Final Aims and Context

Again after input from both Tim and my group:
Our film will be aimed at 15-30 year old males and also females of the 15-30 age bracket. It is aimed at both sexes as it is a Detective Crime Thriller, which the male audience will enjoy, but also a film where one woman takes centre stage, so they will be able to relate to our main character.
I will use formal influences from other crime film directors. E.g. Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and especially Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971).In homage to Dirty Harry we will begin the film with the main character, Harry, throwing his badge down and walking away. We will then have the film in flashback. We will also take influence from Film Noirs (e.g. Double Indemnity, Wilder, 1944) and Neo-Noirs (e.g. Memento, Nolan, 2000) whilst writing our script. As a result the approach we will be taking is a genre-based one and as such I have been collecting information on films of the genres. However, we will also use techniques from French New Wave to influence the stylistics, (e.g. French New Wave will be referenced through the camera techniques, especially when filming conversations) as well as conventional Hollywood shot-reverse-shot ways of filming.
I will be undertaking the role of directing the piece, and as a result will draw on my previous experience from both FM1 and Digital Video Production. From FM1, I know that lighting was a big problem and as a result I will concentrate on finding suitable locations with the right amount of natural light, creating a realism in the film. Also from my analysis of Gladiator(Scott, 2000) I was very interested in how the camera was rarely fixed and as such want to work with Sophie to keep finding new and interesting ways of filming static people.
As a result I hope to advance my directing skills and will be hoping to complete the work to a high standard.