My film opening is following the typical stereotypes that you would expect throughout the crime/gangster genre. I have made sure that this is the case as many films that try to challenge stereotypes fail when they go into the cinema and don't sell very well apart from a few. I have set up a storyline by showing that something is clearly wrong, as I decided that it would be a good idea to include the disequilibrium in the opening sequence. I've tried to make sure that it is clear what sort of genre has been used by the script, "tool up". This is something that you would not expect to hear in any other genre.
You don't get told the two characters names in the opening sequence to keep mystery and as it is a break in then they would not be saying each others names however later in the film you would find out their names and a bit more about their different characteristics. Brad is the one with dark hair and is the more organised and Maz the other one is a bit clumsy, but they are both just being controlled by someone called Tony who is mentioned in the film, this shows how they are supposed to do whatever he says and cannot question it which is why they have broken into this office.
I would make sure the film would be marketed in a variety of different places such as in newspapers as 20th century fox is a news corporation company who own many of the newspapers in the media. I would also make sure that the trailer would be shown in cinemas as that is where most people decide what the next film they go and see is.
My target audience would be for men aged above 15 as not many women would want to see a crime/gangster film, this is because there will be scenes that include violence, drug use and scenes of a sexual nature, these are more what men would want to watch as it is a very masculine film, like 'Dead Man Running', 'Snatch' and other films like this.
I have learnt a lot whilst doing this blog from effective film cutting sequences to the types of shots which create a different sort of atmosphere. I have also learnt how to use a Sony camcorder to the best of its ability so that I could make everything look as good as possible, and I used the apple i mac to use the i movie format and that is how I edited the different shots that are in my form. Another thing that I used to create the film was clips that I downloaded off of YouTube for example the '20th century fox' logos.
I think that my preliminary was poor compared to my final piece which shows that I have made alot of progress whilst doing the blog. As in my final piece it shows that the continuity is very good and i have perfected the match on action shots. You can also see that the shots I use suit my chosen genre and this has made me realise overall how to make the film look a lot more professional.
