Evaluation Point 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The blonde girl is the actress Erin Gerasimovich from the 2012 film Prisoners.

This film is similar to ours as it is in the same genre and they are both about a child/children that go missing and the search to find them. These films are both thrillers about abductions.

And this is Chloe Chapman, the little girl we used in our opening titles.

 

 

We conformed to the typical little girly girl stereotype by using a cute girl with blonde hair and an innocent face. We had her wearing pink and purple because they are the colours that people always associate with girls. She is small and has a high pitched voice and giggle, making her the kind of kid that the audience will find adorable and will make them emotional when she goes missing. When they are crossing the road, Chloe is holding Tammy's hand making her look dependant on Tammy and showing that Tammy is a caregiver for Chloe. In the real film, the little girl is on her dad's shoulders, making her look tiny in comparison with the adults and also showing the child's dependence on her father. Also in that same image, all the adults are wearing quite dull and dark clothes, making the pink of the little girl's jacket and clothes seem bright and lively. This could symbolise the importance of their daughter in their lives and how she brings colour and happiness. her messy hair makes her look scruffy and like she needs someone to take care of her.

29. Editing Process

We edited using Song Movie Studio Platinum 12.0. We have yet to include the titles and we are still in the process of making our production company's ident, however, here are some images of the video in the making...

 

 

 

26. Casting Our Film

Justine Hopkirk plays the part of Jill Campbell, the widowed mother of two daughters.

Tamsin Matheson plays the part of Sophie Campbell, the eldest daughter and the main protagonist in the film.

 

 

Chloe Chapman plays the part of Chloe Campbell, the youngest daughter and the victim of the kidnapping in the story.

Changes To Our Cast and Locations

Due to some some sudden events popping up, we have had to change our cast from what we were planning to new people. The role of the father, Joseph Campbell was originally going to be played by Jack Hoskins and will now be changed to a female role that will be played by Justine Hopkirk and her character's name with be Jill Campbell. As a result of this, the story will change in the sense that the roles of mother and father will be switched but no further changes will be made to their parts. Also, the part of the younger sister, Isla Campbell, will now be played by Chloe Chapman and becasue of her young age we decided it would be easier for her to keep her name so her part will now be called Chloe Campbell.

Also, one of our locations will change. We had planned to film our birthday party scene in the Ogstoun Theatre at school but we will now be filming in the common room of Aberlour House, our junior school, and using some of the younger students as guests at Chloe's birthday party.

 

The remainder of the film will still be shot in the Duffus Park...

 



18. Storyline For the Whole Film- "Missing"

1. Family at the park- only father and two daughters, no mother-->dead
2. flashes of a missing child poster--> foreshadows later events
3. family photo--> go back to when family photo was taken--> younger daughter's birthday
4. older daughter gets the feeling that someone is watching them
5. family go to the park--> older daughter still feels paranoid and uneasy
6. POV keeps switching to someone hiding behind things in the park (heavy breathing)
7. younger girl goes missing--> search party is sent out
8. older sister is determined to find her sister--> doesn't trust the police because of the way they handled their mother's death (mother was killed in a hit and run)
9. with the help of her friend/love interest--> she tries to find her sister
10. they keep finding clues but they are actually bait to draw them in
11. they get captured too-->find out that he kidnapped younger sister because of reason that are related to their mother--> you don't find out why
12. they try to think of an escape plan
13. love interest/friend decides to create a distraction to give the sisters time to escape
14. he gets shot in the leg and can't escape with them
15. sisters are on the run and end up hiding in a forest for the night
16. they're lost and can't find their way out and back home
17. they pass out from exhaustion and wake up in a hospital
18. their father is there and explains that they were found by a park ranger who identified them as the missing girls and contacted the police
19. love interest/friend is also there, his leg is bandaged and he is on crutches
20. he explains how he escaped with flashbacks and voice-over
21. kidnapper is still on the loose
22. older sister receives a bunch of flowers with a get well card--> inside is a note from the kidnapper saying that he will find her and silence her for good
23. film is left on a cliff-hanger that hints at a sequel.

The film is set in North America and has four main characters and roughly 3 sub-main characters. The four main characters are:

1. Older Sister- Sophie Campbell
2. Love Interest/Friend- Michael Hamilton (Mikey)
3. Younger Sister- Isla Campbell
4. Kidnapper- no-name

The three other sub-main characters are:

1. The Father- Joseph Campbell
2. Policeman 1- Detective Jones
3. Policeman 2- Detective Roberts

14. Perfect Audience Member

The storyline we have chosen is very gripping but it involves a lot of aspects that would appeal to certain types of teenage girls. For example, our film is going to include a young male character that after years of hiding as a best friend and struggling in the friend zone, finally makes it to be the protagonists love interest. The person we would have chosen to play Michael "Mikey" if we were in fact making the real movie would have been an actor similarly looking to American actor Logan Lerman. He is not going to be included in the beginning of the movie but in order to appeal to our target audience we would have to make him attractive, not only that but he would need to be attractive to a certain group of girls. This links in closely with the picking of an ideal audience member. 

 

Our target audience would be female and in the age range of 15-35 years old.  However our movie specifically is aimed at teenage girls. Therefore our ideal audience member would need to be a 17 year old girl in her first  or second year of sixth form. In order to find the character of Mikey attractive she would have to have a keen almost superficial interest in boys (as most teenage girls have a typical famous teenage crush on boy band members such as Niall Horan and George Shelley).


 
The type of girl we would be targeting is informally known as a "townie" or a "styler". These are the average  girls you would find on the high street laughing and shopping with friends. They are the type of girls who like what is "in" at the moment and don't see a problem at all in following the crowd. They have a keen interest in fashion (as long as it's up to date) and will wear whatever the most popular celebrity of the week has been spotted out wearing. Therefore we would have to do a lot of publicising. We would also have to make sure our film was good enough to be a "must see" by including key elements of the genres that appeal most to teenage girls.


Here is the UK Tribes definition of a "townie"...

9. Graphic Breakdown of 'Panic Room' Title Sequence