Constructive criticism received from fellow peers & Revisal solutions

The reception that my film received was as expected, it was a quality product but in terms of polish it was lacking. They commented on the high level of filming and the exotic establishing shot that is immediately ushered in our film, unfortunately, that is the only positive thing the class was able to note. They said the plot lacks fluidity and is a tad ambiguous, since the center issues of film are not identifiable; a question that constantly got brought up was "why do you suddenly stop?", at that point I knew the film did not do a good job at explaining the plot, so i devised a set of plans.

Solutions

• Add a voice over to serve as a prelude and give more in the way of a back story to the film 
• Have the female character be the reason for the stop, so that way random halt would not be seen as impromptu. 

Mid Year Film Draft

day #1 of filming/problems

The first day of filming can be summarized with one word: mediocre, there was an undeniable problem that we possibly could not of avoided: weather. On the particular day we choose to film it was completely overcast, going against what the film is about. To invoke the right sensations from the audience we needed a bright and radiant day there, and there was no way we were going to circumvent this given our limited resources. The acting was not confidence inspiring either, so I as the director especially, found it little more piercing to the original image I had in mind; both Aaron and the undisclosed female originally had problems reciting lines, and once that occurred I knew the film day was not was successful as we intended.

Besides that, the first day of filming did serve as a way to quantify the length of the film and resulted in being a subsidiary rehearsal day for everybody. Although that was not the intension I had coming into this, it suppose it was best todo, there may of been problems if we thought got everything right the first take, one of the worst things especially is succumb to the idea of perfection. 

Final script

We thought it was of the essence to revise the script to condense the dialog and make events in the movie flow seamlessly, my fellow group members thought that there was lack of concentration and focus when comes to projecting the movie plot and its characters. This revisal may be minor in changes but it may alleviate any existing problems   

Marketing and distribution alternatives (3 of 3)

Even though I have chosen a release method, I think it is important to consider the other possibility I had in mind: straight to theater. With this route it's imperative to note that marking costs would increase tenfold or even more; from an average of 36 million dollars per movie in contrast to a pittance four hundred-thousand dollars in comparison if you chose to follow through an online distribution method, and that is choosing the most extravagant option. However, with movies, these large value amounts are invested to assemble an hefty audience come opening week, where 49-52% of the particular movie's revenue is made. Furthermore, something that didn't seem very appealing while viewing movie attendance percentages in terms of demographics is that our target age group (16-24) amounts to only 30% of the makeup across 2010 - 12 and I feel like its been pretty consistent to this day, I personally, want a bigger percentage of this group, something that the internet indefinitely provides. With all movies, high risks come high rewards; an incalculable amount of uncertainty arises from its conception of how successful the movie will be in the box office. There is always the possibility of that we may be able to sway other individuals of different age. Regardless, the straight to theater option is a very daring choice and requires too much capital, vigilance, and a dash of fate, something that is terrifying to a producer/director once the movie is out of their hands and arrives to the marketing department.
























http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2013/popcorn-people-profiles-of-the-u-s-moviegoer-audience.html

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http://digiday.com/publishers/what-online-ads-really-cost/

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received awards/achievements with similar movies

In the span of cinema history the genera that has adventitiously generated the most revenue is comedy/humor and in recent years that still remains true; from 1995 to 2015 it has amounted 54.9 billion dollars worth of ticket sales, being trailed by adventure movies, having made 42.3 billion. In terms of return on investments (ROI) comedies tend to yield high percentages since many don't employ high grade special effects, a few success stories returning percentages of 5,000 to 7,000%.
When regarding rewards, the comedy genre is a recipient of a healthy sum, they get nominated the most behind dramas at the Oscar's and at a pretty consistent level.
        *ROI's calculated by simply dividing the total revenue by the budget, taking that number and again dividing it by 2 to estimate studio deductions and finally multiplying by 100*

A movie of a similar plot would be one like "Wayne's World", the movie boasting a ROI of 458%, the movie managed to exceed all hopes and expectations, this proves that comedy films don't need a massive budget to be successful, unlike other genera like action or si-fi. 

http://www.statista.com/statistics/188658/movie-genres-in-north-america-by-box-office-revenue-since-1995/

http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0410/movie-genres-with-the-best-roi.aspx

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17074585