Questionnaire Results - Animatic

Questionnaire - Animatic

Questionnaire

The questionnaire I used to gather feedback from my animatic is below:








1. How old are you?
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2. What gender are you?

• Male
• Female

3. What did you like about the animatic?
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4. Were you able to follow the storyline?

• Yes
• No
• Some parts

5. What did you think the use of sounds for the animatic?
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6. Would you watch this if it were a film?

• Yes
• No

7. How could I improve if I were to do this again?
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Target Audience - Moodboard

Film Poster Analysis - 'The edge of Seventeen'

Storyboard - Part 4

Storyboard - Part 3

Storyboard - Part 2

Storyboard - Part 1

Genre of our group plot

Negative words relating to social media

Postivie words about social media

Group Plot Synopsis - Second

GENRE: Social media

TARGET AUDIENCE: 15-20 year olds (Mainly female)

TODAYS FEARS: Social media is taking over and 17 year olds nowadays tend to put their life on Facebook, Twitter etc. Many teenage girls share the fears of having their image destroyed by someone on social media, knowing it’s undeletable.

 

In Abergavenny, sixth form students Sarah, Jake, Katie and Noah are best friends, living typical lives of 17 year olds. They spend both their social and school lives together, attending house parties and even sticking together during detentions after school. The friends are in a group chat, planning a night out for Noah’s 18^th birthday, making comments about how he’ll be getting served alcohol for the rest of them as they will still be underage. Typical of youngsters, they start discussing humorous drunken stories and send embarrassing photos of each other into the group chat which they all laugh about. The discussion continues and an ‘Anonymous’ user enters the group chat, however, the group are unaware of this.  Photos are shared on a Facebook page of Sarah and Jake holding hands and cuddling in public.  However, they’re unaware of this until Noah discovers them on an unusual account that had recently added him.  Noah sends the photos to the group chat and Sarah is embarrassed and accuses Jake of uploading them.  Jake denies it and the group become uncomfortable that someone has been taking photos of them and posting them online.

Minutes later, Sarah, Jake, Katie and Noah get an alert that someone has posted into the group chat.  Sarah opens the chat to find that the anonymous user that uploaded the image of her onto its Facebook page has somehow entered the chat and sent the group an image with a message saying ‘How’s the diet going, Katie?’.  Sarah clicks the image to see it clearly and discovers a print screen of an email to Katie from the local doctor’s surgery asking her to attend her next session at Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to talk about effective ways of treating her bulimia.  Katie had not yet discussed this issue with her friends as she was too embarrassed and didn’t want to know as an attention seeker.  The rest of the group open the chat and Katie posts a message, embarrassed, asking who this anonymous user is.

Jake immediately calls the group on a video conference call, they all answer to him asking what is going on.  Katie is upset by what seems to be her secret being released.  She explains her situation knowing her friends have her back and will help her through it.  Sarah kindly offers to attend her next therapy session with her and Katie agrees. 

An alert for the group chat then alarms, a recent video is received of Jake at a party with a girl who’s yet to be identified.  The video shows Jake stood outside of a bedroom and leading into, it also catches him talking to the female about how they can’t let his girlfriend, Sarah find out.  As the pair enters the bedroom a clear shot of Katie’s face is present and the video cuts off.  A second alert occurs with a message, ‘admit you cheated on Sarah with Katie, Jake.  Or the full video gets posted’.  The video call is silent and the user joins the call awaiting the truth.  Sarah is upset and shouting, “How could you both, with each other? My best friend, Jake. I was at that party with you all as well. Noah did you know”.  Noah was unaware that this happened and both Katie and Jake deny cheating, however, Katie knows that he is capable of cheating as he did so on his ex-girlfriend with her.  The anonymous user gives Jake a 5 second countdown to admit but doesn’t do so.  The video is then posted on social media for their classmates to see, this time an extended copy with full proof.  Sarah stays in the chat but disappears from the screen and is no longer speaking to Jake and Katie while Katie is in tears in the video call due to guilt.

