ill Manors Trailer Review

The typical key codes of movie trailers :

• Production logo 
• Distribution logo 
• Plot summary 
• Voice over 
• Cast/credit/studio/ information
• Title of the movie 
• Stars shown often

We are able to identify these seven key features in the ill Manors trailers. We are shown the cast of ill Manors multiple time through out the trailer. This allows the audience to be familiar with the casting of the movie and identify the prognostic and antagonist of the story. The title of the movie is shown towards the end of the movie. However, a voice over isn't commonly used in films like previously in the early 2000's where they were largely common among trailers.We are also shown the production logo which is 'Enterprises' and the distribution logo is more shown seconds before that. We are given a small fraction of the plot during the trailer. We as the audience can make out a brief understanding of what characters are the most important and the ones that are the least. We are presented with the studio information towards the end of the trailer of ill manors. Furthermore, we are presented with a voice over however, it's taken from the movie and edited into the trailer clip.

I would primarily say that the target audience for ill manors is 15 -35 year olds. The reason for this is because many teens in the UK find UK crime/gang culture interesting in the way they are presented. Even though this movie has a certificate of 18 it will still gain young viewers.  One unique selling point of the movie is that there is a soundtrack introducing the characters, the environment  and the back story of the characters. In addition, as the audience are already familiar with the the Director "Plan B"  this allows his fans from his musical career to now follow his movie career as a directors. The genre of the film is a thriller, drama. The environment it's been filmed in is fairly run down. We are shown houses that can't be called genuine houses due to the fact that it's completely demolished. In addition, the facial expression of the characters throughout the trailer are serious therefore, contributing to genre of thriller.

Progress Report - MEST 2

Work completed since 6th January 

The work we've completed since the 6th of January is the script including the individual task that we had to do for our pre production work.

In complete pre production tasks/Next Steps and Action Plan

Furthermore, our mis-en-scene and script are almost finished however, need minor adjustments to both documents. Two tasks that are in complete are the story board and project schedule. We would have both documents hopefully finished by next week including the pending documents that are almost finished. 

Date filming/Editing 

Filming should be completed by the 31st of January - end of the month and editing would hopefully take around 2/3 weeks. We set out to have it completed by the 18th of February.

Frozen Planet Exam

Grade: C- 

WWW - Good, detailed, referencing of the text

EBI - Talk more about audience theory/ terminology in Q4

LR - Overall I did relatively well through out the exam. I gave good detail of institutions, forms, representation and audience in the text. However, I slipped one one of the questions which was about audience. I needed to talk more about audience theory in great detail.

Q4.) Media Audiences

Through out the duration of the clip we are informed, educated and entertained in the programme. These are the three main purposes of The BBC for each programme they broadcast. We are presented with an enigma code during the duration of the clip. The enigma code presented varies in two different story lines. Firstly, we are introduced to one of the camera crew members struggling to get the 'perfect' shot of 'Antarctica famous belly flop'. The second is of when one member of the camera crew dives into 'Earth's coldest water'. As the audience we begin to think whether the crew member will make it out alive due to the fact that their is only one life line of getting in and out of the water. In addition, they have low supplies which adds a greater risk factor. By showing a behind the scene footage it informs/educates the audience. The way it educates the audience is that we witness the hardships of recording in sub zero temperatures. furthermore, this also educates us and also educates us in the aspect that the difficulties faced when filming.

Ill Manors Review

Ill Manors Review

The movie Ill manors is about four main characters which are all drug dealers and one user and two prostitutes. Two of the drug dealers Ed and Aaron are mates that have grown up together and the other two know each other relatively well. The movie is surrounds it’s self around the struggles and hard ship of growing up and living in ‘run down’ areas as such.

Ill manors is a movie directed by Ben Drew or most commonly known as his stage rap name ‘Plan B’. So far Ben drew has only directed one movie which is Ill Manors. However, he has provided soundtracks to many TV series such as Eastenders, Shameless, and Celebrity Big Brother etc. As Ben Drew who is more commonly known as Plan B took a new step into the filming Ill manors demonstrated that he’s a gifted individual as ill manors was nominated for three awards and one of which he won. It was nominated in 2012 for the British Independent Film Awards and again in 2012 it won the Dinard British Film Festival. In 2013 it was nominated in the London Critics Circle Film Awards.

Ill manors had a large cast and crew that contributed to the success of the movie the main stars of the movie were Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Natalie Press, Anouska Mond, Nick Sagar and many more. The audience may be familiar with certain cast members in the film for instance; Riz Ahmed who plays Aaron has acted in movies such as four lions. In Four lions we witness a different side to Riz Ahmeds acting. Even though the movie is still surrounded by crime we witness him in more of a comedy roll. In addition, some people may be familiar with Ed Skrein within the movie due to the fact that he MC’s at music festivals. Ed has performed with Plan B as well who is the director of the Movie. Ill Manors was the first movie where audience members witness Ed’s potential in acting. Furthermore, he has pursued his career in acting by joining the cast of ‘Game of Thrones’ in 2013. 

