are no longer needed

A2-Charlie sees that his son needs to go to school but all the daycare schools are very expensive or are rubbish, so he opens his own one with his old work mates

CA2-Charlie is offered a job back at his old work and takes it, but wants his daycare back because he misses all the children and his son

A3-The daycare is re-opened and is a very big success and everyone lives on happily together.

In Daddy Day Care there are many characters but there are three main comedy characters, which bring the audience into the story. The main character is the funny guy and the one who everyone likes and everyone wants the character to be happy this is Charlie. Then the main character has his best friend who is a bit boring because he is more mature than the main character but everyone still really likes him because under the mature look he is a really funny nice guy this is his work partner. Also there is the really, really funny character who is the computer geek type guy at the work who is the main characters other good friend; everyone loves this character because its none stop laughing with him because he is very random this is Marvin. On top of all these characters are the other characters like the girlfriends and random other characters like the children to link up the story.

Setting of the film: modern day in a city/ typical home area.

Film type: Comedy.

Audience Reaction: none stop laughing

Both films are very similar, not only because they are both Comedies and have the same sort of setting and the same audience reaction. The plots are also very similar because they both stick to the stereotype layout of a comedy genre. They both have people who don’t know what to do with life so end up trying various things, but a couple of things go wrong and complicates stuff even more. After thinking about it all the character gets it all back to normal and everyone lives happily ever after. Both films are very enjoyable so people would like to see both.

 Both of these analysis of film plot will help me when making my film and deciding the genre of the film and how to storyboard the film. When looking through the plot of the film you are able to get an instant feel to the film and you are able to tell weather or not you will like or dislike the film. Looking at the plots of various films will help me decided on what I want my film to put across to the audience and what I want to happen during the duration of my film. It also helps me look at character type for the actors and actresses, which would be in my film.

THE BRAVE ONE-research

THE BRAVE ONE

Act1-

You meet a lady (Jodie Foster) and her boyfriend who are going to be married soon.

ComplicatingAct1-

Boyfriend is killed and the lady has been battered up but lives, you meet the Main police officer/detective.

Act2-

The lady is now to scared to even go outside, so buys herself a gun.

ComplicatingAct2-

The lady kills four people, who were going to kill other innocent people, the lady sees the man who killed her boyfriend.

Act3-

The lady hunts down the man who killed her boyfriend and all his gang members who joined in the killing, then kills all of the except gets caught by the last one but the main police officer saves her and lets her kill him with his gun and then lets her get away by shooting him in the arm and making it look like it was one of the gang members.

Hero-the officer and the lady (Jodie Foster)

Villain-all four people she killed and all the gang who killed the boyfriend

Donor-The Chinese man, giving Jodie the gun

Helper-The officer, Boyfriend’s mum

Princess/sought-for person-Relief of being scared

Father-The officer

Dispatcher-The Chinese man who gives the gun

False hero-The lady (Jodie Foster)

Equilibrium at the start cause it’s all happy and the lady and man are soon to be married and the lady has a good job on a radio show. Dis-equilibrium happens when boy friend is killed so it’s all sad now and she kills lots of people. Equilibrium is restored when the lady kills the man who killed her boyfriend and the officer who is friends with her lets her get away and all goes happy again.

This will help me when thinking of characters for my film and what type of character they would be. It will also help when planning out the storyboard by separating each part of the film into acts. Lastly It will help when thinking about dis-equilibrium and equilibrium and how to leave the audience wanting to watch more

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN- research

At the start of the scene you have just found out that the police officer as caught this man and has him under arrest. The scene starts with a police officer on the phone to his boss, he looks very confused, to show that he was confused the tone of his voice was different to normal, he slows down what he is saying when he speaks as if he does not know what the convict has done exactly, the film uses a good use of change in dialogue. The man under arrest looks like a bad man, the director would have chosen this person for the part because he is really tall and big and he is not good looking he looks nasty and he is of a different race and he is made to look mysterious. The officer is shown in a medium shot with the man out of focus behind him.

