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Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our genre is action/superhero

From looking at the typical audiences of action and superhero, our primary audience is teenage boys. we have decided this because we have found out that Action and Superhero films are mainly watched by teenage boys. Wr have also decided to have our secondary audience as males aged 20+ we have decided this as we found that males this age still enjoy action films . we also have added females into secondary audiences as female are still interested in this genre just not as much as males are.

We decided to do some Audience Research, we chose to compose a questionnaire to ask our primary audience of teenage boys. from conducting the questionnaire we found that there preferred genre  was action or comedy.

Even though our film is aimed at teenage boys and males females my still be interested, we feel that overall our film will have a board audience unlike some other action films which are completely aimed at males.

We feel that our audience will be international so would be distributed worldwide which will then make the range of viewers massive and diverse. 

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Class Feedback

once we had a rough cut of our opening sequence as a class we all watched each others and gave feedback for what we thought of it. We found that our opening sequence had things that could be improved to make better for example, in some shots the diegetic sound is interrupted by laughing and not all shots flowed together right. We fixed this by filming pick ups. Another problem with our opening sequence was that the running scene wasn't believable, it looked as if the main character was running with the bullies rather than being chased, to fix this we also needed to re film to make it believable.  i feel that doing this and giving each other feedback was really needed and helpful as we where able to see and notice things we might  not have noticed just ourselves. 

Audience Research

We briefed our primary audience of teenage boys about our ideas for our film. Overall they really liked our idea, however they thought that the idea was quite unrealistic and unsure if it would actually be believable. We also found out that our target audience preference of film genre is mostly comedy and action, we were satisfied by that result as our film is an action film. Most of our audience said that they would go to watch our film in the cinema This audience research has been very helpful for us as it has made us understand our target audience more. Our secondary target audience is women aged 14- 30.

Genre Research

Genre Research- Action and Superhero Films

Characters-
Main Hero

• Sometimes mythical creatures
• Big sense of morality and courage
• Do what is good and right 
• Sacrifice themselves for humanity 
• Often behind disguises, are shy and geeky

Villain

• The audience love to hate and hate to love 
• Selfish and want power 
• Either the first scene consists of the Villain or the Villain comes later in the film this depends on how familar the audience are with the film and whether it is a sequel

Lover Of Hero

• Helpless and naive
• Often introduced later in the film

Typical scenes of genre-

• Superhero films would either start with the bad guy or start with showing us how the superhero got his powers.
• Action films always include a chase scene

Typical Iconography- 

• Weapons
• Superhero suits

Typical Themes-

• Good vs Evil 
• Immorality 
• Morality 
• Superhuman 

Preliminary Sequence

I thought that the preliminary sequence was overall quite successful, however I do believe that there was room for improvement in many different aspects of it. Firstly the match on action, at one point character A (in the red jumper) was on one side of the stairs and then jumped to the other, this could have been improved by doing a few pickups. Another thing that I believe stopped it from being even better was the range of shots that we used, I thought that we could have gotten much more shots to really signify the characters authority in the sequence. Another thing would be to improve the shot reverse shot, once we had made the sequence we realised when filming the conversation between character A and B it could have been improved by filming character B's parts from characters A's other shoulder. Also the camera work in some shots you can hear the clicks to the tripod being moved as the camera is panning on the main character.

credit title sequence research

In this opening sequence the credits are randomly placed on the framing. The colour is white this makes the names stand out against the black. The font is written in capital letters to make it readable to the audience and accessible to read while watching the different shots.  The frames and change of shots are fast and sharp, it shows the genre idea of action. It keeps the audience's attention. the title is bold and in capital letters to give audience title knowledge.

Order of credits:

1. Production company
2. Director
3. Actors
4. Further people who help with production
5. Castings
6. Costume Designer
7. Co producers
8. Sound design
9. Music
10. Editors
11. Production Designer
12. Director of photography
13. Executive producers
14. Producers
15. Book it is based on (book credits)
16. Screenplay
17. Director

order of credits in film industry

1. Distribution Company
2. Name of production company
3. Director
4. Producer
5. List of actors
6. Movie title 
7. Editor
8. Costume designer

Research on open sequences

In this opening sequence the first thing we are made to focused on is the daughter as it shows clips of her from when she was young this shows us that the story may be focused around her then it goes onto also focus the dad so its easy to tell who the main characters are and what the story is going to be about. The credits are all put into the opening but this time are not as bold. However It only shows the main characters name "liam neeson" and the production companies because of it only showing one actors name we immediately know that the film is going to be based around him and the other actors name didn't appear we are made to think that they are less relevant. 



