Evaluation 1

Evaluation 1 from ConorHeald

Evaluation 6

Evaluation 6

While in pre-production of our film we used blogger. This is the website in which all our work would be posted onto. Before the start of pre-production i had never used blogger so it was all new to me. Blogger has all the plans we used for our film including storyboards and scripts. Using blogger was a success as it gave our group an easy way in which to store all plans needed for our film. 

During editing we used a software called Adobe Premiere Pro. This like blogger was something that i had never used before. This was also much harder to grasp than blogger as it was far more technical. After a while we all began to get a good understanding of the process and began to edit with more confidence in what we were doing. This is why I believe we could have made a much more graphic Title sequence the one we used for our film was very basic in comparison to what we had learnt. We also learnt how to successfully use a camera in order to film our film. I think that we quickly got an understanding of how to use the camera and therefore were able to efficiently film with ease

Evaluation 2

Evaluation 2 from ConorHeald

Evaluation 7

Evaluation 7 from ConorHeald

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 5

I think that our film ‘A day out in Sheff’ reached our target audience which we had planned to be young adults most likely male who enjoy football and fighting. This is like the audiences who enjoyed films like Green Street or Away Days. Our film met these criteria as it is about football hooliganism. During production, we made sure we got the point of the film across to the audience as early into as possible this is shown through our first 2-minute extract. We also added a small fight scene used in a flashback to show that this film had violent aspects which could attract certain audiences. Using our Post production questionnaires, we asked people if they enjoyed the film then asked them to state what they enjoyed about our film. Many of the answers stated that it was the ‘accurate portrayal of football hooliganism’. This shows that our film attracted audiences and that our films aspects appealed to the audience. We also kept audiences engrossed within the film by using certain editing techniques such as Flashbacks to show one of the characters been hit in the face in a previous fight. This gave the audience an idea on the style of the film.

As you can see from these two charts only 22% of people said they were unsure or didn’t like the film. This goes to show that we obviously attracted the audience we wanted. The other chart asks if the audience believed this film was meant for a male or female audience. The chart shows that it was unanimous in favour of a male audience. This also shows that we managed to reach our target audience of young adult males.

Evaluation 3

                                               Evaluation 3

I think that the company that should distribute our film is Warp Films this is because they usually make films that are for a certain type of audience. This is what our film would benefit from as it is specific to a certain audience. Warp films have produced films such as Four Lions and This is England 86. Both films were big successes which is a positive for us as Warp films are good at making highly successful films. We would be better of using Warp Films than one of the big American companies such as Universal. This is because if we were to use Universal then they would go for big named stars to play the characters in a way to attract people to see the film. This would be a bad choice as the actors used may take the realism out of the film whereas using Warp Films they are most likely to actors who fit the roles of Football hooligans.

Warp Films make low budget which is fine for us as our film would not require a large budget. This is the same for other films which I researched such as Green Street or Football Factory. These films were made on low budgets and were successful football Hooligan films.

Post-production questionnaire results from HarrisonMarsden

Post-production Questionnaire

Evaluation 4

Evaluation 4 from ConorHeald

a day aht' in sheff - final film

Shot List

Character Profiles

Name - James McGovern
Age - 19
Hobbies - Football, fighting, drinking
Bio - James McGovern was born and raised in Sheffield by his mother and father, Angela and Paul McGovern. He was inspired by football hooliganism from an early age and always wished to follow his fathers footsteps in the Owls Crime Squad, the Sheffield Wednesday FC firm. Growing up within Chapeltown he went to Ecclesfield Secondary School where he found his two best mates who shared his unique passion, Jack and Harry. Ever since they met the three of them have been going to every match possible. James have never been shy to jumping into violence, sometimes it even seems that he enjoys the fights more than the football itself.

Name - Harry Wall
Age - 18
Hobbies - Football, fighting, fishing and drinking
Bio - Harry Wall was born in Manchester then moved to Sheffield after a few months of being born. Growing up around Sheffield he quickly became accustomed to the main two Sheffield football teams. Even though his parents support Manchester City he began to support Sheffield Wednesday due to his friends at Ecclesfield Secondary School. He has always liked fighting due to his Dad being a boxing instructor and always teaching him to hold his own ground and stand up for himself. This made him and James get on very well when they first learnt about what they loved to do. This was a friendship that has lasted through many scraps through the years.

Name - Jack Smith
Age - 19
Hobbies - Football, drinking and music
Bio - Jack Smith was born and raised in Hillsborough, Sheffield by a single Dad due to his Mum dying in childbirth and has been a massive Sheffield Wednesday fan since being a young kid. Growing up all his life revolved around was football, due to his dad being a massive fan and taking him to every game he could. This helped form a great friendship between him, Harry and James. Unlike the other boys, Jack has never wanted to go looking for fights and doesn't enjoy them as much as the others. However his love and loyalty for the two gets him involved in the fights just to help his best mates, but ultimately it is his passion for the game that keeps him coming back every week.

