From the research that we will be conducting we aim to find out which audiences consume what genres, and weather there are a lot of people that enjoy watching Action Thriller films. With this research i'm hoping to get a general idea of the age, social class, status, geo-demographics (where they are from) and gender.
Primary Research Techniques: We will be handing out our questionnaires to people that we think suitable to complete, for example different ages, genders and social class's.
Secondary Research Techniques: We will be looking at different websites and secondary resources such as BBFC stats and BFI stats.
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Why?
The reason for looking into different genres of films is so that I could get a feel for different genres and then choose which one that we where going to decide to make because if chose a genre and then was not 100% happy with that genre it would have been to late, so i researched three different genres and then decided to go with the genre of Action Thriller.
Reasearch into existing media products
Kung Fu Panda
In these opening minutes of “Kung Fu Panda” you can see that it is a animated film and very surreal which tells us that it will be a original film (which it is). The scene starts with the “DreamWorks” title to show the creator of the movie but they have put a twist within their logo and this is a small man like figure running across the water and jumping on clouds to reach the moon which pans out into the “DreamWorks” title.
It then takes us to the main title of “Kung Fu Panda” and they have designed this to look very animated and very early kung fu movie looking and with the coming of the title we have a sound track change where they have used a mix of different instruments and sound effects to make it seem more like a serious king fu movie rather than a cartoon animated children’s movie which sort of adds to the comedy of the film. They have made the title of the film very clear unlike the “Fight Club” title which was rather small and blended with the background to much whereas this title is very big and bold and stands out. I think that the director has put a lot of thought into the presentation of the title because of the blending of the music and effect that goes with the title, also with the transition of the next section of the scene.
Once the speech starts in this scene you can tell straight away that not only that genre is comedy but also that it is going to be a very interesting film by the way they have chosen to use the speech and make sort of calm and the words are very important for example the repeating word “legend” is used to create a dramatic feel to this opening scene. The speech has been made like this and put in this tone because the director wants to give that sort of storytelling feel to accommodate the way this cartoon strip opening has been produced which is a excellent idea to really rope the audience into what’s going on .
Its only at the end of this opening scene is when you really understand what is going when “Po” the panda is being woken up by what seems to be a voice from the background that is being spoken through the monkey and tiger which then leads to the panda waking up and shows us that he was dreaming.
Research into existing products
Fight Club
In these opening credits it starts off with a sort of futuristic feel to it which then shows us that it is really someone’s head we are be being taken through and with the accompanying edits of this scene which would be the transactions and the special effects it make it harder for us to tell what and where this scene is taking place for example here could look like a series of wires instead of vein’s or brain structure.
The scene starts with the film maker’s agency title scene and then progresses into a sort violin background music which then generates into a more upper base soundtrack like the sort of music you would here in a “club” and the change in this music introduces the “FOX 2000 pictures” credit and starts the camera travel throughout this scene.
Then through some more shots of brain structure we get a title “Fight Club” which comes onto the screen very nicely with a special effect of blue neon and a sort of crashing feel to it and then shortly evaporates into smoke as the travelling through the brain continues.
After the opening credits come to a close and we exit the brain and it brings us out through a hair in the centre of his two eye brows, which is not at first recognisable till the camera pans out. This is when real camera footage takes over and allows us to see the angles of which the director is using and the sort of audience he is aiming for with first clips of drama and tension already in these early stages. The director is using a some extreme close ups very early in the scene and these close up are of some very interesting and are already getting us thinking of what is going for example the first one is of a man’s forehead and what appears to be sweat dripping down his face, this is immediately getting us thinking is he scared, under pressure, angry or just working out?. I think that this is a great way of starting a film and gives us an insight of what is going on. It then takes us to a close up shot foreground focused shot of the man holding a gun which helps us to explain what is going on and makes it clear when the speech starts.
In these opening credits it starts off with a sort of futuristic feel to it which then shows us that it is really someone’s head we are be being taken through and with the accompanying edits of this scene which would be the transactions and the special effects it make it harder for us to tell what and where this scene is taking place for example here could look like a series of wires instead of vein’s or brain structure.
The scene starts with the film maker’s agency title scene and then progresses into a sort violin background music which then generates into a more upper base soundtrack like the sort of music you would here in a “club” and the change in this music introduces the “FOX 2000 pictures” credit and starts the camera travel throughout this scene.
Then through some more shots of brain structure we get a title “Fight Club” which comes onto the screen very nicely with a special effect of blue neon and a sort of crashing feel to it and then shortly evaporates into smoke as the travelling through the brain continues.
After the opening credits come to a close and we exit the brain and it brings us out through a hair in the centre of his two eye brows, which is not at first recognisable till the camera pans out. This is when real camera footage takes over and allows us to see the angles of which the director is using and the sort of audience he is aiming for with first clips of drama and tension already in these early stages. The director is using a some extreme close ups very early in the scene and these close up are of some very interesting and are already getting us thinking of what is going for example the first one is of a man’s forehead and what appears to be sweat dripping down his face, this is immediately getting us thinking is he scared, under pressure, angry or just working out?. I think that this is a great way of starting a film and gives us an insight of what is going on. It then takes us to a close up shot foreground focused shot of the man holding a gun which helps us to explain what is going on and makes it clear when the speech starts.
What we aim to do?
We are aiming to create a 2 minute film opening for a new feature film.
Our group consists of myself and Beckie, we have decided to experiment with the idea of making a thriller action genre film but will be carrying out research into different genres so that we are not tying our selves done to this genre this early into our planning and research.
We are thinking about using Beckie's Nan's house as our main location of filming but will also be using different locations to film.
The research that will be conducting will consist of ...
Research into existing media products
Audience research
- Who watches what genre and why
- Age
- Gender
- Social class and Status
And a form of secondary research which could be either information and surveys form the BBFC or other websites that could give us the same information but with there so many of these official sites it may be a good idea to compare other websites.
Our group consists of myself and Beckie, we have decided to experiment with the idea of making a thriller action genre film but will be carrying out research into different genres so that we are not tying our selves done to this genre this early into our planning and research.
We are thinking about using Beckie's Nan's house as our main location of filming but will also be using different locations to film.
The research that will be conducting will consist of ...
Research into existing media products
Audience research
- Who watches what genre and why
- Age
- Gender
- Social class and Status
And a form of secondary research which could be either information and surveys form the BBFC or other websites that could give us the same information but with there so many of these official sites it may be a good idea to compare other websites.
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