The Evaluation - Part 8 'Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?'

Overall, since the start of the course, I believe that the progress from the production of the preliminary task to our final production of our opening sequence has been significant for me and my group. I have learnt and developed a lot of skills that are varied from editing to filming to produce an idealistic 2 minute opening sequence.

Areas such as:

Research and Planning.

Research and planning was very vital to producing our final product to the best our ability, due it creating the foundation of knowledge we needed.


Match On Action  for example, learning things such as camera angles and match on action, through the use of this we learnt how a simple convention of movies is quite essential. The match on action made everything flow and learning this developed our skills even more, skills such learning how to make every camera angle and shot make sense and flow. This creates a lot of consistency and was also taken into consideration within our  task. For example at (0.3 - 0.4) the camera quickly changes angle to the front side of Adam, switching from the side keeping our task at a consistent which is easy to follow and enjoyable to watch. This was also taken into consideration within our future production.

Another key thing we learnt that is used in most movies, is the 180 degree rule.

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen relationship between a character and another character. As a result, this created continuity and removed any confusing scenes within our production of other clips. However, at 0.47-0.50, the 180 degree rule was broken which was a mistake my group noticed, as a result of this it could easily disorientate the audience and cause confusion. Also, it showed inconsistency within the  task that interrupted the flow of the video and consistency of it. Therefore,
this show show crucial the 180 degree rule is when we are filming and the consequences if it is not taken into consideration.  This will make us understand in future production of other movies.

Another factor that was taken into consideration was the rule of thirds. If the rule of thirds was not executed properly it would also create confusion within the audience, making the camera not focus on the central figure.  For example, in this picture the rule of thirds is not entirely correct as his face is not central into the camera, therefore our group made sure we should take this more into consideration in future production


Strength.

The strength of our preliminary task was that it was consistent and used a varied amount of angles, while experimenting with a use of camera shots, the reason we did this was because in the first task we had to see what would work on the screen, so that we would get a early understanding of the angles and what it connotes and how it works. Therefore, a good strength was the varied amount of shots and angles we used to experiment in our future production

Weakness
However, a weakness was the amount of mistakes we made throughout the task. There was a lot of inconsistency of 180 degree rule and the time was a bit overextended as we wanted to experiment as much as we can.

Digital Technology.
Strengths
When using the camera it was quite easy to use and understand from learning how to record and pause while attaching it to the tripod safely. Therefore, there was no damages on the camera due to us learning the fundamentals  and safety of the camera. It was also easy to get it at certain angles and shots.

Also,  using FinalCutPro was quite easy as well as we had the ability to cut out scenes rearrange them in a good order without  confusing the audience, we also had the ability to put music which was a good thing to experiment with.

Weakness
However a weakness was the camera would often run out of battery at times, which  slowed
 down and postponed our production of our task. Also, FinalCutPro was often to difficult to use to cut out scenes precisely so that they would make sense

Creativity

Strength.
One strength was that in our task we used quite a few special effects to experiment with our editing and learn new skills that could benefit us in our future production. We also made up a story line that was quite humorous with dialogue so that it would add some sense of entertainment.

Weakness
However, a weakness was that the theme of creativity could not apply to our BSR, due to us adding non-conventional things such as special effects and humor, also some of the special effects was quite random at times which could create confusion

Post-Production

Strength.

A good strength in Post Production was that all the types of experimenting we did and all the skills we learnt from it, from different camera angles we used and shots to connote different things.  As well as time management with the whole task was taken into well consideration.

Weakness

On the other hand, it quite hard keeping all the shots we used in a certain amount of time, as well as making sure all our scenes and shots made sense while recording. This was quite time-consuming and took a while to get use to





    Opening sequence Research and Planning

Research and planning was a lot more organised than our first task, we covered a lot of other BSRS t and look into depth detail of the conventions of it. We assembled a new group  that we could easily organize plans with later in the future. Moreover, the group we assembled was a very good group that we could talk and discuss ideas with. We first started learn the history of BSR and how it evolved over time, this helped us learn how could apply to our own BSR.

