When marking our film, i would mark it a middle level 3.
The reasons being, we produced a story-line appropriate for the genre of the film and when researching into many different vampire films, we found out the appropriate target audience, so we new who to aim our film at and what to include in it to make it successful to the target audience.
We also used our titles and sound well to fit with the genre of our film, we used a jagged font that is popular when watching vampire film, however we could have changed the colour to red to make it fit better with the genre, but still i think our white font worked well with our title sequence. Also when creating our sound, we learnt how to use garageband to create a piece of music. We also researched into sounds/songs that are commonly used in horror films, this then gave us a rough idea of what sounds we wanted to include.
When editing, we found it very easy as we stuck to our storyboard and shot list, so we new exactly what shot was needed and the length of the shot.
Friday, 4 May 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
marking my film in relation to the mark scheme
sound
mise en scene
genre
editing
camera work
lighting
I think this was a really good film and the sound went well with it and changed with the different clips , such as when it showed the name of their film the music changed and was good a creepy. Also the begining sound where it sounds like a news report, thats interesting and different and makes it seem more real, also the sound such as voice when he shouts help, doesn't sound fuzzy or anything so its good as sounds professional. The mis en scene used was very good as they had all sorts of props like a saw and masks and pictures and blood splattered everywhere and such which shows what genre it is with all the blood, and murder equipment. The editing done is really good as it flows really well, as you don't notice any jump shots in it and they follow all the rules really good, like the rule of thirds and such. They had a lot of good camera shots like the tracking shot at the begining of the bath tub such so there's a lot of variety and theres a lot of them, so there is many long shots and such so is more interesting. THe lighting was good as clear and could see everything, but not too bright and happy, as that wouldn't seem as much as a horror, as it is quite dull in most, which creates a good atmosphere.
mise en scene
genre
editing
camera work
lighting
I think this was a really good film and the sound went well with it and changed with the different clips , such as when it showed the name of their film the music changed and was good a creepy. Also the begining sound where it sounds like a news report, thats interesting and different and makes it seem more real, also the sound such as voice when he shouts help, doesn't sound fuzzy or anything so its good as sounds professional. The mis en scene used was very good as they had all sorts of props like a saw and masks and pictures and blood splattered everywhere and such which shows what genre it is with all the blood, and murder equipment. The editing done is really good as it flows really well, as you don't notice any jump shots in it and they follow all the rules really good, like the rule of thirds and such. They had a lot of good camera shots like the tracking shot at the begining of the bath tub such so there's a lot of variety and theres a lot of them, so there is many long shots and such so is more interesting. THe lighting was good as clear and could see everything, but not too bright and happy, as that wouldn't seem as much as a horror, as it is quite dull in most, which creates a good atmosphere.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Here is my video where i have discussed all of the video's we have filmed and posted onto blogger since the very beginging of my a.s year at bilborough college right up to our final horror film.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Monday, 16 April 2012
Production Horror Film Marking List Feedback
The two sheets below are our marking criteria's from groups in our class.
This group gave us a low level 3 and we are happy with this grade because this is what grade we was hoping we would achieve. They understood the genre of the film which is a very good sign because this is what sums up our whole film and they have to know what is going on.
Overall they said sound and camera was very well used and edited and also costume and make-up was well used. We were happy with the feedback we got.
This group gave us a high level 3 and we are happy with the feedback given. They mention that we should have used a different colour for our titles but the reason for choosing white is so that the titles stand out because of the title sequence being quite dark we didn't want to used a dark colour that would not be as noticeable, but we know that white is not as relatable to a horror film.
They also mention that the more tense scenes, music should have more variety when it comes to this and we learn from our mistakes and will take this on board and improve the music.
Friday, 23 March 2012
Chariss- Question 5 extended
Here is our audience feedback on what they thought of how film and how we could improve it.
This feedback sheet was given us before we completed the whole of our film. They say our mise en scene was 'all good' and would consider watching the rest of our film. They gave us a mark of 45/60, i would of liked more feedback to see how we could improve to up our marks.
In this feedback sheet they comment on our camera work and how we have a good variety of shots but said some of our shots were to long, we took this on board and changed this. They also said the genre of our film was clear which is good because we dont want our audience being confused about this.
