Research and Planning Provisional Marks

You need to revisit all of your posts and spend a couple of hours adding some extra analysis where you can - mise en scene, narrative, representations, camera composition, lighting, sound, editing, branding, unique selling points. Also comment on some of the recent images and the footage you have posted recently. I would like to see some evidence of your time management - dates and timelines for production - and would love to see more of your video blogging. A good blog page - if you spend some more time making your research and planning feel more like an exciting journey then you'll really impress! 15/20

Draft of final Poster.

This is a draft for our final poster, we used an image of the zombie make-up that i have done and we used it for a poster.

We thought about

Virus Development Shots.

On our first day of shooting a few of our actors werent able to make it due to school rehursals or christmas play rehursals so we decided that we would film a variety of developing shots. On the day it was also very cloud and rainy so it was perfect for the image that we wanted to go for and inspired how the film will look today.

Because we know we wanted to use a school as its a relatable location for our target audience we tried to go to more obsucure places. For example a panning shot from above the buildings is on a stair case to a blocked part of the building meaning nobody really does up there. As the is an view of the building students wont know it will be more intreaging. Corridoors are something we really want to include in our production due to the grim lighting that occures when we change to colouring of the trailer.

0:00 - 0:04 // We filmed whilst walking down the E corridoor and after that we edited the clip to slow it down. This created a haunting atmosphere and made the camera jult more causing the light reflecting off the wall to give the illution its flickering. This technique and location is somthing we will probably use in a death scene of one of the lead charecters. The enclosed corridoors makes the audience feel costriphobic and alone which will in turn make the audience feel for human charecters in the corridoor as you can predict danger.

0:05 - 0:08 // The section of the year 7 playground I film here had to be cut due to the bright colours in the art windows and the brightly coloured blue and yellow doors. From this we learnt that bold colours dont work well as they still overpower the editing making it look amature.

0:09 - 0:12 // The field I feel is a really strong location due to the flat landscape across it, it really emphasises how alone the humans. Aswell as this the trees at the back when editied create a dark frame around the field emphasising on the enclosed space they live in makeing the audience feel they are safe.

0:15 - 17// The building shown are as bright as I would would to include any colour in our production. Any brighter I think the building become to obvious and it takes the attention away from whats happening in the scene.

0:32 - 0:35// The playground is a good location as its the most steryotypical location in a school, reminding the audience where its set. Aswell as this the fencing around the edge of the play ground also makes it seem like a prison, making it appear dangerous.

0:41 - 0:45// This is possible my favirote location due to the dug up ground making the school grounds appear untended to as if it has been left. It also suggests a sort of aftermass of the Zombie apocalips as if a veichal of some sort has driven and taken up the grass. Aswell as this the puddles of dirt make it seem dirty and abandoned.

Zombie Poster.

Making a zombie poster.

When making a zombie poster we have to think about what images we use, what font we use and what colours we should use, by looking at these posters of zombie films it is present that we should use some sort of zombie-like image, just like 'Zombie' 'The Zombie Diaries' and 'Day of the Dead', however we could use a zombie like object or feature as the main picture. the font and colour seem to focus on being very bold, thick and red, this shows that when creating our poster we should use bold fonts and bright blood red coloring.

 

This here is a template of what a poster should look like, we can base our posters off this so that we can make it look as ourthentic as possible.

Teaser Trailer for VIRUS

While we were producing our film trailer, we decided to create a teaser trailer for our film. A teaser trailer is usually released a long time before the main trailer, and is used to build hype around the film. We decided to create one, as we wanted the chance to play around with marketing, and see what ideas we could apply to the teaser. We added rock music and a special filter to the footage to enhance the cold and isolation of the footage.

We decided to have the scene set in a fire escape

Overall we are happywith the syle of our teaser trailer and we really enjoyed creating it.

'Virus' Storyboard

This video is our 'Virus' trailer storyboard.(the figures with the red parts are the zombies)

The locations for half of this storyboard will be at our school grounds, we decided this because with our time manegment we thought it would be quick and easy to film.
For some of our shots (mostly the end action shots) we will be filming anywhere we can, because these shots will only last for about 2/3 seconds we can choose a spur of the moment location and shoot there.

We decided to use 'rock' music because we want the viewer to feel exhillerating while watching the trailer, we want the music to build up to the fast action shots to create a suspense through the beginning and then creating a loud 'drop' of music in the action shots.

