Elvis Is God

Elvis Presley was seen as an Idol and a Legend by millions of people all over the world especially in Britian, a place where he unfortunatley never got to perform

The Victoria Pub (where filming took place)

Location:Typical East End Pub (The Victoria)

Fortunatley my family run a pub in the East End of London that looks incredibly traditional, keeping very much with the British theme. There is also a stage vthat can be easily used.

Having visited the pub (The Victoria)in half term I found two chesterfield sofas facing each other which would be perfect for the conversation peice, and is also in full view of the stage.

Props:
There is alot of Taxidermy on the walls. Perhaps the animals could be looking at him, making him seem more paranoid? Lots of music memorabilia is also on the walls, a lot of it is from the chracter obsessed with the 50's, maybe Elvis?

Bronson 2009

Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels 1998

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 1975

Clockwork Orange 1971

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Storyline So Far.......to be continued

As i have said in my research i like films which explore extrovert characters.Several of the main characters in Bronson , Trainspotting and One flew over the cuckoos nest for example have mental illnesses.I like the way these films Directors have shot these people,and my intention is to experiment with my own styles,to try to achieve a similar style.
The opening of my film intends to portray a character who is going through a hard time ,possibly having a breakdown,sitting in an empty pub drinking all alone.He wants to be a star,he dresses like a star but is in denial and to crazy ????
By shooting several different shots with my leading man ,acting happy ,sad,crazy and generally scitzo,it is my intention to have him sat in a typically English pub,with no effort to mix or overdub a soundtrack,but to stick with the music being played in the pub at the time.This will hopefully help the effect of creating different sides to his character.The converstion will be between himself and his imaginary other half,his weaker crazier side,being encouraged by his bolder more confident side.
My other main consideration is the soundtrack used in many Britsh films,for example “its a sin” Pet Shop Boys used in???????,and “Lust for Life” Iggy Pop in trainspotting.These are stand out alternative tracks ,that help put these films in an Indy genre of film,that appeals to an alternative crowd like my own.
Therefore a track needs to be found ,that appeals to my tastes,but more importantly the track i choose ,is to be sung by my lead actor at the end of my film,when he is convinced to get up on the stage .
This whole journey should be told over a full length fim,so the opening will end as he wants the fim to end .However it is all in his head for now ,and it will hopefully get the audience ready,for what a mental battle he has to come.

Trainspotting

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?
This is the famous quote from the mind blowing Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle. The film was released in 1996 and directed by the well known Danny Boyle also director of award winning Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later. The Film is about a group of Heroin Addicts going through some hard and depressing times in the late 1980’s in Edinburgh Scotland.
The Start of the film is introduced by the well known drug addict Iggy Pop with the track Lust for Life. The opening scene is of the characters Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Spud (Ewan Bremner) being chased by security while a loads of items are falling out from parts of their clothing. The shot used is a track shot in front of Renton and Spud following their movement as they are running down away from the two security guards who are also seen in this shot. Throughout the opening of the film of the shots are just tracking shots following Renton either from behind or in front of him, this is used to show the pace in which they are running at, and the distance between the prey (Thief’s) and the Predators (Security Guards). It seems as if the camera is being chased by the two thieves, the same as the two thieves being chased by the security guards, the two thieves are desperately trying to reach or take the camera over as that seems the only way to freedom, but they can never catch the camera as the security guards can never catch them.

Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?
Male

2. How old are you?
24

3. Do you prefer fiction or non fiction films?
Both

4. What is your favorite film genre and why?
Comedy because I enjoy laughter
5. What would you say your favorite British film over the past decade is?

