Final Cut of Passion Of A Bleeding Rose

In this post I will be explaining what changes have been made from our first draft of the film short 'A Passion Of A Bleeding Rose' and the viewing of Binary Productions film.
This is the final version of Binary Productions film 'Passion Of A Bleeding Rose', things that Binary Productions has changed from the draft version of the film short are;


1) The lighting. By filming in the day and adjusting levels in Final Cut Express, the software that we have been using to edit our film, which makes the film appear brighter.


2) Shaky camera. Our groups film had a lot of shaky camera and shots were out of focus and re-shooting these mistakes has made the film more affective in viewing and doesn't detract from the overall viewing of the film 'Passion Of A Bleeding Rose'


This version is ready to be marked.

Filming days for Final Cut

In this post I will be posting a new diary which is for a final cut version of our film.

TUESDAY 12TH MARCH 2012
TOM, JOSH AND SAM. DEMI ABSENT

Today we arrived at Josh's house at 9:50am and began filming straight away.
Firstly we filmed the clock scene. In the rough cut the camera was shaky, so we shot the scene again, this took around 20 seconds and the camera was a lot steadier and not shaky at all, we then reviewed the footage and it was much better.

Next we refilmed the bathroom scene (where Adam, Chris, gets changed) this was because the camera changed angle half way though on the rough cut. As we started filming I noticed Sam's head was in the way and had to refilm again.

Lastly we filmed the entire 2 versions of the kitchen scene, one with poison and one without poison, this took up most of our time because the camera was shaking a lot and we could not get the right shot or get the correct position for the camera, but eventually we got the right position and also a few new angle shots,  one shot was from within the cupboard where Chris gets the poison.

Our filming concluded at 11:10am. Today was very important as it was the only day that Adam could act in our film because of other commitments such as school work and revising for exams.

Rough cut of 'Passion of a Bleeding Rose' Audience feedback

This post is important so that anyone reading this can understand and remain up to date with our film. Binary Productions have finished and posted the rough cut of our film and we have been given feedback by a small target audience group

Audience = A
Binary Productions = BP

This is a summary of what that small target audience said:-

• A; During the beginning of the film, the music is loud and sudden. 
• BP; This is easily fixable and all that I need to do is adjust the sound so it fades in slowly so it doesn't startle our audience. 
• A; The titles at the beginning of the film are brilliant, but there is something about them that feels wrong, not sure what.
• BP; I believe that it is the layout of the titles because they fade in fine, but as they fade out the title snap shut and doesn't keep with the theme of titles which is romantic.
• A; The titles are very quick and we don't have enough time to read them.
• BP; I will slow down the speed it takes for the titles to appear and exit on the film, even though it would increase our film time, but I shall consider it. 
• A; There is something wrong with the mirror scene, the camera seems to jump and move about the place, making difficult to focus on the scene.
• BP; Yes, I agree and the camera does perform a jump shots because we did knock the camera a little, but it won't take long to re-film that scene.
• A; The kitchen scene is dark and the camera is all over the place.
• BP; Yes, it was difficult filming that scene because I couldn't get the right angle and position of the props, so we were more focused on this aspect.
• A; I was wondering why Chris was walking on gravel, when he is walking on the road
• BP; Well, we needed a sound of Chris walking and gravel was the only sound we could use, But if we re-film that scene chris would have to walk a little louder or record him walking.
• A; The light seems to shade the scene with the mum picking the flower and it distracts from this important scene.
• BP; Yes, we thought that this scene of the mum picking the rose was good, but we can change the lighting and angle the shot differently maybe the same shot but with more light.
• A; The mum collapsing on her own and Chris finding her latter didn't seem right for the moment.
• BP; What we plan to do is re-film this garden scene in the day and as chris approaches his mum dying he can lean over grab the rose and chuck it down on his mum's body.
• A; The freeze at the end is brilliant, but its too dark.
• BP; We plan to re-film this section in daylight when it is not so dark.

