Synopsis

Abd (protagonist) is a deprived individual who lives in the old urban areas of Karachi and therefore finds a shortcut to respect by joining D Company through Afsar (supporting role), a local representative of the organisation carrying small scale acts. Afsar takes Abd through some of his nightmares he has to go through and show his eligibility, hence, making Abd insensitive to sensitive conditions earning him the status of a 'made-man'.

Concept

Working Title :-

Genre :- Crime / Drama


Concept :- A deprived individual joins an organized criminal organisation in Pakistan to challenge the existing conventional society via his own view.

Suggestions :-

Alternatives :- We can alternatively show a woman in place of man (if capabilities are fulfilled).

Explaining the Survey Questionnaire and It's Results

According to my survey, which was conducted on multiple age groups, I found out that 25% do not watch bollywood but they still have their judgements for it (I envy their intellect for this ofcourse). However, this is where I would like to explain my questionnaire a bit. I had previously classified famous bollywood actors for the sake of my own ease. The classifications are so :- 

New Heroes :- Shahid Kapoor / Ranbir Kapoor / Ranveer Singh / Imran Khan

Classic Bollywood Heroes :- Amir Khan / Shahrukh Khan / Salman Khan

Old Bollywood Heroes :- Amitabh Bachan / Shashi Kapoor / Shatrugan Sinha / Mithan Chakraboty


Of what I learned, people are more attracted towards classic bollywood heroes, Aamir khan to be the most influential amongst the young audiences (probably because of his film the 3 Idiots). Therefore, this wants me making sure that I choose an actor who acts atleast similar to any one of these Classical Bollywood heroes. Secondly, I learned that songs are very important in bollywood movies. They are the signatures of the movie. BUT, some people also wrote that they prefer movies without the songs. Most importantly, people ticked the answer of 'something more westernized' when asked of an idea for the perfect bollywood film, but this survey was taken amongst educated, literal, Upper Middle Class people. Maybe the genuine Bollywood audience loves genuine bollywood style films. 

I will soonly complete and upload my script.

Questionnaire for the Survey.

Age :- ______                                                                Gender :- _______
Profession :- ________

i- Do you watch films ? 

ii- Do you watch Bollywood films ?

iii- Which type of films do you generally watch ? 

     a- Action
     b- Dramatic 
     c- Comedy 
     d- All of them!

iv- Who's your favorite Bollywood hero ? 

v- Do you like crime films ?

vi- What would be your idea for a perfect Bollywood film ?

    a-Magic, Music and Muscles
    b-Guns, Gore and Goons.
    c-Something more westernized.

vii- Do you like Bollywood movies about teenagers ? 

viii- How important do you think songs are in a Bollywood movie ? 

ix-  Why ?

x-  Which do you prefer (Hollywood or Bollywood) and why ?

Codes and Conventions : Posters (Ancillary)

There's this wonderful document uploaded on the internet which has helped me understand the bollywood poster trends. 

Link :- http://www.scribd.com/doc/31483302/Bollywood-Posters-Trends-since-1930-to-2010

The information in the link above describes nearly every aspect of the bollywood posters that were made from the mid 1990s to 2010, since my movie would reflect the era of 2010 and onwards I looked up what trends follow in 2010. Below are analysis of 10 movie posters released from the year 2000 till 2010. Descending according to their date.

Bodyguard is a recently released film which made success in the Indian masses. The poster is dipped in a warm tone with the name tag printed with a 3D effect, which was quite famous in the 1970's and so. The lead character is shown standing with a bullet piercing his jacket, along with some 10-15 more bullets on his left side. The poster is, to a higher extent, simple in means of it's design. The necessities are there ( The name of the movie, the name of the producing institution and a few details about the film. The dimensions of the poster are kept to the standard portrait view. Also, the font of the name tag reflects on the role of the lead character, i.e, a strong, rugged and a rough guy.

I am Kalam is a movie about a Kid that is influenced by the former president of the India Abdul Kalam Azad and starts calling himself Kalam. The story links with the poster in many ways. The boy is shown wearing dirty, torn clothes with a book in his hand. The name tag is unusually on the top left side of the portrait and the scenery behind the name tag reflects the boy's life in the film. The dimensions of the poster seem on the standard. The font of the name tag seems like an amateur's hand writing, the colour scheme of the whole poster is again, warm and to an extent vintage. The vignette is beautifully designed. This film is almost an independent film because there is no sign of any MEDIA institution on the poster, instead, it seems that it has been released by an NGO named 'Smile Foundation'. 

Singham is a recently released Bollywood action film which also made successes. The poster has been given a deep red tone and the sketch of the character's close shot along with the fire whirlpool in the background of the character reflect accordingly with the character's role in the movie.  This is what the audience is supposed to extract from the poster. The italic font matches the old font styles, while the gradient helps it achieve that image of being typical in terms of Bollywood movies. Also, the name tag is naturally where it was in the movie poster of bodyguard. While the release date has been made obvious at the extreme top left corner of the poster.

