Friday, 27 September 2013
Further Planning
Character Profiles
Tom Hacksworth - Sammy Shaya
Tom is a seventeen year old boy growing up in the North East of England in 1993. He is an introverted silent character who prefers his own company. Compared to his peers he is quite intellectual and enjoys to study in his spare time. He is recently becoming more and more of a victim to the local townies who enjoy abusing him. He keeps the abuse to himself to try and keep personal attention at a low level. He can't approach his mother as she is unsympathetic and quite distant from him, she thinks he's strange compared to the rest of people his age. Tom is left to fend for himself in this situation although he is physically inferior. Although his life turns around when he meets Dean Kirkpatrick, an ex soldier who fought in the Falklands.
Debra Hacksworth - Played by Janet Bowlby
Debra is Tom's mother. Debra's boyfriend left her when she fell pregnant with Tom. Since then she has been left with post dramatic stress disorder. She can't hold down a job so is left to work at home looking after her son on the small dole income. Recently her condition has become worse and Tom is often a target in her mood swings, reducing the relationship between Tom and his mother not making her very approachable.
Dean Kirkpatrick - Played by Joseph Elliot
Dean is a thirty two year old ex army soldier. He has recently moved into the area and is trying to adapt to normal life, although like everyone he is experiencing the trauma of the working class North. He is quite an individual character and is disciplined in his scheduled. He comes across Tom one day and cant stand to see this social injustice. He is left empathetic and morally superior from his time in the army and is sickened to see someone being treated like this in a country he fought hard for.
Scott Baker (Bully 1) - Played by Jack Lundy
Scott is a bored seventeen year old one year into his apprenticeship working as a window fitter for his dad. He is making quite a lot of money for his age and has little to spend it on. He chooses to spend his money on clothes and going to football games. As a kid he had little chance to vent his anger and stood back from the violent actions of his friends. Although he is beginning to regret this and wants to make a name for himself. After his mother left he has become quite psychotic and Tom is a perfect person to vent his anger. He sees himself as a cold hardened individual who is superior to his best friend Marcus Winthrop.
Marcus Winthrop (Bully 2) - Played by Joseph Sanderson
Marcus is a seventeen year old who works at the checkout at his local supermarket. His parents take little notice of him because they see him as unintelligent and put more effort into his fifteen year old sister Claire. He see's Scott as his best friend and secretly looks up to him because of his cruel logic. Marcus is quite a simple character with a low IQ but is more morally balanced than Scott. He joins in with Scott because he feels superior and involved in something when abusing Tom.
Tom Hacksworth - Sammy Shaya
Tom is a seventeen year old boy growing up in the North East of England in 1993. He is an introverted silent character who prefers his own company. Compared to his peers he is quite intellectual and enjoys to study in his spare time. He is recently becoming more and more of a victim to the local townies who enjoy abusing him. He keeps the abuse to himself to try and keep personal attention at a low level. He can't approach his mother as she is unsympathetic and quite distant from him, she thinks he's strange compared to the rest of people his age. Tom is left to fend for himself in this situation although he is physically inferior. Although his life turns around when he meets Dean Kirkpatrick, an ex soldier who fought in the Falklands.
Debra Hacksworth - Played by Janet Bowlby
Debra is Tom's mother. Debra's boyfriend left her when she fell pregnant with Tom. Since then she has been left with post dramatic stress disorder. She can't hold down a job so is left to work at home looking after her son on the small dole income. Recently her condition has become worse and Tom is often a target in her mood swings, reducing the relationship between Tom and his mother not making her very approachable.
Dean Kirkpatrick - Played by Joseph Elliot
Dean is a thirty two year old ex army soldier. He has recently moved into the area and is trying to adapt to normal life, although like everyone he is experiencing the trauma of the working class North. He is quite an individual character and is disciplined in his scheduled. He comes across Tom one day and cant stand to see this social injustice. He is left empathetic and morally superior from his time in the army and is sickened to see someone being treated like this in a country he fought hard for.
Scott Baker (Bully 1) - Played by Jack Lundy
Scott is a bored seventeen year old one year into his apprenticeship working as a window fitter for his dad. He is making quite a lot of money for his age and has little to spend it on. He chooses to spend his money on clothes and going to football games. As a kid he had little chance to vent his anger and stood back from the violent actions of his friends. Although he is beginning to regret this and wants to make a name for himself. After his mother left he has become quite psychotic and Tom is a perfect person to vent his anger. He sees himself as a cold hardened individual who is superior to his best friend Marcus Winthrop.
Marcus Winthrop (Bully 2) - Played by Joseph Sanderson
Marcus is a seventeen year old who works at the checkout at his local supermarket. His parents take little notice of him because they see him as unintelligent and put more effort into his fifteen year old sister Claire. He see's Scott as his best friend and secretly looks up to him because of his cruel logic. Marcus is quite a simple character with a low IQ but is more morally balanced than Scott. He joins in with Scott because he feels superior and involved in something when abusing Tom.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Magazine Cover
My magazine front cover will feature the main character central to the page. This again helps give away narrative information, the film has to be about this character. The biggest sell line is the name of the film which is located under the main image. This will draw attention to the center of the page. The use of the title 'Brit Flick' suits my genre and target audience. Social realism films aim to keep the British film industry alive, therefore calling my magazine BritFlick is an accurate representation of an example magazine cover. The use of a skyline helps draw attention to extra content in the magazine. The use of smaller font size helps expand on the sell line without giving too much away, it also keeps the reader interested. These techniques have also been used on the example front cover to the left. The use of the primary colours, red, yellow, black and white make the sell lines and titles stand out on the page and accompany each other making my magazine cover look professional.
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Poster flat plans
On my poster I have positioned my main character to the center of the page. This will alert the readers attention to the central character and suggests that the film will be about the character seen on the page. This is also shown on the two example posters from my genre. The use of the English country side in the background helps emphasize that this film is a British social realism film, this is also used on both example posters. The character is dressed to fit a subculture therefore more attention is drawn to the character, it will also hopefully draw the attention of people who follow that subculture. The credit block will be along the bottom of the poster. This diverts the main attention to the title and main imagery of the poster but still features a credit block. Making the sky a solid red colour draws large attention to the bold white title clearly emphasizing the importance of the title. The age rating of the film is also positioned to the right hand side of the title making it clear that this film is rated a 15. The chosen quote helps sell the film to the target audience by giving away some information on the content, this will hopefully appeal to my older teen audience and will attract people in their mid forties as well. The use of a sound track artist box informs the reader of what to expect in the film. Since my film is set in the nineties era the soundtrack both will realistically feature songs from the nineties, again helping attract more viewers. Minimal background activity helps focus the attention onto the main character.
On this poster I have again used the main character for the main image this seems to be a common technique used on posters of my genre. The use of three primary colours (black,white and red) this makes the poster look tidy and professional. Making the title consist of two colours helps make the title seem physically bigger therefore emphasizing its importance, as seen in the example poster above. The character also dominates the left hand side of the page, this is useful as people read from left to right and this image will be the first thing they see. Again my character is used to fit a certain subculture attracting more viewers. The use of a youthful character will also attract my older teen audience. The quotes again help sell the film and give away some narrative content. The credit box is again located at the bottom as not to obstruct the main images. The use of white font on red and black makes smaller text stand out.
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