All of this feedback is vital for Binary Productions to develop and improve our film short.

First cut of Binary Productions Film POABR

This is our first cut of our film. As you would expect there are a few things that we need to re-shoot and try different angles on, but the majority of the film for a first cut is pretty good.
A first cut is essential for any film maker, this means that the director can see what worked and what didn't work in the film, so the director can re-shoot some parts of the film edit it more professionally and add or take away sound.

This is an important part in film making because without a first cut you would not know what went wrong and you will think it was good enough.


First cut of the film 'Passion of a Bleeding Rose'

Titles and Ident

This post is to show the titles and Ident that our group has created.


The titles and Ident will eventually be joined together with our main film short.






Explain the process and what the title styles fonts and images mean about the film and the music as well.

The Ident starts with a 13 second animation of who produced the film short. The first thing that I noticed was the sound of a person typing on a keyboard and numbers starting to appear, this doesn't give much information until the letters start to appear and the first word is 'Binary' and the numbers make sense. The reason why we went with this particular style of font and animation was because the groups name is 'Binary Productions' and the group needed an animation which was basic in design but made sense to an audience as to why we have used this design.

From 14 seconds to 46 seconds is the main Ident which introduces you to the film. From 14 seconds to 37 seconds, the animation is a simple but effective design, for example as the titles start to form in the background rose petals start to fall which symbolises delicateness and pain, which is a main theme of our film, the titles are the same as the background, for instance as the titles appear they all slowly join up in a handwriting style also it seems very delicate but strong because as the titles appear there are no fades or delays in the design and they draw attention to themselves instantly.

From 37 seconds to 47 seconds the background animation changes to show the rose that the petals have fallen from as the animation pans around. The audience can see the main title of the film 'Passion Of A Bleeding Rose' in the centre of the screen and the audience would think that this film is a romantic drama genre but as the film progresses the genre is not what the audience first thought. The sound slowly fades in at the start and slowly builds until the end when it cuts off, in my opinion the sound in the animation hints to the audience a sense of happiness and tranquillity which leads them into a false sense of security.

Filming Days for First Cut

Below I am making a shooting diary which consists of all of our filming dates, from now, until we finish filming.

In ths diary I will be posting all the positive and negative points and progress that was made, this will assist us and help us to learn from them by making our next film shoot better.


Thursday 19th January 2012: TOM FISHER, JOSH CLARKE AND DEMI LEIGH ALCOCK PRESENT; SAM BECKETT ABSENT VALID REASON.
AFTER SCHOOL 3:35pm

Firstly when we arrived at the shooting location we got straight into setting up the equipment. We brought with us the crane, tripod and HD camera, it took us 15 minutes to set up the crane after realising we set up the crane arm the wrong way, so we couldn't operate the tilt arm for high and low angle shots, which meant that we had to take it all apart, plus it was cold, so work on the crane slowed a lot. Once we sorted the crane we began filming, we had some great ideas for positioning from Josh, who was director, and very good crane and camera shots from myself, Tom. Demi was artistic director which means she had to tell the actor, Josh's mum who was playing the part of Rose, how to act in this scene and give her motivation, however Demi failed to give accurate direction But Josh's mum persevered and  was able to create the character we wanted. We hired Josh's mum as an actor because it was her life long dream to act in a film, so we gave her the opportunity to act and she was amazing!
We managed to film the garden scene, which was  a very quick scene, however it is probably one of the most important scenes because it is at the end of the film. Also it was an extremely cold day so we didn't want Josh's mum to get too cold as well as ourselves, so we did quick shooting but at the same time we took our time making sure every last piece was correct before concluding the shoot at 5:30pm.


Saturday 21st January 2012: JOSH CLARKE PRESENT EVERYONE ELSE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. EVERYONE HAD A VALID REASON, MINE WAS THE FACT THAT  I HAD TO HELP TEACH DRAMA TO CHILDREN AT THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE IN CANNOCK AT A WORKSHOP WITH A FRIEND.

