Planning: Production Roles - Ms.Begum

Planning: Production Roles - Ms. Begum

Introduction

In film industry different people are assigned different jobs during the production of a single film, this is why the credits are so long at the end of the film because it has to go through all the names of the people who helped make the film to give credit to them.

The different roles and definitions to them (include images)

Producer - The producers are the company logo that you see at the beginning of the film they are the ones that give the director the film budget to create the film after they view the script.

Director - The director is the one who created the basic storyline of the film and essentially it's their project.

Lighting operator - The lighting operator is the one that decides what lighting is best for each scene in the film and not one light that is on set has not been planned every light you would see in that film was placed there by the lighting operator in order to create affect and bring the scene to life.

Location manager - The location manager is the one who finds the right location in order to shoot certain scenes in a film they must know exactly what the storyboarders and directors are looking for in the scene then theymust go out and find possible locations for the scene to take place. 

Make-Up artist - The make up artist the one in charge of all the actors in the film whether they are big names or the fillers.

Story board organiser - The story board organiser breaks the whole story down into scenes into full detail. Before they shoot a scene it is storyboarded and everything that happens in the scene is planned from the sound effects to the actions of the characters, they must work closely with the director and co-script workers also to tailor the scene to the original script.

Editor - The job of an editor is one of the hardest jobs in the film because they can be given hundreds of hours of uncut original footage and they then have to make cuts and edits within the film and cut down the view time to something like 1-3 hours long without changing the entire outlook of the film but not drag the film on long enough to lose the interest of the viewers. 

Sound Technician - The sound technician is the one who creates any sound effects in the film whether it be running noises or the sound of someone being stabbed the sound technician may polish these sound effectsd and make them more louder and with more base inorder to create a better effect on the viewers. 

Assign each role and state who has the role and justify why

 The people in my group will be assigned the following roles

Amani (Me) - Director / Actor / Production manager

Hazal - Director / editor / Storyboard

Gizem - Producer / Sound Editor

Asli - Producer / Lighting

Conclude, how has this been beneficial?
This has been beneficial because this has evened out the amount of work that each person has to do and its not so we actually have a structure and an idea of what each person has to do in terms of what role each of us have to play. This would also make the amount of work each of us do a fair distribution. 

Reseach:Opening Credits-Mr.Smith

Reseach:Opening Credits-Mr.Smith

What are opening credits?

The opening credits are the brief credits that are shown on screen just before the film starts or maybe even during the film sometimes. They show the just the founders of the film who have played a primary role in the films creation and star actors in the film so they will appear on both the opening and closing credits.

What is their purpose?

this is to show the viewer what company produced the film and who directed it so in future if your looking for a film  and you see that the company that produced a good film you've seen or the director that created it your more likely to see more films associated with them. This will also do the same for actors whether they are very known actors you have recently discovered or if they are upcoming stars it's good publicity for them.

What information do they provide? In order of appearance?

The first thing shown on the opening credits will show you the films producers (who gave the film budget and brought the film to life) This comes up twice withe the producers on little logo shown before the actual film is shown then it is said in writing again. Then they would tend to show the director of the movie next, which is then followed up by the title of the film and once this has been presented the star actors and lead roles of the movie are presented, if the film is playing during the opening credits the characters are likley to be currently shot whilst their credit appears so you know who it is if you have never seen the actor before. After that any additional information is added in such as:

• Along with any co-/executive producers .
• The film editor and production designer.
• Who created the sound tracks of the film.
• Who created the costumes and visuals.

These will vary in the order of who comes where so I have placed the bullet points in my order of importance

Also opening film credits aren’t always the same length as each other so if the film’s opening credits are not long then the additional credits tend to be very few maybe only 1-3 more credits are shown and anything that couldn’t fit will appear in the final credits in bolder font and more isolated credits than the others in order for it to stand out. 

An example of this is?

An example of theis is the Spider-Man opening credits this is a good example because the bright bold colours acctract the viewers attention and it also works with the credits so the vieweres definetly take in who helped put the film into place also even though the film is'nt playing yet they show the previous films art work and whenthe actors name comes up the picture of the actor appears so you know who is who but the thing that makes it special is that the images are used to re-cap the prequals storyline so anyone that forgot or never saw the frst one could get a brief catchup.

What feelings does this give the audience (My chosen analysed opening)

I have chosen the  film SE7EN as my analysed opening based on how this makes the audience feel because it is the most brief bt affective opnening that i have seen only lasting 2 minutes and it mentally prepares you for what is to come. It shows something soo basic and turns it into something so twisted and demented that you can't wait until the credits are over through the use of filming in such detail and especially the soundtrack this gives the audience a sickening feeling towards the opening. (which is similar to the Dexter series opening which has taken this idea and turned it into it's own.

Also the opening gives viewers an insight as to what themes the film is based on if you pay close attention as to what you see the hands doing which gives viewers antcipation as to see what how the storyline links to what the hands are doing. 

