Film Group Information (LO2)

We will be meeting on Saturday 25th October 2014 at 11:25am at Starbucks.

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LO1: Example of Audio Visual Products

Below are examples of different audio visual products.

This fulfills LO1.

- Advert

- Vlog

- Short Film

- Documentary

Short Film:

RUNAWAY (2013) Short Film - Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkwTHTls0MU [Last Acessed: 24/10/14]

Advert:

Currys PC World TV Advert (2014) Advert - Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU8WLf9OIlU [Last Accessed: 24/10/14]

Documentary:
 

Creatures of the Deep Ocean (2014) Documentary - Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrJCITOT0H8 [Last Accessed: 24/10/14]

Vlog:

Treatment for 'Chocolate Dragon' [Pre-Contigency]

TREATMENT

All Hail the Chocolate Dragons by James Hartshorn, Joe Taylor, Kenneth Abrina and Andrew Quinn

THE BRIEF
Produce a music video or film trailer in the style of Warp.

TARGET AUDIENCE
All Hail the Chocolate Dragons will have the target audience from 15 years old to 35 years old because of the plot focused around YouTube video making and has a comedic style that suits that age demographic. Not for a specific ethnicity, a working class audience that can afford to go to the cinema, and this works for the Internet Subculture thanks to that being the main theme of the movie.

SEGMENT SYNOPSIS AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE BRIEF
All Hail the Chocolate Dragons would be a feature length movie about a group of 3 quirky YouTube pranksters misinterpreted by a Private detective as terrorists, who has to team up with an obnoxious YouTube vlogger to try and stop them for something they're not.  This relates to the brief as this movie will take inspiration from the Warp film Four Lions with how the characters interact, it will appeal to teenagers and a younger adult demographic like Donkey Punch does, will take place in Sheffield with locations that create verisimilitude like many of Warp's productions alongside similar accents (Aside from the vlogger who speaks in a fake posh accent).

KEY MILESTONES
1. Planning - We need to have the narrative of the movie, the song permission, storyboards of the movie, location scouting and permission to film in them, and our risk assessment by the 27th of October.
2. Filming - We need to have filmed the footage for All Hail the Chocolate Dragons meaning we have done the lighting, directed how actors will perform lines and worked all the camera angles to appear by 10th of November - 12th of December.
3. Editing - We need to have cut out the parts we do not need, applied music and sound effects to our trailer, adding in any effects and transitions we may need, and added the titles we will need by the 19th December.
4. Final submission - We will be required to submit our production by the 30th of March
5. Launch date is on the 13th of April

EQUIPMENT
For the trailer for All Hail the Chocolate Dragons we will require a camcorder to record the movie, a tripod to keep the camera still and allow for smooth camera movements, and possibly lights for some indoor scenes to look more visible in case they're not.

PROPS AND MODELS
For the character of Arnie, he will be played by Kieran Mckenna, the character of Brandy will be played by either Sean Harris or Andrew Quinn depending on whether Sean cannot work for our schedule, and the character of Erwin Daggers will be played by Mr Haythorne of Firth Park Academy. Who hasn't been cast yet are the characters of Chip and Chad Wagon, though ideas for the roles have been decided.

For props we will need a party popper and a party blower for the "wacky time" part of the trailer, 3 computers/laptops as Erwin Daggers, Chad Wagon and the Chocolate Dragons all have scenes of using them and possibly a handgun prop for Chad Wagon to hold later on in the trailer.


HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.
For each location that we film in as part of this production we will complete a recce form and a risk assessment. We will need to make sure equipment does not overheat because of how much we use them meaning they will have to be turned off every time we're not recording, since overheating not only damages the equipment but also it can harm the people handling them. Also carrying them in bags and handling them with care to avoid other means of damage to them is important as well. For the safety of the people whilst filming we need to make sure we film in safe locations (with permission to film there as well) and make sure they never have to do anything in the trailer that may cause harm.

LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
The trailer for All Hail the Chocolate Dragons is a trailer that would air after the watershed, allowing it have swear words in it which are necessary for some jokes. There are no people under the age of 15 put under the risk of being hurt as there will be no people under 15 playing any of the roles, alongside no drugs, alcohol or smoking in the trailer. The most harmful thing in the trailer is the connotation of violence through the weapon Chad Wagon may hold and the swearing found in one section of the trailer.​

The narrative of our film idea follows 3 people who create a video which devolves them being involved with the law, although they don't take it seriously. The genre we were aiming for was comedy. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification's) guidelines on 'Violence' and 'Discrimination' will need to be adhered to based on the content of our film trailer. We need to follow the guidelines in order to ensure that the trailer does not show any content which could be deemed offensive and would have to be removed by the BBFC.

The importance of following the BBFC to make sure that it does not create any legal and ethical issues. Our idea closely follows the regulation but may have some mature content such as swearing and the use of violence. This will be kept as minimum as possible but in order to create the effect we need, we are going to have one or two scenes with mature language. Within the Chocolate Dragons Trailer there is explicit language, as well as moderate violence.

