Role allocation and casting

Role Allocation:
Director: Ellie Baxter and Charlotte Gledhill
Writer: Ellie Baxter and Charlotte Gledhill
Cameraperson: Ellie Baxter
Editor: Charlotte Gledhill

Cast:
Alice Hampton (young) - Keira Baxter
Alice Hampton (older) - Ellie Baxter
Evelyn Carter (young) - Alex Gledhill
Evelyn Carter (older) - Charlotte Gledhill
Nicholas Stone - Liam Carvel

Characters

Name: Alice Hampton (young)

Age: 5

Gender: Female

Occupation: Primary school

Appearance/Costume: Victorian dress

Characteristics: Innocent, genuine, adventurous

Name: Alice Hampton (older)

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Occupation: Sixth form student

Appearance/Costume: Formal dress

Characteristics: Intelligent, outgoing

Name: Nicholas Stone

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Occupation: -

Appearance/Costume: Dressed in black clothes, facial stubble

Characteristics: Snidy, sneaky, quiet, creepy

Name: Evelyn Carter (young)

Age: 5

Gender: Female

Occupation: Primary School 

Appearance/Costume: Dressed in victorian clothing

Characteristics: innocent, sweet, quiet, shy

Name: Evelyn Carter (older)

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Occupation: Sixth form student 

Appearance/Costume: School uniform

Characteristics: Intelligent, adventurous, joyful

Analysing film data

The table above displays the statistics of the most popular genres in 2010. It shows that the romance genre is the most popular film genres out of the three genres we have been looking at, giving the largest gross in box office, however, the horror film had a higher percentage of all releases as more cinemas were able to show the film and therefore more people were interested in the drip feeding effect as it gives suspense making more people want to watch the film. The thriller genre is shown as the least popular out of the films released in the cinemas. The thriller genre has the lowest amount of shows in the cinemas and has a very low total box office gross.

The horror gains the more than a thriller through all the aspects as people enjoy the scary experience at the cinemas. They like the adrenaline, and the suspense which makes the drip feed effect of horror films more popular for example with films such as 'Insidious'. The drip feed effect of giving webcam qualities made the trailer appear like it was filming a real event, people enjoy the possibility of something scary being real. Its harder to scare the audiences of today because of the amount of scary films that have been released and the horrific images of history such as the Holocaust which made film producers want to make films scarier to keep the audience in suspense.

We created a questionnaire to give out to our ten peers to discover their feelings on all of the different genres. Our results are below and these results will help us to decide what genre we shall present in our coursework piece.

Report: Questionnaire analysis

Ellie and Charlotte’s questionnaire results

We produced a questionnaire about various different aspects of openings of films. From our results, we will find out which genre of film is the most popular and also what people like the most about that specific genre. We will then incorporate this into our film opening for our coursework.

The first question was asking if the audience preferred horrors, thrillers or romantic comedies. Out of ten people, 3 chose horror, 3 chose romantic comedy and 4 chose thrillers. Thriller is the preferred genre out of the three we asked about.

The second question was asking the audience where they think a romantic comedy opening setting should ideally be set. The feedback we had was fancy cities such as Paris or London, in an office, In a restaurant, and on a beach. Some of the audience did not choose a setting because they do not watch or like romantic comedies. The most popular answers were fancy cities and a restaurant with three people each.

Question three asked the audience what they think the age and gender should be for an antagonist in a horror movie. 7 people said the antagonist should be over 30 years old and the other three said the antagonist should be over 60 years old. Male was the popular gender with 8 results, leaving a female antagonist with 2 results. The preferred antagonist is a male over the age of 30.

Our fourth question asked the audience what they think the certificate should be for each of the genres, horror, thriller and romantic comedy. For romantic comedies, 4 people said they should be a 12 and 6 people said they should be a 15. For a thriller film, 8 people said it should be a 15, 1 said a 16 and another said an 18. For the horror genre, 9 people said it should be an 18 and the remaining person said it should be a 15.

Question five asked the audience whether they preferred the opening of the film to include dialogue or if they preferred openings without dialogue. This was an even preference with 5 results for each. People chose without dialogue because they believe it would have more impact on the audience and others said with dialogue so they can understand what is going on more clearly.

For question six, we asked if the audience preferred a film which included a group of antagonists or just one main antagonist. 9 of the people we asked chose one antagonist because they think that only one antagonist should be focused on for impact and tension. The other one person chose a group of antagonists.

Question seven asked the audience what sort of music should be associated with each genre. For a horror, 3 people said the music should be creepy, 2 people said incidental music should be used, and the other 5 people chose rock music, mysterious, loud, orchestral and jumpy music.

