We created a cast list which includes the main characters of the film along with the actor playing their roles. It then states the dates that each actor is needed, and the costumes needed, both of which have been confirmed.
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Our Location List
We created a location list which states the film location along with where it will be shot in real life, we have decided to film in my house at it is local and convenient for all of the actors and directors.
Our Call Sheets
We created call sheets so we have a clear plan of what we will film on each day. They include the date and time with the location of where it will be shot, the actors, props and equipment required, along with the crew members.
Our Production Schedule
We designed a production schedule so that we can keep on top of filming and have a clear plan of when we will film and edit. We are going to try our best to stick to these dates so that we have enough time to film and edit, along with spare dates left so that we can easily go back and re-film any necessary shots.
Sunday, 14 December 2014
Our Shooting Script
A shooting script is used in production, mainly by the director so it is clear of the shot number, which is useful if you do not film the scenes in order, the location where the shot is filmed, the type and angle of the shot, the length of the shot, description of action, actors and equipment needed for certain shots. It is vital that it is clear and easy to follow.
This week we had to complete our own shooting script which contains all the information about the shots in our opening sequence. It includes, the type of shot, length of shot, any movement, description of action, music and SFX and the credits that will be shown. This allowed us to consider what we wanted to show in our opening sequence, and think about how long each shot will be so we keep the opening sequence at two minutes or under. This week we had to complete a shooting script which contains all the information about the shots in our opening sequence. It includes, the type of shot, length of shot, any movement, description of action, music and SFX and the credits that will be shown. This allowed us to consider what we wanted to show in our opening sequence, and think about how long each shot will be so we keep the opening sequence at two minutes or under, this means thinking about how long our credits will be on too. The shooting script has allowed us to plan our opening to an extent where we know exactly what we want it to look like.
This is our shooting script for our opening sequence:
Sunday, 7 December 2014
British Social Realism // Production Log Ten
We received feedback on our treatment we made with improvements to make, to ensure everything needed is included. To see that post, Click Here.
This week we conducted our primary research and went and asked our target audience questions and edited them to present them in a Voxpop. This allowed us to gather the most relevant information possible, without it taking up too much time like a focus group would.
Here is our Voxpop:
We learnt that our audience's favourite BSR films are Kidulthood, because they liked the storyline and Bend it like Beckham because of the cultural elements and having an indian girl aspiring to be a footballer. This allows us to see if we can use certain elements of these films in our own, to make them appeal to our audience more and ideas we can add to our own. I think Kidulthood's storyline is already quite similar to our own, having the character's ages to be in school so it is relatable to a certain part of our audience and there being quite a strong theme of bullying being evident as it was the cause of the character Katie's suicide. This is probably why people who liked Kidulthood, our idea appealed to them. However I think we could make the film more effective perhaps by making Becca, a religious character making what happens to her being seen as worse. This means we could appeal to a wider audience if we have cultural elements like the film Bend it like Beckham. The film is all about coming of age, finding yourself and someone different fitting in which could be useful for our film. Becca is made different through her pregnancy and then struggles with people's views upon it.
Overall, we learnt that our film does appeal to our audience and we were given some improvements to make. Those suggestions include making the character of Becca younger, which is something we are going to definitely change. Becca was initially 16 and we think that if her character's age is 14 or 15, the rape is more shocking as 16 is the legal age for sex in the UK. This also makes her character easier to make look innocent and vulnerable, as sixteen year olds may be seen as more mature. We also learnt that people like the idea of us showing the effects of bullying, and the judgement against someone even though they have not done anything wrong. For example, we show Becca to be innocent and that her pregnancy is not her fault yet in films like "Juno" we see a girl who has willingly had sex and become pregnant through her own decision.
We also are considering the ways to show the rape as it is a sensitive topic and understand it could be disturbing for some viewers. Currently, we think we will show a different shot, but you can hear Becca's muffled screams in the background so the audience remain aware of what is happening. These changes show how our primary research has benefited us to change the plan for our film to be more suitable to target our audience.
