PLANNING - Project Proposal

 Project Proposal

    Because I am working alone on my brief, it is important that remain focused on my goals for my film opening. Though I have already finished research, script, and background, I want to ensure that I am sure about who I want to appeal to and how I'll appeal to them. What is my message and how am I getting it across?  

Genre

    I will be making my film opening a dystopian thriller because I want to make something anybody could watch while providing strong commentary on the current government in America. However, I would like to focus the most on kids around my age (14 to 17 years old) because I hope to spark thought in them and encourage them to question the state of our lives right now.

    Thrillers are enjoyed by a very wide age range, allowing me to capture the attention of more people. Kids my age tend to gravitate towards thrillers because they enjoy watching fast-paced, high tension scenes. Additionally, dystopias are great for emphasizing how the things we do now can negatively impact society later.

Audience

    I want my film to be enjoyable to as wide an audience as possible. However, I will be trying to focus on appealing to kids close to my age the most. While my primary audience is not gender specific, I will appealing more to girls because the protagonist of my film is female. 

    My protagonist is a popular influencer, but otherwise ordinary, which I hoped would increase the influence her journey would have while keeping her realistic and the story relatable. Because the commentary of my film focuses on the current American government, I want to ensure my audience is mainly from this area. There is not much point in convincing teenagers from other countries to make a difference in America. 

    My protagonist, being the social media presence that she is, will follow a lot of American trends, including fashion, common language, and music choices. However, she will have some interests that are not widely popular to show her individuality, connecting her to rebellion against complete conformity.

Social Topics

    My film discusses several current social issues. Every dystopia aspect of my film is something that is happening in America right now in a different way. From the tracking installments to the immediate brutal force, my film simply reflects the current state of America and encourages inaction. It causes the audience to think "This could be our future." The political turmoil in the U.S. is affecting regular people the most, and as citizens, we are being driven by fear of what our own government would do to us for exercising our rights. That is not right. So, I thought I would make a movie about it.

Technologies

    Because I do not have access to any video cameras, I will be using my phone to film my opening. However, my school provides Adobe Premiere Pro to all students. Therefore, I will be using this software for all my editing. Even though I have done some practice with this software, I am not proficient with it. Thus, I will be doing some practice before editing. I also have a friend who took a TV Production class last year, so, I want to ask them for help on how to do certain things I struggle to figure out on my own.

Planning Schedule

    Because the deadline for my portfolio in March 15, I want to try to finish by the thirteenth. That way, if all goes well, I can submit it two days early and if not,  I have two extra days to work on whatever is missing. I have dedicated a week to filming, editing, and completing my CCR each. However, these next two weeks will just be me finishing my planning, then setting up specific things that are necessary for world building. The next thing in my planning schedule is to create my storyboard, which I will be doing in my next blog post.

    Until then, farewell!