6. Would you rather see well known actors or unknown actors in a typical British film and why?
Unknown because I have no pre conceived idea of their character or style

7. Do you find that you can relate to British Films?
Yes, they usually depickt stories and characters that I am fortunate or unfortunate enough to be familiar with

8. Did you enjoy Films such as Quadrophenia and This Is England?
Yes

9. What do you prefer an original scored soundtrack, cult tunes e.g. Quadrophenia and Bronson or both?
Both, music purely depends on what is being shown

10. Do you prefer films to be set in the past or the present?
I prefer films to be set in the past because I feel as if I am learning something new

Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?
Male

2. How old are you?
52

3. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction films?
Fiction

4. What is your favorite film genre and why?
Gangster

5. What would you say your favorite British film over the past decade is?
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

6. Would you rather see big actors or unknown actors in a typical British film and why?
Unknown actors so they cannot be judged before they even start acting.

7. Do you find that you can relate to British Films?
Yes, because everything that is shown in films like Adulthood and This Is England is all true just the side of Britain that people are scared to see

8. Did you enjoy Films such as Quadrophenia and This Is England?
Yes I did enjoy both of these films as I think both Directors got the music, fashion and struggle of them times spot on.

9. What do you prefer an original scored soundtrack, cult tunes e.g. Quadrophenia and Bronson or both?
Cult tunes because I feel as if I can relate to it better than cult tunes

10. Do you prefer films to be set in the past or the present?
Past

Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?
Female

2. How old are you?
50

3. Do you prefer fiction or non fiction films?
Non Fiction

4. What is your favorite film genre and why?
Western, because when I was a child most action films were Westerns including actors such as Clint Eastwood.

5. What would you say your favorite British film over the past decade is?
Love Actually

6. Would you rather see well known actors or unknown actors in a British film and why?
Unknown actors depending on the genre

7. Do you find that you can relate to British Films?
Yes, being a fifty year old female I do not enjoy and therefore cannot relate to violence in films such as Football Factory

8. Did you enjoy Films such as Quadrophenia and This Is England?
I enjoyed Quadrophenia due to the music and the objectives of the film, whereas I did not enjoy This Is England due to the racism and graphic violence.

9. What do you prefer an original scored soundtrack, cult tunes e.g. Quadrophenia and Bronson or both?
I personally prefer an original scored soundtrack

10. Do you prefer films to be set in the past or the present?
I prefer a film to be set in the past

Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?

2. How old are you?

3. Do you prefer fiction or non fiction films?

4. What is your favorite film genre and why?

5. What would you say your favorite British film over the past decade is?

6. Would you rather see well known actors or unknown actors in a British film and why?

7. Do you find that you can relate to British Films?

8. Did you enjoy Films such as Quadrophenia and This Is England?

9. What do you prefer an original scored soundtrack, cult tunes e.g. Quadrophenia and Bronson or both?

10. Do you prefer films to be set in the past or the present?

Analysis of British Film Bronson

The opening scene of the 2008 film Bronson starts with a very dark room, which has a red light that helps the audience just make out a bald headed naked man (Tom Hardy playing Charles Bronson). Non diegetic sound is used by using a song by the Walkers Brothers the Electrician, which adds tension to the scene as it is a very slow song that uses a very dark bass sound to add effect. This scene shows Bronson in a cage doing press ups, punching the cage and looking as if he is ready for a fight, as he has a very aggressive look to his face and is covered in blood and looking very dirty. All of the shots in the previous scene are simple mid shots, because if complicated shots where used because of the lack of light, the audience would not be able to make out what is happening. The next scene is of a set of prison guards opening one of two doors to access the cage that Bronson is in, as the door opens all of the lights come on, by now the audience have discovered that Bronson is in a very high security prison, which you would think for serious actions his part, but the audience are not aware of what he has done in his life so far. As the cell doors to access Bronson are opened he has his fists clenched and looks like a heavy weight boxer, in good shape and on his toes ready for a brawl, as he his approached by the set of guards he does not look intimidated at all. As the guards are in touching distance to Bronson, he swings for one of them hitting the top of his helmet, as contact is made the song drops into what seems like a happy more uplifting part, but that is why it goes so well as Bronson is fighting off guard after guard, the song is more cheerful that it ever was before. The Scene then finishes with a Mid Shot of Bronson laughing towards the camera and the title comes up in Red ‘Bronson’

