Location Planning

This will be the protagonists house his operations are based here it is placed in a suburban neighbourhood it makes the protagonist look weak and vulnerable. Playing into the comedic element of the film. Making him look like a young middle class suburbanite with too much time on his hands.



This sign post will be one of the places where a justice poster is place, it is a pastiche to the classic art of street advertising with the classic wooden pole.



This bus stop will be used for another gag it will be cut to after being referred to as the justice mobile and then a shot of them waiting will be cut to.



This run down abandoned building could be used for an external shot a fight could take place in the car park somewhat of a gritty brawl.



The crossing will be used for one of the gags within the film, were our hero helps a disabled man cross the road and in fact gets attacked by him. The urban environment plays into the gritty element of the film. A British audience will also be able to identify with the institution of tesco.



This abandoned house may also come in useful for a second fight scene.

Obtaining Music

We have decided to try and obtain permission to use the music of the British hard rock band the black spiders, their music is very upbeat and will increase the tension within our trailer, they are also a small band so obtaining permission may be easier as we are directly able to contact their manager.



Below are images of the email conversation between myself and the manager of the black spiders.

Props List, Call Sheets, Shooting Script

Justice Posters – These will be a simple mock up poster with a fake phone number on them, they will be used to advertise the services of the justicar however they will be used to implement a gag in the script, due to the poor location of the posters he receives a call from a pervert right at the end of the trailer. This gag is a final sucker punch often used at the trailers to make the audience want to see the film.

Hat – This will be a part of the justicars costume in combination with his mask they will both be used to conceal his identity and make him look stronger due to an absence of emotions.

Mask - A mask is an iconographic element of the superhero genre. It conceals the identity of the character, making them seem less human and personifies them as a new personality.

Weapon – will be used by the heroes ineffectively but used against them by the villains.

Map of Justice + Hand-outs – Will be used for a gag within the film and is also a plot point the superheroes will try and carry out their missions within the highlighted areas on the map.

Post It Notes – Supplementary of the map of justice will also be used for a gag, stuck to one of the heroes as he is not paying attention.

Camera – Surveillance item used to capture recognisance on the local gangs.

Box / Bag – used in a deal by the gangsters, heroes speculate upon condense.
Laptop – Used to research crimes and vigilantism, a plot point that spurs the motivation to fight crime.

Cigarette – Connotes the fact that the chav character is a villain a deviant problem for society.

Two Mobile Phones – Used for heroes to keep in contact with each other.

Call Sheets



Shooting Scripts

Characters

James/Justice
James has had a strong sense of morality since his upbringing, but until recently, never had the drive to do anything about it. This all changed when, after seeing enough crime in his neighbourhood, became convinced that it was his destiny to stop crime and restore justice to the world. He has a no nonsense attitude and, because of his new calling in life, has very little time to crack jokes, although in the company of his friend may rarely find himself returning to his laid back slacker ways.



Rob/Owl Eyes/Avenging Rock Star
Rob has been a slacker most of his life, and has been proud to say so for just as long, he is not overly enthusiastic about his new role of crime fighter, especially as he openly acknowledges his lack of any fighting ability or ambition to help people, despite this, he genuinely cares for his friend and tags along in more of a babysitter role, knowing that he cannot do it alone, Rob is constantly sarcastic and makes fun of James’ attempts at vigilantism

Shot Log

Long Shot – mysterious man walking
Medium shot – Steven talking to his phone
Close up – Ryan talking to his phone
Close up – Steven again
Medium shot – Ryan
Close up – Stephen

OTS shot – Stephen on PC
Close up – PC

Overhead group shot – the two discussing the plan with the map
Medium – Ryan looking at the map

Close up - Poster
Medium Shot - Poser
Close up – Poster
Long Shot – Poster on a dumpster

Close up – The two waiting in vain for a phone call

Medium Shot – Josh limping
Medium Shot – the 2 on a wall talking
Medium Shot – Stephen approaching josh
OTS shot – josh dropping the nut
Close up – Ryan shocked
Long shot – Owen walks, gives package to Craig, who walks the other way
Close up – Ryan is taking pictures of Craig

Close up – Craig smoking a cigarette
Medium low angle shot – Stephen looking heroic
Close up – Craig throws the cigarette
Medium shot – Stephen freaking out!
Medium shot – Stephen threatening
Close Up low angle – Craig’s knife, Stephen in background
Close Up – Stephen shouts
Close up – Craig, gets tackled

Medium shot – Ryan with a slingshot

Close up – Stephen talking
Medium shot – reverse of above, Ryan talking

Title - Vigilante

Storyboard

Script

EXT. Evening. Deserted Street

LONG SHOT. A hooded man walks along a deserted street, occasionally looking behind him.

