Introduction
The purpose of this report is to self off my pitch and to express the idea to producers to get the film made. From my research i can see horror short films don't the amount of views thriller short films receives. I also know that females watch horror/thriller movies more than men because they like the suspense and the build up more then men do.
My short film idea
The name of my short film is called 'The demon within' and the genre of it is a horror.
It will be set up in the middle of the forest, where a man called Adrian killed his wife Shantelle and their child Nicholas and he buried them in the forest. The hook of my short film is the image in a unknown house. The twist at the end is that the neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his family because the neighbour was obsessed with Shantelle and their baby. Shantelle rejected the neighbour therefore the neighbour thought if he can't have her no one can, therefore he possessed Adrian to kill his family.
Hook: The image of the family
It will be set up in the middle of the forest, where a man called Adrian killed his wife Shantelle and their child Nicholas and he buried them in the forest. The hook of my short film is the image in a unknown house. The twist at the end is that the neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his family because the neighbour was obsessed with Shantelle and their baby. Shantelle rejected the neighbour therefore the neighbour thought if he can't have her no one can, therefore he possessed Adrian to kill his family.
Hook: The image of the family
Twist: The neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his wife and child
My idea was mainly influenced by SAW, however there are a few other movies that inspired me into doing my idea such as Final destination and Nightmare on elm street.
Influences
SAW influenced my idea because in the middle of this clip two men both wake up in place they don't know with their feet chained to and at the beginning of my short film the wife and her child have been tied back to back. The whole idea of the characters waking up in an unknown place is creepy within itself and being trapped by being chained to poles is intense, therefore i thought for my idea they could all be tied up not by chains but by ropes and they wake up in the middle of the forest. Also because its an open ending therefore it always leaves the audience in shock and with a cliff hanger.This also shows that my short film will have a twist at the end that surprises the audience.
The nightmare Elm Street inspired me as well at 3.25 because Freddie Kruger killed people for his revenge and the demon in my short film kills the teenagers to get revenge on them killing him. Also the fact that you can't actually see him killing her gives off an possessed effect which i added into my short film to add more suspense. This also proves that i will be having flashbacks of the teenagers killing the man before he became a demon. -The reason why i highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Final destination also influenced me because it had one person that could see what was going tp happen a couple min into the future and that everyone is going to die. In my short film the wife has this ability and that will allow me to have flash forwards in my short film. - The reason why i highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Unique selling point
My unique selling point is that my idea is based on a real life situation. It's based on an article about a woman called Sian Blake her partner, Arthur Simpson killed her and her their two children, Zachary and Amon. The family was reported missing on 16th December 2015. Another unique selling point is that i have a possessed and an obsessed ability in one character.
Trends
I've noticed that the trends with a horror film is a twist at the end a good hook and a strong beginning. The reason why it has to have a strong beginning is because you have to capture the audience attention therefore they won't be bored and they will carry on watching. Also a twist at the end is to capture the audience and attention and surprise the audience therefore i'm putting a twist at the end of my short film.
Box office and reviews
This shows the box office of SAW. The reason why i picked this film is because it fits well with my idea to do with torture and to also show what will be expected in the box office if i was to show this in the cinema
Budget
$1,200,000 (estimated)
$18,276,468 (USA) (31 October 2004) (2,315 Screens)
£1,239,813 (UK) (3 October 2004) (301 Screens)
ARS 147,593 (Argentina) (16 January 2005) (31 Screens)
AUD 1,646,279 (Australia) (8 December 2004) (161 Screens)
BGL 4,772 (Bulgaria) (13 March 2005) (2 Screens)
€1,326,149 (Italy) (16 January 2005) (267 Screens)
¥35,300,113 (Japan) (31 October 2004) (40 Screens)
€53,627 (Netherlands) (12 June 2005) (21 Screens)
SKK 96,134 (Slovakia) (19 June 2005) (5 Screens)
THB 4,601,254 (Thailand) (14 November 2004)
This will be the original price for my short film if i was going to pay for everything i needed in order to create my short film. In this case i wouldn't be needing to hire an editing room, or pay for my actors. I will only need to pay for transport and food which will cost around £25 and i would have to pay for props and make up which will also cost around £25. Th cameras i will be needing will be provided by my college , the equipment i need to set up the lighting will be provided by my college and the facilities i will need such as, a mac to edit my short film, will be provided by my college. Therefore my short film will actually cost around £50.
