Progress report

Within our group we have began to start analysing trailers, each member of the group had to analyse trailers, as a group we also began sourcing music and have gotten a few sound tracks. 

We have started scripting and is currently still in progress. 

Auditions have been held and the correct people for the 'nigga' group. :)

Trailer analysis

Little Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHYJjfPp0A 

'Little Man' is a full on comedy based upon the representation of black people within a both positive and negative way being a method of binary opposition. This movie was both written and produced by the Wayans brothers, Marlon and Shawn; they also starred within the movie with lead roles, Marlon being the negative character, stealing the diamond with the help of his 'goof-ball cohort' Tracy Morgan and in contrast to this, Shawn playing the positive role of a father-like figure, is seen to 'take care' of Marlon who has to play the role of a little baby in order to fit into their house.

The conventions of this trailer are that they link to our production as the idea of stealing a diamond and the negative representations of black people may be one of our plots that we may use to make our own trailer and this clearly shows the representations of black people in a both positive and negative spotlight which is what our group may do. Another reason as to why I chose this trailer is because it is a comedy and some conventions such as 'black humour' may be used within our production in order to make the target audience laugh. 

After a few of the camera shots, towards the end, text comes up, with the narrator saying 'Little is the new BIG.' having many connotations, some of which include talking about the little man, actually being of a very large age or of him about to do something very big, or can even connote how this may be a small production, with a big turn-out within the movie. The camera angles are taken from a many places ranging from long shots, mid shots, tracking shots, pans and low and high angels shots. By doing this, it described what was going on within the story line and where the audience would look if they were part of the movie being a very important method as by doing this it would link the audience and would allow them to engage with the trailer allowing them to watch the movie creating a sense of anticipation and also being a clever method of marketing the movie. 

The songs used within the movie include the following: 

• "My House" by Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent
• "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone
• "The Message" by Echo & the Bunnymen
• "Movin' on Up" by Jeff Berry and Ja'net Dubois
• "Celebration" by Robert Kool Bell
• "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony" by Limp Bizkit
• "Lifetime" by Muddy Waters
• "In This Moment" by Ill Niño
• "Purple Haze" by Maxwell
• "Buddy (D-Rex Theme Song)" by Dwayne Wayans and Eric Willis
• "Best Friend" by Harry Nilsson
• "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas
• "Happy Birthday to You" by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill
• "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim
• "Candy Shop" (instrumental) by 50 Cent and Olivia

Most of these songs used as known to being of a very ghetto-like background and may appeal more target audiences of the black mass market as artists such as 50 Cent and Chamillionaire, who are also black, hip-hop artists, may appeal to the black target audience as they find it easier to relate to them being a positive impact upon the movie. The movie overall generated a total of $58,255,287 sales domestically and a total of $101,589,216 worldwide being a huge success which is why this movie may be appropriate for our group to analyse as it may help our production to also be successful in order to make people laugh outlining our genre of a comedy movie trailer. 

Targets

1) Research and analysis of comedy trailers, 2 each on blog, list ideas/key conventions
2) Script/Voiceover
3) Casting/Auditions/Rehearsals
4) Sourcing Music- examples on blog
5) Progress report

Ideas for the project.

Summarise your idea;

- Explain who you're working with and why;

I am working with Mathew, Rohit and Kiran. This is because all of our critical investigations link together of the portrayals of black people and how they are represented within the music and film industry. 

- Make at least three links to your Critical Investigation;

The 3 links to my critical investigation is that we are doing it on representations of black people and ethnic minorities, also it will be a spoof reinforcing the stereotypes regarding black males. Furthermore the genre we have picked will also link back to my critical investigation of a crime drama.

- Explain what elements you've learnt when doing your essay that you'll apply in the production;

The elements I have learnt while doing my critical investigation includes having to be careful when reinforcing stereotypes regarding black males as people could get easily offended and we cannot talk bad about key events in the history of black culture as this may easily be seen as offensive, so we would have to make sure that we do not offended someone too majorly.

- Identify the target audience (demographics, psychographics);

The target audience will be mainly those of ethnic minority and black males/females this is due to the fact that we are reinforcing the stereotypes about them as a spoof, they will also mainly be of the CDE class so working class and the younger generation, this is also due to the comedic genre of our production as the younger generation are more likely to be able to relate to the characters as although it is a comedy, I feel that it is important for the audience to have a direct connection with not only the storyline but also with the characters in order to the movie to generate sales. 

- Explain where/which channel/when it would appear and how your text will appeal to them;

As we are doing a movie trailer, the production would most likely feature in the cinemas then on Sky Movies comedy or Film4 as these are the channels that would support our genre and film, it will also appeal to Sky comedy as they have a channel that shows only comedy movies and Film4 also shows British comedy films for example; Anuvahood or Ill Manors. 

- list ten additional genre conventions you aim to incorporate. 

Humour(dark) -Dealing with disturbing subjects such as death, drugs and violence

Costume - Commonly seen gangster clothing such as tracksuit bottoms, jeans, hoodies, trainers etc. 

Setting - Usually a bright place for example a city or town, for teen comedies mostly schools.

Camerawork - Natural shots, everyone is usually of the same status so mostly mid-shots and close ups. 

Lighting - Would usually be bright due to the comedic genre, usually natural light which make the scene look happy. 

Props - Props would be important in a comedy, so using small things which are funny in the movie 

Characters - usually a contrast between someone stupid and a group of intelligent people, shows the change in status too.