location
school for day time scenes play ground, common room, corridors. Showing the guys in their usual day environment and how they are around girls. (Need to ask for permission from school)
- Possibly in the toilets for deep or meaningfull conversations or even with a funny twist.(permision required)
- Restaurant (ginos or another) for when guys meet up and discuss plans.
- Houses for individual scenes where guys do their own thing.
- Club, bar or party for night time scenes where Guys make move on love interest.
The setting is linked to the genre as its we can create funny moments and scenes in any of these places and it would not be difficult to do so.
The setting is linked to the audience and narrative. As the target audience will easily be able to relate to the characters as they will or would have been in their shoes, they can relate to how they act in the situations in the various settings.
They can link to the narrative as most the situations would occur in an average teen’s life. And the trailer and film is for a comic purpose, therefore we can exaturate situations and show what not to do.
Sunday 17 January 2010
Inspiration Films; Harold and kumar
Harold and Kumar – plot summary
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who get the munchies and embark on a quest for White Castle burgers after seeing a TV commercial for the same. On their way they encounter many obstacles, including a gang of extreme sports punks, a raccoon with an attitude, a group of Asian nerds, an unlikely married couple who are Jesus freaks and sex seekers, a racist police officer, a cheetah which has escaped from a zoo, and an out-of-control Neil Patrick Harris. After watching this film and viewing its trailer on YouTube, I received many different ideas on how to construct and film my trailer. I also received ideas from the storyline on what I could use and alter to put into our trailer. The film attracts the same audience that we are appealing to as its ridiculous yet funny.
(Trailer contains commentary/narrative which introduces characters with funny, sarcastic remarks, commentary is throughout, key element as it keeps viewers interested an it is very cleverly used, with the collage of scenes that are put together. Elements of key, funny dialogue, also introduces characters In a humorous aspect by stating what film they have been supporting actors in. Could use writing that flash’s on the screen for a second or 2 along with commentary for added affect
extras; celebrity, best friends, weird character, policeman, sexy girls, nerds, bully’s,
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who get the munchies and embark on a quest for White Castle burgers after seeing a TV commercial for the same. On their way they encounter many obstacles, including a gang of extreme sports punks, a raccoon with an attitude, a group of Asian nerds, an unlikely married couple who are Jesus freaks and sex seekers, a racist police officer, a cheetah which has escaped from a zoo, and an out-of-control Neil Patrick Harris. After watching this film and viewing its trailer on YouTube, I received many different ideas on how to construct and film my trailer. I also received ideas from the storyline on what I could use and alter to put into our trailer. The film attracts the same audience that we are appealing to as its ridiculous yet funny.
(Trailer contains commentary/narrative which introduces characters with funny, sarcastic remarks, commentary is throughout, key element as it keeps viewers interested an it is very cleverly used, with the collage of scenes that are put together. Elements of key, funny dialogue, also introduces characters In a humorous aspect by stating what film they have been supporting actors in. Could use writing that flash’s on the screen for a second or 2 along with commentary for added affect
extras; celebrity, best friends, weird character, policeman, sexy girls, nerds, bully’s,
Inspiration Films; American Pie
American pie – plot summary
The film concentrates on four boys who make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The title of the film refers to a scene in the film in which the lead character is caught masturbating with a pie after previously being told that third base feels "like warm apple pie".
This film is probably the most successful film that we can use to relate to our idea and our film trailers exact genre, with comedy as the main genre and romance as a sub genre. It has a numerous number of sequels and alternate films related to it.The film uses various elements of comedy such as dirty funny, sarcasm and uses stereo typical teenager males, which in itself can be seen as funny.The film uses clever use of comedy with elements of romance to appeal to and attract its target audience, which is similar to, if not the same as ours.I have seen the original film and its trailer, and will analyses it and look at how it is constructed to appeal to its audience, and I will look carefully at the main characters and how they are used to attract audiences.
(Beginning of trailer is very cleverly and uniquely done, introduces film as part of an award category, and then asks the question ‘WHY’ before going into the film.