Funding
Budget: The cost of my film will be approximately £50
This is another example of what kickstarter funded. The short film is called love stinks and it's a comedy which was shooted in Canada and they funded 85% of it with $5,106. 46 backers and it has 24 days left.
This is an example of a short film that kickstarte funded. The short film is called 'MNSTR'. The location is in New York and they funded 119% into it with $16,176 with 54 backers and only 3 days left.
The way i can get my movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask. However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On the other hand it is possible to do. There is an distributors company which is owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is $1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it all and still have all your rights to your movie.
The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theater shows. If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18). The reason why the BBFC will rate my short film an 15 - 18 is because the my short film includes Strong violence, and strong language. The reason my short film will be allowed to be rated as a 15 is because there can be strong threat and horror as long as thee is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. The reason my short film can also be aged 18 is because it contains strong horror, strong blood and gore and sustain threat. From my research Iv'e noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the intensity will be to my for young children because it could cause nightmares. Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people who are 18-35.
My film rating would be age 15 because it will contain very strong violence while their being tortured, strong horror, very bloody and gory throughout and only a little amount of strong language.
As you can see to the left is a short horror film from my research called 'The black hole', which was a thriller received 19,606,627 views with 110,964 and 'Jack' which is a horror received 349,255 and 1,585 likes. This proves thriller is more liked then horror because thriller create more suspense and mystery with numerous of jump scares whereas horror has more violence.
From my research Iv'e noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the intensity will be to my for young children because it could cause nightmares. Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people who are 18-35.
Because of the fact that my short film is based on the movie SAW i highly garantee that it will recieve a good amount of views considering on box office it had 247.7 million USD. SAW is one of the best horror films containing a twist and a hook.
Finance: Film producers get their finance through different ways. One of the ways is through their own savings; this benefits them in the long term if their film makes profit successfully. Another way is through investors investigating on a certain part of the money that needs to be paid back after being helpful to produce their movie. For my production i wouldn't need to provide a big amount of money because most of the materials that i will be using will be provided by my college. My only input in money wise would be to provide food for my actors and that will be paid with my personal savings. The transport is already established because me and my actors all have free travel oyster cards.
The gender who watches horror the most is women because they like the instense moments within the film and they like the jump scares.
Research Log
My idea was mainly influenced by SAW, however there are a few other movies that inspired me into doing my idea such as Final destination and Nightmare on elm street.
Influences
SAW influenced my idea because in the middle of this clip two men both wake up in place they don't know with their feet chained to and at the beginning of my short film the wife and her child have been tied back to back. The whole idea of the characters waking up in an unknown place is creepy within itself and being trapped by being chained to poles is intense, therefore i thought for my idea they could all be tied up not by chains but by ropes and they wake up in the middle of the forest. Also because its an open ending therefore it always leaves the audience in shock and with a cliff hanger.This also shows that my short film will have a twist at the end that surprises the audience.
- The reason why i highlighted this is because its important that i add a twist to my short film because it's the trends and it's a good to leave the audience shock by a surprise. Because of this the short film will be more interesting because of the fact it will engage the audience's attention.
The nightmare Elm Street inspired me as well at 3.25 because Freddie Kruger killed people for his revenge and the demon in my short film kills the teenagers to get revenge on them killing him. Also the fact that you can't actually see him killing her gives off an possessed effect which i added into my short film to add more suspense. This also proves that i will be having flashbacks of the teenagers killing the man before he became a demon. -The reason why i highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Final destination also influenced me because it had one person that could see what was going tp happen a couple min into the future and that everyone is going to die. In my short film the wife has this ability and that will allow me to have flash forwards in my short film. - The reason why i highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Unique selling point
My unique selling point is that my idea is based on a real life situation. It's based on an article about a woman called Sian Blake her partner, Arthur Simpson killed her and her their two children, Zachary and Amon. The family was reported missing on 16th December 2015. Another unique selling point is that i have a possessed and an obsessed ability in one character.
