Who is our film aimed at?

Our filmed is aimed mainly at males as they are more likely to wish to view this sort of film then females. Younger males especially will be more inclined to want to view the film then older ones, somewhere in between the ages of 13-35. This is demonstrated by the presence of drugs and generally violent behaviour being portrayed. The film, however, seems to have a theme running though it that most teenagers would enjoy and perhaps relate to, such as Skins and Kidulthood. This is shown by relatively young actors being shown in the film and the storyline with its stereotypes that are associated with these said people.

The research that we carried out with the films before the planning of our own movie has helped us a great deal as we were able to distinguish the differences between all of the certificates shown of movies, and especially the borderline between certificate 15 and certificate 18, because even though there is a prime difference, it is sometimes hard to choose between.

Textual Analysis

	The Shawshank Redemption	The Godfather	The Godfather Part II
Genre	Crime Drama	Crime Thriller	Crime Thriller
Mis-en-scene	Dark Walls Hosepipe Gun Bullets Alcohol Firearms Cars Vans	Phone Desk Cat Pictures Typewriter	Coffin Chairs Guns
Camera Angles	Widespread Close up Extreme Close up Aerial Over the shoulder	Close Up Aerial Standard Extreme Close Up Sideways	Close Up Over the shoulder Standard Long Distance
Connotations	When the prisoners are shown you immediately think poor, lower class people. Most indoor scenes suggest death, pain and misery.	The man at the beginning is dressed in a smart suit. We think he is rich and maybe dangerous based on the way he talks. He reminds used of Italian gangsters from other films.	When we see the people going to a funeral we know that they are poor and weak. When we see the gangster we see he is powerful and rich and dangerous.
Lighting	Dark inside which signifies misery. Dim lights also reflect this. Outdoor is brighter.	The lighting is dark and mysterious. It creates a dark mood. Outside the lighting is clearer.	The lighting is very bright because they are in the desert.
Music	Sad music at the beginning of film when credits run through. No other music	There is music in the background of the dancing scene. It is happy and jolly due to the light hearted event.	The music is very dramatic at the start. This is sad and we straight away know something bad will happen at the start.

Summary- All the films are similar and have the same type of props. Weapons and furniture, which indicates the opening scenes are inside. They all use close up camera angles and there are also Aerial, Standard and Over the Shoulder shots. These are the common features in the opening scenes of these films. The costumes and clothing allows the viewer to see which characters are the more powerful and which aren’t. The sharp suits and ties indicate that that character is a powerful one, e.g. The Godfather. Whereas the poor quality clothing of the characters in the Shawshank Redemption makes us immediately think that they are poor, powerless people. The dark lighting used creates a mysterious mood where the audience are on edge. In the light the audience aren’t expecting much action because of the relaxing mood. Music also gives the audience an idea. The sad music at the beginning of Shawshank tells the viewer that the film will start on a sad note, the music creates a mood for the opening scene. Another example would be the happy music at the beginning of The Godfather which symbolises the happy scene of people enjoying themselves at the dance. All the things that we see and hear like costumes and props and music effect the mood of the opening scene and the viewer can follow this. These are useful components to use in our film.

Questionaire

Story Board

Film Classification

I visited the BBFC website to obtain information about the age certificate:

Films are classified into age categories. These are rules and guidelines to so that people know what to expect from film and how you must be to view it.

This is the criteria for a 15 certificate.

Discrimination

The film must not use discrimative language or actions.

Drugs

Drug taking is allowed to be shown but the film must not encourage or promote drug use. The miss-use of other substances such as solvents will probably not be tolerated.

Horror

Strong threatening and menace are permitted but unless sadistic or sexualised.

Language

Frequent strong language is permitted e.g. (Fuck). The strongest terms e.g. cunt may be acceptable if it is justified. Aggressive or repeated use of this language is unlikely to be allowed.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual way but not in great detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational content.

Sex

Sexual content is allowed but without great detail. There may be verbal reference to sexual behaviour, however not too strong. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be accepted.

Theme

No theme is forbidden as long as it is appropriate for 15 years old.

Violence

The violence may be strong but the film should focus for too long on pain or injury. Strong, gory images are unlikely to be unaccepted. Neither is sexualised violence. However there may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any showing of this must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

This is the criteria for an 18 certificate

18 certificate films are only suitable for adults. No one younger then 18 may view an 18 certificate film in a cinema. No-one younger then 18 may rent or buy and 18 rated film.

Sex education at 18

This is basically to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images may be allowed.

Sex works at 18

These are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Strong images of real sex, strong fetish materials, sexual explicit images or any other very strong images will be confined to the R18 category. Sex work that is unacceptable at R18 is also unacceptable at 18.

R18

The R18 category is a special restricted classification for explicit work consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films are only allowed to be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas. R18 video works may not be supplied by mail order.

The following content is not acceptable

• Any material which is in breach of the criminal law, including material deemed to be obscene under the current interpretation of the obscene publication act 1959.



• Material likely to encourage an interest in sexually abusive activity such as paedophilia, rape or incest which may include adults playing as non-adults.



• The Portrayal of any sexual activity which involves lack of consent. Any real form of physical restraint which prevents participants from making any kind of withdrawal of consent.



• The infliction of pain which may cause lasting physical harm, whether real or not, in a sexual content. There is however some allowance of some moderate, non-abusive, consensual activity.



• Penetration by any object linked with violence or likely to cause physical harm.



• Any sexual threats, humiliations or abuse which does not form part of a role play. Strong physical or verbal abuse, even if consensual is doubtful to be accepted.

Equipment

· Camera

· Guitar/Jack/Cables

· Amplifier

· Actors

· Mac for editing software

· Oregano

· A bag (See through, plastic)

· Briefcase

· Tripod

· Tape

Script

Act 1: (Jake on Phone to Johnny)

Jake: I’ve lost it.

Johnny: What do you mean you’ve lawst it?

Jake: I’ve lost it, Johnny, what do you want from me?

Johnny: How the hell did you do that?

Jake: Well, what happened is…

Act 2: (Jake running away holding a briefcase from Big Tony, along a canal pathway)

No speech

Act 3: (Jake is shown checking his briefcase in a woodland area)

No speech

Act 4: (Big Tony is shown walking around the woodland area looking for Jake)

No speech

Act 5: (Jake is shown running onto a road and tripping)

No speech.

Act 6: (Jake is kicked in the head on the road)