The progress of the genre opened a new perspective of BSRS and how their conventions have changed, which widened our knowledge about the genre.

We also looked at our distributor Film 4 and researched into their ethos,  this also helped us with the brief and what we need to talk about inside it, giving us the fundamental knowledge of Film 4.
We also looked within the news for inspiration of the themes and ideas of what we should use in our own production.

We also benefited from going to visit the BFI and see lectures on how to create an ideal opening sequence that suites into the conventions of a BSR. Special guest such as Dexter Fletcher who directed Wild Bill told us about making a film on a tight budget and how to fit the important characters and necessary story line in the few scenes of the opening sequence, for the audience to understand

Digital Technology.

Strengths.

I felt that in terms of Digital Technology, it was useful for our group to use our own personal camera that we felt comfortable with and we had full control over. Most of the school's HD Canon cameras had quite low battery and often need charging while travelling with it, which made it less mobile.  We used varied match on action to quicken the pace of our BSR so that the flow of it was easy to follow, while telling the story line in clear sense. Also, long shots and medium shots were used to establish scenes in the movie to showcase the locations and the protagonist lifestyle.

FinalCutPro was also useful to convey the tone and atmosphere of the opening sequence, with non- diegetic sound such as soundtracks that were had quite low pitch and dull rapping, to further emphasis the protagonist lifestyle and state in his life.
Weakness

However, we had a few weaknesses while making the movie which was the cameras. Usually, we would film a Canon HD camera to have better quality so establishing were more clear to the audience. However, we had a few problems with the camera leading us to mostly use our own personal camera which had lower quality.

While using FinalCutPro a strong weakness was our work being deleted, postponing our production of the opening sequence. Therefore, re-editing the opening sequence was quite time-consuming.

Creativity.

Strengths

Our group was quite confident while filming in order of creativity. We looked out for scenes that conformed to the conventions of a BSR, such as gritty alleyways or council flats to convey the working class area, adding to our sense of creativity when looking for these locations. Mise-en-scene such as costumes such as tracksuits were taken into consideration, to further emphasis the protagonist lifestyle of working class and poverty. We also used props such as Guns and alcohol bottles to connote the violence and themes in our opening sequence that would be clearly conveyed to the audience. Another point was the use of fonts and music taken into consideration, which matched up with our themes to give similar connotations which expanded our creativity.
Weakness

However, we did not challenge much of the conventions of a BSR, we mostly stuck to conform to it in order to stay more realistic. This may of downgraded our creativity as it could of gave us more opportunity to experiment with different styles, while keeping it like a British social realism.

Also, we should of varied our camera angles to expand our creativity of connotations. Low angles could of connotes superiority and power, while high angles connote inferiority and even sadness. A more varied use of angles would of expanded the creativity, as even tilted angles could of been taken into consideration to add more interest, rather than a consistent use of match on action and camera shots.




Post-Production

Strength

A good  strength was that in our post-production we chose synchronous music that was suited to the themes and scenes, this would make the audience who would watch it feel more comfortable as the pace and tone of the opening sequence fit, while telling the story at a good pace.

Also, most of the lighting was natural and mostly was suited to the scenes to keep a good tone that didn't create any contradiction within the audience. As well as more editing such as transitions to create an chronic style of editing that told the story.

A production logo was also taken into consideration , where it was called 'Fuzz Productions' a simple name that was quite memorable to the audience that could easily catch their eye, we kept the typography of it simple as well whilst the picture. This also made it seem more professional and legitimate.


Weakness

Another clear weakness was the limited amount of angles that were shot in the opening sequence, as a result this weakened the interest and made it seem more dull as the shots became more repetitive as the scenes goes on, this may bored the audience as well.  Another weakness was background noise near certain areas, this could create distraction and confusion making it seem less professional and more of a nuisance. Whilst editing, it was very hard to keep it into the time limit and choosing to delete scenes that might of been necessary, or even better. This was also quite time-consuming and delayed production.