Same commentary voice used as in Harold and Kumar. Introduces plot rather than characters by name. Shows awkward scenes in a funny light. As film is based on sex, it uses key words like mystery, fascination to describe the viewpoint of the main characters along with key and funny scenes. Contrasts of scenes alone, scenes with love interest, scenes with parents and scenes with friends. Ends trailer with film title, and funny scene with dialogue continuing as scene fades out.) Uses funny romantic music over scenes.
Other characters, female love interests, funny father character, seductive mother (Milf), other friend’s
The film concentrates on four boys who make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The title of the film refers to a scene in the film in which the lead character is caught masturbating with a pie after previously being told that third base feels "like warm apple pie".
This film is probably the most successful film that we can use to relate to our idea and our film trailers exact genre, with comedy as the main genre and romance as a sub genre. It has a numerous number of sequels and alternate films related to it.The film uses various elements of comedy such as dirty funny, sarcasm and uses stereo typical teenager males, which in itself can be seen as funny.The film uses clever use of comedy with elements of romance to appeal to and attract its target audience, which is similar to, if not the same as ours.I have seen the original film and its trailer, and will analyses it and look at how it is constructed to appeal to its audience, and I will look carefully at the main characters and how they are used to attract audiences.
(Beginning of trailer is very cleverly and uniquely done, introduces film as part of an award category, and then asks the question ‘WHY’ before going into the film.
Same commentary voice used as in Harold and Kumar. Introduces plot rather than characters by name. Shows awkward scenes in a funny light. As film is based on sex, it uses key words like mystery, fascination to describe the viewpoint of the main characters along with key and funny scenes. Contrasts of scenes alone, scenes with love interest, scenes with parents and scenes with friends. Ends trailer with film title, and funny scene with dialogue continuing as scene fades out.) Uses funny romantic music over scenes.
Other characters, female love interests, funny father character, seductive mother (Milf), other friend’s
Characters
•Main characters
•Group of 4 friends all in high school 16- 18 yrs old. 4 guys and 1 girl
•Ronny, 18 – cocky, confident funny, good looking and relatively popular in school. Good with the ladies and is a charmer.
•Alex, 18 – cool, athletic but shy, he is also good looking, but not confident enough to make a move with girls.
•Chase , 17 – sweet, caring, but nerdy, is 50/50 with the girls doesn’t have the best luck with them.
•Ethan, 17 – youngest of the friends he is the comedian, and the 1 who takes the blame for everything, he loves to prank people, and use comedy to charm the ladies, but is it all an act to hide who he really is.
Other characters;
Extras for the partys (Mainly girls),
Parent of 1 of the guys,
Teacher,
Other kids from the school,
Love/Lust interests of the guys.
•Group of 4 friends all in high school 16- 18 yrs old. 4 guys and 1 girl
•Ronny, 18 – cocky, confident funny, good looking and relatively popular in school. Good with the ladies and is a charmer.
•Alex, 18 – cool, athletic but shy, he is also good looking, but not confident enough to make a move with girls.
•Chase , 17 – sweet, caring, but nerdy, is 50/50 with the girls doesn’t have the best luck with them.
•Ethan, 17 – youngest of the friends he is the comedian, and the 1 who takes the blame for everything, he loves to prank people, and use comedy to charm the ladies, but is it all an act to hide who he really is.
Other characters;
Extras for the partys (Mainly girls),
Parent of 1 of the guys,
Teacher,
Other kids from the school,
Love/Lust interests of the guys.
Final / Chosen Idea
Out of the 3 ideas that we narrowed it down to.
We have decided to go with idea 2.
Our decision was made easier as we asked around on what people thought of our ideas and idea 2 was the most popular, i had even asked some previous media students.
Therefore our final idea is...Idea 2.
We have yet to name it..
Its Genre is mainly Comedy with elements of Romance.
The type of comedy we are going for is a goofy, immature, sarcastic, funny.
We will use a modern setting, with a list of possible locations such as our school.
Even our houses.
We will be looking at a college theme, with its basic stereotypes of teenagers and what the would get up 2.
The narrative and plot will be a basic fun, party, wild film, based on group of teenagers having fun partying, each going through their own thing in life.
