Action Plan - Term 1, Week 6

In week 6 I will complete the following:

• Finish and upload shooting planning list
• Get props/actors ready for filming
• Start working on shot list
• Research Dyer's Star Theory

Shooting Planning List

Story Board

                           

Audience for my product

After researching different audience uses, I think the best age classification for my product would be an age rating of 15. This is because my film contains moderate uses of horror and threat, but however it does not contain a sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. My film is not suitable for viewers under the age of 15 because young children would find images rather disturbing and scary, and children may be psychologically unsettled as a result.

Action Plan - Term 1, Week 5

In week 5 I will complete the following:

• Complete research into different age ratings on films - defining the audience
• Complete the story board, embed from YouTube and upload to blog
• Start working on the shooting planning list

Defining the Audience

Mind Map created by 29046 with ExamTime

Product name, font and connotations research: name

To research how effective my product name would be, I asked people their first impressions on the name, and to brainstorm their ideas. The overall impression people got from the name and tagline were horror/thriller genres. The overall impression of the name and tagline is that it would be appropriate and effective for my film because the ideas relate to my film synopsis.

Product name, font and connotations research: font

I asked 12 people to pick their favourite font and which looked best for my film from the above. The most popular font chosen was 'An Unfortunate Event' by The Flea Pit, as 4/12 people said it looked the best. I would have also chosen this font as I think that it would fit best with my film and its genre. I have decided to use this font for my film.

Action Plan - Term 1, Week 4

In week 4 I will complete the following:

• Continue working on story board
• Complete research on name, fonts and connotations
• Start on research of different age ratings on films - defining audience

Propp and his Theory

PROPP AND HIS THEORY

• Vladimir Propp was a Russian critic
• His seminal book, Morphology of the Folk Tale, was first published in 1928 and has had a huge influence on literary theorists and practitioners ever since.
• Essentially interested in the narrative of folk tales, noticing their similarities
• Created a theory behind this, identifying characters, actions and narrative functions
• Typical characters he found were:
• Villain - struggles against the hero, often causes destruction
• Hero - defeats the villain, marries the Princess, solves dilemma 
• Donor - prepares Hero - supplies Hero with a magical object that helps him on his quest
• Dispatcher - makes the lack known and sends the Hero off
• False Hero - perceived to be a good character at the start, but then emerges as evil, often betrays the Hero
• Helper -  helps the Hero to conquer his quest
• Princess - marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative
• Princess' Father - often objects to marriage of Princess and Hero, protective of daughter
• He noticed that there was a struggle scene and a recognition scene
• Narrative functions are the 31 stages within the story which determine what is going to happen next. The narrative functions of the story are important because they make up the whole plot.

Todorov and his Theory

Film Synopsis

FILM SYNOPSIS - 'JINX’
 Synopsis Title – Jinx
 Target Audience – 15+
A car crash – one of a couple dies – an argument in the car initiated by the driver – driver then loses concentration.
Fault is the driver – the passenger who dies comes back to haunt the driver.
Ouija messages to the driver – such as “I will get you” – “it’s your fault all those people died”
The driver is the husband. The passenger is the wife.
There are a series of accidents at the scene where people witness something paranormal.
After each witness, receives contact again from ghost.
Driver has to stop the revenge – by doing some research on paranormal occurrences.
Ending – audience don’t know the driver is jinxed – he hires an exorcist and the ghost of his wife is laid to rest.
Extra scene – protagonist driving away from his second wedding in wedding clothes – then comes a crash.

Action Plan - Term 1, Week 3

In week 3 I will complete the following:

•  Start to think about what fonts and connotations are going to be in the film
•  Do more research on Todorov's and Propp's theory - upload to blog
•  Start working on story board
• Complete and upload film synopsis onto blog

Research into similar products: analysis of opening sequence and trailer examples