EDL - Resubmission - Unit 16

Edit Decision List:


The EDL is used for the editor to send the files and footage to the other editor who is in charge of editing. I exported it from Final cut pro and then put on to the desktop so I can then put it in to excel. When it is on Excel, it looks like a code, when clicked on, it will go back to final cut pro to the edit.

Final Proposal

Synopsis:
My idea for the horror sort film focuses on one character, it starts as the character is in a deserted woodland burying a body, once he walks away from the buried corpse, he attempts to go home, he is followed by the very same person who he had just killed and buried.  There will be a hook at the beginning of the film, this will be the character burying the body, this will hook the audience straight away because they will be interested in finding what is going on, using this hook, it also grips he audience as it throws them straight in to the deep end of the film, with no back story. For the short horror film, I was influenced by watching the thriller film Goodfellas, where there is crime everywhere, also within this film, there is a particular scene that grabs my attention in to making my short film, as there is a scene where the characters bury someone else in the woods, the horror film I was influenced by is called Bury, this film just by the title and the events that take place during the film gave me ideas and enthusiasm towards making my short horror film. These two films helped me think of my own idea, as I looked at thriller and horror films before, by combining the two meets the expectations of the two different audiences.

Distribution:

My film will be distributed by putting it on to YouTube, I will put it on YouTube so viewers can watch it, it will gain popularity through the target audience, but also the secondary audience. It will also allow the film to gain comments underneath the video for the viewers, this will allow me to understand the audience even more and so that I can see that the audience enjoy it. If the film is popular and well liked on YouTube, I will try to put it on to Netflix, I will do this by the popularity of the film on Youtube, if the film is successful on youtube, it has a greater chance of being put on Netflix.

USP:
The Unique Selling Point of mu short film is that it is based off of a news story that I heard, saying Gang leader thrive, thanks to higher organised crime rates. This gave me the idea of the film, mixing the crime world with the supernatural horror genre world, my USP is also mixing the two genre together, (thriller and horror) to create a horror film, however with connections from thriller films, such as Goodfellas, (one of my inspirations)

Short film festivals:

There are many short film festivals that are available for my short film, such as the London short film festival, the Raindance film festival and the Edinborough film festival, these film festivals are good for upcoming film makers as they help promote your work, showing your name and promoting films to gain popularity among audiences, they are good because they help promote your short films.

Certification and Ratings:
As the film would be given an age certificate, by the BBFC, I would rate this film a 15, this is because of the violent aspects of the film,  I would rate it a 15 also because the audience will be able to see the violence occur, meaning that smaller children or younger audience may be influenced by the violence, there will also be fake blood as a prop which could be seen as quite graphic, my film will also have no dialogue, which will add to the tension and creepy silence of the film. It would also be a 15 because there is no drug use, strong violence or any sexual content, meaning that it is not severe enough to be an 18, it is 15 also to protect the younger audiences below 15, which are U, PG, 12, 12A. So they are are not influenced by any activity in the film.

Trends:
There are many trends between the films I got my inspiration for for this short film, such as Goodfellas, trends to this film will be other crime film such as Casino and The Godfather. Whereas Bury, the horror film will trend to other horror films such as saw and the conjuring. These trends mean that they will gain a wider audience, as I got my inspiration from these to films, it means that the audience for my film will be interested in it as it trends with the other films.

Primary Research and Secondary Research:
As my film is of the  Horror genre, I started by carrying out primary research of my target audience, this started with me looking at the comments that they wrote down for the list f horror short films that I watched, I looked at comments to get a better understanding of what horror audiences like to see within a horror film and what they want more and maybe less o, so I can make my film popular with the target audience. I also asked people face to face, to find out there personal views on what they enjoy and expect in a horror film, this helped me gain further knowledge in to how it would make my idea better and more popular with the chosen audience and even the secondary audience. For my secondary research, I used specific books to gain knowledge

I also viewed the short horror film list. This was done so I could gain knowledge on the amount of views and likes each video got, to find out what was popular among audiences.

For some of my primary research, I looked at the short horror film Coffer, I used this by looking at the comments that were left by other viewers.

I looked at the comments here to see what the audience are interested in when they see horror films, I also needed to see the age of the audience that watched this and other short horror films that I looked at, by searching for there ages, I looked at their YouTube profiles to see what age range I am looking for.

I looked at the profiles to help understand the type of person enjoys the film that I am interested in making.











  I also asked used social media platforms to gain further primary research:

This was written by a 17 year old, this showed me the age of the audience and what they liked during a horror film.













