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Casting for our film Resit

 

Casting for our film

 

 

 

Within our opening scene we decided to only use one character who would be the main character. This character would undergo many tough times as well suffer with depression and other factors. But in the end would achieve success and reach their goal. We decided we need a athletic male to fit the role of this character. This was because this actor would be playing a character who would participating in running, boxing and other various sporting activates.

 

 

The two candidates we received was Edward Pearson and Nyakeh Duwai. Both of these actors were of an athletic structure and would both fit the role of this character perfectly.

 

 

Due to the fact that the stereotype for athletes in films is a black, tall, lean male. We wanted to challenge this stereotype by giving a different approach to the role. This was because we stated from day one that we wanted to challenge stereotypes and use this film as an object to remove racism from sport. We feel as though choosing Edward as our main actor this would challenge this stereotype and show anyone can reach their goals. 

Target Audience answer analysis Resit

Target Audience answer analysis

 

 

 

 

q1. What would you expect to see in a sports drama opening scene?

 

When our audience was asked this question we gained various different results. These consisted of; some kind of physical activity, seeing the main character start with nothing and becoming a star, see the struggle of the character as the achieve success and also to see conflict between the main character and his rival who may also be their childhood friend. This made it clear to us what the audience wanted to see from our storyline, and due to the fact all of the ideas were similar it would be easier to combine them together.

 

q2. Would you prefer the films story to be heavily around the main character or the sport they are participating in?

 

The results we gained from this answer were 8 people who were in favour of the main character and 2 who were in favour of the sport. This made it clear to us that we would heavily base the story around the main character but also implement some story to do with the sport.  

 

q3. Is there anything we should implement in  our film?

 

When asked this question nearly every person responded with "a training montage". We expected this to be the answer as most films of this genre included this aspect, and when they were then asked why they would want this included they replied with "because it is usually seen in this genre of film, which will help the audience to establish the genre easily."

 

 

q4. What props do u associate with sports drama?

 

 

Due to the fact we explained the original idea we had for our film opening the audience knew it was based around a boxer. This meant that their response led to answers such as, boxing gloves, boxing bag, gym etc. This is something that we expected due to the attempted storyline we created.

 

 

q5. What location would you suggest filming in?

 

Once again due to the fact that the audience were briefed of the original storyline they knew the sort of location needed. so the most common responses we received consisted of; gym, field, park, arena, boxing ring. This what we expected due to the original story line.

 

 

q6. Do you prefer a storyline based around one charter or a group of characters?

The results we gained from this answer were 8 people who were in favour a storyline based around one character and 2 who were in favour a storyline based around a group of characters. This made it clear to us that we needed to create a story in which the main actor was the sole part of the film, which intern meant that we had to include a lot of detail in their role.

 

q7. What sort of outcome would you like the main character to receive?

The main answer we received for this question is that the audience want the main character to go through some life struggles but at the end of the story the character to have success and achieve his goal. When ask why they wanted this the most common reply was that this implemented conventions of drama into the piece, as the character would experience a type of conflict. This helped us to come to a conclusion on what would happen to the main character and helped us to develop a story which would attract the audience.

 

 

This will help us when we come to create our film opening as we now know what aspects the audience want us to include to help satisfy their entertainment needs as well as help them establish the genre of film and educate them.



Location consideration Resit

We will need to shoot our film in a gym location to help show that our main character is a fit individual who works hard and has a goal.














We will also need to film in locations outside such as park and muddy fields. These locations would see the main character doing his running to ensure he stays fit. The use of the muddy locations would help with the grittiness of the film opening.

We have considered filming in a garage as this location would work well with our main  character working out. Such as hitting a boxing bag or working with a sparring partner.

We could use a rundown estate to show that the character isn't in a rich well off position and he has to work his way to the top by his own motivation.

We could use a local corner shop so the main character can be seen buying a drink and having a friendly convocation with the shop owner to show that he is a outgoing nice person that the audience can root for.

Adam Russell

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Film Opening target audience’s questionnaire resit

Film Opening target audience’s questionnaire

Q1. What would you expect to see in a sports drama opening scene?

Q2. Would you prefer the films story to be heavily based around a main character or the sport they are participating in?

                                                Main Character ð                                            Sport ð

Q3. Is there anything we should implement in our film opening? (E.g. Gym, training montage etc.)

Q4. What props do you associate sports-drama with?

Q5. What key location would you associate?

Q6.  Do you prefer a story line to base around one character or a group of characters?

                                                Solo ð                                  Group ð

Q7.  If u answered “main character” to question two, please outline what sort of outcome u would like the main character to receive.

Final location decision resit

The locations we decided to film our final product were in our schools gym facility as it has a wide range of machines and equipment that we can get easy access to and many great shots from. We also decided to film in areas around Borham such as the park and field areas which allowed us to get shots of the main acter running from many angles and show that he is making progress.

Adam Russell