Institution Research

We will need to use a production institution that can handle the production of our film. There are various production comapnies that we could use such as:
20th century fox
Fox searchlight
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Universal
Paramount
Tristar
Pathé
Warner Bros
New Line Cinema

However we have decided to choose Working Title as it supports British Films being a British company itself and helps support the British film industry. Working title has produced films such as Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, The Boat That Rocked. Due to their extensive reach in the British film industry and links with national companies they would be a fantastic choice of production institution and could help the film develop.

Certificate Research

We have decided to certificate our film as an 18 due to the violence, violence and some upsetting scenes that would not be suitable for anyone under the age of 18. We have also looked at similar films to decide what rating they are given and whether they reflect our film and if so we decide whether we will use that certificate or a higher/lower one.

Pulp Fiction = 18

The Godfather = 15

The Godfather Part 2 = 15

Goodfellas = 18

The Usual Suspects = 18

Se7en = 18

Reservoir Dogs = 18

Due to all these films being between 15 and 18 certificate and with our scenes more similar to those in an 18 certificate film we have decided to choose 18 as our certificate.

Characters

We have decided who are going to be the characters in our opening.

Mitch = The Don
Matt = Henchman/Mobster
Kieran = Henchman/Mobster
Harry Kent(drama student) = Mysterious Stranger

I will upload pictures of the characters in the near future.

Media Opening Ideas

Today in lesson we gathered together our ideas for our opening and we will start storyboarding in the next lesson or when we have free periods together.

• Credits (possible sticky notes idea, sticky notes round house showing credits)

• Character getting ready in morning ( process sped up eg. Kettle boiling, eating breakfast etc) – possibly link these two ideas together

• Flashback when don exits house eyes looking straight to camera shot filled just by his eyes. Then fades to flashback in Pleasantville effect

• Flashback shows the two henchman/gangsters running possibly away from something. Run to a hedge and pull out a suitcase they open it to see documents, money and gun in it. They then carry on running away, get to an alley and get halfway down it and a silhouette of a mysterious man appears at the end of the alley as the characters get close to him he has a weapon and manages to injure the characters and take the case and walks calmly off. 

    

• Fades in from flashback and colours slowly seep back into next scene. Characters walking down the street joining paths from side streets looking suave and cool. (Don possibly falls over)

• Shows title of movie and then fades to black

End