LO4: Evidence of Sending Email to Gain Client Feedback

I Sent the email with our script attached and five probing questions in which we hope to get feedback on how to improve our script.

LO3: Production Schedule

Production Schedule (Made by Taighlor McNally):

LO3: Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes
(Written by Taighlor McNally)

19/10/2016

1.     Apologies:

Everybody is present.

2.     Roles in the Team

Louis Norton (LN) will take part in writing the questions for feedback and help.

Alister Martin (AM) will finish the script.

Taighlor McNally (TM) will also write the questions, as well as send the client them and the script.

3.     Agenda items: Previous Agenda, Script sections, script completed, Questions, Contacting the client.

4.     Deadlines: 19/10/2016

5.     AOB: -

Distribution:

Minutes

Agenda Item	Discussion	Action	Time Frame
Previous Agendas	These have been met in the time frame we set.	TM, LN and AM	1 Hour
Script Sections	LN had been set to do the dialogue AM had been set to do the Stage Direction, Camera work and Edit Decisions. TM had been set to do the Script Locations. All of these had been met are and are included in the script.	TM, LN and AM	1 Hour
Script Completed?	Very close too, had to add a bit more dialogue and add the final edit decisions.	AM	1 Hour
Questions	Write questions to seek out improvements from our client ‘The Writers Group’, the questions will be open; to seek out a more detailed improvements. The Questions will be; 1.“Do you find the layout to fit the conventions of a script? If not, how could we improve?” 2.“Does the story and dialogue interest you so far? How? Could we add” 3.“Does the script follow the conventions of our genre ‘Psychological Thriller’? If not how could we improve to make it so?” 4.”Have the character we have described came off as interesting to you. If so, why? Why not? 5. “ Does the script sound feasible to you with our locations in mind? How?”	TM and LN	1 Hour
Contacting the Client	Email the client at ‘thewritersgroup16@gmail.com’ and give them the script and questions to get feedback.	TM	1 Hour

LO3: Script

 (Dialogue by Louis Norton, Stage Directions and Camerawork by Alister Martin and Editing Decisions and Locations by Taighlor McNally)

LO2: Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes
(Written by Taighlor McNally)
11/10/2016

1.     Apologies:

Everybody is present.

2.     Roles in the Team

Louis Norton (LN) will write the dialogue in the script.

Alister Martin (AM) will write the camerawork, edit decisions and stage directions.

Taighlor McNally (TM) will research scripts that are similar to our film and write the locations.

3.     Agenda items: Research, Dialogue, Locations, Stage Directions, Camera Work and Edit Decisions.

4.     Deadlines: 12^th October

5.     AOB: Possible minor plot changes to fit the dialogue.

Distribution:

Minutes

Agenda Item	Discussion	Action	Time Frame
Research	Research into different scripts relating to our film’s genre and theme.	TM	1 Hour
Dialogue	Need to look at the storyboard to see where dialogue would come in and then write onto the script – Do the first two minutes of the short film script.	LN	Next Week
Locations	Look at the storyboard to see what the different locations are and then write them on to a script – Do the first two minutes of the short film script.	TM	Next Week
Stage Directions	Look at the storyboard to see what actions in the short film take place and then write them on to the script – Do the first two minutes of the short film script.	AM	Next Week
Camera Work	Look at the storyboard to see what camera shots, movements and angles will be used and at what time and then write on the script – Do the first two minutes of the short film script.	AM	Next Week
Edit Decisions	Think towards what parts would require editing and then write them onto the script – Do the first two minutes of the short film script.	AM	Next Week

LO2: Audience Profile

Imaginary Entity: Michael Smith

Micheal is a 18 year old student who frequently visits film festivals like Doc/ Fest and Rec: Fest in Sheffield (local). He is always looking for new and upcoming indie films as he is a working class student who can't afford to pay for high-quality Hollywood films at the cinema. He enjoys and has built a brand loyalty with company's such as Warp Films because of this. His favourite film is Dead Man's Shoes which is about a soldier who wants revenge on people for hurting his brother; he enjoys gritty urban films with themes of family and loss. He is also possibly a film or media student which encourages his love of creative indie entertainment.  Although Micheal is a white-British male, the film doesn't cater towards any particular gender or ethnicity. In regards to gender; at an estimate the audience for our short film would be 60% male and 40% female. This is because our film features predominantly male characters. However plenty of stereotypically male themes won't be found in the film such as violence or guns. It is a psychological thriller with themes about family and brotherhood which could also be interesting to women. The them of brotherhood could translate to the female sisterhood quite easily for the audience and loss is something universal to both genders. 

In terms of race; once again the story has no cultural barrier that stops it from being relatable to people from any ethnicity or background. 

One demographic that could restrict the films audience is age; the films two main characters are both teenaged and older audiences may struggle to find common ground in their behaviour and personalities. Although brotherhood is something that continues as you get older and become an adult; struggling to deal with loss as our protagonist does is something that you would expect to find in a child or teenager. On the other hand our protagonists father is a smaller character but who still plays a fairly important part and older audiences may relate to how he deals with his troubled son. Based on all this the average age demographic would be 16- 21 years old; people looking for entertainment with not a lot of free time and little money to spare but is looking for inspired content. 

So taking all off this in gives us an aspiring creative student who is invested in indie short films and is looking for exciting, unique experiences.

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TM

LO2: Script Research

Alien Script (1979) (screenplayexplorer.com/wp-content/scripts/Alien.pdf):

Silence of the Lambs Script (1991) (http://screenplayexplorer.com/wp-content/scripts/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs.pdf) :

Shutter Island Script (2010) (http://screenplayexplorer.com/wp-content/scripts/Shutter_Island.pdf):

The script we are writing will hopefully be heavily influenced by these three scripts. They will most importantly inspire the layout of our script at the majority of scripts follow the same conventions such as justifying the right features to their right places such as the edit decisions being placed to the right and dialogue being centred along with the name of the character (In capitals), the specific layout could be the 'Shutter Island' script as it's clean and simple. They also describe the characters in a few lines and also make sure that the dialogue fits the character, as seen in the 'Silence of the Lambs' script where the character, a Doctor who should be serious, talks very formal as seen when he says "Your bleeding has stopped", which fits his personality and this is something we have to do to our characters in the script, with them being teenagers they would have to be a bit informal due to stereotypical teens. The narrative seen in the scripts, in this case the 'Alien' script, have to be fluid and move on from one moment to the next clear and simple, which this script does by giving a detailed screen direction. This is something we will need to do in our script as it will help make it easier to make a short film from it in the future and make it clear to the storyboard writer what needs to be drawn.

LO2: Production Schedule

Production Schedule (Made by Taighlor McNally):