Friday 29 April 2016

 Ill Manors has been in interviews in talk shows such as The Jonathan Ross. In this interview that was being made, Plan B was talking about his political stand point which would be supported with ill manors as this is a film that is mainly based around an audience of 18-45 due to the content that is featured in the film. As well as The Jonathan Ross Show, Plan B has presented a lecture on TEDx which was about the use of the term "Chav" The audience for this lecture would have to be of middle class as well as having to be aged at around 18-45. 

This would show that Plan b was trying to make Ill manors appeal to them as well by presenting his view on how the term is used. this would make it so that it could appeal to people besides the lower class as they would already have a personal relation to the film this would be seen as a relatable film to them. However films such as Spectre had also had some mention i the broadcast and this would be his appearances on Talk Shows quite familiar with Jonathan Ross and include Graham Norton Show which is a prime time TV Talk Show that would talk with celebrities and various others.

Monday 18 April 2016

Evaluation

Evaluation-

In this document I will be evaluating the media task I have produced and discuss the process and the experience in accompanying the final production. In this section of the course I was assigned to create a 3 minutes film production. The film production, set by the BBFC was an Art-House film. 

My film production is called 'The Hunting Season'. It follows the story-line of a teenager, named Hakim, steals money of a notorious boss. The boss then sets two Hench men to catch Hakim. It follows the typical genre of action and drama.

I completed the film production with a group of four people. Which was of;  Lele Obetto, John Gurang and Darnell Lucien. In this group amongst each other we came up with several of film plans and we later concluded on one film idea. After concluding on a final idea, we as a group divided the print out tasks, this way we all were able to contribute to the group. For example; I covered the shot list sector; where I typed up all the shots we plan to film.

We created a film production mainly based on teenagers and it’s like a montage of a typical teenager’s life from the hoods. Gang life is not a choice; it is a lifestyle to survive. Survive the hunting season, where predator and prey meet. 

The existing art-house film ‘Kidulthood’ by Noel Clarke , which is of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London, who get into trouble with drug lords. ‘Kidulthood’ was based in London streets and was later surprisingly successful. This film influenced our final film production because we had as similar story-line and the unique filming techiniques they employed was very intriguing. What we really liked from the 'Kidulthood' was the use of the short montages to explain a past story and that helped us to make our story-line more understandable and fit perfectly to our chosen genre.
Another art house film which influenced us was 'Reservoir Dogs' by Quentin Tarantino. This film utilizes very unique filming techniques which draw in their target audience. For example; when the main protagonist is trying cut someone's ear off the camera pans, so the audience don't see. This influenced us because we were able to apply that idea in our film production. For example; when the main  protagonist Hakim is getting tortured, the camera pans.
The main target audience for our film production is of the age group (15 – 25); this is because it includes violence and inappropriate language. The target audience percentage of women and men are W-40% and M-60%, this is because this film has lots of violence, which is mainly associated with Male. This is supported by the fact that there are only teenage boys in our entire film production and no females. The demographic target audience of ‘The Hunting Season’ is ABC1, mainly towards those in education and working class. The psychographics target audience group for ‘The Hunting Season’ is Mainstreams. Mainstreamers tend to seek security and be domestic and many people are Mainstreamers. The Hunting Season also targets Reformers, this is because reformers are people who seek for enlightenment, people who like to be free and enjoy life and this film production would fit perfectly with this target audience.
In our chosen target audience we have discovered few advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, our target audience fits well with our story-line. Our film production intrigues many teenagers; this is because our film is based around London streets and so therefore this is something they can relate to. Furthermore, our film production story line includes street violence and this is something most black teenagers are accused of in London.
Our film production ‘The Hunting Season’ follows the typical genre of Action and Drama. This is evident in our film production. There are specific action scenes in our film production and this makes the drama scenes more interesting. For example; towards the end of our production Hakim, former gang member, is caught by the two Hench men and put in a dark room. In this scene you see the main actor, Hakim, getting punished for his actions. Our film production has lots of drama to intrigue our target audience group. For example; Hakim steals the main boss’s money and is on the run.
The most interesting scene in our film production is the opening scene, which instantly intrigues the viewers. The opening scene is of the main boss, sitting down and his two Hench men creating a threatening message to their victim, Hakim. In the opening scene all the actors are dressed in black and the two Hench men are wearing Rat masks. The colour black is mainly associated with power and makes them seem more frightening.
The use of the clothing colours have been employed perfectly to illustrate each individual. Furthermore, the two Hench men are wearing Rat masks; firstly the rat masks are mainly utilized in order for them to hide their identity on camera. Also, the rat masks seem very frightening and it helps to give link to Art-House films.
The opening scene uses low key lighting and there’s a little bit of light coming from the corner, which hits their face. It is set in a dark room; this creates mystery and brings fear upon Hakim when he finally plays the message later on. The opening scene is of a medium shot, in this shot you can see everyone but the camera slowly zooms in. One of the Hench men start to speak and the scene then jumps on to a new shot, with the audio of the Henchmen still speaking in the background. The new shot is of Hakim walking down a stairs and playing the message. The camera starts of as a long shot to show Hakim walking from a distance. Then it the camera pans and tracks Hakim, as he’s holding a phone listening to message. The camera zooms into his face to show his facial expressions and then the camera zooms out, showing Hakim put the phone away and put on a cap to hide his face and jogs off.
The opening scene is really good because it’s interesting and instantly intrigues the audience, as they would want to know what happens after the warning is given. This creates enigma codes such as; does he obey? Does he continue running? Does he get caught? However, the only downfall to this scene is that it takes up lots of time, that scene alone is 1 minute, so we had to cut out lots of particular scenes.