The special effects we will use is mostly for sound because we will have gun shots to make the props seem real, and use overlaping sound of zombie noises instead of making the actors do it in front of the camera we think we will record a backing track of the noises to create a more theatrical trailer.

we chose to do a range of shots because we wanted a diverse type of trailer, ranging around medium shots, close- ups and long shots. the medium and long shots will be used for when we are filming action and 'battle' scenes, the close-ups will be used for when we want to focus on a characters expression or their speech.
 
We will be involving fast black transitions, by doing this is gives the trailer a fast pace making the viewer feel like there is alot happening, and makes them wonder what is going on behind the black transitions making them want to go to the cenima and see the whole of the film to know what is really happening.



 

Zombie Script 3

VIRUS

-green banner-
-production info-

[Medium shot of rebel on bike cycling away from behind, hand held to give the shaky effect]

Rebel: (whilst cycling looks over his shoulder to see how close the zombies are)

[close up on rebels face, tracking shot as he turns his head to face forward]

Rebel:(turns face forward, shakes head)

[close up low angle shot taken from floor level showing the bike skid side ways into the P.E. corridor]

Rebel: (jumps off bike and starts banging on the outside door to the hall) open the doors

[close up of zombies feet dragging across the floor]

Rebel: (try to push the door open by ramming his side into it) damn it

[over the shoulder shot from zombie prospective closing in on Rebel]

Rebel: (rams into door as it opens)

{music builds up to climax}  

[medium shot, high angel of the door showing rebel lying on the floor]

Rebel: SHUT THE DOOR

[the camera is slowly zooming in, doors shut on camera]

[long shot of boys just taking a rest]

{everything goes silent}

*EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE*

[zoom into boys (django unchained) or just straight into a medium shot where they are all holding the door holding sports equipment as weapons]

{zombies are groaning}

All: (panicing and screaming)

[zombies are pushing the door making it move]

[a variety of angles to emphasis panic]

[doors stop moving]

{violent sounds of fighting outside}

[medium shot of the group of boys from the back]

Boys: (back away from the door)

[Hero kicks open door, fog and zombies are on the floor]

Hero: you ladies alright

[close up of boys (goonies shot)]

boys: (nodding their head fast)

[over the shoulder shot from the boys view looking at the hero]

Hero: I'll leave you too it then (turns around) {huffs} (turns back to face them) then again you could always join me

[transition shot making it appear like a vision]

[montage of the film and dramatic fight scenes] 

[transition shot out of the montage back to the over the shoulder shot]

-title-

all: (cliche walking in sync together in a triangle formation out the school)

-coming soon info-

Own Production company 'Splatter Studios'

We decided that instead of using an existing production company we thought that creating and using our own would be more better and beneficial. instead of this production just being for a selection of horror films, it would specialise only in zombie and gore films. 

This clip is the final product for our own production company, and it will go at the beginning of our trailer. 

'Splatter studios' was a good choice because it can be related to gore and even blood 'splatter'. Its bold and dark colouring and creepy font will hopefully grab the attention of our viewers, who will be our rating of 15+.

unlicenced music.

After some searching i discovered a website that allows people to use their music, it is a website listed with unlicensed music. 

i thought this would be beneficial because i think that we would have trouble making the right music to go with our trailer.

the music for our trailer that we want is a very rock-ish style, this is because we want the viewer to feel exhilarated and give the effect of adrenaline making the viewers heart pump.

below are some samples of music from this specific website that i think would suit our trailer.

Noise attack.

 

Summon thee Rawk.

Final photograph of make-up.

This is a photograph of the self done zombie make-up down below, the results turned out very well, and as you can see i have manipulated the photograph in Photoshop, seeing as photography is one of my huge interests i could take my photographic skills and use then within my media, the photographic manipulation is present within my eyes, i have made them look all white and very zombie like, this shows that if we gout white contacts we could go very far with the zombie look. 

We have even thought about using this photograph as a promotional photograph/magazine cover/ poster for our film and trailer.

Self done Zombie Make-up

 

The make-up that we will be using is very important in our trailer making, we want it to look professional just like in the movies.

Fortunately i practice and use prosthetic make-up in my spare time so i was able to use my skill in this to use in our trailer, the time-lapse video is me doing a demonstration shown a make-up option for 'Virus', By doing this i was able to experiment with the different materials and colours that i could get a hold of, we were able to get an idea of how long it would take to apply this certain make-up to other actors.

