Audience Research Videos

Below are the audience research videos that I have made. With these videos you will be able to see people's exact reactions and thoughts to my questions.

 

Harry -

 

Emily -

Poppy -

To do list

As of today, I still need to do:

• Casting video
• Finish Audience research videos
• Set another date for filming

For the next week I am going to focus on getting all of my audience research videos completed

Storyboard

Below is the storyboard for my opening sequence. As I have not completely decided where to put things like the company ident and film title, I have not yet put them into the storyboard.

How has my idea evolved?

Throughout the creation process of my AS coursework, my opening sequence idea has changed quite a bit, and this is how...

 

Firstly, it started off as being a comedy film about a young adult who wakes up after going to a party the night before. When they wake up they go downstairs to find that there a dozen or so people in their that are all dressed in animal costumes doing seemingly normal daily tasks; like ironing, cooking food or watching TV.

To start off with I was actually quite excited to film this because I thought it was a good idea that would be interesting to actually produce and film. However, as I started to plan this idea more, I soon realised that it wasn't going to be that easy to film, and in fact it was going to be very challenging to even pick a day when everyone was free for acting and filming. So after trying to resolve these problems by asking friends and family, I decided that it would be best to do something that I could actually accomplish in the time that we have to film and finalise our coursework, as well as the fact that I'm working by myself.

 

So my next idea was to change genre completely and do a thriller opening sequence. I had two similar ideas for this, both of which consisted of two characters: a female and male character, and the idea that the male character is following the female character through a town at night. These were the two ideas:

1. The male character was a murderer/kidnapper that would go around the streets of towns and cities at night and kidnap anyone seen walking by themselves. The rest of the film would then be focused on the police investigation into finding out who he is and finding out what happened to the female character.
2. The male character was the ex of the female character, who he is completely obsessed with and he can't get over the fact that they broke up. Because of his infatuation for her, he would constantly follow her around. With this idea I hadn't put much thought into an idea of how the film would carry on and what a resolution would be.

 

And finally, the idea that I am doing for my coursework is, again similar to the two ideas above, apart from the fact that the male character is now a hit-man that was hired by a character, unknown to the audience, to kill the female character; for a reason that is not disclosed to the audience within the opening two minutes. The rest of the film could go two ways: 1) it could be like a flashback, in the fact that it would be about the time leading up to the murder and so we would find out about the female character in more depth, or 2) it would be more about solving the murder and finding out why the female character was targeted and who the character is that hired the hit-man to do it.

More Audience Research

Charlie Woodrow -

1. In a good film opening sequence I would expect to for there to be an introduction to some of the main characters, ideas and maybe a few shots of the setting/s.
2. I particularly like the opening to the following films: Back to the Future, Star Wars, Interstellar.
3. In a thriller film I would expect it to be thrilling, have lots of parts to it, and it would have to have a complicated storyline.
4. In the opening sequence of a thriller film I would expect to be introduced to a main character or two, or maybe straight into the action and then talk about what happened after as if it was a flashback.
5. I think that the ideas are very exciting and sound well thought out.
6. Yes, I would watch the rest of that film.

Luke Bates -

1. Introduction to main characters, a small insight to the plot and scenery
2. Star Wars, Shaun Of The Dead
3. Tense feeling, some jumpy scenes, lots of dark places etc.
4. Introducing the main character and the tense/scary problem that they are having, or just an introduction of the tense scary bit.
5. I think the idea is good, and introduces what I said I liked well.
6. Yes

I shall also get some audience research on video so you can see people's exact responses.

The Theory of Everything (2015)

The Theory of Everything is a truly fascinating film about the wonderful physicist that is Stephen Hawking. The film follows him through his time as a student at the University of Cambridge, where he meets Jane Wilde, who later becomes his wife, and finds out that he has been diagnosed with Motor Neurons Disease; a condition that affects his mobility and speech.

 

The film features the amazing actors that are Eddie Redmayne, as Stephen, and Felicity Jones, as Jane. Their portrayal of these characters is outstanding and between them they captivatingly tell the story of Stephen and Jane, connecting with the audience throughout.

 

I personally think that this is such a sweet and adorable film, with both happy and sad times, at which yes, I did cry a little. It was truly an amazing film to watch and I can not wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it over and over again. I think that it is obvious to say that I would 100% recommend this film to anyone and everyone! Honestly, I think you will adore it!