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Final Production | Duct Tape

This is our final production of our short film 'Duct Tape' and has been edited and produced very successfully and we feel like we have accomplished all of our aims that we set out to achieve.

Post production

During post production we had to collaborate and bring all the components of our thriller together including, sound, camera shots, titling and effects. Ben has more experience on Premier Pro then me so he took most control of the post production including cutting clips down, arranging, titling, effects and general maintenance but I had an important role of trying to sync the music we had recorded into a loop that was acceptable to use in our finished thriller.

How our product fits certain catergories of consumer

LifeMatrix defines ten audience categories, centred around both values, attitudes and beliefs, and more fundamental, demographic audience categories.

1. Tribe wired Digital, free-spirited, creative young singles

2. Fun/Atics Aspirational, fun-seeking, active young people

3. Dynamic Duos Hard-driving, high-involvement couples

4. Priority Parents Family values, activities, media strongly dominate

5. Home Soldiers Home-centric, family-oriented, materially ambitious

6. Renaissance Women Active, caring, affluent, influential mums

7. Rugged Traditionalists Traditional male values, love of outdoors

8. Struggling Singles High aspirations, low economic status

9. Settled elders Devout, older, sedentary lifestyles

10. Free Birds Vital, active, altruistic seniors

From this I would classify our audience as 1/2/8/10 due to the fact that they are the kind of people that will attempt to watch any film and try out new things. Therefore a wider audience is able to view our film.

What does a distribution company do?

A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of the film and makes decisions like: setting a release date for a film and are also responsible for how the film will be available for viewing, for example, directly to the public (cinema) or for home viewing (DVD, video-on-demand, download, etc.)


Examples of film distributor in the UK include:
- 20th Century Fox
- Columbia Pictures
- Paramount pictures
- The Walt Disney company ltd.

First filming shoot

On Saturday, we did our first series of filming in Sheffield. We had a very successful day where we were able to collect a variety of shots and angles. Shots include these below ...

Second filming shoot

On our second filming shoot where we were gathering recording inside Bens garage for out torture scene we were able to gather a variety of good shots and angles to put in our thriller. In this time we were also able to revaluate our decisions and adjust and improve our shots in order to make our thriller better. Shots include these below:

Character profile - Myra

Basic Statistics

Name: Myra
Age: 19
Nationality: British
Occupation:Nurse


Physical Characteristics:

Height: 5ft4
Weight: 100lbs
Race: white British
Eye Colour: blue
Hair Colour: blonde
Skin colour: white
Distinguishing features: 
How does he/she dress?
Mannerisms: helpful
Habits: gigs
Health: very good
Hobbies: day trips out with boyfriend


How the Character is Involved in the Story

Scene where character first appears: Scene 1 - On the train where she indulges in conversation with Ian 

Charcter profiles - Ian

Basic Statistics

Name: Ian
Age: 19
Nationality: British
Occupation: Handyman


Physical Characteristics:

Height: 5ft8
Weight: 140lbs
Race: white British
Eye Colour: green/brown
Hair Colour: brown
Skin colour: white
Distinguishing features: facial hair
How does he/she dress?
Mannerisms: over polite
Habits: nail biting
Health: good health
Hobbies: day trips out with girlfriend

How the Character is Involved in the Story

Scene where character first appears: Scene 1 - On the train

1. Myra (strong, passionate intimate relationship that slowly deteriorates due to the reckless nature of Ian behaviour)
2. Victim 1 (victim 1 has been captured my Ian and will be used as a torture victim for a therapeutic experience).

Story synopsis

This is our story synopsis and gives you an overall look at what would happen if we were to make the whole film.

A story of a serial-killer-couple who balance their love between a normal, social life, and torture the innocent for a therapeutic experience. As the story of their crimes unfold to the public, a bounty is placed for the two as they must escape and finally come to the end in a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ esque shoot off.

Audience theories

Cultivation theory examines the long term effects of television and from this theory we can understand that the more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe that the social reality portrayed in television is true to real life.

Hopefully, from our film, we want the audience to understand that in society, people are not always as they are viewed on first perception but we also do not want the audience to engage with our clip to the extent that they think that all couples are psycho killers.

Uses and gratifications theory

Certificate ratings

These are the certificate ratings and a brief explanation on who they are for and a reason behind each rating. Some information has been taken from the BBFC (British Board of Film Association) to ensure that all information is correct. This will be highlighted in italic in order to prevent plagiarism. 

 - Suitable for all

 - Parental guidance

 - Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over

 - Video release suitable for 12 years and over

 - Suitable only for 15 years and over

 - Suitable only for adults 

What a movie has to contain to gain a specific certificate.

In a U rated movie, their will be limited reference to sexual behavior,drugs,violence, bad language etc. Any sexual behavior will consist of kissing or cuddling but there will be no overt focus on sexual behavior, language or innuendo. There will not be any references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse unless there is a very clear anti-drugs or educational message which will be understood by a younger audience. Violence will generally be very mild. During a U rated movie they only allow infrequent use of very mild bad language (e.g. ‘damn’ and ‘hell’).

In a PG rated movie; bad language may only be mild including words or phrases such as, 'Shit' or 'Son of a bitch', sex references are unlikely unless they are undetailed or infrequent, violence will be mild and no focus on drug use but reference is allowed. 

