What would be the audience for your media product?

This image shows you the sort of audience I think my media product would be aimed at. It has 3 sections; the basics, what they spend money on, and the sort of media they would consume. I have examples of most media consumptions.









The reason my target audience would be aged 15 to 22 is because the character is ages 17, this means that the older targeted audience may be able to relate to some of the struggles that our character is going through. Also the reason I believe are audience will also include 15 year old males is because they may use it to learn about behaviour and response that is permitted at the older age. They also would learn about the consequences.
The reason I believe my target audience would be interested in violent games is because our film has a very violent storyline and I think that the people who would enjoy watching this sort of film would be the sort that also enjoy playing violent games.

What kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why?

The media company I think would distribute my movie is Lionsgate. This is because they have distribute several other successful English films, such as; Daybreakers, Saw 3D, and the new 50/50. These movies were all UK based films that Lionsgate distributed and they went on to becoming very successful.

          I believe Lionsgate would be able to distribute my British film better than a lot of the other distribution companies. The reason I believe this is because they are a British based company so they will know more about the economy and advertising of the UK, more so than an American company. 

The film we have done would be classified as a ‘15’ by the BBFC, meaning that no one under the age of 15 will be allowed to view it whilst in the cinema, this is because of the violence and Language in the film. The BBFC states that in a ‘15’ film you are allowed to show strong violence but are not allowed to dwell on the pain or suffering of a single person. We followed this rules by only showing the infliction of the pain, we did not show the outcome of this pain. We believe that this makes the film a ‘15’. 

How does your media product represent particular social groups

This is a photograph of a spider graph I did to show how our film represents a certain social group. It also goes into the costume and body language of our main character all be it briefly.











The reason we chose a teenage male character is because they have a very negative stereotype, especially those who wear 'hoodies'. This stereotype shows male teenagers to have a very one tracked mind, resulting in them trying to complete one task to any extent. This is also linked to them being violent, because, it suggests that to complete the task they has set their minds on they have to violently bi-pass all the obstacles in the way.

The body language we used is fairly hard to see if you aren't looking for it. There were several small elements such as throwing the clothes onto the bag, that show a messy or nervous characteristic. This could show that he has made a mistake and is worried as to how the problem will be resolved

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge the conventions of real media products

The codes and conventions of a drama film are difficult to specify. However most drama films will involves the same basic things, such as: Both gang and single person violence, sex, alcohol and other drugs (Including illegal drug usage) relationship or family issues. I would suggest these as being key because in most drama films you will see several of these conventions.

          My film sticks to this because it uses several of these conventions, this of course isn’t the only reason that it is a drama film. I think that my film predominantly follows the codes and conventions of an average drama film, I say this because the story is very common and easy to change up, however I think this storyline is the most effective to have chosen.

          My group and I struggled to challenge the conventions of a Drama film, because there are so many. Having said this we did manage to challenge the conventional storyline because our main character is originally being bullied and we show that a good way to stop that is by retaliating towards them in a violent manner 

Film Synopsis

This film synopsis shows how our intro to the film connects to the rest of the movie, I think this helped me because I know how I can do something that may not make sense now but I know will make sense later

I have learnt that writing a synopsis can be really helpful in ideas of the beginning 2 minutes; I think that this process has been helpful.

What’s done is done

Our film is about a teenage boy (Jake) who was being bullied in his school (By the bullies of the school Robin, and Jim) and he was felt as though he could not escape. However one day after having a really bad day he decides to stand up to the gang leader of the bullies. He takes a hammer with him to scare off the bully and maybe hit him so that he would be left alone, but ends up hitting and killing him. Jake then tries to run away, we see him packing his stuff and walking away.

The film goes on to show how he struggles in life because of having to run from his previous life, he tries to hide his old identity but he cannot get away from the horror’s of his past. He starts having to run from the police and ends up travelling all over the country with no money and no home.

The film ends with him being caught by the police and taken to stand in court. He pleads that he did it in defence and that he had to do it because they were bullying him. But the judge does not believe that the other boy bullied him. Jake got 10 years imprisonment, and the movie ends with Jake being put into a jail cell.

Main character profile

Doing this allowed my group and I too choose a main character that would best suit this profile. This was a very simple selection process because it is done predominantly on appearance 

Props storyboard

I believe in doing this task I have found what I need to have with me when we are planning on filming. This makes it easier to arrange a meeting with my partner (Curtis Cragg)