This feedback sheet they also said we have a good variety of shots and made good use of our costume and location.
We are happy with the good feedback and our bad feedback such as our sound and having some long shots we will take on board and change to make out film better.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Chariss Lee Question 4
No film is for everyone, so it is important to know and find out who your target audience may be; this is because you want your film to succeed and by aiming it at people who are not interested is not the way to do it.
Here is the trailer from Fright Night.
It is very common for the vampire to be male and any age above 18 and in this film they have done exact that and have not challenged any stereotypes. By using a male as the villain makes a more tense/intimidating feeling when it comes to the biting of his victims because males are known to be much stronger and faster than women. However his victims are both females and males all ages, which is also common in vampire films such as 'Let Me In' and 'Twilight'.
The main characters in this film are Teenagers, so it would make sense the film would be aimed at teenagers because they relate by their age and teenagers are interested in other teenagers lives. This film could be aimed at both genders because of the film being a thriller.
Their class is all the same, they live in a nice neighbourhood and from what is shown their parents are working class.
When in the classroom you can see a variety of races, however the main characters in the film are all white, so the target audience for this film may be teenagers, males and females from the white population.
For the film i am creating, our target audience when researching was males aged 18-29. If i was to say who i feel would be our target audience, it would be both genders aged 18 and above, this is because the main characters in our film, both victim and villain are female and because of the amount of gore that will be shown in the rest of our film this is what would draw the males to come see our film.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Question 3 - Katie Smyth - film poster ideas
Distribution
Distribution is getting the product out to its customers/audiences, so it is seen and known to the public, which gets more people viewing the film. This is done in many ways such as:
- Posters
- Trailers - at the beginning of other films in the cinema or during TV adverts.
- Film festivals
- Internet advertising
- magazines / newspapers
- Chat shows
- Social sites
- radios (e.g interviews)
Here i have researched 2 independent production companies and 2 major production companies, and i have been comparing the difference between them and how they distribute films.
House of the dead was by Brightlight pictures, which is a major production company as uses artisan entertainment distribution company, so this is likely to have more publicity and viewers as it has major distribution company, so will have good distribution of this film.
Mirrors is produced from a major media institution, regency enterprises. 20th century fox was the distribution company of mirrors, which is a major corporation, which is likely why mirrors is a very well known film.
nightmare is a hammers film productions film, which is an independent film production company. For nightmare the distribution companies were rank (in the uk) and universal (in the us), rank defunct in 1995 and universal is no longer independent it is owned by comcast.
There is a big deifference compared to major film production companies and independent, as you can see that the major company's have made a lot more films that the independent ones, the film from the independent production company hammers, is very old and not well known, as now days its more like likely to know of a film or go see a film from one of the major production companies. however they are both similar as they both distribute posters and trailers for their film.
Film festivals
Film festivals are a great way to distribute your film, and get it well known by the public.
Here is my production company logo:
Here is universal production company's logo (a competitor):
They are both similar as have both black backgrounds, which i think makes the images clearer and look more professional. Our's is slightly a bit bluryer where we have edited it on photoshop, as there is very clear. We both have our production company name in the centre of the image. Their's is a lot more general, so could be used on different genre films, where as our's is obviously for vampire films as you can tell by the image, so wouldn't be able to use it in other types of films. Their's is also more colour full, but mine works well for a horror film with the colours and such. They both have clear writing that goes with the image well.
Here are some sample posters that helped us with film idea's for our film. Heres one horizontal and one vertical, but in the end we went with the horizontal:
Here is our finished film poster:
Here i have included the name of our film when our film will becoming our in the cinema, also our film will be out on dvd in january the 4th. Also in the poster it includes our logo at the bottom right with our film productions company on it.
Here is a trailer that would be similar to ours, as the main characters are teenagers like ours, and the victim is a vulnerable teenage girl, which a vampire is after.
Chariss Lee- Question Three- film festival Nottingham
Local promotion is a great way to get started in the film industry and get your work/name noticed and it is a great opportunity for anyone to be involved. This film festival was shown in a independent cinema in Nottingham. You always have to start at the bottom and work your way up and this is a great way to do so.