Film trailer based on group, showcasing individual personalities and trying to achieve their own short term goals.
Inspiration films – here are some films that are in the same genre and are simmilar to what i am going to recreate; American pie, road trip, Harold an Kumar
We have decided to go with idea 2.
Our decision was made easier as we asked around on what people thought of our ideas and idea 2 was the most popular, i had even asked some previous media students.
Therefore our final idea is...Idea 2.
We have yet to name it..
Its Genre is mainly Comedy with elements of Romance.
The type of comedy we are going for is a goofy, immature, sarcastic, funny.
We will use a modern setting, with a list of possible locations such as our school.
Even our houses.
We will be looking at a college theme, with its basic stereotypes of teenagers and what the would get up 2.
The narrative and plot will be a basic fun, party, wild film, based on group of teenagers having fun partying, each going through their own thing in life.
Film trailer based on group, showcasing individual personalities and trying to achieve their own short term goals.
Inspiration films – here are some films that are in the same genre and are simmilar to what i am going to recreate; American pie, road trip, Harold an Kumar
Evaluation
•My evaluation on our presentation and ideas.I think we did well in coming up with ideas.
•we had to discuss our ideas before deciding to narrow down to our final 3.
•We decided our genres that we would stick with and revolve our ideas around. We had a downside of starting our production ideas late as I was new to the group. so we decided to use this to our advantage as we looked at what other groups had decided to do, so we wouldn't clash or be copying them as we wanted our idea to be fun and original. We know this would be hard as finding an original idea story line that hasn’t been used would be very difficult as most have already been done in the past. So we then looked at finding an idea that would be popular around our target audience and that we could make and add our own adjustments and alternations to.We eventually wrote our 3 ideas which are all posted on the blog.We couldn’t decide on what idea we would pick, therefore we asked around for opinions and advice, from other students and even past media students.After our feedback we got our final idea and we all agreed on it. Therefore I think that our production planning for our idea went well as we only spent 2 days on it in total. Even though we are starting late and have to catch up, I am confident that my group and I have the right ideas and thoughts into making a good media production.
•we had to discuss our ideas before deciding to narrow down to our final 3.
•We decided our genres that we would stick with and revolve our ideas around. We had a downside of starting our production ideas late as I was new to the group. so we decided to use this to our advantage as we looked at what other groups had decided to do, so we wouldn't clash or be copying them as we wanted our idea to be fun and original. We know this would be hard as finding an original idea story line that hasn’t been used would be very difficult as most have already been done in the past. So we then looked at finding an idea that would be popular around our target audience and that we could make and add our own adjustments and alternations to.We eventually wrote our 3 ideas which are all posted on the blog.We couldn’t decide on what idea we would pick, therefore we asked around for opinions and advice, from other students and even past media students.After our feedback we got our final idea and we all agreed on it. Therefore I think that our production planning for our idea went well as we only spent 2 days on it in total. Even though we are starting late and have to catch up, I am confident that my group and I have the right ideas and thoughts into making a good media production.
Target Audience
•Target audience is both male and female teenagers from 15- 23 years of age.
•I know that our trailer will definitely appeal to our target audience, both primary and alternate groups of teenagers.
•Our characters will relate to the audience and they can feel a sense of understanding of similar situations and dilemmas.
•I know that our trailer will definitely appeal to our target audience, both primary and alternate groups of teenagers.
•Our characters will relate to the audience and they can feel a sense of understanding of similar situations and dilemmas.
Production Ideas
Idea 1
•Genre – mainly action, with romance
•Modern setting – office work theme.
•Basic romance 2 start
•Girl gets kidnapped
•Guy has 2 find her
•Sets out for revenge
•Film/trailer based on guys attempted to find her.. Main focus is the guy and his mission
•Inspiration films – bad boys, mission impossible, slum dog millionaire.
•Possible locations
•House for romance element, scenery, and for 1 precise scene where main character comes home to see house is trashed.
•Cinema – romance element
•Streets – the search
•School or apartments for scenes where main character edges closer to finding her.
•School office for work scene in beginning.
