By Josh Bateman

Title: ‘It wont happen again’

Director: Tony Bark

Camera: Steven Fisher

Sound: Craig Mathews

Editor: Steven Smith

Hypothesis

In life I believe that women

have every right that a man

has and so that means no

man should have to over

power a women by using

domestic violence. This film

will show this in action by

exploring domestic violence

at home where one is meant

to be safe and comfortable.

The situation has family visiting the house to

see the victim and abuser but the abuser starts

beating the victim again in front of the family

members.

This is to see how

much it would

impact a family

and what if it was

your family that

was part of an act

of violence.

The reason I have made this scenario is

because people can be affected in real

life, this makes it hit the audience

harder.

Ultimately, I want the audience to feel

horrified and angry so that it hits them

hard. Which will make them help the

campaign for stopping domestic violence,

and to understand that this major issue

must stop because eventually it will have a

major effect on a lot of women and will

lead to more domestic violence against

women happening.

Topic

This film’s subject includes a female and a

male in a relationship, living in London, having

family visit, this will also be displayed as a

story film so that it feels more realistic.

I want my environment of my short film to

a normal ordinary setting. I want this so

that it doesn’t look out of the ordinary

which makes the audience less likely to

know what is going to happen, this will

make the short film more powerful.

Target audience profile

1.Q: What is the age

range of potential

viewers?

A: The age for my short

film will for adults

between 20-55, but

younger people will also

be able to access this as

well, the main reason I

will be aiming at adults is

because the issue is

based around adult

domestic violence.

2.Q: ABC1

A: the target audience I am making this

short film for are all the classes from A-E

this is because I feel like the issue is

nation wide and happens in every class of

people so that why I have targeted at the

whole nation.

3.Q: What gender will the

audience be?

A: The majority of the

audience will be female

because they will want to

help put a stop to this

more than men but it is

also targeted at men

because the issue I am

researching the majority of

the abusers are male.

4.Q: What will the occupations be of

potential consumers?

A: The occupation of the audience will

more likely be the stereotypical house wife

because they are normally away from

normal society which isolates them, also

the abuser would normally be workers.

5.Q: What factors are

potential customers likely to

consider before

purchasing/consuming your

film?

A: Some factors could be-

Will it be good acting?/Is it

worth getting?/Does the

issue get shown properly?

6.Q: How will customers find out about the

short film you are distributing?

A: The short film will be able to be found by

the customers by posters and adverts on

TV and radio because these ways of media

are very highly populated and so that

means more people can find out and also

more of the target audience I am aiming

for will see this.

7.Q: Will the cost of the product influence

a customer’s decision to buy from you?

A: In my opinion I feel like the cost of the

short film will be a reasonable price so

that a lot of people can afford and be

aware of the issue, which means that I

feel like the only influence it will have if

the customer thinks its not good because

the price of the short film.

8.Q: List all the ways contact could be

made with potential customers in order to

gain qualitative and quantitative research

A: By going on the radio and presenting the

online survey and telling what the website

is, also going to populated areas in the

local area and getting research about what

people think when you are face to face to

them also try and targeted the age group I

am aiming at.

9.Q: Probable objections to

your short film

A: The possible objections I

would have against my short

film would be that no one

would take it seriously or

think that there is no need

for my short film because

there are many others about

the abuse I am studying.

10.Q: Risk of alienating your secondary

audience

A: The risk of the secondary audience

being alienated is very unlikely because

the short is for many different people and

also I don’t feel like the secondary would

influence people because the short film is

to promote awareness of domestic

violence.

Action sequences

Main Characters

Amy – victim/female in relationship

Jason – abuser/ male in relationship

Maggie – mother of victim

Billy – nephew of Amy

Amy suits the role because she is shy

and not confident which makes her

more vulnerable to domestic abuse,

this is because she cant defend her

self well which is stereotypical for

the victims.

Jason fits the role because he is

confident and feels powerful so

that's makes him stereotypically

more likely to abuse. Maggie fits in

as well by the way she is sweet but

you can tell she is not shy to a bit of

anger.

The characters play their role well

because they show the stereotypical

victim and abuser which makes the

audience understand the situation much

better, Maggie is the most interesting

character because you find out what she

does later which is unexpected.