For the thriller genre, every person who took part in our questionnaire had different opinions on what the music should be like. The answers we received varied from tense, loud, instrumental, fast paces, sharp, jumpy, and incidental.

The six people thought the music for a romantic comedy should be pop, and the other four chose romantic, the use of guitars, happy and soft music.

Question eight was asking where they think the setting should be for the revealing of a films antagonist. 2 people said it should be set in the woods, 3 people said dark locations, 2 people said somewhere with a life or death situation, and the three remaining people chose a tower, a hide out or an enclosed space.

For our ninth question we asked the audience what the font type should be for each of the genres. 4 people said that the font for a romantic comedy should be bubbly, 2 people said the font comic sans should be used, 2 people said a curly font should be used and the other 2 chose rounded and bright fonts.

For the horror font, 4 people agreed on the font being bold and the other six said metal, creepy, gothic, harsh, sharp and scary.

3 people said the font for a thriller movie should be bold- similar to the horror font choice, and the other 7 people chose from iron, the font century gothic, plain, creepy, structured, mysterious and gothic.

Our final question asked the audience what their favourite aspects of each film genre are.

For horror, the audience said that the scariness, tension, death, blood and action are their favourite horror aspects.

For a romantic comedy their favourite aspects are the relationships shown, the love, the comedy, the kissing, and the good storylines.

For the thriller genre, the favourite aspects were the jumpiness of the films, the entertainment of the films, the suspense, weapons, thrill and the music involved.  

Questionnaire Results

OUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

Question 1- Do you prefer horrors/thrillers/romantic comedies?

Horrors – 3 people

Thrillers – 4 people

Romantic Comedies – 3 people

Question 2- Where do you think the opening of a rom-com should ideally be set?

Cities such as Paris- 3 people

In an office – 1 person

None (Don’t watch romcoms) – 2 people

In a restaurant – 3 people

Beach – 1 person

Question 3- What age/gender do you think the main antagonist of a horror should be?

Gender:

Male – 8 people

Female – 2 people

Age:

Over 30’s – 7 people

Over 60’s – 3 people

Question 4- What certificate would you give to each genre?

Rom coms – 4 people said 12, 6 people said 15 – AVERAGE 15

Thriller – 8 people said 15, 1 said 16 and 1 said 18 – AVERAGE 15

Horror – 9 people said 18 and 1 person said 15 – AVERAGE 18

Question 5- Do you prefer openings of films with or without dialogue?

With dialogue – 5 people

Without dialogue – 5 people

Question 6- Do you prefer a group of antagonists in a film or one main antagonist?

Group – 1 person

One person – 9 people

Question 7- What music would you assiciate with each genre?

Horror:

3 people said CREEPY

1 person said ROCK

1 person said MYSETRIOUS

2 people said INCIDENTAL

1 person said LOUD

1 person said ORCHESTRAL

1 person said JUMPY

Thriller:

Everyone’s opinions were different. The answers were: tense, thriller, drums, loud, instrumental, fast paced, sharp, jumpy and 2 said incidental.

Romantic Comedies:

6 people said POP

1 person said ROMANTIC

1 person said GUITARS

1 person said HAPPY

1 person said SOFT

Question 8- What do you think the setting for the revealing of an antagonist should be?

Woods – 2 people

Tower – 1 person

Dark locations – 3 people

Life/death situation – 2 people

Hide out – 1 person

Closed space – 1 person

Question 9- What font types would you associate with each genre?

Romantic Comedies:

1 person said ROUNDED

2 people said COMIC SANS

1 person said BRIGHT

4 people said BUBBLY

2 people said CURLY

Horror:

1 person said METAL

4 people said BOLD

1 person said CREEPY

1 person said GOTHIC

1 person said HARSH

1 person said SHARP

1 person said SCARY

Thriller:

1 person said IRON

1 person said CENTURY GOTHIC

3 people said BOLD

1 person said PLAIN

1 person said CREEPY

1 person said STRUCTURED

1 person said MYSTERIOUS

1 person said GOTHIC

Question 10- What are your favourite aspects of each genre?

Horror:

7 people said the SCARINESS

1 person said DEATH

1 person said TENSION

1 person said ACTION

Thriller:

2 people said the JUMPINESS

2 people said the COOLNESS

1 person said the MUSIC

1 person said the ENTERTAINMENT

1 person said the SUSPENSE

1 person said the GUNS

1 person said the THRILL

1 person said NOTHING

Romantic comedies:

4 people said NOTHING

1 person said the LOVE

1 person said the RELATIONSHIPS

1 person said the GOOD STORYLINE

1 person said the KISSING

1 person said the NICENESS

1 person said the COMEDY