Research Log
Date of search
|
Location/Web address
|
Description: title
|
Purpose
|
13.1.16
|
Saw (1/11) Movie CLIP - Waking Up (2004) HD
|
To show evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my short film. Also to show that my short film will have a twist at the end and a hook
| |
13.1.16
|
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2010: Kris' Death
|
To show evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my short film and also to show that my short film will have flashbacks to show them killing the man before
| |
13.1.16
|
Final Destination 5 Bridge Collapse (1080p)
|
To show evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my short film and also to show that my short film will be having flash forwards
|
Trends
I've noticed that the trends with a horror film is a twist at the end a good hook and a strong beginning. The reason why it has to have a strong beginning is because you have to capture the audience attention therefore they won't be bored and they will carry on watching. Also a twist at the end is to capture the audience and attention and surprise the audience therefore i'm putting a twist at the end of my short film.
Box office and reviews
This shows the box office of SAW. The reason why i picked this film is because it fits well with my idea to do with torture and to also show what will be expected in the box office if i was to show this in the cinema
Budget
$1,200,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$650,051 (USA) (31 October 2014) (2,063 Screens)
$18,276,468 (USA) (31 October 2004) (2,315 Screens)£1,239,813 (UK) (3 October 2004) (301 Screens)
ARS 147,593 (Argentina) (16 January 2005) (31 Screens)
AUD 1,646,279 (Australia) (8 December 2004) (161 Screens)
BGL 4,772 (Bulgaria) (13 March 2005) (2 Screens)
€1,326,149 (Italy) (16 January 2005) (267 Screens)
¥35,300,113 (Japan) (31 October 2004) (40 Screens)
€53,627 (Netherlands) (12 June 2005) (21 Screens)
SKK 96,134 (Slovakia) (19 June 2005) (5 Screens)
THB 4,601,254 (Thailand) (14 November 2004)
This will be the original price for my short film if i was going to pay for everything i needed in order to create my short film. In this case i wouldn't be needing to hire an editing room, or pay for my actors. I will only need to pay for transport and food which will cost around £25 and i would have to pay for props and make up which will also cost around £25. Th cameras i will be needing will be provided by my college , the equipment i need to set up the lighting will be provided by my college and the facilities i will need such as, a mac to edit my short film, will be provided by my college. Therefore my short film will actually cost around £50.
Funding
Budget: The cost of my film will be approximately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost £25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras i will need will be provides by my college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by my college
•The facilities i will need to use such as; a mac to edit my short film, will be provided by my college
Examples of what kickstarter has funded
This is another example of what kickstarter funded. The short film is called love stinks and it's a comedy which was shooted in Canada and they funded 85% of it with $5,106. 46 backers and it has 24 days left. 
This is an example of a short film that kickstarte funded. The short film is called 'MNSTR'. The location is in New York and they funded 119% into it with $16,176 with 54 backers and only 3 days left.
And these are a few more examples. This proves that kickstarter would help me with my short film
Kickstarter would benfit me and my movie because it will help me take a step further on getting my film seen. Kickstarter doesn't just help film makers, they also help artists, musicians, designers and other creators to support their ideas.
Kickstarter is an enormous global community built around creativity and creative projects. Over 10 million people, from every continent on earth, have backed a Kickstarter project.
Some of those projects come from influential artists like De La Soul or Marina Abramović. Most come from amazing creative people you probably haven’t heard of — from Grandma Pearl to indie filmmakers to the band down the street.
Every artist, filmmaker, designer, developer, and creator on Kickstarter has complete creative control over their work — and the opportunity to share it with a vibrant community of backers.
“Kickstarter is one of those platforms that gives you space to work with people who know you, love you, and support you.”
— De La Soul
Our mission.
We built Kickstarter to help bring creative projects to life. We measure our success as a company by how well we achieve that mission, not by the size of our profits. That’s why, in 2015, we became a Benefit Corporation. Benefit Corporations are for-profit companies that are obligated to consider the impact of their decisions on society, not only shareholders. Radically, positive impact on society becomes part of a Benefit Corporation’s legally defined goals.
When we became a Benefit Corporation, we amended our corporate charter to lay out specific goals and commitments to arts and culture, making our values core to our operations, fighting inequality, and helping creative projects come to life. You can read our commitments in full below.
Since our launch, on April 28, 2009, 10 million people have backed a project, $2.2 Billion has been pledged, and 99,648projects have been successfully funded.
Our team.
We're an independent, founder-controlled company of 134 people working together in an old pencil factory in New York City. We spend our time designing and building Kickstarter, connecting people around inspiring creative projects, and having a lot of fun doing it.
We’re developers, designers, support specialists, writers, musicians, painters, poets, gamers, robot-builders — you name it. Between us, we’ve backed more than 34,000 projects (and launched plenty of our own).
