Questionnaire 1 results

We asked males as well as females to get their opinion so that we knew out projected target audience was correct.

We asked which was their favourite genre so that we knew that our chosen film genre was right for the specific target audience. The boys that answered the questionnaire answered with genres such as action and horror which showed us once again that we are aiming the film at the right target audience.

We asked this question to see how people value film opinions. This is important to us because we are creating a film opening.

We asked this question in order to find out how big the title needs to be and how long it needs to be shown for. We also asked it so when it came to making up the name we would know how catchy it needs to be. As well as asking this questions students mentioned that they judge alot of films they watch by the title so therefore needs to grab their attention.

Alot of people thought that this would be a good idea to use at the start of a film opening. Therefore we can go ahead with this idea and use it in our film and start to come up with ideas on our story board. Another reason we thought this would be a good idea is because it will show the contrast between the characters we choose to use.

We found out when asking this question almost most of the people we asked like to listen to a soundtrack at the start of a film. By using a soundtrack at the start of our film it will allow the audience to be able to see what type of film they will be watching. When we asked why they enjoyed listening to the sound track at the start they told us that it drags their attention to the screen and makes them look forward to watching the rest.

Questionnaire 1

1) Age

2) Gender

Male Female

3) What is your favourite genre of film?

Romance Comedy Thriller Romantic comedy Action Horror Other

4) Do you enjoy you going to the cinema to watch your chosen genre? (Question 3)

Yes No

5a) How is important is an opening of a film to you on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 being not important and 5 being very important.

1 2 3 4 5

5b) Why?

6) Do you think the title is important in drawing you in to watch a film?

Yes No

7) Do you think it’s a good idea to use cross cutting at the start of a film between the main characters?

Yes No

8) Do you like it when films start to a soundtrack?

Yes No

Directors pitch/ Treatment for film opening

This was the first idea that we came up with.





Genre: Romantic Comedy- this was one of the most popular answers on the questionnaire so therefore decided to use this choice of genre.



Target audience: Female aged 12 + most of the people we asked were of this age and therefore we choose to use them. Also as we are all girls and around the same age we would all know what we would want to see and ask are friends along the way if we ever get stuck.



Outline of our ideas: We decided that the best thing to do was to have a contrast between two different girls. One girl would be posh, neat and always on time and the other girl would be messy and always running late. For example we would use an alarm clock to wake them up. The alarm clock would be a diagitic sound over the soundtrack that we decide to use. The posh girl would get up straight away and the messy girl would just turn the alarm off and stay in bed. We would show the contrast between the girls getting ready for school in the morning. The main point of the story would be about the girls liking the same boy and both fantasising about him. There will be the same picture of the boy in both of their rooms that they will look at in the morning whilst getting ready for school.

Generic features: Flicking scenes (cross-cutting) at the beginning of the scenes to show the contrast of both what they are wearing and what they are doing. We would also show credits of the film e.g. the actors and producers and also show the producing company.

Location: If were to go ahead with this choice of film then we would use 2 different houses and film in bedrooms, bathrooms and the kitchens. By doing this it would again show the contrasts between a tidy house and a messy house.

Resources: 2 female actresses, props needed in the rooms such as an alarm clock and toaster, 2 houses, contrasting costumes and a picture of the same boy in each room.

5 key shots and any special features: Framing shot of each girl, zoom in and zoom out/ close up shot of picture of the boy, shot of each room to show the contrast between the two girls, dieagitic sounds such as the alarm clock over the soundtrack, tracking shots and finally still shots of the two girls when credits come up.

We used our first idea to come up with our second directors pitch.

Genre: We decided to use romantic comedy again because that was the most popular choice of genre.

Target Audience: Girls aged 12+


Outline of our ideas: Contract flick scene of a boys and a girls daily morning routine. The girl is very messy and the boy is very neat which shows the contrast between the two. They don't know each other but they meet in school when the accidently walk in to each other. The messy girls books go everywhere and the neat boy helps her out.


Generic features: Again we would use flicking scenes (cross-cutting) at the beginning of the scenes to show the contrast of the two. The actors credits would be shown at the begining on the film and then credits such as the producers and the producing film company would be shown afterwards. The two different choices of clothes and rooms would show the contrast too.


Location: 2 different houses- boys house and girls house. Use rooms such as bedroom, bathroom and kitchen again. We would then need somewhere for them to use so decided the easiest place to film would be at school as its easy to get to.


Resources: male and female actor/ actress. Props in each room, e.g. clothes and alarms in the bedroom and props that we will need to use in other rooms.


5 shots and any other special features: Framing shot, 2 shots, soundtrack, Action, Reaction shot, tracking shots.

To help us decide which one we would use we made up a questionnaire

We decided to use the first directors pitch because we thought that the story was more interesting that the second one and more of our target audience would want to watch this.

Film Openings

P.S. I Love You

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Staring: Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler
Rating: 12

• Momentum pictures logo
• Starts with soundtrack
• Summit entertainment logo
• Alcon entertainment logo
• Titles such as director come up
• First shot, establishing shot. Extreme long shot of the city
• Foly effects of cars
• Tracking shot of the main characters. Holly walking away from Gerry
• First dialogue at 01:38 from Gerry. (Arguing with Anna)
• Close up shot of the main characters
• Sound track lowers when talking and arguing
• Flash backs to each character
• Flashes to a new scene in the flat
• 02:28 first dialogue from Anna
• Continuing arguing
• Lots of close up of the two
• Two shot of both of them standing in 2 different rooms. Gerry in dark room and Anna in light room
• 180 degree pan of Gerry shouting
• Clothing: Posh

In her shoes

Director: Curtis Hanson

Staring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley Maclaine

Rating: 12

• 20th Century Fox logo
• Selection screen with background music
• 20th Century Fox logo again
• Scott Free logo
• Background music comes on
• Titles
• Close up of shoes
• Titles
• Close up of paper/ folder / hands
• Titles
• Close up of shoes again
• Titles
• Close up of womans face
• Titles
• Close up of people kissing
• Voice over of main character
• High close up shot of main character being sick in the toilet
• Close up of main characters
• Change of scene
• Close up of man asleep
• Zoom out to show two people in bed- dark room. Introduce to the other main character
• Two shot
• Extreme close up of camera
• Foly effect of phone
• Change of scene
• Extreme long shot of car pulling up to hotel
• Over the sholder shot
• Two shot
• Scene change again
• In car, very dark outside
• Foly effect of other traffic
• Close up of both of the main characters