Planning and Research

Research and Planning

Actors and their roles

Unfortunately we are only a 2 man group; therefore the actors that will be featured in our teaser trailer will be minimal. However will do plan to draft in some friends in order to help us with our task, and achieve what we currently have planned. Being a teaser trailer however a lot of the images will be fast and obscured, meaning characters will not be fully established, and we do not have to include a lot of people.

 Nathan Childs

I (Nathan Childs) will be taking on the role of Jackson Phillips. He is an intelligent young adult, who’s training in the Special Forces has led him to be a very handy man when it comes to fighting and gun battles. He was the mastermind behind the capture and killing of one the most deadly men in the world, and also led his team of soldiers to bring down plenty of the illegal gangs in England. However due to personal issues he has been withdrawn from the Special Forces and has been relieved of his duties. However he can’t bring down some of the biggest gangs in England, and kill the most wanted man in Britain without gaining some enemies. One of the deadliest gangs around is out to get Jackson and make him suffer for what he has done to their businesses, and the black market.

Lewis Kerr

Lewis Kerr will be playing the role of Brandon Davis. He is one of the most deadly hitman in England, and the side man on the leader of BROMA (the toughest and most violent gang in the United Kingdom.) Brandon’s been ordered by his gang member to capture Jackson, purely for redemption after what he has done to the illegal industries, and the man that he murdered (who was the original leader of BROMA) Brandon believes this is the job which will take him to the top of BROMA and earn him the respect that he fully deserves.

Props

One of the main props that will be used in the teaser trailer would have to be the weaponry. We plan to be using a lot of guns in the teaser ranging from small hand pistol, to bigger just such as shot guns. We feel doing this will only add to the thrilling atmosphere of the trailer, and definitely help us convey the mis-en-scene of it all (however all of these guns will be fake, a perfectly safe to use on set). Other props would be items such as rope, although this may seem like and everyday piece of equipment, it is used to hand Jackson up when he is being tortured. There’s more use of weapons in the trailer also, we will be using small hand knifes also in the trailer, to make sure these knifes to not injure or hurt anyone, there will be covered in tape to be sure they are not sharp.

Target Audience

I feel the audience that we are trying to reach would be between the older teenage categories leading the young adults (15 – 35). I fell personally these are the group of people who stereotypically enjoy the thrill of the chase and the firing of a gun; therefore it would be smart to aim what we are constructing in the direction for these group of people. We plan to do this not only through the action and pace which will be feature within our teaser, but also the sense of

atmosphere that our poster will be conveying. By looking at our inspirational movies and the certificates that they have been given it seems suitable to give our movie a rating of 15. This is because of the violence which will be shown in our film, especially being focused on the torture scene, and also the strong language, and illegal behaviour.

Location

We have chosen locations which are suitable for the emotions at atmospheres of the trailer that we are trying to convey, by doing this will are able to entice the audience, and give them a sense of what will be occurring within the film itself. One of the locations would be within a dark and dingy garage; this is great because it helps intensify the fear Jackson feels and danger that he is in. Another location that has been chosen is a multi-storey car park, this is a great place to be filming thanks to the vast open areas (from which Jackson can be chased) and the fact that there will be no public within the vicinity, therefore there will be little danger of the public feeling threatened from what we are doing.

 - Nathan Childs