By me recording this in 1080p HD we were able to see what the final product may look like because some types of camera can make some prosthetic make-up look very fake, this is also beneficial because we are using the same HD camera when filming for our trailer, we are now happy with our plans and will proceed forward.   

The materials that i used for this tutorial are;

• face wax
• concealer
• face powder
• gel blood

Types of zombies.

Types of zombies.

The Generic Zombie(The Walking Dead)-

• The Generic Zombie is a human that has been brought back to life and  shuffles, moans and is unable to move properly. Always very aggressive, but not very fast.They are usually the victims of a virus messes up the brain, stopping everything and thus creating the zombie. These types of zombies come from no-where, anyone can catch the virus by a bite and become a zombie. The virus is normally transferred via a bite, however any transfer of bodily fluids may also give the victims the virus.

Resident Evil Zombies (films/games)- 

• Resident Evil Zombies were zombies created accidentally via the T-Virus and other types of virus, created by the Umbrella Corporation. These zombies vary from other zombie as not just humans can become infected, but animals and plants as well. The zombies in Resident Evil are listed bellow:
• • Hyper Zombies: These zombies are freshly made and they tend to sprint fast towards humans, they're stronger and a bit faster than the general zombies.
  • Crimson Heads: After suffering a large T-Virus infection, the zombies start to gain a red-ish skin colour, their fingers get claws and they start to release a gas. they become more aggressive but faster and can take a number of hits before dying.
  • Lickers: Is the final evolution of a zombie as the Crimson Head(red skin zombies) "evolves" into a faster predator. They lose sight, but instead they gain super hearing and get the ability to walk on walls like bugs. Also they look like as they've been skinned or turned inside out. They attack their prey with their sharp claws and their long tongue.

The Crazies (Film)-

• The Crazies are a rare infected who have been infected with a ' Rhabdoviridae Prototype (fictional toxin) ' called Trixie that drives them insane and have the urge to murder after catching it. They are special because after becoming infected, they gain the homicidal and irrational drive of a Zombie, but do not lose any of their intelligence, memories, use of weapons, or coordination - they simply become entirely drived to killing anyone non Crazy. they have been known to stand still like a statue, holding their positions, lying in wait for the victims. this infection/virus also kills its host after 48 hours.

Voodoo Zombies-

• Voodoo Zombies are individuals created by a witch doctor through mixtures of poisons and herbs. These are the first Zombies, Other Voodoo Zombies are re-animated corpses brought back from the dead by Voodoo rituals. Salt can be used against them, causing them to realize they are dead, and return to their grave.

This YouTube video sums up the evolution of the zombie very nicely, watching this has given me an insight on what types of zombies are in the media;

Script 2.

VIRUS

-green banner-

fade out sliding shots of the school with students]

{dark suspense music}

[extream close up, to close up on Rebels face]

Rebel: (rebel is stareing into the camera and puts helmit on)

[wide shot of the Rebel on the bike]

Rebel: (cycles down and into something that gets his bike stuck)

{Zombies sounds get louder}

[medium shot of Rebel, slowly closing in on his face]

Rebel: (panicing trying to get the bike out) 

[close up of bike part thats stuck]

Rebel: (frantically shaking the bike and kicking it) {groans to himself} FU

-cuts to production company- 

Rebel: (running round corner) {screaming} OPEN THE DOOR

[close up of feet running round corner]

[medium shot of double doors]

Geek/outcast: (unblocking door)

[low angle close up of the door]

{screams getting louder}

geek: (pulling off the chain from the door)

geek/outcast: (pull open door)

Rebel: (dives in through doors)

[medium shot taken from the floor of rebel]

all: (they rush off and rebel get up off the floor)

[medium shot of jock playing basket ball from side on in the hall]

rebel/geek/outcast: (Rush through doors)

geek: (chains up door)

{zombies getting louder}    

[medium shot of boys in diamond formation]

all: (struggling to keep door shut)

geek: (turns to rebel) this is ALL YOUR FAULT (starts strangling him)

[close up of rebel being strangled]

rebel: (puts hands over geeks face)

{sound of gun two shot}

[close up of jocks face jumping]

{punching and fight sound from outside the door}

all: (back away from the door)

hero: (pushes open doors)

Script 1.

