Evaluation

When we decided to make our film there was only one major rule we wanted to stick to and that was to make sure it was a thriller because that was the main objective. So we developed our views on what a 'Thriller' really was, so we looked at people such as Martin Ruben, Martin Northrop and others and we found that in a lot of views that people had in common was that thrillers should "make the viewers think and not know what is going to happen yet (partial vision)" and that the film should be a "puzzle" throughout. So with our film ("what’s the plot") people have said that we may have challenged the thriller with our use of blood in the opening sequence, and that our film was a more physical thriller(i.e. murder) than a metal one (i.e. psychopath) and although in the opening there is blood, there is much more to the film as it would develop with the mental state of the main character (Jack Forde) having a strange way of showing love, also the film has an emotional ending.There is a clear semantic field for the way the characters live and there personalities; with them living in a run down estate, with not a lot of money and Jacks mum being an alcoholic/drug addict and this is because it is the best way a viewer can relate to what is happening in the film. Like many other films a women is the first victim this may be due to people believing they are more venerable and that it can add a bigger impact upon the development for the film.With our film it would have been created on a very much minimum budged and not having any big name movie stars so with the cast the over all purpose of the film and its lotion and surroundings it would be a UK distributed film and so therefore no European distribution would be used, we have researched films that are a very "British" and found that companies such as "UK screen", "UK film council" and "Film Four" would be good intuitions to distribute our film, Reasons for only showing the film in the UK would come down to culture as they are all different in every country, products like "the football factory" wouldn’t have been showing the U.S because the percentage that would want to view this is too little the same that UK screens would not sow a film based in baseball yet there are some exceptions but this could come down to big named stars and large amounts of money being given towards the film.

As for wich age chatagory we would choose was a hard decision as we wated some scary and graphical parts in our film but we wanted it to be appealing to your people and not just adults so after much discussion we decided that we could go for 15 becuase we though that it was best for both older and younger and even though the structure of the film isnt the easiist to understand its not the hardist either, for obvisous reasons "whats the plot" would be more appealing to the male sex due to blood ect, but we hope with the addition of some what good looking male characters the sex atendece could balance, as for the younger people we intended to appeal our film towards we had to think carefully about how we could achieve them to watch our film, and we decided that with a main character around the same age (16/17) would catch the eyes of teengers as they can relate to the main character( jack forde). Even though death is involved in our film apart from the death, there is deeper emotion as the growth of a friendship emergies between Jack Forde and our killer and by this even though the viewers will understand he is bad man its not his fault and that can then become touching and involves the audince much more as they do not know what the outcome could be and whether it will be good or bad.

Our enitial ideas on who would be our best audience for our film was a wide rancge and we strugled with deciding certian characteristics for our audience but when we got our feedback it opened our ideas to new paths of who we could target, comments incuded things such as-
"you used good camera angles creating susspence, good use of props creating a good tricks on the eys i.e blood, your film is scary but at that same time has a clear twist, leaving it a perfect thriller and follows nearly all the codes and conventions of thriller films" so after a collection of comments much like these ones we realised that as well as this film will give the viewer sense of shock and some what a scare also makes them ask questions and them not knowing what will happen next so with this we were lucking with knowing we had two clear sets of film lovers who would be interested in our film those who love the thrill of being shocked/scared and those who love a twisting story and an unknowing ending

Log in sheets

Task Eight Section 8: Production Material

MEDIAShot list

Scene 13 Take one: Lock opening

Scene 14 Take one: Shelf shot

Scene 15 Take one: Tools on floor

Scene 16 Take one: Suitcase being dragged

Scene 17 Take one: Opening of the suitcase

Scene 18 Take one: Hammer being taken out of the suitcase

Scene 19 Take one: Exit the garage

Scene 3 Take one: Look in the mirror

Scene 4 Take one: Turn tap on

Scene 5 Take one: Running tap water

Scene 6 Take one: Blood in sink shot

Scene 7 Take one: Tap turned off

Scene 8 Take one: Lights off

Scene 10 Take one: Walking with mop

Scene 11 Take one: Knife being picked up

Scene 12 Take one: Knife dropped in sink

Scene 1 Take one: Attic

Scene 2 Take one: Dressing gown being put on

Scene 9 Take one: Mop being picked up

Task Three Section 3: Brainstorm of content and classification of film

Movie Certificate

We Have Decided Our Movie to Be a 15Suitable for those aged 15 and over.Nobody younger than 15 may see an 15 film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy an 15 rated VHS, DVD or game.The film features scenes of violence not suitable for anyone below the age of fifteen.Our choice to put this movie as a fifteen is due to some of the scenes, language and ideas that are present in our movie. We have some scenes of sex, Strong Violence with blood and general alcoholism throughout. We have also decided that we will call the film "Whats The Plot".

