PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTSTAGE 1IDEA GENERATION & RESEARCH

SEB WEBSTER

YOU SHOULD USE THIS TO STRUCTURE YOUR STAG 1 RESPONSE. ADD SLIDES WHERE NECESSARY AND ILLUSTRATIONS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK ON THE BOX UNDER THE QUESTION/INFO!

INITIAL IDEASAdd your mind map(s) and any documents about your initial ideas here (this could include sketches, sources of inspiration, etc

Inspirations:

-One thing which is Similar to my idea is in an episode of Family Guy they have something to do with April fools so I developed their idea and made it my own completely changing the middle and end.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-lfq6Sn6Mw -Family Guy Episode

-Another film which could be seen as in the same genre is Rush hour, this has many conventions in the film which I want to employ in my work so I did my micro analysis on this film

YOUR IDEAExplain why you have chosen your particular idea, this could be for a specific reason or a combination of reasons, all specific to you. Provide as much detail as possibleThe short film will start at 10pm on 31st of March. This will start by there been a news headline which they inform the public that there will be an unfortunate series of events which is going to cause the world to end in 2 hours. They set their watch on their wrist to count down two hours

The subject rushes to their room only to bring out a bucket list from their draw which will have around 10 things which they want to do before they die.

So they start crossing things off the list whilst having constant fast cuts to their stop watch on their wrist counting down the time they have on earth

They can even start doing things which are people would dare try to make it have a comical effect

It gets to the last 10 minutes and the person is completely tired out, they head back home for the last 10 minutes have a little heart to heart conversation with their family. They do the countdown together and cuddle as a family

The new team start to count down the last 5 second before the end of the world

“three…..Two…..one April fools!! It's the 1st of April and the whole things been staged by the news team

(There will be limited dialogue)

The reason I went with this idea is because it mixes two genres which I really enjoy personally as well as the idea has been taken from something which already exists, there’s a Family guy episode were they do a April fools prank. I have taken their idea and made it my own by changing it the start and what the result of the prank is in my synopsis.

The reason I wanted to make it into the thriller is because I had a few ideas from the film Rush Hour 2,, the karaoke in this film where it starts off with very long takes which give off the impression everything is calm in the atmosphere and then when the tension in the scene starts to build, the shot length decreases to build this effect.

I would have no main gender which I want to aim this project at, due to the genre and idea behind my short film. I don’t have anything in this which would make the idea specific gender.

I might have a section at the end which involves a gun so this could be seen as more visually interesting for a male audience.

This would tend to be aimed at people between the ages of 15-24 which in the classification means anyone in this age range are a teenager, this mean I can make the film look interesting and if it catches my eye it will most likely catch the eye of the audience I’m aiming this project at.

There’s nothing which is involved to make this project specific to any sexuality so this wouldn't have to be looked into or taken into account when producing this film.

The social grade that I would follow for my target audience would fall into C1, B and A, the reason I think this would be appropriate for the film I’m making is because the scene I want to film this could give off an upper class feel to the family meaning people in these social grade can relate to the subjects.

I feel this would be a short film which would have a psychographic of achievers, this is mainly because the subject goes out and does everything on their bucket list that they can before the count down stops which is something achievers might do if they were put into this situation

I feel that geodemographics wouldn’t apply here as this is an idea which can relate to almost anyone because they can all put themselves in their position. If I had to pick a curtain area I would say my idea would be more interesting for people in cities ad built up areas because I filming most of this in areas like this. It also means they can try relate to my story in their own area

PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE RESEARCHYou MUST conduct a questionnaire/survey/interview or a combination of all three. Summarise this and add in any other primary research you feel is appropriate

SECONDARY TARGET AUDIENCE RESEARCHResearch viewing figures, sales figures, demographic and psychographic info. Look up article, features or stories related to your potential audience

IDENTIFY TARGET AUDIENCEFor this you should summarise your primary and secondary research, through this you should then be able to produce an audience outline that you intend to target. For this you could also produce an audience profile.

AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE CONTENTGiven your idea generation and your audience research, what sort of content would you define as the appropriate. Consider issues of taste, certification [BBFC might be a good starting point for this], etc. Look at what you’d like to include and what you are allowed to include.

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES RESEARCHResearch potential production techniques you might want to use or feel would be most appropriate. You should watch films/tv shows/music videos that are of a similar genre/style/audience as what you want to make.You should collect clips/still images/how to guides/etc that might help you. When watching scenes from films, etc you could also ask potential target audience what they think.You will need to add extra slides!With each technique you should assess whether you can use it or how you might employ or why you may want to disregard it completely

AVAILABLE RESOURCE AND MATERIALS (AUDIT)List all resources and materials you might need, list where you might access/obtain them and any cost/time implications related to their use

You should show this as a table, ideally.

The following categories should help you:

Technical/Personnel/Locations/Props/Costume/Transport/etc

CONSTRAINTS ON PRODUCTIONList all the potential constraints that might affect or limit your production, you should consider issues from each of these categories:

Time/Personnel/Cost/Technical/Location/Organisational/etc

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONSThink about how you intend to manage your project, considering all that you have assembled in this file. Are there areas that will need more work than others? How do you intend to go about getting your production made?

MODIFICATIONSHave you had to alter your idea based on the research you have performed? Have you had to modify your idea due to your pitch/proposal? Or any other reasons? Track it here and justify what you have decided to alter