Things needed

What I will need (props, actors ect):

Actors:

• Main character-played by Ben
• News reporter-played by mum or dad
• Voice of mum-played by mum or my nan

Props:

• Music player (have at my house)
• Remote (have at my house)
• Ipod (have at my house)
• Cup with water in (have at my house)

Set:

• Basically the whole of my house-shots of all the rooms at the start of the film.
• Bathroom/lounge/bedroom will be used more than any other rooms-scenes going on in these rooms
• Bedroom/lounge will be used the most-main scenes going on in these rooms

Equipment needed:

• tripod-borrow from school
• gruella pod-got at home
• camera-borrow from school
• lighting equipment (possible needed not yet sure)

My character

Name: Esme Lucas
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Homelife: Middle class family, only child, rural village in
                 Norfolk
Education: High School
Dream Job: Doctor
Family Catagory: ABC1
Fashion: Mainstream
Religion: None
Current Job: None
Hobbies: Being with her friends and music

She is popular with good friends and doing well at school although if she worked harder she could be achieving more. She is happy and has few responsibilites and pressures. She is laid back, often walks around with her hands in her pockets. Despite being popular underneath she is quite shy, has only a few close friends.

Character and Characterisation

Character and Characterisation are important parts of a film. Without an intresting character the film won't be as intresting and if the character isn't correctly characterised then we may not get the wrong impression from the character or not feel we can fully relate to them.

• Characterisation is all observable parts of humans: age, sex, IQ, home, car, fashion sense, personality and attitudes. All these traits work together to make each person unique and one of a kind.
• Character is how the person will react to situations and pressure, if involved a very stressful or trying situation they may react differently to how we believed they will due to their characterisation. The persons character may be very different to what we first believed.
• Character Arc is the changes in a character, how they react to something at the start may be very different to how they react at the end. Robert McKee said that "if we are introduced to a loving husband and by the end of the tale he is still a loving husband, with no secret, no unfulfilled dreams, no hidden passions we will be very disappointed."
• Structure and Character are interlocked. If the structure changes the character must change accordingly and if the character changes the structure must also change with it.

Target Audience

Target Audience is a very important part of planning, writing and marketing your film. If you can't say who it is aimed at you are unlikely to be able to get funding for your film, it will also be more difficult to market your film.

The Audience and how they work:

Age: 64% of the audience is made up by people ranging from 7-34 years. So most films will be marketed and aimed towards that age range. However these people only make up 39% of the population. So the rest of the population rarely in comparison so it isn't worth aiming a film at them if you want to make money (which is what most films are made for)

Genre: The main genres out there are Sci-fi, horror, comedy, romance, action, thriller and film nor. Each genre attracts a certain kind of person and they will all expect certain things from films in a certain genre. For example people going to see a comedy will expect it to be funny whereas they won't expect this from a horror. Fans of one genre may not like other genres, like fans of Sci-fi are unlikely to also like romance. Genres can cross over as well to attract a larger audience.

Fame and shame: The fame of the cast or director can also effect who goes to see the film, some actors or directors may have a fan base who goes to see films they are in regardless of other things. Famous actors will be more expensive as well though so you have to take this into account. It can also work the other way round, if an actor has been involved in a scandal or something people may not want to go see their film.

Audience types: There are 4 main types of film watchers. Mainstream, mainstream plus, aficionados and buffs.
Mainstream people are the kind of person that only goes to see big blockbusters, films with a famous cast and a lot of advertising and generally are very mainstream. They use it as a way of escape so go to see it for enjoyment and don't expect to have different or unpopular views raised in the film
Mainstream plus people are similar to mainstream but may also watch slightly less popular films, also mainly for their enjoyment though.
Aficionados will watch a lot of films that aren't seen as big blockbusters and have a more unknown cast. These films may raise different or extreme ideas and they will go to see a film that challenges the way they think or makes them wonder about a matter. They will also see mainstream big blockbuster films.
Buffs usually go see films alone and possibly more than once. The films they see will usually be very unknown and they will have to seek themselves out themselves through magazines such as empire or the Internet. The films they see will raise unusual or taboo topics and will be much more "arty" and be in smaller less known cinemas. They are a small part of the audience so films made with the aim of making money will not be targeted at them.



Be sure you know who your target audience this is as it can affect, who comes to see it, how it is marketed, what kind of company will fund you, the cast that will want to be in it and why they see your film. If you want to make money it is probably best to aim it at mainstream and mainstream plus film watchers that are between 7-34. If you want people to think about your film and it isn't made to only make money it's best to aim your film at aficionados or buffs.