Shot list

Shot number		Shot description	Filmed?
1.		Pan of the whole estate
2.		(Montage) Pan of Ayden walking with his friend
3.		(Montage) Long shot of 2 gangsters approaching Ayden and friend
4.		(Montage) Medium shot of gangsters with blue bag
5.		(Montage) Close-up of the friend’s facial expression (scared)
6.		(Montage) Ayden shakes his head
7.		(Montage) Gangster trying to look convincing
8.	(Montage) Close-up of Ayden and his mother’s hand. He kisses her hand
9.	(Montage) Close-up of the ‘Cancer Ward’ sign in the hospital
10.	(Montage) Long shot/tracking shot from behind, at hip level, of Ayden leaving the hospital
11.	Medium close up of Ayden’s hands over his face
12.	Long shot of gangsters standing in the park
13.	POV shot from Ayden’s perspective of the gangsters looking back
14.		Medium shot of the 2 talking
15.		Close up of Ayden’s facial expression when discussing his issue
16.		Close up of the blue bag being passed
17.		Medium shot of Ayden leaving his house
18.		Close up of the door shutting
19.		High angle/long shot from the top of the stairs watching Ayden run down
20.		POV shot of Ayden looking at the estate when he steps out of his block
21.		Tracking shot of Ayden walking, greeting random person
22.	Medium shot of a man approaching Ayden
23.	Close up of the 2 hands ‘spudding’ but exchanging goods
24.	Close up of the £20 sliding into his pocket
25.	POV shot/medium shot of Ayden seeing his friend
26.	Medium shot of the ‘spudding’
27.	Over the shoulder shot of them walking into the shop
28.		Long shot of the products by the cashier with Ayden and Friend
29.		Medium shot of the two talking
30.		Medium shot zooming in whilst they talk to see Ayden touch his friend
31.		Medium close up of the friend’s face when laughing
32.		Close up of the name when the phone rings
33.		POV from friend watching Ayden on the phone leaving the shop
34.		Medium shot of friend receiving money and smiling at cashier-still hear Ayden’s conversation
35.		Medium close up of Ayden’s face talking
36.	Long shot of Ayden sliding his phone into his pocket and friend walking towards him
37.	Shot-reverse-shot friend’s face when talking
38.	S-R-S Ayden’s face when talking
39.	S-R-S friend’s face when talking
40.	Long shot of the friend touching his bottom as Ayden turns around to walk off
41.	Medium close up of Ayden smiling and shaking his head
42.		Long shot of the bus coming closer
43.		Tracking shot of Ayden running for the bus
44.		Close up of Ayden tapping his oyster
45.		Close up of the time on Ayden’s watch
46.		Long shot of Ayden walking towards an alley way
47.		POV shot of Ayden reassuring that no-one’s watching him
48.		Long shot/high angle shot of Elijah walking towards Ayden
49.		Close up of the two hands ‘spudding’
50.	Medium shot of Elijah nodding his head
51.	Close up of Ayden opening the car door
52.	Over the shoulder shot of Ayden texting
53.	Medium close up of the female gangster’s facial expression included
54.	Ayden’s POV shot, close up of Elijah’s face
55.	Elijah’s POV shot of Ayden smiling
56.		Ayden’s POV shot of Elijah talking
57.		Medium shot from the front of the two laughing
58.		Medium close up whilst Elijah is talking-he winks
59.		Medium close up of Ayden smiling

MEST 2 mise en scene

Casting details:

Young boy called Ayden who is 14 years old. His mother has been diagnosed with cancer. They are too poor to afford it and so Ayden joins a group of gangsters who sell drugs. He becomes close with them over a year, the head of the gang called Elijah, takes Ayden on an important job. While in the car Ayden touches Elijah's leg which causes conflict. Elijah informs the gang about Ayden's inappropriate behaviour and beat up Ayden.

Ayden: Protagonist, whose mother has been diagnosed with cancer. He cannot afford it and so he joins a gang where they sell drugs and earn good money. However, there is a misunderstanding which causes conflict between Ayden and the gangsters.

