Pitch 2) What type of title sequence is it? (Cherise)

a. If we can't do a narrative title sequence we will integrated text credits into the scenes.

b. The first real title sequence that influenced us was Ill Manors which is also a British Crime Drama film, has a little narrative which made us think of having one too. But it also had text credits in during the scenes.




Another film that influenced us was the trailer of 'Girlhood'. We liked it showing all the characters in the 'gang'. We also liked the fact that they were all female as our film is about an all girl gang.

We were also influenced by the concept of 'Top Boy'. Top Boy is a British television drama series about young lives lived on the edge in east London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

c. We intend to challenge the conventions because we want our film to stand out and be different to the other films in the same genre and aiming at the same target audience as us.

Pitch 1) The Film (Leilani)

The title of our film is DOAR. We originally intended on spelling it the conventional way (ROAD) but later decided that as we were not complying to the conventions of a British Crime Drama by using women as the main characters instead of men we should flip the title as well.

The title sequence that we have planned is about a group of girls coming together to commit a crime. 

During the sequence the audience will have an insight into the lives of each character as they make their way to the meeting point.

The rest of the film would then go on to show the consequences of this crime and the struggles that they would all have to face in order to survive.

Pitch 1) The film (Cherise)

a. The title of the film is a DAOR
b. The film is basically about these girls who come from different social classes and backgrounds but have still committed crime and managed to get into the road life. They then meet and become a gang and commit crimes together e.g. robbing a bank.
Our opening sequence is gonna show shots of the different girls in their areas doing illegal things.

Task 32: Research on Distribution Companies

Attack The Block

Production Companies: 

• Studio Canal
• Film 4
• UK Film Council
• Big Talk productions

Distributed by: 

• Optimum Releasing (UK)
• Sony Pictures in Home Entertainment (USA)

Marketing Tools:

• Billboards
• Trailer shared on Social Media
• Trailer shown on the TV
• Trended on Twitter with the #attacktheblock

The Role of Social Media:

• Social Media Accounts
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

• Website
• App
• Online Game

Type of Release:

Attack the Block had a wide release reaching many countries including

• Japan
• Finland 
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Australia
• France
• UK
• USA
• Singapore
• Canada
• Belgium
• Germany
• Finland
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• United Arab Emirates
• Thailand
• Argentina
• Portugal

Formats:

Attack the Block is available to watch on DVD, Blu-ray and Print. You can also stream the film online through Netflix, Amazon Prime, Redbox and All 4.

Budget:

The budget for Attack the Block was estimated at around $13,000,000

Synergous Links:

Decca Records brought out an Attack the Block sound tracks including the 22 songs that featured in film.

Task 32: researching into existing distribution companies

Ill manors
This is a British film made in 2012 , based on the lifestyles of drug dealers ,drug users and prostitutes.

Distributed by :      

• Revolver Entertainment (2012) (UK) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
• Revolver Entertainment (2012) (UK) (video) (Video on Demand)
• Revolver Entertainment (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Revolver Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD)

Showing all 2 wins and 4 nominations

British Independent Film Awards 2012

Nominated British Independent Film Award	Best Actor Riz Ahmed
	Best Achievement in Production
Nominated Douglas Hickox Award	Ben Drew

Dinard British Film Festival 2012

Won Coup de Coeur	Ben Drew (Director) Aimimage Productions (Production Company)
Won Technicolor Award for Best Cinematography	Best Cinematography Gary Shaw (Director of Photography) Aimimage Productions (Production Company)

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2013

Nominated ALFS Award

Breakthrough British Filmmaker Ben Drew (writer/director)

The role of social media ; Twitter played a big part in advertising as the revolver entertainment company had their own twitter account to publicise it.

The film was promoted through the use of billboards across the capital of the uk .

Newspaper were clearly starting to take note of the amount of urban British films being produced but it seemed that ill manors was the main one that highlighted the darkness of teen lives that any young people are experiencing which is failed to be realised or acknowledged by most people, they become so oblivious to the younger generation it takes a film to raise awareness.

Available on DVD,Blu-ray DVD and print.

Budget

£100,000 (estimated)

Synergous links - throughout the production of directer and producer Plan b's film (ill manors) his album and soundtrack was also publicised and profited from this too .

I think this distributor is more than likely to distribute our film as it attracts a similar audience .

Task 30: Settings and locations by Le-Sian Areola

Location Location 1; block of flats on city road ( approximately a 2 minute walk from candi college) finding and planning locations and settings.

We might see this in the title sequence as it will give the viewers a glimpse of what our film is about ,

the setting of a film is usually important you can jist the theme and genre which for our group is a British crime drama involving a gang of girls. 

Location 2;

On board a busy bus 205 towards shoreditch 

Our title sequence will be showing the lifestyle of young teenage girls in gangs in London public transport is a huge part of this furthermore the bus being shown as a flash scene or shot adds to the British persona of the title sequence. 

Location 3; Owens field park situated right next to candi college.

Teenagers are usually associated with gangs , violence and hanging about our title sequence concentrates on portraying that rawness and real news of the lifestyles that many young people are having to or see themselves as having to live or be a trapped in today's society , Owens field is quite a sociable area and gives us an insight into the stereotypical bird view of the teenage generation of today . 

Location 4; 

 chicken and chip shop (chicken cottage) on Islington street 

For similar reasons as owe fields the chicken shop is where action in our film sequence will take place 

Task 29: Sound Effects

In order to further appreciate and understand the importance of sound in film we attempted to create our own sound effects by using different things around the college.

The order of the sound effects:

1. Microwave bleeping
2. A fridge closing
3. Chairs scraping on the floor
4. The Muffled sound of talking
5. A door opening
6. A bathroom
7. Footsteps

Our biggest struggles were getting close enough to the action to record the sound effects clearly and getting far enough from the other unwanted noises so that the sound effects weren't drowned out.