Cutting Down Details:

I could cut down on the detail for the exam in these ways:


I would not include some of the extra characters.


I would leave out the information about the rebel bases.


I would leave out the complications in the end battle.

Secondary Audience:

The secondary audience for my film would be female aged 15-25 because of the second hero being a strong feisty female lead and due to the drama and romance of the film.

BLK feedback

Francis, can you make sure you see Mr Bayliss asap to sort your dodgy pics out? Miss b :)

Character Profiles:

Sabre Nolan: (Hero) Sabre Nolan is a typical alpha male, hero. He is strong, brave and handsome. He has worked at the CIA for 10 years as an agent and is used to conflict  and well trained having been on several missions. But this will prove to be his toughest yet and leaves the whole fate of humanity in his hands. Played by Christian Bale.

Raine Zahn: (Hero No 2) Raine is a relatively new agent. She has been at the CIA for two years and is every bit as brave, strong and attractive as Sabre. She is also quite feisty and witty and has learnt to fend or herslef since a young age having been abandoned by her mother. This makes her quite tough and streetwise. Played by Natalie Portman.

Vibius:  (Helper) A member of California's main rebel camp, Vibius is a larger than life character who keeps his sense of humour throughout the film despite the dark times. The rebels look to him to keep their spirits up so he is an unconventional leader of sorts. He is also strong and brave and decides to leave the camp with Sabre and Raine as he seeks adventure. He provides comic relief. Played by Will Smith.

Flower Starfeather: (Donor/ Princess) Flower is a dishevelled traditional woman distressed at the state of the current world. Despite her young years she thinks like someone much older and is quite wise. She has travelled far from her home in Colarado after being chased by the government for an attack on a clone factory so is an outlaw. She decides to join Sabre and Raine as she believes as she has knowledge on crossing long distances undetected. Played by Ellen Paige.

Will Starfeather: (Donor) Will is Flower's adopted son, a mischevoious scheming child but who means well. He is as angry as his mother at the clone situation and also strong, tactical and cunning and so comes with them, to help them on their journey. He was also abandoned as a child so has a strong connection with Raine Played by Will Poulter.

Presidents Clone: (Main Villian) The presidents clone is the main villian of the film as he has all the information the president has in his head of secret codes ect. He also takes charge of the clone attack. He is not so much of a fighter as a co-ordinater, pressing all the buttons behind the Presidents desk. This makes his evil lair The White House which is quite interesting as The White House is usually a force for good. Played by Danny Glover.

Marketing, Setting, Iconography

Marketing Campaign:

Teaser Posters of main characters split down face, one side their evil clone.

Main Poster: All characters with Clones behind them.

Tagline: Everyone has their dark side

Teaser Trailer: Dramatic slow-mo snapshots of characters, Clones, Car Chase and fight to drumbeat. No real clear idea of plot

Main Trailer: Full-on epic trailer. Orchestral music, Explosions, Fights, Locations, Chases.

Setting:

America.

Iconography:

Dark dystopian world, Big sleek state of the art Clone Factories, Futuristic cars, Futuristic skyscrapers, Dark Clouds, Run down Rebel Camps, Battered caravans, destroyed vehicles/homes, stormclouds.

Target Audience and USP

Audience: 15-30 year old males, Lots of money, Action/ Sci-fi fans, Fans of Christian Bale/Natalie Portman

Why? Lots of action, High adrenalin, Future setting, Explosions, Chases, Evil Robots/Aliens, Strong brave hero and attractive female lead

USP:  Everyone in the world has an evil clone.

Movie Pitch Mark II (Edited Version)

Movie Pitch: Clones 2050

Genre: Sci-fi 

Changes in Red: Equilibrium:In the year 2050 the worlds top scientists are reaching the end of a 10 year project to clone every single living person in the world. This means that if someone dies they can be brought back to life via their clone.

Disruption:As debate rages about whether this is natural or not, and a group of rebels (seen as outcasts) refuse to be cloned, an airborn alien substance infiltrates the factory and infects the transmitter for each and every clone in factories all over the world, reprogramming them. The clones awake now with the mindframes of the aliens and now wish to overthrow the human race clearing the way for an alien species (unseen) wishing to land on earth after ruining their own planet. Each clone is assigned to kill their equivalent human.