Elijah: The head of the group of gangsters,  who accepts Ayden into his group. However, as Ayden touches his leg, Elijah's informs his gang to beat him up

Mother: Mother of Ayden, who has been diagnosed with cancer

Gangsters: Group of gangsters who obey Elijah and follow orders from him.

Aydens friend: He is seen at the beginning of the clip, going into a local corner shop to buy food.

Local drug dealer: He is seen giving a blue bag to Ayden containing drugs.

Propps:

• A phone will be used to make an important phone call between Ayden and Elijah
• A blue bag will be used which contains fake drugs given by a local drug dealer to Ayden
• A £10 note will be used by Ayden to pay for the food he buys in a local shop
• Ayden will be wearing his school uniform to show the audeice he has come back from school.
• A car will be used for Elijah which is where Ayden and him go on the important job, but then Ayden decides to touch Elijahs leg which causes conflict.

Locations:

1. Estate/Park
2. Bedroom
3. Car

Costume and make-up:

Ayden: he is mostly seen wearing school uniform throughout the production with a bag on his back

Elijah: He is seen wearing a baggy hoodie with chains around his neck as well a hat on his head.

Gangsters: they are also seen in baggy clothing with trainers to signify they are from a poor area.

Mother: the mothers hand is seen with a ring and nail polish on it

Local drug dealer: He is seen wearing a hoodie on his head to hide his identity as well as baggy jeans.

Aydens friend: He is seen wearing a back pack, trainers, polo shirt and a coat.

Lighting: 

The estate: High-key lighting is used to show everything within the scene.

The car: High-key lighting is used to show the facial expression on the characters faces

Bedroom: High-key lighting is used to show the audience everything within it, as well as the facial expressions presented on Ayden's face. 

project schedule

• All documents are finished: story board,  shot list and script
• Actors have been chosen and the roles have been given to them
• We have already started filming
• Next scene will be shot this Saturday; giving them the script too
• Editing will occur and will be finished and put together ready for marking 
• The entire project should take between 4-6 weeks

Audience focus group

1) The focus group involved a handful of students from my media class. Each group had to present their ideas in detail to the rest of us which we had to evaluate and see whether us teens would be interested in watching their production., they also had to tell us if our production was good and if it met the needs of what the channel E4 are looking for. We also had to record the feedback of what the teacher and class pupils were given us so we can reflect back on it and improve our production. Our production is about a 14 year old boy whose mothers has fallen and is diagnosed with cancer. They come from a poor background and are in need of money to treat the cancer. The main protagonist gets involved with a group of gangsters who sell drugs for money. The gangsters begin to fully trust Ayden. The head of them (Elijah) takes Ayden on a job with him in his car. During the process Ayden starts to touch Elijahs leg which causes conflict between them and in the end the gangsters beat him up.

2) "You should not film it at night as it is too dangerous"
"The should be enough lighting for us to see the characters face"
"How will you portray it in two minutes?"
"What if the characters you have do not want to be gay?"
"You need to include the mother in your video, because it looks like you have forgotten about her"
"May be hard to execute"
"You can ask the drama department for characters"
"Overall it has a good concept"

3) We learnt that the mother character needs to be in the video a lot more as it looks as if we've forgotten about her, if we only use her in the beginning of our production. Also, the concept is a good idea but it can either turn out really good or really bad and so we need to consider making the video a good production. From this i can suggest that our production will turn out to look more realistic, which will keep the audience intrigued. Moreover, the group said we cannot fit it all in the two minutes and so we will cut the bits out that aren't necessary. In addition, we have found a person that will be the protagonist (gay) and so that's a problem that is solved. We decided not to do it in the dark as it is too dangerous and so we have enough light during the day to see the characters clearly. 

