Proposal for 'The Space Guard':
The Space Guard
By Emma Bollans, Rukba Emmarie,
& Kadiza Begum.
Contents page:
Page 1: Title page.
Page 2: Contents page.
Page 3: Purpose and Rating.
Page 4: Synopsis.
Page 5: Audience and Marketing.
Page 6: Style.
Page 7: Who are we and Budget.
Page 3
The Space
Guard
One damaged
ship, one courageous captain and one solar system now vulnerable...
The purpose of the video is a
combination of promoting our product and entertaining our audience. The video
will include short clips of life on a space station and space itself which
helps the audience understand the themes that will be presented in the show.
The shots in the video will also give the audience an idea of the setting that
the show will take place in. The opening credits will build up
the excitement for the episode as well as introduce the main characters that
will appear in the show and the teaser will create anticipation as it will
show the audience the visual style that the whole show will be. To an
extent, it could be suggested that the show is educational since it will touch
upon themes about what it means to be an outsider in a society where humans and
other worldly people live in harmony in a multi-cultural and
multi-ethical civilisation.
The BBFC rating of the video will be a
15. We think that the rating of the video will be this as the show will contain
lots of threat and danger as the characters will be under threat of
extra-terrestrial invasion. Under the BBFC guidelines for media products
suitable for 15s and over, threat or horror is acceptable as
long as there is no prolonged focus on sadistic threat; therefore, the
video will be age appropriate for 15-year olds as none of the threat is
sadistic. The BBFC guidelines for 15 rated media products also state that
dangerous behaviour should not be dwelt upon so that it could be copied, and
that it depends on how realistic the dangerous actions are as to if they would
be deemed copiable. As the product is set in space, it is unrealistic for the
general audiences to be able to copy the sort of behaviour as space travel is
not yet accessible to the majority. In terms of the opening credits, there will
be no dialogue therefore foul language will not be a problem, but as part of
the whole television show, the language may be cause moderate offence, which is
justified under the BBFC guidelines for a 15 rated media product.
The objective of the media product is to
attract the attention of our target audience so that they would want to watch
the show in its entirety. It is also created to create conversation about the
teaser and opening credits so that more people would want to watch it and will
encourage others to watch it too.
Page 4: Synopsis
In our finished video, the clients will
expect to see a two-minute teaser clip (the opening 2 minutes of the television
programme) and a one-minute clip of the opening credit sequence containing 6
actor names and executive producer name. This will meet the requirements of the
brief as the brief specifies that the teaser must be no longer than 2 minutes
30, and that the teaser should flow directly into the opening credits.
‘The Space Guard’ is about a space
station called The Space Guard and protects the solar system and keeps the
peace between the different planets in the solar system. The program will be
set in the year 2618 on board The Space Guard. Soon after the teaser starts,
there is a small explosion on board and the programme is about the
investigation into why the space ship exploded and how they will be able to
protect and keep the peace in the solar system while they are
vulnerable.
‘The Space Guard’ will be a science-fiction
drama about life on a space station after there was an explosion on it. The
genre will be shown through the use of iconography associated with
other science-fiction media products; such as the use of setting, costume, and
visual effects. The show will be set on board a space station that obits around
the sun protecting the other planets in the solar system and keeping the peace
between them. The use of using that setting shows the desired genre as it is
unique to science-fiction media products. It also allows for the use of
science-fiction themed props such as space crafts. The costumes that the
characters will wear will show the genre as they have been influenced by the
real clothing that is worn by real astronauts from NASA. The use of everyone
wearing uniform jumpsuits with different badges for different ranked officers
creates verisimilitude in the show as it would represent real life onboard
space stations. The visual effects would show the genre through the use
of having the space station orbiting alongside the other planets in space.
The visual effects would show the genre through the use of specific
transitions in the editing process that would reflect the genre through it
links to other science-fiction media products.
We plan to show two main characters of
‘The Space Guard’ in the teaser and the opening credits. The first will be
Captain Crain, the captain of The Space Guard ship; the other character will be
the second-in-command of the ship. These characters will currently be played by
Emma Bollans and Rukba Emmarie but this is still
subject to change. Both characters will be strong and courageous; trying to
solve the problem of the explosion as efficiently as they can. One of these two
characters will have a serious headwound to show how they are prioritising
their crew and their ship before themselves and to show their ‘badass’
nature.
The editing of the product will link the
teaser directly into the opening credits. The transitions will be inspired from
other science-fiction media products, and the plan is for any text across the
screen to look robotic like it was written by a computer; perhaps with an
artificial intelligent brain. The editing process will also include the visual
effects that we plan on adding, such as the explosion to the space station as
well as chroma-keying the greenscreen away from out footage so that we can have
a space station that is actually in space.
Page 5: Audience and Marketing and Distribution.
Our product is targeted broadly to an
audience who are interested in the science fiction genre since the product will
have sci-fi conventions such as exploration into space. We hope to cater to
people within the NRS social grade C1C2DE, since the show will cover themes of
being an outsider which those in social grades E and D may relate to. Also, our
targeted age group are those between 17-21 years of age and most people within
that age group will fall under social grades of E or D since they are typically
unemployed or working in jobs that require little skill. The teaser will
include scenes of conflict and drama that may entertain those in these social
grades and age group. Additionally, BBC 3 aims to create programmes that
connect to 16-34 year olds, which means it is ideal to have our
target audience within this range because there is a likelihood that people
from our targeted age group will tune into the BBC 3 channel. Seeing as the
show will be aired on BBC 3 it makes sense for our target audience to be living
in Britain.
