Friday, 6 February 2009

Final Target filming stage 1

Today our group decided to capture as many shots as we could around the college. We managed to get pictures for our storyboard. We have begun to capture this is Final Cut.

Monday, 26 January 2009

"Final Target" script

Camera pans or tracks around room revealing different objects: bloody shirt, gun case, alarm clock, sunglasses and then a close-up on Zac's face. Zac stops his alarm gets up acknowledges the bloody shirt, then straight cut to bathroom. Mirror is shown, washes face, he appears in the mirror washes his face and he sticks a shirt on. He than gos from one room to another his shadow is shown on the wall than the camera pans onto him going across. He than stops for a second at his mummy's room:
Zac: "Bye!"
Zac goes out of the front door we see him walking than straight cut to him on the bus staring out the window. Some one in the background says "please don't" and laughs. The first flashback appears in black and white camera goes through a window showing a person tied up in an armchair. Camera angle changes to the victim's perspective looking at Zac holding a gun
Victim: "Please don't." ( crying)
than the sound of a gunshot and picture fades to black than we see Zac walking out with blood on his shirt and a straight-cut to him walking out.
Cross-cut back to him on the bus still staring out than getting off the bus walking into college passing through the Reigate college sign.
Than him in a class where other college students get ready to the lesson than the teacher stars talking. Next shot is him going down the corridors in a door and out in fast motion, than a close up on a clock as the time passes from 10 to 1 than we see him sitting and eating lunch alone looking up at someone. For the first time Rose is introduced her face close up slow motion as she smiles and laughs, sound of heartbeat comes in and the camera zooms out showing that she is far away and than we see Zac at the table and than Rose again as she sits down, back to Zac and the bell goes he stands up and goes to lesson. Than again we show him in a classroom where others are drawing and painting he is relaxed drawing than someone knocks over red paint on his hand. A very quick immediate flashback appears him kneeling next to a dead bloody body and his hand covered in blood, we see his hands from his view. Than back to the classroom.
voice fades in
Person: "Sorry mate."
Zac: "No problem."
Zac looks at the clock, it fastens up and the next shot is him from the back walking up to his house and from above the stairs as he is going up. As he is in his room, his phone starts ringing, a close up on the phone shows the name 'Dante' to be calling. Zac then answers the phone.
Zac: "Hello."
Dante: "Zac, I have a new target for you."
Zac: "Tell me more."
Camera cuts to a dimly lit area, with Dante in a large concealing clothes, his face is obscured, but he can be seen talking on his phone. The dialogue continues as different shots and angles of dante are shown.
Dante: "I need you to deal with a witness. Dennis Smith has a court appearance soon and it seems that he will no longer be able make it."
Dante: "You will find him at in the upper floor of the downtown mall. His picture is being sent to you now."
Zac: "How long do I have?"
Dante: "You have until sunrise. Goodbye."
Dante hangs up the phone and camera cuts back to Zac in his room. A montage of Zac getting prepared for his work is shown; this includes him changing his clothes, putting on a jacket and readying his equipment for the night ahead. End of montage sequence shows camera slowing down and shows a close up of Zac as he puts on his aviator sunglasses. Camera cuts to different shot angle of Zac and then he leaves the room.

"Final Target" marketing

We plan to show the movie first in cinemas. We would distribute it to all of the cinemas across the UK and as many cinemas as possible in the USA. Depending on the success of the film in cinemas, we would then consider releasing it in European cinemas. After several months in the cinema, we would distribute the movie in DVD format in all regions across the globe.

As well as using TV advertisements, movie posters and adverts in magazines, members of the cast would make appearances on popular television chat shows or radio interviews to promote the release of the film


We would create a website on the internet and bands for the film on sites like facebook, bebo, myspace...

Thursday, 22 January 2009

'Final Target' music, sound

We will use soundtrack to create electro/drum and bass music which will play throughout the opening sequence as non-diegetic sound. This is intended to create tension, drama and action. We will also use sound effects such as a gunshot and an alarm. Some examples of the type of music we will produce are; Prodigy - Breathe and Black Sun Empire - Voltage.

'Final Target' budget

Our budget would include; hiring at least 4 cast members and possibly paying for costumes and props such as imitation weapons. In the budget we would incorporate our marketing which would include; trailers on television (around 30 seconds - 1 minute long), trailers in cinemas which would be longer, posters to promote the film and encourage people to see it and possibly radio adverts.

'Final Target' target audience

The target audience for our film would be teenagers/young adults. The film would most likely have a rating of 12 or 15. We plan to create a questionnaire stating the plot of our film and asking whether or not people would go to see it in the cinema. This questionnaire would also ask the age of the person being questioned and, from this we would know whether our target audience was correct/appropriate or not.