Katie, Jake and Noah are still in the video call.  Katie is still upset and is shouting at Jake, “You said she wouldn’t find out!”  Noah interrupts, “Guys, calm down.  She’ll get over it”.  Jake states that Sarah is to stubborn to get over this.  A doorbell rings; Jakes head turns to hear a female voice talking to his mother.  Sarah angrily charges through his bedroom door, she stands over him shouting.  Realising that Katie and Noah are still on the video call she slams the laptop shut and slaps him.  Sarah leaves the room and Jake follows.  She walks out the house and down the path until Jake stops her and Noah and Katie arrive.  Noah and Jake try and calm Sarah down while she and Katie are arguing.  Noah slips up claims that everything that had happened was all meant to be a joke.  Sarah, only partially listening to what he said as she was still shouting at Katie, she shockingly questions Noah again.  He then admits he knew about the cheating but didn’t know how to tell her, he also intends that he knew about the video, not making it obvious that he was the one that took the video.  She then takes in Noah’s hints to find that he was the one who took the video of Jake and Katie.  Its then silent and Sarah feels alone and betrayed by who she thought was her friends.

Silence breaks between the group and Katie begins to talk and says something familiar to what the anonymous user in the chat, “If no one talks in the next 10 seconds I’m going, this is pathetic.”  Sarah then focuses on what Katie said as the anonymous user said the same by giving Jake a countdown to admit he’s cheating.  Sarah’s suspicion gradually grows of Katie to then cause her to run back into Jakes house and into his room to his laptop.  Sarah scrolls through the chat to find the message from the anonymous user and finds a similarity to what she had recently said outside. Katie, Jake and Noah both run upstairs to find Sarah on Jakes laptop.  Sarah turn to them stood in the doorway and says “It’s you isn’t it?” aimed at Katie.  Katie tries to deny it’s her and questions why she would post stuff about herself.  Sarah slowly walks to her with her arms crossed and accuses her of being the anonymous user which makes her feel uncomfortable and she looks down at the floor.  Katie is still denying while Sarah keeps asking how why she did it.  Sarah attempts to get the truth out of her by accusing her of making up that she is bulimic to cover up that it’s actually her. Sarah then guilt trips the truth out of Katie by stating that Katie made her feel sorry for her just because she has a ‘dirty little secret’.  Katie then gives in to the lie and states that she does it because she’s jealous of Sarah because she’s the popular one and feels as if she’s in her shadow.  She’s jealous that she has a boyfriend and that it’s Jake because she wants to be with him.

From here on Sarah, Jake, Katie and Noah are no longer a group.  Noah and Jake are still good friends and Katie and Noah have minimal contact no and again.  Jake still tries to resolve the issues between Sarah and him in hope that they can get back together and forget about Katie who he tries to avoid.  As for Sarah and Katie, they have not spoken since that day and Sarah has deleted Katie off all types of social media.

Problems with original plot synopsis

After rethinking our plot synopsis and scanning through potential problems, we had found that to make the trailer for such an advanced synopsis would prove difficult. In order to create realistic effects similar to 'The Hunger Games', we'd need professional use of Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Toon Boom and other advanced Software to create the CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) effects.


However, as a group, we agreed that we all would like to create a film trailer based off the hybrid genre Psychological thriller/ Teen drama as it is much more within our reach.

Group Plot Synopsis

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Research - Nuclear Power - Today's fear

Nuclear Waste - Remnants of split Uranium or other fuel is highly unstable - Radioactive - Harmful to life.

Dangerous - If Nuclear Power stations are not properly built or managed, it could inflict radiation poisoning and the nuclear, being very unstable, could explode. This would emit radioactive fallout into the atmosphere e.g. Chernobyl, Ukraine 1986, the worst nuclear power accident in history.

The nuclear power vessel ruptured during a sudden power surge and multiple explosions followed. A plume of radioactive fallout spread first over the nearby town of Pripyat, killing or severely poisoning all of the citizens. The cloud then spread over areas of Ukraine, contaminating rivers, farmland and the natural environment. Even a slight malfunction can be catastrophic.

Film Genres

An action film is similar to an adventure genre as the protagonist usually takes a risky turn, leading to desperate situations (which include explosions, fight scenes, daring escapes etc). Action and adventure are usually categorised together as a hybrid genre e.g. Action-adventure. This is because they have much in common and many stories come under both of these genres e.g. James Bond.

An adventure story is about a protagonist who journeys to epic or distant places to accomplish something. It can have many other genre elements included within it, because it is a very open genre. The protagonist has a mission and faces obstacles to get to their destination. Also, adventure stories usually include unknown settings and characters with prized properties or features.

