This is what i discovered from my research
The film would mainly be enjoyed by people between 15-35, who were female. There was a mixed feeling over the film but the ideas that won the vote were:
Voiceover
Both (clear-meaning or a meaning you have to think about)
Abstract
Enjoy
No
One common theme throughout the questionnaires was the fact that they wanted to see a happy moment mixed in with the clear sad meaning, they wanted me to add more impact to the feelings of the audience by showing that Annie is just an average teenager.
After showing them my completed film the audience answered:
Yes
Yes
Yes
Overall, I feel that my film had a positive audience response post-production and pre-production it gave me a clearer insight into what my audience wanted to see.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
audience research (Questionnaire)
These are the questions I wanted my audience to answer in order to help me decide how to best portray my film.
Firstly I want to find out the audience ages so that I can see which age group my film would be most successful with so I know who to aim it at.
Then, I want to find out with which gender my film will be most successful with.
Once I have clarified who it is best to aim my film at I then want to find out how it would be best to portray the story and which style would best communicate my aim with the audience. This is an example of the kind of questionnaire I will hand-out to my test group.
Please circle the age group you belong to
15-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56+
Please circle your gender
Male Female
When watching a film do you feel a voiceover is more effective or would you rather a person was talking directly to the camera?
Voiceover Direct Both
Do you like films to have a direct and clear meaning or to make you think
Clear meaning Think Both
Do you like more abstract films or naturalistic?
Abstract Naturalistic
If I pitched this film to you, would you enjoy the idea or reject the idea
Enjoy Reject
What do you feel I could add to improve my film?
................................................................................................................................................
Do you think the idea behind my film is too cliche?
Yes No
(To be answered after the film has been shown)
Do you feel this film was successful?
Yes No
Was the film what you expected?
Yes No
Would you recommend this film?
Yes No
Firstly I want to find out the audience ages so that I can see which age group my film would be most successful with so I know who to aim it at.
Then, I want to find out with which gender my film will be most successful with.
Once I have clarified who it is best to aim my film at I then want to find out how it would be best to portray the story and which style would best communicate my aim with the audience. This is an example of the kind of questionnaire I will hand-out to my test group.
Please circle the age group you belong to
15-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56+
Please circle your gender
Male Female
When watching a film do you feel a voiceover is more effective or would you rather a person was talking directly to the camera?
Voiceover Direct Both
Do you like films to have a direct and clear meaning or to make you think
Clear meaning Think Both
Do you like more abstract films or naturalistic?
Abstract Naturalistic
If I pitched this film to you, would you enjoy the idea or reject the idea
Enjoy Reject
What do you feel I could add to improve my film?
................................................................................................................................................
Do you think the idea behind my film is too cliche?
Yes No
(To be answered after the film has been shown)
Do you feel this film was successful?
Yes No
Was the film what you expected?
Yes No
Would you recommend this film?
Yes No
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Research In International Audiences
I have conducted research into International Audiences in order to determine if my media piece can be branched out to more than just an English-speaking dominated audience, I first had to research into which countries the film 2012 was broadcast as this film links strongly with the my film as there is a lot of intertextual references. The countries I have found it was distributed in and most popular with are:
- Buglaria
- Greece
- Malaysia
- Taiwan
- USA
So, I know that my film could be shown in these countries and they would have access to the intertextual references used. I also discovered that the film 2012 was actually banned in North Korea, this means that releasing the film in N. Korea would be in-effective as it is legal to view the film or even to own a copy. This means that in turn the references in my film would not be understood and has the potential to also be banned as it places a negative spin on the year 2012 (which is why it was banned in N. Korea as it is the 100th anniversary of Kim ll-sung)
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
About A Girl
About a Girl opens with a striking shot of a silhouette — against a skyline of clouds above a field — of a girl singing the Britney Spears song "Stronger" and doing the dance routine. It cuts abruptly to a close-up of the girl talking in a strong Mancunian accent to the camera: "If Jesus were alive today — right, he'd probably be a singer." She is walking against a backdrop of Manchester's industrial landscape, talking non-stop, mixing wry statements about stardom and singers with random quotes from her parents and descriptions of her life: her relationship with her dad, her frustrations with her mum, her desire to become a famous singer, the band she has formed with her friends. Things any 13-year-old might talk about. Her monologue is interrupted and intercut with different scenes of her with her family and her dad; her in a perfume department, sitting on a bench singing "Stronger" again, and on the back of a bus with her girlfriends singing "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears and doing the routine.
