Aims And Context

For my A2 Film Studies creative project I will work individually to create a short film of between 3 and 5 minutes. I aim for my production to be finished for Christmas 2009, with filming scheduled to begin end of November/ beginning of December. The sequence i will be filming will be including a narrative montage sequence as well as the main characters in deep conversation and also my sequence will include a maximum of 7 main characters, not including extras. I feel montage sequences will bring comedy to the film whereas the deep conversation would allow the audience to emotionally connect with the characters.

My target audience is focused to the mainstream: 16 - 24 year olds females, who don't have children. It's a romantic comedy which i would like to appeal to the even younger audience from 13 - 24 as it would most likely have a twelve certificate granted. The class which my film is targeting is: C1, C2, D and E mainly because i don't think the other social grades which consist of doctors and teachers will necessarily enjoy this film. I aim to attract this audience: C1: junior management, a C2 audience: skilled manual workers, social grade D: semi-skilled and un-skilled workers, and grade E: Unemployed. I feel this audience will have the time and humour to want to watch my film, i also feel they would have a sense of humour, and who also are able to understand and empathise with the main character. I am interested and influenced by the Director Jean Luc Goddard, and his emphasis with the camera focusing on one person, within a conversation as i feel this is strongly unconventional and powerful for the audience to digest. I am also going to use the conventions of the genre Romantic Comedy, as I am not producing my film part of a group, I will undertake all of the main roles including Director, Cinematographer and the Editor. After only using the editing software 'Adobe' a little, I feel I could benefit from a slight practice, however i feel comfortable being able to frame shots appropriately and confidently as well as use the camera to record as well as use the camera's accessories, such as Tri-pod as i used these within my AS year in Film and Media studies.