Our history.
Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009. A lot has happened since.
We had the craziest 24 hours ever. We saw $1 billion get pledged. We shared the early designs behind Kickstarter. We learned what a Kickstarter project looked like back in 1713. We talked about why Kickstarter matters. We made some important changes to how we govern the site. We put on film festivals in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. A project won an Oscar. And after five years, we made a video about it all.
Our story,
as told by founder Perry Chen
as told by founder Perry Chen
“I was living in New Orleans in late 2001 and I wanted to bring a pair of DJs down to play a show during the 2002 Jazz Fest. I found a great venue and reached out to their management, but in the end the show never happened—it was just too much money... ”
Read the full story
For the press.
If you’re writing about Kickstarter or covering a Kickstarter project, head this way to find background material, press contacts, and visual assets.
“It’s the best way to connect with people who can truly help you. There’s a class of people called ‘early adopters’, but Kickstarter backers are so much earlier than that!”
— Lisa Fetterman
Let’s bring more creativity into the world.
Every Kickstarter project is an opportunity to create the universe and culture you want to see. The games you wish you could play, the films you wish you could watch, the technology you wish someone was building — on Kickstarter, people work together to make those things a reality.
Take a look around: right this minute, thousands of people are funding their creative ideas. Feel like joining them?
Distribution
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and it can also be shown on Netflix and youtbe.
The way i can get my movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask. However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On the other hand it is possible to do. There is an distributors company which is owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is $1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it all and still have all your rights to your movie.
If you make it to the Netflix database you need to show that your independent movie is worthy therefore you need to create an army. The public need to queue in your movie by requesting it which is called queue demand. Therefore you would need to ask everyone to do this so your movie receives the most amount of requests. It depends on the amount of demands you get, the bigger the amount the more of a chance your film will be considered streaming through Netflix. Also to better your chances of getting your film on Netflix you need to have a wide press coverage and a good IMDB listing.
Also i could stream my short film onto youtube. To do this you would have to make a youtube account and be registered to youtube. Then you would have to go on youtube itself and click upload. Your movie has to be MPEG for you to upload it, therefore after filming and editing your movie you would have to save it as an MPEG file. To find out if the file is an MPEG you would have to check through properties and it should say if it is or isn't. After clicking upload you would click upload video, then browse your movie and upload it.and your film will be online for everyone in the public to see, watch, like and comment about it.
Also i could stream my short film onto youtube. To do this you would have to make a youtube account and be registered to youtube. Then you would have to go on youtube itself and click upload. Your movie has to be MPEG for you to upload it, therefore after filming and editing your movie you would have to save it as an MPEG file. To find out if the file is an MPEG you would have to check through properties and it should say if it is or isn't. After clicking upload you would click upload video, then browse your movie and upload it.and your film will be online for everyone in the public to see, watch, like and comment about it.
A short film festival is where distributes go to watch short films and see which is the best one. The short film that they are impressed with will get promoted in a particular area in the world and because of this the maker of that short film will achieve some reputation and praise and how creative they are.
The film festivals that my short horror film will be presented on are: Manchester film festival, can can film festival, London film festival, Raindance film festival, Encounters international short film festival, Leeds international film festival, Aesthetics film festival at all these film festivals their will be distributes that will hopefully be impressed and then they would promote it for it to be seen.
Raindance film festival
Raindance film festival is a film festival that show short films for distributors to choose. To submit my film to them i would have to call in to place an entry.
Raindance Film Festival is officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA nominations. British short films that play in competition and all British features that play in 2016 will be eligible for entry for the 2016 British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
• Raindance Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• London Short Film Festival
• Manchester International Film Festival
• Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival
Raindance film festival
Raindance film festival is a film festival that show short films for distributors to choose. To submit my film to them i would have to call in to place an entry.
Raindance Film Festival is officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA nominations. British short films that play in competition and all British features that play in 2016 will be eligible for entry for the 2016 British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
Categories
The Festival accepts feature films (over 45 min.), short films (under 45 min.), music videos (under 6 min) VR films (under 45min) and web series [Raindance Web Fest] of all lengths and genres and is committed to showing the boldest and most innovative work, and films that challenge the boundaries of filmmaking.