This was the second research that I did on social media, this person was 18















This is the amount of viewer the short horror film Coffer got:

The amount of likes from this short horror film is 6,042, meaning that there is an audience for this type of short film.

When I looked at Goodfellas, I found that there is also an audience for this film. There are many likes showing that their is a market for the crime world films, combining the thriller crime film and horror film show that there will be people that will watch and enjoy it.

Target Audience:
When I was using primary audience and secondary audience research, I decided that the target audience for the short film will be 18-25 year olds mainly, including University students and film festival attenders. Film festivals are source of attraction to my audience, as they only allow people over the age 18 to enter, people who go to film festivals, such as the Rain dance film festival and the BFI are film lovers and are there to watch new things.

When collecting my audience research, I found that it was quite helpful, this is because i found out who to aim the film at (the target audience) and I also found out what the audience like to see when watching a horror film, I found out that they enjoy jump scares, so making the audience live on the edge through the film. I also found that the audience like a dark twist, showing vulnerable characters to give the film a more realistic approach and feel for the audience.

Budget:
Usually there would be a budget to the film, however, in this case, we do not have to pay for editing sweets, or equipment, such as cameras and tripods, this is because it is all provided for us by the college, however, I will have to pay for other specific things, such as lunch, transport (only on Trains and Tubes) we travel free on buses, I will also have to include prices for props in the budget also, this is because I will have to pay for certain things, such as fake blood and costumes, this is because it must be searched fro and then ordered or bought. Food that will be bought will probably cost between £15-£30. Traveling on trains will cost roughly £10 together and props (fake blood and clothing) fake blood costs £6.99. All together the film will probably cost about £35.

Funding: 
As this is a college production, there is no need for funding sources, everything I make will belong to the college, this is because I will shoot the film with their camera.  However, if I was getting funded for this short film, I would require the uses of funding source Kickstarter. This is because Kickstarter help fund projects by young upcoming film makers.


Bibliography:

1.) http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/gang-leaders-thrive-thanks-to-global-nature-of-organised-crime-1.2530111

2.) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3833488/

3.) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/

4.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkfall-Dean-Koontz-ebook/dp/B009W33008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455296966&sr=8-1&keywords=the+darkness+comes










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draft Proposal

Synopsis:
My idea for the horror sort film focuses on one character, it starts as the character is in a deserted woodland burying a body, once he walks away from the buried corpse, he attempts to go home, he is followed by the vry same person wo he had just killed and buried.  There will be a hook at the beginning of the film, this will be the character burying the body, this wil hook the audience straight away because they will be interested in finding what is going on, using this hook, it also grps he audience as it throws them straight in to the deep end of the film, with no back story. For the short horror film, I was influenced by watching the thriller film Goodfellas, where there is crime everywhere, aso within ths film, there is a particular scene tat grabs my attention in to making my short film, as there is a scene where the characters bury someone else in the woods, the hrror film I was influenced by is clled Bury, this film just by the title and the events tat take place during the flm gave me dead and enthusiasm towards making my short horror film. These two films helped me think of my own idea, as I looked at thriller and horror films before, by combining the two meets the expectations of the two different audiences.

Distribution:

My film will be distributed by putting it on to YouTube, I will put it on YouTube so viewers can watch it, it will gain popularity through the target audience, but also the secondary audience. It will also allow the film to gain comments underneath the video for the viewers, this will allow me to understand the audience even more and so that I can see that the audience enjoy it.

Certification and Age Ratings:
As the film would be given an age certificate, by the BBFC, I would rate this film a 15, this is because of the violent aspects of the film,  I would rte it a 15 also because the audience will be able to see the violence occur, meaning that smaller children or younger audience may be influenced by the violence, there will also be fake blood as a prop which could be seen as quite graphic, my film will also have no dialogue, which will add to the tension and crepy silence of the film.

Research: 
As my film is of the  Horror genre, I started by carrying out primary research of my target audience, this started with me looking at the comments that they wrote down for the list f horror short films that I watched, I looked at coments to get a better understanding of what horror audiences like to see within a horror film and what they want more and maybe less o, so I can make my film popular with the target audience. I also asked people face to face, to find out there personal views on what they enjoy and expect in a horror film, this helped me gain further knowledge in to how it would make my idea better and more popular with the chosen audience and even the secondary audience. For my secondary research, I used specific books to gain knowledge

I also viewed the short horror film list. This was done so I could gain knowledge on the amount of views and likes each video got, to find out what was popular among audiences.