Friday, 24 February 2012
First Shoot and first edit
We think we could have done a lot better on our first shoot, by shooting more shots such as close ups.
question 3- Chariss Lee- Film poster ideas
Here are a number of posters/dvd covers from horror films, this is to give me many ideas when it come to creating my poster for my film.
These posters give you a sense that they are out to get someone/everyone and shows their is a particular victim. The images shown, show the genre of the film and also the colours used help you identify the genre.
These posters show death of people and a sense of mystery is given out by a head that is no longer attached to the body and teeth that are no longer attached to someone's gums- How did they get like this? These sum up a little about the film but with a image that makes people question what the film may be about.
This is a poster made for the film 'Let Me In' it shows the to main characters and the title of the film and many taglines. The title of the film is written in white to go with there theme colours in the poster, the title is also in capital letters and placed in the middle of the poster. This is what you see straight away. Below the title are many taglines which give you a rough idea of what the film may intail.
This poster has a number of images in it which staright away shows the audience what it is about. The title of the film is written in capitals and the colour red. The colour red relates to the title of the film 'Blood' (the colour of blood).
This poster draws you straight to the title and image as they both blend in together. The title is written in a bold font and the colours match the theme running through the poster.
question 3- chariss lee- part 1
This film was distributed by the production company 'Lions Gate'. Lion Gate is a major company and these are the ways they distribute their films.
In the clip shown above, it uses a lot of natural lighting, which lightens up the old grim rooms and puts a bit of life into them. By the look of the rooms, its a releif to have natural light in them because it must be a horrible experience to be in them alone at night with no light.
In the clip there is a shot showing a variety of tools and them being put to use, but on a humans toe, which shows the audience the film will be quite disturbing to many human beings.
In the clip shown above, it uses a lot of natural lighting, which lightens up the old grim rooms and puts a bit of life into them. By the look of the rooms, its a releif to have natural light in them because it must be a horrible experience to be in them alone at night with no light.
In the clip there is a shot showing a variety of tools and them being put to use, but on a humans toe, which shows the audience the film will be quite disturbing to many human beings.
It may be unusual to use orange, yellow and gold on the front cover of 'Hostel' because these kind of colours represent wealth, joy, happiness, attraction, warmth of the sun, however black represents death, power and evil. But when looking at the cover you know straight away its not some kind of fairytale and that it is a horror/thriller by the image shown but also the colours create a dark threatening effect on the viewer.
The font is very rough around the edges and with it being in capitals it makes it title clear and make sures it stands out by the font and colour used.
Chariss Lee- Question 3- Part 1
Black and blue are a Independent Film production and below are some examples of how they distribute their films.
Trailers are common when wanting to advertise a film and their aim is to draw people in and make them want to see the film.
Trailers are common when wanting to advertise a film and their aim is to draw people in and make them want to see the film.
Here is the dvd cover of 'Stalker' the colours used are similar to the colours used in the advertisement of 'Hostel' (orange, yellows and blacks) this gives off the effect that the film is not a happy romantic comedy and the colours shows the film is some kind of horror/thriller and the images shown also identify it is that kind of genre.
With the colours being quite dull it does not draw me in but it creates a great understanding of what type of film it is.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Chariss Lee- Question Three
Distribution means when you are ready to get your film out there (its ready to be seen by the public). For example when distributing your film you will create posters and trailers that will then be shown via youtube etc and posters/billboards will be put up around cities/busy areas to make sure it is seen.
When distributing my film, trailers will be shown in cinema's, via youtube and on TV also posters would put up in Media stores such as HMV etc and billboards will be put up in busy Cities.
Other ways of distributing films: you may show your trailer at film festivals. Interviews that may be put on the radio, in magazines and on television. Trailer/posters advertised on Facebook (big social sites).
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Hammer is a independent company and below is a example of how they distribute their films.
Trailers are very popular when it come to distributing films. It gives the audience a rough idea of what the film is about and if they are intrigued and are drawn in by this trailer they are more likely to go see the film in cinemas or buy it on dvd.
This trailer shows the female being the victim and the male being the villain and how easily fooled she is by him because she thinks he is a nice genuine guy. With the voice over being a male with a deep clear understanding voice it helps sum up the film and creates a sense that the film is packed full of drama.