Factors such as time-consumption was a big weakness overall in our production, due to a lot of postpones and meeting deadlines making it more rushed, rather than having an ideal opening sequence that was finished in a good amount of time that was not rushed.

The Evaluation part 7 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Pre-Production

Blogger 

Blogger was a software used throughout the production of our film opening sequence. However, in our Pre-production we used it for a lot of research and planning that was vital to our final treatment. For example, we did planning such as production schedules or research such as on themes and genres on different types of BSR, or even Film4 itself. The result of this widened our knowledge on specific areas on our opening sequence and was demonstrated in our end product.

The strengths  of blogger is that it kept all my work organized and was easy to refer to when I needed certain information on topics such as Film4 or BSR conventions. The reason it was organised was because on digital media, everything is much easier to look after rather than using print or paper where it can easily get damaged or even lost. Therefore, the simplicity within the blogger made it easier to refer to notes and keep everything organised so that I know how up to date I am with my coursework.

On the other hand, there were a few limitations of blogger. For example, uploading certain videos only allowed a certain restricted amount of MB. Therefore, I had to stay close to the MB limit to upload certain footage to the blogger. As a result, some footage was hard to upload if it was over the limit. Another limitation was that it quite hard to fit certain pictures and font sizes within the pages, therefore some of the work that was does had a very disorientated structure, making it hard to keep certain work organised within the pages.

Overall, my personal development on using Blogger has made it a lot easier to use. I can easily refer to notes, upload certain footage in the limit of MB and keep everything in chronological order therefore, making sure that the progress made in my coursework is up to date.

YouTube

YouTube was also a software that used in a lot of my product. It was used a lot for research on other BSR's in our post-production, due to this software having easy accessibility to other movies to refer to. For example, in one type of work I had to compare BSR to Hollywood therefore, most of the clips i refereed to where from YouTube where I can use blogger to upload certain clips, thus making me compare and contrast clips from YouTube.

The strengths of using YouTube was the easy accessibility to certain clips. I could search for the clip I want in seconds. You tube also has a wide selection of clips to choose from, making my choice more varied within what I need to choose.

On the other hand, You tube may not have clips that were specific  from my choice, for example If I wanted a clip from a certain movie within a certain scene, it may not have it making it hard for me to select that clip. An example would be YouTube could show a whole movie of the movie I was looking for, but I would only need a certain scene from it.

Overall, my progress with YouTube is that it has been useful and efficient to use, as it allowed me to select wide ranges of videos to give examples and references throughout my whole of the course.

Powerpoint

PowerPoint was used in quite a few of my projects within my work. It was usually used as a different format rather than word, to show information in a summarized way and organized presentation in order, to showcase my information and research in different sections

One strength of using PowerPoint is that I could use it to store research in an organized section. I could store research such as information , themes and genres about BSR that I have looked into. In addition, to the ability to upload it to my blogger due to the use of One Drive transferring these files.

However, one weakness is that it could sometimes create a struggle to import it into my blogger. The use of OneDrive created a link to showcase my presentation on blogger however, if the link was appeared to be broken or it did not work for technical reasons, then it could waste time on uploading it to my blog.

While using , it has been easier to upload my PowerPoint to my blogger due to OneDrive not having problems with the links, making all my research in my Blogger organized.

Excel
Excel was used to plan schedules and  also plan our opening sequence. Throughout the use of this we understood and organized our planning. For example, we used sheets to plan things such as what camera shots to use, the dialogue within the movie and other factors that take place within our movie.

One strength of using Excel was that most of my work within it was used to demonstrate how the events of my opening sequence would go in a certain order, making it easy to refer to and keep track of

One weakness of using it though was that I could not use much images or diagrams within it, therefore making it hard to have visuals.

Overall, my progress was quite effective while using it due to it being easy to refer to due to it having a organized presentation and layout.

Production.          

Final Cut Pro

Throughout the use of Final Cut Pro we used this software to edit our movie in the most idealistic way. This was quite easy and effective to use in order to establish our opening sequence with fonts, cuts and sound.

