Friday, 26 February 2016
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Evaluation Part 1
What brief were you working to?
My group and I were given a brief to work towards, it had to target 'British 16-24 year olds' and also our opening sequence was to be roughly 2 minutes short. The opening sequence had to be from the 'social realism genre' and all of our audio and visual material had to be completely original and music had to be copyright free. In reference to targeting 'British 16-24 year olds' my opening sequence successfully did this as we kept to the smash mouth opening creating a fast paced opening sequence intriguing the audience, which generally appeals to this age range. Also the actors themselves were of the age 16-18, so the audience can relate to this. My opening sequence for 'Rivals' ran at 2;10, this was acceptable as the brief stated that we could be 12 seconds above, so this was no issue. In the brief no exact gender was mentioned, however this may have been a problem for our opening sequence as no females were included therefore i feel it would mainly appeal to males.
Explain the title and what happens in your opening sequence making reference to the treatment?
The title for our BSR film is 'Rivals' this connotes the rivalry between the characters seen in the opening sequence, and also the violence that occurs in the film.The typography we used for the title was an urban jungle style font, this connotes the urban feel of the film, relating to British Social Realism, as most contemporary BSR films are set in the urban parts of Britain, in this case East London, for example one of the films i researched was 'My Brother The Devil' which was set in Hackney. The general story to the entire film is; a large gang in the Romford area were controlled by 2 brothers (David and George) who had lost their mother at a young age and were dragged into the gang by members of it who they befriended. Due to David's girlfriend cheating on him with George, a separation between the members occurs due to both brothers fighting.. Eventually David decides enough is enough, and targets the girl who tore them apart while he is not home. The opening sequence only showed David breaking into George's flat with 2 of his other gang members, this is seen at '1;20-1;39' here you can see them breaking into George's flat, by kicking down the door. The intervention between the brothers allows the audience to see the corruption found in British society. Our film 'Rivals' was heavily influenced by other BSR films such as; 'Shank', 'Kidulthood' and 'Ill manors', at '2;03' the audience can see the character attempting to kick down Georges door, this relates back to violence, which is another element heavily used in the likes of those films mentioned.
Explain how it explores the themes of BSR referring to your research
The main theme we were intending to explore was violence, this is evidently seen in our opening sequence, as the audience can see at various times where physical violence was present, for example at '2:07' when David pulls out a flick knife, clearly connoting the theme of violence as the weapon itself connotes this, and also at '2:08' when David pushes George up against the door and holds the knife above his head, portraying the theme of violence. All the characters were represented as stereotypical British teenagers, conforming to typical portrayals such as gang violence, this is seen through the costumes of the characters, typically being tracksuits and black jackets. In reference to research, my group and I watched various other BSR films and opening sequences, which also explored this theme, from the likes of; 'Kidulthood', 'Adulthood', 'Ill manors', 'Shank' and many more. For example, in particular this was seen in 'Kidulthood', when Jay, Trevor and Moony break into Sams flat and beat him up and push his mother down the stairs, this scene connotes violence.
My group and I were given a brief to work towards, it had to target 'British 16-24 year olds' and also our opening sequence was to be roughly 2 minutes short. The opening sequence had to be from the 'social realism genre' and all of our audio and visual material had to be completely original and music had to be copyright free. In reference to targeting 'British 16-24 year olds' my opening sequence successfully did this as we kept to the smash mouth opening creating a fast paced opening sequence intriguing the audience, which generally appeals to this age range. Also the actors themselves were of the age 16-18, so the audience can relate to this. My opening sequence for 'Rivals' ran at 2;10, this was acceptable as the brief stated that we could be 12 seconds above, so this was no issue. In the brief no exact gender was mentioned, however this may have been a problem for our opening sequence as no females were included therefore i feel it would mainly appeal to males.
Explain the title and what happens in your opening sequence making reference to the treatment?
