This is our mood board. As you can see we have outlined the important areas of Mise-En-Scene. The title of our film is called, 'Virus x.' From the title the audience should hopefully figure out the films all about a virus. As you can see in the top left hand corner of the mood board we have places a mobile phone, brief case and a virus symbol. These will be the main props we will use in our opening sequence.

      In the top left corner there is a picture of Bellevue park, this is where the main part of our opening sequence will be filmed at. This is because it looks like a isolated place, very quite and lonely.

      In the bottom left hand corner there two characters. A boy and a girl. These are two of my team members who will be playing the characters involved with dealing the virus.

Costumes, Props and Casting.


Costumes.


We used smart casual clothes as we wanted to imply a business feel to our crime film. It made the characters look a lot more professional and serious. Almost like detective style as the virus is sacred and they don't want anyone else to get there hands on it. 


Props.


In our film we used various amounts of props so the audience understood what was going on. For example the opening scene includes a character walking with a suspicious suitcase. It gets the audience wondering what could be inside and lets there imagination run wild.

At the end of the film, we opened the suitcase and actually revealed the big secret inside. Which was obviously the virus. Little green balls inside a clear plastic container so the audience can now understand whats going on.


Also, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone was a main prop. This is because we didn't have any dialogue within our film. We used the mobile as a way of portraying our message to the audience. 






Location.


We shot the first part of the film outside a very smart house. This showed the character knocking on the front door and stepping inside. Next was actually inside the house in the living room where the suitcase got exchanged.


Then we moved on to a public park, walking down a path and finally sitting on a bench. The location was very lonely as no one tends to go there. This made a great atmosphere and suited our genre well. 


Casting.


We have only included two main characters:

This is the main character, Haydn Kidd. He plays the role of the man named Charles Dixon. I selected Haydn to play this role because he fitted the character description that we needed.

This is the other character, Carys Lloyd, who played Camilla Dawson. She was the character that exchanged the suitcase to the bad guy at the start of the film. I picked Carys to play this role because she looks like an innocent business woman who doesn't want to harm anyone. She  looks very professional and the audience can take her seriously. 

Audience Research.


During my media lesson, I prepared a questionnaire and sent it round my class  allowing my peers to fill in the questions i needed answer to so I could do research in my potential target audience. I asked ten questions, and these were the most popular answer i had;


1)What genre film do you prefer to watch?
 - Crime. 


2) Who is your favorite director ?
- James Cameron.


3) Do you prefer to watch them in the cinema?
- Yes.


4) How often do you go to the cinema?
- Once a month.


5) How often do you watch films online?
-weekly.


6) Whats your favorite film?
 - Shrek.


7) Who's your favorite Actor?
- Will Ferrell.


8) Who's your favorite Actress?
 - Kristen Wing. 


9) What makes you want to watch the film?
- Trailer and reviews.

10) What is your favorite part of the film?
- The storyline.


The target audience for my film will be teenagers onwards. This is because more teenagers are in to crime films with action and a slight bit of horror in them. I think they would appreciate it more.

Production & Distributions. 


A media institution is an established based organisation that deal in the creation and distribution of advertising, entertainment and information services. 
This is how the audience find out about my new film. I am going to market and distribute independently as I don't want to depend on the small local distribution companies, I feel this will make me feel better about my work and i will know exactly what i'm doing and what needs to be done. The main website i am going to use to distribute my film is 'YouTube.' YouTube is a very very very popular website with billions of people worldwide watching videos every minute.

I will also use popular websites like Facebook and Twitter, as information gets spread round very fast and before you know it i will have people waiting to watch my film. It is also a very cheap way to distribute and product my film.  




Age Rating.


I have used a website called BBFC to decide the age rating of my film. This stands for British board of film classification.
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/ Here's a link straight to the website. 


The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/ DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.


Under this Act, the BBFC is obliged to have ‘special regard’ to the likelihood of video works being viewed in the home, and to any harm that may be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society by the manner in which the work deals with criminal behaviour, illegal drugs, violent behaviour or incidents, horrific behaviour or incidents, and human sexual activity. In considering these issues, the BBFC needs to be mindful of the possible effect not only on children but also on other vulnerable groups.

This logo means suitable for all ages. It is impossible to upset a child but just to be safe ages four and over. Set with a positive moral framework and doesn't include any violence or horrific behavior.  Suitable for pre-school children to watch on there own. 

This logo means the film is suitable to audiences of the ages twelve or over. May upset children under the age of twelve or parents may not find material suitable for there child. Also an adult can take a younger child to go see the film on there own judgement, this isn't highly recommended though. No one younger then twelve can buy or rent a video or DVD classed as a 12 or a 12 and over. 

Suitable only for the ages fifteen or over. No one younger the fifteen may be a '15' film in a cinema, also no one younger then fifteen can buy or rent a DVD classified as a '15'

Suitable for only adults. No one under the age of eighteen may see an '18' film in a cinema, also they will not be allowed to rent or buy an '18' film. 

To be shown in only specially licensed cinemas or supplied in only licensed sex shops and only to adults that are eighteen years old and over. The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. ‘R18’ videos may not be supplied by mail order.






Taking all this in to consideration i feel my film will be best suited as age 15. This is because violence will be used and a lot of graphic scenes may upset anyone under the age of fifteen. Mass killings will also be a main part of the film and i feel this is the right age group.  

Analysis of a Title Sequence.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJtUdm3TLZ8&feature=fvst

The title sequence i have selected is 'The incredibles.' The Purpose of a title sequence is to introduce the film to the audience. It tells us the genre/subgenre, location and setting. The incredibles fits in to the animation, fantasy, action, family, and adventures genre. Also the title sequence tells us about the character, it normally shows all the main characters so the audience can identify them and get a feel of whats going to happen and who its going to happen to. The title sequence warn the audience the film is about to start and gives out vital information, for example, what the films actually called and who it's written and directed by. 

This shows who the film was directed and written by. 'Brad Bird.' The audience may be able to identify this individual as he may be the main reason they are watching it as they make take a deep interest in his work. The director is the first to be seen as he is the most important after the title of the film. The executive producer and associate producer come after him.  

Next is the name of the music producer. 

Story supervisor, 'Mark Andrews.' 

Followed by the editor of the film, he strings all the scenes and all the other parts of the film together, and makes them fit in and run as smoothly and possible helping the audience to understand and kick back and enjoy whats there watching.  

Next is the name of the supervising technical editor. 

Next is the Production Designer, Lou Romano.

After the Production Designer is the Character Design, Tony Fucile & Teddy Newton.

After the Character Design is the Supervising Animators, Tony Fucile, Steven Clay Hunter & Alan Barillaro.

Next is the Directors of Photography, Janet Lucroy, Patrick Lin & Andrew Jimenez.

Following the Directors of Photography is the Art Director, Ralph Eggleston, and the Shading Art Director, Bryn Imagire.

After the previous title is the Character Supervisor, Bill Wise.

Next, comes the Hair & Cloth Simulation Supervisor, Mark Thomas Henne.

After the Hair & Cloth Simulation Supervisor is the Sequence Supervisor, Nigel Hardwidge.

Following the Sequence Supervisor is the Effects Supervisor, Sandra Karpman.

Next is the Rendering Supervisor, Don Schreiter.

After the Rendering Supervisor is the Production Manager, Katherine Sarafian.

Following the previous title sequence is the Sound Designer, Randy Thom

Finally, the cast is shown in order of appearance.