- Narrative Feature
- Documentary Feature
- Narrative Short
- Documentary Short
- Animation Short
- Music Video
- LGBT (Feature)
- Virtual Reality *new
Festival Strands
- In Competition
- Discovery
- Documentaries
- Official Selection
- Raindance LGBT
- Special Screenings
- Raindance Symphony Orchestra
- Shorts
- Music Videos
- Raindance Web Fest
Status of Your Film
- Feature Films must be at least UK Premieres: they must not have been released in the UK on any format, nor screened publicly online.
- There is no Premiere policy for short films and music videos, they may have screened at other Festivals and/or online.
- Raindance accepts work-in-progress cuts but we will not accept subsequent cuts of more complete versions. Please send your film in the most complete and finished form possible to be reviewed.
How to Submit
Submissions are open via withoutabox or filmfreeway only.
*VR films to be submitted via filmfreeway only.
Completion Date
To be eligible to Raindance 2016 your film must have been completed after 1 January 2015.
Submission deadlines and fees
Date
|
Deadline
|
Feature Fee
|
Shorts Fee
|
Music Video Fee
|
22 April 2016
|
Early Deadline
|
£55
|
£25
|
£25
|
20 May 2016
|
Regular Deadline
|
£70
|
£35
|
£35
|
10 June 2016
|
Late Deadline
|
£100
|
£50
|
£50
|
17 June 2016
|
WAB Extended Deadline
|
£150
|
£80
|
£80
|
All Withoutabox submissions for Raindance Film Festival are to be paid by credit card. The submission fee is non-refundable.
Raindance Members
RAINDANCE MEMBERS CAN SUBMIT ONE SHORT FOR FREE OR A FEATURE AT HALF PRICE.
Raindance members can submit one short/music video for free, or a feature at half price. If you are a member emailfestival@raindance.co.uk to receive your unique waiver code. Please include your membership number and expiry date. To join Raindance please go to: http://www.raindance.org/premium/
Raindance members can submit one short/music video for free, or a feature at half price. If you are a member emailfestival@raindance.co.uk to receive your unique waiver code. Please include your membership number and expiry date. To join Raindance please go to: http://www.raindance.org/premium/
Selection
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.
Notification
Raindance endeavours to complete all selection procedures by 31 August 2016 and inform all submitting parties, in writing, if their film has been successful or not after that time. Successful submissions will receive a Filmmaker Festival Pack that will include important information on shipping the DCP to the Festival, press and publicity, guest accreditation, contact information and how to make the most of participating in the Festival.
Screening
Selected films MUST provide a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) in order to be screened at the Raindance Film Festival, as well as a back-up Blu-ray. (Except VR films)
Festival Prizes
– Best Film
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video
Here are other film festivals that i could enter my short film into.
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video
Here are other film festivals that i could enter my short film into.
• Raindance Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• London Short Film Festival
• Manchester International Film Festival
• Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival
Film regulation
The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theater shows. If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18). The reason why the BBFC will rate my short film an 15 - 18 is because the my short film includes Strong violence, and strong language. The reason my short film will be allowed to be rated as a 15 is because there can be strong threat and horror as long as thee is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. The reason my short film can also be aged 18 is because it contains strong horror, strong blood and gore and sustain threat. From my research Iv'e noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the intensity will be to my for young children because it could cause nightmares. Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people who are 18-35. What does the 15 symbol mean?
No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work can have at 15?
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?
Any of the following:
- strong violence
- frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
- portrayals of sexual activity
- strong verbal references to sex
- sexual nudity
- brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
- discriminatory language or behaviour
- drug taking
What does the 18 symbol mean?
Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work can have at 18?
No theme is prohibited at 18. Adults are free to choose their own entertainment provided the material is not illegal or potentially harmful, so it is possible some themes tackled at 18 may be offensive even to some adult viewers.
What sort of issues might I find in an 18 film or video?
18 works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:
- 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 behavior
The BBFC would regulate my film a 15 or an 18 because my film reaches that standard. The reason why my movie will be rated an 15 or an 18 is because it contains everything you need for it. My film will contain blood and gore, it will also include strong violence and strong horror. This is the reason why it wouldn't be regulated at any regulation under 15 because it wouldn't be suitable for that type of crowd such as U or 12. However some horror films can be shown at a 12 or a 12a but the horror sequence can' t be frequent and the short film can't be disturbing. In a U and PG filming violence would be very mild.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18)
Also as i was watching the thriller short films i saw what the viewers liked to see more in thrillers therefore i took them into to consider to put into my short film. What i saw in the thrillers were some use of montage to not make it boring therefore it could make the audience think a bit. A lot of flash forwards and flashbacks to tell the story and to show what is going on in the movie.