The title for our BSR film is 'Rivals' this connotes the rivalry between the characters seen in the opening sequence, and also the violence that occurs in the film.The typography we used for the title was an urban jungle style font, this connotes the urban feel of the film, relating to British Social Realism, as most contemporary BSR films are set in the urban parts of Britain, in this case East London, for example one of the films i researched was 'My Brother The Devil' which was set in Hackney. The general story to the entire film is; a large gang in the Romford area were controlled by 2 brothers (David and George) who had lost their mother at a young age and were dragged into the gang by members of it who they befriended. Due to David's girlfriend cheating on him with George, a separation between the members occurs due to both brothers fighting.. Eventually David decides enough is enough, and targets the girl who tore them apart while he is not home. The opening sequence only showed David breaking into George's flat with 2 of his other gang members, this is seen at '1;20-1;39' here you can see them breaking into George's flat, by kicking down the door. The intervention between the brothers allows the audience to see the corruption found in British society. Our film 'Rivals' was heavily influenced by other BSR films such as; 'Shank', 'Kidulthood' and 'Ill manors', at '2;03' the audience can see the character attempting to kick down Georges door, this relates back to violence, which is another element heavily used in the likes of those films mentioned.
Explain how it explores the themes of BSR referring to your research
The main theme we were intending to explore was violence, this is evidently seen in our opening sequence, as the audience can see at various times where physical violence was present, for example at '2:07' when David pulls out a flick knife, clearly connoting the theme of violence as the weapon itself connotes this, and also at '2:08' when David pushes George up against the door and holds the knife above his head, portraying the theme of violence. All the characters were represented as stereotypical British teenagers, conforming to typical portrayals such as gang violence, this is seen through the costumes of the characters, typically being tracksuits and black jackets. In reference to research, my group and I watched various other BSR films and opening sequences, which also explored this theme, from the likes of; 'Kidulthood', 'Adulthood', 'Ill manors', 'Shank' and many more. For example, in particular this was seen in 'Kidulthood', when Jay, Trevor and Moony break into Sams flat and beat him up and push his mother down the stairs, this scene connotes violence.
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| David kicking down Georges door connoting theme of violence. |
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| David pushing George up against the door, connoting violence again. |
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| Prop; Knife connotes violence and war. |
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Production Log Week 13
At this point we are still currently editing and improving the new footage we have imported into final cut express. We have found the perfect music to precisely match the tempo of our opening sequence. The transitions of the shots well matched the music. The instrumental is grime, this is a contemporary type of music, of which many London teenagers listen to and can enjoy. We started our graphics also, including; film title, director's name, producer, editor and also the names of the actors. The font we used was urban jungle, this connotes the urban theme of the film, which is an imperative convention for our opening sequence.
Title of our film:
The effect we gave the graphics was a shaky movement and fade in and out. Our resources were limited and restricted resulting in not being able to create perfect Hollywood like graphics, however this gives a realistic/unvarnished feel, which is ideal for our BSR opening sequence. The only problem with our title was that when we imported it into our footage it didn't come out as expected, and didn't show the city silhouette.
Music used in our opening sequence:
Title of our film:
The effect we gave the graphics was a shaky movement and fade in and out. Our resources were limited and restricted resulting in not being able to create perfect Hollywood like graphics, however this gives a realistic/unvarnished feel, which is ideal for our BSR opening sequence. The only problem with our title was that when we imported it into our footage it didn't come out as expected, and didn't show the city silhouette.
Music used in our opening sequence:
Production Log Week 12
My group and I, are still editing our footage, and improving certain areas which were slacking previously, things such as the duration of individual shots, terrible acting, too much shaky camera movements and also the missing shots we intended to include. Some of our shots lasted way too long and took away the effect of fast action and great intensity, so we took off two frames of each shot in order to achieve this fast paced opening scene. The establishing shots were too shaky, and were badly filmed, so Jack had to redo this himself as the shots were only near his house, which doesn't take much time. Also introducing a wider range of camera movements and shot types in order to gain the full effect of BSR and keep that intensity.
Steady Establishing shot:
The editing software we are currently using: Final cut express
Shot types and Camera Movements we can include:
Steady Establishing shot:
The editing software we are currently using: Final cut express
Shot types and Camera Movements we can include:
- Match On Action
- Shot Reverse Shot
- Steady Establishing Shot
- Pan/Tracking shots.
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