NEW: Audience

So using our "action comedy" genre we have aimed our film at a teenage/ young adult type of audience because this is the type of people who appreciate this genre the most. It's also important to mention that we know this wont appeal to everyone, the more sophisticated, high class people wont understand the humor as much and wont acquire to their taste.We also decided to aim our film at teenagers because we ourselves are teenagers, therefore we know what our age group likes, and also it would make logical sense to aim it at teenagers as they are the age group which visits the cinema’s the most and watch movies. We are using the idea of "Social misfits" to draw in our audience; mainly because this is appealing to teenagers today, because of new TV arrivals of "loser comedy" shows such as The Inbetweeners. Another main point is that the audience for these films isn't huge yet, but is increasing rapidly and therefore i think now is a good time to make this sort of film. 

NEW: representation

Basically we are trying to represent the fact that British people, can't do "hard-man" assassins, as a sort of stereotype; and that this sort of image really belongs to America. So we are representing both Britain and America in one go. America is always sort of associated as "thuggish" and a reckless place where people are so barbaric they will just do as they please and wont take any trouble from anyone. This sort of thing has come through American films and literature throughout history. By putting an Englishman in the position of the "hit-man assassin" which as we know is an American thing, and we see him fail and make himself look stupid we are reinforcing the fact that is it an American thing and not British. We not only are doing this but we are using satire to mock these high class assassins which is effective as assassins are dangerous people who are there to be scared of, so nobody really has a laugh about them, but when you make them look silly and mock them, there is a much funnier side to them. This is similar to the recent film "Kick Ass" which takes superheros, who are all brave and mighty, and mocks them making them funny. Brits are not associated with this kind of thing at all, we are more known for intelligence and posh tea parties, so to make an assassin British is just asking for trouble and opens a huge window for comical opportunities. And finally i think we are mocking the Brits and trying to say that they just cant pull off the stealthy assassin thing.

NEW: Genre

We have used a new type of genre which has only recently become popular, its a twist on action films, put together with spoofs to make "action comedy" This style mainly focuses on satirical comedy, which is popular now days within teens because they like to see higher social groups mocked, such as the police. In a conventional action film there would always be set characters, "alpha male" "lovable rogue" "mr. evil" and so forth, now, our genre basically takes the "alpha male" type character and turns him into a character who is much easier to relate to by making him look foolish, very much like the film "Johnny English". Nearly all films base around the conventional "Narrative structure" of balance, conflict, and attempts at resolution. Now obviously we have only made an opening sequence but i feel we have done it so the rest of the film can go along to these conventions but yet at the same time, if needed we could alter the conventions to make an uncontroversial film.

Judd Apatow Research

Hi,

I've been looking into the writing style of Judd Apatow in order to give our film the sort of edge he provides. I'm a big fan of his work, mostly because it is so unique and definitive compared to the usual comedies that are produced by american cinema. His work has a constant underlying dry tone which really strikes a note with british and american audience's alike. If this sort of humor can be achieved in our opening then this could help contribute towards a higher grade.

Another element consistent in Judd Apatow films is a likeable main character, the 'loveable loser' that takes the role of the protagonist. Examples are Seth Rogen in 'Pineapple Express' and Steve Carell in 'The 40 year old virgin'. Our protagonist should have the same charm that these characters have so the audience can connect with them, the only problem with this is we do not want any dialogue in this opening scene, so we have to portray his character using non-verbal communication.

Just some food for thought.

Molly, Connor, Sam

Research: Target Audience

Hiya,

Recently we have been working, trying to research into the genre and target audience of our film. Connor firstly researched into the comedy stylings of writer/director Judd Apatow whose works include Superbad and Pineapple Express, in order to ascertain a better understanding of this type of "loser comedy". We would like to make our film quite similar to the style used in Judd Apatow's films.

We also researched more into our intended target audience; teenagers to early adults as this film will relate to them the most. We intend to set it at a house party which will appeal to the younger audience.

Now we have researched into the genre and audience, we are now working on a storyboard for our film.

Until next time,

Molly, Connor & Sam

Locational Issues

Podcast Number 1

We discuss some Locational issues.

First Idea's

Hi,

So we've had some idea's about our main task and thought we'd share them with you. Basically our main idea is set the morning after a house party and we had some thoughts about what effects our film could include:

• It would be set the morning after the party.
• The main character would have flashbacks of the night before (each one longer than the previous).
• Flashbacks need to be blurred.
• Keep the main character's face hidden until the end.
• No dialogue.
• Music idea's: rave music to fit the party theme, silence for the main bit when set in the morning while everyone is asleep. We hope to show a stark contrast.
• Contrasting light (party being dark, morning being very bright).
• Main idea's for scenes: overview of party, first person perspective shots, someone being sick, people doing shots, closed door (hinted sex scene), passing out.
• In the morning the main character gets ready for work, puts on dark glasses and leaves.
• Scary/funny mirror scene door thing (Sam's input).

They are a few idea's we've had so far for our piece, but we hope to elaborate and work on them later!

Thanks,

Molly, Sam and Connor

Hello!

Hiya,

We're Molly, Sam & Connor, and we've chosen to do the film task for our main coursework. We've chosen to do this task because we felt it seemed more fun and productive and we really enjoyed working on the preliminary part of the task. We'll keep you updated on our progress on this blog, and hopefully you'll enjoy what we produce!

Thanks,

Molly, Sam & Connor