Assignment 3 - Shot list

Date	Scene	INT/EXT Day/Night	Shot descriptions/ Summary	Location	Characters	Equipment/ Props/Costumes
16/9/17	1	Night time	White wall as a backdrop with protagonist sitting against it holding beer bottle depicting an unsteady and distraught lifestyle. Beer bottle will then be shattered onto the floor with a close angle before the scene is changed. (Protagonist will be wearing scrappy clothes)	Back of Dar Al Salam Mall across Aramex roundabout.	Protagonist-alcoholic with no life ahead of him. Broke and depressed	Beer bottle and shattered glass
-	2	Darkness	Black background where Movie title and names of only producers will show up in synchronisation with piano soundtrack. Narration starts a few seconds later on a completely black screen.	-	-	-
16/9/17	3	Day Time	In prison cell (made by ourselves) camera shutters as if taking mug shot pictures with protagonist in the middle, to suggest his distraught life style. No camera movements only still pictures of protagonist with narration overviewing the inmate’s life. Mid-shot to show inmates facial features and attire.	Inside a house.	Once again protagonist but this time dressed in orange with angry/depressed facial expressions.	Black slab with serial number and reason of custody.
-	4	Night time	At a bar narration overlay talking about the reason the protagonist became an alcoholic and lost control of his life, a bit of dialogue with the bartender, protagonist speaking to him as if he’s an old friend who he visits so often suggesting the amount of times he’s been to the bar.	Bar in house	Protagonist and bartender. Protagonist dressed in casual attire and bartender dressed in suit and tie.	Several shot glasses and alcoholic beverages.
-	5	Night time	Still in the bar close of the protagonist who doesn’t like a person at the bar table, nvc of the protagonist is very serious and drunken, should track builds up more suspense, scene ends when protagonist and mad get into a fight and the man hits a table and faints. (Long shot will be used to show all the action happening in the scene.	Bar in house	Protagonist dressed in casual attire and other drunk extra dressed in gang baggy clothes.	Glass bottles and shattered glass.
-	6	Night time	Next scene are one second shots showing the protagonist yet once again drinking but at a different bar this time. Amplifying his eagerness and urge to drink more and more, vary of long shots and mid sots will be used to show all that is happening in the scene.	Any brown old table	Protagonist shown drinking new bartender shown pouring alcoholic beverages for him	Alcoholic beverages and glasses.
-	7	Night time	Next shot shows the protagonist in a room with a FBI equivalent agent talking about recruiting the main character back into the Assassin business to get a hold of his life. This women will convince the protagonist to get back his life. (mid-shot to show all the features and emotions of the character)	Any living room	Protagonist shown in once again scrappy clothes and women shown in formal attire.	Alcoholic beverages and beer bottles.

-	8	Night time	Shots jump between the previous scene and a scene of all the empty beer cans thrown out showing the protagonist contemplating the offer to get him life sorted. Inside spoken thoughts of the protagonist will be used to convey the thoughts of the protagonist.	Any living room	Protagonist shown in once again scrappy clothes and women shown in formal attire.	Empty alcoholic beverages
-	9	Night time	Focus on the protagonist to show his seriousness about this job opportunity, a little dialogue in the back with the FBI agent talking to him telling him the benefits of picking this job. Over here there is a close up shot showing all the emotions of the protagonist	Any living room	Protagonist shown in once again scrappy clothes and women shown in formal attire.	-
-	10	Night time	Next shot is a mid-shot that shows the protagonist agreeing with the FBI agent and shows them making a deal that in return to taking up the job the FBI agent will fix up the protagonists life. Fade to black with narration over the black screen talking about the change that’s about to come	Any living room	Protagonist shown in once again scrappy clothes and women shown in formal attire.	-
-	11	Day time	Soundtrack builds up drumming builds up shows the protagonist in a bunch of fighting scenes with quick cutting shots to show power and speed of the protagonist. Different types of shots like a collage of his training before getting to the boss	Abandon warehouse next to Jinan Gardens	Protagonist suited up and ready to fight with extras (villains in all black)	Guns, knuckledusters and knives.
-	12	Night time	After the hero has fought a lot he is getting all suited up for the day’s work ahead, the final boss battle, mid shot and long shot to show expressions of the protagonist but also the suiting up process of the protagonist. Slow scenes that have a pan movement.	Dark room in a House with bright lights	Heavy black armoured clothes (at least armoured look alike clothes) heavy boots camo pants	Guns, knuckledusters and knives.
-	13	Night time	Scene 1-hero and villain fighting but villain runs away Scene 2-close up fight with his army personal Scene 3-hero going to villains hide out location Scene 4/5- hero finding villain then change to black.	Vary of differnet locations, Al Khor, Janan gardens, Nassers village.	Both wearing dark coloured clothes	Guns, knuckledusters and knives.
	14	Darkness	Dark no narration just music dimming out and soundtrack steadying tempo.	-	-	-
-	15	Night time	Confrontation of both the protagonist and antagonist with dialogue in-between them mid shot of protagonist over the antagonist shoulder after a bit of dialogue quick cut to black screen and then music starts heavily playing again and then trailer ends.	Back of Jinan Gardens	Protagonist all dressed in black and combat gear ready to fight.	Guns, knuckledusters and knives.