All that I know is that Josh filmed from 10:30am until 1:00pm and  shot the living room scene, where Chris placed down Rose on the sofa, and the chair lift scene.


Wednesday 1st February 2012: TOM FISHER, JOSH CLARKE AND SAM BECKETT PRESENT; DEMI LIEGH ALCOCK WAS NOT IN LESSON.
DURING LESSON 1:25pm til 3:35pm
Myself and Sam went to collect Adam, who was playing the part of Chris, we fetched him from 6th form he was needed to film the office scene, which was not a long scene, in the meantime Josh set up the camera and tripod. We set to work straight away, Sam and Josh set up the set detailing how each little item would look, whilst I gave Adam his motivation for this scene, which he acted and responded really well to. There was a little bit of trouble getting the focus right in certain scenes, which we solved by shooting the same shot a number of times changing the angle and positioning of the shot in different places around the office.

We decided to place the camera right in from of Adam, Chris, to give a point of view shot from the laptops point of view, this was a good shot but the flatness of the camera was not good, so we raised it by placing books underneath the camera because the tripod could not fit on the window-sill. We used a nice point of view shot that was controlled by Josh and we used Adam, Chris's, hand in the shot to give the audience a feeling of how Chris reacts to life.


Tuesday 7th February 2012: TOM FISHER AND JOSH CLARKE PRESENT: SAM BECKETT AND DEMI LEIGH ALCOCK ABSENT VALID REASON.

Myself and Josh began filming about 4pm at the Ramada, this didn't take long because all we needed equipment wise, was the HD camera and the tripod, we filmed Chris walking then running into work as a long shot panning to the right. This took about 8 minutes of filming, once finished we dismantled the camera from the tripod and walked to Josh's house where we continued filming.

At 4:45pm we set the camera up in Mrs Clarke's bedroom to film Chris waking up Rose, I gave Adam, playing Chris, his motivation, tired and annoyed with his mum, in more detail of course, and we began filming this. One scene took 10 minutes to film which was good and quick and we got some excellent footage.

Me and Josh took Adam into Josh's bedroom for the wake up scene, we rearranged his bedroom and took an aerial shot of Chris asleep, then a point of view shot of Chris awake, but because he is tired Josh came up with a clever idea to blur the lens, by setting the focus in and out a few times, this was a good idea.

We Then filmed in the bathroom where we came across a problem with the camera, because we want the camera to film at the mirror at an angle so you can see Chris clearly.  I decided to take the tripod off  Josh and place it off centre to the right of the mirror at an angle with a slight over the shoulder shot. We filmed the shots we needed and looked back at the footage to see if you can see the camera and you could not, so I was very happy with this.

Costume Research and Cast List

This is our groups cast list:

Male Actor; Sam Morris

Character; Chris

Female Actor; Debbie Sweet

Character; Rose

Male Actor (boss); Mr Leach

Character; Mr Fischer

The cast list above, was ideal, all the actors were suited to their roles, until Sam Morris told the group that his other school work was more important and had to be his main priority over our Media Group work. He told us close to the first shooting date. This made us panic because it was a week until filming, therefore we had to find a new 'Chris'!

I instantly thought of Adam Holland, he is about the same height as the character 'Chris' would be, but with a dark Ginger hair colour which was the only difference.

Debbie Sweet playing the part of Rose, is very keen and I know she will put her heart and sole into it.

As for the Boss, who we originally thought could be played by our headteacher Mr Leach, this part is now being played by Mr Frost who fits the role excellently.

Unfortunately our film will be too long with the boss scenes included, so we decided to delete them. This was agreed on the 8th February 2012.

This is where the cast list stands at the moment;

Male actor; Adam Holland
Character; Chris

Female actor; Debbie Sweet
Character; Rose (Mum)

We also created a costume list to see what our characters would wear. Chris a 19 year old carer for his mum, Rose.  He has a full time job at a large company. He wears dull grey and black suits, without the jacket, one which challenges the conventions of a 19 year old, who would normally be up to speed with the latest fashion and would go out every night. But for Chris, he is the complete opposite, he just looks after himself and that shows through to his clothes, he is very dull.

