A2-Star Image

Artist: Picaso's Enemies

Choice of track: Vampire weekend- cape kassa kassa.
Band: The band consists of 4 male good looking, single members. There is one lead vocalist and 3 on instrumentals, one on guitar, one on keyboard and one on drums.
Genre: The style of the music is Electro with a bit of Indie Pop mixed with alternative, we chose this genre of music in order to try and cater for as many musical tastes as possible consecutively to try and attract the largest population and fan basis possible for the band. So that as many singles leading to albums could be sold creating a globally well known newly found band.

Type of Act: The act is an organic group that was formed together themselves with their own creativeness and styled music. This is one of their main attractions as a band as they are unlike artists such as Girls Aloud, created synthetically by a recording artist with their music previously made for them. The acts music is unique and created solely through inspirations in their lives and passion for the love of the music. The band first met at university where they performed at local gigs to a crowd of 50-100 in order to get themselves will known in the local area and to earn a bit of extra cash separate to survive the troubles of their finances of university. One day, whilst playing at the gigs they were spotted by a recording company known as island records who also have signed off Florence and the Machine. This became the bands big break, as they are now on the quest to become globally well known and famous through their music.

Star Image: The star image of the band is incoherent. Therefore it is incomplete and open. This basically means, the audience feel a connection to the band in the sense that they feel ordinariness, ‘just like the band’ such as being in the same room with them during gigs and concerts. Therefore a similarity connection is felt by the audience with the band. This entices the audience and makes them feel good about themselves when they listen to the band’s music. Having said this, there is also a sense that the band is not like the audience and that there is a clear separation in the sense that the artist/s are extraordinary and different from their audience. They have a huge talent and although they are present in the concerts they are still worlds apart, as the audience look up to them as role models and inspiration to question why they are not as talented in life as the band.
In addition the band members of a young age, early 20s and therefore will appeal to a younger target audience that hold the largest population for listening to this style of indie music.
The band is also famously known for their fun lifestyle, always being up for a laugh and fun loving quirky nature. In addition to this they are also known for always giving 100% at all their gigs no matter what the size. In terms of image and style, the lead singer is dressed in vintage indie clothing, and shown they have an indie quirky style with longish styled dark hair. The male band members on instruments are also dressed similar to compliment the lead singers style however they are not as good looking and do not stand out as much as the lead. He is the icon that will attract the audience and fan basis e.g. single and good looking.

Target audience: Since the band is in their early 20’s this is the target audience that will be attracted towards this indie styled band. Such as 16-28 year olds, as this is also the new current young style of music. The male members of the band are young, single and good looking therefore females will be attracted to them, increasing their popularity and image as well as the male audience seeing them as a role model as they attract all the women. The boys will therefore want to know how to achieve this, they will start listening to the artist’s music and learn how to dress and become like the band. The music is also very current and so teenagers of this age will want to appear cool, therefore knowledge for this music will be created to impress there peers.

A2 advanced production portfolio-Treatment Ideas.

Die another Day- Madonna!!!
1. Foot steps up to parked cars. People waiting outside!!
2. Head lights of car go on in canon!!
3. Drugs, exchanging money!!
4. Sexy silhouettes of 4 girls. Dancing, posing, slow motion.
5. Close up of drugs
6. Girls start to come out of silhouettes.
7. Guns come out.
8. Gun fight
9. Someone gets shot. On “erh erh erh”
10. Car shoot out, going down the ramps, shoot out. Cars going off track
11. Girls go crazy with dancing. Fan machine
12. Flexible moves
13. Taken to warehouse (druggy) put in a chair
14. Beaten up put in chair
15. Punched and thrown against a wall
16. Dancers walk through tunnel on walls dancing sexy etc
17. Pushing their bodies against the walls
18. Druggie is left on laughing, they leave in their cars.
19. Lights are flickering above dude, guy look sup!!
20. More dancing
21. Guy looks up, chained up.
22. Doors close, guy looks scared. Light goes out.
23. He screams




Cant heal you- Five finger death punch!!

1. On the band, drums, guitar.
2. Girl on couch (goth)
3. Close up on needles, drugs on table
4. Start injecting herself
5. Close up on eyes
6. Suddenly sees herself everywhere
7. Back on band
8. Girls is going mad , grasping head/shaking
9. Flash backs of her past
10. Starts trying to scratch and cut herself
11. Runs out of door, walking looking weird bumping into people on streets (slow motion)
12. World is spinning. Camera on tilt (unease)
13. Starts climbing ladder on top of a building
14. Back on band
15. Tries hitting herself (illusion)
16. Showing her actually hitting air
17. Stand looking over roof tops into the sky. Sunset
18. Closes her eyes, puts arms out and leans forward to her death..
19. “Save yourself”- she drops dead from the building.



Three days grace-time of dying.
1. Girl on the floor, lying down, close up of drugs on table
2. Go to band, different angles (wind) confetti paper falling
3. Flash backs, memories. Scattered
4. Being kidnapped by drug lords
5. In a chair being beaten up, punched. Injected drugs
6. Flashing lights. Memories, life flashing by
7. Back to girl. Head hurts, shakes head
8. Band
9. Boyfriend comes home, turns sees girlfriend on floor
10. Shakes her, tries to wake her up
11. Close up of bottles of pills
12. Band again
13. Tries to bring her back
14. Flash backs
15. Lights back to boyfriend
16. A bright white straight light
17. Girl opens her eyes- sees her boyfriend he smiles at her!!

