focus group write up

Seems different, I would like to check out the first episode if it’s good I would carry on watching it.

I like that they involved twitter to get involved with the younger audience,

Sounds really good, I would watch it , it takes place at a bench all the time, like friends are always at a café but theirs is a bench.

So it works in terms of the location? Nice.

I like that there’s 3 characters so you can keep up with them, but there’s no female characters which I’m not interested in so I can’t really relate to it. But if they do add female characters, yeah I will tune in.

I don’t know anything about the storyline they just said that the concept…

I like the whole concept but I think the whole thing is targeted mostly towards males instead of females.

I think the ideas really good but the names kind of boring because the names something that grabs the audience’s attention but the bench it kind of, boring you know?  Like ‘the bench’ what’s that?

If you had a more exciting name I think it’d be better and urm if you had females as well because there’s only males, I think unless the females found the men attractive but otherwise more females would be better

I not sure if id watch it because if its just about three boys then I wouldn’t as I would want to see more females characters.

Yeah I like it I would watch it but are you going for like a comedy or something?

Cause I don’t know if it would be successful if you cant swear.

I think hargio’s point is a good one.

Well I don’t know enough about the show to know whether I would watch it I mean you haven’t even explained what its about or even the characters names.

The focus group was very helpful to our initial idea however a lot of the points made are points which would be very helpful if we were making a full series and not just the opening 2 minutes, we have set our main characters, we could however add girls in which would be a great idea but I think that’s an idea for later on in the series not for the opening 2 minutes as I believe even 3 characters is more then enough when it comes to introducing new people to an audience.

I believe that an idea coming from one of the focus group members questioning whether our concept was a comedy and if not the challenges we would have to face because of the pre watershed element. This is a very good idea we could incorporate into our urban teen drama idea. This is a great idea as shows we are basing our concept on such as ‘misfits’ are serious shows but still have elements of comedy in them.

The idea we have for the opening 2 minutes is not to show the genre of show but the characters, we are going to try and capture the audience’s attention by making them connect to our characters instead of have to worry about minor loose ends which would only occur as a problem if we were making a full series.

A member of the focus group questioned the name The Bench for our title of the show, saying it was boring and didn’t mean much, I can see where she is coming from, but I don’t think she understood the main concept of the bench, it’s a communal area however they believe its theirs, they have a sort of attachment to it, so why not name the show about the most reoccurring object in the storyline?

“Seems different, I would like to check out the first episode if it’s good I would carry on watching it.”

This quote is exactly what we are going for, we will aim to use mise en scene and clever camera techniques to really make the first 2 minutes eye catching and really make the viewer want to carry on watching by giving an insight into the characters lives but not giving too much away, in terms of any narrative.

TEDx

1.    1. Plan B’s beliefs about the media are very different then the dominant views of people who generally believe the media, he believes that teenagers of today are being demonised by the media also that the country is being run by “c**ts”. His ideology’s are that music was his way out of the estate life. He also believes that the word chav means council housed and violent meaning this is what people mean when they describe someone as a chav. He shows that he hates politics as it only helps the rich and not the poor, and his aim is to help people that where in a situation like him.
    

      2. I think the audience of the TEDx  are readers of the guardian as the lectures are set up by the guardian newspaper, they claim to have an audience with a high income, this means they could be in the demographic group with upper class people in it such as A/B being, lawyers teachers doctors etc. The psychographic groups may be aspirers and successors this is because it is for people who are looking to become something in this world something of high class or people who already.

The audience of the music video and film probably have a wider range of the demographic groups including D/E as well as A/B  the additional people are probably people who the film is more aimed towards such as working class or even lower. I believe his audience for his music has the most range as his music targets people from their teens to 30+.

Psychographic groups could be strugglers and reformers as they seek escapism or enlightenment, freedom of restriction and personal growth. 