This is a picture of the kind of suit that Chris wears, with a similar hair style, flat and short but without the jacket.










Rose is a 40 year old woman with a medical condition affecting her lungs, she doesn't leave the house. The only time she leaves the house is to go in the garden to look after the rose bushes planted by Billy. She is wearing a blue dressing grown and carrying a walking stick for support.
This challenges most conventions about 40 year old woman who would be concentrating in her work and always rushing about i.e. going to work and looking after the house, making it tidy and cooking.

This is a picture of what Rose looks like in our film.

Equipment list

As a group we made a list of all of the equipment needed for our filming. We achieved did this by making sure we knew what we needed before we got the equipment, when we needed to fetch the equipment and when we got the equipment together. This was very efficient and worth while.


HD Camera
Used for filming footage in High Definition.







Tripod
Used to steady, tilt, pan and angle the camera to any degree that you want.









Tracking Dolly and Tracks
Used to move the tripod and camera as smoothly as possible.









Clapper Board
Used to know which scene and take you are doing so in editing you know which scene you are editing or needs re-filming.











Chalk
Used to writing words and numbers on the clapper board.





Crane
Used to take low angle shots and able to smoothly drift out and into a scene and can be used to start or end the film for dramatic effect.

Shooting Schedule

This is Binary Productions shooting Schedule, with all of our dates, location and actors all in order, so we know who we need for what day and what prop he/she is using at that time.


This is very important information for our group to use, so we can keep organised and on track because if we divert from the schedule, we will mess up our entire filming production.


Shooting Schedule Binary Productions

Props List

This is the prop list for all of the characters in order of use in each scene.

This can be easily mistaken as an easy part of the production process, but in fact it is vital. This list tells me what props different characters need in each scene. This particular list is in prop order for each character.

Chris


These are all of the Props that the character 'Chris' uses in the film short.

Alarm Clock: Typical modern digital alarm clock.

Tray: Average dinner tray.









Spoon: Typical spoon















Cup of tea: Big cup/mug with a milky tea.












Kettle: Typical household kettle.

Sugar Jar:  Jar with the words sugar on it, normally comes in a set of three, tea, coffee and sugar.
















Poison: Either as a powder or in a small bottle that is a red or blue to show that it doesn't belong.

Work Papers: Chris is holding a huge stack of papers before he drops them all.

Laptop: average sized laptop which is already in place at the scene.

Pens: Different pen's and pencil's on top of the desk.

Rose: Given to him by his mum, Rose at the end of the film short.

Rose

These are all of the props that the character Rose uses in the film

Tray: Average dinner tray.

Spoon: Typical spoon 

Cup of tea: Big cup/mug with a milky tea.

Rose: Rose picks up the flower and pricks herself with it and she dies. Later she picks up the rose doesn't die and hands the rose to Chris.

Location Research

In this post I will be explaining where our filming locations are and the research we did into finding those locations.

Before filming the director needs a clear understanding of the locations that he is using in his/her film, to get the right atmosphere and scenery which makes the film effective, although many different films have staged weather conditions such as hoses to make it rain. Shorts use a small budget and shoot on location instead of a studio and normally use actual nature weather such as rain.

A television show called 'Lost' use the beaches of Hawaii and staged scenes for the majority of the series, because 'Lost' had a huge budget the director could afford to film at expensive locations. This method of filming compared to 'The Blair Witch Project' had a small budget and so was shot on location which was in a forest.

Binary productions decided to film a Josh's house which was perfect because it already contain the necessary props needed and it had Debbie Sweet, Josh's mum, who plays 'rose' in our film, so it is more convenient. In our film we are planning to use an oxygen mask and a large garden containing flowers, unfortunately we can not upload photos due to a technical fault.