VIRUS,

-film production company logo-

[fade out sliding shots of the school with students]

Rebel: (gearing up, to cycle around school outside)

[fading slide transition shot to gym]

Jock: (in the background playing basket ball)

Cheerleader: (painting her nails in the focused part of the shot)

[fading to science room]

Geek: (conducting an experiment that emits smoke)

[fades to art classroom]

Outcast: (painting the zombies from inside the classroom whilst munching)

Rebel: (cycles past on his bike)

Zombies: (follow rebel on the bike)

Outcast: (rushes towards the window and watches the zombies follow the rebel)

[cuts to science classroom]

Rebel: (cycles past)

Zombies: (follow shortly behind the rebel)

Outcast: (rushes into science room)

Geek: (grabs coat) seriously

Outcast: (scattley rushes out the room)

[geek and outcast are running down the long corridor]

Geek, Outcast: (take chains off the door handle and removes barricades)

{zombies shouting gets louder}

Geek: THERE COMING!!!!

[geek and outcast hold open the doors]

Rebel: (races through the doors towards the camera)

Geek,outcast: (walk away from the door watching rebel cycle up the corridor)

Geek: SERIOUSLY!!!!

{side on close up of out cast face and geek in the background}

Outcast: sniggers

{door slams open}

outcast, geek: (look at eachother *pause breath out* run)

[cut to sports hall]

[jock cycles into the hall followed short after by geek and outcast]

cheerleader: WHAT DID YOU DO? (to rebel)

rebel: (take helmet off) relax princess

geek: (closes doors)

[cast join together in the middle of the hall using random weapon like tennis racket]

{the sound begins to get louder and the doors are rattling}

[close up of cast adding suspense]

{three violent sounds of stabbing and blood}

Representations.

Antagonist-
The antagonists for this trailer will be the zombies. the zombies will be creating chaos and will be chasing the victims. we want the viewers to be grossed out by these zombies, so their behaviour and look should be disgusting, we want blood to be everywhere.


Victims-
The victims for our trailer and going to be the survivors that are placed in this post-apocalyptic world, they have to fend for themselves, and because they are under 18 it makes it very difficult for them. because our rating is a 15, making these characters under 18 means that any under 18's viewing the trailer means that they can sympathise with these victims and can imagine themselves in this situation.

Costumes.

The costumes between the survivors and the zombies are very distinguished.


For example, the survivors will be dressed in suitable clothing, padding for protection and suited up in protective gear. they will have weapons at had, weather it is a baseball bat or a gun. this kind of costume can be found in films such as Zombieland and resident evil.

The zombies clothing will be very drab and dirty, they will look very worn and ripped, this being because of being attacked then infected, or just their clothing and body rotting beneath them. blood is a crucial part of the zombie costume and will be used within the gallons if possible, this blood will be smeared all over the ripped clothing and be used when the zombies are being shot down and killed. 

Locations.

Filming location 2-

Leatherhead.

This location is only a short distance from Therfield so it would be easy to get to. Along the river is a perfect location as its usually empty so we could film without any interruptions. an added bonus would be that we wouldn't need permission as its a public place. We have discussed possibly using an underwater camera that I have to film in the river but this will depend on the temperature and time keeping.

We can also film in leatherhead town as around this time of year it's lit up really well as it gets dark very early, which means we can create dark and eerie scenes for the trailer. Although the lighting will be good it also means we have little time to film if we want natural light scenes, this is where therfield can come in.



Filming Locations

 Filming location 2-

On school grounds.

After researching different types of locations to shoot, we felt that the school would be a decent location to film. we think that it is a location because it follows the popular use of commonly busy locations deserted. using this location would also be beneficial and convenient because we will be able to film during school times seeing as we struggled with time in our last project. 
 Hopefully we would also be able to have more extras and actors in our trailer if we film parts in school. we would hopefully be able to get permission to film after school, this means we will put some props around us making it a more believable post apocalyptic location. 
The long corridors are perfect for zombie chase scenes so we would want to include an action scene of some sort within our trailer.  
We haven't decided yet as to where the base will be for the characters, but we will  likely use one of the rooms in the school that isn't used too often allowing us to mess it up. If this isn't allowed then we will probably leave these scenes till the end of term and film it after school meaning we wont be in anyone's way.

After photographing the school we wanted to come up with a colour scheme that we want the film to look like. We wanted to achieve a dark comic book styled image for our film similar to sucker punch as we felt the way the film looked was edgy and dark. By editing these pictures we we're able to get a rough idea of how it should look which is featured in the photographs on this post: 

Planning Targets

Well done so far! Include some pie charts to support your analysis of your questionnaire and design or find titles that will create brand identity. Some location research and storyboard needs to be evidenced by Friday - that way you can film some footage over Friday. A long term target: video-blog things like make-up trails and costume sourcing! Keep going!

