Synopsis and Production Aims

My film production will be based on the theme of how women are represented as unstereotypical in action films. My 5 minute production will have 2 main female characters that are going around a school working as assassins to kill each other as part of their mission. The location the event will be taking place in will be Oaks Park High School and the sports hall, also within the school grounds.

The production will be about an athletic school girl who gets injured during netball training session who then finds herself on a mission to find another assassin girl called Hannah around the school. Towards the end of the dream, Shania gets shot which causes her to wake up. When she realises it was a dream she tells the netball team what happened and goes off court to sit out until she recovers from the injuries to her head.

For my Film Studies F634 coursework, I aim to produce a film sequence, illustrating the representation of women in action films. I managed to plan a thesis, which was related to the planning materials and the production itself about how women are seen to the audience in action films and how it is different representation in reality. I explored films such as Fast and Furious 6 and Journey to the Centre of the Earth which influenced the idea and the basis of my 20 key frames showing the reform of gender equality and how the role of women in films has become more efficient as they gave a vital role to play in contemporary films. I also decided to analyse the micro-elements which incorporated in the films I studies whilst making note of the messages and values I could use to create my key frame production making it more suitable for my audience.

My aims are to make sure I have all the equipment needed and the people I am going to use are prepared for the role. I aim to make my film seem as professional as possible to show the importance the characters have and to make it look realistic enough for the audience to believe the storyline. From the films have studies in my thesis, I have been heavily influenced by the idea of Fast and Furious 6 specifically due to the representation of the women in the film and how they are able to conduct themselves as women that are able to take on a job that typically women are seen not to do. The scenes throughout my film are going to keep cutting to and back to show what is happening with the other character. The costumes the girls will be wearing are all black attire due to them having to play the role of a dark and murderous character.

Another aim for my film will be to ensure that the characters are good actresses so the role which they are playing, is believable for the audience. This is important as I want to make the film professional and so

the audience will remain engaged the film, also feeling the tension and the suspense from the actions and positioning of the characters.

I will be communicating my ideas through the four micro elements. Mise-en-scene is a key factor, which I will be using in my piece to emphasis on the change of the how women are represented. The location used will show the ages of the characters and how they know of each other. Their costumes show they are comfortable within the environment and around each other, as well as being assassins and needing to be active by running, their footwear was chosen specifically to make this activity easier for them. The other location being the sports hall, will illustrate to the audience that Shania is an athletic, sporty and a character with high stamina. The colours reflect the genre also as it shows the contrast between dark and bright and the representation of each colour.

Overall, I aim to produce a sequence that not only provides my audience with a meaningful an overruling message, but a realisation of women not being typical as they would in reality as Shania and Hannah have used a weapon and have had the weapon throughout the film.