The main characters are Riz Ahmed and Ed Skrien in my opinion played fairly well. However, there are many more actors that can play the exact same roll for instance, Adam Deacon, Noel Clarke, Kano and Ashley Walters. Therefore, as a whole I believe the acting didn’t stand out as much as it could of for the main characters. However, Natalie Press who plays Katya the Russian mum played her role extremely good including Anouska Mond who played a prostitute addicted to drugs. These two actors stood out for me the most due to the fact that you felt more in tune with them. For instance, in one scene we witness Katya beaten up by her husband or boyfriend. During that scene we as the audience feel her pain as she’s just recently had her baby however, isn’t resting but is on the run from the Russian gangsters as she doesn’t want to raise her baby in a environment surrounded by drugs and prostitution. In addition, we again feel slightly sickened when we witness Michelle who plays the prostitute go from shop to shop to have sexual intercourse with the shop keepers in order to pay back Ed. The fact that she is forced against her will gives a more sinister feeling.

The genre of ill manors is crime, drama/thriller, the over lapping of three different genres does fit the films story and purpose. The film is more about struggles in run down areas as such shown. Overall the mood conveyed in the movie is fairly depressing as it made me think after the movie about how living in a place like that would be like and the hardships that may come with it. In addition, it gives a dull, moody atmosphere as well.

Overall the sound track used in the movie did fit its purpose for instance, during the movie towards the start there would be a minor sound track rapping out a characters background and current life story up until now. As first it didn’t ‘understand it much but not until later it did fit the purpose. I did like that however, equally dislike it as it was like they threw the whole background story. Personally I believe if they didn’t add it for some characters we could of pieced together their story. But it worked extremely well with the background story Katya. As we witness what her life was like before we was on the run from the Russian gangsters, therefore, we as the audience could sympathise with her more.

Ill Manors is aimed at the audience of 16 – 35 years of age predominately a male target audience. We can establish this as violence, drugs and foul language is commonly associated with more of a male target audience therefore, it may appeal to them more. However, it still may appeal to females as well. I would recommend it to people that are interested in UK crime dramas similar to Adulthood etc. However, there are too many movies alike therefore, it will be a double minded situation but I will still suggest to an individual. 

Audience - Focus Group : Media Research and Planning

The focus group involved us pitching our idea's to the class. During this process we gave a explanation of our idea and linking it to programs that link to our program as a whole. We gave detail about characters, narratives and locations. In addition, we talked about possible scheduling and where it may be broadcast and why it may appeal to the demographic age of 15 - 35.

During our focus group we had recorded the pitch ideas that we gave and the feedback received from the focus group that we had pitched our idea too. During the process of the focus group one of the members from the group pointed out how it would be useful to schedule our program at a different timing from what it was previously. He pointed out how another program would be airing on other days therefore, it's best to schedule our program on Wednesday. Our actual original scheduling was going to be on a Friday however, one of the people from the focus group again pointed out how Fridays are days that many associate by going out with friends and family therefore, we may not receive enough viewings on that time specifically .Our episodes will last 1 hour therefore, the timing of the program would be from 8:00pm - 9:00pm. Our program is fairly close to the watershed timing due to the fact that our story line fits in during that timing. A story of a serial killer would be best to show around that time as we've been given the instruction about our program broadcasting post-water shed. Furthermore, another point that was pointed out during our focus group discussion was about having a help line if any viewer was effected or has enquirers about the situation that had taken place during the episode. In the episodes to come they will have a 'sickening' twist and is the story line becomes more gruesome. However, it stays within the limits of the water shed.

Our program will be targeted towards 17 - 35 year olds. We've picked the starting age from 17 as all the characters that will be casting in the the program will be of that age. In addition, it's likely that that teenagers below the age of 17 may still watch this however, 17 - 35 will predominantly watch this program. We have a large target audience due to the fact that we will be airing this program on E4 which has a target audience of 15 - 35 which is similar to ours. Therefore, it's best to schedule our program on there. We have tired to target a wide psycho-graphic  audience in order to cater for a large amount of people. We have narrowed the audience to Aspires and Explores. We believe this may predominately appeal to these two psycho-graphic profile as they both are of a young age range. Similar to our target audience. Aspires are typically young people who are materialist. As they are a young generation they would perhaps like to try out something new like explores who 'seeks discovery' and 'tries out new brands', in this case the brand is referring to our program. Social groups we have predominantly targeted is B social group. Within this social group are people who are relatively creative in their field for instance, graphic designers. We have predominantly targeted 'creative people' as creative people usually seek out something new. Therefore, it links with our TV Drama as this is a new show with a story line that is completely different as it shows a more sinister side to teenagers and problems they may face mentally.  We don't tend to only cater for this social group however, we try to cater for all in away. For instance, we may add character that represent C1 social groups therefore, they might pay interest as they maybe able to put themselves in the the characters shoes and develop an emotional connection between viewer and character .But predominantly we have targeted B social group.

