Queen Khan
"Noor Khan is on the rocky road to boxing success fighting both her Muslim family and community to lay her hands on her boxing glory dream."- Kuma On A Cloud Pictures
Our target audience is a British Asian audience of both males and females aging from the range of 16-24, although that is our target audience we're also attempting to make the film appeal to fans of British Social realist cinema in addition to people interested in biographical films and boxing.
To appeal to our British Asian audience we have characters and locations which will be familiar to the audience.
We also have story elements and events in the story which hopefully our audience can relate to; Muslim girls not supposed to be showing skin, conforming or rejecting to the idea of wearing a head scarf. We would like to use language that our British Asian audience will be familiar because it will add to the verisimilitude and will help our target audience relate to the characters easier.
Locations we see in the film that the Asian community may be familiar with include the family going to their relatives houses and going to the mosque.
We also have chosen that for exterior shots such as when Noor goes to the shops with her older brother Hashaem we decided that we will film in existing locations that have a high population of Asian citizens such as Ilford because it adds to the realism.
We have also targeted this audience because the themes of aspiration, pressure from older siblings and parents is something that is very common within the age group of our target audience. Our two primary protagonists Noor and Hashaem both represent a gender of our target audience and the characters ages will appeal to the target audience because they're in the same age range- Noor is 17, Hashaem is 23.
The film was inspired by the real life story of amateur youth female Muslim boxer Ambreen Sadiq so the story will appeal to fans of biographical films because it is largely based on real life events of an actual person.
The film will appeal to boxing fans because the film not just shows life like boxing fights along with an accurate portrayal of how it feels to be an actual boxer in a fight but it lets the audience see what happens behind closed doors for boxers in addition to struggles they have to endure while preparing for fights.
The film will try and explore aspects of boxing not usually seen in films like what happens in training camps and how a typical day off for a boxer works; what they do,eat and think while not training or fighting.
Boxing films don't often explore boxing from a female perspective so I think boxing through the eyes of a female protagonist will not just appeal to male boxing fans but also female boxing fans.
Our target audience is a British Asian audience of both males and females aging from the range of 16-24, although that is our target audience we're also attempting to make the film appeal to fans of British Social realist cinema in addition to people interested in biographical films and boxing.
To appeal to our British Asian audience we have characters and locations which will be familiar to the audience.
We also have story elements and events in the story which hopefully our audience can relate to; Muslim girls not supposed to be showing skin, conforming or rejecting to the idea of wearing a head scarf. We would like to use language that our British Asian audience will be familiar because it will add to the verisimilitude and will help our target audience relate to the characters easier.
Locations we see in the film that the Asian community may be familiar with include the family going to their relatives houses and going to the mosque.
We also have chosen that for exterior shots such as when Noor goes to the shops with her older brother Hashaem we decided that we will film in existing locations that have a high population of Asian citizens such as Ilford because it adds to the realism.
We have also targeted this audience because the themes of aspiration, pressure from older siblings and parents is something that is very common within the age group of our target audience. Our two primary protagonists Noor and Hashaem both represent a gender of our target audience and the characters ages will appeal to the target audience because they're in the same age range- Noor is 17, Hashaem is 23.
The film was inspired by the real life story of amateur youth female Muslim boxer Ambreen Sadiq so the story will appeal to fans of biographical films because it is largely based on real life events of an actual person.
The film will appeal to boxing fans because the film not just shows life like boxing fights along with an accurate portrayal of how it feels to be an actual boxer in a fight but it lets the audience see what happens behind closed doors for boxers in addition to struggles they have to endure while preparing for fights.
The film will try and explore aspects of boxing not usually seen in films like what happens in training camps and how a typical day off for a boxer works; what they do,eat and think while not training or fighting.
Boxing films don't often explore boxing from a female perspective so I think boxing through the eyes of a female protagonist will not just appeal to male boxing fans but also female boxing fans.
Outline of Film:
*The film begins with Noor on the floor of a boxing ring during the most important fight of her life; a title fight for female boxers in her age and weight division between her and her rival Joey Simpson. Occurring in reverse order we see how Noor was brought to the floor while being introduced to key characters and seeing key moments of the film that include these characters.
*The film then returns to the past-three months before the actual fight.
*Noor Khan is an amateur female muslim boxer who is trained by her British Dominican trainer Anthony Clarke.
*Noor's older brother Hashaem is released from a two year sentence for GBH early for good behaviour and has returned home to try and sort things out with his family and try to become a better brother to his sister by supporting her.
*Noor takes a week off school after her mother gives birth to her younger brother and becomes sick. During this time her father and brother beging to argue more frequently because Hashaem supports Noor in boxing and her father Salim does not.
*When Noor goes back to school her best friend Rav (a sikh teenager) tells her that most of her muslim friends are trying to avoid her because their parents don't want them related to such a "rebellious child".These friends include Noor's close Mariam who is constantly avoiding Noor.
*During a training session with Anthony Noor finds out that she's won a spot on a female amateur youth Great Britain boxer trainging camp. she accepts after her brother and Hashaem advise this.