•Main characters (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Main Guy – Rob, 19, entrepreneur, young athletic and has a short temper, has a split personality, he is mainly calm collective and romantic with his love Sarah..
•Main Girl – Sarah 21, unemployed, sweet, loving and attentive, not physically strong, but is clever.
•Guys best friend – Nathan 26, arrogant, cocky and a womaniser, but is totally different with his friend rob, he is trustworthy an reliable.( although he has had a secret crush on Sarah)
•Guys Boss(who we could give a double role with his best friend) -
Idea 2
•Genre – Mainly comedy with elements of romance
•Modern setting - school/ college theme
•Basic fun, party, wild film, based on group of teenagers having fun partying, each going through their own thing in life.
•Film trailer based on group, showcasing individual personalities and trying to achieve their own short term goals.
•Inspiration films – American pie, road trip, Harold an Kumar
•Possible locations
•Mates house for party scene
•Club or Bar where guys could begin their journey
•Even school scene to show group of friends in their day environments
•even restaurant for day scenes where guys meet up to discuss future plans and where they set up their goals for the later party scenes.
•Main characters (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Group of 4 friends all in high school 16- 18 yrs old. 4 guys and 1 girl
•Ronny, 18 – cocky, confident funny, good looking and relatively popular in school. Good with the ladies and is a charmer.
•Alex, 18 – cool, athletic but shy, he is also good looking, but not confident enough to make a move with girls.
•Chase , 17 – sweet, caring, but nerdy, is 50/50 with the girls doesn’t have the best luck with them.
•Ethan, 17 – youngest of the friends he is the comedian, and the 1 who takes the blame for everything, he loves to prank people, and use comedy to charm the ladies, but is it all an act to hide who he really is.
Idea 3
•Genre – mainly Romance with action and comedy
•Modern high school setting
•Basic high school romance. between friends
•Two different social groups, 1 person falls for another from the other group, they fall in love.
•Try to make it work they get caught
•Each group conspires to break them apart
•Will they be able to make it work
•Film trailer will showcase the 2 individuals with their social groups, and compared to when alone, will show romance scenes. And their fight to stay together.
•Inspirations – one tree hill, a Cinderella story
•Possible locations
•School to show 2 groups in their environmentsand the 2 lovers in their groups
•Homes for showing 2 lovers and when they are alone with their thoughts.
•Cinema or other attraction for when 2 lovers are sneaking around together
•Possibly in toilets.
•Main characters - (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Main guy – (Ryan, 18, in school, he is high school jock well known, popular, perceived as cocky womaniser, but is really a kind caring and sweet) OR (Is he a quiet kid, who is smart and athletic but not recognised amongst crowds, he's a romantic individual)
•Main Girl – Allison 17, in school, she is new to the school and is an outsider, she is smart and relatively athletic, she is a shy character to others, but is confident around friends.) OR (She is popular, smart and has a reputation from moving onto guy from guy, she is a wild party girl, but is she secretly afraid of who she is and hiding her true self in parties and alcohol.)
•Guys group of mates
•Girls group of mates
•Genre – mainly action, with romance
•Modern setting – office work theme.
•Basic romance 2 start
•Girl gets kidnapped
•Guy has 2 find her
•Sets out for revenge
•Film/trailer based on guys attempted to find her.. Main focus is the guy and his mission
•Inspiration films – bad boys, mission impossible, slum dog millionaire.
•Possible locations
•House for romance element, scenery, and for 1 precise scene where main character comes home to see house is trashed.
•Cinema – romance element
•Streets – the search
•School or apartments for scenes where main character edges closer to finding her.
•School office for work scene in beginning.
•Main characters (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Main Guy – Rob, 19, entrepreneur, young athletic and has a short temper, has a split personality, he is mainly calm collective and romantic with his love Sarah..
•Main Girl – Sarah 21, unemployed, sweet, loving and attentive, not physically strong, but is clever.
•Guys best friend – Nathan 26, arrogant, cocky and a womaniser, but is totally different with his friend rob, he is trustworthy an reliable.( although he has had a secret crush on Sarah)
•Guys Boss(who we could give a double role with his best friend) -
Idea 2
•Genre – Mainly comedy with elements of romance
•Modern setting - school/ college theme
•Basic fun, party, wild film, based on group of teenagers having fun partying, each going through their own thing in life.