Influential Directors and Actors.

Directors;

 

Wes Craven

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films.

Wes Craven is the creator of such films like the Scream franchise,

My Soul to Take and the 1977 The Hills Have Eyes.

 

Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish dark fantasy pieces.

Guillermo del Toro most famous films that he has created are; The Hell boy series, Pans Labyrinth

 and the Blade franchise.

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
 

Plot Summary

Fifteen years have passed since the united nations released a virus that would help control the population of the world and the years that followed saw the population start to dwindle. The United Nations believed that the virus was succesful, and released it with no further testing. This mistake proved to be fatal. Two years after the second strain was released, a man in Colorado had his throat ripped out by his girlfriend, who then ate his internal organs, turning completely feral.
Fastforward eight years, where the world has been ravaged by Zombies, and the only people unaffected are those under the age of 18.

Soundtrack research.

1. Blue Öyster Cult -- Don't Fear the Reaper
2. Chuck Mangione -- Feels So Good
3. Crash Kings -- Its Only Wednesday
4. Doves -- Kingdom of Rust
5. Hank Williams -- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
6. John Stafford Smith -- The Star-Spangled Banner
7. Kristin Chenoweth -- Popular
8. Marching Band -- Feel Good About It
9. Metallica -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
10. Metric -- Gold Guns And Girls
11. Paul Anka -- Puppy Love
12. Ray Parker Jr. -- Ghostbusters
13. Success -- Hard to come back
14. The Black Keys -- Your Touch
15. The Droge & Summers Blend -- Two Of The Lucky Ones
16. The Raconteurs -- Salute Your Solution
17. Van Halen -- Everybody Wants Some
18. Velvet Underground -- The Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
19. Willie Nelson -- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- The Marriage Of Figaro, K.492

Shaun of the dead- Zombie Nation.

01. Resident Evil - Red Queen 00:00
02. Slipknot - My Plague (New Abuse Mix) 00:04
03. Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song (Slipknot Remix) 03:06
04. Coal Chamber - Something Told Me 06:56
05. The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game (Clean Name) 10:18
06. Adema - Everyone 13:52
07. Fear Factory - Invisible Wounds (The Suture Mix) 17:26
08. Static-X - Anything But This 21:03
09. Rammstein - Halleluja 25:06
10. Depeche Mode - Dirt 28:46
11. Ill Nino - What Comes Around (Day Of The Dead Mix) 33:43
12. Mudvayne - Dig (Everything And Nothing Mix) 38:11
13. Method Man - Release Yo Delf (Prodigy Mix) 43:08
14. Saliva - 800 49:04
15. Five Pointe 0 - The Infinity 53:41
16. Resident Evil - The Umbrella Corporation 58:07
17. Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil Main Theme 58:38
18. Marilyn Manson - Seizure Of Power 1:00:47
19. Marilyn Manson - Reunion 1:04:40
20. Marilyn Manson - Cleansing 1:07:26

Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil main theme.

28 Weeks Later Theme - John Murphy

Title/Font Ideas

We decided that the font for our film title should be bold and red, as it is bold colour that makes people think of blood and horror. We researched different fonts that we thought would fit well with our film, once we'd selected a few we used them with a few titles we'd been thinking of using for our film: Outbreak, Virus, Zombie Run and Eighteen. 




Outbreak: Outbreak was an good title because it also looks at how the Zombie plague spread across the world and infected the population gradually. We used this font because it's similar to blood spattering and that will fit in with our film as people are fighting against zombies. 



Virus: We thought that Virus was an interesting title to use as it fits with the story or the zombie plauge, we used this font as it is reminiscent of zombies rising from the dead, we even thought about manipulating this title to animation, to make the hands move when the title is appeared, but this is still an idea. 





Zombie Run: We liked the title of Zombie Run as this is what the main characters would be running away from the zombies or even running towards the to kill them. This font is a very stereotypical horror font that is reminiscent of the classic horror films that were released in the 1970's.






Eighteen: The title Eighteen is linked into the fact that in the film no people under the age of 18 can become a zombie which is stated in our film summery, as that is the mutation of the disease and the main plot.We liked this font as it is quite messy and looks like it has been written in blood.

Questionnaire

Zombie Film Questionnaire:Please note that on questions with an asterisk (*) you can choose more than one answer.