This week we conducted our primary research and went and asked our target audience questions and edited them to present them in a Voxpop. This allowed us to gather the most relevant information possible, without it taking up too much time like a focus group would.
Here is our Voxpop:
We learnt that our audience's favourite BSR films are Kidulthood, because they liked the storyline and Bend it like Beckham because of the cultural elements and having an indian girl aspiring to be a footballer. This allows us to see if we can use certain elements of these films in our own, to make them appeal to our audience more and ideas we can add to our own. I think Kidulthood's storyline is already quite similar to our own, having the character's ages to be in school so it is relatable to a certain part of our audience and there being quite a strong theme of bullying being evident as it was the cause of the character Katie's suicide. This is probably why people who liked Kidulthood, our idea appealed to them. However I think we could make the film more effective perhaps by making Becca, a religious character making what happens to her being seen as worse. This means we could appeal to a wider audience if we have cultural elements like the film Bend it like Beckham. The film is all about coming of age, finding yourself and someone different fitting in which could be useful for our film. Becca is made different through her pregnancy and then struggles with people's views upon it.
Overall, we learnt that our film does appeal to our audience and we were given some improvements to make. Those suggestions include making the character of Becca younger, which is something we are going to definitely change. Becca was initially 16 and we think that if her character's age is 14 or 15, the rape is more shocking as 16 is the legal age for sex in the UK. This also makes her character easier to make look innocent and vulnerable, as sixteen year olds may be seen as more mature. We also learnt that people like the idea of us showing the effects of bullying, and the judgement against someone even though they have not done anything wrong. For example, we show Becca to be innocent and that her pregnancy is not her fault yet in films like "Juno" we see a girl who has willingly had sex and become pregnant through her own decision.
We also are considering the ways to show the rape as it is a sensitive topic and understand it could be disturbing for some viewers. Currently, we think we will show a different shot, but you can hear Becca's muffled screams in the background so the audience remain aware of what is happening. These changes show how our primary research has benefited us to change the plan for our film to be more suitable to target our audience.
Qualitative Data Analysis
The research we have carried out has narrowed down our BSR film concept as we have some improvements we want to make. For example, the suggestion of the character Becca being younger has made us reconsider her character a lot. We have decided to make her the younger age of 15 as before she was 16 which is the legal age in the UK for sex. We think this makes what happens to Becca a lot more shocking, and it would be easier for us to show her as a much more innocent character at this age. This will show her at her first important stage of school, working towards her GCSE's and the fact that she becomes pregnant turns her world upside down. The idea that her pregnancy could affect her education means there is more at stake and when she has no support from her single father it seems like the world has given up on her. This is a good moment to have where it seems everything is against her, before something can get better.
Another suggestion was to think about how the rape is presented to the audience, as it was a concern how people would take it. We are currently in the process of thinking of ways to show this scene in an effective but less visual way. We like the way a scene is shown in the film "Nil by Mouth" where you can hear the abuse but not actually see it. This is how I would like to present this scene, so it is still shown in a true perspective but the audience cannot see it happening as we agree it is a very sensitive topic and our viewers may find it disturbing. This ties in with having an age cap on who can view our film which is something we need to consider.
The research we have carried out has developed our film idea as we now know which other BSR films are our target audience's favourites. The most common responses from participants in our research being "Kidulthood" and "Bend It Like Beckham". This allows us to study these films in particular and maybe consider elements of those films in our own. Many participants liked the storyline of Kidulthood. Parts of the storyline are quite similar to our own, with bullying being shown strongly through the character Katie's suicide. Kidulthood is also based around our target audience's age which is why I think it's quite popular, as they are all in school. We also want to see if we can develop the culture of our character Becca as we found that participants who like Bend it like Beckham enjoyed the cultural element of the film and how it shows how people can be treated differently through culture and gender, but on the side of the main character's own family, other people accepting the indian girl's love of football but her family not being supportive of her dream career. This shows how certain things can be expected of someone of a different culture or gender but that they're just as capable. This is something I think we should try and weave into our film concept whether it is making Becca, a strong believer of Christianity or something else. This should allow us to appeal to wider audiences if there is a cultural element. Also because Becca is a girl, this is a relevant film as it is based around girls and how they can be treated differently. In our film's context, girls would be call names for having sex, but for boys it is glorified and supported. Bend it like Beckham is all about fitting in and how it can be really hard, so this is what I think we need to show in our film.