Indentifying My Target Audience

I have chosen to do British Film for my media project. The reason for me choosing British Film is because many of my favorite films are British Film’s for example Quadrophenia, Bronson and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and many more. British films are always very hard to find the target audience because a lot of them are set in the past which attracts both a young and older audiences, this is because a young audience are intrigued to see what culture, politics, music and fashion was like back in those days. Whereas the older group of people who were alive during this time watch it to see how accurate the opinion of the Director is of that era, and possibly to refresh or bring back memories. A good example of this is This Is England as I know that I was drawn to the film instantly because I have a lot of interest and followed the Skinhead image, and my dad who’s in his early 50’s was also drawn to the film as he was a young adult during the early 1980’s and also followed that image during that era. He was very intrigued to see if Shane Meadows had made an accurate opinion of the Skinheads, the music, the fashion and the struggle England had during the Falklands War back in them times.
To find a specific age group for a British Film is impossible as anybody could be interested in the film for the reasons I have just mentioned. Other genres such as comedy, the target audience is clearly going to be a lot younger than elderly, as the language and actors used are generally very young, and an adult could find it hard not only to relate to the film but understand it in many ways, whereas a younger audience are surrounded by the language and actions of young people.
Clearly all British Films are trying to attract the attention of the British Public that is generally their target audience, as everything that is going in the film is based on them or everything that is around them. Even recent films like Kidulthood and Adulthood, lots of people are attracted to them because Noel Clarke is trying to explain and show everybody what is happening right on our front door, and open up peoples minds to some of the lives of teenagers roaming London’s streets. The reason for this is because everything that is shown is true or real and if not worse. People hear about it in the news but pay no attention, whereas if it is put into the film people will go and watch, and will get the message that it is trying to put across. The main audience that Directors of British Films are trying to attract is the British public as they know that they are going to be the most interested out of anyone because they are able to relate to the message that is trying to be put across. A good example of this is T.V. Series Shameless, set in the modern day and age in Manchester, and it shows the stereotypical side of Manchester and people enjoy viewing it, as it is all about us and people like being able to relate to it.
In terms of sex gender for British film I would say that men are more attracted to them than women simply because a lot of them contain drug use, violence or true stories that are very graphic. I would think without being sexiest towards women, that they would rather go and enjoy a Romantic Comedy or a Comedy than a film that does contain scenes of drug abuse, violence and graphic imagery.
Overall I am aiming to attract the British Public to watch my film as my film will be set in a very old fashioned East London Pub, and the film with have a very 50’s look to it, as my main character will be wearing clothing of that era.

British Film 3 Secondary Sources

BRONSON
Directed By: Nicholas Winding Refn
Storyline: Based on a true story of the lifestyle of Charles Bronson (Michael Peterson) who has spent most of his life behind bars, fighting guards and showing his love for art in many unusual but at the same time charismatic ways. The film was directed by the same person who directed Clockwork Orange, so the audiences are fully aware of what they are getting themselves into.

THIS IS ENGLAND
Directed By: Shane Meadows

Storyline: Story set in the early 1980’s of a troubled boy who has lost his father in the Falklands War. 12yr old Shaun comes across a group of friendly Skinheads, he starts spending a lot of his time with them, and eventually picking up the image of that decade, with the shaved head, Dr.Marten boots, chequered Ben Sherman Shirt followed by the braces. Shane Meadows touches on politics of that time, and shows the good the bad and the racist skinheads of the time.

QUADROPHENIA

Directed By: Franc Roddam
Storyline: Quadrophenia is based in the 1960’s; the film follows the famous era and lifestyles of the Mod’s. The film concentrates on the styles, music and the rebellious lifestyle of the young Mod’s, the film also includes the famous riot on Brighton’s beach between Mod’s and Rockers who were bitter rivals back in the 60’s.