Costume!

We realised that we didn't actually explain the reasoning behind the costuming. So me and Alicia have done a Vlog about it and there is a bit of an update on our evaluation also!

           

                        

 



 

 

Title!

Thinking about it I realised we did not describe why we chose the actual font of the Media title - Double cross but spoke more of the reasoning behind  the chosen name. So I have decided to give a little background on it. The reason why we chose this style is because it adheres to the genre of film, as the broken, jarred pieces are very urban as well as showing destruction this is also similar to Leanne (the protagonists) physical state, which is broken due to this horrific act of homicide that she has committed on her best friend. Therefore this was the reasoning behind the style of text. The text crosses over again to emphasise the point that she is being double crossed as well as double crossed.

Media Showcase!

Yesterday we presented our film opening to the audience and we had a good response to them. All enjoyed every one and we got some video feedback. We had to write a speech and present it in front of a group of our friends and family and get some audience feedback. We recorded the speech as well as the audiences comments and feedback to help with our evaluation.
Many people enjoyed it and loved our song choice and use of shots.

Certificate!

We discussed as a group what we thought which certificate our film would be and have come to the decision that a 15 certificate would be most appropriate.

This is the wikipedia definition:

The 15 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to state that, in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game should not be seen or purchased by a person under 15 years old.

The following is a list of what is most likely to warrant a 15 certificate, although it is a very rough guide:

• The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour. 
• Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. Promotion of drugs which are easy to obtain are unlikely to be allowed. 
• Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised. 
• Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) can be allowed provided the detail of such is low so that it can not create too much of an impression of the viewer. Abuse of weapons which are easily obtained will not be tolerated. 
• Frequent use of strong language can be permitted, although very strong language needs to be restricted and would have to be seen as reasonable in the context. Frequent usage of very strong language would be seldom allowed. 
• Nudity in a sexual content must be restricted however nudity in a non-sexual content does not. 
• Sexual activity without strong detail would most likely to be allowed. Some strong sexual references may be allowed to, but very strong ones may not, unless used within reason. Sexual acts or references with the intention of causing arousal is not likely to be permitted. 
• As long as the film is appropriate for 15 year olds, no certain themes are prohibited. 
• Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. The same applies to references. Any sexual violence should be discreet and be strongly justified. 

                                       (The bullet points in bold, would most likely be featured in the rest of the film)

As our film is about, gang culture and killing, themes such as drug taking, violence, possible sexual language, dangerous behaviour and strong language would occur several times throughout the film therefore a 15 certificate would be most appropriate.

These are the different ratings from the BBFC:

I have also added the link to the BBFC website on what they classify as 15 and some FAQ's about the certificate.

BFFC Certificate 15

Here is a snippet from the website:

If we distributed our film to other countries such as America the rating would then become R rated.

these are the primary ratings for the American film certificates by the Motion Picture Association of America.

The primary MPAA ratings are G (General Audiences), PG (Parental Guidance Suggested/Some material might not be suitable for children), PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned/Some material may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13), R (Restricted/Under 17 not admitted without parent or adult guardian), and NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted).

MPAA formerly used GP for PG, which originally stood for "General Audiences, Parental Guidance Suggested. The M rating was the original name of GP/PG and signified a film with mature themes. X was the original name of NC-17 and started out as no people under 18, but later became 17.

And finally... this is the link to the Motion picture ratings page on wikipedia, to find out the certificates for different countries around the world. This is very useful in providing the rating system across the world incase we wanted to distribute our "film" across the seas.

Motion Picture Rating System

Evaluation questions!

These are the questions:

• In what ways does your film opening use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 
• How does your film opening represent particular social groups? 
• What kind of media institution might distribute your film opening and why? 
• Who would be the audience for your film opening? 
• How did you attract/address your audience? 
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this film opening? 
• Looking back at your prelim task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the final film opening?

I feel like the questions seem quite difficult but when you break them down they are pretty simple to answer. To prepare I am going to watch many different Evaluation video's for instance:

                                                        
                                                   

I am also going to write up, on a word document, my personal responses to the questions and I will talk to Alicia about doing the same and then wen can get together and blend the responses together to get the best answer and from there, practice and record our responses. 

I am also looking for films similar to our genre to compare to ours for example Kidulthood, Adulthood and 4.3.2.1, which are gang culture and british independent.