Aims and Context

Aims:

My film sequence, called ‘Being Xara', will be in the style of ‘American Indie’ film and will be of the comedy-drama genre. This sequence will attempt to establish the protagonist character and the narrative situation and the main aim is to make the audience sympathise with the character. I aim to use mise-en-scene to do this, using features of mise-en-scene to show the monotonous life she lives as well as her social situation and hint at the impending change that she faces during the sequence. This should help me achieve my aim as the mise-en-scene should show the protagonist as someone to sympathise and empathise with. I also aim to reflect the current economic climate were jobs are concerned.

Context:

I will create a 3-5 minute long sequence from my imagined film called ‘Being Xara’. I will take up the roles of Director, editor and cinematographer, when creating my sequence. The target audience of my film is 18-30 year olds as this includes university students and people in the early stages of their careers. Due to the fact that my target audience includes university students and part of the cross-over audience, they will appreciate the drama part of the genre, which is generally targeted to the cross-over audience as appose to the comedies and action genres. It is also the age range of those most affected by unemployment and lack of jobs due to this economy. The protagonist also falls into this age range. This means that the audience will more likely sympathise with the character. The certification will be 15 as it is closer to the crossover audience range and also it will allow the film to include language and themes that are inappropriate for a younger audience, but happen to link with the plot of the whole film. Also as the target audience is older than 15, the subject matter links more to their possible life situations and will be of no particular interest to those younger than 15.