part sevenn.

part four.

part five.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Camera, angle, shot movement and position.

One of the main ways we portrayed a particular social group was using various camera angles in order to show what sort of person they were. For example we used a Low angle to show the girls's mother to portray that she is superior and a scary woman. We used a high angle to show the girl in order to portray that she is a vulnerable. Even though she puts on a act that she is tough when her mother is in the picture she is a vulnerable girl. this made the audience have some sympathy for her Using a TWO SHOT to represent how the victim felt when the main girl becky pushed and swore at her showed how aggressive she was and how scared the victim was. In order to show how scared the victim was we used a close-up in order to show her fear towards the aggressive and chavy girl.

Editing.

We used a fast pace throughout the opening sequence in order to show how fast her life was moving. Also make it realistic as possible. For example at the beginning of the opening sequence we show the girl finding out she is pregnant and calling her boyfriend telling him she is pregnant. we use a fast pace to show her worried and angry but the next moment she is applying makeup and getting ready to go out. This represents two different parts of society. Such as young pregnant teenagers but also people who avoid situations and deal with them the next day. 

Sound.

the soundtrack we used begun when the protagonist walked out of the door. At the beginning it has a asian tone which portrays a clearer identity of the protagonists background and her ethnicity as she is asian. As she starts walking and more action occurs the pace of the music begins to get faster showing as she is moving fast so is the pace of the music. As she calms down in the park whilst smoking the pace gets slower and is softer showing that she is relaxed.

Mise-en-scene.

Location: The location we used was Ilford. Which is know to be a scruffy, gritty and dirty place. This shows the stereotypical representation of underclass people living in poverty. The location suits well with the BSR genre as these areas are all over England. This also emphasises the way the protagonist is living. For example the stairs she goes up to reach her house is full of rubiish such as chicken boxes, paper etc.
Costume: The costume our protagonist wore was oversized teeshirt and jogging bottoms. This was very stereotypical as underclass people do not have flashy clothes as many people do. This represented to the audience that she is very basic and wears only basic clothing as she does not have much money to buy flashy clothes.

Arbitray signs.

We used arbitray signs in our work. At the end of the opening sequence the protagonist is on her bed crying and her mother (antagonist) is blocking the doorway not letting her leave. As if she has cornered her. Our title is CORNERED and the girl is shown to be getting cornered by her mum. This had no direct connection to the title however it was a sign.

Part eighty.

Here is a video of my preliminary task.

Overall i thought my preliminary task was quite successful as we watched other preliminary tasks that past students had done before us and we thought we would come up with a very creative idea. Such as in our one the lady is going to the doctors as she is pregnant. However she realises she has had an miscarriage. We see a flashback of her sitting on the floor crying. We were given a task that we had too shoot two people having a conversation and person one leaving the room.

I thought the creativity in this was very good. As it was original nobody had the same storyline as us.Another strength was the range of different types of camera shots we chose for example close-ups, long shot, mid shot etc. we used many throughout our work and the end result was quite good. The planning was very good because Bilal and me already knew what we wanted to do so it came together quite well. The effect i used on the shot which shows the pregnant woman falling created the scene to be more intrestting because it was a flashback scene so it was clearer for the audience.

The things i thought were less successful was the match on action. It was not clear and looked very jumpy. in editing cutting the shots to make it lead into the next one smoothly was a struggle for us as we could not find the right moment to cut the shot. Another unsuccessful aspect was we did
 not concntrate as much on the pregnant woman's face. We should have focused on her facial expression whilst she was falling down to make it more dramatic and seem more realistic. I think our storyline was very unique however we could have used better shots in our story-boards to make the audience understand our work more. I slacked a lot in the project.

I think we did progress a lot. As in the preliminary project i did not contribute as much as i should have.  however for our production now i did contribute a lot. More than i did before. Our editing skills did progress a lot as the match on action was very good due to our teacher showing us clip processor which made the match on action more precise and it flowed more.

Another way we progressed for our BSR film was making each shot count. meaning we were not wasting any shots such as we kept to the storyline and used several close-ups which we did not have in the preliminary task. This made it more dramatic and realistic as we wanted.

PART THRE.

The brief. Part 1

For this production we were given a Brief which we had too stick to for our film. The was a guidance for us on who we were creating this for. How old they should be and the location. Also the company we were making this for which was film four.

You have been approached by Film 4 to make a new British Social Realist film aimed at British 16-24 year olds. To give Film 4 an idea of how your film will develop they have asked you to produce the first two minutes of the film, providing a clear sense of the graphical, editing and musical style your film will use. To protect Film 4’s reputation as a leader in British cinema the film must conform to the conventions of the Social Realist genre, and meet all audience expectations for this type of film. Finally, to keep costs low, all visual and audio material used in the film must be entirely original, with the exception of stock sound effects.