I also saw that the trends were the Twists at the end because it surprises the audience and leaves the audience shocked, therefore i added a twist in my short horror film to shock the audience.
Also as i was watching the thriller short films i saw what the viewers liked to see more in thrillers therefore i took them into to consider to put into my short film. What i saw in the thrillers were some use of montage to not make it boring therefore it could make the audience think a bit. A lot of flash forwards and flashbacks to tell the story and to show what is going on in the movie.
I also saw that the trends were the Twists at the end because it surprises the audience and leaves the audience shocked, therefore i added a twist in my short horror film to shock the audience.
Because of the fact that my short film is based on the movie SAW i highly garantee that it will recieve a good amount of views considering on box office it had 247.7 million USD. SAW is one of the best horror films containing a twist and a hook.Finance: Film producers get their finance through different ways. One of the ways is through their own savings; this benefits them in the long term if their film makes profit successfully. Another way is through investors investigating on a certain part of the money that needs to be paid back after being helpful to produce their movie. For my production i wouldn't need to provide a big amount of money because most of the materials that i will be using will be provided by my college. My only input in money wise would be to provide food for my actors and that will be paid with my personal savings. The transport is already established because me and my actors all have free travel oyster cards.
The gender who watches horror the most is women because they like the instense moments within the film and they like the jump scares.
Budget Requirements: the costs to everything i will be needing for my web-serial will be below
Cameras - Are from £93.99 up to £32,549.46. I would have to purchase one camera as im using a single camera to shoot my web-serial. However in this case i will be booking a camera from my college for free.
Lights and microphone - £54.99-£183.64 for both lights and microphone. It would cost £500 per day to hire a camera man who would sometimes bring their equipment and sometimes not. In this case i wouldn't need to hire anyone because i will be shooting my web-serial myself, also their will be voice overs of my actors voices being recorded over the videos and i will be filming in daylight for most of my film and for the dark scenes will use a flash light to create more suspense.
Editing Suites - These suits can cost £500 per day/hour but in this case i will be using the editing suite that is provided in college.
Talent - to hire talent/talents will cost £500-700, however i will be using my colleagues who take drama as a course, because they will be more professional and they won't ask for any pay.
Crew - In order to hire a crew for a web series would usually cost more than £5, 100. For my web series we will be in a group of 6 and we will split the jobs between us.
Facility hire - the experience to rent an edit suit to have videos edited will cost around £550 per day. In this case i will be using the schools editing suit for free.
Budget: The cost of my film will be approxomately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost £25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras i will need will be provides by my college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by my college
•The facilities i will need to use such as; a mac to edit my short film, will be provided by my college
Time
This part of the media industry is very important, time and scheduling is everything in the media world. It's all important because you have deadlines to meet and if you don't meet the deadlines you would have to spend more money, For an example if you have booked a editing suit for 2 days which is £1,000 and your deadline was to finish editing the videos within those 2 days given but you haven't finished and you need an extra day you have to pay another £500 and then everything else will have to be pushed forward; different deadlines will have to be made and it will waste a good amount of time and money.
The most time i will be filming is on weekends as i am occupied within the week and so are my actors because we have college. Two - three weeks would be a good amount of filming and editing time considering we can get some done within the week in spare hours. The extra props the my college wouldn't supply will be coming out of my personal savings but they will be at a cheap price.
Materials
Clearance is paying for copyrighted materials to used e.g music tracks/ sounds. For every time a copyrighted material is shown on another show the owner of the material gets paid a certain amount of money in order for them to use their material, which ranges from £50 upwards depends on how much was negotiated. Because of the fact this is a college project we won't have to pay for the use of other sound track, however for my web serial my plan is to create my own original sounds due to the fact i and most people know how to use Logic Pro X. Also we have access to non copyrighted sound from youtube which is a free download and example of this will be below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrxwqvfD2E
In order that i have my equipment on time and to make sure i will get it i will book from advance.
Crew and personnel
Te availability of personals I'm going to be doing this project with 2 or 3 other people so the roles of the production will split amongst us, for actors we will be gathering talents from our college and outside our college that also take a drama course. However in the real world auditions will be taken place to get actors and this will cost the production crew money as they will have to rent out a location in order for the auditions to take place.
