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Homework Task

How does your product engage with audiences?

Our product "The Everyday Assassin" engages with audiences, by building suspense, climax, curiosity and fear. Our audience as the watch this film, will not feel any suspense in the beginning stages, however as the film progresses we see that the climax is lifted and a fear factor is portrayed. Our audience would include anyone from the age of 13+. The reason for this age mark is that there are some conventions and thrilling scene that portray danger and violence. Our audience would be anyone interested in action thriller films, seeing as that is the theme we are trying to go for. Through intense music, camera angles, mise en scene and editing our product engages with the audience to give them a thriller experience. The audience will also experience a twist in our film, we when show that this is a family problem. In our film, the "Boss" character has pitted two brothers against each other. When the film first starts we see that the brothers are very happy with each other and this is shown through a photograph. However as the film progresses we see that the same photograph is scrunched up and thrown away. This symbolizes that the brothers do not have a very good relationship and therefore the audience can predict what happens next. The main character calls the boss due to receiving a file about his brother. In this file the main character is ordered to kill his brother. As the main character and the boss talk on the phone, we see the brother walk past the window. The last shot of this film in the phone opening and banging. This series of events give the audience a thrilling ride through our film and it finishes with an unexpected twist. 

How does your product engage with your audience and how would you distribute it as a real media text?

There are many ways in distributing media texts, such as social media platforms, film festivals, production companies and much more. In my answer I will be talking about how you would distribute a film like our one. A good way to distribute our short film would be to look into niche markets. A niche market is a small, specialized market for a particular product or service. This basically means that to try and get your film to a wider audience the best place to start would be to show it to a smaller audience that is very interest in the film. This way they have a higher chance of enjoying the film, giving it a good rating, and telling others about it. Social media is a big platform to distribute media. It is a short and simple task that can take your film into popularity. This distribution technique is probably the best way for us to branch out, without spending any money or taking up too much time. International markets are another good way of distributing your film because if your film is of a western theme, then foreigners are more likely to watch it, because they want to know what living in a western world is like. 



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Logo Plan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIIa-JROGHw&t=1091s
This first link is the wooden text title.

The First Link is the Title that I found the first and it definitely helps portray our group name due to its style. The old wooden background and historic writing helps the audience with understanding what our group feel is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLwpCNil3XE
Rain drop Title

This title got my attention due to how clean it looked. It also definitely gives a thriller tone across to the audience and helps them know what is going to happen next. This title can also be used with different colours and backgrounds for different films.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADXKzzG_CN8
Energy Title

This title looks very professional and this got my attention. If the title and content of our film looks very professional then we can trick the audience with thinking that this film was made by professionals, when really it wasn't. However if we don't start with a good looking title then the standards of our audience will be set low. It all starts with the title.

Treatment for "The Everyday Assassin"

Prepared by "Age Productions"

5/3/2019

This film will be 2-2:30 minutes of duration and will be filmed at:

691A East Coast Road
Browns Bay
North Shore 
Auckland
New Zealand

We have chosen to film at this location because the feel we are trying to create needs to be inside a house and also this location is very close to where are gear is being stored so transporting are equipment will not be a big concern. This location also has all the things we need it to have in order to create this opening scene.

This film will include the following conventions of thriller films:

• Guns
• Knife
• Poison
• Empty Beer bottles
• Phones
• File
• Weapons
• Dangerous Items
• Dirty Scenes to create a dull scene
• Contrast between a "happy life" and a "dull life"

These conventions will help the audience to experience a sense of suspense and tension. The use of contrast will also help the audience see what the character is going through in those two different times, one being the past (happy) and the other being the present (dull)

After watching similar thriller opening scene such as "paper boy" we have decided that we will take on the same style but alter it slightly. We want to have the same effects used in paper boy but try to include more thriller themes and conventions earlier on. This will be achieved through music, duller setting, props, actors expressions, dangerous items, and other thriller conventions. 

1.  Different Weapons - 

                         ~ Guns
                         ~ Knifes
                         ~ Poison

This will help to build more of a thriller tone and try to get the audience at the edge of their seat. 


  2. Duller Setting -   
                         ~ Changing the colour grade 
                         ~ Darker Lighting

A duller setting will indicate to the audience that something is wrong and will be easier to build suspense due to the audience not knowing what is there. 


  3. Family Related - 
                        ~ Having the story line be related to a                                family

Having the story line related to a family will be beneficial to us for building more of a emotional experience for our audience. 

(1) Character Name: Alexander - Main Character
                    James - Family Member
                    Daniel - Main Characters Boss

(2) To show a connection to what some people live like compared to others. Also to show how quickly someones life can change. This film should show a connection between a good life compared to a bad one. 