In a 12/12A rated movie; the BBFC's Guidelines state that strong language (e.g. 'f***') may be passed, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification, sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail, there may be infrequent sight of drugs misuse but the portrayal should not be glamorized or provide instructional detail.

In a 15 rated movie, any of the following may be present: strong violence, frequent strong language, portrayals of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, discriminating language or drug taking. 

In a 18 rated movie, any of the following are present, very strong violence, frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’), strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore, real sex (in some circumstances), discriminatory language and behaviour.

Group roles

Ben Locking is responsible for the majority of the post production as he has a variety of skills including editing/effects etc. He is also a main actor in the thriller and plays the part of one half of a psychotic couple who balance their lives between living everyday lives and torturing the innocent for a therapeutic experience.

 

I am responsible for the majority of the filming in the thriller and also play the part of a torture victim in various parts of the opening.

Megan Greaves is responsible for acting in the thriller and plays the part of one half of a psychotic couple who balance their lives between living everyday lives and torturing the innocent for a therapeutic experience.

Storyboard

We are currently in the process of drawing up out storyboard and this is what we have produced so far. We plan on adding more detail which will direct us when we start to film our production.

Screenplay

Duct Tape screenplay Scene one – The train journey There is a black screen at the start with a slowly building piece of music made by an accordion. As the screen fades in there is a selection of establishing shots of the journey of the train (from the inside). We then have shots of both Myra and Ian, only showing parts of the body and the bottom of their face. We’re then approached with a shot of the couple holding hands to symbolise the relationship between them. Once the train arrives the two disembark with the camera following behind. Scene two – Train station The shot of the camera following the couple continues until they reach the exit of the station. This is where we have a mid-shot going into a long shot of the couple leaving. A bright light then occurs and there is a flashback. Scene three – The garage - Outside A still, mid shot is taken of the couple approaching a garage tucked down next to a house. The overgrown trees aside and dirty floor showing that it isn’t often looked after and has a ‘make do’ approach. As they open the garage we see, between the couple, a victim, sat broken and bruised, tied up to a chair with duct tape around his mouth. The garage door then shuts, leaving the shot from outside continuing for a few seconds. A bright light then occurs again and it cuts back to real time. Scene four – Sheffield - Museum The couple have now arrived in Sheffield, where we see them both enjoying a normal day out, getting food, visiting the museum etc. Firstly is the museum with a pan shot to show them entering then a still, close up of the two talking with each other to encourage the emotion and comfort they have for one another. The camera then moves up to what seems to be historic tools or weapons from the past to where another bright light occurs and a flashback again happens. Scene five – The garage – Inside #1 Introduced by a bright light, the audience is met with a shot of ‘torture-like’ tools through the technique of action match, giving the idea that the scene is back into the garage. The camera then zooms out and tilts down to show the victim in a closer angle to understand more about their condition and past experience with the couple. The scene exits again with a bright light. Scene six – Sheffield – Eating We then have another mid to long shot of the couple wandering through the city centre, hand in hand, enjoying each other’s company and heading out to eat. The next shot is again a mid-shot that shows them both sat down on a bench with a drink, casually talking and joking around. Scene seven – The garage – Inside #2 Introduced by a bright light again, we have a shot of the victim on his knees, facing a bucket of water. This is tied in with the liquid in the drink being the trigger for the drowning. The audience can also see the bottom half of the couple and can understand that their height over the victim shows significant dominance over him. Ian then proceeds to take the victim and hold his head underwater for what seems to be an excruciating period of time before allowing him back up to gasp for oxygen. The shot then freezes and the entire film goes in rewind with the screeching sound of a quickly reversing old fashioned film tape before cutting to black. A close up shot then occurs of the camera approaching a now more damaged and injured victim sat on a chair. In sync with the music the title ‘Duct Tape’ appears and the shot fades out to end.

One page pitch video

Using our one page pitch, we prosed our ideas and concept about a new movie idea to a potential film investor to gain funding for our project. The interview was recorded and has been edited to show the questions from the investor and the answers from us the creators of the short thriller opening.

 

One page pitch for thriller task

A one page pitch concisely explains all the factors, reasons for, and circumstances concerning the proposed action. It proposes a specific action to be taken and uses the persuasive process to construct a strong case for saying 'yes'. It should construct these points in one powerful page.  It should only be one page because decision makers are busy people and one page shows respect for their time. To much information can also slow down or prevent decision making. It also recognizes to the reader that you have good judgement and can act quickly and decisively in a concise message. The link to our one page pitch is below and was created on Word.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2pCLyRUSAJXZklPbXhnY3paV0k/view?usp=sharing

Introduction to group

For our main task, I will be working in a group of two with Ben Locking. We spoke to each other about what each of us could offer if we worked together and we both had different areas which we are successful in, therefore enabling us to perform well and excel in this task.

I pitched ideas and possible themes for this task and can offer insight in to where the film will be shot and how things should be performed whereas Ben can offer his skills in shooting the film and editing it to look high quality.

Our initial ideas were to create a piece of film that will entice the viewer and will engage them with each character in order to create a greater understanding of the film as a whole. We were thinking of a couple who on the outside look like any normal everyday couple, but in their spare time, seek people and kill them through torture for a therapeutic experience until a bounty is placed o them and ends with a Bonny-Clyde esque shoot off.

Types of thiller

Other thrillers include: comedy,conspiracy,crime,legal,supernatural,techno.