Assignment 3 - Costume & props planning

Assignment 3 - Film trailer proposal

Film Trailer Proposal

Audience Research Conclusions - 

From the results of our questionnaire for audience research, we can understand the target audience preferences and needs so that we can implement them into our trailer. Most of the target audience are most interested by a story preview in a trailer rather then the action and flashy scenes. Because of this, our trailer will mostly focus on giving our audience a viewing of the story, but also include exhilarating shots that excite the audience. This approach has been taken to all of the results taken, and we now have an idea of what kind of trailer will create the most enjoyment.

Genre -

Our trailer will preview a action drama film that we have created for the intention of this project. The main genre of this film will be action, because of the overall plot, but the sub-genre is drama to add more story and dialogue into the trailer. For our main genre, Action, we will be following the conventions of fast paced editing, narration overlay and serious NVC of characters while also including the fade to black transitions and dark settings of the Drama genre.

Content and Structure -
The tile of the film is undecided, however there are general ideas regarding the hitman plot of the film. We plan to name it before production, however we feel no urgency in doing so. The main story of the film is a retired hitman (protagonist) has fallen into the darks of alcoholism and crime when he is recruited back into his former agency with a fresh incentive of redemption. The tag line, like the trailer title is undecided and will be decided before film production. The structure of the trailer supports the genres of the film, with slow paced close up scenes with dialogue and fade to black transitions at the start (supporting the drama genre's conventions) , while the tone and the tempo of the trailer speeds up with fast edited flashy scenes with narration overlay (supporting the action genre's conventions)

Audience -
Our target audience is the young teenagers from ages 14-18, those interested in the action scenes and exciting tempo of the action genre, most likely boys in the middle class. Also, a secondary target audience would be young adults from ages 18-23 who enjoy a film with more substance and drama. The alcoholic background of the protagonist also opens to an audience that struggles with alcoholism, as they would empathise with the protagonist, and the general plot of redemption in the film is a relatable issue for the middle and lower class public. We will make sure to make the protagonist relatable to these audiences, while also taking advantage of flashy shots and meaningful plot to draw in the younger audiences.

Representation -
The trailer will represent the protagonist as a underdog, a man seeking redemptions from his dark past.  He will be broken down, cynical however skilled, representing the broken spirit of a man who has gone through alcoholism and losing his job. This will relate with similar audiences who prefer the underdog storyline. The antagonist will be a strong organised vigilante who plans a terrorism event that will devastate the world. These are representations that are normally used in this genre, and excite the audience.

Institution -
Our trailer would be distributed as part of a film promotion campaign ahead of the movies release. Along with the trailer, our actors would likely interview with tv hosts and appear on national television to advertise the movie. There would be merchandising and advertisement in famous magazines that appeal to the target audience. and fundraising to a charity that help people who are need after struggling with alcoholism. Synergy will be shown by using the angle of an alcoholic's redemption using the alcoholism fundraiser as well as the adverts shown in action magazines using the same dark and murky colour scheme, logo and tagline to create a dark mature theme for the movie that our target audience would enjoy.

Assignment 3 - Location Planning

Location Planning

6th Form Common Room - Doha College

The common room is easy to access, offer the appearance of a apartment or small home, and can be used in different lights effectively. This is where most dialogue will be filmed and most film is used

Plain Wall

Plain wall is easy to access and it is a substitute for backgrounds needed in the trailer. It can be filmed at any of the other locations effectively

Plain Sand Area

This photo is a substitute for a generic plain sand area, which in the humid desert climate of Qatar, is easy to access.This will be used for the majority of the fight scenes because of its space and environment, and the lack of people.

Al Khor Ruins

The Al Khor Ruins provides a atmosphere of tension and anxiety because of the abandoned houses and buildings it has. It will be used for the artistic shots that give an idea of the scale of the film and its action. It is not as easy to access, and will likely be used only once during production of the film.

Abandoned House - Dukhan, Qatar

This abandoned house has a really artistic yet depressed look, that will provide shots that will show that downfall of the protagonist and provide deeper meaning to the plot, fulfilling the drama genre's conventions. This house is also not easily accessible, however the artistic and surreal setting makes it worth the trouble

Bar - Group Member's House

This photo is a substitute for the bar, that will be inside a member of the group's house. The bar gives a view into the background of the protagonist and shows the serious tone of the film to be associated with alcoholism. Because of this, the scene will be easy to access and take extreme and various shots that are planned.

Sand Dunes - Outskirts of Doha

This photo gives an idea of the activity taking place, Quad biking, which will give us the main point of a crucial shot in the trailer. The sand dunes are not very easy to access and we will likely only spend one day taking shots needed.

Graffiti Wall - Doha

This wall with graffiti offers the first scene of the trailer, and gives an urban and somber tone to start off the trailer, appealing to the drama genre. This is easy top access as it is near to the homes of one of the members in our group.