Additional Roles Within Binary Productions

In this post I will be explaining what our new group roles are.
This is in order that we know who is responsible for each category, so if someone has forgotten something in a particular area and messes up the film, it is the person in charge of that area who is in trouble and know one else. This is the film process


Tom Fisher


Props Master. Making a props list and distributing the props to the cast when and where they need them in that particular scene.


Shooting Schedule. Listing what each frame contains, how long set up time takes, the location of the film, props needed in that scene and what characters are need in that scene.


Demi Leigh Alcock


Cast List. Creating a list which tells us who is playing which character.


Costume Research. Creating a costume list and providing research to why that character is wearing that particular piece of clothing and what sort of people typically wear that style of clothing.


Josh Clarke


Animatic. A moving slide showing depicting the different characters, shots and sound that would happen the the filming of the film short.


Location Research. Creating a important piece of location that we as a group can look at and know where we need to shoot our film at and what the advantages and disadvantages of filming their so we can focus on the positives.


Sam Beckett


Ident Research. Researching what an indent is and how useful it is in our film and what other film companies use them. Also creating an Ident which we can use our film-short.


Equipment List. Making a list for what equipment we need on our filming day such as the camera, tripod, tracking dolly etc.


My group can refer to this whenever they want to, just to see what there roles within the groups are and what that role includes in the description. This is so there are no disputes within the group and everyone is therefore responsible for their own task.

Storyboard From Binary Productions

This is Binary Productions Storyboard available for all to see what you have to include in a storyboard and how the film should look on screen, so we know if we are on track.

Binary Productions Storyboard


This can be used to influence the animatic stage of our creation because the pictures are used and joined together to create one flowing slide show with the sound dubbed in over the top. Also what shots our group will use in the filming stage.

Final Animatic From Binary Productions

This is our groups animatic.


An animatic is a series of detailed pictures which play through, like a slide show, with sound. This is so the audience can get a sense of what our film will look like when it is finished.

Final Script From Binary Productions

In this post I will be posting our final script which will show you how to create your own script following our simple, but effective design.


A Passion Of a Bleeding Rose.


Script POBR

This script can be accessed easily and we can print off a couple of copies for our actors to read and then hopefully stick to the script.

Workflow for finishing Film Short

This is Binary Productions work flow for completion of our final film, this is a simple yet detailed plan for Binary Productions to follow, so we stay on top of our work and were we need to go after we complete each section.

Binary Productions Workflow


This visual element to my blog will help us understand ad follow a more organised and structural approach to our film making process, we can also see which direction we need to be heading towards and what we should do when we get to each section.

Final Treatment

This is our final treatment which tells us exactly what the film will look like, with all of our camera shots and dialogue in the appropriate place making it accurate to our groups ideas.

Changes to Draft Treatment

In this post I will be explaining the changes that have been made to our treatment to make it an all round better film.


The significant change made to our treatment was the layout of that the treatment is set out like a script, i.e. the speech was set out in columns and had the characters name on the top. We have changed this to the correct format and style and has now got a more of a professional feel to the whole treatment.
This is all that we have changed in our treatment because the rest of the information was valid to our film.

Audience Assessment questions of Draft Treatment

This is the audio recording of Binary Production's review of our treatment by the same small audience.




These are some of the points that we have thought of and how appropriate they are to our film short.

I have condesed down the answer giving a more rounded answer.

Questions asked by Binary Production's and the answer given by the audience, which we then told them our answer to the question. This is to see you our audeince resives our film.

Answer from Audience = AFA
Answer from Binary Productions = AFBP



1) What do you think our target audience is?

AFA
The film is for an older generation so 18-45 about that.

AFBP
We would say exactly the same thing, but we would class it as an 15 certification because of some of the slight gore and murders.


2) What genre do you think our film is?

AFA
Psychological thriller

AFBP
A mismatch of genres such as mutual love I.e. romance and the thriller and horror factor of the blood and the death.

