Feedback for Target audience, Conventions

We also asked Mr Leach to help us answer a few questions, we asked him about the target audience of the film. Also Mr Hood raised a good point that we need to consider which is that we are going to need to be careful when picking our actors and actresses because we may not know their background and the issues in the film may cause them some upset.

Treatment feedback (reading treatment)

In our lesson on Tuesday 18th October we presented our treatment for our film to our teacher Mr Hood and our headteacher Mr Leach. We chose to present our film treatment to them because Mr Hood is our media teacher so has knowledge to see whether our idea will work or not and give us advice for the technicalities of producing our film. We also chose Mr Leach because he is a Catholic and is also a step father, we wanted to present to him to make sure that as both a Catholic and a step father he wouldn't take offence to this film idea.

To Sin No More, Treatment First Draft

To Sin No More

This is the first draft of our film treatment

Nursery Rhyme research- Hush Little Baby

The nursery rhyme Hush little baby is about a father promising a child rewards if he/she stays quiet like they are asked. I think that this nursery rhyme can relate to the plot of our film as the 17 year old girl Samantha has to keep quiet about her step father abusing her all these years and about her having an abortion to hide it. Also I think that it will be very effective as instead of us using music to add tension we are going to have a nursery rhyme playing instead which you would typically expect. Here are the lyrics for the nursery rhyme:

Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird
And if that mocking bird don't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke, Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat
And if that billy goat don't pull, Papa's gonna buy you a cart and bull
And if that cart and bull turn over, Papa's gonna buy you a dog named Rover
And if that dog named Rover wont bark, Papa's gonna buy you a horse and cart
And if that horse and cart fall down, well you'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.

Research: Rosary beads

 Rosary beads are a physical way of keeping track of the number of Hail Marys that have been said, the fingers move along the beads as the prayers are recited. By not having to keep count mentally, the mind is then more able to meditate on the mysteries. The rosary begins with:

• the Apostles Creed
• followed by one Our Father
• three Hail Marys
• Glory be
• Fatima Prayer (optional)
• Hail Holy Queen 
• Prayer for the Holy Father ( mainly for private devotion only)

The beads can be made from a wide variety of materials including:

• Wood 
• Bone
• Glass
• Crushed flowers
• Semi- precious stones such as, amber, agate, jet or jasper
• Precious materials e.g. coral, silver, gold or crystal

Today most rosary beads are made out of:

• Glass
• Plastic
• Wood

Early rosaries were strung on strong thread most silk but modern ones are now most often made as a series of chain-linked beads.

    

Research: Crucifix

In our film we want a symbol that is carried or worn by Catholics to include in our film, so that the viewers know that the family is Catholic. One way in which we could do this is by them wearing crucifix's, as a crucifix can be worn as a physical symbol I then went and did some research on crucifix's and found out that it is a major symbol of the Christian faith and that it is a image of Jesus on the cross and emphasises Jesus' sacrifice. It is especially important in the Catholic church as in general the Protestant Church prefer a plain cross without the corpus unlike the Catholic church as it is a consistant reminder of Jesus' suffering.

Here is are some pictures of my mom's crucifix

Film Research - Carrie 1976

Carrie is a a drama and horror film and was made in 1976, I think this film will be a good idea to watch as it is set in a similar time to our film so I we be able to look at costumes that are used in this film for an idea and what the locations look in this film.

Film Research- The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is a thriller and mystery, this film like the idea for our film include religion throught out the film even though it doesn't show brothers like in our film idea it does show how they used religion to their advantage.

Film research- Twins

Another film that I am going to look at is Twins. This film is about two fraternal twins that are the result of a experiment carried out at a genetics laboratory to produce the perfect child. The mother was told that her child had died and each of the twins we told that their mother had died. The twins where separated and didn't know about each other. One was put in a orphanage and the other lived on a unnamed island and was raised by a professor to become highly intelligent, physically very strong and spiritually pure he found out that he had a twin brother on his 35th birthday. I chose this film as it has to brothers that are treated differently as one grew up in and orphanage and the other was raise by scientists on a island from this I will be able to see how they showed two brothers treated differently and how both of them behaved and what characteristics they have the well treated and the miss treated brother have for idea for the two brothers in our film. Here is the trailer for this film, I have embedded the trailer so I can look at the conventions.

Film research - Abduction

One film that I am going to look at, to look at appropriate conventions and character development is Abduction, this is a thriller about a teenage boy who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after he finds his baby photo on a missing persons website. This film like our is where someone is trying to find out the truth his life and his family as its a thriller as well I will be able to look at the different conventions that they use in this film to see if theres any that we could use in our film. As well as the main character who is trying to uncover the truth is a similar age to the brothers in our film. Here is the film trailer of Abduction so that I can have a look at the conventions used in the film.