For some of my primary research, I looked at the short horror film Coffer, I used this by looking at the comments that were left by other viewers.

I looked at the comments here to see what the audience are interested in when they see horror films, I also needed to see the age of the audience that watched this and other short horror films that I looked at, by searching for there ages, I looked at their outube profiles to see what age range I am looking for.

I looked at the profiles to help understand the type of person enjoys the film that I am interested in making.











  I also asked used social media platforms to gain further primary research:

This was written by a 17 year old, this showed me the age of the audience and what they liked during a horror film.













This was the seond research that I did on social media, this person was 18
















When I was using primary audience and secondary audience research, I decided that the target audience for the short fim will be 18-25 year ols mainly, including University students and film festival attenders.

Short film festivals:

There are many short film festivals that are available for my short film, such as the London short film festival, the Raindance film festival and the Edinborough film festival, these film festivals are good for upcoming film makers as they help promote your work, showing your name and promoting films to gain popularity among audiences, they are good because they help promote your short films.

Usually there would be a budget to the film, however, in this case, we do not have to pay for editing sweets, or equipment, this is because it is all providd for us, I will have to pay for hiring locations that have to be paid for and the transport costs (only on trains), also costs of any lunch.

When collecting my audience research, I found that it was quite hlpful, this is because i found out who to aim the film at (the target audience) and I also found out what the audience like to see when watching a horror film, I found out that they enjoy jump scares, so making the audience live on the edge through the film. I also found that the audience like a dark twist, showing vulnerable characters to give the film a more realistic approach and feel for the audience.

Budget:
Usually there would be a budget to the film, however, in this case, we do not have to pay for editing sweets, or equipment, such as cameras and tripods, this is because it is all provided for us by the college, however, I will have to pay for other specific things, such as lunch, transport (only on Trains and Tubes) we travel free on buses, I will also have to include prices for props in the budget also, this is because I will have to pay for certain things, such as fake blood and costumes, this is because it must be searched fro and then ordered or bought.


Funding: 
As this is a college production, there is no need for funding sources, everything I make will belong to the college, this is because I will shoot the film with their camera.  However, if I was getting funded for this short film, I would require the uses of funding source Kickstarter. This is because Kickstarter help fund projects by young upcoming film makers.

Unit 2 - communication skills, research portfolio (Task 3 - Draft)

Research Portfolio

1.) Real World Influences:

As the short film that I wish to make is a horror, I had great influence for my idea from two films that are different to each other, these films are Goodfellas (1990) which follows the more thriller genre, I have also used this film as an influence to my idea because of the nature of the film, it is dark, the audience are constantly on edge, meeting the conventions for the thriller genre. The second film is called Burrried, a horror film made in 2014, just the idea of burying gave the idea of confining the two films together to creating a tense horror film, using a hook at the start when the character is getting buried, this will hook the audience by grabbing there attention in the opening seconds, making them think closly at the characters intentions.

2.) Box office reviews/influences:

The film goodfellas had a specific scene which I gained my idea from, which is a scene when they burry a dead body in the woods.

I also gained my idea through the film burried, the general idea of burried gaive me the idea of the thriller and horror being combined.

The BBFC (British board of film classification) will be able to access my film on YouTube, this means that they will be able to rate the film, whether it be a U,PG,12,12A,15 or 18. I believe my film should be rated a 15 certificate, this is because of the small amount of violence used and the horror involved. The BBFC will decided whether the film will have the power to ban the film from cinema release. The BBFC are also a non governmental organisation, they rate films on the basis of what is involved within the film, such as violence, language and sexual content

A news report I found showing that organised crime has risen and is helping gang leaders.




















3.)

The Budget:
To start, I will have to have a budget for the short film, the budget will consist of money that will go towards: Camera equipment, this will include the type of camera that will be used for the production, other costs will involve a tripod, the editing time which will be done in an editing sweet and also transport, by going from each location using public transport, however, as we are at college, we do not have to spend any money on equipment needed as it is provided for us, this is also the same with the editing time, as there is an editing room, public transport costs may be needed, as I will have to travel to the location where a scene is set. The budget will include the cost of any location, I will also include the cost of lunch and the transport costs, however on buses, we travel free, but not for trains.

Funding for locations, equipment and facilities:

Locations:

The location fees to go and take still photos and video footage in the media industry will cost £1800.  

