The Last Laugh

Genre: Sport/ Drama Target Audience: 15+Purpose: Raise Awareness

Characters and Reasons

Christian Bale- Drug obsessed fighter (For his work in The Fighter)

Sylvester Stallone- Boxing Coach (For his work in Rocky)

Mother- Sorcha Cusack (For her work in Snatch)

Opponent Michael Jai White (For his Work in Blood and Bone/ The Dark Night)

Enigma Codes

Questions will be asked of the audience straight away. The film will begin with the sound of punching and crowd cheering. The names of the actors and production team will roll across the black screen whilst punches continue to fly. When the directors name appears on the screen the sound of someone hitting the canvas will be followed with a loud roar from the crowd but still no picture. The film will then begin, but the audience will not be show the scene they were hearing.

Narrative

The idea of the film is based on the life of Mike Tyson a super talented boxer who would go into a ring and knockout whoever was put in front of him. Until he started to get involved with the wrong people and drugs became an issue. Christian Bale doesn’t listen to the guidance of Sylvester Stallone and ends up fighting Michael Jai White for the world title.

Conventions

There will be lost of close ups used in the film to show the affect on someone at such a high level of sport. There will also be a lot of fly on the wall style shots used during drug and sex scenes to show the audience that something is not right and that the character should not be or does no belong in this environment.

Film marketing ideas…

The actors like Christian Bale and Sylvester Stallone will already have a large fan base which will help the appeal of the film to the general public.

Prime time/location adverts will be used whether that be in the middle of a England football match or between rounds in boxing fights. This is appealing to the target audience which will mainly be sporting fans.