Question Five Analyses

 

How I attracted my audience to my opening
Firstly I addressed my audience with the chosen actor. as Lewis Hale looks between my target audiences age of 18-25 It should allow my audience to be able to sympathise with the character more, As the majority of my target audience is 18 and a little higher, they all have high expectations of their life's they therefore wish to see what they desire, Suits fast cars and big estates, I did this in my opening so the audience could feel envious of Xavier thus becoming fixated on him and on the opening.

To connote the power that the audience wants me and my group did a series of powerful shots for instance



We did a low angle on the house to make something the audience already wants appear even more powerful.

Question Four analyses

Who would be the audience for your media product?


I think the audience is reasonably general as it would appeal to mainstream markets, however I think its primary target market would be males between 18-25.

Firstly I think it would appeal to males as males have stereotypically been viewed as the more violent of the genders and therefore would relate more to a violent film females are often stereotyped to be the more squeamish so they wouldn't like the gory scenes.

I think the audience will be between 18-25 as that is the youngest of the 18+ age certification and the younger the generation the more aggressive they are viewed, they would therefore wish to watch movies of aggressive natures as it would satisfy their needs as stated by the Gratifications theory.
another common theory that would attract the same target audience is the Hypodermic needle theory as the younger generations of 18+ would be absorbed into the piece.

Other movies of similar origin that appeal to the same target market of myself is movies such as Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Lock stock and two smoking Barrels and Wolf of Wallstreet, as they are all 18+ they are all reasonably around the same target audience of 18-30 max.

Question Three analyses

What kind of media institution would Distribute your Media product and why?

The kind of institution to Distribute our product would be mainstream and I believe it would be a TV movie. this is as Crime Dramas are one of the most general yet loved sub-genres in media this is shown through the success of colt classics such as Pulp Fiction and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, This is as Crime is a very Taboo subject in this generation with it on the increase and thus people wish to be educated on it.

My movie would be a TV movie as it wouldn't be as expensive as Hollywood movies however would still be mainstream, it will most probably be watched mainly within England with its London based scenes and English characters accents. The film industry to distribute it would most probably be Film 4 As it is a very revered Distributer amongst the British BBFC.

It would be released firstly in Odeon's ranging across Brittan, as british audiences could relate and it has the potential to do well in the country.
If the film then reaches Cult Classic statues their would be a release of merchandising goods such as clothing shirts etc. but only if it shows the ability to expand that far into the british media market,

Question Two Analyses

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our piece is shown in some stereotypical light and some non stereotypical light, firstly we portray gender in a stereotypical light as we felt that a man would suit our opening more then a women due to the greater size thus being more intimidating, this therefore is stereotypical as it shows men dominant over females.

As of Class, Class is shown in a non stereotypical light as stereotypically its the lower class that are participating in illegal activity and the higher class that our obeying to the laws, as it is the other way around as Xavier is a felon.

We portray Race as stereotypical as we show the only person in the opening to be white and of a high expenses, with disposable income to afford nice cars and such.

Sexuality And Disability aren't being shown in the opening however if their shown down the line of the movie I believe they would be represented in a stereotypical light as the piece is about crime and violence its clear that one would need to be physically strong in order to survive.

The film s based from Xavier the anti hero/protagonists point of view, I believe he addresses the target audience of those who watch as he is in his young/mid 20s a role model stage of those around 18 years old. He is swarv and rich which most people around 18 are all aspiring to be he therefore appears to be a powerful figure to the young audience, appealing to them.

Question One Analyses

Question one

Discuss convention of genre in film

 

We showed the conventions of crime in our film opening throughout the peice for instance I will firstly discuss The low key lighting, produced by us recording at dusk, we wanted the piece to be shrouded in a gritty tone to connote Xavier's gritty life.

 

 

To show the sub genre of drama we incorporated the realistic Side to the piece, as through the whole opening their isn't any action, its just following one man as goes about his corrupt lifestyle, apart from a lack of action me and my group showed this through the continuity and the slow pace, the shots are very simplistic and slow, to connote a greater feeling of naturalism, to keep the piece slow but still flowing interesting we used a series of tracking shots and panning shots, an example of this is at the start, the second shot is a panning shot that lasts for seven seconds.

 

Lastly some conventions in mis-en-scene props is the nice car which is expected in crime as it connotes wealth which is a commonly used theme in crime.

And also in response to conventions as also connoted in wealth is the suited Villon.
The only un-stereotypical theme we had in crime which was portrayed is the lack of criminal activity being used, me and my group thought however that if we did jump strait into some intense law breaking scenes that it would ruin the realism that is a convention of the sub genre of a drama.

 

Some films that heavily inspired the creation of out piece in regards to storyline was "The Wolf of Wallstreet" the idea of a millionaire upper-class breaking the law is rarely scene and makes for some very stylish scenes. Also me and my group was inspired by the acting of Leonardo Decaprio.

We was also inspired by the series breaking bad as we based our overall storyline on Walter White as our character was also clean cut but had to turn to crime when his business started breaking, allot like Walter White our character started off with good intentions but however ended up succumbing to the corrupt lifestyle.

Next on inspirational media our tracking scene was based off of Reservoir Dogs Tracking scene, we felt it had extremely cool connotations of crime within suited people walking in a big group, we however only had one.

Lastly Our title sequence being plane white on a black background was inspired by Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as we liked the stylistic simplistic juxtaposition of colours.

Rough cut one

This is the first Rough cut of the "Ugly Business" which is me and my groups movie opening crime movie opening, it features the character Xaiver on his way to work

Preparation to Analyses

Question one

Discuss convention of genre in film

-low key
-slow pace
-Smooth running transitions
-Realism
-Cars
-Suits

Defying -No crime

Influenced by breaking bad as the main characters portrayed to have broken bad.
influenced by Wolf Of Wall street in the aspect he is a successful man breaking the law.
Influenced by Reservoir Dogs on the tracking scene.

Question two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

•Discuss representation of gender, sexuality, age, race, class etc in your film.

-Men are Portrayed stereotypically dominant as shown by the main character being macho as a man to look stronger.
Un-Stereotypical age as the young man owns the buiseness.of age being nieve.
Race stereotypical Cockasian male as shown to be more business related the other races.
Class un stereptypical as its the upper class business owner being the criminal.
this links to our target audience as the character profile of xaiver has been designed around them and which they desire to be.