The research has narrowed down our BSR film concept as we do not feel like we have to change our initial film idea as everyone we spoke to liked our film idea. There are small things we want to change, like the age of Becca but we now know there is interest from our target audience for this film and it appeals to them. We think the idea is relevant as people like that we are showing the character as being vulnerable, becoming pregnant not through her own choice, and then the judgement against her from people at her school. The main thing that makes it relevant is that the bullying is mostly online through social media, and in recent years many teenage suicides have been caused through keyboard warriors not realising the psychological and physical harm it can cause. It is also relevant as teenage pregnancies become more common through teenagers being exposed to things they never used to be.
The research we have carried out gave us lots of information, mostly positive showing that our initial film idea is suitable to our target audience but has enabled us to find out things to keep the same, what to change or consider and therefore makes us more aware of the preferences of our target audience and how to adapt the film concept around them.
Another suggestion was to think about how the rape is presented to the audience, as it was a concern how people would take it. We are currently in the process of thinking of ways to show this scene in an effective but less visual way. We like the way a scene is shown in the film "Nil by Mouth" where you can hear the abuse but not actually see it. This is how I would like to present this scene, so it is still shown in a true perspective but the audience cannot see it happening as we agree it is a very sensitive topic and our viewers may find it disturbing. This ties in with having an age cap on who can view our film which is something we need to consider.
The research has narrowed down our BSR film concept as we do not feel like we have to change our initial film idea as everyone we spoke to liked our film idea. There are small things we want to change, like the age of Becca but we now know there is interest from our target audience for this film and it appeals to them. We think the idea is relevant as people like that we are showing the character as being vulnerable, becoming pregnant not through her own choice, and then the judgement against her from people at her school. The main thing that makes it relevant is that the bullying is mostly online through social media, and in recent years many teenage suicides have been caused through keyboard warriors not realising the psychological and physical harm it can cause. It is also relevant as teenage pregnancies become more common through teenagers being exposed to things they never used to be.
The research we have carried out gave us lots of information, mostly positive showing that our initial film idea is suitable to our target audience but has enabled us to find out things to keep the same, what to change or consider and therefore makes us more aware of the preferences of our target audience and how to adapt the film concept around them.
Data Presentation
Question 1: What is your favourite film out of Kidulthood, Billy Elliot, Fish Tank, This is England and Bend it Like Beckham and why?
This means we can look at the storyline of Kidulthood and think about how we can take ideas from it. I think Kidulthood was popular because the characters are around the same age as our target audience, which could make it a relatable storyline. It also shows that our target audience like themes of discrimination and a minority succeeding. This is something we could try and weave into our idea more.
Question 2: What do you think of our idea?
- Kidulthood was a popular response and the reason being that people liked the storyline
- Bend it like Beckham again was another popular response and people liked the idea of the Indian culture and the themes of gender, females being presented as a minority in football
This means we can look at the storyline of Kidulthood and think about how we can take ideas from it. I think Kidulthood was popular because the characters are around the same age as our target audience, which could make it a relatable storyline. It also shows that our target audience like themes of discrimination and a minority succeeding. This is something we could try and weave into our idea more.
Question 2: What do you think of our idea?
- Our film idea was liked because it raises awareness for bullying and rape
- It was also liked because it shows a sense of reality and not a false fairytale happy ending
- It could also be relatable for people going through similar things
This shows that our theme is appropriate for our target audience, even if the genre of BSR can be quite harsh and truthful and that it was liked by the people we spoke to. This shows us what to keep in our film idea when we make improvements.
Question 3: What improvements would you make?
