Script

Script

SCENE 1

(Scene starts with a dolly shot of the location)

Mum: Are you ready for school yet Mathew?

         (Shouts from downstairs) 

Mathew: Yeah, I'm nearly ready.

               (Shouts from upstairs)

(Comes downstairs, looks in the mirror, goes in the kitchen, sits down to eat breakfast)

Mum: Alright, I'm going to work now, lock up before you leave.

         (Slams door shut)

(Looks out the window to see his mum go)

(Finishes breakfast, grabs phone and headphones, looks in the mirror)

(Slams door shut, music starts: Rick Ross - So Sophisticated)

SCENE 2

(He walks around the corner, goes to 'the box', and takes a bag out and then closes the box. After five minutes, he opens the box and he's wearing his hood clothes.)

(His phone rings, he answers it.)

Mathew: Yo, yeah what you on? .................. Where abouts are you? .......................Smith farm, yeah? ............................. Aite, say nutin I'm on my way (Cuts the phone, unlocks the bike, jumps on the bike and rides off)

SCENE 3

(Approaches two boys smoking cigarettes, drops bike on the floor, and then goes to them and spuds them)

Mathew: Safe bro

( When the camera goes to Kojo and Stefan, it freezes and the voice over introduces them)

Kojo: Calm fam, has Stefan told you about what's going on?

Stefan: Ohh fam I was beating out some nice lightie yesterday she got the d still

Kojo: no the other one you fool!

(Mathew starts laughing)

Stefan: Oh my bad, theres a huge deal going down in five minutes, big money there, you down?

Mathew: Oh you know what, defo lets do this.

Kojo and Stefan: Say nutin, lets go..

( They all walk off to the location.)

SCENE 4

( They enter the location, waiting for the deal to commence. Then a mysterious person approaches Mathew)

Mathew: You got the ting there yeah?

Mysterious man: Yeah its here (nervously)

Mathew: Why you sound so shook for?

( 2 men come out of nowhere, and Stefan and Kojo run leaving Mathew to get arrested.)

(Close-up of Mathew's face and he looks distraught, and the camera pans to his hands, while the cuffs are being put on.)

Progress Report

This week we will be finalizing our script and shot list to a very high qaulity, reason being is that we want to be fully confident and organized in  what we are doing so that when we are filming we wont struggle and be doing a lot of improvisation which would lead to a lot of mistakes being made but with the use of having a high qaulity script and shot list we will know what we to do without no hassle making our film a lot more precise and not any mistakes or struggle at all.

Misen-en-scene: Casting, Make-up, Props

Mise-en-scene: Casting, Make-Up, Props

Mise-en-scene: Costumes, Props, Casting & Lighting

Casting: There will be three people casting in our production, as it is easier and everyone will be dedicated to the production. Mathew is going to be the main character, as he has done Drama before and got an A in GCSE. He is a good actor and can change himself to adapt to different characters. Stefan will be playing as Mathew’s friend that sets him up. Mathew and Stefan are good friends so it should be easier for them to get on and it will be easier to shoot the production. Kojo is also a good friend of Mathew and Stefan so again it will be easier for everyone to get on, and they will rehearse again and again to get the perfect shots. 

Props: We will be using a range of different props, the bag will be used when Mathew goes to change, and his whole personality will change with it. We chose a blackberry, as many teenagers have this phone and the audience will be able to recognise it. The lighter and cigarettes will be used by other characters and will not be shown in a good way, so that our audience doesn’t see it as a good thing. When Mathew goes to see his friends, he will take his bike, as it fits in with the stereotypes of the estate life, as not many people have cars. The hand cuffs will be used when Mathew gets arrested.

Make-up & Costume:

As the cast is all boys, no-one will be wearing make-up, but they will all be wearing track suits, so that it fits in with the estate life, as no-one can afford proper clothing. At the beginning of the production, Mathew will be wearing school uniform and then later on will change into track suits.

Lighting:

We will be using low-key lighting as it will show the realism when shooting the scenes. As we are shooting in an estate, we want to show the realism of the estate life so the audience can see the proper estate life. 

Plan B Audience Profile

    The reason why i had picked this type of audience was that I was trying to portray the type of audience that would relate to the ILL Manors film and show the people that had watched the film the real life people that are portrayed in the film and show the struggle they go threw but what they inspire to get by selling drugs and doing other crimes to get the success that they are always preying about.

Top Boy Research

Top Boy

• British television drama series that was first broadcast on Channel 4.
• Four episode series
• Set on the housing estate in Hackney, East London,
• it follows the lives of a group of people involved in drug dealing and street gangs.
• Uses such as guns, drugs and even prostution, uses the stereotypes of young black teenagers and how there life is influenced into the gang life and showing the extreme situations they get into with the life they choose.
• Uses such as the rappers 'Kano' and 'SCorcher' are main characters to represent how the use of U.K 'grime' music is influenced by most crimes due to the amount of violence used in the lyrics and influences teenagers to do so many actions.