Those in social grades C2 usually are
people working in skilled jobs that require higher education, meaning that
typically they would enjoy products with more complex themes and ideas. ‘The
Space Guard’ intends to approach ideas about morals, conflict within a person,
issues of trust, discrimination and ultimately humanity. Such topics may seem
interesting to those in class C2 just as much as they may appeal to those in
class C1, D and E. In addition, the teaser and opening will incorporate
conventions of science-fiction which leads to there being scientific
information used in the show, this kind of knowledge may be familiar to people
in class C2.
The teaser and opening aren't gender
specific. Having non-human characters gives the opportunity to express ideas
about gender roles and sexual orientation which indicates that our target
audience will need to be open minded. It Is more common for those between
the ages 17-21 to be more accepting to new concepts than the generation above
them.
We will also have to cater the marketing
of our product to our target audience. Our target audience is most likely to
have social media such Instagram, Snapchat. We could use parts of the teaser
and upload them as advertisement post on Instagram, like how other BBC shows
such as ‘Informer’ has done so. The opening sequence could be posted on the BBC
official snapchat and could appear as advertisement between snaps. As the programme is to be distributed on BBC 3 (a completely online channel) we will put the teaser scene as an advert before other programmes on BBC 3, as well as via other online channels such as iPlayer, and social media.
Page 6: Style and Time
As the genre of our product is
science-fiction, we plan to use lots of special, visual, and sound effects in
order to create strong verisimilitude within our product. Some example of this
include the use of green-screen and chroma-key in After Effects to create the
illusion that our scale model is in space. As well as this, we plan to create
“aliens” through the use of prosthetics and makeup, and the use of
masking in After Effects. Additionally, we will composite multiple layers of
footage together in several scenes, like in someone looking out the window to
space, or to make a corridor more crowded.
The style of ‘The Space Guard’ is
influenced by ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Lost in Space’. We plan to use different
contrasting shots such as low angle medium shots and wide-angle establishing
shots in order to create our style within the show. Our style is mostly based
on contrast: contrasting colours, black and white; contrasting camera angles,
close-ups and wides; contrasting themes; and contrasting the fast-paced teaser
full of action with the slow opening credits. In terms of mise-en-scene,
contrast will also be shown here as the lighting, camera angles, and
positioning of the subject on screen will contrast each other and the
shots.
For the editing of the opening credits,
we plan to use a “rolling” transition where lots of stills will slowly move on
screen and flow off in jagged shaped “boxes” with the credits on top of the
still and the short clips. In terms of the teaser, we plan to not use many
transitions (only before the explosion of the space ship); instead, we plan to
use mostly jump-cuts and regular cuts to create a seamless flowing
teaser.
Page 7: Who we are
and Budget
At Emma-ree Productions, we work to
make sure that our products are engaging for our audiences, and fit our
clients' needs perfectly. We have three people work at our production
company; Rukba Emmarie, our company’s Project Manager;
Emma Bollans, our company's Creative Oversite Manager; and Kadiza Begum,
the company’s production assistant.
In order to make ‘The Space Guard’ we
request a budget of £10,947. This will cover the full cost of the
equipment, the actors and other assets, the editing software and visual
effects, the distribution, as well as our service fee.
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BUDGET
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Programme
Title
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The Space
Guard
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Client
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The
BBC
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Writer(s)
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Emma Bollans, Kadiza Begum
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Producer
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Ms C.
Devlin
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Director(s)
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Emma Bollans, Rukba Emmarie
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Editor(s)
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Emma Bollans, Rukba Emmarie
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Date
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14/03/19-22/03/14
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MATERIALS
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COST
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TOTAL
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Filming
Equipment for 3 days.
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£210 p/d
|
£630
|
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Lights for
3 days.
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£28 p/d
|
£84
|
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Dolly for
1 day.
|
£100 p/d
|
£100
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Green
Screen for 3 days.
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£120 p/d
|
£360
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Additional
Battery for 3 days.
|
£10 p/d
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£30
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Make-up
for 2 days.
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£100 p/d
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£200
|
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Liquid
Silicone for one applicant for 2 days.
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£5 p/a
|
£10
|
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Scar Wax
for one applicant for 2 days.
|
£7 p/a
|
£14
|
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Fake Blood
for one applicant for 2 days.
Coagulated
Blood for one applicant for 2 days.
|
£5 p/a
£7 p/a
|
£10
£14
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Production
Manager for 3 days.
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£350 p/d
|
£1050
|
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Producer
for 3 days.
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£280 p/d
|
£840
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Director
for 3 days.
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£280 p/d
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£840
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Camera
Operator for 3 days.
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£250 p/d
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£750
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Sound
Engineer for 2 days.
|
£276
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£552
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Production
Assistant for 3 days.
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£150
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£450
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5
Actors
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£100 p/h
per actor
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£6000
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Make-up
Artist for 2 days.
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£80 p/h
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£320
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TOTAL =
£11,414
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