Research into A Distributor

In class we researched a Low Budget British film "Shifty" as a case of a distributor. Shifty chose Metrodome as its distributor due to the fact that it tends to take on smaller productions and is British. 

Shifty's story plot: a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris, confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards

For the Black Rose our group wants to distribute with Metrodome Group, who follow the mission statement that

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide the very best in marketing, press and sales, delivering exceptional release campaigns for quality movies that capture the imagination of audiences.

With the Black Rose we want to invite the audience to enter the world of the female character Natalie and get an insight into the uncomfortable and disturbed mindset of her. The Black Rose is also a small budget film which tends to be the type of films that Metrodome take interest in.

Evaluation Question 3: Distribution

The Definition from BFI Screen Online by David Sin


Distribution, the third part of the film supply chain, is often referred to as 'the invisible art', a process known only to those within the industry, barely written about and almost imperceptible to everyone else.


Yet arguably, distribution is the most important part of the film industry, where completed films are brought to life and connected with an audience. So what is involved in this invisible process? ''


Distribution is about releasing and sustaining films in the market place. In the practice of Hollywood and other forms of industrial cinema, the phases of production, distribution and exhibition operate most effectively when 'vertically integrated', where the three stages are seen as part of the same larger process, under the control of one company. In the UK, distribution is very much focused on marketing and sustaining a global product in local markets.

22nd February Progress

Started Editing on iMovie: 

To Do List for Friday 24th Lesson:

-Re-shoot opening scene and establishing shot

-Esher to film flower shop scene

-Focus shot on flowers

-Find Music for Black Rose (Jonny)

-Kilm Scene

Target Audience

Here is a profiled audience for the Thriller Genre:


Age- Younger Audiences (15-30)


Gender- Tends to be more male audiences, however the Black Rose has a leading female character which will make it more relatable to a female audience. This makes the target audience for our particular thriller wider. This is the case with James Bond thrillers as well since there is always a leading beautiful woman alongside James.


Television: Sherlock, Mad Dogs, CSI, Dexter, True Blood, Criminal Minds, Lost and 24


Film: Inception, Bourne Ultimatum, Source Code, Sherlock Homes, James Bond and The Strangers


Restaurants: Hard Rock Cafe, Wagamamas and Gourmet Burger


Clothes: Natterjacks, Topshop, River Island, H&M and Super Dry


Media: Xbox, Playstation, Iphone, Blackberry, 3D Tvs, Imac, IPad and Ipod


Books: The searches of the dead, the clinic, On Dangerous ground, Angles and Demons and Black Wind

Storyboard for Black Rose and Media being used to Film.

This is the story board for our thriller film opening and starts to build the tension of the movie ahead.  We have decided to take full advantage of the new technologies provided and will be filming with a Canon E0S55D.

The Title the Black Rose

Red Roses traditionally symbolise desire and love, and in our film the lady Natalie feels love and attraction to her victims. By incorporating the flower of a rose into the tittle, it foreshadows that desire will be an ongoing theme.
Natalie is also a florist which means being surrounded by flowers everyday at work she understands the nature and language of the flowers.


A Black Rose has an irony and contradiction within it however, and providers and impossible combination due to the fact that flowers can't be black.
The colour black has connotations of death and hatred, from this it foreshadows how the movie will be set up and the conflicts that will be in it.

What are the components of Thriller and Suspense Films? How have we incorporated them into "Black Rose"?

Thriller and Suspense films are known to promote the feelings of intense excitement, suspense, expectation, uncertainty and tension.


Cliff Hangers and thrills are often used to keep the audience " on the edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards the climax. The tension usually arises when the main character is placed in a dangerous situation of mystery and he or she become involved in a potentially deadly mission.


Plots in thrillers usually involve characters which come into conflict with each other or outside forces. Characters in thrillers included convicts, criminals, stalkers assassins or innocent victims.


Themes of thrillers include terrorism, political, conspiracy and pursuit.


There are different forms of thrillers however
Easy Thrillers: 
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Cat and the Canary ( 1927)
The Third Man (1949)
Blackmail (1929)


Hitchcock- considered as the master of the thriller and suspense genre producing over 53 movies. He manipulates his audiences fears and desires and taking the viewers into the plot of the movie. Often his films are placed with an innocent victim in a strange situation.  He finds the darker side in human nature.


Thrillers With Convoluted Plot Twists: involves twisted plots and surprise endings
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Se7en(1995)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Momento (2000)


Tend to be a lot more frequent these days then easy thrillers.


Spy Film Thrillers: usually depict spies uncovering secrets from each other.
Borne Identity (2002)
JAMES BOND ESPIONAGE THRILLERS
Dr.No (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
From Russia with Love ( 1963)


Components of the Thriller genre can be found in our film opening for the movie the "Black Rose":


The leading character Natalie Harland is mentally unstable and has an uncomfortable reactions to the small girl. She covers the characters the stalker and convict found in many thriller films.


The Black Rose would fit under the thriller film of "Thrillers with Convoluted Plot Twists" with the twisted plot and relationship between Natalie and the little girl. It makes the audience uneasy and surprises them.


The theme of the Black Rose would be obsession, pursuit and mental unstableness.

Thriller Movie Audiences

Active Audiences Verse Passive Audiences


Active- is where the audience becomes involved in what they are watching-montage editing is used in order to create this effect.
Montage Editing- shots are pieced together and don't show every single step. For example, the filming may show someone with a gun and then next shot is a person lying dead on the floor. It skips out the step of how the shooting actually happened. It is usually used to  disrupt time or to control the speed of time.

This keeps the audiences active and involved as they have to decide and make judgement for themselves on how the murder happened. They are open to interpret the story line in their own ways.

Passive- The narrative is easy to follow which means the audience only needs to watch passively and everything is explained, without anything being left out. This allows the audiences to absorb all the information given to them without needing to think about it. Continuity editing is used to create this effect.
Continuity editing- shows shots done in sequence displaying everything to the end result.

COURSEWORK CHANGE-MOVIE

With much consideration, I have made the choice to stop further research and progress with the music magazine Kerri and I had been working on. This decision is due to many factors, one being that Kerri is no longer taking the course. The main reason however, is my involvement in the filming for the movie "Black Rose" has become a priority and I have become personally interested and active in helping the thriller opening succeed.


Keeping in mind of course that I will have much extra work to do in order to catch up with the stages or planning and research I have missed. I have been working with the group Jonny, Will and Henry in helping them film for a month now but only just today did I make the decision to drop the music magazine and instead become fully involved in "Black Rose".

The Set Questions

The Seven Evaluation Questions:


In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


How does your media product represent particular social groups?


What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?


Who would the audience be for your media product?


How did you attract/address your audience?


What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


Look back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

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