Preliminary Task

1.5 Lessons Work....
Fun....
Dubstep....

This is the result!
P.S No Paul was in this Work. At All!

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product? Look at the BBFC website. Which classification criteria do you think would be most appropriate for your film and why?

The Certificate for the film Top 10 would be a 15. This is because of the requirements made by the BBFC. From the image it shows us that Language is an issue. The quote states that "There may be frequent use of strong language (e.g. 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (e.g. 'Cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable."

The other problem for the 15 Certificate is Drugs. The quotes states that "Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse"

Character Comparison

Lyle - Seth Green
•Laptop •Shirt •Cap


James Reaf - Ben Faiers
•Hoodie •Glasses •Computer
•Gloves

Fred chose Basher from oceans 11 because he also specializes in explosives. The dress sense is similar. He wears dark clothing like his character.

Josh chose the character Kano from the musical scene of Rap. He is leader in his genre so in a sense he qualifies to be the base of my character. My character would dress similarly to Kano.

Top 10 - Animatic

Top 10 - Animatic
From the classes feedback we have discovered that we need to make some changes towards the animatic or the final idea.
The first idea feedback we received was on the soundtrack. Although, intended to be a quick idea, it proved to be very effective but ended up getting to futuristic towards the end. This means that the original idea was on the right track with sound but would need to be completely recreated to fit the timing and shots of the real film.
Another response we received was that the first few shots were not clear enough for the audience, this means that we should show more of the shot for a longer period of time or consider recreating them to show the plan going on more clearly. We could have also included subtle hints I.E Newspaper clipping lying around on the tables.
Overall, the animatic received a good responce but we have a lot to change to make it an easily recognisables Crime Caper.

Top 10 - Film Productions

This is the introduction towards the opening sequence showing what film company was involved with the film. The "Sunhappy Productions" also relates against the nature of the film being about robbery and thieves. This shows a Dark and Unhappy scene for the film so it was a good choice. This would have also been well suited towards a thriller or a horror film.

We thought the scene where the sun clears the clouds from the skies was a stereotypical view but made it link in with the name. We also took the cartoon sun with a smiley face for the "Sunhappy" name of the productions.

We also involved animation into the film so that we could make it more "Visually Impressive" on the eye, the final shot also allows us to lead straight into the film as we faded it out to black and put the center of the a into the shot.

Top 10 Mood Board

Top 10 Mood Board
• Dark Background - This goes with the darkness of the crew, their background and quite simply the darkness of the room that they are planning in.
• Pool Table - The montage scene will try and be based around the pool table in the center of the room, this will have various items including beer, blueprints and laptops placed onto it.
• Explosives - "The Brawn" uses these to help take out the vaults, with these around the table it shows that he has been working on making the perfect explosive.
• Laptops - Mainly to help "The Tech" and "The Brains" these would be used to hack into the security systems and get information about the buildings I.E Blueprints and Cameras.
• Brain - Used the symbolize "The Brain" showing how knowledgeable they really are. Also to show "The Leader" as he really is the 'Brains' behind the plan.
• Beer - Left around the Pool Table being drunk as they sort out the plan.
• Cocky - The Symbol of "The Cocky" just to show his part in the opening sequence.
• Smoke - Smoke around the roof of the dark room emphasizes the darkness of the room and the isolation that the room holds.
• Eyes - This will be used to show "The Tech" and "The Brains" the fact that they will be watching and know what is going on at the time.

Original Plan Ideas - Top 10

Mise en Scene
Montage Room
• Dark Room
• Possible Smoke
• Plans on Desks - Paper, Schematics, Building Plans, Blueprints
• Newspaper Clippings - Failed Jobs. Top 10 Rich List

• Electronics - Laptops, Phones

• Test Explosives

• Eaten Food to show the people with their Human Side

Characters
The Leader ~ The man who leads the group, he provides the basic information on the plan but doesn't know much about the skills involved around it. Past experience from previous robberies.
The Brains ~ The man who can get the security files. He gets access to where the cameras are, the building schematics and other classified information.
The Brawn ~ The man who is physically stronger than the rest and knows about explosives. Previous jobs been used to blow open vaults.
The Cocky ~ The inexperienced youngster who somehow succeeded in a previous job, probably a fluke involving walking out with the money.
The Tech ~ The man who hacks the files. The one who shuts down the power and prevents any communication with the security once the job has started.

Scene Montage
During the Scene montage it will show each character doing what skill they do best. An example could be “The Brawn” starting to make test explosives and training for the job. Another example could be “The Brains” drawing up Security files and Building Blueprints.
It will also show different parts of the body as they draw up the plans and start to put the beginning steps of the Heist into action. An example could be the typing of a hand onto a Laptop from "The Tech". This shows us what he is comfortable working with but also shows us what he would be good at. The Leader could also be shown pointing and advising the other members, focusing in on the hands and mouth of him.
The film will also have Freeze Frame shots in which the Character will be doing something "Stereotypical" and would be recognised by the audience. This would allow us to add in the Actors name and the Character name to get the titles into the opening sequence.

Slogan

10 Jobs, 5 Guys...10 minutes

This slogan is here to help catch the attension of the audience, it allows them to remember the film easily and gives an insight in what the film is about. The 10 minutes part gives the the film the challange and already gives us a glimps at what the plan is to be. The "10 Jobs" indicates that there will be 10 hiests for the group to complete in, the "5 Guys" shows us how many people will be working together and "10 minutes" is the total time that all the jobs will make, indicating they need to be in and out from each location in 1 minute.

Genre Conventions

In Crime Capers there is often one thing going on the whole time. For example in the Italian Job there is that one crime they are planning, which continues as the theme throughout the film.

Sometimes there is sub-plots, or connecting crimes. I.e A serial killer, and the cops are trying to find the lad. Like in the movie; 'Bone Collector' Where there is one guy who goes around killing people then the detectives realize he coping it like out of a book, so they look in the book at the next crime and they catch the lad there.

we are going to try and get a cast of about 3 or 4 people, to be the cast in the film sequence opening.