BBFC Rating (Certification)

The reason that the certification is 15 is because Split, once again, takes inspiration from drama movies that are based on modern-day gang culture and this includes Kidulthood, Adulthood, Anuvahood and Shank and all of these movies were rated 15 by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) so it would make less sense to give 'Split' an 18 certification as it wouldn't even be suitable for teenagers and Bradley Keano, the main character of Split, is a teenager himself and it would not be suitable to give the movie a 12/12A certification as it would be too suitable for the younger audience and the movie will, most likely, include weapons and scenes in which characters bleed so the violence would be too graphical for the younger audience to watch whereas by giving Split a 15 certification also means that the movie can relate to its target audience, being teenagers, even more as this movie is about the lifestyle of teenagers so it is not based on a true story but it is based on true lifestyles.

Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, strong language, moderate-strong violence/sex references, and mild non-detailed sex activity; and with the sort of atmosphere/feel we want to go with the "Split" movie, it is more likely that drug themes will definitely be used as it is a take on the gang culture and gangs usually fight for notoriety by dealing in drugs and there will be some strong language such as cursing and yelling.

The violence is most likely going to be moderate/strong as there is even a particular scene that appears in the Split movie/synopsis and this is the part where Keano's best friend, Samuel Walters, is beaten to a bloody pulp and left for dead before Keano goes back to his house which means that the violence will be strong indeed as it is also directed towards teenagers so the movie should fulfil its purpose by adding themes that would, likely, be targeted towards people from the age range of 15 and over.

Split Opening Sequence (Final)

After group discussions and agreements, we had decided not to go with the initial opening sequence ideas at all and had decided to think of a totally different plot, characters and genre in particular. The reasons that I felt that the initial opening sequence analysis would not have worked is because the "thriller" genre is particularly difficult to nail and considering that there were some parts of it made little sense meant that we needed to think of an opening sequence that the audience would fully understand and be engaged in from start to end.

The opening sequence is going to be filmed in different areas in comparison to my initial opening sequence idea (which was simply going to be filmed inside the school premises only) and the locations for the opening sequence will be in the Astroturf, the Pool Meadow alleyway and the school cafe which will be used for when Keano revises for his upcoming exams.

The scene will start off with the production company logo (e.g. "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer presents") and then that brief production company scene will lead to the next scene being Nile (Keano) who will be fixing up his tie as he's ready to go to school. The next scene will be followed by a different production company presenting the opening sequence (e.g. "An Hourglass Times Production") and then the brief scene will lead to the next one being Liban (Tyreese) walking towards Keano as Keano's revising for his exams and Tyreese will try and convince Keano to finish revising at that moment and go with him but Bradley will refuse which leads to Liban leaving the scene. The scene after that will be the introduction of the characters' names (e.g. "NILE O-MEALLY NEWELL and LIBAN ALI") for a mere number of seconds before Nile will be putting on his football kit before looking in the mirror once more as the camera takes a tracking shot from top-to-bottom showing his Nike socks.

The next scene will be him dribbling over 7 football cones before taking one more step and then blasting the football into the back of the net. The introduction of more characters' names will appear after that scene which will then lead to Keano dressing up in a black bomber hoodie as he is ready to rendezvous with the gang and the next scenes will be him meeting up with the gang before the title of the movie appears as the final scene ("SPLIT").

Background Music for Opening Sequence

We searched for songs that would blend well with the purpose and genre of Split as it is a drama/football movie so we were thinking of choosing a particular song that would represent the main character, being Bradley "Keano" Kean, as a person who wants to be the best in the world at what he loves to do (which is football) yet he also wants to finish his education by passing all of his exams with results that would take him on a sailing boat to University but the gang life he wants to leave is slowly pulling him back in so in other words, a motivational song would best suit the opening sequence as it would motivate Keano to leave his 'crime life', aspire his 'football' lifestyle and revise for his exams so that he can exceed his expectations.

The first song that sounded like it would have fit with our description of the BGM for our opening sequence was 'Kanye West - Runaway' but the instrumental without the hook. However, when we actually used it as the background music for the opening sequence, it didn't really work well with it as the instrumental had a slow but brutal beat to it whereas there is the football scene in the opening sequence that shows a change of pace as Nile O-Meally Newell is swiftly dribbling his way around football cones so we realized that we needed a faster instrumental.