The people i will be hiring will be listed below:
A camera man who will be in charge of the camera and responsible for the filming
Editor who will edit and put shot in order from the camera in to a story
Sound Engineer who will be in charge of the sound from the ambient sound to non ambient sound
Director who will direct the whole plot and i will be the producer
Location
The majority of our shots will be filmed in a local area, so around Sidcup/Kent and we ill need a permit from the Kent council in order to film in particular places, when the weather is not suitable we have two options, we can either use the weather to set a mood in the series or film it in that condition and edit the footage to make it look better and clearer. The location of where we are going to shoot the footage won't be far from the crew members houses.
Most materials will be provided by my college but the rest will be coming out of my personal savings and will be booked of a booking company for a certain period of time. The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theater shows.
The location i will be shooting my shortfilm is im the middle of the woods.
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and it can also be shown on netflix.
A short film festival is where distributers go to watch short films and see which is the best one. The short film that they are impressed with will get promoted im a particular area im the world and because of this the maker of that short film will achieve some reputation and praise kn how creative they are.
Facilities
Production Equipment: equipment such as cameras, lights and other things can be booked for free form the college. But in a real life situation it will cost around £1000 to get a camera man alone cost around 500 pounds that's half of the money gone already therefore it's not cheap.
Post- production equipment: edit suite can be booked for £550 a day and this suites will contain macs which will run the software Final cut x which is the software that will be used to edit our shots. I will be using the editing suites in school as they have free access.
Research Log
·
Date of search
·
Location/Web address Description/Title
·
Purpose
13.1.16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNSN6QhIWeA
Saw
(1/11) Movie CLIP - Waking Up (2004) HD
To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film. Also to show that my short film will have a twist at the end and a
hook
13.1.16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISzAuk-2NYs
A
Nightmare On Elm Street 2010: Kris' Death
To show evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order
to gain some ideas for my short film and also to show that my short film will
have flashbacks to show them killing the man before
13.1.16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prqBLPMjcVw
Final
Destination 5 Bridge Collapse (1080p)
To show evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order
to gain some ideas for my short film and also to show that my short film will
be having flash forwards
13.1.16
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk
The
Black Hole Future Shorts
This influenced me to have the idea I have for my short film
because it shows me what people are looking for in a short film.
13.1.16
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6RDVsJekQ
DAYWALT
HORROR: Jack
This showed me what I had to add into my short film to make
it become a horror and to engage the audience by my hook and twist.
13.1.16
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/12a-and-12
BBFC
I used his article to help me know what the BBFC will rate
my short. I also used it to compare, so I looked what my short film contains
and matched it up to what the age ratings contain.
13.1.16
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0387564/
IMDb
This article showed me the
Budge my short film will cost in the real world and what
everything costs
13.1.16
http://www.raindance.org/
Film
Festival
This shows me the different film festivals there is and what
each one shows and presents
13.1.16
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/introduction/what-makes-a-good-short
Film
Network
This shows me what I would need to contain in my short film
in order for it be more successful.
13.1.16
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35273005
Sian
Blake: Partner held in Ghana over EastEnders actress's murder
The reason why I used this article is because my idea is
based on this article. This article makes my idea a unique because it’s a real
life situation that is happening this moment in time.
Uses research to re-enforce proposal selling approach
ReplyDeleteBe mindful that this is 2 x reports here, separate them out into 2 posts and work on individually
M2: learners will produce written work that contains information highly relevant to the topic being studied. Their use of language will be good, going beyond mere description and providing more detailed exemplification.
WT in written work learners will always choose an appropriate format. Sentence structure will be very good and show increasing complexity
To improve: make sure your proposal captures my imagination and sells - guarantee me the audience and trends
To improve to secure M2 and move to D2
ReplyDeleteSell me the idea based on USP and Trends
Which film festivals and how will this aid distribution?
Why do directors make short films to generate interest in their career?
Does the BBFC regulate YouTube and how does this effect the audience you can reach?
What is the gender of your audience and how will your idea appeal to them?
How would you go about using Kickstarter to get funding - how does th process work - Case Study?
Explain why your film will contain violence - of what type and why?
What did your primary resarch of looking at comments for short films tell you about what the audience want to see or didn't like?
For D2 the proposal must give "conveys information with precise exemplification and justifies conclusions with supporting arguments"