OTS SHOT. It is revealed that someone else is trailing him; the second man talks into his mobile phone.

JAMES

Owl Eyes, this is Justice, I have eyes on target. Moving south towards the alleyway, what’s your current position?

ROB

Yeah I’ve changed my mind; I want to be “Avenging Eagle” now

MEDIUM SHOT. James looks at his mobile phone incredulously

JAMES

What? I am not calling you that, keep your eyes on t- Where’s he gone? Damn it Owl Eyes

ROB

Avenging Eagle

JAMES

Shut up Rob

INT. Day. James’ Room

OVERHEAD SHOT. Our Heroes sit around a table discussing how to regroup. James has laid out a map of the area and is outlining in detail the pairs plan of action

JAMES

This is our area; I’ve highlighted in red the areas where we need to concentrate patrols.

CLOSE UP. Rob Scans the map, half impressed, half confused

ROB

Alright, so why is my Nan’s house highlighted?

JAMES

You know why

JAMES

Secondly, the people need to know that we’re out here for them

JAMES

Finally here is where it gets interesting; there are key individuals that control all crime around here, we have to deal with that; Hard and fast.

EXT. Day. A busy street crossing

LONG SHOT. A heavy set man on crutches is carrying shopping and struggling to cross the street.

MEDIUM SHOT. Behind him, the duo sit silently arguing over who should go to help him, eventually James concedes.

MEDIUM SHOT. James casually approaches the man with an outstretched hand.

JAMES

Excuse me sir, I couldn’t help noticing you struggling with those bags there, could I lend a hand?

BIG MAN

What? No, no, get off, GET OFF!

MEDIUM SHOT. The startled injured man delivers a powerful head butt squarely on the bridge of James’s Nose.

CLOSE UP. Rob is shocked and a little amused at what just happened, letting out an audible gasp.

EXT. Day. An empty alley way

MEDIUM SHOT. One of the gangsters that the trio have been following is waiting around on his own, smoking.

JAMES (Off-Screen)

Hey Scumbag!

MEDIUM SHOT. James stands before the Gangster in a heroic pose.

JAMES

Prepared to pay the piper?

MEDIUM SHOT. The Gangster, unimpressed, casually takes the lit cigarette from his mouth and flicks it at James.

LONG SHOT. James panics as the cigarette hits him, providing some amusement for the gangster.

JAMES

Oh was that Funny? Well I Hope it was worth it becau-

LOW ANGLE CLOSE UP. The gangster pulls a knife on James, which catches his attention.

JAMES

Uh Oh. NOW!

CLOSE UP. The Gangster is startled for a second before being tackled from behind by Rob.

Audience Research and Initial Planning

The following results were collected using This online survey, a volunteer sample was obtained by asking members of social networking websites and forums within the target demographic to complete the survey.



A slightly larger proportion of our respondents were male however this plays to my advantage as males are the most likely demographic to watch the type of film we are producing.



All of the respondents were between the ages of 16-30 this also is beneficial as these two age groups are the most frequent cinema goers and are most like to be exposed to and consumer a media product such as our own.



Most of our audience will watch the entirity of the trailer but the access the other quarter it is adviseable to create a hook for them to captivate their attention as to watch the rest of it and see the release date.



Polling our audience has provided us with information that every particular aspect of the trailer is important to the audience other than the companies involved making the productions.



There is no specific preference within our audience for a particular type of movie thus creating a hybrid genre of action, comedy and superhero will allow us to access the largest audience demographic. Appealing to the largest audience possible ensures a greater amount of interest and maximises profits at the box office and within the long tail.



The following graph shows that our audience tends to prefer the more iconic superhero franchises such as batman and spiderman as out character is not established the next highest rated film is kick ass this supports the idea to create a hybrid genre to tap into the largest audience demographic.



This graph shows that the most of our audience will be interested in the main task but a small proportion will also be interested in the ancillary tasks.

Initial Planning

From our research we were able to generate an initial plan for our trailer, relying on both our own research and the above questioning of our target audience.