One strength of using FinalCutPro was that it was quite easy to use compared to other software such as Abode or iMovie, due to it being more advanced as well. For example, the use of sound editing made it easier that it was synchronous due to the ability of changing how loud the audio is and if it overlaps with the scene. Another aspect is the actual editing of the clips, using fast cuts to make sure the match on action was ideal.

One weakness however was that we experienced a lot of difficulties within our production of the opening sequence. For example, FinalCutPro randomly erased all our memory and clips, making us start from scratch and re-edit the movie, making it quite an unreliable software that can experience these type of difficulties.

My personal development of it however, was that when it erased our memory, we was able to re-edit our opening sequence even better than before, making it quite beneficial to us that we got to re-edit our opening in a new way.

Digital Camera.

The Digital Canon HD camera was used in our production to film our actual opening sequence in the end.Also, our Digital Camera was handheld and could be attached to our tripod for more grip and steady filming.

A strength of using the camera was it is easy to store due to it having a good weight and size and not being fragile or weak. Also, the camera could be easily attached to the tripod so that the filming could e a lot more steadier and precise, making it more clear to the audience. However, the good strength of it was that we could choose if we needed it to be attached to the tripod, most of the time we used it with freely hand-held due to it conforming to the conventions of a BSR

However, a weakness of the camera is that most of the time it wouldn't be fully charged or there
 would be a problem with the battery pack. Making it quite hard to film at times due to these technical problems.

Overall, most of my personal development while using the Camera, lead our group to use our own camera that had just as good quality as a result, making it easier, faster and efficient to film our movie in a certain period of time.

MP3 Unsigned.

MP3 unsigned was a website that we used to download unsigned audio tracks that could be used in our opening sequence, in order to avoid any copyright. Due to this free accessibly we looked at and acquired many different songs that could be suited in our opening sequence, most of the genre was rap.

A good strength of this was it expended our variety of music, rather than listening to mainstream music that is recognizable and constantly used. We used a rap song with quite synchronous sound within our opening sequence keep in action, making it more dynamic and alive. It was also easy to import music to our movie.

However, a weakness was that most of the music was very limited to it's quality, sometimes the music would have bad audio and lyrics that would not relate to our film , making it hard to look for underground music that would relate and fit into our opening.

Overall, the progress of it was good, we found a track that was synchronous and had   lyrics that could personally identify  to the audience. It also made the website beneficial to use and avoid copyright

Mac

The main hardware we used throughout the course was the Mac. This was mostly used to use all the software inside it such as Powerpoint, Word, FinalCutPro.  It was also a crucial hardware due to it having the essential app - FinalCutPro in addition, to it saving all our editing on that hardware to

One strength of using a Mac that it had all the software we used to produce my research and opening sequence. It also has an easy to use interface with all the shortcuts I need to go, making it quick and efficent

One weakness of using a Mac is that sometimes I could not access my other files from other computers, making it much longer to transfer these files from one computer to another.

Overall, my personal development of using the Mac was that it was quite easy to adapt to from using the other computers, due to it having different apps and browsers such as safari or the essential app FinalCutPro



Post-Production

Blogger.

Blogger was also used a lot in our Post-Production, due to it being an essential software throughout the whole of the course. In our post-production we used our Blogger to upload our evaluations and videos to evaluate our opening sequence verbally as well.

A strength of using Blogger was not only how we could easily organised  it was also the ability for our teacher to look at anytime when we publish so it we could easily get feedback and if it is up to date. It was simple to use as well as there was barely any problems with publishing any documents making it also efficient to use.

However ,  a problem with using Blogger was that if i need to do any work it had to be on the internet. Therefore, most of the work I had to do home could be risky due to my internet going down at the times meaning I could lose my work

Overall, my personal development of using Blogger was that the internet problem did not become much of an issue due to most of my work being done at school and uploaded at a near time where my teacher could give me feedback

FinalCutPro

The editing software was again used in the Post-Production to edit our evaulation and upload it to youtube. Making it quite beneficial for us to use FinalCutPro on our Post-Production part. Or checking over any mistakes in our opening sequence.