(3) Mood and Tone: The mood and tone of this film is mainly a comparison between a good life, with a stable family and job. To a Bad one with no family and an unstable job.

(4) Camera Shots, Camera Movement/Lighting/Angles, Lighting: The different shots that will be included in this film will be a canted shot, shot showing walking feet, close ups, wide shots, panning, and many more. 

(5) Themes: Themes should be showing a good life comparing to bad one within the characters life.

(6) Narrative: Happy character wakes up ---> gets breakfast and reads newspaper ---> alarm goes off (switches scene/mood) ---> Bad character wakes up ---> gets breakfast ---> receives text ---> checks front door ---> gets file ---> calls boss ---> dialogue between them about the file ---> shot showing person in the file walking towards the house ---> close up of the door handle moving. 

(7) Mise-en-scene/setting: The setting of this film will be shot all within a house, with one shot showing the outside but the camera will be placed inside. The first few shots will show our main character in his happy life with a clean ordered house. In the next few shots we will cut to the main character further on in life but his house being messy and dirty. This is where we can put lots of props out to create the scene.

(8) Symbolism: The Symbolism in the film is mainly the difference between the characters life at one stage and at another. One other piece of symbolism is the newspaper being compared to the file at the door. 

(9) Sound and music: This will include the alarm, digetic sound, music to build suspense, phone notifications, door handle moving.

(10) Credits and Logos: The credits will show what each one of us has done to do with this film and some of us may choose to use some opening credits. Logos will be put into this film and this will be the first time we have done this.

(11) Editing will be very basic and will include colour grading and after effects to show the phones notifications. 

Beginning:

1.  Main Character wakes up and this will show what his life is like two years ago.
2.  MC walks to the kitchen to make breakfast which will be golden toast with butter and a coffee.
3.  MC sits down at the table with breakfast and starts to eat.
4.  An alarm clock sounds and the MC looks puzzled.
5.  Suddenly we cut to a wide shot showing the MC in bed with a dirty room and the alarm clock buzzing.

Middle:

1. MC now in a dull life walks to the kitchen to get breakfast which consists of an alcoholic drink and burnt stale bread.
2. MC receives a text while eating breakfast and it tells him to got the door to pick up a file.
3. MC stumbles as he walks to the door and opens it.
4. MC picks up the file and opens it.
5. As the MC is looking inside he is shocked to see what he finds.

End:

1. Immediately he calls a number on his phone.
2. Angrily he speaks to the person on the other side about why he has to kill this one, ultimately he refuses to go ahead with the deal.
3. The other person informs the MC that the person in the file is coming for him too, and it is a race for the money.
4. While he is saying this a man appears behind the MC and we see him through a window.
5. Close up of the door handle shaking and the film ends.

  

       

Concept for Foundation Portfolio

Title:


"The Everyday Assassin"

Concept:

The concept for our Foundation Portfolio (FP) is consisted of a man who goes through a mid life crisis over a period of two years. In one scene at the beginning of this opening sequence we will show this man in a happy life with everything in order. Then to seg way into the middle of the film we will use the sound of an alarm going off and cut into what the mans life is like two years into the future (which is actually the present) The mans life will have changed dramatically and we can see this through the mise en scene and the lighting. We will have props to show a messy house and effects to create a darker scene. The end of the opening scene will show the man receiving a file at his front door and opening it. Within the file there will be a photo and a description about who the man has to kill. However to add a twist the person the man has to kill is actually his brother. The man will then phone the person who dropped off the file at his house and they have an argument. While he is having this argument we see the brother through a window walking towards the house. The last shot the we see will be the door handle shaking as if it is about to open.  

The Target audience that we wish to aim at is going to be the young adults group and the adults group. The age group will be anywhere from 13+.

Conventions:

• Quick cut shots
• Canted Angle
• Rewind
• Two Perspectives
• Guns + Death
• Contrast
• Misleading items
• Perspective shots
• Extreme close ups
• Slow camera movement
• Inanimate object speaking
• Poison
• Knife
• Alcohol 
• After Effects
• Text shown on screen

Plot Synopsis:

Wide shot showing MC in bed --> 

Same WS but have MC get up out of bed --> 

Following shot showing MC walk down a hallway and into a kitchen -----> 

Lots of quick short cuts showing the MC making breakfast (pouring coffee, buttering toast etc) --> 

Shot showing MC texting his brother about the road trip --> 

Text appears on screen using after effects --> 

Alarm sound starts to go off and this seg ways into the next scene of the opening sequence --> 