Institution - Media Research and Planning

E4 Institution

E4 is a British TV channel that broadcasts many different programmes. E4 broadcast programs that are produced in the United Kingdom. In addition, they also provide programs that were produced in The United States. E4 broadcast channels such as Misfits, Skins, Made in Chelsea, The Inbetweeners etc. which are produced in the UK. Furthermore, they also provide programs that are from the U.S for instance, Smallvile, 90210, The Big Bang Theory etc.

E4 was launched on the 18^th of January 2001. However, it was launched as a ‘pay-tv’ companion to Channel 4. Even though E4 had debuted themselves in 2001 it wasn't until the 16^th of December 2004 that they had successfully launched themselves. The subscription channel had become a individual channel by its self. However, they didn't have a large audience that viewed programs that were broadcasted on to their. Not until E4 had became available on the free view platform it attracted a large consumer gathering.

E4 targets the demographic ages of 15 – 35 likewise BBC Three also target this demographic age group. Therefore, both broadcasting channels would be in heavy competition with each other. On the 11^th of October 2010 one of the top series that E4 had broadcasted ‘The Inbetweeners’ had gather a staggering amount of views. The episode had gathered 3.7 million viewers therefore, becoming the most successful episode of a series to be broadcasted on E4. One of the most watched shows on E4 was The Inbetweenrs. Furthermore, The Big Bang Theory, Glee and Friends are other programs that are watched frequently by viewers.

BBC Three

BBC Three is another British TV channel that broadcasts different programmes. BBC Three target a demographic age range of 16 – 34 year olds, similar to E4. BBC three has purpose of focusing on new talent across all platforms and new technologies. 90% of BBC Three’s output is from the United Kingdom and within other European Union countries. Furthermore, it covers all genres ranging from current affairs, drama, animations, comedy etc. BBC Three are unique in one way from other broadcasting channels. They air from the timing of 19:00 -5:00 each night.

At the end of the year in 2001 the BBC had talks about re-branding two of their digital channels which were BBC Knowledge and BBC Choice. BBC Knowledge went on to becoming BBC Four and BBC Choice went on to become BBC Three. BBC Three officially launched with their new brand in February 9^th 2003. Stuart Murphy launched BBC Three as he previously ran BBC choice, UK Play and UKTV which is now discontinued. At the age of 33 he is the youngest channel controller in the UK.

The most popular drama that has aired BBC Three is Gavin & Stacey. It debuted on BBC Three in May 2007. In 2005 of October BBC Three had announced that there would be airing a spin of series from Doctor Who & Torchwood as a post watershed science fiction drama. This was predominantly aimed at a more adult audience. Torchwood launched with a high number of views. It gained 2.4 million viewers in October 2006 when it had launched and became fairly successful.

Disturbia Movie Clip - Media Research & Planning

Mise-en-scene

During the this scene in Disturbia we witness on character holding a knife to another female character. In this part of the clip the main character seems astonished over the fact that this person has his mother in that position. The astonished facial expression can be also interpreted as fear as the character may have not known that the killer was in the shadows. As we witness the killer arise from the shadows this perhaps suggest that we as the viewers finally see 'dark' side of him as he emerges from the shadows with a weapon. During the scene the main character is slashed in the back of his back with the knife the killer has. We're able to identity that his badly hurt and lead on to believe that the main character is weaker compared to the killer. At the ending of the clip when the main character has stabbed the killer and manhandled him around he forcefully throws him down into a pit of water where there are multiple bodies of dead women that were victims of the killer. As the killer lays with multiple dead bodies around him suggest he's got what he has deserved. As he had killed many women in cold blood. In addition, by the killer going down in a pit over rotten bodies it perhaps may indicate he now will 'rot' in hell for all the unlawful actions he has taken out over the last years.

Sound

In this clip we are able to identify diegetic and non diegetic sound. The non diegectic sound is the music that is added on top of the scene in order create tension and keep viewers on the edge of their seat while watching this scene. The music is parallel to what is happening in the scene at that very moment. In addition, at one point during the clip we are lead to believe that killer will stab the main character. At that point the music comes down to a certain pace then drastically it builds up.This again contributes to the tension conveyed. Digetic sounds that come from the world of that scene are when we hear the slash of the knife on the back of our main character and the killer. These knifing sounds are much louder compared to the others as it makes the audience grit their teeth. The reason for this is that they probably could imagine that happening to them.

Camerawork

During the clip of Disturbia in this scene particular there is a great deal of hand held camera movement. The hand head camera allows the us as the audience feel apart of the fight scene that is going on. Furthermore, as it is slightly shaky it gives off an impression of tension arising. In addition, during this scene we are shown a great deal of close up's in order to show the expression of both characters while they are fighting each other. Furthermore, there is medium shots within this clip equally as well. The medium shots allows us to view the actions taken out by each character in order to harm each other.

Editing

In the clip of Disturbia we see a great deal of straight cuts. Straight cuts are the most common type of editing cuts. We see a great load of straight cuts during this clip in order to create tension and to connote quick action scenes. Furthermore, at one point the straight cuts gradually comes to a hold and the speed of editing slows down. Then it picks up its pace. This creates more tension for the viewer as this will keep them on edge and in tact with the movie.