3.     3. Plan B believes that the media shows the youth attitude towards the police or social authorities as a moral panic. Cohen explained that a moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social set-up   He goes to explain how the media used the word ‘chav’ as an insult as opposed to its original meaning which upsets him. The government and police treat teenagers in a negative way due to the moral panics created by the media. Stanley Cohen (theorist) came up with this theory after the incidents in the 1960. Stanley Cohen believes the media makes the problems sound even worse than it actually is which is called amplification.

      From first glance the website is very well made as it suits the theme of the music album and the film this is very good when it comes to cross promotion as everything seems as one. The panoramic picture that slides across is very effective  as it reveals more of the movie as you go through the site using mise en scene it shows you the characters and what they are like and clues as to what the movie is about, for example the character holding the gun, this connotes the movie would be about violence and death which ties in with the character who is tied to the pole, he looks like he is in a position where he is being tortured or about to be killed, from first glance it could be the central character in the white shirt who sis lit in low key lighting, this means that his character would most likely be evil, finally the setting and location shows what situation the people may be in, as we can see they are surrounded by tower blocks of flats in estates, stereotypically people may think of them as 'chavs' which plan B explains he believes to mean, 'council housed and violent' if that is what he thinks it means we can infer from the setting and location that the movie has a great amount of violence and crime.

      The first thing that pops up when you visit the page is the ill manors official trailer which engages the audience straight away, this is effective as it gives something visual for the audience to see which keeps the website entertaining, also gives you an insight into the movie allowing the viewer to decide whether they would watch it or not.
      Social networking is a big part of the website,it incorporates thing like #iLLManors this is in the hopes that enough people will talk about the film so that it will trend on twitter, this will literally make it known to a MUCH wider audience then ever possible before. Also there are icons which are clickable which link the user to popular social networking sites, this allows the user to follow the ill-manors page and keep up to date with whats happening in therms of the film and even album.
      Finally the website uses synergy to also promote his album which is in fact the sound track to the iLLManors movie. The website gives links to where the user can listen to and buy his album and both the album and film have the same title. This is a huge part of promotion for Plan B as he is definitely a  more known musician then director, thus using his music to promote his movie will bring his hundreds of thousands of people in his already made fan-base to his movie.

k    Example of Broadcast

k    In this interview which was broadcasted on radio 1 Plan B is interviewed on his new album iLLManors  he then goes on to explain his political believes and the issues he tried to tackle with the music and how he came to write the song, later on in the interview he starts to talk about his movie, if we take note that the interview took place just a bit before the movie came out which is the perfect time to cross promote both the movie and film.

      E-media

      Here is another interview for an independent youtube channel and interviewer, which is asking Plan B questions about the film and most importantly Plan B tell the audience what he wants them to take away from the film.

      Print

      Here we can see a bill board poster promoting the iLLManors franchise, I say franchise because the title of the movie is shown however the writing underneath says, 'original soundtrack' which usually refers to movies, this makes the audience aware of the fact that there is both a movie and an album in just one poster. we can see the poster is there just to create some hype around the album and film and after it is up to the audience to figure out by searching ill manors on a search engine etc to see what it is all about.

   

  

Christmas task 3

Here are some pictures we produced showing an idea of the location theme and style of the show we want to create.

more pictures will be posted of locations which may be used in other scenes

i am working with Stefan and zulq, we are going for a teen drama style series,
this is what we might base our filming styles around





misfits

Mainstream

Mainstrme people are people who usually follow the crowd and take the hegemonic views in life very easily, they like to avoid risks by doing things that others may think is different or unnatural, this is because they like to feel accepted in society.

Resigners
 may suit the older generation, they like dicipline, limitation, rigity,
duty and having roles.

Succeeders

This advert would relate to the succeeders as this group would normally be high class and management material. Therefore I think this advert would relate to them as blackberry is used by all business men as it gives them esurience knowing they have the latest smart phone. This would also suite them as succeeders choose brands that are well known, therefore they would choose blackberry as they are one of the leading phone companies.