When distributing my film, trailers will be shown in cinema's, via youtube and on TV also posters would put up in Media stores such as HMV etc and billboards will be put up in busy Cities.
Above is a example of a way of distributing a film- Billboards.
Trailer distributed on Youtube.
Other ways of distributing films: you may show your trailer at film festivals. Interviews that may be put on the radio, in magazines and on television. Trailer/posters advertised on Facebook (big social sites).
Youtube offers many opportunities for students to let their projects go to use and the prize at the end of this opens up many more opportunities for students.
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Hammer is a independent company and below is a example of how they distribute their films.
Trailers are very popular when it come to distributing films. It gives the audience a rough idea of what the film is about and if they are intrigued and are drawn in by this trailer they are more likely to go see the film in cinemas or buy it on dvd.
This trailer shows the female being the victim and the male being the villain and how easily fooled she is by him because she thinks he is a nice genuine guy. With the voice over being a male with a deep clear understanding voice it helps sum up the film and creates a sense that the film is packed full of drama.
The image on this poster gives a rough idea of the film/location and shows it is a thriller.
The colours of this poster give out the impression that there may be a mystery, death, some sort of evil in the film.
The font of the title is bold and one of the main things that stand out in the poster.
Posters are made to advertise and draw you in to see the film.
This poster wouldn't catch my eye but the trailer does.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Evaluation update
Chariss:
Question 1
Question 2
Question 4
Question 5
To be done- Question 3
Katie:
Question 1
Question 5
Question 1
Question 2
Question 4
Question 5
To be done- Question 3
Katie:
Question 1
Question 5
skills recap
Shot reverse shots: Many shot reverse shots are used throughout this clip, this is to create a clear understanding towards the audience and also to build/create fear.
In our film we use many reverse shots for example she is shown waking up and looking around the room, we then have a shot of the room and what she is looking at, this is to show the audience what is happening/what she is looking at. Further on in the film we then show her looking at her hands, then we show her hands and how they have changed then there is a following shot after that showing her expression to what has just seen.
Position of the tripod: The tripod may be at a high angle or a low angle or just average- this is to keep the camera steady (no camera shake) and the tripod can be adjusted for the height needed.
In the clip above, their is a shot of her feet walking towards the camera so the postion of the tripod will be lower to the ground.
In our film, the postion of the tripod is used in a variety of ways. Throughout we have the postion at a high, medium and low angle. We have a shot of the vampire crawling across the floor so we will set the postion of the tripod to be really low to the ground and use a canted angle by adjusting the tripod.
Shot Length:
Shot type:
Shot angle:
Colour:
Lighting:
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Chariss Lee- Question 5- Part 1
The Lost Boys
This film has a certificate of 15.
The target audience of this film are males aged 18-29- this may be because of the genre of the film being a comedy horror. When it comes to horrors both female and male may not like horror films full of gore, but here it is proven that males are more likely to watch/like horrors.
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1
This has a certificate of 12A.
the target audience in this film are males aged 18-29. I thought because of the genre of the film being a romantic horror it will draw females aged between 15-25. However because of the genre being a horror it automatically draws males because they are more into the gore side of things a lot more then women, however in this case because of the certificate being a 12A you instantly no that their will be no gore- so this is puzzling that the ratings here show that males ages 19-29 are the target audience.
Dracula 2000
This has a certificate of 15.
The target audience here are also males aged 18-29. This being the 3rd vampire film having a target audience of males aged 18-29 i am realising that this may be who we should aim at to get the most ratings for our film. Although in a class discussion when wanting to make our certificate a 15, we had a debate that the film certificate should be risen to 18 so our target audience will come to see our films and do not choose not to only because it is rated at a 15 certificate, however in this case it shows that because of it being a 15 certificate does not mean a older generation will not come to see the film.
Let the Right One In
This had a certificate of 15.
The target audience in this film are males aged 18-29. This gender and age are proven to be a very popular target audience for vampire horror films. Also in this film with the vampire being female it shows that which ever gender the vampire is, males aged 18-29 are still going to see these films and are not bothered about the gender of the vampire.
Let Me In
This has a certifiacate of 15.
Let Me In is the english version of Let The Right One In and males aged 18-29 are still the main target audience and this film has a dash of romance in the film and even making it a romantic horror the target audience are still 18-29 year olds.