A fantasy story is about magic or supernatural forces, rather than technology, though it often is made to include elements of other genres, such as science fiction elements, for instance computers or DNA, if it happens to take place in a modern or future era. Depending on the extent of these other elements, the story may or may not be considered to be a "hybrid genre" series; for instance, even though the Harry Potter series canon includes the requirement of a particular gene to be a wizard, it is referred to only as a fantasy series.

Horror is a genre that aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and dread for the audience. These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmares. Horror films usually centre on the arrival of an evil force, person, or event. Many Horror films include mythical creatures such as ghosts, vampires, and zombies. Traditionally, Horror films incorporate a large amount of violence and gore into the plot. Though it has its own style, Horror film often overlaps into Fantasy, Thriller, and Science-Fiction genres.



Drama film is a genre that relies on the emotional and relational development of realistic characters. While Drama film relies heavily on this kind of development, dramatic themes play a large role in the plot as well. Often, these dramatic themes are taken from intense, real life issues. Whether heroes or heroines are facing a conflict from the outside or a conflict within themselves, Drama film aims to tell an honest story of human struggles.

Individual Film Synopsis

Genre – Action/post-apocalyptic

Target audience – Teenagers (15-20)

Real - Based on real fears of nuclear power/ ties in with running out of fossil fuels/ survival. The story is based on the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl.

Costumes – Suits/ masks/ scientist costumes/ police force costumes etc.

Beginning

Rachael is an 18-year-old university student in her last year of study. She is at the top of her class and the teachers see huge potential in her ability in film making. For her final project, they have tasked her to create a short documentary on the first nuclear power reactor built near an extremely environmentally friendly town in Ukraine that has blown up. At first, it seems pretty harmless, so they make out, however, reality proves to be very different.

She travels to Ukraine with her two friends; Eve and Connor. They accompany her on her trip to aid her in the project that will set her on the path to being a professional film maker. They arrive in Ukraine and Eve; the designated camera woman in the group begins recording the documentary. But, unknown to them at the time, their very own documentary will be one of the most eye opening pieces of film ever created.

Middle

The group of students arrive in the small town of Kuma. They familiarise themselves with the towns surroundings and begin to make their way to the location of the reactor to film the first segment of their documentary. Rachael, who is the main reporter for the documentary starts talking about the nuclear power station and how it may affect the immediate town surroundings, due to just the ‘smoke’ that may cause problems with travel. After the report, Eve continues watching the power plant from afar, through a pair of goggles. However, Rachael picks up on something rather unexpected. After watching the nuclear reactor from the bushes nearby, she sees something major that force her instincts tot ell her that the explosion was far from minor.

Indicated by the panicky scientists that hover around the reactor using radiation detectors to evaluate the problem, this was a sight not meant for three students. Rachael begins to believe that there is a much bigger problem, and makes it her mission with her two friends to find out what has actually happened. Through the zooming of the camera, Eve records the whole seen. They then decide to go back to their hotel and research into the disaster.

End

With the taste of metal in their mouth, they soon realise it is an effect of radiation poisoning. One by one, they started noticing people in the surrounding area being poisoned by the invisible enemy. Stunned by what they have discovered, they attempt to inform the others to evacuate. With it all undercover, Eve, Connor and Racheal try to expose the government to the town, Kuma which were lied to and told was a minor incident. They quickly realise that this isn’t just a mission to uncover the government, but a fight for survival also.

They notice only the elite are able to get hold of antidotes of which have been given to them by officials. The rest of the residents in the town are given no information about the effects of the explosion, no antidotes or any clue as to what is actually causing people to suddenly fall ill and die. Rachael is the only one who can afford a suit that protects her from the radiation she was exposed to. After offering to share with the group, they decide to give it to Rachael, knowing fully well they are not going to survive. Eve and Connor have full faith in Rachael to carry out the mission single handily.  Instead, they stay at their hotel and ring up Rachael, giving her advice, research they have found and downloading any footage they have recorded to upload to the internet as part of their plot to uncover the government.

Found out by officials, the government has learnt that the three students are attempting to challenge them. Whilst being hunted down by officials, Rachael teams up with a scientist and records the amount of radiation in the atmosphere and records it to send over to her two friends. As they continue posting evidence online, Rachael is informed by the pair that the police are nearly where she is to arrest her.

Conclusion

Her two friends; Eve and Connor recover footage and release it to the world before she is hunted down and arrested. Eve and Connor soon after die to the amount of radiation they were exposed to.