•Film trailer based on group, showcasing individual personalities and trying to achieve their own short term goals.
•Inspiration films – American pie, road trip, Harold an Kumar
•Possible locations
•Mates house for party scene
•Club or Bar where guys could begin their journey
•Even school scene to show group of friends in their day environments
•even restaurant for day scenes where guys meet up to discuss future plans and where they set up their goals for the later party scenes.
•Main characters (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Group of 4 friends all in high school 16- 18 yrs old. 4 guys and 1 girl
•Ronny, 18 – cocky, confident funny, good looking and relatively popular in school. Good with the ladies and is a charmer.
•Alex, 18 – cool, athletic but shy, he is also good looking, but not confident enough to make a move with girls.
•Chase , 17 – sweet, caring, but nerdy, is 50/50 with the girls doesn’t have the best luck with them.
•Ethan, 17 – youngest of the friends he is the comedian, and the 1 who takes the blame for everything, he loves to prank people, and use comedy to charm the ladies, but is it all an act to hide who he really is.
Idea 3
•Genre – mainly Romance with action and comedy
•Modern high school setting
•Basic high school romance. between friends
•Two different social groups, 1 person falls for another from the other group, they fall in love.
•Try to make it work they get caught
•Each group conspires to break them apart
•Will they be able to make it work
•Film trailer will showcase the 2 individuals with their social groups, and compared to when alone, will show romance scenes. And their fight to stay together.
•Inspirations – one tree hill, a Cinderella story
•Possible locations
•School to show 2 groups in their environmentsand the 2 lovers in their groups
•Homes for showing 2 lovers and when they are alone with their thoughts.
•Cinema or other attraction for when 2 lovers are sneaking around together
•Possibly in toilets.
•Main characters - (names, ages, occupations, personalities)
•Main guy – (Ryan, 18, in school, he is high school jock well known, popular, perceived as cocky womaniser, but is really a kind caring and sweet) OR (Is he a quiet kid, who is smart and athletic but not recognised amongst crowds, he's a romantic individual)
•Main Girl – Allison 17, in school, she is new to the school and is an outsider, she is smart and relatively athletic, she is a shy character to others, but is confident around friends.) OR (She is popular, smart and has a reputation from moving onto guy from guy, she is a wild party girl, but is she secretly afraid of who she is and hiding her true self in parties and alcohol.)
•Guys group of mates
•Girls group of mates
•Codes and conventions on genres
•The 3 genres that we will focus on and play around with, will be romance, comedy and action.
•We will primarily chose 1 and use the other 2 as sub genres to go into the trailer.
Comedy
•A film whose main purpose is to amuse and induce laughter, comedy deals with the preposterous and absurd aspects of human behaviour with a sense of humour. The comedy is usually meant to make the viewer feel good, projecting the foibles of characters onto the screen for the audience to use as scapegoat for the ridiculousness of life. Always a hugely popular genre, there are many types of screen comedy.
•Comedy in films can also be an effective way of commenting on aspects of society, examining hypocrisies by showing how absurd they are (Dr. Strangelove, for example, makes fun of the arms race and the Cold War by exposing how world leaders act like bullies in a playground sandbox); some comedy, such as the black comedy, seeks to deal with the painful aspects of life in such a way that the humour not readily apparent in such things as Nazism or racism is used to diffuse the horror surrounding it. Even if a comedy is meant to disturb (such as the media satire Man Bites Dog), its primary goal, regardless of happy ending or likable characters, is to look at all things with a sense of humour
•Conventions for comedy; sarcasm, clumsy funny,
Romance
•Modern usage of term "romance" usually refer to the romance novel, which is a subgenre that focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people; these novels must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.
•Despite the popularity of this popular meaning of Romance, other works are still, occasionally, referred to as romances because of their uses of other elements descended from the medieval romance, or from the Romantic movement: larger-than-life heroes and heroines, drama and adventure, marvels that may become fantastic, themes of honour and loyalty, or fairy-tale-like stories and story settings. Shakespeare's later comedies, such as The Tempest or The Winter's Tale are sometimes called his romances.