Mr hood answer
It's more like a drama because it hasn't got the major blood and gore factor and there isn't a death until the end and in most physiological thrillers and horrors there are a lot of deaths and parts that make you jump, so I think that you guys and Demi, need to think about this in more detail. Not vital that we categorise it and put it into a genre, but you must find one genre which is more dominate than the others.

Skipped next question because we have already answered it.
But what I will say that we have gone against the norm for a drama by including a death.

Mr hood
There are many unanswerable question and I think that is brilliant to have in any film because it leaves the audience wanting more and think how it actually ended and it keeps them thinking, like the fact that this person has killed is own mum so you are left thinking, why would you kill your own mum?


3) What are the strong and weak aspects of our film?

AFBP
Some parts could be better.

AFA
We personally like the film idea and there is nothing to change drastically in your film because the strong points out number the bad points.

Mr Hood answer

Where you started from and where you are now is good because there are no bad points, but that doesn't say that bad points will happen along the way and I think that if filmed and edited properly this film will be amazing, because you have such a damn good starting point and a really solid story.

Feedback of Draft Treatment

This is the audio recording of Binary Productions Treatment feedback.



This is our entire Treatment being read out in front of a small audience.


I have listed all of the feedback that was given and our answers as well. This feedback has been shorted to more appropriate answers.

1) Adam Hemingway
 You said the you were filming at the Ramada, do you have permission?

Answer
You can just get Chris to walk up to the building and film him and film Chris entering the building then cut that scene and film somewhere else, you know just to get an establishing shot.


2) Grant Tonks
How would you film Chris whilst facing the mirror?

Answer
In the film that Josh did last year, if you slightly tilt and change the angle of the camera you can film Chris directly towards him and not see the camera.


3) Grant Tonks
Who's playing the son (Chris)?

Answer
Not sure yet, but we need some one who can drive or we can get another person who can drive and film at a distance and all that you would be able to see is the outline of the driver and not the actual actor playing Chris, I have done this before!


4) Adam Hemingway
You know that you repeat the same scenes, won't that get a bit teidous?

Answer
No becuse there would be slight difference's between scene's and shots and also we would edit the repeat day differently to the first for example speeding up the repeated scene' like in GroundHog's Day.


5) Mr Hood
Do you have access to a stair lift?

Answer
Yes.


6) Mr Hood
How are you going to start the car on the 3rd time?

Answer
we would probably just start the car normally and just cut the sound then bring the sound back in on the '3rd' try in sound editing.


7) Mr Hood
Do you know this GroundHog Day type thing. Are you going to use the same shots?

Answer
As long as we can show a bit of change in some of the scenes and the second part is edited effectively, for example make it stand out for the scene we want to repeat and show the difference's for the new slightly changed scene's.




We want to put the audiences feedback to effect and so we are going to change our treatment to suit the need and make clear points that are difficult to understand.

Draft Treatment

This is the Draft version of our Treatment 'A passion of a bleeding Rose'. The draft version will be used as a template, so we (as a group) know where to go from with version.

A passion of a bleeding Rose film treatment


This is a draft version of what the film should be like by the end. Our group will use this draft to make any changes and/or amendments that are required. 

Drama Treatment Research

In this post I will tell you about what I have researched that will benefit our groups Film Short.
I will start by explaining what genre we have chosen and the conventions of that particular genre and how we have challenged some of them.


For our film short, we have decided that we all be using the genre of a Drama.


What is a Drama?


A Drama depends on the in-depth knowledge of different characters and the emotions that those characters are experiencing at that time, which is then related to the film.


Drama Categories.


There are many different sub-categories that divide from the main category known as Drama.


1) Melodrama:- Uses the plot to appeal to the emotional state that the audience is in at the time of the film.
2) Historical Drama:- Focuses on the past events in history.
3) Documentary Drama:- Uses professionally trained actors to play current event situations.
4) Crime Drama:- Uses crime and law enforcement to develop characters.
5) Romance Drama:- Dwells on the development of Romance and love in character's.
6) Comedy Drama:- Uses realistic life situations and puts a different twist on them.
7) Tragedy Drama:- Focuses on a sad event and magnifies it to make the audience sad, usually the main character's life and the film makers flip it upside down.