Overall the majority of these films have a certificate of 15, however we are making our certificate a 18 because there will be constant swearing and a lot of gore throughout the film.
Our target audience are males aged 18-29, seeing these results have shown us what males aged 18-29 would like to see, so by watching each film we can get a great understanding of what our target audience are wanting.
After researching into many vampire films on IMDB and looking at there target audience we made a decision to make or certificate a 18 and aim our film at 18-29 year olds. After seeing the majority of films above having a target audience of 18-29 we decided to watch a number of them each and get ideas of what our target audience may like. Our film to begin with starts with a number of female vampires, this is because we wanted to make our film a little different from others because in most vampire films, there is always a male vampire that is the leader. However making our main vampire a female will still draw males to the cinema. After asking a number of males aged 19, 20, 25 what they like to see in a horror vampire film they repsonded by saying 'a lot of gore', 'death', 'baddy and a goody', 'a hot vampire', 'blood', 'something different, like vampires may organise a dance club full of girls, but at the end of it, end up killing them all, apart from one girl and one boy'. This feedback gave us plenty of ideas what we could do with our film.
When planning our film we thought a main location such as a graveyard straight away relates to a vampire film and gives a great understanding what the genre of the film is to the target audience.
We didnt choose to have a lot of props in our film, this is because we wanted to show the power of the vampires just by using their body strengh. Men that like horror vampire films, like to see a lot of gore and action in their films.
In our title sequence we wanted to create fear and a tense feeling by doing a 'chase scene'. Building up tension by our female victim visting a graveyard but then hearing a number of creepy noises and deciding to leave, to then find out she is being followed by a number of female vampires and becoming trapped.
Vampire following victim.
Victim hearing noises.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? - Van Helsing
Here is my question 2, where i will be answering the question: how does your media product represent particular social groups? I will be analysing 2 video's i have up loaded and a test shot of my actor in relation to age/race and genre.
We got ideas about representation from the video below in terms of how they use stereotypes to engage the audience. We have been directly influenced as we have included in our film a female victim. This follows the stereotype as females are seen as more weak and vulnerable.
Here is another video i have uploaded from my sub genre, which i will analyse in relation to age/gender and race.
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Here all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.
We got ideas about representation from the video below in terms of how they use stereotypes to engage the audience. We have been directly influenced as we have included in our film a female victim. This follows the stereotype as females are seen as more weak and vulnerable.
Here is another video i have uploaded from my sub genre, which i will analyse in relation to age/gender and race.
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Here all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.
We chose her as our actor, as she will be the main character as a victim and the main vampire throughout of film, which challenges existing conventions, as usually the main vampire character is male, such as Dracula in van helsing and the film dracula and edward in twilight, so we wanted to be different and challenge it and have a female as our main character. Also she will be a good victim as is a woman and seen as more vulnerable, which follows existing conventions, as otherwise, people won't be as scared for her when they watch it, so won't crete enough fear. She also has an innocent look which will soon change once she becomes a vampire.
Audience feedback
The audience feedback was good they thought we represented age/gender and race well.
Here are some screen grabs that establishes social group representations, which in ours is a normal teenages girl on her phone walking along the street and also her just walking down a normal jiti(path) that a lot of teenagers normally use on a day to day bases. This is similar to twilight where bella is a normal teenager as seen in the picture below, as she is in high school with her friend.
questions 4: who would be the audience for your media product? and question 5: how did you attract/address your audience?
Here i have have researched who would be the audience to our media product as it is important to know, such as their age and gender, so that we can make our film interesting to them, so they will want to watch it and like it.
28 days later is an 18, we want ours to be an 18 to like this, as our target audience is 18 - 29 year olds as most viewers of vampire films from our imdb rating are 18 - 29 years olds, so we are aiming it at them.
Dracula is an 18, like we have decided ours to be as we want ours scary like this and to be violent with lots of blood.
This is a 15, an ours will be like this but more scary and gory and violent, so won't be suitables for 15 or anyone under 18.
Twilight is a 12a and hows will be a lot more gory and violent so ours will be not suitable for a 12A, and will be a lot scaryer so we are going to have our at 18.
