Updated aims and context

My aim is to create an extended sequence from an imagined feature called ‘The Debt’. I am filming the scene where Barry leaves his house and goes to meet the Loan Shark for a ‘business’ meeting. The purpose of this sequence is to show my target audience just how hard times were and what people would go through for some money. My imagined feature will be of the social realist genre also with aspects of crime. I will achieve this by using the genres codes and conventions. I will be aiming to make the audience sympathise for Barry and I want to them to be able to understand the situation he is in and understand how hard times are. I also want to be able to make the audience feel scared for Barry and want them to be able to feel how powerful the loan shark is. I will achieve this by using high angle shots to make Barry look small and vulnerable and low angle shots to make the loan shark look tall and dominant, I want to make it so the audience know he is clearly the one in charge.

As my extended sequence is of the Social Realism genre I have looked at the work of Ken Loach, and a massive influence for me was the scene in ‘Raining Stones’ where the loan shark turns up at Bobs house.  I like the use of cinematography and editing in Ken Loach’s films and I aim to produce my film using similar techniques.

For my extended sequence I will be taking on the role of director, producer, editor and cinematographer. The target audience for my extended sequence will be more of a niche audience targeting fans of the social realist genre. I also think this will appeal to more of an older audience aged 25 and above because they will be able to relate to it in some sense.  According to YouTube, ‘Raining Stones’ by Ken Loach is popular among males, aged 35 – 64, this would class as a niche audience opposed to a mainstream audience of 16 – 24. I think it is popular among males of those ages as teenagers and younger males may find it boring because rather than concentrating on special effects and action, it concentrates on real life situations, using the strength of plot, dialogue and characterisation to make its points.