The conventions of a Drama.


1)Realistic Story Lines
2) Some form of a Journey
3) A Happy Ending
4) Main Character must have clear relationship's with other characters
5 )Realisation at the end of the film
6) Audience must be able to relate to the Characters
7) There must be defining points in the plot




Conventions that we have challenged


1) Son harming/killing loved one (in this case his mother)
2) The ending, because there are 2 endings, the murder ending and of course the happy ending
3) The audience makes up there own minds as to what really happened in the story.


This is an important moment in our film because we need to know what conventions are typically used in a film that are also used in a drama allowing us to refer back to them and see what we can change, keep the same or challenge. 

Target Audience

In this post I will be explain our who our target audience is,  evidence of my research to prove this and the restrictions of this particular genre.

The age certification of our film that we will create is a 15, I have used evidence from my previous AS media blog. Here is the URL
http://tf1asmediagwpahs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/target-audience.html

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema and no one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language
There may be frequent use of strong language which may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

I believe that the kind of person that would watch our film is the kind of person that would watch 'The Shawshank Redemption' because of its use of drama in a prison and the majority of the film follows one person as he tries to make prison more liveable for the other inmates and anybody could get beaten up or killed! Our film has a similar feel to it because our film tells the story of a young carer/son who looks after his terminally ill mum and it follows his story from beginning to end and how he deals with the situation. the relationship between the 'The Shawshank Redemption' characters is more professional as in friends, but the narrative is set around that relationship more than the action of the prison, this is the same with our film 'Passion Of A Bleeding Rose' because the audience follows the narrative of this son and his mother's relationship and not the violence becuase it doesn't play a major role in our film or the 'The Shawshank Redemption'.

Here is an example of the sort of person that would watch the film 'Shawshank Redemption' keeping with the target audience and age certification taken from the website Yahoo, here is the URL http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090202120225AAinMs8

"Adults and fans of Stephen King's writing. It's not the kind of movie that young kids will be able to get into, and teens probably won't be interested unless they're already fans of King's books."










































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Existing product research

I have watched two films that are similar to our film. I will explain how I took some ideas and incorporated them into our film short to benefit the film. Our film is called 'A Passion of a Bleeding Rose'


The first film I found that our film relates to with regard to the main theme i.e day repeating its self is, of course, GroundHog Day. GroundHog Day is about a news reporter whose day turns out to be a complete waste of time, so he is given the chance to repeat it. Unfortunately, circumstances dictate and the day repeats and repeats and repeats for about 1 week, where as ours repeats just once.

The clip below is a perfect example of what one of our film conventions are. This 8 minute clip shows a series of the same day repeated and repeated, over and over again, except with our version there is only 1 day repeated with a different outcome, like in this film. The film is called Groundhog Day; featuring Bill Murray.
There are similar shots in each scene but the action is the same, until Bill Murray's character changes it because he knows the outcome and can change it to his liking.





This gives me and our audience a slight glimpse into what our film will look like and what ideas we have included similar to some major films which are popular. Also it gives the audience a feel of what each day will look like and what we shall change to create  the subtle difference which make a film 'great'.

First look at roles within the Group

As a group we have assigned roles that we each are in charge of. Each person has a role which they must stick to;
These our first thoughts and look at the individual roles of our group, these will change in the near future.


Tom Fisher; -
Artistic Director
Script Writer
Drama Research


Josh Clarke; -
Location Research
Editing
Sound and Lighting


Sam Beckett: -
Props Master
Director
Continuity


Demi Leigh Alcock; -
Set Design
Costume
Storyboard


These are the roles that we all have to do as a group: -
Camera Operator
Production


This gives us a quick idea to what our individual strengths are and can play to them, this list will eventually change to our main roles with in the group and all will be well.