Despite the mixed martial arts picture used in the video, I had also thought about using this motivational song, named "Ready for War", which is an instrumental remix that was also used for the De La Hoya/Mayweather showdown. My thoughts about this song are that it doesn't only work well with boxing or fighting sports but in general as it would work well with the fact that Keano is ready for gang warfare as he attempts to find his own identity in the movie, he is ready for a war in football since there is fierce competition and if he is able to get into Arsenal, it would benefit him heavily but introduce him into a lifestyle he would have never encountered before and he would also be ready for competition in school as it would be a war between several students to determine who the most academic student would be and Keano would not want to be a close second or even a second at all.

It would also work well because it would add more intensity to the opening sequence since the opening sequence consists of "split" clips which are video clips of him taking on different types of activities/hobbies and the music would work well with the film and opening sequence because it would give the audience a sense of how difficult it is going to be for Keano's final decision as to which lifestyle he would generally want to consider pursuing.

Props for Split Opening Sequence

Props List:

• 7 Football Cones
• School Bag
• School Folder
• School Work
• Set of Earphones
• Mobile Phone
• Pen
• Football

Production Company Name/Logo

The production company name that we are going to use is a custom production company name that is called Eagle Eye Productions. The reason that I wanted to create a production company that hasn't been used before or is an existing production company is because our movie, Split, takes inspiration from a mixture of movies with different types of genres such as Goal (which takes on an aspirational football genre) and the Kidulthood/Adulthood film series (which takes on a drama genre) and since Split is a movie that takes on a storyline that hasn't been duplicated or used in any other film before, I decided to also invent a production name for the movie too so that it could blend well with the refreshing feel that Split would give to the audience.

The colours are pretty much simple which is what I had tried to go for with the production company logo since the mood, atmosphere and synopsis of the movie are all pretty simple and to create a complex production logo would contrast the film and opening sequence itself so this is why I had decided to go with red and black with a white background in my production company logo as these three colours are not only primary colours but also plain colours.

"Gloves Up" Feedback - Omar Abasi

Gloves Up (Luke Thornton, Junuz Jakupovic, Titas Taskunas and Ishaaq Nabi):
Pros:
- Great planning.
- Great presentation in the small time given.
- The name and locations have been thought out well as the name is short but snappy.
- Presentation covers almost every piece of information needed to let the reader know exactly what is happening in the opening sequence, the synopsis of the film itself etc.
Cons:
- Despite the great planning, the amount of content they are planning to add into the opening sequence may be successful or may flop.
- The last sequence in which there is a flashback to the main character being left by his parent as a child could be difficult as a fifth and sixth character that are of different ages would possibly be needed for that scene.

Virgin Media Shorts: 2:20 Analysis

This Virgin Media short film, 2:20, definitely excels in all of the categories that are executed well in the video (e.g. the fact that the video does not rely on any dialogue to carry the short film as it solely relies on visual communication and the fact that although the short movie only has a length of 2:20, it made me draw a lot of interpretations to the two characters in the video.)

Firstly, it is the suspense and drama that is executed superbly as it is not just the tension in the video but even how viewers are suspicious about the woman who had introduced these "foreseeing specs" since the woman could very well be portrayed as the Angel of Death as she even, in the last twenty seconds of the short film, seems to stop the other character from making any movements which leads to his presumable death.

In addition to this, the lighting and imagery seems to contrast this character since she seems to have this sort of darkness in her soulless eyes while the locations around these two characters seem to show a vivid and bright atmosphere (e.g. the shops and restaurants seem to have a vibrant and colorful feel and the other characters seem to be cheerful whereas the person who only has a mere number of seconds of living seems to feel isolated; this could be due to how the woman feels isolated in comparison to the rest which links to how she felt that she needed to let the person know of his near-death.)

There are particular shots which are used throughout the short film such as; tracking shot (that is used for the "Angel of Death"-type character), the point-of-view shots (which are used when the person wears the Magic Specs and sees exactly how many years remain for the people around him and himself) and reverse angle shots (which are taken near the end of the video to give the situation a tense feel to it.) Furthermore, there is an extreme close-up shot that is used when the person is looking at himself through the car window to add tension to the situation.