  

In this opening sequence we are first shown the production companies this is a big part of the opening sequence and of the film itself. The opening sequence has music in the background to show the genre, this music gives a feel that the film is going to be explosive. we then get to know and think that the film is an action film. The credits are bold and well noticeable and quick with no other main distractions to fit in with the style of the film, we are then shown batman's mask this tells us who the story is based on.





This is the opening sequence for step up 3, the first thing we see is the title if the film this immediately  tells the viewers what they are watching/what the film is called. The music and the set up of the opening gives us information of the genre of the film as it is all high beat hip hop music with street dance we begin to think that it is a film set in 2013. The bright and vibrant colours used suggest that the film is going to be very lively and bright. However in this opening there is now credits this means that the viewers may have no clue who is in the film.

Production Of Distribution And Exhibition

The Film Making Business:

1.The Idea- Someone comes up with an idea.

2.Development Finance- The rough idea is turned into a final script ready for production.

3.Script Development- The finished script is delivered to the producer and financiers. 

4.Packaging- The director and producer decide how they want to film it and who will help them.

5.Financing- The producer secures enough funding so that the film is made to the highest possible standard. 

6.Pre-Production- The full cast and crew are hired. Detailed preparations for the shoot begins. 

7.The Shoot- The film is being shot.

8.Post Production- Usually starts during the shoot. As soon as the first 'RUSHES'- raw footage and sound are available. 

9.Sales- The producer finds a distributor. 

10.         Marketing- The distributors plan their strategy and begin to market it.

Production

The process in which the film is made. The film goes through script writing, casing, shooting and editing in this stage so 

it's ready for screening. This process is the main part of the film making. This can take from months to years 

Pre-Production

The designing of the film and the preparation towards it. This includes script writing, prop gathering and location 

finding. All these things help towards the film making so they have everything ready in advance.

Post-Production

The editing of the film, the final stage in the making of the film so it may then go on to be advertised. The post-

production is what makes the film  "bearable to watch" by adding cuts,effects and adding the scenes  together. Usually 

the editing is the most important part of the film as it helps string the scenes together and decide what scenes to use and 

what clips they don't want in the film. 

Distribution

This is when the target audience is determined, as the film is taken into the final stage of development it is advertised to 

the audience and ready to be sold to stores and sold to the customers/consumers.they do this by using advertising.

Types of distribution include:

-Social networking adverts such as Facebook, twitter and Skype

-posters and billboards

-trailers or movie stills

-social networking pages

-websites

-merchandise

-radio

Exhibition

The final stage in the whole of the film making, the film is shown to the target audience and the red carpet event, when 

the actors and directors walk down the carpet to receive awards and recognition for the film they helped to 

make.this is a public event used to show off the actors and host the premier of the movie.

Aerial Shot

An exciting variation of a crane shot, usually taken from a helicopter. This is often used at the beginning of a film, in order to establish setting and movement.

tilt

A movement which scans a scene vertically, otherwise similar to a pan.

pan

A movement which scans a scene horizontally. The camera is placed on a tripod, which operates as a stationary axis point as the camera is turned, often to follow a moving object which is kept in the middle of the frame.
example:
 

Extreme close up:

 
The extreme version of the close up, generally magnifying beyond what the human eye would experience in reality. An extreme close-up of a face, for instance, would show only the mouth or eyes, with no background detail whatsoever. This is a very artificial shot, and can be used for dramatic effect.

close up:

 
This shows very little background, and concentrates on either a face, or a specific detail of mise en scène. Everything else is just a blur in the background. This shot magnifies the object and shows the importance of things. The close-up takes us into the mind of a character. In reality, we only let people that we really trust get that close to our face - mothers, children and lovers, usually - so a close up of a face is a very intimate shot. A film-maker may use this to make us feel extra comfortable or extremely uncomfortable about a character.