Predicted target audience for our opening sequence focus group

As we are producing a gangster genre opening sequence our predicted target audience would be the age group of 18-30 and predominantly male as the genre contains a lot of violence that is stereotypically connected with the male gender.

Audience profile research

We worked together as a group to create a survey, and this is what we came up with
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/63SLBQ6
These are the questions I contributed to the group;


Would you Here u include watching films as one of your hobbies
[]yes   []No

When was the last  time you went to a cinema?

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Rank in order your favourite genres from the list below?

Gangster                                                Action
               comedy                  other
Horror                                                   Romantic

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What television programs do you watch ?
(List 3 please)

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Opening sequence research number 1:Godfather

The Godfather-opening sequence

Francis Ford coppola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfMikOuv2U
The scene starts off with a guy in low key lighting he is clearly italian of of
a closely related ethnicity We can tell this by the looks of the man and the dialogue
that he is using.The low key lighting on the introducing of the character is to show
that there is a mysterious way about the character.this intrigues the audience.Then
the godfather is introduced with even lower key lighting.we can not see his face at
all because its an over the shoulder shot and the camera does a reverse creep
shot to eventually show the office that they are in and reveals another character
which is a woman that seems to cater to the godfathers needs. The low key
lighting and camera shot used are very effective for keeping the godfather hidden
and unknown for bit. The males clearly have dominance within the scene.however

we can tell that the godfather has the most authority as the guy is asking for his
help.The guy who is in distress is given some kind of drink. We can tell this is most
likely alcohol or some kind of beverage because of the size of the glass.
The general gangster conventions are used to meet the stereotypical
gangster theme. These include black suit.This will definitely aspire our production
as we will definitely include black suits within our sequence.
I believe the target audience would be an older generation as the whole film is concentrated on violence and revenge. I also think it would appeal to the male gender rather than the female.

Treatment pitch feedback

treatment pitch feedback

Our group were filmed pitching to Mr Lawes,Miss O'dell and the rest of our class mates.We received some feedback for our audience:

Good Feedback on our idea-They said that our idea was well planned out and our thoughts on the opening sequence were clearly put across during the pitch.Our idea would definitely go along with the stereotypical theme of the gangster genre.It was also very efficient on presenting what the target audience the film will look to appeal to.Male audience.Mr Lawes and Miss O'dell told us that they could tell we had carried out our research into the genre as our conventions were the same as films such as goodfellas with the monologue throughout the footage.They also believe that the way we keep the character mysterious is very effective.

Constructive Feedback on our idea- The monologue needs to be very appealing and well scripted to keep the audience entertained throughout the whole 2 minutes.we also need to consider whether we be able to film in london due to security restrictions

treatment template

idea for gangster opening sequence

• Black background London 22nd January in white text
• Poor man has a little amount of money
• Horrible clothes and travelling around London looking for people to give him money
• Black and White film footage
• Monologue over the top
• Black background London 2013 23rd of January in white text
• Same guy but this time clearly has money

The overall plot of the film will be the day of a guy that unfortunately has little financial funds due to a series of life changing events that we will get to find out about within the opening sequence.However this day will be his lucky day as he begins to make money and within one day is very very well off. Basically the monologue will explain the life off the man and the shots will be used to show him being a poor citizen to the next day being made of money. When the guy is poor i want to show it using his clothes.I want to make them horrific and then the next day i want to show his rich and that is the same guy by having somebody in a suit getting into a black cab however you wont be able to see that it is the same guy until he looks into the mirror.this is when the oepning sequence will end.