age rating for our film

As a group we decided that the best age rating for our product would be a 12A. It was either a 12A or a 15 in our film there was no reason that our film should be a 15 because there is no physical violence or strong language. We thought that 12A would be better since it would be the adults choice if they want their kid seeing our film. I think that since there is no strong language, sex or violence there is no need for it to be higher than a 12A.

age ratings

The first ever film to be given the 12 rating was Batman in 1989. The reason it was given this rating was because it was a lot darker than the cartoon Batman. They thought that the Joker would be too scary for younger children. They originally thought it should be a 15 but young teenagers who was its target audience would not be able to see it, thats why they created the 12 rating.

The exorcist was submitted to the bbfc in 1974 and was given the rating of X. But with the video recordings act in 1984 meant the bbfc had to decide if this film was suitable for a video classification in case a young child got their hands on it. So they decided to not release the film with a video classification and it was taken off sale therefor no one could watch the film at home until 1999 when they gave it the 18 age rating.

Jurassic Park was the first film to be given the pg rating. They wasn't sure what to do with this film because they enjoyed it and thought it was a good film for kids but they noticed there were some disturbing scenes. They invited children to view the film and see what they thought, most of them said the film was good and scary whereas some said that the film was too scary for them. The bbfc had to think this through they didn't want to give it a 12 or a 15 because people under that age wouldnt be able to see it, so they came up with the rating pg and said "contains sequences which may be particularly disturbing to younger children or those of a sensitive disposition"

copyright

If the original creator dies their idea would still be protected by copyright for 70 years.

In this lesson we had to present different parts of copyright with music, still pictures and moving images. With music you have 3 strikes and then there will be consequences if you ignore all 3. If the idea has been out for 70 years you can use the idea for free. You would need to check if the idea has been sent to another company just in case. There is creative commons with music which lets you use the music they create but you need to ask for permission and also credit them for their work. You could be sent to jail or be made to pay fee's if you ignore the copyright. You even have to be careful if someone is watching tv because it is still copyright

storyboard

In today's lesson we have started to work on our story board for our short film. We had an idea of what shots to use but the hardest part was that we didn't know what locations we were going to use. We are still not 100% sure which locations we will use but we have an idea for most of the scenes. We have most of the shots wrote down. We made two copies of the storyboard the paper one is more detailed than the one we did on the computer.

This is the start of our short film we rushed to get this one done because we wanted to focus more on the paper one so we at least had one finished in detail. We knew the props we were going to use so we could add that to the story board. After we have filled in the location recce and the health and safety forms we can start to plan filming dates because we will mostly be ready to stat filming.

17th november lesson

In today's lesson we have learned what cross cutting editing means. This is where you will have two different scenes happening at the the same time and it keeps going back and fourth with them. This is used to create suspense. We also started our proposal for our short film. I have decided to do mine about a college student finds themselves in the basement of college and finds a dark secret. We then started to look light short films. We looked at the black hole, desserts and Jet'aime Paris.

My proposal

My short film will be no longer the two minutes, I am going to aim for a minute and a half. It will be a short horror film. The story will be set in current day at the college and will feature a student exploring the lower levels of the college and they will come across a dark secret that the college have been hiding. It will probably end when the student finds the secret and maybe I will have someone standing behind him and then cut it off making the viewers wonder what happened to the student after. I will probably only have the one actor maybe two if we feel like it is needed. It is going to be single strand just following the person round the college to see what they uncover. I am going to leave it as an open ending so once it ends it will leave the audience wondering what happened next. There will be no flash backs it will all be happening at the time with a beginning, middle and end.

I'm not sure what all the effects i'm going to use, I might do it in black and white and maybe it have slow motion at the end when the camera moves up and shows the man behind the student. I could use some green screen also add some special effects like some blood on the walls,

For the sound I wanted to have some creepy music as the student is going down the stairs. Also I could have non diegetic sounds of someone laughing or walking, Just to show that there is something down there but no one knows what.

