Inspiration for film

After we decided that our original idea of a gangster film would not really work we had to change ideas. As a group we decided to do a superhero movie opening. The idea for the opening came from a previous task that was not really linked to this. At first the idea was just a comedy make-fun of recent superhero films, specifically the dark knight trilogy. We decided that we should move away from the original concept by making it more serious but whilst still maintaining an element of humour. We therefore decided to, rather than make fun, base it on “The Dark Knight Trilogy” and other films such as “The Amazing Spiderman” and “The Avengers”. Our primary film focus would be “Kick Ass” as our film would very much follow the plot of it. We were also inspired by recently released film “Kingsman: The Secret Service” due to the way that humour is used.

Also sense me and another member of the group are into comics we decided to also base our film upon graphic novels such as “Batman”, “Kick-Ass”, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “Watchmen”.

With superheroes as the main concept of our film it mean that we have to use a very Hollywood style of narrative and theme meaning that we do not have to focus on realism and can pretty much do whatever we wanted to, using whatever we had. This is mostly due to the sudden increase in demand for simple and action packed epics that provide a sense of escapism and spectacle for the viewer.

Due to our budget being nothing and our filming time also being very small it mean that we will be unable to travel to other locations. This was the main reason that we had to drop the gangster film idea as we needed a lot of time and resources and since we do not have a Hollywood budget it means that we cannot have the effects and location that are usually used. To get around this issue we decided that our superhero would be just an average kid who protects his school. By doing this it means that we do not have to travel anywhere and we can just go and do it whenever we want to. Also because our superhero is supposed to just be a normal kid it means that we are able to use just everyday items for the costume such as a hoodie.