I believe my opening sequence did meet the brief. As the main actress is portrayed to be sixteen year old and the brief had stated to target our work towards 16-24 year olds. We had explored many themes within our work which was usual of the BSR genre. Such as corruption of youth, domestic abuse and aspiration. this would be relatable to our target audience as teenager pregnancy is widely dispersed and is a universal issue. Another way this could be relatable to our target audience is corruption of youth. Many teenagers do smoke and drink alcohol considering that they are not allowed too. This is similar of a BSR genre as the same themes has been explored in Fishtank.

  

Our title was 'CORNERED' this can have several connotations. such as the title could mean someone is being cornered on the street. This could also mean someone being trapped and trying to get free but her problems are corning upon her.

In our opening sequence the main girl is shown to be on her phone talking to someone about her being pregnant. She hangs up aggressively and chucks her pregnancy stick and soon begins too put makeup on. she leaves the bedroom and goes to the kitchen. she picks up cigarettes and a baracdi bottle then leaves the house. She is on the phone to her friend and her friend cancels on her. She is very angry and pushes and threatens girl. Later on she is shown in the park drinking and smoking. She leaves the park and makes the journey towards her house. The new shot is of her waking up and finding the pregnancy stick. Tears are rolling down her face and her mum is being verbally abusive towards her and the opening sequence ends here.

Production log seventeen and eighteen.

Sound editing was easy as my partner Bilal Bashir studied music for GSCE he was reliable into making our soundtrack for our production. I thought everyhting had turned out well as he was my best friend and we did not have many clashes. However this could have been seen as a disadvantage as I did not focus as much as we are good friends and that was an distraction.

I did think I contributed a fair amount as I did have a lot of input towards our even work even if my input was not listenened too. I think my weakness was not being serious all the time. I was quite jokey which was a distraction. 

I think the strengths were the production such as the filming and the pre production. I put a lot of effort towards this as my partners and my idea was combined together. I felt like research was a key strength of mine as I found it easy too do and filming was easy as we knew what we were doing which made it a lot easier.

In the future I will concentrate more and not be as jokey and listen too my partner. Also be heard as my input was not listened too as much.

Part six- do you think you have reached your target audience?

Part twoo. Who would be the target audience for your product?!

porduction log fifteen and sixteen

WE had mock exams going on last week which delayed us on editing our films and re shooting any scenes that we needed to do such as the in between shots to show the transition of the shots. So after our mock exams we got back into shooting. Our main actor was quite busy and it was difficult for us too shoot her some days. However we finally got to shoot our in-between shots. It went very successfully as we didn't need too reshoot again and fit into the film very well.

Another issue that we had was our footage we shot was longer than the time limit that we had to stick too. It was well over two minutes and we had no clue on which we should take out thinking this would ruin the flow of our production. Our teacher helped us and took out the irrelevant shots that we did not need this made our work fit into the limit for how many minutues and it also made it flow more. The shots that were taken out did not make any difference to our work.

Production log sixteen.

This was quite a productive week for my partner and me. We did all of our shots that had been suggested by our teacher too reshoot. But also shot more shots to portray our character into being very aggressive. there were many issues such as the weather and the lighting. For example one day we shot it was dark, gloomy and fit well with the BSR genre so everything did look gritty. However the next day we went too shoot it was very sunny and the shots that we needed too shoot did not match the shots we did the day before.

We overcame this problem as we shot in shadowy areas so it would look darker and a bit more scruffy. However for a shot we wanted to show our main character as being very aggressive as our teacher had suggested to us. The day we decided too shoot this was on a sunny day. We thought it would be darker as we checked the weather. so we still kept the shot and the shot could connate that a beautiful day has no affect on her, she is a horrible person.

cornered Opening Sequence

production log 13 and 14

During the Christmas holidays My partner and me planned to shot all the inside shots first before we did anything else. This was easy to do as we were inside and to film othe footage was easy as the horrible weather was not effecting us. The second week we decided to do the outside shots as we thought the weather would be better. The first day we did half of the shots and the weather was fine as it was not raining and the sun was shining.

We planned to shoot the next day but however it was raining and it was very foggy. We kept checking the weather to find a day where it was not raining. We needed around the same sort of weather as the rest of the outside shots as it would look odd to show the transition of the sun shining to fog. Due to Christmas eve, Christmas day, boxing day, New Year's and New Year's eve it was hard to find a day were our actor could film.

The weather was a big problem too be honest. We checked the weather everyday in order to find weather which we could film in without rain and fog. So we decided to film on another day instead of what we had stated on our call sheets for what day we were going to film.