Audience Research

Target Audience 

Are main target audience will be between 15 - 30. As this film is a horror/thriller we must make sure the film is suitable for our target audience especially with the film certificate being a 15. 

Who will see our film? 

The main people that will see our film will be mainly people who are interested in horror/thriller films. Or possibly people who enjoy a tense film which puts you very on the edge.

Who is your Primary and Secondary Audience?

Primary - People who enjoy horror/Thriller films

Secondary - People who enjoy a adrenaline rush or possibly enjoy a drama film. 

Fonts for "Gone"

We looked at different possible fonts for "Gone". The First font we used was "28 days later" which we used in our first draft, but after feedback we found this was very common and used in many films. The font we have chosen now which we are very satisfied with is "coolvetica". This establishes the title well and gives a better affect on our film.

 This is our first draft title.

This is our second draft title. 

Props Research

These are some of the props we used for the shooting of our film "Gone"

Missing Boy Article - The first prop we decided was to create the missing boy poster. We researched on line and found a article about a missing boy and changed all the details so it would suit our story line.

Clothing for Boy - The main boy in the film we dressed him in all black to give a more mysterious and very unseen. This also makes the boy's face stand out also which we wanted to get across so they remember the face.

Strobe Lighting - We used strobe lighting in some of the shots to create a good effect on the boy's face which also with the black clothing also made his face stand out more.

Orange Ball - This ball was used to in-tale with the credits and is also used to establish the story when the boy goes missing.

Tripod - We used the tripod in many different shots to make the shots stable with no un-needed movement.

Institution

Film4 is the instutiton we  will be using for our film. This is very well known Institution which is based in the UK and is a very well known Instuition featuring in films in the UK and across the world. Film4 also has its own digital movie channel which has been involved with the growing of Film4. This is why we have Chosen Film4.

Film Certificate

For our film we must take into consideration what target audience we will be aiming at. Being a horror/thriller genre to bring the most out of these categories we believe that making the film 15+ is the most appropriate age to incincoropate especially the horror side of things. 

Gone Posters

Here is the posters we created on Photoshop for our advertisement.

Missing boy voice over 

This is the news article that I used to voice over "Gone" to give it a surreal effect. I feel like this was one of the main factors which established our film. Cutting the voice over being done at the right points was vital to make sure it sounds like we are talking about the missing boy in "Gone".

Risk Assesment

GONE Second Draft

Feedback for Gone first Draft

This is the feedback for our Gone first draft. Overall we received a mix average feedback with the average score being 44 which is the equivalent to a B. Below I have chosen different feedback scores showing high to lower marks. We will take all of our feedback into consideration when creating the final draft of our film.

 In the first feedback sheet I have chosen we received 50 this was one of our higher marks received. On this sheet the genre was identified as very evident and the music featured and the news article which was talked over the different parts of the film was also very good. 

In the second feedback sheet we received 49 this was one of our just above average marks. The music was also very popular again as was the news voice over also. They also recommend that we place our title of the film into a different piece of the opening sequence.

Our final feedback sheet that I have chosen was one of our lower marks that we received. They commented saying we established the story well but some shots were to dark which we will need to improve.

Shooting Schedule

Here is our shooting schedule, we stuck to this and completed the filming by Friday.  We mostly filmed at Shennans Park as well as the school to get the best shots, mainly shooting after school when it was fairly dark.

First Draft for "GONE"

Storyboard for "GONE"

"Missing Boy" Article

This is our news article that I created which will feature in our film to make it more of a realistic event. To make the news article more realistic I used the tea bag effect to give it a yellow tint and to give it a old effect also.