This is also a 12A, and ours will have more strong language and violent and too gory for anyone under the age of 18, as in van helsing, it doesn't have that much strong language and ors will be way goryer.
We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won't interest them as much, and other films that are 15 that i have researched won't be as gory and as violent and scary as ours.
One horrorfilm i have watched is van helsing, this film represents issues such as age/gender/race and such. In it all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.
No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema or buy or rent and 18 rated film.
Sex education at ‘18’
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.
Sex works at ‘18’
Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’ category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’
We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won;t interest them as much.
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema or rent or buy a film that is a 15.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, this would be ok so out film as we follow this..
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable. There aren't any drugs in our film so is ok.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised, in our horror its going to be really scare, so could be ok for 15 but is that suitable enough, so will have it as an 18.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable. In our, we will have it as an 18 as we will not have suitable strong language for anyone under 18.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification. Ours has to be an 18 as will have a lot of violence that isn't suitable for 15 as will dwell on the infliction of pain and will be extremely gory.
Suitable for 12 years and over
Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for dvd works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work..
Horror
Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained. Ours will be very scary so not suitable.
Language
Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent. We will be having strong language used throughout the film which isn't suitable for people 12 and under.
Violence
Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification. We can't have our film at a 12 as we will have a lot of unsuitable violence for this age.
how did you attract/address your audience?
We planed to make it gory and and scary so older people above the 18 would want to watch it. Since we were targeting it at males, they would probably be more interested in seeing a film with more females in that males and with a lot of blood and violence as there older, as if they were younger it wouldn't be suitabe to be to gory and violent, so we added blood and we had all female characters. We chose to shoot it at a graveyard as it will engage the audience as its spooky and creepy and the atmosphere where you know something bad it going to happen so it will build suspense. We didn't think many props were needed as there wasn't a murder weapon or anything like that as she was bitten. It follows most conventions as most vampire films are set in a graveyard and with a bite scene however we have female vampires which you don't see often as the main vampires which challenge existing conventions. I think our casting of the threat engages the audience, as it is first seen when they walk past the camera when it is on the victim, which shows something is there as it passes but the audience doesn't know what, but they know it will be scary and probably kill the victim which builds suspence and fear for the audience, and which will make them fear for the victim more, so our casting of the victim of being unaware engages the audience as they will be scared for them.
The title sequence will engage the audience as we thought we would jump straight in with the bite seen in the titles, so it is interesting a scary and is in the graveyard, which will engage the audience as it isn't boring at the begining with just boring titles.
how did you attract/address your audience?
We planed to make it gory and and scary so older people above the 18 would want to watch it. Since we were targeting it at males, they would probably be more interested in seeing a film with more females in that males and with a lot of blood and violence as there older, as if they were younger it wouldn't be suitabe to be to gory and violent, so we added blood and we had all female characters. We chose to shoot it at a graveyard as it will engage the audience as its spooky and creepy and the atmosphere where you know something bad it going to happen so it will build suspense. We didn't think many props were needed as there wasn't a murder weapon or anything like that as she was bitten. It follows most conventions as most vampire films are set in a graveyard and with a bite scene however we have female vampires which you don't see often as the main vampires which challenge existing conventions. I think our casting of the threat engages the audience, as it is first seen when they walk past the camera when it is on the victim, which shows something is there as it passes but the audience doesn't know what, but they know it will be scary and probably kill the victim which builds suspence and fear for the audience, and which will make them fear for the victim more, so our casting of the victim of being unaware engages the audience as they will be scared for them.
The title sequence will engage the audience as we thought we would jump straight in with the bite seen in the titles, so it is interesting a scary and is in the graveyard, which will engage the audience as it isn't boring at the begining with just boring titles.
The music will engage the audience, as it works really well with the background noise from when filming, to create a spooky, scary atmosphere, and builds suspense well, and fits in really well with the film.
I think we feedback we got was really good, as they said how they would like to continue watching the film so it must have had engaged the audience as they want to continue watching it. We listened to what they said and what they said that wasn't so good but most of it was just the end which we hadn't finished editing, also they said it need sound which we had but the mac we were on sounds wasn't working properly.
Here is a wordle from the audience feed back:
This image below is specifically designed to reach your target audience as it is gory so more for 18's and around that ages, so especially not children should be able to see this image:
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