Conclusion: What information will you use in your oening credits

In my opening credits I must add the most important information but keep an eye on how long it lasts because my film is only 2 minutes long I will try and make my credits about 30 seconds long and whoever stars in it will be on the current shot so people know who is who like Spider-Man, I also must use a cleaver sound track in order to create the right tension and suspense to the audience like se7en.

Research: Censorship - Mr.Smith

Research: Censorship - Mr.Smith 

Who is the BBFC and what is their role?

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) are an organisation that determine not only the age rating of the films but they also determine wether scene(s) too graphic are cut or edited out from movies, if the director does not comply with this and doesn't cut the scene(s) the film will be banned and will not be shown in a cinema or released on DVD in the country. 

Why is the role of the BBFC important to the film industry? LOGO

The BBFC  is important to the film industry because they assist parents in monitoring what films show children and people under age which can effect them and stopping them from access to films, limiting content that viewers may find inappropriate, extremely disturbing or could influence them to harm themselves or others. Because they are to young to differentiate the real from the fake etc.

      
       What things get censored and why? (examples)

       The BBFC tend to censor things such as for the following reasons:

• Religious - Any religious content that people of that religion may find offensive or disturbing towards them and affect how the rest of society view them/ things that can slander a beliefs reputation in the eyes of others. One film that was banned for a very long time was 'The Excorcist'. This filmn was not only banned by the BBFC for being too graphic but the Catolic Church forbids believers to watch it because of how the film exploits on the idea of satan and demonic possession.
  

• Political/ propaganda - Any political representation in films that can cause propaganda and uproar amongst society and make the government look bad (riots/civil war and problems) a good example for this is the 1979 release of 'SCUM' starring  a much younger Ray Winstone. This film was banned for the way it portrayed UK prisons, prisoners but more importantly the gaurds and warden. Making them currupt characters that weren't much different from the convicts in the prison, in modern day society this wouldn't have been such a big day but the 1970s-1980s wasn't soo lenient. 

• Extremely graphic violence - Films with extreme amounts and unnecessary violent scenes that are followed by a pontless/weak narrative or dosen't have much to do with the storyline tends to be censored don to the fact its unneccessary. The only example of this I know would be 'The Human Centipede 2' The sequel to the first film makes you wonder how it was possible to get any worse but the storyline is based on a crazed fan of the obssessed centipede doctor and he begins to make his on human centipede, however the fact he isn't a doctor makes it so much more gory and disgusting and with an extreme amount of violence it has been banned in 50 countries. I have personally seen this film and it lives up to the statement that "It makes the prequel look like my little pony".  

• Rape/ child rape & Sex nudity and sexual violence - Films that contain child rape and rape in general are poorly looked upon and to most people would find it disturbing to view wether your an adult or a minor its just innapropriate and a film that contains both of these in it's content is 'A Serbian Film' This film has been banned in more countries than 'The Human Centipede 2'. UK included, A film based on a male pornstar who's career is fading into darkness and he is offered to shoot one final movie. However he is tricked and is forced into creating a "snuff movie" ( real life film real deaths and sex scenes.) it is packed with nudity rape both child and adult and is considered apart of the movie underworld.

All of these films are the worst offenders of their categories which so as a result they've been banned, however if a film has a minority of these scenes are like this the BBFC will ask the director to cut or edit the scene and the film may still be aloud for release. 

What is the difference between films being cut and films being banned?  Examples

If a film is cut any scenes that that the BBFC have deemed to be innappropriate and offensive they will not be permitted to be realased with the film the director must then cut this scene from the film or edit it the scene diluting its affectivness, inorder tio allow it to be aired or reach the cinema. Later on the director may realease an 'UNCUT' DVD version contain all the original scenes fro  the film giving the viewer the option to see what wasn't permitted upon release.

However if the film was banned it is completely unable to reach cinema because either there are too many unacceptable scenes or the director refuse to cut the scenes that the BBFC said too. If they fail too listen the film is banned and will not be in cinema or promoted for viewing.

Discuss for forna (for) and kemode (against) debate and the disscuss where you own opinions lie on this matter

Conclude with what you have learned about film regulation and what you need to consider for your own thrillers. 

Planning: opening scene narration - Mrs.Begum

Planning: opening scene narration - Mrs.Begum

 In the opening scene me and my groups initial idea is to base the narrative on a group of friends who have committed a murder in the past and recently got away with it in the eyes of the law. And now the victims killers are now being hunted down by the possessed spirit.

The backdrop of the story is that they killed someone in their school, didnt own up to it and got away with the murder and they are going to this party to technically celebrate they didn't get caught and were'nt commited for it.