The officer frowns to show he hasn’t a clue of what something is. When he is telling his boss what the convict had on him the officer roles his eyes as a sign of relief, hoping his boss might know what it is, but then again he could be rolling his eyes to show that he hopes his boss doesn’t think he’s stupid for not know what it is, the camera goes closer to the officer and slowly zooms in. This adds on the pressure to the officer as if the audience were watching him/inspecting him. The lighting has all been done to look as natural as possible and the officer has been shown in the light to look like the good guy and the man under arrest is in the dark to show he is bad.

The officer also scrunches up his lips a bit to show he is thinking and lowers his eyebrows. He is sitting in his chair telling his boss about the man he just caught with a strange oxygen tank/hose thing he had and that it’s all okay and they have him under control. It then does a focus pull so that you can properly see the man in the background. In the background the convict is slyly getting his hands free so he can strangle the officer with his handcuffs after he finishes on the phone.

As soon as he is finished on the phone the convict strangles the officer viciously until the officer is left dead covered in blood. Whilst the convict strangles the officer on the floor with the officer on top of him you can see the egression in the convicts face and how angry he really is, the man comes across to the audience straight away as a psycho killer who enjoys killing. This is shown from above like a birds eye view and slowly zooms in on to the mans face.

After killing the officer the convict has a sick grin on his face as if he were happy that he just killed a man. This is sick cause no sane person would enjoy killing, its like he’s happy he ended the officer life. This is shown from a close-up shot on the mans face, then is shown again from a medium shot to show that he is lying there with the dead officer in a pool of blood. The clothes that they wear in it have been made to look like everyday clothes and the officer is wearing a typical police officer uniform. The props used have been done so that it all looks natural and they only use things they would actually be using in real life.

Research- CREDITS/TITLES

For my film I have to decide how I would like to make my credits and opening titles. Below are various examples of opening credits/titles for films. Some of the credits are more colourful than the others and standout a lot more, but because my film is going to be made into black and white and has a more mysterious plot/background idea I want my credits to be simple but interesting.



Above is an exmaple which I found on the internet of opening credits. The credits have been done with a black background and in white writing. The white writing is in a medium size font and is all in capitail letters, this makes it stand out on the background and easy to read. The credits look like they have been made to revolve in a circular motion, this would look interesting but I dont no if it would suit my film because it could look to fancy. I do like the idea of it being black and white though as it would fit in with my film.



Above is an example picture of opening credits/titles (FOX). The camera pans across from the right, leaving the shot when the camera nearly face on with the 20th CENTURY FOX text. The lights in the clip move around like spot lights through the air. This looks really high-tech and smart, it makes the title stand out and shows the audience who the film is made by. The title is very colourful and easily caputures the eye of the audience. The moving spot lights would be very hard to make, also the bold use of colours would not suit my film.

Above is another example of the opening titles/credits for the film 'BATTLE FOR HADITHA', this font/titles/credits would suit my film because it is simple but still stands out. It also looks mysterious/ strange because the black background makes the writing stand out alot. It also makes it easy to read. The black background also looks mystifying, the colour being black makes the film look more dark, this links in with the confusing gloomy plot.

Research into similar media texts..

Research into similar media texts, to research for my film I will look at various different films which have been made and put onto DVD. I will study the camera angles and the mis-en-scene used in each film. I will also look at sound used in films/ the soundtrack. Also I plan to look at the film plot and that the plot brings to watch the film. I also plan to study the opening title sequence/credits of the film to get a better understanding to the way they are done; this will help me when I make my opening title sequence/ credits. Initially this will assist me with making/producing of my final film product.

THE MAIN TASK

Starting the main task

For the Main task brief:

Create the opening credits and sequence of a fiction film, to last no longer than two minutes

The brief is not very specific, this means i am able to make my film about basically anything I want as long as it has got the opening credits and the sequence is two minutes or under.

When I started the film coursework, an idea came into my head that my final film will not just be a random pointless film which doesn't mean anything but it would put a message across to the audience and have a moral to it. My idea is to look at a serious illness or mental problem which could be looked in the film by the audience, I hope it will make my audience respect what a good life they have been given and have sympathy for others who have not been given as great a life as them.My main idea behind the film is 'sanity of life'.