One strength of using FinalCutPro was that editing our evaluation was useful. This is due to some interruptions that were involved while we were talking therefore, we could easily cut out these parts and making the evaluation flow with continuity. In addition, to checking any mistakes or adding new font that reflects the conventions of a BSR

However, a weakness of using FinalCutPro was that it was quite time-consuming to edit parts out and cut parts out precisely so that there was no mistakes, which took quite a bit of effort

Overall, my personal development with using FinalCutPro was that it was beneficial to a lot of our work, from the opening sequence to the editing of our evaluation, it made us explore different conventions within font of the opening sequence and keeping our evaluation videos have no mistakes, with flowing speech.

Evaluation Part 6 - 'How did you address/attract your audience?'

Evaluating our feedback from our pitch focus group.

Evaluation Part 5 - 'How does your media product represent social groups?'

Part Five - Social Groups

Evaluation Part 4 - 'Who will be your target audience?'

Production Log 13

Production Log 13.

In this week, we have finished our filming and editing, which was quite successful due to us being able to fit in components such as the right music, font and transitions. As a result, I have also been able to start my evaluations which was part 1-3. Part one being the brief made us discuss  what our movie was about and how it targeted our target audience. While part two made us talk about media conventions and what media products I used to develop my conventions.  While part 3 talked about how we would distribute our product.

The Evaluation Part Three 'What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?'

Evaluation Part Two - 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?.'

Evaluation - Part Two

'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?.'

Performance/Narrative

The protagonist moves throughout film in a drunken or disturbed manner, mostly feeling anti-social within his area and society. He is also very secluded from everyone else due to him having very little dialogue. In addition, his addiction to alcohol is evidence for him trying to soak his frustration against his pregnant girlfriend, the use of the alcohol creates symbolism of the protagonist being at his all time low. This links into the main character of Fish Tank, both protagonist are very introverted from society and anyone else, having very little feelings of happiness and social interaction unlike most of the typical teenagers.

Our opening sequence reveals the tragedy thats happens to our protagonist, which makes it mirror a intense opening as he almost instantly finds out about his pregnant girlfriend. Thus, leading to him become an alcoholic to try escape. Similar to Fish Tank, the protagonist is also an alcoholic showing how depression and isolation leads to an empty shell life. Nevertheless, the lack of shots shows exclusion from the audience, making him much more isolation and symbolising how far away from society he is, the use of the long shots and medium shots illustrates more of a isolated tone, and showing more of the gritty area he lives in, linking in with the area of FishTank also having living in a working-class area.

Settings/Location

The places we used were well portrayed through the use of medium shots, the weather was always seem to be dull as well which, further portraying the dark-tone within the movie. Nevertheless, we first wanted to put him in a posh area causing trouble, showing the juxtaposition between him and the area ( Working and middle class ) however, we decided to put him a place where he is more suited to - a rundown working class area. The picture used here is the area we decided not to use, after it having more of a sophisticated feel which, does not suit the tone of the movie. We felt the streets of Vauxhall and Stockwell, created more of a dark tone than near the quiet RiverThames. As a result, this conformed more to the conventions of a BSR making it our media product have more realism in addition to the use of the Council Estates which is also used in BSR' such as Kidulthood to promote a gritty tone, this shows to the audience what social status Tate is.

Effects/Transitions.

We used quite a few transitions such as: Fade to black, cross dissolve and parallel editing. Firstly, the fade to black transition was used to build up suspense and show the chronological order of the events that happen in the opening sequence. For example,  when Tate is drinking alcohol randomly on the street, we used the fade to black to show he ends being in distress in the street after drinking too much.
Nevertheless, we used quite a few fast cuts to keep up with the suspense of the movie, thus keeping the audience more engaged. Although, this may not conform to the conventions of a BSR we did balance it out, by having quite a few slow cuts and movement of the camera to have a more realistic atmosphere, thus making our media product more of a BSR.