Close up shot of the MC waking up and the alarm still going --> 

Wide shot showing MC smacking the alarm off --> 

Canted angle following the MC as he rises out of bed --> 

Wide shot showing the MC walk through lots of mess and towards the camera --> 

Low shot showing the MC feet walking down the hallway --> 

Wide shot showing the MC walking into the kitchen --> 

Close up shot of the MC pouring a cup of Alcohol and buttering a piece of burnt stale bread --> 

MC receives a text message on his phone and checks it while standing in the kitchen (maybe with glass of alcohol still in his hand) wide shot --> 

close up of the MC face while he is reading the text -->

text appears on the screen using after effects --> 

 MC follows the instructions and goes to the door to receive a file (this was mention in the text) -->

 MC opens file possibly an over the shoulder shot -->

 MC immediately flips out and starts to call a number (wide shot) --> 

Person on the other line answers saying "hello" --> 

MC then starts to say that he will not kill the person in the file (this can be a wide shot) --> 

As the MC is walking around talking on the phone he stops in the kitchen with his back towards the window --> 

A man appears outside and we see him through the window (pull focus) --> 

Last shot a close up of the door handle moving as if the door is about to open.

Character Synopsis:

Our Character has gone through a massive change in the past two years. His life has changed from being an orderly happy life, to a messy and dull life. The happy life in this film is shown almost as a dream because the happy life ends when an alarm clock goes off. This triggers the Main character to wake up and we see him in a messy room two years later. It is like the alarm clock pulled him back into the present and away from what his life was like two years earlier. Our character in the dull life in definitely an alcoholic as we can see empty bottles all around. We also find out the our character is into some dangerous things as there are also weapons such as guns, knifes and poisons dotted around the house. This shows us how far down our characters life has gone and shows the audience more about who he is. Our character also has a strong relationship with his brother who we later find out is someone he has to kill because his brother is in a file he receives. In that file is someone he always has to kill. This time it's his brother.  

Script for Foundation Portfolio  

Happy Life

Wide shot showing our MC asleep in bed

MC gets up and walks to his wardrobe

Small sequence showing the MC getting ready for the day

This includes washing his face, doing his hair, and getting changed

MC then walks through a hallway and heads into the kitchen.

MC then starts to make breakfast

This includes toast, coffee, milk, making his lunch etc

MC picks up newspaper on the kitchen counter top

Wide shot showing MC sitting down and starting to read

An alarm clock goes off and the MC is confused

Jump to Dull Life

Quick cut to MC just waking up in bed looking very tired

MC smacks the alarm angrily 

Canted angle that moves with the MC as he gets up out of bed.

MC walks into kitchen without getting ready.

MC starts to make breakfast but it actually turns out to be alcohol and burnt toast

Close up showing MC biting into burnt toast and taking a sip of alcohol.

Text Message rings on the MCs phone

MC picks up the phone and checks it

(use After Effects)

MC looks at the text in a normal facial expression

Text reads 

"File at door. Kill who is inside. $100,000"

Sighs

Alexander :

"Just another normal day"

MC walks to front door and opens it

Bends down to get the file

Opens the file on the kitchen counter top that has mess all over it and also a gun placed within the mess

MC rips open the file and checks the description

MC shakes the file and a photo drops

MC picks up the photo and immediately looks shocked

MC quickly pick up his phone and calls a number

MC walks around the house  purposefully and angrily 

A voice answers 

Boss

"Is there a problem with the file?"

(angrily saying)

Alexander

"Yes there's a problem with the file that's my brother!"

Boss

"So? What's the big deal?"

Alexander

"The big deal?! The big De- That's my brother in that file! There's no way I am doing this!"

Boss

"You have to do this, remember what happened last time you said no? We took your family.

Alexander

"Don't you bring my family into this! You said they would be okay! You said-

Boss

"They are gone now. Because you said no. The next person in line is you."

Pauses

Alexander

"I don't understand, what do you mean I'm next in line"

As this conversation is going on we see a person, through a window, dressed in dark clothes walk up to the house. He has a gun in his hand.

Boss

"We have sent your brother the same file... but with your photo inside. You either kill or be killed."

Alexander

"My Brother would never do that!"

Boss

"Then why did he agree to it?"

Phone hangs up

Camera quickly pans to the door handle shaking and opening

End Scene

  

Props & Costumes

This is the idea that the "brother" character will wear.

This is like the suit we want our MC to wear after he has finished getting ready and is in the kitchen.

This is how we want the house to look when the MC is in the dull period of his life.

This is how we want the MCs house to look when he is in his happy life and everything is in order.

We want to have beer bottles like this scattered around the house to try and create a sense of a "mid- life crisis."

We want the kitchen to look like this when the character is in his dull life.

This how we want the file to look like when the MC opens the front door and sees it.

This is how we want the pistol to look which will be placed in the house.

This is the look we are going for with the knife that will be place around the house.