Needs and Expectations of the Client Brief and Target Audience
Our Film is called 'On the Other Side' and it is about a girl called Elizabeth who loses her sister in a car crash at an early age, and then eventually has a dream where her younger sister comes to her to tell her she misses her. We have met the needs and expectations for the client brief being that we analyse a range of existing scripts and use them as inspiration to create our own original piece. And also the script will appeal to the target audience, being a fan of the thriller/ drama as our script appeals to the interests of them, with the quick transitions and swapping views and perspectives of the two main characters; Elizabeth and Maya. Our target audience is ranged from 16-25 after feedback. The thriller aspect running through the woods would appeal to the target audience, as well as the voice over aspect especially towards the end with the poem verses which would appeal to the target audience because of their interests in reading and writing, their interest in being in the fiction and fantasy/ thriller genre. It would also appeal to the target audience because the main actress is aged between 16-25 and therefore the audience would be able to connect and sympathise with the protagonist. This is because they are of a similar age and would therefore relate to the struggles she is going though with feelings and emotions to which is similar of teenagers problems and puberty. Also the subject of grief is relevant to the target audience as this sort of age is where the audience may be dealing with the death of grandparents or elderly relatives. Our film would also appeal to the audience because of the 'Escapism'; a theory denoted by Dennis McQuail as part of 'Uses and Gratifications', our film being fictional and allowing the audience to become enthralled in the characters, allows the audience to escape from their own lives and become invested in that of Elizabeth and Maya. As seen as both the main characters of the film are girls, this would relate to the female audience and therefore appeal to them, as they may be able to empathise with the protagonists struggle more than the male audience. All teenagers and young adults can empathise with the protagonist having bad dreams or not being able to let go of the past, feeling guilty or dealing with current problems, this allows the audience to become more invested with Elizabeth and allows themselves to become more empathetic towards Elizabeth.
Improvements and What Worked Well
The client especially liked the voice over aspect of our script and believed it worked really well, they also liked the voice overs from the different characters as they thought it showed different perspectives and more depth into the narrative. Also thought it was a developed shooting script and very well communicated and even though there is already a variety of shot types and angles, could be more widely varied and developed. This is important because a variety of shot types and angles makes it more interesting and less derivative, and also allows the audience to see different perspectives. This is also important to help us develop our skills as directors, script writers and camera men/women and helps us improve our skills in this area. Using different shot types and angles also allows the audience to see the extent of the location we have chosen, and grasp the full effect of the atmosphere and eeriness.
Changes
The relevant changes that need to be made to the script are; adding a wider variety of shot types and angles specifically when focusing on a characters facial expressions and emotions which can be further denoted by high or low camera angles, adding more detailed voice over aspects, and specifically the parenthetical. Also to make sure the music is definite and in the right places and has the right impact and effect; for example, throughout the whole of the forest scene we needed music which built up the pace and allowed the audience to get caught up in the drama and emotions, this was further impacted by the voiceover. We are going to go back and review shot types and angles already included and see if we can add more definition and depth, possibly swap some shot types around to add variety and add more angles in there. Also review each piece of dialogue that is being said and see if can be spoken in a specific way, to add effect and authenticity. Also go back and review the music given for each scene and review whether it is appropriate and where exactly it will fade in and out, and also what effect it will have on the audiences experience.
Content
The language written in our script is fairly informal because it is someone expressing their thoughts, for example when Elizabeth expresses her difficulty with grief and dealing with the loss of her sister, as well as her admitting she was in denial which was all the protagonist's stream of consciousness. This will also appeal to the target audience because they are all informal and they will also appeal tto the idea of someone their own age expressing their thoughts. The house style of the script is positioned as a normal script would be, the font used was new Courier and font size 12 as all scripts are written in. The dialogue justified to the centre, as well as location information being justified to the left and camera shots and angles and editing being justified to the right. The voice over aspects also being justified to the centre, along with how that said dialogue is being spoken. We looked at many scripts to inspire us, but the main script we used in terms of layout and conventions was 'A Song For Your Mixtape' which was the main inspiration between our short film. It has the same sort of layout being how the narrative slowly progresses, the use of voiceovers and similar camera angles and shot types. The mode of address is peer to peer as the target audience is around the same age, so therefore the protagonist will be attempting to connect with their peers, also with the dialogue being slightly informal. We have missed adding a variety of shot types and angles which we are adding in as mentioned in our feedback from the client.
Legal and Ethical
Our film is appropriate for children under the age of 18 according to the BBFC rating of films. The BBFC guidelines are put in places to protect children and vulnerable adults from potential harmful and offensive and to empower the consumer being the adults to make them think they have made informed decisions. Our film is a 12 12A because it contains scenes which can be seen as disturbing and horrifying, but only slightly and doesn't focus on that throughout, there is a moderate physical and psychological threat contained our film which is allowed in a 12 12A. However there are no scenes that contain any discrimination, nudity, sex or drugs. The violence however brief is the car crash towards the end of the film, but no gore or damage is seen to be done on screen, only implied. Also the only imitable behaviour which could be copied by the children is running through the woods on their own which isn't very likely and isn't really enticing enough to be imitable. There is no discriminatory language used, neither any inappropriate language has been used and therefore would be appropriate for pre-watershed scheduling. We haven't used any copyrighted graphics, all the graphics and anything used within or film is non-copyrighted. The music used in the different scenes is either non-copyright or we have gained a license to use this music as long as we dedicate the producer and give them credit for the music, the websites we used for our music were creative commons, bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com Gaining permissions is important because otherwise it is illegal to use someone's copyrighted material without consent as well as it being unethical to use someone else's original work and claim it as your own. We also needed to gain consent from our actors, which is why we would get them to sign consent forms, but we don't need permissions for our locations because they are all public property and therefore we wouldn't need to sign and release forms. The song we are using is called 'Water' by Ambient for Film, it is used to build the tension, and create a suspenseful atmosphere and build the focus around the protagonist and her narrative and create empathy towards the character.
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