CCR

Film Opening

Reflection

After this long and taxing journey I’m proud to say that we as a group have finally completed the film opening. We had amazing chemistry and great ideas, but that’s what you’d expect when working with some of your closest friends. The overall project was a pain because we had to change so much to deal with Covid-19. None of us were allowed to leave our house and that basically made our originally idea which we were all very excited about, have to be thrown out. Instead we came up with another idea which I honestly forget because it lasted about one day until we eventually came up with the idea that we filmed and have completed. I think this project has shown me what it would be like to be involved in the filming of a movie or television show in some way. A lot of planning goes into every little thing and every detail must be perfect. In truth if we didn’t have Ryan directing, the outcome probably would’ve been totally different. The planning was fun to do in group calls and talking in our group chat all the time. This is the only project where we’ve been really just given freedom to do whatever we’d like. The group really likes the original idea so we are probably going to do a short film on it this summer or whenever we have time and that excites me a lot. We did the best we could under the circumstances and I don’t think anyone could complain about the work of art we’ve created so I’d like to say thank you to my teammates Ryan, Edward, and manuel. Great job guys pleasure working with you.

Storyboard

The storyboard is now complete and we have a layout of what we are going to be filming. From what you can tell in page one you will basically be seeing Jordan's  house and then a few things causing him stress. You will eventually see a his backpack then a series of close ups of Jordan packing his bag with clothes, snacks, toiletries, etc. then him leaving the house and frantically looking into every direction to see which he should run in. He eventually will choose one and then run away from his home, leaving his house to fade out into the distance.

Target audience

We are aiming to make a teen movie pretty much so the target audience will most likely be around the ages of 14-19. This age group is more typically more likely to run away and have arguments with their parents because they are still growing up and do not have the knowledge or respect that an older person would. At these ages you want to live by yourself but you don't have any of the experience and you have no clue what to do in these situation. So, if they were to run away they would most likely realize that they can't handle it and end up going back home. This can help them relate to the main character in our film who runs away and realizes he isn't cut out for it and then returns home.

New opening idea

The new opening is basically about a teenager running away. It is going to be where you see the kid packing his bags and getting ready and in the background you can here his father/father figure just yelling. The kid will eventually realize that he isn't cut out to run away after he notices that he is hungry or something. Ryan is currently writing a script but we are avoiding making it a voice over because those are typically really bad.

Target Audience

The average target audience of a horror film is between the ages of 15-25. We would like to have one similar to this because these are the typical ages of people who would watch a horror film. Adults and older folk are very unlikely to watch something like this. From personal experience I know that a lot of teenagers watch horror/suspense films.