4) The target audience for our media production is aimed at mostly teenage  males in the psycho-graphic group of struggler's. This is due to the fact that the whole production is based around people with poor backgrounds. Also, it can be aimed at females as we have used a couple of female gangsters in our production so its not fully male based. In addition, in the demographic social class classification, we have aimed it at individuals in group D as they are semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers which fits the characters in our production. Its not aimed at people in group E as they have no job whatsoever and have no skill. The characters in our production do have a  couple of skills

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September 2014 > Media Language > Mise en Scene
September 2014 > Media Language > Mise en scene
September 2014 > Institutions > Institutions
September 2014 > Media Language >  Movie shot analysis
September 2014 > Media language > Mise en scene comparison
September 2014 > Media Language > Lighting

October 2014 > Media Language > Film noir
October 2014 > Audience > Brand values
October 2014 > Media Language > Film still analysis (7)
October 2014 > Audience > Cool brands research
October 2014 > Narrative > Narrative

November 2014 > Audience > Two-step flow model
November 2014 > Audience > Dependency theory

December 2014 > Coursework > Preliminary exercise
December 2014 > Media Language > Research and planning
December 2014 > Representation > Representation
December 2014 > Ideology > Binary opposition
December 2014 > Representation > Representation theories
December 2014 > Representation > Female gaze
December 2014 > Audience > Focus group
December 2014 > Institutions > Institutional research
December 2014 > Institution > MEST2 status update

Institutionsal research

Task: Research E4 and BBC 3 - two channels that boast similar target audience to your brief. For EACH channel research the following:


Channel history
When did it start broadcasting? What was the critical reception? Any controversial moments? What genre of programmes is the channel best known for?

Notable successes
What TV programmes have been most successful for the channel? Why do you think they were so successful? Are any of these programmes similar to your idea for a new TV programme?

Target audience
Look carefully online and you'll find a detailed breakdown of the target audience. For example, E4 has an excellent sales webpage that contains links to incredibly informative Powerpoint documents that outline E4's target audience and key statistics in great detail.

Write up the demographic breakdown of the channel's target audience. Once you have done that, write an analysis of the target audience stating what psychographic groups might watch the channel and also what brands or lifestyle choices viewers would be interested in.

E4:
Start of broadcast:
E4 began transmission on 18 January 2001 at 8.30pm with a night hosted by Ali G.

Critical reception:
New Girl - critical reception 5.3
 
2007: Big Brother Row
The allegedly racist bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by her fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemates provoked an international incident. Channel 4 bosses defended the programme, saying it was "a good thing" it had provoked a debate. Questions were raised in Parliament, effigies were burned in India and crowds were banned from attending Jade Goody's eviction. But Ofcom ruled the station had breached its code of conduct and ordered it to make a number of on-air apologies.
Historical and drama programmes.

One of the most successful TV programmes that E4 have launched currently, is Hollyoaks(one of my favourites)
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a teen drama set within the village of Hollyoaks following the lives of each character within it, making it a multi-strand narrative soap.
In particular being a holly oaks fan myself, I've noticed that they usually have major epic episodes that cause the most unexpected chaos within the show. The effect of the one episode carries on throughout a number of episodes. The mayhem highlighted in the episode really grasps the audience and continues on word of mouth through social sites etc. as it usually ends on a cliffhanger. The show has been around since 1995- so over the year they have got a growing family of a wide based loyal audience, that continues to grow.
Each relate-able episode lures in even new-comers to their audience base, so you can jump into any episode and be lured in through the usually twisted yet interesting narratives.
For my idea I initially wanted to go with the whole teen drama theme but then again, I was consdiering doing a documentary styled programme. It is a different approach and definitely a diffuclt one because this can either go horribly wrong or brilliantly. 
Notable success:
-The Inbetweeners
-The Big Bang Theory
-Friends
-Big Brother 

Age:
-Under 18s (63%)
-18-24 (29%)
-25-34 (5%)
-35-44 (2%)
-45-54 (1%)
-55+ (0%) 

Gender:
-Female (59%)  
-Male (41%) 

BBC3:

Start of broadcast
Their plan was for BBC Knowledge to be renamed BBC Four, and indeed this took place in 2002, and for BBC Choice to be renamed BBC Three.

Critical reception
4.2/4.1

Drama, documentaries and comedy

Notable success:
- Doctor who
- Eastenders
- Spendaholics

Age:
16 to 34-year olds
But In 2008 it reached 26.3% of 16–34-year-olds in digital home.