Task 9: Production Schedual

Production Schedule

Film title: What’s the plot?

Director: Jack O’HalloranSean FordeCraig Sheakey

Location: Jack’s house, Longford, Warrington

Props: HammerKnifeMop

Task Four Section 4: Audience Research

The Questionaire


) How Old Are You?Under 12 12 – 15 16 – 18 18 Or Above
2) How Often Do You visit The Cinema?Not At All Once A MonthOnce A Week More Than Once A Week
3) What Gender Are You? ......................................
4) Do You Think AGE Interprets What Type Of Genre Of Film You Will Enjoy? .................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5) Do You Think GENDER Interprets What Type Of Genre Of Film You Will Enjoy .............. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6) What Is YOUR Favourite Genre Of Film, Please Give Reasons For Your Choice ............... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7) What do Think a Typical Thriller Storyline should Contain? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8) What qualities Do You Think A “GOODIE” or hero Should Contain? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Questionaire Result

Question 3
What gender are you? Male- (17) Female- (13)
Question 4
Do you think AGE interprets what type of genre of film you will enjoy?
(Most popular) Yes because a little child wouldn’t want to see blood and guts
Question 5
Do you think Gender interprets what type of film you will enjoy?
(Most popular) yes, not all males will enjoy romance films
Question 6
What is your favourite genre of film, give reasons.
(Most popular) comedy, because I love to laugh
Question 7
What do you think a typical thriller storyline should contain?
(Most popular) so form of death
Question 8
What qualities do you think a “GOODIE” or hero contain?
(Most popular) Good looking and just an average everyday guy

Task 6 Section 6: Character outlines and script

Jack Forde - 15 years oldDresses “Indie” (Jeans, shirt etc) Tall, Brown Hair, Muscular,Kicked off Football team due to the coach brown noses rest of the teamLives In rough Area London, East end OutskirtsRegular murder’s/fighting/knife crime etcAverage Intelligent/ Emotionally ChallengedFinds Comfort in the Killer,Jason Bates - 26 Years OldDresses Smart for work/Casual For OutsideIncredibly CleverWorks as an Anaesthetist at the Local HospitalHe IS the Killer, but hides itHe is Emotional but again, hides it...
Mother - 31 Years OldDresses Skimpy ClothesSuffers From AlcoholismHuge Flirt/Flaunts HerselfDoesn’t Work/On the DoleDoesn’t Care about her Son/blames his father for the way he is.
Carl - He Is Jack Fordes Stepdad37 Years OldSuffers From Alcoholism and Frequently Smokes MarijuanaWears Jeans, Shirt’s, Wears Same Denim Jacket for Days on the Run,Works On the Docks Part Time.


INT. JASON BATES HOUSE – NIGHTJASON BATES slides attic panel back on, blood is visible on the panel.CLOSE UP of BATES walking down set of laddersBATES walks down landing and looks into the mirror, fixes his presentation and see’s blood on his hand and licks it cleanBATES grabs mop from a cupboard, only his arm is seen reaching out for itBATES walks down hallway with the mop, camera focus’ on legs only when he walksBATES leans mop against wall. He picks up a sharp knife and looks intense when holding it, he chops bread, starts mopping the floor whilst eatingBATES cleans a mirror franticallyINT. BATES’ GARAGE – NIGHTBATES takes a tool box from garage, picks out a hammer; combs back hair before taking a tight grip of the hammerINT. JASON BATES HOUSE – NIGHTBATES turns on his music player, takes off dressing gown. A camera shot will reveal a body in the front room. Music will be playing loudly