However with locations, you would have an extremely limited amount of time, this is because you are on a tight schedule and working to a deadline and the money to the camera crew will go to waste because there would not have been enough shots taken, this would result in being sacked by the director. For my short film, I will be using a street, church and woods, the scene will be short as it is one minute long. During my film, I will need the woods, the street and an ally for my locations, meaning that I will have to think about the extra people in the background of the film as I am shooting.

Availability of Equipment: As we are in college we can easily book the equipment for free, whereas if we where doing this in the media industry, there would be prices for equipment.

Facilities: The facilities that will be used for production and post production. For the production, it is the set up that will be needed for the facilities, such as setting up the cameras ready for use, This also includes the lighting, Fr instance, this means that the lighting needs to be balanced for the audience to be able to watch it clearly. 

To tell the story of my film in the correct way, I will need good enough actors to help portray the characters in the correct way so the audience can believe in the story and get hooked from the start. By keeping the story entertaining also means to keep the story short, as it is a short film, there should not be a backstory because the film is just a minute long.

Whilst doing my research, I looked in to short film festivals, there are many of these that go on at the moment, including the London film festival and the rain dance film festival, the film festivals help get the person who made the films name out there, by showing a film in a short film festival, it helps promote your idea and your name.

The Mood Board:

Beginning                                                                       

Woods

      Middle             

    

Street

House

End.

Task 1 - Ideas

The Mood Board:

Beginning                                                                       

Woods

      Middle             

    

Street

House

End.

Mood Board - The story will be about a man who has finished burying a body in the woods, when leaving the woods, he is followed by the same body he just buried and the man ends up being killed.

Task 2 - Audience research

Among the short horror playlist, the smiling man was the short film that had the most views.


The short film is aimed at teenagers between the ages 15 - 19, this is because teenagers as a primary audience enjoy and understand the aspects of the genre which is thriller, this is because it keeps them interested and entertained throughout the film. The research here from the short film means that I will use many scenes of suspense and tension throughout, this is because some of my audience research showed that the audience between 16 and 19 generally prefer watching thriller films rather than horror films and want suspense during the film because it is a main convention of thriller films.

I used further audience research by looking at the comments on the page underneath the short film, I looked at the comments so I would understand the type of audience that I will use for my short film.

These are some of the comments that i used to help with my research, I used these comments because they had a clear view of what the audience like for thriller films, so I can use the correct methods in my short thriller film and also so the audience get what they want.





I found out from the specific target audience that during thriller films they enjoy tension and suspense, this is because it is one of the main characteristics and conventions of the thriller genre, keeping the audience members on the toes, involving them in the story making them feel connected to the characters within it.

Task 3 - Requirements 

To start, I will have to have a budget for the short film, the budget will consist of money that will go towards: Camera equipment, this will include the type of camera that will be used for the production, other costs will involve a tripod, the editing time which will be done in an editing sweet and also transport, by going from each location using public transport, however, as we are at college, we do not have to spend any money on equipment needed as it is provided for us, this is also the same with the editing time, as there is an editing room, public transport costs may be needed, as I will have to travel to the location where a scene is set.

Props: For this short film, I will need to use props, to make the film look more realistic so the audience can follow the story whilst believing in it. For my short film, the one prop I will need is a spade, I will also need to use fake blood, tis would be done by using ketchup.

Locations:

The location fees to go and take still photos and video footage in the media industry will cost £1800.  

However with locations, you would have an extremely limited amount of time, this is because you are on a tight schedule and working to a deadline and the money to the camera crew will go to waste because there would not have been enough shots taken, this would result in being sacked by the director. For my short film, I will be using a street, church and woods, the scene will be short as it is one minute long.

Timing:
Schedules and Deadlines: You can organize the deadlines, for instance when you want to film, write the script, and have lunch and by doing so, given the pace if you complete it before the deadline you may have enough time left over to give it the final look and to help improve it.

Availability of Equipment: As we are in college we can easily book the equipment for free, whereas if we where doing this in the media industry, there would be prices for equipment.

Facilities: The facilities that will be used for production and post production. For the production, it is the set up that will be needed for the facilities, such as setting up the cameras ready for use, This also includes the lighting, For instance, this means that the lighting needs to be balanced for the audience to be able to watch it clearly. The lighting being done properly is also important because there are no shadows that are wanted within the scene.

For post production, equipment for using editing software will be needed, this is to make it appeal to the audience and to give it a dramatic effect. The editing software that will be used will be Final Cut Pro, this will allow us to put all of the footage that has been taken and to put it in to sequence.