In my print work I created 3 pages, which consist of front cover, double analysis and contents page. The front cover is of the main boss standing holding a black bag, with the colour scheme of black and white. The colour black is associated with black and so therefore makes him seem more powerful and dangerous. I chose this colour scheme so the viewer’s instantly acknowledge that he is important and has perhaps plays a big part in the film production. The double page spread is of the two Hench men standing on the sides and the boss in the middle, all looking straight at the camera. The colour scheme for that wasn’t black and white but clear with touch of purple and blue. Finally, the contents page is plain white with bold black text. Also, in the left corner there is a split image, with an image of the main protagonist and one with the boss. My strength was that I made the brochures eye-catching. However, the only issue I had was that I never kept a consistent colour scheme throughout.
         
There are many different representations of the people present in the 3 minute film production, typical of an action and drama genre. Applying Props theory we can see that the main protagonist is Hakim, this is because the film is mainly based around him and all his actions. In this extract there’s no clear hero because all consistently do wrong. The boss is seen as the villain in this extract, as he sets people on missions to kill. Also, the Henchmen are portrayed as typical sidekicks. In addition, applying Todorov’s theory, the equilibrium is that everything was free and unharmed. The disequilibrium to this film production is when the boss sends the Henchmen and the main protagonist gets captured. These key events within the production help enforce Todorov’s theory. Applying Barthes theory there many enigma codes within this extract. For example; at the beginning of the extract; will Hakim get caught? What happens when Hakim does get caught? How will Hakim survive?
With a third brief online blog it would support to promote and bring about the film production. On my film website, alongside all the film information, I would put the blog. This is because when people view the website they would also see the blog. The blog would give them regular updates on information. I would make the colour scheme very much similar to the brochures, this way it would be more intriguing and eye-catching. I would add all the songs played in the song and perhaps give steps on how to we created this film and ways to create it. For example; Plan B’s film page, where he wrote the British film ‘Ill Manors’. In his webpage he uploaded the films playlist as well as giving tips to younger audience wanting to become like him.

For my Media task, I with a group together created a film production, which was 3 minutes long. Also I produced a film brochure, which consisted of 3 pages. I personally believe that we met the target for our brief set by AQA. My strengths within the process of creating the film production was that my film idea that I brought to surface was successful and fits perfectly to our anticipated genre group of action and drama.




Wednesday 10 February 2016

Attack the Block





Attack the Block

Brief: Attack the Block follows an unlucky young woman and and a gang of tough inner-city kids who make an unlikely alliance to try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into a war-zone. 

Attack the block was released in 13 May 2011. Follows the typical genre of Action, Thriller, Comedy and Sci- fi, which was writen and directed by Joe Cornish.  Attack the Block is mainly about 5 teenagers from the streets of South London, Peck ham, who kill an alien inside a garage. Then later on discover an invasion and therefore get geared up to eliminate all the aliens. Towards the end of the movie they realise that the aliens are here for vengeance and all here to kill Moses. Moses succeeds and kills all the aliens. He is then brought to surface by officers and arrested. The teenagers are dressed as typical street gang members, wearing black hoodies, caps and armed with weapons. At the start of the movie they robbed a ring form a lady, who later helps them survive. Their actions throughout the film later goes agaisnt the typical stereotypes of young teenagers on the streets of South London because they help the lady. 

This movie fitted perfectly in to its chosen genre of Action and Thriller. For example; towards the end of the film, Moses runs down the corridor carrying fire rockets, in order to blow up the aliens.   This movie was quiet uncomfortable as it had utilized scenes of animals ripping out the flesh of youngsters. 


Tuesday 26 January 2016

The Hunting season
         Hood-rats 
                           Be prepared !!!!!

It that time of the year were the London communities need to once again be deeply educated about the British gang lifestyles. We plan to create a film production mainly based on teenagers and its like a montage of  a typical teenagers life from the hoods. Gang life is not a choice, it is a lifestyle to survive. Survive the hunting season, where predator and prey meet.

The hunting season is going embrace the stressful, dangerous and damaged lifestyle of gang members. A boss who makes it his Hench men's  mission to find and catch a teenager who owes him money. Like many gang members, they teenager then goes on a run and tries to survive.
They are like ruthless dogs that have no emotions.



Hunting season's one and only Hakim- a former gang member who realised that being in a gang was a waste of time, but his former gang make time to make sure they get him. Hakim now is always accompanied by his best friend Lucas, who is a former gang member and a trafficker. Lucas always tends to faint and become traumatized every time him and Hakim walk down same tunnel their gang use to stay and its where they had most fights. So his damaging thoughts and reminders cause for him to get caught later on.


The don, Donald Price "Don" - Don is most notorious and biggest drug lord. He is seen as the gangs boss and its him who assigns people to do things like catching Hakim and selling drugs to certain people. He tells two Hench men that he will give them 1 million pounds if they catch Hakim and bring him back alive.



We have a range of different people in our film production crew to allow us to meet key conventions of a typical British gang life. We assigned each crew member to a role which we believed would fit perfectly with the acting and appearance. Also, we choose certain shots to allow each member to come out most appealing and understandable. It truly tries to appeal from a cinematic perspective in order to make the true face of gang life as interesting as it already is.

Target audience are intrested in:
  • Action and thriller films
  • latest films
  • Celebrities
  • gaming
  • new technology
They listing I have noted above are many things majority of our target audience will have interest in. We aim to start of at 15 and above so it was clear to say they'll be interested in new technology and fighting based films. We plan to use several things from the listing in our film production so it fits perfectly with our target audience. For example; we plan to add few fight scenes or interrogation scene which will have a link to action and thriller films.





Photoshop tutorial clips


first tutorial- Photoshop reflection tools



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