As she goes on walking alongside a canal, the girl's stories become more and more underlain by an uncomfortable feeling that the gravity of her experiences does not match her flippant retelling of her everyday life: her descriptions of her pop idols and her favourite ice cream are mixed with hints about family troubles, poverty and domestic violence.
The 'underside' to her light-hearted storytelling is revealed in a shocking scene when, stating that she has become "good at hiding things", she throws the plastic bag she has been carrying into the canal.
(Quoted from Wikipedia)
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The Pitch
I've decided to do a Short-Film, below is the pitch that I would give to the BBC as I feel that as a British made film it would be something they would be interested in, I also aim to have it shown after the watershed as it contains scenes that are unsuitable for young children.
The film Annie is a Short-Film designed to not only shock but also to show a major problem we have with the media we show to young children or vulnerable adults. My film is based on a teenage girl who watched the film "2012" and from what she saw and researched afterwards that she decided she will die on the 21.12.2012. I chose this as I feel it's about time that the effects of media on young children or vulnerable adults can have, it isn't uncommon for fans to develop and obsession, we have had people from all walks of life connecting with a film and becoming so drawn in to it that they can't help but feel they need to mimic what they have seen, or in rarer cases have committed suicide in order to travel elsewhere, for example Pandora the fictional planet in Avatar. I feel that this active consumption of media needs to be controlled, I feel that too many audience members are being told the fictional is solid truth as not everyone is sensible enough or educated enough to be able to distinguish the difference. I know that this is particularly true with youths as when I was a child I believed that cartoon characters were real but they lived elsewhere, like in Poland or Russia. This goes to show the naivety of some audience members, if it's possible to believe a drawing is real, why would they not believe that things that are real or very well drawn (CGI imaging). I want the media world to re-assess their certificate system and to place a stronger emphasis on the importance of people being asked to show identity at cinema's in order to prevent minors from seeing something that could cause them more harm than gain.
The film Annie is a Short-Film designed to not only shock but also to show a major problem we have with the media we show to young children or vulnerable adults. My film is based on a teenage girl who watched the film "2012" and from what she saw and researched afterwards that she decided she will die on the 21.12.2012. I chose this as I feel it's about time that the effects of media on young children or vulnerable adults can have, it isn't uncommon for fans to develop and obsession, we have had people from all walks of life connecting with a film and becoming so drawn in to it that they can't help but feel they need to mimic what they have seen, or in rarer cases have committed suicide in order to travel elsewhere, for example Pandora the fictional planet in Avatar. I feel that this active consumption of media needs to be controlled, I feel that too many audience members are being told the fictional is solid truth as not everyone is sensible enough or educated enough to be able to distinguish the difference. I know that this is particularly true with youths as when I was a child I believed that cartoon characters were real but they lived elsewhere, like in Poland or Russia. This goes to show the naivety of some audience members, if it's possible to believe a drawing is real, why would they not believe that things that are real or very well drawn (CGI imaging). I want the media world to re-assess their certificate system and to place a stronger emphasis on the importance of people being asked to show identity at cinema's in order to prevent minors from seeing something that could cause them more harm than gain.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Get Off My Land
Get Off My Land is a short film written and directed by Douglas Ray and has been screened in 11 different festivals including Edinburgh International Film Festival.
It features a Farmer (Robert Glenister) and a young couple (Rafe Spall & Ruth Wilson). The young couple are seen walking through some open fields together, from the opening and the distance between characters we can see that there is clearly a relationship problem. As the young couple continue across the fields they find themselves confronted by an angry farmer claiming that they aren't on a public footpath and are in fact trespassing. The male confronts the farmer and believing the farmer has backed down (as he walks back to his tractor) the male gives the female a smug look and she looks relatively impressed by this outburst, that is until the Farmer turns back round with a shotgun and proceeds to shoot both characters (the man first then the woman because she started crying/screaming), then he turns to the camera and calmly states, "actually, I think this part is a public footpath" shrugs his shoulders and carries on as though nothing has happened.
It features a Farmer (Robert Glenister) and a young couple (Rafe Spall & Ruth Wilson). The young couple are seen walking through some open fields together, from the opening and the distance between characters we can see that there is clearly a relationship problem. As the young couple continue across the fields they find themselves confronted by an angry farmer claiming that they aren't on a public footpath and are in fact trespassing. The male confronts the farmer and believing the farmer has backed down (as he walks back to his tractor) the male gives the female a smug look and she looks relatively impressed by this outburst, that is until the Farmer turns back round with a shotgun and proceeds to shoot both characters (the man first then the woman because she started crying/screaming), then he turns to the camera and calmly states, "actually, I think this part is a public footpath" shrugs his shoulders and carries on as though nothing has happened.
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