*Hashaem and Salim argue again with the arguement turning into a small fight because Salim believes Hashaem undermines him as an authority figure.
*Noor goes to the training camp and is in constant conflict between the boxing ambassador and trainer Zoe because of Noor's headstrong attitude. The conflict isn't helped by another girl at the camp Angela who is constantly trying to provoke Noor into a fight.
*During a sparring warm up Noor and Angela's warm up gets out of hand and becomes a fight after Noor seems to get the upper hand Noor is pulled off by Zoe who begins to punish Noor.
*Noor calls Hashaem to pick her up early from the camp calling it a waste of time.
*On the car ride home she finds out from Hashaem that their father has disowned Hashaem because he's a bad role model and is tearing this family apart with his violent nature and influence on Noor. He's now staying with Anthony and that she'll see less of him.
*When Noor gets home Salim tells her that she has to choose between her boxing and her family and that if she goes ahead with the fight she'll join Hashaem in being disowned.
*At school Noor tries talking to Mariam and her other friends and they tell her that they can't be friends anymore because their parents don't want them to be associated with her. When Noor tries telling them it's their choice to be friends with her Mariam says that she's a bad muslim for showing all her flesh in the ring.
*Noor bunks the rest of school and when Rav tries to console her after training she pushes him away. Noor and Anthony have a heart to heart where Noor says she feels alone and that everyone is just wanting her to give up or fail.
*Anthony calls Hashaem and at his flat says that Noor needs to support and that Hashaem needs to do all he can to support his younger sister.
*During the final week of training Hashaem gets a small minority of muslims from the asian community and Noor's school friends and teachers to come and her support her at her fight.
*Noor goes into her fight not knowing the support she'll receive and after a few knocks to the floor from both Joey Simpson and Noor it goes to judges decision.
*Noor wins by points and is given the title.
*Noor in an after fight interview says she hopes that this minority of muslims supporting her will grow and that she hopes her father will support her in the future.
*The film begins with Noor on the floor of a boxing ring during the most important fight of her life; a title fight for female boxers in her age and weight division between her and her rival Joey Simpson. Occurring in reverse order we see how Noor was brought to the floor while being introduced to key characters and seeing key moments of the film that include these characters.
*The film then returns to the past-three months before the actual fight.
*Noor Khan is an amateur female muslim boxer who is trained by her British Dominican trainer Anthony Clarke.
*Noor's older brother Hashaem is released from a two year sentence for GBH early for good behaviour and has returned home to try and sort things out with his family and try to become a better brother to his sister by supporting her.
*Noor takes a week off school after her mother gives birth to her younger brother and becomes sick. During this time her father and brother beging to argue more frequently because Hashaem supports Noor in boxing and her father Salim does not.
*When Noor goes back to school her best friend Rav (a sikh teenager) tells her that most of her muslim friends are trying to avoid her because their parents don't want them related to such a "rebellious child".These friends include Noor's close Mariam who is constantly avoiding Noor.
*During a training session with Anthony Noor finds out that she's won a spot on a female amateur youth Great Britain boxer trainging camp. she accepts after her brother and Hashaem advise this.
*Hashaem and Salim argue again with the arguement turning into a small fight because Salim believes Hashaem undermines him as an authority figure.
*Noor goes to the training camp and is in constant conflict between the boxing ambassador and trainer Zoe because of Noor's headstrong attitude. The conflict isn't helped by another girl at the camp Angela who is constantly trying to provoke Noor into a fight.
*During a sparring warm up Noor and Angela's warm up gets out of hand and becomes a fight after Noor seems to get the upper hand Noor is pulled off by Zoe who begins to punish Noor.
*Noor calls Hashaem to pick her up early from the camp calling it a waste of time.
*On the car ride home she finds out from Hashaem that their father has disowned Hashaem because he's a bad role model and is tearing this family apart with his violent nature and influence on Noor. He's now staying with Anthony and that she'll see less of him.
*When Noor gets home Salim tells her that she has to choose between her boxing and her family and that if she goes ahead with the fight she'll join Hashaem in being disowned.
*At school Noor tries talking to Mariam and her other friends and they tell her that they can't be friends anymore because their parents don't want them to be associated with her. When Noor tries telling them it's their choice to be friends with her Mariam says that she's a bad muslim for showing all her flesh in the ring.
*Noor bunks the rest of school and when Rav tries to console her after training she pushes him away. Noor and Anthony have a heart to heart where Noor says she feels alone and that everyone is just wanting her to give up or fail.
*Anthony calls Hashaem and at his flat says that Noor needs to support and that Hashaem needs to do all he can to support his younger sister.
*During the final week of training Hashaem gets a small minority of muslims from the asian community and Noor's school friends and teachers to come and her support her at her fight.
*Noor goes into her fight not knowing the support she'll receive and after a few knocks to the floor from both Joey Simpson and Noor it goes to judges decision.
*Noor wins by points and is given the title.
*Noor in an after fight interview says she hopes that this minority of muslims supporting her will grow and that she hopes her father will support her in the future.
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