As humans all over the world are slaughtered by their much stronger clones. Raine Zahn (Natalie Portman) and Sabre Nolan (Hugh Jackman) (futuristic names) co-agents for the CIA in California manage to fight back and kill their clones. Opening them apart Raine and Sabre find chips in thier brains. They attach these to their bodies and are able to infiltrate a clone gathering undetected where they find out that for the clones to be destroyed the transmitter in New York needs to be destroyed.

The pair must travel across the country, not knowing who's a clone and who isn't and hoping the chip is enough to protect them. Of course it isn't and Raine and Sabre have many close encounters over the course of the journey. To protect themselves Sabre and Raine move from rebel camp to rebel camp (these places are safe because the rebels do not have clones) meeting some colourful characters along the way.) Throughout the film Raine and Sabre get closer and it is obvious they are falling in love.
Resoloution:

When they reach New York Sabre and Raine recruit the massive rebel camp there to rise up against the clone army protecting the factory.

During the showdown Sabre and Raine's rebooted clones come back to fight them. Raine is killed by her clone and in a cruel twist of fate the clone leaders ask Raine's clone to shoot Sabre, as they can tell he is in love with her. But the clone has inherited Raine's feelings and her love for Sabre is too strong so she cannot do it and instead helps him take down the rest of the clones and destroy the transmitter.  When the other clones die Raine does not because her strong feelings have broken her free from the tranmitter's influence.

Restoration

The transmitter is destroyed and the clones die. A damaged earth seeks to rebuild itself after the thousands of deaths but celebrations happen all around for the end of the crisis. The last scene is of Sabre and Raine Clone getting engagedin a romantic place (possibly Paris.)

Influences:

I, Robot

The Island

Spiderman 3

Narrative Techniques:
Suspense-The whole movie is suspensful and the characters are constantly on the run from danger built up by music
Red Herring-When Raine is killed by her clone, the audience think she will no longer have feelings for Sabre but are proved wrong
Binary Opposites-Good vs Evil, Male Hero vs Female Hero, Human vs Clone, Promises of Utopia by government (clones meant to help) vs Dystopia the situation creates, Rebel Camps vs Built up Futuristic World, The White House as a force for good vs White House as a force for bad.

BLK comments

Both homeworks very good; some effective analysis. Aim to be more explicit when identifying genre conventions, for example when writing about narrative, you need to identify specific action and events that are unique to the genre.

Great choice of clips, well done.

Action adventure clip: Car Chase, Quantum Of Solace

Quantum Of Solace is the 22nd film in the extremely succesful James Bond franchise. I will analyse the first few minutes of the video (before the opening credits.)

Narrative:

Equilibrium: Quantum Of Solace defies conventions as it does not start with an equilibrium.This is beacuse it a direct continuation of Casino Royale. It starts with an explosive action sequence which is explained later and gets straight into the stroyline.

Disruption: The storyline however does change direction when M's bodyguard turns out to be a double agent and attacks her allowing criminal Mr White to escape. James then chases the bodyguard across Sicily and this then leads him on a trail that takes him to Haiti, Austria and Bolivia where he uncovers a plot to take control of Bolivia's water system and create a monopoly.

Restoration: James stops the plot in a spectacular battle and Greene the main villain dies.

Iconography:
The Iconography is the clip is very important as James Bond is known for its cool gadgets and fast cars, and its weaponary mostly guns. The cars used are Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo, both extremely fast and smart cars. Machine guns are also used during the car chase. James costume, a suit and tie, is typically smart and suave, even during a high adrenalin car chase. The lighting is natural daylight but cloud covers the sun so the clip is not overly bright. The reason for this is that James Bind does not use shadowy or dark lighting as it is not mysterious, but a fully blown, in your face, unsubtle action movie.

Characters
The main character in this clip is obvioulsy the hero; James Bond. He is everything a hero should be. He is brave, fearless, strong and also seems unfazed by the chaos around him.
Other characters in the movie are
The Villian: Dominic Greene; has an evil plan and is hero's enemy.
The Princess/ Helper: Camille Montes; As well as being the princess and having romantic involvement with James, Camille helps James solves his mission and acts as his equally strong, brave sidekcik for much of the movie.
The Donor: Strawberry Fields; she helps James to infiltrate Greene's party.
The Princesse's Father: M; Although not literally in any way the princesses father, M is the wise older figure in the film.

Setting:
The film is set in a wide variety of locations across the globe which gives the film an epic scale and introduces plenty of exotic landscapes for different types of action sequeces to take place in. This gives the film an extra appeal as people will pay for the beautiful visuals and also gives the film a global appeal.