The opening scene will start with the group of friends on the way to a Halloween party, they are soon being attacked and realise that the attacker is the spirit trying to get revenge via possession of one of the members of the group. After being possesed the member of the group states it is the victim possessing him and that he has come for revenge an onslaught then begins and the majority of the group is killed by him he stabs one of the boys in the leg for protecting his girlfriend and him and the girl manage to escape. After this the possessed me then shouts at them that he's coming for them and they won't survive the night he then takes his mask of and stabs himself with the blade which in affect also kills the member who got possessed. 

Results from questionnaire - Mrs.Begum

Results from questionnaire

What is the important get back and analyse feedback? Relate to direct, specific audience feedback. 

The most important answers to get back and analyse would be the thriller based questions because that is the most important information you need for reseach the diegetics would be a secondary or an add on even because it isn't as important.

Example of various graphs you created

Example 1 - The bar chart/graph:
This graph is the most basic and easy to read of all the graphs, I chose this specific graph for this question because this question was a closed question so I could only get a yes or no answer and seeing as there was eith one answer or another there was no point in using a more detailed graph, this one shows everything I need. How many people in total answered and how many said either yes or no.

However there was times when i had used the barv graph for multiple choice questions but this was selected as the preffered graph only because there was no 'other' answer given so other didn't need to be specified. 

Example 2 - Pie chart/graph:
The pie chart was my chosen graph for the more high detailed questions with more various options used. This is because the graphy uses a circle diagram and breaks down each slice of the circle as a different answer and breaks it down into a percentage giving a clearer undertand of what percentage of people chose what option. This graph helped especially for the "what is your favourite thriller weapon?" question because there were many options to chose from.

How has the research been beneficial 
The research has been beneficial because it has helped me gain understanding of what the target audience want to see in my thriller and the graphs have made it clearer and easier to read, which is better than just tallying the answers of my reseach

Research: Questionnaire - Mrs.Begum

 

 

Research: Questionnaire

 

What is the importance of primary research? Relate to direct, specific audience feedback.

 

Primary Research is important because it's your clinical, personal research that goes towards your own individual specific findings. This is needed in my media research because it's going to help me find an idea of what my target audience want to see through their feed back in the answers in the questionnaire. The advantage of this would be that we know what the audience want to see in the film, the disadvantage  of this is that if they go against your own personal ideas then this would change how you wanted your film to be.

 

 

 

Who did you ask and why?

 

I only asked my target audience in which case was secondary school pupils because they tend to know the latest in thriller movies, however I also asked some teachers and adults because they have knowledge on classic thrillers.

 

Example of your questionnaire

 

Here is some images of the questionnaire and the types of questions I asked. In the beginning I started with the diegetic questions, personal to the person answering them this is to gain vague knowledge of there background to put them into categories much easier.

 

 

Then I began to ask basic multiple choice questions and if they had picked the 'other' as an answer I had asked them to specify just in case others also had that answer.

 

I then gave them open questions giving them the freedom to answer whatever they liked, for example what "movie do you like?"

 

Research: Age Cerification - Mrs.Begum

Age certification

The BBFC are the is the British Board of Film Classification, they are important to the film industry because no film is allowed to be put out into the UK without having been rated and view by the BBFC so it can be branded with an age certification.


An age certification is the age label you'd see at the side of the disk or poster for a film this means if you have to be at that age or over to view the film anything below this then you aren't allowed to watch it due to the fact the content of the film my be inappropriate to anything under the age of the branded viewer.

However certain films might not have an age but they would have a letter(s) like U PG or maybe even 12A. These are basically regulations to watching the film,below is a screen shot of the meanings of each symbol.

The 12A rating came to be after the release of the previous Spider-Man sequel because the BBFC found it to be too violent to be a kids film, however the creators of the film said it wasn't fair to deny children of seeing their favourite comic book character. But the BBFC still wouldn't let up because it could influence kids in school to solve their problems with violence  just as Spider-Man does in the film, therefore as a result of the this, the BBFC created the 12A rating so kids could view it but only if accompanied by a parent/adult. This means that it was down to the parent of the kids if they wanted to let their child watch the film which also gave the film industry some free will. Since then a lot more films are rated 12A because they border line that of what kids might be influenced by but its content isn't enough to be a higher rated film (because there isn't really any blood death or strong language in them).

Thrillers tend to get higher ratings then most films because the content they carry. They have a lot of adult themes and plots that wouldn't be appropriate for the viewing of children because thrillers are made to excite viewers and the theme of danger amongst other aspects come into play to deliver this experience to viewers, but no one is going to get a thrill from child themed plots genres and ideas it doesn't have the same affect. This is why thrillers are usually directed at an older viewing audience. For example the conventions of a thriller such as weapons and violence can corrupt and influence a younger audience because they aren't ready or responsible enough to see these conventions.

I would give my personal thriller an 18, because I plan on using an extreme amount of blood and maybe strong language and weapons will be shown also the narrative may be beyond a younger viewers understanding none of these factors point towards a child rating.

I have learned that age certification is a very important concept in the film industry and I need consider wisely what my thriller film will be due to its content. it needs to be appropriate for my viewing audience.