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

Preliminary task