The audience I am aiming at has to be young teenagers, the certificate for the film would have to be no higher than a 12A. I think it would be more aimed at males rather than females. It will have to aimed at people interested in the horror genre.

target audience for short film

The target audience for the short films would be teenagers and young adults. I'm not sure if the gender will matter yet as I am not sure what my idea is going to be, My guess is that it will mostly be male but i'm not 100% sure yet. They would have to be interested in films or there is no point watching it. The religion wont matter as I wont be using anything that would be offensive to a religion, however if I include a demon or something someone might find it offensive. Their socio-economic doesn't really matter.

audience profiling

Psychographic- personal, mine would be: gamer, student, film enthusiast.

Demographic- age, location, sex, religion

Socio-economic- social status, working class people might not be able to afford all the equipment. About how much money we have. If we can afford certain things: money/wage/employment.

You will identify the audience profile of someone who watches CBeebies:

   After watching the teletubbies I have come to the conclusion that:
 
  Psychographic: There is not really any psychographic information that matters because at this age nothing really bothers them, they could be entertained with anything and probably just wants to see bright colours.
 
  Demographic: Their age would be around 2-4 years old. It is for very young children and for babies, it wouldnt work with children who are older and are starting to become interested in superheros and more action based shows. Their sex doesn't matter because at that age they wouldnt really be bothered about girly things or action things. Their religion wont matter either as it is mostly just people dressed up as furry monsters so it is not going to seen as racist or offensive to a religion.

  Socio-economic: This wont really matter for kids, as no matter how rich they are kids are going to want to see giant furry monsters.
 

 
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf4Tmogk0eU


     You will identify the audience profile of someone who watches Grand Designs
   
  Psychographic: I think it would be aimed at people who are interested in architecture and building work. Maybe someone who works in that industry and is looking for inspiration.
   
  Demographic: The age range for this show I think is middle aged around 30-50. The gender would be mostly male maybe some females like the show but it is not aimed at them. The location doesn't really matter just the united kingdom. I don't think it has an effect on racism. 


   Socio-economic: I think it mostly appeals to the working class, They would need to be earning a decent wage if they are looking at this show for inspiration. 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggM26ZwDJw

media audiences

In today's lesson we started by looking at different stereotypes of people and we had to list what genre they would be into and why and recommend films that they would like. So for a person who wears dark clothes and likes dark and twisted things I would recommend a horror film.

Then we drew a picture of what I think a stereotype of me would look like and what media products could be sold to me. I chose gamer since that is something I am interested in and something I do a lot in my spare time. So I drew a person in an assassins creed t shirt thinking about all the different games consoles. I put labels around my person saying what he would be interested in and what kind of clothes he would wear so I put he would wear gaming t shirts. I also put what could be sold the person, so he would be interested in action films if he likes games because games are mostly action based, I said he would like films and TV shows that are based on games. Finally I put that he would like gaming magazines since they have exclusives about games.

Short film introduction

In today's lesson we have watched a few different short films some made by college students and some who have had experience making short films. We have learnt about narrative structure and we evaluated a lot of short films. We went on a website called BBC film network.

A part of the narrative structure is linear or non linear. This just means is the story all in order or is it mumbled up by using flash backs and coming back to the present day time. Mostly in the short films they use linear, I did not see a short film that used flash backs.

Also we looked at Realist or anti realist, this just means is there a possibility of this happening for real, there was a mix of them being realist or anti realist, there was a comedy short film I watched which was about a roman centurion coming back to life, this would be anti realist as this would never happen.

Another part of the narrative structure is if the ending is open or closed. This just means is it clear what is going to happen after the film, There was a mix of this being used, some films like the centurion would be an open ending because we dont know what happens to him after the film has happened anything could happen, whereas a film we watched called joyride we could tell what happened at the end by the sound used.

The final part of the narrative structure is the multi strand or single strand. This just means is the film telling one persons point of view or multiple point of views. From all of the short films we watched I noticed that all of them are just one persons point of view there was only one where it showed another point of view.