Film Poster Analysis - 'The Edge of Seventeen'

Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) classifies films, videos and digital games. The BBFC is an independent, non-governmental body funding themselves through the fees charged when examining screen entertainment.

U Universal – Suitable for all

A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, although it is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child.

U films should be set within a positive framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror. If a work is particularly suitable for pre-school children, this will be indicated in the BBFCinsight.
 

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly disapproved of.
Drugs

References to illegal drugs or drug misuse must be infrequent and innocuous, or have a clear educational purpose or anti-drug message suitable for young children.
Imitable behaviour

Potentially dangerous or anti-social behaviour which young children may copy must be clearly disapproved of. No emphasis on realistic or easily accessible weapons.
Language

Infrequent use only of very mild bad language.
Nudity

Occasional nudity, with no sexual context.
Sex

Only very mild sexual behaviour (for example, kissing) and references to such behaviour.
Threat

Scary or potentially unsettling sequences should be mild, brief and unlikely to cause undue anxiety to young children. The outcome should be reassuring.
Violence

Violence will generally be very mild. Mild violence may be acceptable if it is justified by context (for example, comedic, animated, wholly unrealistic)

 

PG Parental Guidance

General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. Unaccompanied children of any age may watch, but parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children.

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly disapproved of, or in an educational or historical context, or in a particularly dated work with no likely appeal to children. Discrimination by a character with whom children can readily identify is unlikely to be acceptable.
Drugs

References to illegal drugs or drug misuse must be innocuous or carry a suitable anti-drug message.
Imitable behaviour

No detail of potentially dangerous behaviour which young children are likely to copy, if that behaviour is presented as safe or fun. No glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives. No focus on anti-social behaviour which young children are likely to copy.
Language

Mild bad language only. Aggressive or very frequent use of mild bad language may result in a work being passed at a higher category.

Nudity

There may be nudity with no sexual context. Sex Sexual activity may be implied, but should be discreet and infrequent. Mild sex references and innuendo only.
Threat

Frightening sequences or situations where characters are in danger should not be prolonged or intense. Fantasy settings may be a mitigating factor.
Violence

Violence will usually be mild. However there may be moderate violence, without detail, if justified by its context (for example, history, comedy or fantasy).

12A/12 – Suitable for 12 years and over

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider whether the film is suitable for that child. To help them decide, we recommend that they check the BBFCinsight for that film in advance. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a 12 rated video work.

Discrimination
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.
Drugs
Misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.
Imitable behaviour
No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy. No glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives. No endorsement of anti-social behaviour.
Language
There may be moderate language. Strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.
Nudity
There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet.
Sex
Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate sex references are permitted, but frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.
Threat
There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences. Although some scenes may be disturbing, the overall tone should not be. Horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.
Violence
There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and its depiction must be justified by context.

15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film in a cinema. 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, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.
Language
There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.
Nudity
There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. There may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually 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.
Threat
There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat is unlikely to be acceptable.
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. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

18 – Suitable only for adults

No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema. No one younger than 18 may rent or buy an 18 rated video work. Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment.


Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:
• where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence
• where material or treatment appears to us to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities
• where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the context of a sex work (see below) or where the primary purpose of the images in question is sexual arousal In the case of video works, which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.


Sex education at 18
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality or safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.
Sex works at 18
Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed 18. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at R18 is also unacceptable in a sex work at 18.

Practice 2016

Practice Task



In order for me to get used to the camera, I was set a challenge that included different camera angles/shots for our group moving image trailer. Before this task, I had only used video on a camera for unprofessional use, not deliberately focusing on the positioning of the camera or the angles. Before using the video recorder, I was told the basics to help me participate in filming the practice task.

After learning how to use the video camera, I worked with a group to familiarize myself with different camera angles and types that I will need to know and replicate for filming. An example of a shot I was going to film was a shot-reverse-shot between two characters. Additionally, before we began filming, it was meant to be a task of the basic practicing of shots, however, as we began filming, we decided it was best to turn the practice moving shots into a small story. From this, I thought it was best for the shot-reverse-shot to be a conversation between a male and a female character having an argument. Using our creativity and knowledge from last year, we were able to make the on-the-spot story run smoothly.

During the course of this, I have learnt many things.