Ideology.

In making a film in the style of British Drama I think that some elements that the audience will desire e.g. friendship groups, clothes and parts of the lifestyle (if you look at films like this is England, Rock n Rolla and clockwork orange aspects of "belonging" or being part of group of people the same as you)  but, essentially I think that the audience is more likely to see the downfalls to the things that they desire. Having a great social life = feeling like rubbish and not doing well in life, conforming to the bleak, gritty realistic aspects of British drama. By looking at conforming to a group we will be exposing the reality and downfalls to this, so by presenting the ideology of "belonging" to the audience we will be consequences for doing so.

Target Audience.

100% of the people we surveyed were interested in Drama films in the british or teen genre, to appeal to a broader audience we have decided to combine the two elements together and come up with a film that deals with the things British teens have to go through. Our film will be aimed at the target audience of 15 - 25 year who are interested in the darker side of teen life and the effects it can have on life. We will be aiming our film at a more middle/upper class audience, the type of young adults who watch "Skins" and "Misfits" apossed to "Adulthood" and "Shameless".

When doing these we will have to consider; costume, music and location. We will want to make the film in a way so that the audience can relate to the characters e.g. "Oh I've heard that song", "I have that jacket", "I read that magazine" or "I remember going there."

Analysis of the Conventions of British Drama.

This is an analysis of the genre of British Drama which also have a element of crime. We have looked at the films; The Full Monty, Trainspotting, This Is England, A Clockwork Orange and Brassed Off.

We have established that most British Dramas include:

Kitchen sink realism - rather condescending title applied from the late 1950s onwards in Britain to the then new wave of realistic drama depicting the family lives of working‐class character.

Enigmas - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.

Dull Colours - Dull colours to reflect the boring, unexciting lives of the characters.

This is England Analysis

Drama Genre: Questionnaire results and Analysis

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Drama Genre: questionnaire.

Genre Questionnaire

This was a questionnaire conducted to find out some information about our audience on our chosen genre, drama, specifically British.

Research into Conventions of Drama

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We created a mindmap and looked at the convetions in the film genres of Romantic (comedy and drama), Drama and Action.

Romantic:
-They are mainly filmed in big cities. For example London and New York.
-Mainly always contain an intimate scene of some description via the use of two shots.
-Romantic comedies use bright, calm, refreshing colours.
-Normally have a happy ending.
-Involves a challenge or a problem that needs to be overcome.

Action:
-They use big well known stars e.g. Nicholas Cage in nation treasure and Heath Ledger in Batman: The   

 Dark Knight.
-They tend to have explosions in every movie.
-Intense percussion is usually used.
-Usually involves stunts e.g. explosions and car chases.
-The good guy always wins.
-There is always a fight between the good guy and the bad guy.

Drama:

-Usually uses big stars before they get big, e.g. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Manic and Ewan Mcgregor in 

 Trainspotting.

-Kitchen sink realism.

-Bleak, dull colours to reflect the mood and atmosphere of the film.

My Media Piece

This is my media blog where I will be planning my AS media. I will be putting up of my research into british genre and it conventions, and all of the planning that goes into creating my piece I will be creating a short opening/trailer for film in the british drama genre.