The only concern in our film idea is the language, forms of threat and moderate violence. The way we want to apply the BBFC guidelines is to use as minimal strong language and forms of violence. It is important to follow the BBFC regulations because if we didn't then people could be offended by the content that we produce. Also the trailer would be at risk of being deemed offensive and being removed.

The production of All Hail the Chocolate Dragons adheres to the rules of the BBFC because we have not shown any content which is too graphic and could offend anyone. We have made sure that the language which appears in our trailer is not too strong because it is a comedy trailer and we wouldn't want to limit the age limit of the trailer because it isn't necessary to use the language, and it would limit the demographic of our film trailer.

The watershed is the time when more adult content such as swearing, graphic violence and slight sexual content is okay to put on TV (This time is 9PM onwards) and since this trailer features swear words, this would need to be after 9PM, because this is intended as a 15 rated product.​

We will gain permission for copyright music by emailing the companies that own the publishing for the required music. They should be fine with allowing us to use the music if they know that is for a non profit project. If this fails then there is always royalty free music that is available online an example of these websites include Incompetech.com

In lieu of the Data Protection 1998 Law, we will ask for permission for every form of footage we have. We will ask people for consent concerning the fact that we are going to feature them in our production. We will use consent forms as evidence to them agreeing that we are allowed to feature the actors and the locations we use. The consent forms will be done before any form of filming.

DISTRIBUTION
The trailer for All Hail the Chocolate Dragons will be found on the internet such as sites like YouTube and DailyMotion, it would be in the cinemas as a trailer before a 15 rated movie (usually comedies), it would be on Television post-watershed on channels such as Channel 4/E4/Film 4, Sky/Sky Movies, ITV etc; it could be before Warp films DVD/Blu Rays to get the film even more known. The film itself would be released in cinemas such as Vue and Odeon as the cinema is one of the biggest areas of success for a movie, it will be on DVD and Blu-Ray as they are still successful ways of distributing a movie since not everyone has the internet or uses an online service, streaming services such as Netflix and LoveFilm as digital streaming is a growing way of watching movies and since they're prepaid services, people aren't going to lose much watching allowing people to be more willing to try the movie out, it will be available as a digital paid download on services such as iTunes, Xbox Live and Amazon as they provide more options for people to watch a movie alongside easy access to the movie on a range of devices, the movie will be on TV channels such as Film 4/E4 and Sky Movies as they, like Netflix, are prepaid allowing people to easily watch the movie without having to pay any more money and bring the movie to the TV watching audience without internet access, and the movie will be available On Demand on services such as Virgin Media and Sky On demand to further get the TV watching audience without Internet access.

Lesson Review (LO1)

I have done 3 sections of editing for my trailer and only have to finish off 2 of the trailers.
I will also have to start intended audience and finish of the rest of the sounds that are denoted in the film trailers. 

This will be done by tomorrow and if needed, by Friday. 

Lesson Review (LO1)

I have started to do the editing section of each of my trailers and have finished one of them.

I will be finishing the rest of the editing sections and the intended audience.

Lesson Review (LO1)

I have written up notes for Berberian Sound Studio and The Imitation Game. I will be finishing the rest of the notes for the other 3 trailers.

Lesson Objective (LO1)

Today I will:
- Find title graphics, transitions, any forms of ellipsis and cuts.
- I will then make notes on these to create an analysis.

Lesson Review (LO1)

What I've done so far:

Gestures section along with the purpose extensions.


Need to add intended audience and finish the rest of the lighting and gestures along with the camera work for the last two trailers.  

Lesson Objective (LO1)

- Finish the rest of lighting and gestures for 3 of the trailers
- Camera Work for the last 2 trailers need to be finished
- Start Intended audience

Lesson Review L01

What I have done:
- Finished re-arranging my structure for my analysis
- Finished most of the missing Mise en Scene for each of the trailers

What I need to do:
- Finish camera work for 3 of the trailers
- Finish off the Mise en Scene for the trailers
- Start and finish intended audience

All of this work will be all by tomorrow.

Lesson Objective

These targets will fulfill L01.

Lesson Review

What I've done:
- Added new structure headings.
- Rearranged the analysis to fit the structure. 

What I need to do:
- Finish off the improvements.
- Finish off camera work.

Lesson Objective

- Complete every improvement on my blog.
- Change the structure of my current blog to the correct structure.

Tutor Feedback

 

Improvements:

- Remember to write what the purpose of the trailer/music video throughout the entire dissertation 

- Lighting/Gestures need to be mentioned

- Structure needs to improved i.e. Purpose, Form, Content, Meaning, Genre, Audience

-Mention movie theories i.e. Kate Domaille and Tzvetan Todorov.

Lesson Review

I have finished the camera work for Berberian Sound Studio and have started my camera work analysis on The Imitation game. I will be starting and finishing the other 3 when the analysis on the former is finished.

Lesson Objectives

I will be working on the camera work for each of my trailers. I will have to pick out the most significant camera work and analyze each of them.

This fulfills LO1

Self Reflection

Compared to Brownsauce:
My Analysis does not start with the purpose of the video and I will have to change that.
I have mentioned preferred reading so I think I have that covered.
Mention how the trailer is meant to entertain the audience when they go to watch the film trailer.