- An improvement that was suggested made a big impact on us and we have already talked about a lot, which was to make the character of Becca younger
- Also it was suggested to be sensitive towards the rape element of our film, as it is a difficult subject and it is unsure how people would take it
- A suggestion made was that there should be an age cap on the film so people too young would not watch it as it's a sensitive subject
We are definitely going to make the age of Becca younger as we initially had her at 16 which is the legal age for sex in the UK and we think the film would be more shocking and effective if she was younger at maybe 14 or 15. We are considering many different ways to show the rape scenes, as we do not want it to be to harsh as we are aware it is a sensitive topic. We like how the film "Nil By Mouth" shows scenes of abuse, by hearing it in the background but the audience seeing a different shot, and think we will use this idea in our own film.
Question 4: Participants were asked if they had seen films about teenage pregnancies for example 'Juno' and 'Precious'.
Question 4: Participants were asked if they had seen films about teenage pregnancies for example 'Juno' and 'Precious'.
- Only some of our participants had seen these films, but the ones that had said they really enjoyed them
By seeing these films allowed people to compare how we wanted to present the theme of teenage pregnancy in our film compared to these films. Juno definitely shows it as the fault of the girl, whereas we wanted to show the judgement made of teenage mums without people knowing the full story which is in this case, the pregnancy being caused by rape.
Question 5: From what we have described, has the main character been made to look vulnerable in contrast to other films with similar themes?
- Participants said that the character has been made to look vulnerable especially compared to the other films mentioned above
- It has been made clear that the pregnancy was not of Becca's intention or her fault and that she has been put in the perspective of being isolated and segregated
- The film is not too cliche with the bullying aspect and Becca being on her own in this situation, it is definitely more realistic
These responses were exactly what we wanted to hear, and that the message of judging before you know was made clear. We wanted to make it as realistic as possible, and cyber-bulling especially has been a relevant cause of teenage depression and even suicide in recent years due to the sheer volume of social media websites. We wanted to make it clear of what bullying can cause without it being too fictionalised.
Evidence of Audience Research
To collect our research for our own film idea we interviewed our target audience and asked some questions and presented them in the style of a Voxpop. This allowed us to show the relevant information from each person we interviewed to the questions we asked. It was really easy to edit and allowed us to gather information fairly quickly whereas a focus group may have taken longer meaning people would be less willing to give up their time.
This is our Voxpop:
Question 1: What is your favourite film out of Kidulthood, Billy Elliot, Fish Tank, This is England and Bend it Like Beckham and why?
This question would allow us to find out the favourite BSR film of our target audience and could give us ideas of what themes are popular amongst the age group, and maybe that we need to reconsider how we presented our film.
Question 2: What do you think of our idea?
This question allows us to find the true opinion of our target audience, so we will be able to see if the theme of our film is suitable and relevant and whether people would like it.
Question 3: What improvements would you make?
This should allow us to add further detail to our idea, making it more adapted to our target audience's preferences. It allows us to see the faults in our film idea, and we can improve it.
Question 4: Participants were asked if they had seen films about teenage pregnancies for example 'Juno' and 'Precious'.
Question 5: From what we have described, has the main character been made to look vulnerable in contrast to other films with similar themes?
If the participants had seen the films we asked about before, they would be able to compare our character 'Becca' with characters presented in these. It would enable us to see whether the character has been presented in the way we wanted.
This is our Voxpop:
Question 1: What is your favourite film out of Kidulthood, Billy Elliot, Fish Tank, This is England and Bend it Like Beckham and why?
This question would allow us to find out the favourite BSR film of our target audience and could give us ideas of what themes are popular amongst the age group, and maybe that we need to reconsider how we presented our film.
Question 2: What do you think of our idea?
This question allows us to find the true opinion of our target audience, so we will be able to see if the theme of our film is suitable and relevant and whether people would like it.
Question 3: What improvements would you make?
This should allow us to add further detail to our idea, making it more adapted to our target audience's preferences. It allows us to see the faults in our film idea, and we can improve it.
Question 4: Participants were asked if they had seen films about teenage pregnancies for example 'Juno' and 'Precious'.
Question 5: From what we have described, has the main character been made to look vulnerable in contrast to other films with similar themes?
If the participants had seen the films we asked about before, they would be able to compare our character 'Becca' with characters presented in these. It would enable us to see whether the character has been presented in the way we wanted.
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