PLANNING: MOVIE POSTER

                   

                          

Despite two of these screenshots not being real film poster, one is a calendar and the other is a template online that I found. All of these posters show one main protagonist which is what I hope to achieve in my film poster, in order to reach out to the audience who the main character is. I also want to implant rain into my film poster, as I feel as though it increases the feeling the viewer has towards the poster.

CONSTRUCTION: SCRIPT YOUR INTERTITLES

BBFC WEBSITE OPEN HERE

I decided that it would be suitable to gain inspiration from the BBFC website, in which it presents several different trailers. This website led me to looking at three trailers all of different genres. I have also noted down the different intertitles that were used and how effective they are in meeting the codes and conventions of the films genre.

Intertitles have many different different purposes such as:

• To allow the trailer to flow and for the audience to have an improved understanding of the plot. 
• Intertitles can be used in trailer instead of a voiceover, this is due to many reasons, such as avoiding confusion and for dramatic effect. 
• To emphasise the tone of the film, making it more cinematic and dramatic. 

Here are two trailer intertitles that I have analysed from the BBFC website: 

MY INTER-TITLES 

I decided to create an initial design for my inter titles, as I wanted to broaden and expand on the current ideas i had been thinking about, I intentionally created a font that looks as though it is tearing apart, as it signifies the tearing apart of the young boys career. It also makes the trailer more dramatic, as a plane old white font can be seen as unappealing and boring. I also decided to add a lens flare to each inter title. I did this as it enhances the cinematic feeling to the trailer, therefore engaging the reader more effectively. The titles are clear as the white colour contrasts the black background. Black and white also signifies positivity as well as negativity, which is similar to the protagonists career.

Ratings Guide 

Every film that has been produced, has some sort of age certificate, in which it prevents younger children being exposed to inappropriate content. The different age ratings are: 

U: Suitable for ages above four

PG: Parental Guidance is advised 

12A: Nobody under the age of twelve can consume film, unless accompanied by an adult

12: Suitable for 12+ years of age

15: Suitable for 15+ years of age

18: Suitable for 18+ years of age

I decided that my rating would be a PG, as I feel as though it is suitable for kids due to the fact that there is no alcohol or drug usage and no bad language. I feel as though some children may feel uncomfortable watching it by themselves, therefore I have made it important that parent guidance is advised. 

Here is the BBFC Age Rating Certificate that I created: 

PLANNING: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

OPEN SOURCE HERE

For my protagonist in my production Broken Dreams, I decided to interview my character in order to develop the character's personality further.
I was inspired by an article written by Charlie Sierra about building the back story of a character in which he quoted from Riding the Alligator, which is a book written and published by Pen Densham, an Academy Award nominated filmmaker. In the book he presents a list in which it provides a checklist of the many questions every writer and director should ask their protagonist, in the development stage. The intention from doing this is to deepen your understanding of your characters. 

My Character Interview

As my film involves a young footballer becoming a super star, I decided it would be a smart idea to do a video interview in a football managers office. In which the manager is interviewing the protagonist, putting the character in an environment he is comfortable with with allow me to understand the characters personality and feelings.

   

PLANNING: AUDIENCE PROFILE

An audience profile is a task in which all media institutions need to complete. Audience profiling does not limit your audience; however it does allow you to invest money into certain areas that the audience may appeal to. Your audience profile is likely to have more than one demographic characteristic in common. Demographic audience profiles consist of categories such as age, gender, race, employment and status. 

Audiences are often defined by GEARS, with G standing for Gender. Having looked at the BFI exit polls of films screened to audiences of some 150 people, I noticed that the audience for '71' in which has action and thriller conventions is predominantly a male audience. I feel as though my film will be aimed more towards male audiences due to the genre of the film, my audiences age is likely to be watched by people under the age of 30, therefore I would aim to place my trailer before films like Goal! The Dream Begins, Bend it Like Beckham and Remember the Titans at the cinema. This is due to most useful way of reaching your trailer to audiences is through cinema. 

I believe that my audience is more than likely to be a very active audience, taking part in activities such as playing football, going to the gym, getting fit and when not doing this they play games such as FIFA. I feel as though my audience will participate in activities such as these as these are all activities in which the protagonist in 'BROKEN DREAMS' does. 

My audience watch Films and TV which are very similar to 'Broken Dreams'. They watched sport related TV shows and game shows such as Soccer Am, A League of their Own, Question of sport and Match of the Day. 

RESEARCH: AUDIENCES

This is an infographic that I created in which it shows all of the research that I did for audiences, this allowed me to learn about audience profiling, several theories and different models.

RESEARCH: FILM POSTER CODES AND CONVENTIONS

I created a presentation on film poster codes and conventions, In the presentation I analysed the film poster for GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS. I also revealed why it is important to include such codes and conventions. I also created a script for the film poster which was roughly 1000 words, based on research that I did in order to guide me when presenting this powerpoint.

PLANNING: MY TREATMENT

MY TREATMENT

A promising young English footballer called Alfie Wolstenholme who has been dubbed to be the next Ronaldo, receives trial offers from several clubs including Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus. He is on trial in a football match at Chelsea and suddenly breaks his leg in two places. He is rushed to hospital and is told he's never going to be able to play football again. Whilst going through rehab he falls in love with the physio and his health starts to rapidly improve. He starts to realise his dream is coming back into the mix and it's only just around the corner. The twist in the narrative is that the physio is also facing her own challenges as she is being undermined by the team manager and as a result she develops a stutter that puts he job at risk. With Alfie's help she over comes the stutter and the film closes with the physio brining in a letter revealing that Alfie has been offered a contract at Chelsea. 

TOP LINE AND BIG QUESTION

When thinking about what the top line and big question should be, it is useful to think about a previous book or movie that you have recently watched. This allowed me to come up with a top line and a big question for my film production.

Top Line: Alfie Wolstenholme, a talented young footballer is about to take part in a make or break match for his footballing career, but he faces a serious problem when breaking his leg halfway into the trial.


Big Question: Will Wolstenholme return from this career ending injury and battle hard for his career or will his injury effect his life forever?

RESEARCH THAT I CONDUCTED LEADING TO THE TREATMENT ABOVE:

WHAT IS A FILM TRAILER?

The purpose of a film treatment is in order to describe the basis and the plot of the film in present tense. The language used in the treatment tends to be easily understandable however it must be forceful and informative. The main reason towards why a film treatment exists, is because it allows the description of the film to come to life and to build a mental image of how the film will look. 

HOW DO YOU WRITE A FILM TRAILER

When creating a treatment you need to be to avert from using editorial writing and write in the present tense. It is also important not to tell the audience what they see without using the words 'We See'.

Example of what to say: The two men stand across the room from each other, staring each other into the eye

Click the link to see a detailed example of a movie treatment

10 ESSENTIALS FOR WRITING A FILM TREATMENT

1. KEEP IT SHORT
2. REMEMBER THE PURPOSE OF THE TREATMENT
3. MAKE IT REFLECT THE BALANCE OF THE SCRIPT
4. INCLUDE THE SCRIPTS ENDING 
5. KEEP IT READABLE AND MOVING
6. PRESENT THE PROTAGONIST IN THE TREATMENT
7. AVOID THE WORDS 'THEN...'
8. CUT NEGATIVES, AVOID IMPERSONALS AND MAKES PASSIVES INTO ACTIVES
9. LINK AND FLOW SENTENCES
10. MAKE SURE THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE

As part of my research I watched a shot future learn clip that including Frank Ash into how to devise a successful treatment.