Ill Manors Collage

Pitch Powerpoint

E4

E4 is a British T.V channel, which was launched as a pay-TV with channel 4. 'E' stands for entertainment, and it's aimed at 15-35 year olds. Their is aim to provide a cutting edge for young audiences.They aim at young audiences by making sure they remain engaged and they want to entertain a young and discerning audience by having good quality drama, comedy, features and having diverse entertainment formats. They've gained a very strong reputation by show casting american series for young audiences. The programme is on free view  sky and cable also having it in HD would increase the audience to watch it as it's accessible.

The programme features series such as Inbetweeners and Misfits which are both written by older writers who are influence by youthful voices using today's slang. This engages with audiences as it would attract them, and the dialogue isn't strained at therefore is aimed at these type of audiences. From the socio demographics category it would therefore be aimed at  C/D/E as  unemployed, students could relate to most of the episodes being show castes  As it's mostly depicted stereotypically allowing the audience to engage further, also being the same age group too will allow them to relate to some situations.

Pre-watershed is before 9 pm showing and has no swearing or nudity so young viewers aren't able to see it as they are viewed to be in bed by then. The scheduling before 9 pm are shown below, their are a lot of repeats but what is noticeable is that for an example their are two repeats of 'The Big Bang Theory' and then a new episode later on. This gives a chance for audiences who haven't had the time to watch it, mostly who have busy lifestyles aimed at audiences above 20 years old. So they can just tune in the evening whilst they are relaxing, and are able to watch their show without any problems.

6:00pm The Big Bang Theory- This is a repeat show

6:30pm The Big Bang Theory- Another repeat being shown

7:00pm Hollyoaks 

7:30pm How I met your mother- A repeat show

8:00pm How I met your mother- Repeat

8:30pm The Big Bang Theory

As E4 can fill most of its schedule with repeats and therefore are able to concentrate on the home-made hits. However, it's beneficial to have a few very good shows than all shows just doing 'okay.'  E4's episodes are funny, sad and believable. Which would want the audience to watch it as they can perhaps relate to a few things, or see it as banter (comedy) and just unwind and relax.  

E4 viewers demographics are;

Under 18-  63%

18-24- 29%

25-34- 5%

35-44- 2%

45-54- 1%

55+ 0%

Female 59%

Male 41%

OFCOM Research

OFCOM Research

 

Watershed means that programmes that are put on television before 9 should not content that children are not allowed to watch. When the research questionnaire asked if all programmes should be able to be shown at any time (and parents should take full responsibility for their children’s viewing), two-thirds of respondents disagreed. Children under ten are the most vulnerable and need protecting from things such as sex, violence and swearing.  Viewers and listeners make a contrast between channels which appeal to a wide ranging audience, including children, and those that attract a smaller audience, unlikely to appeal to children. Audience research shows strong support and recognition for the watershed on all television channels. The watershed plays a vital role for parents and carers with children aged 5 to 8 and trust in pre-watershed programming is essential. It is also important that the content of pre watershed trails is appropriate for the time of broadcast.

Some programmes scheduled to start before the watershed and finishing after 9:00pm may be of special appeal to children, especially during school holidays. Depending on the channel and audience it attracts, viewers can be concerned at strong, adult material immediately after the watershed when a significant number of children could still be watching television. Programme makers should always consider the impact that the representation of the use of illegal drugs, the abuse of drugs, smoking, solvent abuse and the misuse of alcohol, may have on younger viewers and listeners. Any such inclusion pre watershed or at times when children are particularly likely to be listening must therefore be editorially justified.

Violence exists in life and, as such, will be portrayed and reported on by television and radio programmes. Many citizen-consumers are very concerned about the potential impact of violence within broadcast material upon society and, in particular, children and young people. Violence covers a wide range of behaviour and different situations and children’s reactions vary, depending on their age group and individual sensitivities. Audience research is inconclusive about the direct influence of violence on behaviour, but does highlight how children interpret violence and what reduces its impact and what causes distress. Research shows that children may emulate what they see on television. This is mediated to a certain extent by factors such as a child’s ability to distinguish between degrees of fantasy and reality and the identification with the character.
Offensive language is a feature of British life and, in certain contexts; it has an appropriate place in broadcasting. However it raises concerns about harm to children and offence in general. There is a concern that children may imitate offensive language or be upset to hear this language, when their parents or carers have told them it is wrong, before they have worked out their own attitude to its use. Milder language in the early part of the evening may be acceptable, for example, if mitigated by a humorous context.

Looking and researching this I have learnt it is vital not to use things such as weapons, drugs, showing sex scenes, smoking, swearing. Because pre-watershed really means children watching it and it can have diverse effects on them in reality. As we don’t want children to be affected in real life, we will keep coming back to look at the research to make sure we don’t put swearing, drugs and smoking in our sequence.