This movie poster is quite different in terms of colour and making as it clearly reflects the early times of the 1970s and 80s. The yellow sunburns on the red background, the character and the props attained by the character in the poster (especially those green glasses), the overall sharp red, yellow and orange combination of colours and most importantly, the font placement and the font style of the movie all match with the early eras. As the poster matches with the meaning of the film, this poster is quite well (as assessed personally). 

This is the poster of a great Bollywood movie named Shagird. The gun in the hands of the second character describe the film's relation to crime. The poster is not typically Bollywood style. The font style and the font placement are both different, the dark picture of the character covering half of the poster and a picture of a famous landmark in India designed in a warm orange tone describe the film's feel. There is no logo of the producing company as well.

This is the poster of the famous movie named Delhi Belly released on July 1. This poster naturally sets on codes and conventions. Where the name tag is below. With the logo of the production company, the release date, characters and the colour scheme is a bit out of the scene. The lead character is in the middle, where as the other characters are behind the lead character. The appearance of the lead characters here connect to the story along with the holes left by bullets in the background help it describe it's gritty nature. 

This is the movie poster for the movie Bheja Fry. This poster has been framed with dark black which makes something very clear, all the logos extremely below the poster. This also means that there are many more things a poster may have. The supporting companies as well as media partners for the movie. How ever, the yellow tone of the poster and the expressions of the character give it a non-serious feel. The audience may perceive that the movie is comedy. 

This is the movie poster for the film Chillar Party. The story is not so bollywood in nature, maybe this is why the film did not receive a greater success in the bollywood industry. The poster has an original colour theme, with a lot of kids protesting naked for something. This is what the movie really is about. Technically, this poster seems less treated with any colour tone, the gamma correction seems altered where as the photo manipulation is brilliant. The sky behind seems original. The dimensions of the poster are on their track too.

The poster of the movie 7 Khoon Maaf. This movie was a flop, however, I found the poster very catchy so I thought it would be a good idea to analyse it. The poster is treated with a dirty green tone, where the title has been attractively written in a spooky font. The film is actually a thriller, a psychedelic one, which links with the poster. The dimensions are usual. There is a lot of detail beneath the title where as the logo placement is similar to many posters above. This is overall not a typical poster due to the name tag placement and the colour tone. 

 This poster is very simple technically. The name tag placement, the photography and even the lead characters attire. Maybe the faces cut by the upper boundary of the poster are supposed to generate excitement in the audience for the film. The font it pretty simple and typical, the photo seems treated by light boost. Also, details of the film below the poster seem typical. 

Codes and Conventions : Similar Products

 

The first teaser trailer in which I looked for codes and conventions is the trailer of a bollywood movie named 'Kaminey'. This film is directed by Vishaal Bhardwaj along with the scoring done by Vishaal Bhardwaj as well. Produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The teaser typically starts with an impressive shot of the movie with the lead character. This makes it the first code, impressive shot, whether it is in terms of it's camera angle, camera movement, mise en sene and sound as well. The prime objective of a teaser is to generate interest in the viewer, to make him/her watch more of it. The teaser of Kaminey was 30 seconds and generally speaking, officially, teasers can be anywhere between 30 seconds to 1 minute [wikipedia]. Which means that the convention was maintained. Also, the teaser of Kaminey consists of it's OST (Official Sound Track).










The second teaser I analyzed for codes is of a film named Golmaal 3, which was directed by Rohit Shetty. Produced by Eros International. Golmaal 3 made a teaser of 1 minute and 6 seconds, which means that the convention was shortly maintained. Also, the teaser is a mash up of broken comedy, action and dramatic sequences, mostly comedy because the film itself is comedy. It also contained shots that were not a part of the movie, which is, the shot of the lead female character standing on a car. Pretty fake shot if it is analyzed from the media's perspective, but still, it is a shot included in the teaser.  However, the teaser trailer includes two different tracks from the movie. The first track is a new track made for the film and the second one is the track from both of it's prequels (Golmaal and Golmaal Returns).




The third trailer I analyzed was of a recent film which would release soon. The all famous Shahrukh Khan's Don 2. This teaser starts with a sequence of highly impressive shots (a shot of wild nature taken from the helicopter where Don is traveling in his yacht. Three more conventions of a teaser trailer here :-

i- Slow paced impressive shots
ii- A narrative 
iii- Text tags in the teaser


Don 2 has a teaser of 1 minute 27 seconds, which breaks the convention of limiting to the time frame but the narrative explains what the film is going to be about. 




Links :- 


Don 2 :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1at8wo8TnEM


Kaminey :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0qMj4O11ZY

Golmaal 3 :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFWllVG_o4