Audience Mind Map

Mind Map to help pin point our target audience and the people likely to watch our film.

Joseph Moss

Audience MoodBoard

This mood board shows the type of audience of our film opening which as you can see are mainly made up of young adults

Harvey Andrew

Characters we have and why

Detective/Hero: We are having a detective because we needed a hero to save the young female protagonist from the antagonists and lets the audience know they can trust someone because he is a good person so they know that there is a chance of the girl being saved. We chose him to be a male because males are stereotypically shown to be powerful and very intelligent.

Young Female Protagonist We are having a Young female protagonist because we can present her as innocent and venerable throughout the film so then this allows us to implement a new character to be the hero to help her or save her from the antagonist. This is effective because we are doing a drama and allows us to connect emotionally with the audience because we can make the audience feel sorry for her because of the things that could possibly happen to her.

Young Male Antagonist: We chose a young male antagonist because he would stereotypically be inexperienced and venerable meaning he could be manipulated easily also he had to be a similar age to the young female protagonist because then he will have some sort of a connection with her and he would be merciful when coming to revelling where she was hiding.

 Middle Aged Male Antagonist: We chose a Middle aged male antagonist because stereotypically he would be very powerful also because of his age he will be experienced and wouldn’t be so venerable to other powerful characters.

Male Antagonist/Father: We chose the Young females father to be an antagonist because then he has a direct connection to her and he will easily have power over her stereotypically because he is a male and has power but also because he is her father and can tell her what to do and have full control over her this would be effective in a drama because it can make the audience more emotional because they know they can’t do anything about the power he has over her because rules of general society.

We chose to have more antagonists because it allows us to maximise the struggle for the protagonists and the Hero to return everything back to normal.

Harvey Andrew 

Questionnaire

How often do you watch films of the drama genre?

This question was to receive information regarding the amount of people who watch drama on a regular basis and to see how many people generally watch drama films. The results were that most people who watch drama films often watch them monthly though this can depend on the time of year and what is being released at the moment of time. This can also depend on the amount of mainstream titles being released at that time because this can affect the amount of films of the genre the audience may watch.      

Do you enjoy watching drama? If so what are the main reasons you enjoy watching a drama film?

This question was to investigate what aspects of a drama the general audience enjoyed so that we can apply these positive features to our film during the film taking process. The results show that many of the people who watch drama films tend to like the evolution in characters stating that it was interesting seeing the progression from beginning to the end of the film. Others stated they liked the emotional side of dramas. 

Name 3 films you have seen that fit in the drama genre?

This question was for us to receive examples of key movies that most people generally remember and would allow us to then look into these films and see the key factors as to what they did right. Many of the people stated different films though the key film that got the most attention was The Shawshank Redemption, which also was a very popular film on the web. This shows that this film definitely got the piece correct and by analysing this film will give us ideas as to how to make our film.

Do you think the Drama genre goes well with any of these genres? If so why?

This question was for us to see what other genres went well with drama as this could impact our film if enough people suggest a certain sub-genre as this would show that the elements of other genres would attract other audiences. The results showed that many people believe that thriller suited drama the best and that our film would be best if we could have certain elements inside our film.

Where do you often see movies for this genre?

This question was to see where our film opening would most likely be viewed in order to become aware of what type of people we go to see the film. The results show that many people would see this film at the cinema though this would depend on the trailer and how anticipated the film is.

What age rating do you think a drama genre film should be?

This question was to see what age rating we should target our film at as this could affect the types of things we can feature inside the opening. Most stated 15 because drama films are generally targeted towards adults so there is no need in making the film at a lower rating.

Kieran Belshaw

Film Opening Moodboard

This mood board shows and reminds us of our ideas and themes of the film and film opening.

Joseph Moss

Our Film Opening Genre

Our Film Opening Genre

The Bear Productions team finally agreed on Drama as the genre for our film after some debate but we each had ideas for a Drama based film. Our film idea is also quite Neo-noir but we are still sticking with Drama being the key genre and Neo-noir being the sub-genre of our film and opening.
 

We chose Drama as this allows us to make the most of our film. This genre fits with our independent film targeted towards a specific audience focused on the story rather than action content which we are unable to cater for.

Joseph Moss

Props, Characters and Costumes

Detective: Brown Hair, White Shirt, Smart Black Shoes, tie, Trench coat and work trousers

Props: Photos and Badge

Age: 30s

Girl protagonist: Blonde Hair, Blue eyes, Trainers, Jeans, White top and coat

Age: 16

Mother: Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes, and casual house clothes stained with blood.

Age:: 40s

Father: Shirt, Tie, Suit Trousers

Age: 40s

Antagonists murderer 1: Black Jumper, Black gloves, Black Boots

Age: 20s

Props: Knife

Antagonist murderer 2: Leather Jacket, Black gloves, Black boot

Age: 40s

Props: Knife

Harvey Andrew

Bear Production Narrative

Bear Productions Presents

A Narrative in Association With

No-Fro Studios

Trails of Water

Young female protagonist (Samantha, approx. Age 14) commits suicide by jumping into a river after being chased by a detective trying to help her. This is due to her and her mother once living happily together until two men were sent by her father to kill her mother. They leave the daughter alive and the police show up. Custody of the daughter is given to the father as he wanted. A detective (John Cartwright?, approx. Age 28-34) is sent to question the girl and father and investigate the murder.

The father is into some dodgy activities (e.g. drugs). The daughter knows her father killed mother and is dealing with drugs. Daughter runs away and leaves clues for the detective to follow. Father sends the 2 murderers after the girl before she gives away too much information. One murderer runs into the detective and is killed in a small fight. The detective finds clues left by the girl leading to father being guilty.

Detective chases girl along riverside. Girl commits suicide by jumping into the river. She leaves behind enough evidence to prove the father guilty.

 

Joseph Moss, Harvey Andrew, Kieren Belshaw

25 Word Film Brief

25 Word Film Brief
 

Story of a girl witness to her mother’s murder trying to prove the killer guilty, commits suicide, leaving behind clues for the detective to follow.

Joseph Moss

Audience Research

Drama is the forth most popular Genre at the time in north America grossing over $31.6 billion dollars of revenue. The most popular Drama feature film at the moment is The Revenant making £405.1 million so far. Its average gross is $7,600,000 this low compared to Thriller bellow it that on average grosses $19,000,000, but drama makes up for I with how many films they out put and being able to gain revenue from it for example the Genre Drama has had over 4000 movies made when the Genre of thriller has only had near to a thousand.

Most popular Dramas 2005-2016

2005- Million Dollar Baby 2006- The Departed 2007- American Gangster 2008- Twilight 2009- The Twilight saga: New Moon 2010- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2011- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 2012- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 2013- The Great Gatsby 2014- The fault in our stars 2015- American Sniper 2016- 13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi

Harvey Andrew

Our Institution

Our Institution

Bear Productions are in agreement that we are an independent company focused on providing an original story for a specific range of people interested in crime drama. The ideas we have for our film are shall be focused on a target audience and will appeal to specific groups of people.

We as a small company with barely any budget and very limited equipment and editing software. This means we would be restricted with trying to make main stream films. Similar to production companies such as Film Four but on a far smaller scale. Film Four are responsible for films like Trainspotting and Slum Dog Millionaire.      

 Joseph Moss