Reformers

The reformers group would contain people who seek Freedom from restriction, personal growth and social awareness. These people would have attended higher education, therefore searching for products of a high quality. I believe this advert would fit this group as this group of people would want high quality products as they also do not look at finding a cheaper priced product. Also D&G is seen to be a high class brand which many people adore therefore being right for this group. This group would also search for products that are in trend at that time.

aspirers

The group would want to seek materialistic, acquisitive, affiliative and oriented to extrinsics. The group would also buy products demanding on the brands image and appearance to others. This group would also go for products on how popular they are. This group is normally associated with the younger generation. I believe this advert would fit this group as nike is seen to be a popular brand, also many of the younger generation would shop places who sell nike.

This group would contain people who are Heavy consumers of alcohol, eat junk food regularly and buy lottery tickets weekly. I think this advert would relate to this group.

action movie analysis

TODOROV:

this movie follows Todorovs theory as in the beginning it starts of with an equilibrium bruce wayne has been dorment for 8 years living his life normally, however all goes to chaos when an evil villain manages to release all the criminals into the city, however at the end he saves the city of gotham by defeating the enemy and destroying a bomb.

BARTHES:

the director also uses barthes' theory as we can see he uses other characters as enigma codes such as catwoman to suggest a love interest in the rest of the story, 

LEVI - STRAUSS 

This theory is about binary oppositions for example, the director uses this to contrast the hero and villain  in this movie he makes the villain look strong and the hero weak, until the end of the movie when the hero gains the strength to defeat him.

PROPP:

hero- batman

helper - catwoman

princess - gotham city

fish tank review

Fish tank review

Fish tank is a style of movie in which I enjoy the most, British, gritty and down to earth, a movie which shows the real life struggles of people who may have not had the most privileged lifestyle.

The acting from Katie Jarvis was excellent for what I know was her debut-acting job, however I was confused as to why her dancing was so bad, before the story had unfolded I kept thinking to my self, “is she just a bad dancer, or was this written in the script?” how ever as you watch on, you understand as to why her dancing is so horrible.

It was a pleasant surprise to see Michael Fassbender as Conner, mia’s mothers new boyfriend, he fit the role perfectly, playing the ‘mums new boyfriend’ act, eager to make her two daughters like him.

Also acting from Mia’s younger sister was a great addition to the movie, definitely the character who got the laughs out of the audience and, me, personally, I need a good laugh during a movie, no matter what genre.

Even thought this film was low budget, some of the cinematography by Robbie Ryan was seriously top class, there’s a great tracking shot following Mia and her friend Billy walking down a long road which lasts a good 30-45 seconds from which I can remember and great establishing shots of estate life etc.

Most of the camera shots were showing life through Mia’s eyes as she is the protagonist, more great cinematography work consists of the close up shots on the horse.

The Director used Mise en scene to a great extent in this movie to portray the lifestyle of Mia the protagonist, using cans of beer and bottles of cider to show her antisocial behavior, lighting was all pretty much natural to show a more realistic approach commonly used in these type of brit low budget films, the clothes all the characters wore looked realistic , looking at the fact that nobody works in the family.

Continuity was a main aspect in the editing of this film, the film was shown as the events happened and was done with clean cuts, this helps with the realistic approach and does not confuse the audience when watching, a great scene for editing is when Mia finds out Connors secret when looking at the video camera, she looks around the room to see a life she never had, each turn of the head the audience see’s an eye-line shot of things she was never privileged enough to have.

Although this movie was great, there were many errors to mainly the plot, things between Connor and Mia are unresolved, the fact they had sex and the fact she didn’t get in more trouble for nearly killing a child, also the reality of her surviving in wales with someone she doesn’t even know that well, for that matter, the reality of her going to wales with someone she doesn’t know that well!

Also the overuse of the word ‘cunt’ became annoying, and a reason to why she urinated on Connors living room floor still hasn’t come across my mind.

Overall fish tank was a great film, its flaws made it the style of film it is, and it always has the excuse of being a low budget flick.