Who would be your target audience ?

We have decided that Pulse would be most likely to make our film because it is low budget and British; seeing as there audience already is British teens aged between 16 and 24 with films such as Kidulthood and Shifty I believe that these audiences would be perfect for our film. The fact that our film is social realism really appeals to the British teens as it is stuff a lot of them have to deal with on a day to day basis which means they can relate and I think in a sense this is quite comforting for teens today. 16 to 24 year olds these days will be in Education or maybe in work perhaps they have just come out of university and are in a new job after their studies, they will be facebook users and will watch a lot of movies either ripped off of the internet or in the cinema, for the most part the 16 to 18’s will have disposable money and will use the cinema more than other ages but as they get older they wont go as much until it maybe becomes once a year if your lucky, they are all going to listen to music and this will be another way of bringing in our audience by using new up to date British music in the film. Our 25 to 34 year old audience will probably be more men than women due to the genre of the film it will be violent and will deal with issues in society today and I think a kidnapping taxi driver is going to be a sore spot for women aged between 25 and 34. Our film will most likely attract more males than females because of the plot; a kidnapping taxi driver is not going to be a female’s choice of film when shown among other films about love and romance. Males are our target audience at the end of the day males of any age but we believe that males between 16 and 24 are going to watch this film more than anyone else.

Shoot day two.

We shot the second part of our thriller yesterday which went well, we used the car in this shoot mainly filming interior shots of the car and our two acts Lottie and Simon, the only problem we faced on the day was making the car look like it is moving as we could not shoot it when the car was actually moving, so we ended up using two red head lights and by making sure the windows where wet and the focus was sharp on our character we could move the lights past the window giving a false sense of movement, this worked quite well I think. After we tackled this problem we decided that our script wasn’t right so we had to improvise a new one on the spot which was quite a challenge but in the end we all pulled together and came out on top despite the bitterly could weather and the rain. I was assigned role of director on this shoot my favourite and because the idea for this shoot originally came from something I wanted to shoot a while back we developed on it and came out with “the driver” which I think became a nice idea in the end after the tedious processes we had to go through and the endless planning. My role as director meant that I had to give the acts direction and decide what we needed to shoot to make sure the story came out a good one and I believe that I did this pretty well but this opening sequence will not be what it is without the work put in from all the crew from camera to sound to production.

What institution would make your film ?

I chose Pulse as the institution that would make my film as they specialize in low budget British made films such as Kildulthood directed by Noel Clarke and Shifty directed by Eran Creevy in conjunction with Between the eyes films, two movies made by British directors by a British institution. Kidulthood and Shifty are films I chose that are similar to the one I want to make because they both tackle serious maters that are present in society today with drugs and rebellious teens, unlicensed cabs are a serious problem in the U.K. and I think for that reason Pulse would make our movie. Pulse is a company with only a handful of Directors on board most of which Direct commercials and music videos so they are all first timers when it comes to making a feature film or a movie and I believe that’s why they would make our movie because it is low budget and would give one of their Directors a chance to direct a movie. This film would be released on DVD and in the Cinema around 6 weeks apart, in the same way as “This is England” was which seemed to work for them. Also by making a saving on publicity as we could get backing from the government as this film tackles a serious problem in our country with all of those elements coming together as one the company is going to make a big saving and even bigger profit along with maybe allowing Film4 to invest some money for a premier on their channel on T.v. and the rights to T.V as they can recoup costs for advertising if the film is successful, on top of all that I believe it would be a good idea to sell this movie to an American distribution company as we know this film will not be released in the Cinema in the states but can be sold on DVD out there. Pulse does not specialize in one specific genre of film the problem is that they have not had the chance to shoot a lot of different movies so everything they have done film wise is based around gangs and drugs and I believe this is another reason that they would like to shoot my movie. I believe that Pulse targets a teenage British audience which again is another reason my film would be appealing to Pulse as it will teach teens not to take unlicensed cabs.

Our first shoot day.

The Shoot in Guildford went really well, we did a shot of the club sign tilting down showing Lottie Putting her jacket on coming out of the club and looking for a cab. We did a shot of a cab driving away from her and the unlicensed cab pulling up and her getting in. We then did a shot from another angle when Lottie is walking towards the camera and we see the black cab and unlicensed cab pulling up again. After that we did a shot through the window of the unlicensed cab as Lottie gets in it. These shots went really well for us but it was difficult as there were a lot of people walking past. It was also hard as we didn’t have a lot of time so we were rushed. This was my first time using a camera out in a town filming and there were a few inconveniences that I didn’t really think about before shooting i.e. the sound of the road, the traffic outside the club and getting the taxi to pull up on time. We could have used a better form of communication i.e. walky-talky’s to get everything coming at the correct time and making sure that people were not getting in the way of the camera. We decided to do these shots outside the club first of all to give us an establishing shot and secondly to show that she is alone and vulnerable, when we see the black cab pull of this is to show that she is being left alone in this place where she clearly looks lost. When the white car ‘our unlicensed cab’ pulls up this was shot from in front on a wide to show the confusion of this car pulling up by her and then the happiness when she realises this is a cab. All of our shots outside the car where done to give a sense of being alone and lots and I believe we achieved this.

The Driver- StoryBoard.

Reference

This film starts off with shots like we want in out thriller. The conversation between the girl and our driver is going to be shot very much similar to that in this film "Collateral".

Why Did We Use These Props?

• Abby is really upset having just broken up with her boyfriend, she is standing in the rain waiting for a cab
• Tomasz: you alright love, want a cab?
• Abby : Thanks , How much will it be to get to 54 Cavendish road
• Tomasz: Oh I think about £20 will cover it
• Abby: Ok
• Abby: struggles to pick up her suitcase
• Tomasz: Want a hand?
• Abby: Yeah, thanks
Tomasz goes to put Abby’s suitcase in the boot. Whilst doing so Abby is looking for her phone in her handbag and accidentally drops her bag on the floor-the contents falling out.
• Abby: Shit
• Tomasz: don’t worry ill get that get in the car (Picking up the contents of her bag from the road he hands the bag to her).
• Abby: Okay let me see how much I have got… (Pause)… Oh no I’ve lost my purse fuck sake today is not my day.
• Tomasz: How much you got?
• Abby: I have a tenner in my pocket (She shows him the £10 note)
• Tomasz: (looking through her purse at her ID cards) Don’t worry, you go to Warwick don’t you? You can pay me back there ill give you my card.
• Abby: Oh I didn’t know you went to Warwick? Thanks that’s great
• Tomasz: yeah on my third year now.
• Abby: oh what are you studying?
• Tomasz: Psychology.
• Abby: oh really? I’ve never seen you around.
(all goes silent. After a few seconds another voice is heard through the taxi radio)
• Other Man(Russian): Mate after the job your on I’ve got another one for you
• Tomasz (Russian): I don’t think this one will be going home, she’s a looker.
• Abby: Excuse me, sorry, my flats that way. (points right)
• Tomasz: nahhhh I know a better route.
(she falls asleep on the back seat)
• Tomasz (Russian): I’m Almost here get ready.
• Other Man (Russian): Ok great see you soon.
(BLACK OUT)
(Sounds of doors Slamming and a loud scream from the men who are shouting in Russian. )