Storyboard "Day Aht In Sheff'"

Risk Assessment

Treatment 2

Treatment 2
Title- Day aht in sheff
Duration of film- 2 mins
Audience- 16+ People who like films about football hooliganism.
Distributer- Momentum Pictures
Synopsis of film- James wakes up to "Hi Ho Silver Lining"playing from his alarm clock. Instantly realised today was match day, but not any normal match day. Today was the quarter final of the FA Cup against Sheffield Wednesday's rivals Sheffield UNited He kicks the covers off and kicks his wife out of bed and starts chanting at the top of his voice. He then goes downstairs, gets out a cereal bowl and a box of cereal. He pours the cereal into the bowl and soaks it with a can of Fosters. Then eats his cereal whilst on the early sesh. Soon to go upstairs to take a quick shower and chuck on his clobber. Gets his cap, stone island jumper, jeans, scarf and adidas trainers straight on and off he goes. Quickly kissing his wife and telling her he will stay safe. He then makes the walk to the weatherspoons with his lads for a cooked breakfast, a few pints and a bit of banter. Followed by a train journey to town.
Suggested elements
Comedic- Beer on cereal
Clothing- Stone island
Good Charcterisation

 

Treatments

Treatments

Treatment 1
Title- Day aht in sheff
Duration of film- 108 mins
Audience- 16+ People who like films about football hooliganism.
Distributer- Momentum Pictures
Synopsis of film- James Mcgovern is a middle aged old fashioned football hooligan. He follows his team Sheffield Wednesday home and away with his mates. On this particular day, it's derby day Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United at Bramall lane. They go to the pub before the match and get extremely drunk. Then they go to the match and before kick off they have a few more beers in the concourse. The match gets underway and 20 minutes in the blades lead. But, just before half time Wednesday are level eruption in the away end with James and his mates showing gestures to the home support. After even more beer at half time. The get back into the stands, United take the lead again much to James' anger. Then anger turns to delight as the Owls equalize again. Then in the dying seconds just as James is preparing to meet the BBC (Blades Business Crew) they see Wednesday win the game. Delirium ensues as James and his mates go wild. After the match they meet the BBC the fight begins bricks and fists been thrown. No sooner as it begun that James sees one of his mates Chris having his head caved in by a member of the BBC. James hurries over and stops the lad from doing anymore damage but it's too late.
Suggested elements-
Clothing- Stone island
Realistic enviroment
Atomosphere at match
Fight scene
Immersive

Final Script 

 

Settings/Locations of a Football Hooligan film

A typical setting for a football hooligan is a rough looking estate. This is used to show that the characters have had a poor upbringing. It is also used to show the type of enviroment in which these fights are commonly seen.

 Another location which is commonly used is some sort of empty desolate street. This is used mostly to show a fight scene an empty road or alleyway is used as it is spacious and is out of the way of police.




A third location which is commonly used in a football Hooligan film is the pub. This is used to signify that hooligans like to drink before matches. The pub is usually crowded due to it been match day. There is commonly an atmosphere which immerses the audience into the film.

 

Research into similar films

Research into similar films

Green Street
www.imdb.com/title/tt0385002/

Matt Buckner a wrongly expelled Harvard student moves over to London to live with his sister and her husband. Soon enough he is introduced to Steve's brother, Pete. At first the pair don't seem to get along due to Pete sees Matt as an 'outsider' and commonly refers to him as a 'Yank'. However, after spending time in the pub Pete decides to take Matt along with him to the West Ham vs Birmingham match. This is when Matt learns the truth about Pete. He learns he is the leader of a gang, The GSE, which stands for Green Street Elite.

This film inspired us with scenes and clothing ideas as Green Street gives a really good showing on what it is like to be a football hooligan.

Football Factory

Tommy Johnson is a member of a violent Chelsea firm. Tommy spends his days drinking, doing drugs and fighting, much to the disappointment of his grandfather Bill. Early in the film Tommy is held hostage, he is saved when Rod hits the man over the head with a cricket bat. After the Fred, the leader of the rival Millwall gang spends the rest of the film hunting Tommy down. The film culminates in an intense battle between the Chelsea and Millwall firm. This leads to Tommy been severely beaten and ending up in hospital alongside his granddad who has suffered a heart attack. At the end of the film Tommy decides his future lies alongside his gang members while Bill moves to Australia.

This film gave us inspiration for fight scenes as the fights in this film are realistic to what a firm fight would be like.

Storyline and characters

Storylines and characters

The typical storyline for a football hooligan film is that a group of people who are all connected due to supporting the same football team. This group is usually known as a firm. The story is typically based around a London club such as West Ham or Millwall. It begins with the walking to the stadium singing a song the club is famous for. For example in Green Street they walk from the pub to the stadium singing 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'. It then goes into the stadium where both sets of fans are usually winding each other up.

After this the group the film is based around will meet the firm of the team they've played typically a rival. This meeting happens in a secluded area such as an alleyway. A violent fight scene usually follows in which goes on until police sirens can be heard, at which point both sets of fans usually run off in different directions. At the end of the film there's usually the main fight scene, this is when a large group from main rivals meet up. This is usually to settle something that happened in the film, Typically, in this scene a main character (or someone close to the main character) is killed. This sometimes ends with a character regretting the fight and leaving the firm scene.

A character in a football Hooligan film is typically scene as a cockney (Danny Dyer type) they wear clothing such as Stone island as this is the stuff hooligans are seen wearing at actual football matches. They are portrayed as confident loud mouth characters who don't shy away from conflict.