Audience

Audience

Traffic Lights Film Opening - Audience


Traffic Lights is a drug related drama and therefore the opening sequence is highly intense containing a number of enigma codes for the audience. This suggests that our film can be categorised as an independent film rather than mainstream. Consequently, our target audience is adults who can understand the plot of the film. Initially, we thought our film could attract teenagers above the age of 15, however the number of enigma codes included could make it hard for some younger viewers to understand so they would not be intrigued by the opening sequence. Contrastingly, teenagers at the age of 17 and 18 will have a better understanding of the storyline as they are more mature and more exposed to the world of drug-using so it contains some level of interest as this type of mission happens everywhere and all the time.

The opening we will create is slow-paced in contrast to other mainstream film openings. It is important for the audience to feel suspense in order to experience the sheer danger of the smuggling process first-hand. Our secondary audience is likely to be friends or siblings of the adults who we aim our film at. Taking this into account, the age range of both primary and secondary audiences will be 18 < 50 year olds.

Film Titles related to my film opening

Related Film Titles

Titles Research

Title Analysis

The film I analysed the titles of was 21 Jump Street. I used screenshots to show the title and explained how long each title was and where in they were used in what order.

The first title was the Directors. this lasted 3 seconds between 7-10 seconds.

  

The second title was Screenplay. This lasted 3 seconds between 10-13 seconds.

The third was the Story title. This lasted 3 seconds between 13-16 seconds.

The next was the title showing it was based on a TV series. This lasted 3 seconds between 21-24 seconds

The next title was Producer. This lasted 3 seconds between 25-28 seconds.

The next title was Executive Producer. This lasted 4 seconds between 28-32 seconds.

The next title was Director of Photography. This lasted 3 seconds between 33-36 seconds.

The next title was Production Designer. This lasted 3 seconds between 39-42 seconds.

The next title was Editor. This lasted 3 seconds between 42-45 seconds.

The next 9 titles were actors and actresses starring in the film. I only used 6 screenshots of the 9 titles of the actors and actresses. They started with the main actors who were the main characters. These titles lasted between 46-90 seconds.

The next title was Casting Directors. This lasted 3 seconds between 83-86 seconds.

The next title was Music. This lasted 3 seconds between 86-89 seconds.

The final title was costume Designer. This lasted 3 seconds between 91-94 seconds.

Codes & Conventions

Codes & Conventions

Drugs

Ways they are smuggled:  "Banks banks on his Johnson; gets busted"

Antoine Banks was so desperate to smuggle drugs across the boarder that he decided to store them in his fore skin. 

"Don't eat the brown lollipops - They're Heroin"

Instead of chocolate at the centre of these treats, DEA agents found mid-grade heroin when they cracked the candy shells. Among the thirty-one pops some were three quarters of an inch in diameter and some were a full inch. A total of 520.1 grams of heroin was found within the pops and was certified to be roughly sixty-four percent pure heroin. 

  "Lemmie have my coke or i'm gonna wrap it full of lead"

It was assumed that the packages were wrapped in lead to avoid detection by the x-ray machines.

DEA was quick to supply a much better idea for next time stating that “the reasoning behind this concealment technique was unclear” as the bricks were not actually encased or sealed in lead, just wrapped up in sheets of it.

Main Icons:

The drugs 

Table that the drugs are wrapped up on

Train used to transfer him 

Tin foil & Tape 

 Sun glasses to hide his face

Rucksack he caries them in 

His bike to get from A to B 

The police mens uniform

Setting 

We are setting our film opening at various locations. The first being at Antonio and ales house to give the impression of a crack den. The second being the toilets at school, this will be for the scene where Antonio is stressing out and tries to relax himself. Our finally setting for the film is at chelmsford train station as it is the closest representation we can get to an airport. 

Themes

The themes of our film are drugs, forgiveness, crime and justice. The films aim is to give across to young people or anyone that has had or is in a hardship that there is always a way you can turn it around. 

Characters

Jonny is the main characters who smuggles the drugs and is imprisoned Jonny represents desperation as this is the only way he can make a living. 

Vinny is the dealer who supplies the drugs to Jonny to smuggle. Vinny represents the hierarchy of the criminal world and that he is untouchable as never gets caught. 

Visual Moodboard

Visual Moodboard

Film Name Research

Film Name Research

We chose the produce a poster in which we asked year 11 students to tally the name they felt would best match our film. This way we gaged what our target audience wanted and also could finally choose our film name...

This is the poster that was produced:

Group Pitch Feedback

Feedback

Clear genre, themes, message?
Drama
Struggles and hard life - try to help people aim high and not be put down.
Crime, drug smuggling, turning life around
forgiveness
Justice


what is the narrative?
Drugs and airport
train
crime and smuggling
What drugs?
first crime even committed
Realistic Storyline.


Interesting character?
the main characters
just close up
Italian characters


The target audience?
Young people
uneducated
teenagers and adults
15+


Institution
low budget
social media (free)
enigma codes
Independent production company.


Any comments about the film, would you watch it, it is doable and interesting?
Yes because it is raw and hard hitting- you want to know what happens.
yes again building intensity essential to build up tension. Close ups so you want to know what he's doing. Concentrate on mise en scene.
Opening scene looks capable of being done at a high standard and realistic.