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The proposal outlines a film idea about two main characters, Eric and Henry, where one character subverts the stereotype of being a criminal. The film will follow their story of a robbery and present a moral message about not judging people based on appearance. Inspiration comes from issues like racial profiling and high knife crime rates among youth. The film aims to be different by including a moral message in an action genre and not having a clear hero or positive ending. The crew roles and locations are outlined, along with permissions needed and contact details for the team.
The proposal outlines a film idea about two main characters, Eric and Henry, where one character subverts the stereotype of being a criminal. The film will follow their story of a robbery and present a moral message about not judging people based on appearance. Inspiration comes from issues like racial profiling and high knife crime rates among youth. The film aims to be different by including a moral message in an action genre and not having a clear hero or positive ending. The crew roles and locations are outlined, along with permissions needed and contact details for the team.
The proposal outlines a film idea about two main characters, Eric and Henry, where one character subverts the stereotype of being a criminal. The film will follow their story of a robbery and present a moral message about not judging people based on appearance. Inspiration comes from issues like racial profiling and high knife crime rates among youth. The film aims to be different by including a moral message in an action genre and not having a clear hero or positive ending. The crew roles and locations are outlined, along with permissions needed and contact details for the team.
Jack Cogan, Henry McCullough, Georgia Linnard, Eric Nyombi
Our Idea • Our idea is a action based film which involves two main characters Eric & Henry which involves a robbery between the two characters. The idea is more of a moral story where we present a countertype reacting to the stereotype of ethnic minorities being either criminals or associated with illegal activity. The main way we plan to present this is through the description of the two main characters. We conducted research into events that match the common stereotype and found out that the common age and ethnicity of people who were segmented in this stereotype were black teenagers aged from around 17-20 on average. We also noticed that the common stereotyped victims were normally middle aged people. As a group we decided to flip this statistic and make one of our characters Eric a middle aged black man who is employed and is living a normal life whilst our other character; Henry is a white teenage boy aged around 17-20 who has lived a troubled life and has been involved in gang activity. It begins where the two characters at school where they aren’t close friends. One of the teenagers is picking on the other student for a while until one day he stumbles across what looks to be like a plan against him. He begins to go easy on the other teenager in fear and attempts to befriend him to find out more information. One day he is invited to go to his new friends house when he discovers a hidden shrine dedicated to targeting him in ways unexplained. He begins to lie low from this character in fear and one day on his way home from a stressful day of work he is robbed in broad daylight and he suspects he knows the criminal. Inspirations • One of our key inspirations we took into consideration was the Black Lives Matter movement that was swept across America and all over social media raising awareness of racial unfairness in America which however subsequently helped to reveal similar issues across the world. • Another key inspiration is the high raising rate of knife crime across London these past couple of years. From our own research we have found out that Southwark and Lambeth hold the highest rate of gun crime and knife crime in London. Between April 2018 and March 2019 police recorded 43,516 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument. 62% of the people arrested for such reasons have been between the ages of 15-21. How is it different? • One of the main ways that our idea differs from many others that are on the market is the idea of our action genre based film having a moral based on real life events and stereotypes. The reason this idea stands out compared to others in this particular market is because action genre films don’t usually include a moral as one of their conventions. • Another way our idea is presented differently is the fact that our idea doesn’t consist of a particular hero and doesn’t necessarily end positively as the normal stereotyped action tale. Our idea consists of the main conventions of the action genre in order for the film to fall under this category but it however contains elements and conventions of other genres. Unions/Practices • One of the unions that may have an impact on our idea is the Ofcom organization that is in charge of regulation throughout many forms of media. In order to have our idea publicized it will have to be reviewed and looked over by the Ofcom group before it airs. As a result of this our film may therefore be subject to watershed meaning that between 5:30am and 9pm it will not be allowed to be publicized until watershed hours. • The idea may also be affected by the Advertising Standards Authority where they filter content shown in ads across different media platforms. This means that we will have to carefully filter the content of our ads to ensure that we meet their standards. Crew Roles • Eric - Editor, Art Director, Screenwriter, Actor • Henry – Editor, Location Scout, Actor • Jack Cogan – Director of photography, Editor, Camera Operator, Assistant Director, Production Manager • Georgia Linnard – Director, Producer, Editor, Assistant Camera, Casting Director. Permission of filming • We would only require to request filming permission from one property as we plan to film in our school building and other scenes may be shot along public areas therefore no other permissions may be requested. Personnel Details • Henry McCullough – Address: Winlaton Road, Bromley BR1 5PZ Email: 43109@rws.uk.net
• Jack Cogan – Address: 35 Lucas Street, New Cross SE13 5SU
Email: 43021@rws.uk.net
Eric Nyombi – Address: 22 Woodside road, Norbury SW13 2ER
Email: 44902@rws.uk.net Lighting? Why/Effect? • Our film will use high key lighting to create the suspense and also lowkey lighting which would be used to set the tone. It fits in with our tory of reverse stereotypes and how it’s wrong to judge people by the colour of their skin. It’s a mix of both lighting techniques, it will be throughout the film, it will add to the atmosphere due to the fact that it will set the tone to emphasise how much the media stereotype on people due to the colour of them Pre Production • SCRIPT so that the characters know what to say during filming. The script gives us the outline of what the actors have to say during different shots. • STORYBOARD is to tell the directors and producers what the film should look like. This is to organise the crew and try and get it to follow the storyboard.