Evaluation 4: Audiences

For the pre production research, we asked audiences what they liked about our chosen genres, Sci-Fi/Horror/Thriller, in order to get a taste of what we should put in our film in order to please audiences.

We did this by asking people in a survey if they understood the basics of our plot, which most did not, which is why we changed it to make it a little bit more understandable, got rid of the scientist scenes etc... But still kept it open and vague enough for audiences to want to continue to keep watching.

Of course though, not everyone would like to keep watching which is always expected in films like this as lots of audience members aren't used to this type of storytelling and thus don't want to give it a try which is something that our film would suffer with.

That is a risk we are willing to take though in order to make something that we know that the audiences who do stick around will like and enjoy.

Evaluation 3: Distribution

As our film is quite unusual, from the way it is edited, to the dialogue, to the subject matter of out of control clones, It would be less likely to be picked up by a larger, more well known distribution company like Warner Bros or other members of the big 6.

This is due to the fact that the companies rarely take big risks in the films that they release as they are all about gaining money and would not be sure if a film about out of control clones, with an unknown and very small cast would do well at the box office.

This is why it is more likely that, if our film was picked up by a company, it would be a much smaller, more independent film company such as Icon who are actually the UK’s leading independent film distributor. Icon are responsible for The Nice Guys, a buddy cop movie in 2016, they don’t make them like that anymore, and other films with strange/risky plots such as What Women Want in which Mel Gibson (of all people) obtains the ability to read the minds of women for a brief period of time. It is clear that Icon likes to take risks which is why they could be good for us.

Also, Film 4 is also a candidate for the distribution of our film as they have distributed films such as Submarine, and most notably, Room (2014) which, much like our film, for the majority of the film, features just 2 characters talking and interacting in a Room that they are trapped in. This similarity of strange events also makes us likely to be picked up by Film 4.

Finally, Warp Films is the one that we will go with for many reasons, such as the fact that on their about page on their website it even say “If you like predictable and formulaic storytelling, sorry, you’ve come to the wrong place.” Showing how they’re more willing to make films that break conventions and take chances, thus increasing our chances of being distributed by them as the storytelling in the first 3 minutes of our film is not linear and is very open to interpretation which is why it would be perfect for Warp Films.

Evaluation 2: Social Groups

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Evaluation 1: Our Film VS Reality

Evaluation 1 from connorc123

Risk Assessment

DNA-pocalypse=b-movie

 DNA-pocalypse
We have decided to make our film a b-movie due to the low budget and the minimum choice of locations which we have. We believe the target audience of our movie likes comedy more than intensity, therefore we will add a slight hint of comedy in our film, possibly some sarcasm by the characters. Films such as Deadpool and Scary movie are very popular due to the comedic tone of the films. Our film is rated a 12 and therefore this suits the new idea of a 'b-movie' as young people like to have a laugh, especially with their friends and if we can make a funny b-movie then the film will be successful as we may just get more recognition than what we anticipated and so all the effort of making the film will be woth it. If the film is successful and makes the audience laugh then an individual will hopefull spread the film through word of mouth or the media. The young are constantly on the media and there are over 1.86 billion monthly active users on facebook. This would let our film be spread to others quickly and efficiently. 
We will outline that our film is a bee movie by having terrible acting, overdramatic music and very extreme sound effects. 
One example of a successful b-movie is:
Return of the Living Dead
 Year: 1985
Director: Dan O’Bannon
A b-movie is a movie which has a low budget and usually presents a perticular genre. Low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the 1950s and we aspire to creat an acceptable science-fiction b-movie film. Many of the films arer 70 minutes or less, which is less than an average film of 90 minutes or two hours.
Our film was origninally going to be 90 minutes, however we have shortened it to 70-80 minutes to make it more like a b-movie.

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