Target Audience 

Seeing as my film is about drug abusing clowns, its only fair to say that my target audience is the drug abusers themselves. I think this because, the film will appear to be a bit comical, like a pastiche, but they will realize that it has a very serious message behind it, and it will show people what might happen to them if they delve into the world of crack. Its also for teenagers from 15 onward  but the film would probably have an age restriction of 18, because it will contain drug abuse, bad language, violence, and some disturbing content. But let's face it... Teenagers don't care about age restrictions! If they want to watch a movie they're not supposed to, they will, so this will be made with them in mind. The rest of my target audience is all the weird, deranged sick people out there with a sadistic sense of humor such as myself. 

Inspiration: Requiem For a Dream

Requiem for a dream (RFD) uses montages of extremely short shots throughout the film, also known as a hiphop montage, or experimental editing. Splitscreen is used extensively throughout along with extreme close ups, long tracking shots, tying the camera to the actor, time lapse photography, and fast forwarding and slow motion are used alot.  The camera angles and shot types are so dynamic in RFD, i shook with exitement at the sheer genius of the camera work. It is a truly spectacular master piece, and it is where i draw much of my inspiration. The huge contrast in shots makes the audience feel disorientated, and thet feel mixed emotions about the characters, this is what i aim to achieve.

Here is an example of the "hiphop montage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Dp7eZjC2g

This is the Montage used in the film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dig3HDSH9CE

This is our Hip-Hop Montage that we made in a media lesson, it is simply "how to make a cup of tea". All of us helped with the filming, directing and editing.

Camera Angles

I want to use a wide variety of camera angles and shot types to make my opening sequence visually interesting. Some parts i will film with a special lens that blurs everything out, i will use this effect plus additional distortion to make the viewer feel disorientated, like they are on a drug trip.
I like using low angled shot from the ground up, and canted angles. These are my two main shot types that i use alot, i also really want to use the setting and the mise en scene to frame the shots and make things more dynamic.
I will also be using different camera lenses, predominantly a fish eye lens.

Story board... Kind of... With words.

Establishing shot looking down a dark dirty alley way

Mid shot of Bozo the clown looking down really depressed, sitting cross legged with his back to the alley wall. We can see that he is surrounded by trash and filth, he has dustbins on one side of him

Extreme close up of crack pipe being put in between his crusty lips, and he inhales

Mid shot of Bozo again, he breathes out the smoke into the camera, so we cant see him properly, smoke blurs his face as it lingers, then when it clears we see his face properly for the first time

Long shot of him looking forward miserably

Bozo the clown appears letter by letter on the right side of him, looks as if it was spray painted.

Moving shot forward towards a pair of clowns, sitting on an anchor at night time laughing hysterically

Spinning shot with one of the clowns, (the clown spins and the camera follows)

 creating a disorientated feeling for the audience

Mid shot of that clown, fast forwarded, his name appears too in the same manner as Bozo

Long shot of the next clown walking happily around the anchor, on crack

mid to close up shot of him lying curled in a ball next to the anchor crying and looking desperate

His name appears 

Credits will appear at random ties integrated with the mise en scene ie on bits of trash, on the clowns, maybe the clown will hold a cardboard sign with credits on it, maybe credits can be spelled out in needle tracks on one clowns arm. These are just a few ideas, some of these i am definitely using.

Character Description

My main character is called Bozo the clown, he is a thin pathetic clown, his white face paint is turnig an ugly yellowy brown and is chipping off. His hair is a red tangled mess. He is dirty, unshaven, his eyes are heavily bloodshot and have an absent milky glaze over them. His arms are cut up and full of needle tracks, his fingertips are burned and stained brown, and all of his fingernails are dirty and splintered.
His once happy brightly coloured clown clothes are now torn and filthy. He creeps in in the darkness, hiding in alleyways Bozo the clown is no longer a people person, they scare him and trigger his psychotic schizophrenic delusions. There will be a few characters, all of which will be very similar to Bozo, just they will have certain different ticks and such, some will be more insane and have sporadic behavior.


                                  Here are some drawings i did of what the clowns will look like.

Inspiration from reality..

I take much of my inspiration from real life, when i go to London i see all the real crackheads and the places they hang out, which is generally in the poor grotty areas of London. They congregate together like a small family, or you have the loaner crackheads that are always alone and have trouble talking to people. So my characters are basically going to be just that, dirty, paranoid, depressed,crazy crackhead clowns. 
Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what these people are like:

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Genre Study... Mockumentary

The genre of my opening sequence is going to be in the style of Mockumentary. A Mockumentary is a type of film or tv show where fictional events are shown in a Documentary format. They are often used to comment on current events. They can be in comedic, dramatic, sad... style. Mockumentarys are often mainly improviesd, this uunscripted style of acting helps to maintain a sense of relism to the film, so the audience can think its real. 

My Mockumentary is about crack-head homeless clowns- i use the reallity of Crack-head homeless people on the streets of london, and i combine it with clowns to make it humerous and not as hard hitting as the reality of the matter. But my intention is to make people think about the real crackheads and sympathise with their suffering, try to look upon them more favourably next time they see one on the streets.

Here is a list of famous Mockumentaries: Borat, Forgotten Silver, Zelig, A Mighty Wind, Bruno, A Day Without a Mexican, All You Need is Cash, Come Fly with Me, Alien Autopsy etc....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBBkemP-UQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgh9http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YPQqhZNBsh2ePYw

Beginnings

Overview: I am going to make a documentary style movie opening sequence. So basically it is a fictional story done as if it is real with the whole interview on the street type thing. Its all about crackhead clowns, they are homeless, whacked  out their minds, dirty and of course on a mission to get more crack. 

My main source of inspiration is my own book that im illustrating and writing about the clowns, but in terms of camera angles and shots and editing, the movie requiem for a dream directed by Darren Aronofsky. Like requiem for a dream i will be using different camera lenses and filters to make really distorted disturbing shots so its like a drug trip for the viewer . Ill use a wide range of shots and angles to make it as interesting as possible. Its going to be set in really grotty dirty alleyways in rough parts of london like deptford and peckam. 

Requiem for a dream Trailer

Other Inspiration comes from the music i listen to and other films, such as hobo with a shotgun.  

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