~ Actors in our production ~

Detective 1 – [David Stone] – HENRY

Detective 2 – [Dan Cash] – JAMES Q

Mafia Accomplice – PETE

Murderer – [Dan Cash Gone Rogue] – JAMES Q

Victim - JONNY

First Officer On Scene – WILL D

Jonny Knibbs (victim - Jim marley)

Henry Inman (Detective 2- David Stone)

Will Davidson ( 1st Cop on scene)

Peter Fawcett (Mafia accomplice )

James Quinlan (Detective 1-Dan Cash and the murderer)

~ market research ~

-Sherlock Holmes-

Sherlock Holmes is a very good detective film. This film is good because there is a lot of enigma raised throughout the production and therefore makes the audience more involved with the situation. i think that the enigma raised allows the viewer to become part of the production as in they are trying to solve the film as well as the detectives. This film is good but unlike ours is set in 

-James Bond Casino Royale-

All of the James Bond films are detectives but in a different form to ours, our production is going to be a very sedate film in which there isn't a lot of action and shooting scenes, instead it is going to be very slow paced and ideal for the 35+ target audience. I think that Casino royale is a very good film because they are quite easy to understand, this is because most information is presented in a an easy way in which it can be read by most people. 

~ Interviewing the target audience ~

Example of questionaire 

15+
We asked one 15+ aged person about what they think of our film idea, they said that they would like to see more action in it and they would like to see more happen, overall they thought that it was a good idea.

35+
The 35+ aged person thought that this film would be a really good idea and thought that it doesnt really need much changing, this correspondes with what the BBFC said about the target audience being 35+.

~ Marketing ~

When marketing you need to take into account the target audience, for us this is teens aged 15+ both male and female and women aged 35+.

Our group decided that it would be best to advertise during program's such as 'Lewis' (which is a detective drama on TV), 'Coronation Street', and before films at the cinema such as 'Sherlock Holmes' which is coming out in the near future.

~Target Audience~

After Talking in the group and seeing what the UK film council said we came up with two possible target audiences: 15 years and up and What the film council suggested 35 + females.

However the Film council data didn't include our genre (detective) so the research came from the closest possible genre (Thriller). So what we'll do is interview a 15+ audience member and a 35+ audience member, then we'll discuss the feedback and try to blend the best of what we hear from both interviews in to the film. 

~The BBFC~

The BBFC control film classification throughout all films published in the UK, they regulate what film rating a film should get and if it actually eligible to be published.The BBFC rate films by looking at certain criteria and comparing it to the film in question, if films fail to meet this criteria aspects of the film may have to be changed or the whole film may be rejected, the criteria is:

± Discrimination - is the film offensive to a certain religion, gender, disability, etc.
± Drugs- Does the film portray the use of drugs and does it advertise the use of drugs
± Horror - are there scenes that are to scary for young children.
± Language - Is there bad language that can influence young minds.
± Imitable behaviour- Are the scenes to violent or use certain dangerous weapons e.g. knives or bottles, these      
                                  are any thing that a child may be able copy and take influence from.
± Nudity- Does the film portray too much nudity/sex that could be offensive to the audience, some films that use
                to much nudity may be classed a R18 because there is to much nudity for it to be classed as just an 18
± Theme - are there thing added into the film theme that could be offensive, for example there shouldn't be  
                 glamorisation of illegal activities such as drug dealing, rape or murder.
± Violence- Does the film contain graphic or excessive violence.

~synopsis for film~

Detectives David Stone (Henry Inman) and Dan Cash (James Quinlan)  investigates the murder of a wealthy banker with known Mafia links. As the case develops, more wealthy victims are found, notably a private doctor, CEO of an insurance company and the head of a union striking about pensions. Stone finally makes the connection that his partner's father needs £30,000 to have life saving surgery. After staking out Cash, Stone learns he's been raising money for his father's operation by moonlighting as a Mafia  hit man and now Stone must make the decision of his life: condemn his best friend's father to death or let more people die at the hands of his friend.