Assignment 3: Producers & Audiences -- (Proposal for my Own Film)

Proposal for my Own Film

Evaluation of my audience’s film preferences:

I asked 10 people a variety of questions to find out about my audience’s film preferences and how/where they watch films.These questions included:

·       How often do you watch films?

·       What is your favourite genre of film?

·       What is your least favourite genre of film?

·       Do you prefer watching films at home or at the cinema?

·       Name your favourite actor & actress

·       How do you find out about new films?

·       What factors make you want to watch a film?

After looking my audiences preferred choices, it helped me to consider what kind of film I wanted to produce. I found their wasn’t a clear favourite genre they liked, but some of the common favourite genres included drama and comedy. Their least favourite genre is romantic-comedies (rom-coms). Their favourite actors and actresses were predominately mainstream and some of the factors that make they want to watch a film included the storyline/setting, the choice of cast and the genre of film.

A Title for my film:

·         All About Cindy

Genre for my film:

·         Comedy, Drama

Synopsis:

·         Set in Chicago in the 1950s, Cindy, a housewife, who is expected to do all the chores around the house and cook dinner for her husband, is fed up of living the same dull and uninteresting life. One day she reads a magazine article that shows images and talks about the 1920s also known as the ‘Golden Years’ where many women got drunk, wore short dresses and done whatever they pleased. As the rock n roll era is approaching, she dreams of her young rebel self and the life she had before she was married.

Character Profiles:

·         First Name: Cindy
·         Last Name:Crawford
·         Age: 36
·         Gender: Female
·         Marital Status: Married
·         Children: 2 (Boy – David, aged 13 and Girl – Mary, aged 11)
·         Occupation: Housewife

• ·         First Name: Robert
• ·         Last Name: Crawford
• ·         Age: 38
• ·         Gender: Male
• ·         Marital Status: Married
• ·         Children: 2 (Boy – David, aged 13 and Girl – Mary, aged 11)
• ·         Occupation: Banker

Actors/Actresses:

A Mainstream and Niche actor and actress:

·         Role of Cindy: Nadine O’Mathghamhna  - choice of a Niche actress, helping to promote an unknown actress.

·         Role of Robert: Eddie Redmayne - As he has recently become a mainstream actor, and referring back to my audience film preferences, many of their favourite actors and actresses were mainstream stars, this it would help add to the popularity and help my film reach to wider audiences.

Marketing Products:

·         My Movie Poster –Illustrated style poster - Inspiration from 1950s movie posters.  I wanted to create this style of movie poster as it more simplistic and I feel it would make it more memorable for my target demographic, compared to modern animated movie posters.

·         Social Networking Site Pages – I would create pages on popular websites such as Facebook and Twitter, which would feature updates about the film, interviews with cast and crew etc. This will help keep my target audience informed about the film in the hope that the fans of my film will like or share the information about the film to their friends and family, which will help my film reach to more than its intended audience.

How have you targeted a young adult audience:

As the “rock n roll” also known as the “rockabilly” fashion style is still very popular today, for both younger and older aged adults, this would help to appeal for many audiences. Because I knew I wanted to set my film in America in the 1950s, I completed a lot of research into that particular era. My research included:

o   Popular women and men’s names in the 1950s - to help choose my character names.

o   Popular occupations

o   Fashion/costume (which is featured on my movie poster)