Conflict

Amy wants love and protection from Jason

but all he does is put her in more danger and

he is the main danger for her. Jason wants her

to give him attention and strength to make

him feel better about himself and show how

powerful he is.

We see the point where both victims and

abuser clash when the mother of the

victim watches the abuse happen but then

starts using violence on him, then see how

the abuser feels after getting the same

treatment.

Jason will feel depressed because he

has lost his power over Amy and also

got beat up by a women which will hurt

his ego.

Audience Biases

The main majority of my audience

watching the short film would feel

like the women would never get

help and no one can defend them.

The abusers will

always be an

abuser and will

never stop, but

this shows that an

abuser’s power

can be taken

away by stopping

them or if the

same treatment is

used on them.

The audience will

also need to know

that the victims in

domestic violence

need help and cant

always be able to

reach out

themselves, the

abusers can be

stopped if you put

an end to domestic

violence.

I will show the abuser can

be stopped by humiliate

them and taking away

their power.

StructureThe short film will

be planned out by

making it a linear

story. This means

that the short film

will be in order,

for example (they

wake up -- eating

breakfast --

watching TV).

The important information gets displayed

at the start and end of the short film this

will be there because it will help tell the

story and how many people become

victims of domestic violence last year.

The climatic sequence will go in the

middle part of the short film and it

will be the point when the abuser

(Jason) gets angry then starts

beating the victim (Amy).

The story doesn't end on a cliff

hanger and it shows how the victim

is after the this event.

Form and style

In the short film

there will be a

lot of shots that

show the whole

setting for

example when

they are in the

living room the

camera has the

whole room is

in the shot.

At the start of the film it will be all light

when the family approaches the hose so

that it looks happy and friendly to the

audience and it will also show the

emotions of the victims when seeing her

family.

As the story

goes on the

lighting starts

to drop and go

darker so that

the audience

can tell that it

is getting dark

within the

story line.

The story line comes to its climax when

the abuse starts, the camera zooms in on

the abuse then onto the mother so that you

can see her emotions.

I feel like this

will make the

short film

more dramatic

and make the

audience think

more which

keeps their

mind on the

story.

ResolutionThe resolution of my short film will be the

moving on of the victim by moving away

from the area and getting an apartment,

also finding someone who she likes and the

abuser going to prison with for years

because of the incident.

The final words will

be ‘This was only on

case of domestic

violence but this one

ended fine’(words

disappear) ‘But there

are thousands of

cases where the

victim is not helped

and is stuck where

they are’

Budget

I will need £6,000 to help produce

and edit the short film; the budget

with be going to different

departments which are…

Scheduling

Budgeting

Cast and Crew

Catering

Location

Camera and Lights

Insurance

Post-production and Marketing

Call Sheets

LogisticsAny problems that

could would be

that days when

filming the

weather could be

bad and not

planned or if

casting crew are

ill or something

else has happened

to them.

If the audience don’t like the short film and

don’t take it on board which would be a

waste or the audience don’t like the acting

so they don’t feel for the short film.

Ways of keeping the

staff to keep on

time so that there is

no delay when

filming , also getting

the filming

equipment to the

right destination at

the right time so

there is no delay as

well.

Summary

In the research I have found I have grouped

together all the information I have gathered

and have made a summary to show an over

view of the issue and what the research

has showed me.

The research I

collected help

me understand

the people who

are involved in

domestic

violence.

The victims who

are involved in

domestic

violence are

normally female,

they are

stereotypically

very unconfident

and are very shy

people.

Victims are

normally the

stereotypical

housewife in a

relationship. The

abuser is normally

male shown by

statistics, they are

very confident and

feels like he is too

powerful for

anyone.

In most cases had a bad childhood, for

example their mother or father being

abused while he was growing up, which

influenced him to do the same.

Domestic violence

is when someone is

physically abused

at their home or

another household.

This type of abuse happens at

homes across the nation

because it happens in so many

different types of classes of

people.

Domestic violence

happens because the

male feels like he

must always be in

control so to show

his power and

dominance he uses

violence to scare the

female into doing

what he says.