Moreover, we used quite a few effects on our credits which was the 'rain' effect. Right near the start of our opening sequence we introduce the main title - 'Devil May Care', on the main title we used the rain effect pouring on the letters to reflect the atmosphere and themes of our movie which is depression and isolation. As a result, the effect of the rain connoted this which gave it more of a dark tone, in addition the consistent use of it established this theme and tone well.

Lighting

The lighting used in the opening sequence was quite dull and dark, without any use of ambient lighting. The use of the dull lighting also reflected our conventionally BSR themes which is the depression and violence the protagonist faces, this was effective as if we used quite light lighting then it wouldn't be seen as a BSR and more like a Hollywood movie.  Nevertheless, we excluded any use of ambient lighting to make our movie more realistic and less artificial in order to conform to a BSR. For example, if you take a look at other BSR's such as kidulthood, Dead Man's shoes or Fishtank, they barely have any bright ambient lighting as they keep to the general natural lighting to reflect a realistic tough day life .

Was you're narrative original/conventional?

Our main storyline in my opinion was quite conventional due to the stereotypical problems faced within a BSR in a disrupted teenagers life, which is teen pregnancy and alcohol and other factors such as guns and violence. However, our characters are quite unique and subvert most of the stereotypes for example, the main protagonist is asian and subverts the stereotype of him being obedient and smart intact, he is the opposite and mostly rebels and is quite reckless in life. In addition, he has a muslim girlfriend which, expresses the inter-faith couples that is rarely seen in most british social realisms.

The Evaluation - Part One - The Brief

Brief

The brief has asked us to produce a new British Social Realism film, which was requested by Film4 - our producer. Me and my group produced an opening film of a BSR containing many conventions of an generic BSR. Our target audience was attracted to 16-24, which are mostly males.

Themes

Teen Pregnancy.

- This theme was used to establish and justify an unstable protagonist who makes decisions which lead to dramatic consequences, such as teen pregnancy. Thus, also showing a reckless teen who is sexually active at a young age, portraying the confused mind the protagonist has as, he makes the morally wrong decisions. BSR'S such as Kidulthood express this theme through a young teen girl who is pregnant and regrets every decision she makes almost all the time.

Violence.

This theme was used to establish and justify the gritty and unpleasant atmosphere the film has, which conforms to the generic conventions of a BSR. For example, guns were used in the film to connote death and murder in addition to a young teen getting hold of a gun showing the corruption of youth.

Alcoholism.

This theme was used to show underage drinking, which adds to the stereotypical atmosphere of a BSR - unpleasantness.  Nevertheless, it makes our character even more reckless and depressed, as he goes down the route of drinking at such at a young age, due to his morally wrong choices

Religion.

The main protagonist's girlfriend is Muslim and she becomes pregnant.This shows the consequences within religion which is quite a controversial topic. As a result, our protagonist goes through a lot more events that create trouble within his life and his girlfriend, who is pregnant from someone he doesn't even know. This also brings up the sin sex before marriage which, is a looked down upon action in life by religion.

Film4 Production Company

Film4 is seen as the best company to be working with us and assisting in the distribution of our movie: "Devil May Care". Aswell as them being  a British digital company, founded in 1982.  Most of the themes above are greatly linked to BSRs and are quite frequently used in Film4. They have also included movies such as Trainspotting or even This is England, both respected BSRs by critics.

Target Audience.

Our BSR is aimed mostly at 16 - 24 years old, which could be identified as young adults and teenagers. As a result, to attract our target audience we used all of the themes above, which also conforms to the conventions of a BSR. Our audience could also identify with our BSR due to it showing a struggle in everyday Britain that teenagers and young adults can often face. Our audience would be mostly aimed at males, due to a male central figure and stereotypical themes that seem to attract mostly males. 