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On my blogger, I have set up various ways of marketing my thriller.
By setting up social networking sites such as filming to my space as well as you tube. The purpose behind this was to engage the target audiences so that our film would be distributed amongst people and ratings increased.


For my blogger, I have set up various ways of marketing my thriller.
For example, setting up social networking sites such as uploading my film to Myspace as well as You Tube. The purpose behind this was to engage the target audiences so that our film would be distributed amongst people and ratings increased.


As Nibiru, is a low budget independent thriller due to insufficient funding this has meant that advertising and distribution has been a challenging process. As a result, if this was a real UK independent film we would ask for funding from P and A (print and advertising) in order to gain the funds needed for advertising and marketing schemes.

Additionally, due to this we found the internet was the most cost effective way of engaging our audience. Through this system we were able to create widgets an example from Lesbain Vampire Killers, and games in order to make our film more exiting and appeal to our audiences.

Another way of making our audience aware of our film is to send Nibiru to the International Festival Institution in order to get our film played and therefore people aware of it to increase viewings. This is another way of widening our distribution through a marketing campaign.

If this film was able to obtain a release cycle to be watched in cinemas, due to its low budget and only being a small independent UK film. I feel it would be aired in small cinemas in rural areas such as the Duke of York in Brighton, instead of in the CBD or central of London such as leister square where films such as the Dark knight would be more appropriate to be aired.

The marketing campaigns on my blog are a small proportion of the ideas of types of marketing schemes that could be used to gain the audiences attention for the film.

Game

Make a free flash game!





This game was set up as a marketing campaign to enable the audience to beocme aware of the film and entice them in wathcing the film. It is a simple working game thereofre it is appropriate for all ages, widening the target audience and distribution.

Xx social networking-distribution xX

http://www.myspace.com/nibirufilm

http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/intfestivalhttp://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/prints

http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/funding

http://www.myspace.com/nibirufilm

My space is a way of social networking in which to make the target audiences aware of our film, such as young adults between 20-30. We have put up the opening sequence for our thriller and the poster on the myspace and we are planning on advertising any film festivals, news, and screenings on it.

Xx evaluation of comments xX

Comments taken from members outside school:
"Nice switch from microcosm to the macrocosm and a nice idea since that occurs to everyone at some point (which is why it appears in futurama). Sound was ok, but really had no idea where the film was going. Like all of the imagery, but think it would have done better with needles than the running girl (certainly worked for Resident Evil) if you want to concentrate on the science aspect rather than character in the opening."

This comment shows that the transition between the neck to the red blood cells was effective and appealed to our target Market audience. Having said this, I agree that the sound track did not quite read to the audience, as this comment states “they did not know where the narrative was going.” Additionally, we could have rearranged the editing to make the needles first after the girl running however I feel the running order of the narrative is effective as it begins the sequence as ambiguous enticing the audience.

"It's way to chopy. do away with the ball pendulums and stick with a specific focus. I liked the aztec parts. Try useing FXhome for your effects. The blood to planets works but could be aproched diffrently. Try useing a spilled blood consept. Zoom into the blood makeing a clean smooth change to the blood cells and slowly morf the cells to your planets. Do away with the explotion, and use a more syphony based type of music stay away from the techno it's to industrial sounding."

I agree with the comment that the sequence is too choppy; however the Newton’s balls are essential to show the passage of time and change in the earth’s atmosphere within this change of time zoom. This person has a good suggestion of using a spilled blood concept for the transitions between shots making a clear zoom into the blood to than change to the red blood cells that the transform into the planets, in order to enhance precision and make it neater and therefore more effective. If I was to recreate my film again, I would take this into account and change my film in this manner. I agree, I did not like the explosion in our work however we found that this was the best transition shot that could be used to change from blood cells to planets. However, with a different approach such as this, I feel the film could be improved upon.

"It definitely works for me, nice work!if i had to be critical the switch from the blood cells to the solar system could be smoother."

This was a positive response, and shows that it appealed to our target audience, the transitions between the switch from blood cells to solar system was again criticised therefore, if I was to complete or change my film I would make this aspect smoother.

Commments taken from inside school:

"Very nice and intense special effect! Evoke my attention tatally. Nice and strong back ground music but does'nt give enough indication of what would happen next and what is going on. But good stuff overall!"

This comment shows that a peer liked our piece of work, and therefore addressed our target audience as she sates “evoked her attention.” The background music again appears to not express the narrative of the story well and therefore the audience is left confused. Not a good way to leave a film, therefore if created again I would consider changing the aspect of the soundtrack.
This is similar to real media life in the industry, where a member of the same community and film would review a film with positive comments on social networks such as You Tube enticing other members of the public to review the film. This scheme is known as ‘Astroturfing.’

"I thought the transitiong from the blood to the red blood cells was really good and the use of animation was extremely effective. Also the credits and the way the opening was edited in time with the music worked really well."

In comparison to other outside Hurtwood viewers, my peer liked the transition between the blood cells as well as the animation. The titles were also commended, which I felt worked well and connected to the timed moments and sound track well.

Overall, the majoriry of our comments were positive, however I will take on the constructive critiscm and as said if I was to create Nibiru again i would incorporate these into my film in order to imrpove and earn it a 5 star rating.

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