Presenting ideas and evaluations
I presented my ideas to a focus group of girls aged between 11 and 25 years old who i felt would fall within the target audience of the band. The majority of the feedback that they gave me was positive. From what they said the film will appeal to the vast majority of young females who either like their music or have a crush on a band member. It may also have an appeal to music fans in general and even guys who like the group. The band are very popular at the moment and have just finished their first headline tour at very prestigious venues and so have a huge following. With the success they are enjoying at the moment, I am certain that this film would appeal to a wide audience and make them want to go and see it. The film may also appeal to people who are not necessarily fans of the band as the 'rags to riches' story of the five band members may be of interest to them and inspire them to follow their dreams.
I think that my film would be interesting to watch as it would be very tense and exciting from the outset as the film starts with the latter stages of the auditions for places in the band. We follow the forming of the band and the road to success.
With regards to feasibility of making the film, I do not think that the film would be too costly to make as I feel that although they are enjoying huge success at the moment, they are not too 'big' and still have their feet firmly on the ground. They are down to earth guys who reply to fans on Twitter on a daily basis and I think this is helped by their working class backgrounds. They do not take their success for granted and appreciate that their fans got them where they are today and so I think that they would be happy and not too demanding in helping to make my film. My focus group and client believe that the biggest problem that I might have is getting interviews with the band itself as they have a very busy schedule, The Client and myself had a discussion about this and decided that it wouldn't be as big of a problem with it being over such a long period of time. Another comment that the focus group mentioned was my idea of including some of the flips, (they would be chosen by a poll on the website) because they have been seen many times before the fans but I personally feel that the inclusion of these is not an issue as the fans enjoy watching them over and over again. The only other thing which was brought up was would enough males buy the DVD when released but again I think we could overcome that by including a extra's on the DVD with a how to learn the guitar, as Tom and Siva play the guitar. The client wants me to change the director from Richard Curtis to someone who has directed one of their music videos.
With JLS releasing a film I think that there would be a greater rivalry between The Wanted and JLS, The Wanted always thank JLS for bringing boy bands back. But The Wanted didn't have to go on a show like X Factor to start a hype, I think people prefer it when groups make it through working hard instead of going on a talent show which gives them instant fame and people get sucked in by the hype which is X Factor. They don't necessarily like the group for their music but because it's the 'in' thing to do. Saying that The Wanted are completely different band to JLS, JLS are more pop/RnB and The Wanted are pop/rock/indie but like everything there is always comparisons made. I think if we were to release them at the same time or like a week apart it would work better as then neither of their fans could argue and say well such and such copied us it save that argument.
In conclusion I think that I should change the director to Nigel Dick the man who directed The Wanted's Lose My Mind, Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas and Oasis' Wonderwall. I also believe that watching Don't Look Back the documentary on Bob Dylan might give me more ideas and I should watch that and more music documentaries.
