Assessment 8: Shooting Schedule

Shot	Type	Duration	Location	Mise-en-Scene
1	Establishing Shot	5 – 8 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
2	Low Angle	3 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
3	Point Of View	5 – 9 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
4	Close Up’s	10 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
6	Long Shot, Tracking	5 – 9 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
7	Point Of View	5 – 9 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
8	Point Of View	5 Seconds	Family Home	Narration, Furniture, Family Home
9	Close Up	5 – 9 Seconds	Family Home	Sound Of Match
10	Zoom Out From Extreme Close Up To Medium Shot	30 - 50 Seconds	Hotel Room/ Bedroom	Narration Of Character, Hotel Room or Bedroom Furniture
11	Close Up	10 Seconds	Hotel Room/ Bedroom	Clip Into Gun, Loading Gun, Hotel Room or Bedroom Furniture

Assessment 7: Animatic

Here is the animatic for the movie which I have decided to call "Arson" due to the opening scene. The images are not very well drawn but Im no artist, the idea is to show the shots and scenes through images and describe each shot.

Assessment 7: Animatic - Production Logo

Here is the logo for the production company I have named "Studio One Seventeen".

Assessment 6: Organisation Of Actors, Locations, Costume And Props

I Have Acquired The Props I Need For The Scene, These Are:

- A Realistic Toy Gun (Bottom Loading & Pull Back To Load)

- 3 Chairs

- Rope & Tape

- Matches

- House Furniture

I Have Got 4 Actors, These Are:

- Michael Robinson

- Amanda Robinson

- Emma Robinson

- Identity Of The Last Actor Must Remain Unknown Due To Films Idea

I Have Used The Family Because It Stars A Family In the Opening Sequence So This Gives It A Realistic Feel Rather Than Teens Playing Children And Adults.

I Will Be Using Only One Location Which Is A Home, I Will Split It Off For The two Scenes. The Arsonist Scene Will Take Place In Either The Kitchen Or Living Room, I Will Change A Bedroom To Give It A Hotel Style Suite.

The Clothing Of The Characters Will Be Casual, The Arsonist Will Be Distinctive Which Would Help The Movie Later On (If I Were To Make The Rest)

Assessment 5: Pitch Idea

Synopsis

The male central character is a family man that puts family first in everything he ever does. They are a typical middle class family. That is until him and his family are tied up and set alight a dreadful arsonist attack that has left him scared and his family dead. He sets out to take revenge on the people that caused his families death but uncovers more than he bargained for; death, money and betrayal opening his eyes to the company he worked for. He takes the law into his own hands bringing down the company one person at a time.

Opening Sequence

There is a close up of the central characters face, which slowly starts to zoom out as he starts to recall the events that had previously happened. Flashbacks start as him and his family are tied up in the middle of a room. It then goes back to the present where the camera has zoomed out even more and he keeps talking about the events. The second flashback shows close ups of each family member and their struggle, moving back yet again to reveal more of the characters face. The third sequence involves petrol being thrown over the family by someone with an unknown identity, moving back again to reveal more of his face. The fourth and final flashback involves a match getting lit. The next part is up to the audience’s imagination. The camera continues to zoom out and finishes to reveal the fathers face burnt and scared. He then gets up puts a clip in a gun and loads it, there is a close up of the gun through this process, it then cuts to titles with the dramatic soundtrack.

Target Audience Appeal

I would give this move a 15 Certificate as from a business point of view you would get more viewers. This would also allow me to show violence even though it is only hinted through the opening sequence, it could be shown through the rest of the movie, an 18 Certificate would allow me to show more graphic violence but I don’t think that it is needed in this movie. Sometimes the imagination is scarier than what we see and reality, this means that I could just hint at the violence and the audience can make it as graphic as they want in their heads. If I looked at it through a whole movie perspective it would allow me to show more graphic scenes and make it appeal to a more adult audience but also allow me to keep the older teens in the target audience.

Creative Techniques

There will be a variety of camera angles and shots such as close-ups of props and faces, this gives the audience a sense of how the character is feeling and the close-up on the gun shows a sense of danger and creates suspense. The main character will be centrally framed starting with an extreme close up of his mouth, which gradually zooms out to reveal a close-up of the characters face to show the burns and scars left from the fire. There are also shots of the room and surroundings. There will be narration over the top of everything but there will be the screams and panic of the family on a low volume so you can faintly here it. It will also then go into a dramatic soundtrack into the titles. The lighting will be natural in the zooming scenes from a window behind the character, where as the arsonist scene will be dark with limited light. I will use effects to give the footage a more cinematic feel, which makes the movie itself look more polished and professional.

Assessment 4: Wordle Of Initial Ideas

Assessment 3: Target Audience Research

BBFC 18 Age Rating

An 18 certificate means that no one under the age of 18 is legally aloud to watch the film in a cinema or purchase or rent the movie.

An 18 certificate means that only adults are legally aloud to watch it, and this means that you can usually show what you want as adults should be free to choose their own forms of entertainment. However there are a few exceptions, which are in the following areas:

- Where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence.

- Where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behavior, to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualized violence, which might, for example eroticize or endorse sexual assault.

- Where there are more explicit images of sexual activity, which cannot be justified by context. Such images would be given an “R18” rating or “Sex Works”.