Storyboard

Creating a Vimeo of my storyboard and narrating it has enabled me to get a better understanding of what my film will look like visually. For example:

• In shot 6 I have chosen the long shot of Katie walking out of her house to portray how normal things are for her as she undertakes her daily routine.
• In shot 8 I have used a close up shot of Katie's phone whilst it was ringing shot that the viewer connects with the character to the extent that the viewer feels like it is their own phone ringing and the anxiety of finding out who is calling enters the viewers head.
• In shot 19 I have used the over the shoulder shot of Katie in the dark ally as the car pulls up to cover the exit of the ally. This almost gives the viewer a better understanding of what exactly Katie is seeing at the time of the shot and this helps the viewer connect with the character and makes them feel the way Katie is feeling as well as building up the adrenaline of the events that are unfolding in front the viewer.

Synopsis Of Our Film

This Prezi of the synopsis of our film was a useful thing for me to do because I feel like I have gained an understand of how I would like my full film to and what characters I would introduce in the full movie, even though I am only filming the opening two minutes.

Script

Institutional Research

From doing my Institutional Research I have learned many things about film Production and Distribution. 

• I now have a better understanding of what companies, such as Lionsgate, spend their budget on for example Lionsgate spend a lot of money on their actors such as Christian Bale, Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Lawrence. I know that I do not have a big budget for my film so I will only include a total of 2 people in my opening scene instead of spending money on things like extras and professional actors. 
• I have also learned the importance of channels such as Netflix and Sky Movies to keep the interest of the film when the film is no longer in cinemas. 
• Also I now know that we need to keep to the age rating that we said we would make our film so that we can open our film to a larger audience to increase revenue so that we can cover the production costs and maximize profit.  

Regulation Research

Through doing my Regulation Research I have learned:

• What is required for a film to be in each age rating
• What age rating I would like my film to be
• What the BBFC is
• What their job is and what they aim to do

Although we are only showing the first 2 minutes of our movie for our project, we still need an idea of the whole plot of our film to make a quality opening 2 minutes. We now know that we want our film to have an age rating of 12 or 12A and now we also know what is required to make our film have this age rating. Now knowing this we will have some, non graphic, violent scenes however we will not dwell on the infliction of pain. We know that we can use occasional bad language however none of the strongest terms. Taking all of this into consideration we will try to make the opening 2 minutes of our film meet this criteria so that we can achieve the age rating that we desire.