Target Audience Feedback

 I created a questionnaire to find out about what our target audience thought about our film. Here is an example of one of the responses to questionnaire.

Here is our friend watching Emma’s Dilemma and filling out the questionnaire. 

Here are our results, presented in a powerpoint:

Target audience feedback ppt

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We thought that it would be a good idea to film our target audience’s reactions whilst watching Emma’s Dilemma. We only filmed our friend Joey but I think that we could have filmed more to get a better result. Here is her reaction. 

We then asked her a few questions about her opinions of the film. Here are her answers.

Final Film

RESEARCH: BBFC Certifications

A main part of film distribution is film classification. The British Board of Film Classification produces a set of guidelines which are easily obtained for reference from the organisations website www.bbfc.co.uk  

Bbfc certifications

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As a group we came to conclusion of classifying Emma’s Dilemma as a PG. In the opening there is no Discriminatory language or behaviour, reference to illegal drugs, fighting scenes, natural nudity or moderate violence without detail. With all this in mind we then went back and looked at who we actually targeted our film at. We wanted to target our film at a wide range of audiences so it was suitable for families. Also we thought that in the long run our film could maybe become part of a series just like the Harry Potter fantasy franchise. This then lead to us classifying the first film (Emma’s Dilemma) as a PG and then progressing up to a 12a just like the Harry Potter series did.

Editing

Editing the main section after our Day one of filming had its difficulties because when we filmed in the small attic the shots we got were close meaning not much could be seen! The vast amount of dust in the attic made the shots blurry which decreased our choice of shots even more! We overcame these dilemmas by eliminating the unwanted shots and editing the ones we liked best, this worked out well because when filming we did extra shoots just in case.


As a group we took turns in editing and the decision making, this was good as we all had a go at the actual editing part and we had each other’s opinions to take into account. We wanted Emma’s grandma Violet to read out the letter as Emma read it which added to the fantasy theme of the movie added to the storyline being intense and mystical. Jessie spoke the letter in an excellent voice as it captured the ‘old women’ stereotype that we wanted to achieve! As she does A-level drame we felt that Jessie suited this role perfectly.
The titles we chose were firstly the production splash which was ‘JA TIME PRODUCTIONS’ and then as the main character was shown in the establishing shot ‘Starring Alice Roberts’ appeared. As the story develops ‘Filmed by Amy Bradley’ then appears. As Emma entered the attic we then placed ‘Directed by Jessie Niven.’ At the end of the 2minuntes we edited in the film’s title.
I feel that at the time of editing we placed the titles at the correct moment but watching it back many times I feel personally that the titles could have been a bit more spread out to add more meaning and a genuine feel of a film.

Choosing the sound for our opening took a long time as we couldn’t find anything suitable to fit the mood and atmosphere which was evolving on screen! We wanted something that was slow to begin with which then sped up as the story progressed. Once finding eventually three different possible soundtracks we added them to the final edit and decided which one we thought suited best. We settled for Silence. It was described as follows: A sad mellow acoustic guitar is the centre of this track surrounded by beautiful Rhodes harmonics and a relaxed bass. It was composed by Scott P. Schreer, and Pierre Langer. The feeling was described as being Thoughtful/Introspective; Sad, Reflective/Contemplative and Chilled/Laid-Back instruments included Piano, Bass and Acoustic Guitar. Here is a screen shot of the website.

Choosing A Film Title

We wrote down lots of previous fantasy film titles and then started to come up with our own ideas. We wanted to incorporate ideas which involved the theme of our movie that’s why we included the theme of ‘time’ in one of the film titles. After picking our favourite 3 titles we asked our target audience which one they liked the best. The winner was Emma’s Dilemma. 

Here is Amy asking which film title our target audience liked best.

After deciding our title we then went onto Microsoft word to create the title, here is the finished film title. 

Day 2 Filming

For the final scene we have decided to film the evening of Monday 17th March. The weather is looking quite sunny which may meen we will have to decrease the brightness to give a scarier atmosphere of the scene. Due to our groups work schedule Amy was unable to attend this day of filming. We felt that it was alot harder without Amy and with her would of been better! Although her absence was not ideal I enjoyed working with Jessie on the filming of this scene.

For the final part of the filming we were all set to start filming at the bottom of Jessie's Garden, we did a few takes but then decided to try else where and film the scene in a field. We felt that this added to the tension and remote location to where our character Emma transported to. This choice of locations, shot types and angles made it better for us when we came to edit as we had more choice and we also had Amy's opinion. 

Day 1 Filming

To remind us all Amy set a reminder on her phone for our day one of filming. Her is the snapshots of the reminder on her Ipod.

The first scene at my house went well and didn’t take us as long as we expected. When I got into my costume Jessie and Amy thought it would be a good idea to take pictures of the actor (me) so that if we were to film on separate days we can refer back to the pictures to make sure that my hair, make-up and costume would be the same. The location was easy to film in and it was a bonus that no-one was in the house to disturb us! We filmed the scene from various angles and at some points we even filmed the same section multiple times so that when we came to edit we could pick the best takes. Amy and Jessie took turns in the filming and directing and I took care of the location of the props and lighting.

 Picture to show my costume and hair.







Close-up to show make-up.







Back of hair.

Side shot.

Side shot.










Here are pictures to show us filming the first scene at my house.

Jessie and Amy took  turns in filming and directing the first shoot.

We decided that if we used this bright halogen lamp the camera shot  would be a lot brighter and clearer resulting in a better shot.


Following our shooting schedule we were then set to go over and film scene 3 at Jessie’s house. This did not happen as the weather was not good and we felt that if we filmed the whole thing in the 1 scheduled day we would be too rushed. This concluded that we were just going to have to schedule a different day to film the final scene! This meant that we could refer back to the pictures above to make sure that my hair,make-up and costume were the same.

This then left us with carrying on the schedule and getting a lift to Amy’s house to film scene 2.  It was very hot and dusty in the attic which restricted the angles and shot lengths. The dust also meant that the shot appeared blurry and not to the high standard that we wanted! The halogen lamp we used at my house came in very handy when filming this scene as the light already in Amy's attic wasn't bright enough. It was easy to move around but we had to be careful because at 2000 watts the lamp got very hot. 


Due to the difficulties of the first day of filming we made sure that when we schedule 
the next day for filming we were all aware of the date and time. To do this we got together as a team and decided which days we could all do. Once we decided we used WEB 2.0 technology to confirm, in this case it was Facebook.  Here is a print screen of our confirmation.