Nevertheless, other Films that inspired us was most likely to Kidulthood or even Adulthood, due to them being very famous films that were rated high by critics. Also, they conform to the conventions from a BSR due to natural lighting, working class clothes and gritty locations.

Devil May Care Opening Sequence.

Production Log 12

In this week, we started to do our editing of our opening sequence.(According to our schedule) It been going quite well as we included typical conventions of a BSR, such as dark lighting and slow camera movement. As a result, this was quite successful as it made it seem more realistic to portray the working-class life. We may of had a few difficulties with the official camera, due to charger problems and the battery park not working. Therefore, we resulted in using our own camera to film most of the scenes

Meet my audience

Production Log 11

In this week we started to do our recording, we shot most of our scenes near the locations we wanted such as the gritty areas or alleyways that convey the working-class life.  However, most of the locations we shot at were quite bright and connoted quite a happy-lifestyle rather than the gritty working class we wanted to portray. Therefore, we had to change locations a few weeks into the production in order, to achieve our main purpose to convey the poverty of Britain.


We did not really stick to the lines of our plan, as we decided not to include much dialogue to add more tension, even though our script had a lot more.

Production Log Week 10

In this week, we have discussed and made a treatment for our movie. The treatment contained information such as target audience, narrative, conventions and a lot more. Through the use of this we fully and properly understood the parts that made up our movie and how it represented and mirror an actual BSR.  We also looked at things such as the style and location, if the locations would represent a BSR and show the gritty working class life that we wanted to represent

Production Log Week 9

In this week we properly planned out our production schedule, this was used to seek the days when our group was free to film certain scenes. This was quite beneficial as it made sure that all the days were secured for our group was free, making us more organised and finally filming our movie. We also planned on the days when we would re-shoot our movie for more improvements and remove any mistakes

In addition to this, we made a production script in order to give us an idea of shots and angles we were going take, making us more prepared and clear when to shoot and film. Other factors such as storyline and dialogue were also taken into consideration so we have a clear mind when we film.

Treatment for our movie

Call Sheets

Production Log 5

This week we have looked at the history and timeline of British Social Realism  and how their conventions,style and themes have changed since a couple of decades.  The themes were mostly generally to be gangs, violence and drugs to portray the hardship of britain and a dark lifestyle.  Digital technology was under-developed in the 1960s so the style of editing, lighting, mise-en-scene and camera shots differed from today's century.

Production Schedule

Photos Of Locations ( Media Recci )

Even though most of the images were taken on a sunny day, we are hoping the weather would become darker so that the natural lighting can reflect the dark tone of a BSR. In addition, to most of these images being set in the center of Vauxhall station.

1ST Image: The first image is a small alleyway, with a few raindrops on the floor, The reason we like this location as we can visualize the protagonist being secluded in this location and alone, the floor is quite wet reflecting the dark gritty tone of the movie. The location is also quite eye-catching as we think it can be quite iconic to the audience due to the dim colours.

2ND Image: The second image is also a tight alleyway. The reason we have quite a few alleyways is due to most BSRs having this conventionally location. Therefore, it conforms to these conventionally locations.

3rd Image. The third image reflects almost like a wasteland. This is due to the vast space and how wide and open it is - as it can connote the protagonist isolation from society and his solitude. Moreover, the rundown buildings can really add to the tone of how chaotic the protagonist life. This can also attract the audience due to creating escapism as you would not really see much people here to hang out.

4th Image. The fourth image is near the river. This can  challenge the conventions of a BSR as it looks more calm and peaceful. Therefore, connoting an nice lifestyle for the protagonist. This can also be quite eye-catching towards the audience due to the vast open space and how attractive it is. The river can also be a place where many characters hang out to feel at peace, as we feel not every location in a BSR should connote the hardship of Britain.

Final image. This may be similar to to the third image, However, there is not much destruction in the scene to connote the hardship of the protagonist life. This also portray the protagonist isolation as he can often go here to be alone and excluded from the hard society he lives in, A lot of people could personal identify with this location due to many people in society wanting to be alone and excluded from the poverty of life.