Reasons producers should research

Reasons Producers should research

Reasons Producers should research

This blog post is to highlight the reasons to research as a producer in the film industry.

Target Market (Market Research/Audience Research)

The reason producers should research 'Target Markets' is simply because they need to be aware of the fan base of this certain genre of film, this is put simply to find which age group the film would sell to the best; better target market=better box office sales.

Historical and Factual information and data

(Audience Research/Production Research)

Producers must know exactly what they are basing their own film on. For example, if a producer wanted to create a film set in World War 2, the setting must accurately reflect the era they had chosen, for example they could not send the soldiers into battle with modern day technology and weaponry. 

Demand (Audience Research/Production Research)

For a film to create a high rating in the box office, it must sell a large amount of tickets. in order to achieve this they must find the demand for that genre of film, in today market, there has been an influx of super hero films, these films are the most effective because of there simple and arguably bland story line but they sell very high in cinemas because of the high demand from a younger target market who have the largest demand for that genre of film.

Budget and Costs(Production Research)

a Producer and a director must know that they have limited funding. they cannot spend more than there budget given, so sometimes you have to improvise as a producer. To keep on track of your budget you must know how much props, crew members and also settings and flights cost, if you make less than you spend in a film, this film is deemed a failure.

Early Animation

zoetrope was invented in 1834 by a man named William George Horner it was a very early form of motion picture projector containing a drum with a set of still images put into a circular motion in order to create an illusion of motion. Zoetrope is still used in modern day with it been seen to help create animated GIFs. Zoetrope tricks the brain into believing that what it is showing is actually in motion as a pose to it being still images.

this is an example of an early motion picture device which is known as kenetiscope it was invented by Thomas Edison. The film reel is passed through a lens and an electric light bulb at a fast pace whilst the person viewing could look through the peephole to view it. The first ever Kenetiscope to be copyrighted by the U.S was Fred Ott's Sneeze and lasted 5 seconds 

Mutoscope was an early motion picture device that was discovered by Winsor Mccay and was later patented by Herman Casler on 21st November 1894. Similar to the kenetiscope this is only sanctioned to one viewer at a time due to it not being projected onto a screen. rather than being put into a booklet the cards were attached to a reel  that usually held around 850 cards which flicked through and produced around a minute worth of content.Phenakistoscope was an early animation  device developed by Joseph plateau and Simon Stampfer in December 1832 that used the persistence  of vision to create an illusion of their being motion. Phenakistoscope  used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle.  

Persistence of vision

What is the persistence of vision 
Persistence of vision is were your brain is tricked into believing that the images that you are looking at are moving when in fact they are still images and its tricking your mind. it is like an optical illusion

my first attempt at stop motion animation

this short video is my first attempt at trying stop motion animation . my team partner was Sara we took over 120 photos in different positions which tok us around 10 minutes to produce and gave us 10 seconds of useable footage. the location of the filming was in Middlesbrough college.

my first post

This is family guy made by Seth Macfarlane.