1. Do you enjoy watching Zombie films?
- Yes
- No
-It depends on the content of the film.

2. Would you prefer a male or female protaganist?
- Male
- Female
- Either

3. Which of the locations would you like to see in a zombie film?*
- A school
- A field
- An Empty Multi-storey Car Park
- A House

4. Do you prefer the wounds/deaths in films to be tame or gory?
- Tame
- Gory
- Either

5. Do you think that having a protaganist at a similar age to you will make you want to see the film?
- Yes
- No
- Possibly

6. Which of the following things would you like in the trailer for a film?*
- Action
- Hints of the Plot
- Character Backstories
- All of the Above

7. Which Sub-genres would you like to be addressed in the film?*
- Comedy
- Romance
- Sci-Fi

8. Would you prefer the film to be set in the present of twenty years in the future?
- In the Present
- Twenty Years in the Future
- Either
__________________________________________________



When Creating our questionnaires we came up with 7 questions we wanted to know the answers to in order to move forward with our development. As our target age group is for 25 and under we chose to only take results from this categorize. Above is the 10 sets of results we collected from the questionnaires. 

 80% said the genres they would place with 'Zombie' films are Comedy and action.

 

40% felt the story line was the most important part of a film.

Moodboard.

1. still from Shaun of the dead- our characters want to look quite stupid and not have a clue whats going on.
2. these zombies look very lifeless, and that is what we want.
3. chaos, chaos is what fuels the fire to a good zombie film, and that's what we want.
4. we somehow want to include fire, fire comes with chaos.
5. we want the characters to be sort of lost and lonely, feeling very hopeless.
6. we are not sure how we want the zombies to look, we are even considering painting them green!
7. we somehow want to incorporate a water scene where water or a river is involved.
8. we want hoards of zombies, hoards make great action scenes, especially when you want to go on a killing spree!
9. the clothing is going to be very worn, like these zombies have been rotting for a while.
10. the survivors will carry warfare, guns and weapons to fight of these flesh eating parasites.
11. the world will be in post-apocalyptic times, and will convey to the stereotypical 'end of the world' scene.

Zombie makeup tutorials.

YouTube Zombie tutorials.

                                               

These zombie make-up tutorials are very helpful when preparing to do make-up.
we have researched into different types of zombie make-up and how to apply it, which is demonstrated in the YouTube tutorials above. 
these are also very helpful to see what type of zombies are out there, weather they are blood thirsty-blood everywhere zombies or timid yet freakishly weird zombies!

make up tests.

These photographs are some of my previous works using prosthetic make-up.

This is very helpful when doing a zombie trailer because i can use my skill throughout. 

this can be sort of like a magazine which demonstrates my ability, when doing the make-up we can look back at these photographs and pick what ones we should use at the time, and which ones would be good on each actor.

Film certificates.

 'PG – Parental Guidance Suggested'

PG means that a child need perental Guidance while watching a film, because some material may not be suitable for children.Parents are urged to give parental guidance and contains some material that parents might not like for the young children.

Such films may contain only mild violence, language, drug references, brief nudity and/or implied sexual activity.

 Another Certificate that is related to PG is 'Parental Advisory', Which is basically the same as PG.

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned.

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious and contain some material that parents might not like for their children 12 and under.

Such films may contain violence, some suggestive material and nudity, some sexual situations, infrequent strong language and/or soft drug use.



12.

Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game.(Home entertainment) But when it comes to films anyone under 12 cannot see the film. 

12A

Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people.(Cinema only) Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

15

Nobody younger than 15 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nude scenes without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be used but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.

18

Nobody younger than 18 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limit on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs areused, and explicit sex references along with detailed sexual activity are also allowed. Scenes of strong real sex may be permitted if it fits. Very strong, gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted.



In conclusion, we have decided to make our films rating a 15, this is because we could have some heavy gore, strong language and some horrific moments, we did consider putting the rating up to 18 but then we thought with 15 we could have a wider range of viewers.

Audeince Profiling

For Shaun of the dead the male gender is the dominante in watching this specific film, this could be because not only is it a zombie film, it is a comedy also, this could mean that our trailer would be specifically aimed at men. The age range for this film is 15-24 which is basically teenagers an young adults, this could be because again, it is a comedy involving two actors known for being funny. 

For resident evil, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Apocalypse , the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Afterlife, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For I am Legend the main gender group is male, closely followed by females, this would be because the main character is a male (will smith) an the audience can somewhat relate, and because the film is an action thriller/horror with zombies. The main age group that watches this film is 15-24, this shown that my trailer should be targeted at young adults and teenagers.