Questionare Results 7

Questionnaire results-Question 7

These results show that our audience prefer an action film to end with a twist rather than a traditional ending, which is when the hero saves the world and gets the girl, or a cliff-hanger.

Questionare Results 6

Questionnaire results-Question 6

These results show that our audience prefer an action film to be realistic.

Questionare Results 5

Questionnaire results-Question 5

These results show that our audience prefer action scenes rather than exotic locations or a battle between the main protagonist and main antagonist.

Questionare Results 4

Questionnaire results-Question 4

 

These results show that our audience have mixed views about the location.

Questionare Results 3

Questionnaire results-Question 3

These results show that our audience believe that our main protagonist should be intelligent instead of muscular or good looking.

Questionare Results 2

Questionnaire results-Question 2

These results show that our audience prefer a fighting style of James Bond.These results show that our audience prefer a fighting style of James Bond which means that we may follow the audiences views or change it along the way.

Questionare Results 1

Questionnaire results-Question 1

These results show that our audience prefer chase scenes rather than fight scenes, this will help us to decide how we will start our film.This means that we will probably use a chase scene as its what the audience wants which means it will keep them interested.

The Silence Of The Lambs Opening Scene Analysis

          

The Silence Of The Lambs Opening Scene Analysis

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The opening scene starts with shots of a woman running through a dark some what misty wood. It becomes clear that she is running an assault course as the clip proceeds,also An F.B.I. agent tells her that a Mr. Crawford wants to see her and at this stage its made clear that she is working for the F.B.I. because of the uses the directer uses such as tracking shot to present her walking to him. She then enters some offices where she finds  newspaper clippings and pictures about a murderer called Buffalo Bill, She is also been assigned a mission by her boss Crawford thus giving the audience only get some basic information at this point in the film. The first character the audience See's is Clarice Starling (the woman running at the start, The main focus of the shots in the opening few minutes). She stands out because in the corridors of the F.B.I. base is full of testosterone like men and because she is the week supposedly tiny, female. This is shown in the shot with her in blue and the men in red in the lift. Compared to typical female film characters, she is unglamourous, sweaty and manly. The music is orchestral, and is clearly written to give a sense of fear which is shown within the shots; especially whilst she is running, However the music has less tension building and is more serious when it comes back in from the fade. It fades slightly and lingers whilst her and Crawford are talking, again giving a sense of unease.There is a heavy use of digetic sound as well, such as heavy breathing and gun shots to name a few, suggesting the film will be dramatic and filled with high tension. The titles are simple, white and small and the titles come and go meaning a spooky fast paced thriller is about occur. This film is targeted for persons  over 18 because of the sadistic content which is shown throughout the scene.

Film Script

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shot reverse shot, Rack focus moving from middle body to over the shoulder. The camera has a semi high shot of villain zooming in and out narrating about me.

Scene 1

dark guy: I wouldn't even try with it

Cory: why the world needs him

dark Guy: no the world wants him ,you got no f*k*n idea what your dealing with here

Fades Out

dark Guy: This geezer is one in a billion let alone million

dark Guy: he has no fear, no conscience and holds more power than the hulk

Vietnam war sound in the background

dark Guy: you better not under-estimate him

dark Guy: he was the greatest, most feared man in Vietnam

dark Guy: some say he's not even human,he came down from space

Scene 2

so i finally get to see the famous Connor then,hope i managed to ruin your holiday

chucks cigarette

nah its cool my whole life's holiday.mind you my Latina babes were a smidge upset when i had to vamos away.

agent looking

alright no funny business,you must know why your here by now

oh hell yeah

villain gives signal

chase scene 

gets to wall

cmon con just give it up

ye know full well i can make it over that wall,and now your probably wandering why i wanna stand hear yabbing at at you

Agent jumps down

end of the line

no feckin way #illnutyouinaminuite

Then hand it over

look at phone

hang about

Ah feck it

Action Film Codes And Conventions

                                                  Codes And Conventions Of A Horror Genre

Horror Sub Genres

Ø The Monster scare

Ø Psychological

Ø Slasher

Split into sub genres-often sub genres

Primary target audience male 16-24

15 or 18 certificate

Extensive use of narrative enigmas

Slow pace of editing, builds tension, long takes.

Codes and conventions

· Three act narrative

· Predictable narrative content (follows format)

· Clear binary opposition’s good v evil.

· Use of low key lighting, Use of CGI, FX

· Dominant representation of gender: male villain, female victim

· Extensive use of close up, point of view shots, low angle shots.

· Young/teenage characters

Target Audience: Usually male aged 16-24, usually male because men can interact with the characters where as the women are seen as being weak. The blood and gore doesn't appeal to women as they are squeamish.

Props Research 1

                                                                            Props research

                       This is our list of the props we may include in the opening two minutes of our film.

Props

• Guns/Knives

We may use guns such as pistols as they are the usual weapon for the main protagonist, an example of this would be James Bond as he always has his traditional Walther PPK. We could also include more destructive and exciting weapons such as machine guns or grenades to create explosions. The guns would be spray painted black to look more realistic and also hidden from the sight the enemies. We could also use a knife as back up to the gun for stealth scenes or close quarters.

• Earpiece

We could use an earpiece to allow the main protagonist to be updated about his missions and follow his instructions, the villains may also have earpieces in order to communicate with each other. The ear pieces would have no cables and look professional as if it were a real prop from a James Bond film.

• Briefcase

A briefcase could be used in order to create an enigma. It would either be black or dark brown which would look old and stylish. The briefcase could contain anything from money to weapons which makes the audience question and wonder why it has been used.

• Mobile Phone

We may have someone with a phone to show that he is wealthy and maybe a business man that is distanced from the characters as they have ear pieces. The main antagonist could use it to show that he is more superior to the rest as he is different to them.

Mood Board

                                                               Mood board - Action Film

Just some images to give us some ideas for our film.  The pictures of weapons connote that our film will be categorised in the action genre section.The mask and briefcase suggest that a mysterious background could be included which is true as some of the characters are special agents.

If we were to use any of these props it would mean that we would either have to borrow them from friends or buy them ourselves-this seemed to not be the ideal approach so we adjusted our schedule and decided to go with a fast paced opening of a chase scene with a final confrontation.

In fact we didn't use any of the props below as we didn't want to go in guns blazing and instead started it with a chase scene that kept our audience on the edge of their seats.

Questionare

Questionnaire-Action genre

1) What is your favourite type of opening?


Chase scene

Shoot out

Fight scene

Other (please state)


2) What fighting style do you prefer?


James Bond

Jason Bourne

Jackie Chan

Sherlock Holmes


3) What do you think the main protagonist should be?


Muscular

Intelligent

Good looking


4) What sort of location do you prefer?


Iconic buildings

Landmarks

Large landscapes

Quiet and discrete location e.g. a village


5) What do you prefer to see in an action film?


Action scenes

Exotic locations

A battle between the main protagonist and antagonist


6) Do you prefer an action film to be realistic?


Yes

No


7) How would you like an action film to end?


Cliff-hanger

Traditional (when the hero defeats the evil villain and gets the girl)

A twist

Costume Research 1

Costumes Research

The main protagonist and antagonist could be wearing suit to show their superiority over the the other characters. The main protagonist could have a grey or navy suit like the one Daniel Craig uses in the James Bond films (shown in the images above). The main antagonist could have a black suit (shown in the image to the right) which would follow the typical costumes of an action villain-however we may have the main antagonist wearing a light coloured suit such as a cream suit (shown in the image below) to subvert the typical stereotypes and so that he is not easily spotted which could shock the audience and create suspense.