•Modern works may differentiate from love-story as romance into different genres, such as planetary romance or Ruritanian romance.
•Conventions for romance which we could use; cheesy romance, old fashioned, dominant male with feminine female.
Action
A movie featuring mainly action, in which the plot moves quickly from one dramatic event to another. which typically involves good characters combating evil ones showing character development and love interest are of secondary or no importance.
•Elements of action genre; They almost always have a resourceful hero(ine) struggling against incredible odds, life-threatening circumstances, or an evil villain, and/or trapped or chasing each other in various modes of transportation (bus, auto, ship, train, plane, horseback, on foot, etc.), with victory or resolution attained by the end after strenuous physical feats and violence (fist fights, gunplay). Action films have traditionally been aimed at male audiences, ages 13 to the mid-30s in both American and world-wide markets.
•Over the decades, the core action film genre has spawned numerous subgenres. Many films now combine one or more of these subgenres for deeper subtext, and great opportunity to blow things up.
•Each of the subgenres features the core action elements of the strong hero and the exciting effects, but it also has a more specific focus so that you know going in how it's likely to end.
•Conventions – fast paced, technical fights, quick shots,
•The 3 genres that we will focus on and play around with, will be romance, comedy and action.
•We will primarily chose 1 and use the other 2 as sub genres to go into the trailer.
Comedy
•A film whose main purpose is to amuse and induce laughter, comedy deals with the preposterous and absurd aspects of human behaviour with a sense of humour. The comedy is usually meant to make the viewer feel good, projecting the foibles of characters onto the screen for the audience to use as scapegoat for the ridiculousness of life. Always a hugely popular genre, there are many types of screen comedy.
•Comedy in films can also be an effective way of commenting on aspects of society, examining hypocrisies by showing how absurd they are (Dr. Strangelove, for example, makes fun of the arms race and the Cold War by exposing how world leaders act like bullies in a playground sandbox); some comedy, such as the black comedy, seeks to deal with the painful aspects of life in such a way that the humour not readily apparent in such things as Nazism or racism is used to diffuse the horror surrounding it. Even if a comedy is meant to disturb (such as the media satire Man Bites Dog), its primary goal, regardless of happy ending or likable characters, is to look at all things with a sense of humour
•Conventions for comedy; sarcasm, clumsy funny,
Romance
•Modern usage of term "romance" usually refer to the romance novel, which is a subgenre that focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people; these novels must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.
•Despite the popularity of this popular meaning of Romance, other works are still, occasionally, referred to as romances because of their uses of other elements descended from the medieval romance, or from the Romantic movement: larger-than-life heroes and heroines, drama and adventure, marvels that may become fantastic, themes of honour and loyalty, or fairy-tale-like stories and story settings. Shakespeare's later comedies, such as The Tempest or The Winter's Tale are sometimes called his romances.
•Modern works may differentiate from love-story as romance into different genres, such as planetary romance or Ruritanian romance.
•Conventions for romance which we could use; cheesy romance, old fashioned, dominant male with feminine female.
Action
A movie featuring mainly action, in which the plot moves quickly from one dramatic event to another. which typically involves good characters combating evil ones showing character development and love interest are of secondary or no importance.
•Elements of action genre; They almost always have a resourceful hero(ine) struggling against incredible odds, life-threatening circumstances, or an evil villain, and/or trapped or chasing each other in various modes of transportation (bus, auto, ship, train, plane, horseback, on foot, etc.), with victory or resolution attained by the end after strenuous physical feats and violence (fist fights, gunplay). Action films have traditionally been aimed at male audiences, ages 13 to the mid-30s in both American and world-wide markets.
•Over the decades, the core action film genre has spawned numerous subgenres. Many films now combine one or more of these subgenres for deeper subtext, and great opportunity to blow things up.
•Each of the subgenres features the core action elements of the strong hero and the exciting effects, but it also has a more specific focus so that you know going in how it's likely to end.
•Conventions – fast paced, technical fights, quick shots,
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
