Certificate Research

There are a range of different film certificates, this shows what age you have to be to watch the film and if you are not old enough you are not allowed to buy rent or watch it in the cinema.
All classification decisions are based on the BBFC’s published and regularly updated Guidelines. The Guidelines are the product of extensive public consultation, research and the accumulated experience of the BBFC over many years. They reflect current views on film, DVD and video game regulation.

Its importaant that we know the different target audience that we are going to focus our film at, i have therefore done certificate research to see the different groups that there are.

 This means suitable for all

 

It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.
If a work is particularly suitable for a pre-school child to view alone, this will be indicated in the Consumer Advice.

 Parental guidence

 

 

General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.

  Suitable for 12 and over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them.
The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult.
The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.

 Suitable for 15 years or older

 

 

 

 

 

No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

 Suitable for over 18 years or older

 

 

 

 

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video work.

Market Research - Action questionnaire

We then did a questionnaire specifically on the genre of action. This is essential as we can find out what people want to see most in an action film. it can also help find our target audience.

Question 1

 

What is your gender?

 

Male - 10 Female - 10

 

Question 2

 

How old are you?

 

12 – 15 - 3 16 -18 - 16 19+ - 1

 

Question 3

 

Do you like action films?

 

Yes - 18 No - 2

 

Question 4

 

How many action films have you watched in the last 6 months?

 

0 - 2 1 – 5 - 11 5 – 10 - 7 10 – 15+ - 0

 

Question 5

 

Do you go to the cinema to watch action films?

 

Yes - 20 No - 0

 

Question 6

 

What is your favourite part of an action film?

 

Explosions - 5 Car chases - 4 fight scenes - 6 the sidekicks - 5

 

Question 7

 

Does a trailer effect whether you see a film or not?

 

Yes - 18 No - 2

The trailer must be effective and most people base whether they are going to go and see the film or not on the trailer. Most people said that they enjoy action. There are different opinions on what people enjoy to see in an action film so we will do our best to appeal to everyone. Due to budget this could cause some problems although we will do the best we can with the low budget we have. Special effects and editing will be very important in making our action trailer.

Market Research - General Questionnaire

We have done a general questionnaire to see what genre of film people enjoy and how this relates to their age and gender. This will help us to find our target audience and age group that we will focus on. We are hoping to do an action film and will therefore do a questionnaire that focuses more on questions related to that afterwards.

 

Question 1

 

What is your gender?

 

Male - 10 Female - 10

 

Question 2

 

How old are you?

 

12 – 15 - 2 16 -18 - 15 19+ - 3

 

Question 3

 

What is your favourite genre?

 

Comedy - 7 Action - 6 Romance - 4 Horror - 3

 

Question 4

 

How often have you been to the cinema in the past month?

 

0 - 2 1 – 5 - 17 6-10 - 1

 

Question 5

 

How do you normally watch films?

 

Cinema - 11 DVD - 5 Online - 4 TV - 0

 

Question 6

 

How many films do you watch a month?

 

0 – 3 - 2 3 – 5 -12 5 -7 - 3 8+ - 2

 

Question 7

 

Does a trailer influence your decision to see a film?

 

Yes - 18 No - 2

It has been very interested to see just how much a trailer influences an audiences decision on whether to go and see a film or not. We have also found out that action is the second most popular film choice, although comedy was first a lot of people were interested in action and our age group was around 16-18, this would therefore be our target audience.

Costume/Prop Ideas

Characters:

Police x3
Bad guys x3
Mum
Dad
Daughter
Members of court

We would like the police to look as real as possible, therefore we would like them to dress in black trousers, smart shirts, either black or white and black shoes. we would also have police hats and badges and would also use fake guns and handcuffs. we could use passports as policeman identification.

we would like the bad guys to be dresses in very casual clothing such as jeans and a plain or vest top.

we would like the mum to be dressed in normal everyday clothes so that the audience can relate to her. we would like her to wear colours such as pink or purple to reinforce vulnerability.

the dad is a lawyer and therefore we would like him to dress smartly and wear a suit. he would also have a brief case with him.

the daughter would wear stereotypical girls clothing, such as a pink dress with flowers, this would show her vulnerability and innocence. she could also have a bear that she carries with her.

we would like the people in court to dress smartly and to be wearing suits or pencil skirts with shirts.

if possible we would also like people to wear court wigs.

 

Location Research

Locations that are needed:

• A house
• An Alleyway or rural car park
• Room with a table
• Large building in city
• A Park
• Large Hall (court room)
• Long Corridor

We have two possible houses that we could use. these are easy to get to and we can use them at anytime. This is very useful as we can be more flexable when filming. If we were a high budget film then we would have to be stricter with our schedule. The first scene inside the house has a family around a table. This is also possible in both houses although the house on the right has more space and a larger table, this would work better when filming. The house on the right also looks like a friendly family home and this is the message we want to get across to the audience as this will make them feel more sympathetic towards the family when their daughter is abducted.

this is an alleyway that is right next to my house. this would make it easy to get to and film. Although its a very thin alley and this could cause problems when we are trying to film a fight scene as we would need more space, therefore we could use a rural car park for this instead.

above are pictures of a car park that leads onto an alley way. this would be perfect and we can film the guy being followed down an alley way and then the fight scene in the car park.

we will use an office room for the conversation between the bad guys. this will be a school classroom.


For the scene outside the court room we are thinking about going up to london. this is an extremely busy city and has large buildings, therefore this will be a perfect location. Also as it is a large tourist attraction this will drawn in the audience. London Libary would be a good place to film, as it looks like a grand court building. this also has steps to the side which are needed for this scene. another place that we really like is saint martins palace as it looks like a court rooms and the road is not to busy and there is some parking, which would be helpful for this scene, although we will not be able to gain entrance to the bnuilding and therefore the national portrait gallery would be the better choice.

Ashtead Park

ashtead park is a very good location for us. it is close to where both of us, and the actors and actresses live and furthermore it is not a very busy park and this will be very useful when filming as we dont want the camera to be knocked over or our shots interupted by other people that are in the park. By having the park so close is also helpful as we can return at any point if parts of our film need filming again. Another advantage to using Ashtead park is that the swings are in a large open space which will make it easier to set up the tripod and film the little girl on the swing, this can also give us a larger variety of shots as we can move the camera back allowing a long shot and move forward to use close ups and mid shots.