BSR Evaluation // Part 8 (Progress Since Preliminary Task)

What was successful about my preliminary task? 

A main success in this task was our creativity. We were given a small brief to follow allowing us to have control over the themes and the situation. The brief was as followed:

"A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. 

The task should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule."

From this we decided on the idea of a teacher warning a student about her exclusion if she continued to behave badly. This was inspired from a current TV show at the time we were filming this, which was Educating the East End.

The first strength would be that we stuck to the brief we were given and showcased the necessary skills.

(long shot)

Another strength about my preliminary task was the variety of shots we showcased. We wanted to show all the different shots we had learnt about, and also keep such a short piece interesting. We wanted to use the shots appropriately as well. For example, we used a long shot to show the student walking to the office because we wanted to show her surroundings but also to show her whole body allowing the audience to see her lazy body language and therefore her attitude to school. 

(over the shoulder shot)

Another example would be over the shoulder and shot reverse shots. We used these shots so you are able to see who the conversation is going on between and the reaction of the other character to what has been said. Shot reverse shots which can be seen from (0:29-0:35) challenged us by having to make sure we stuck to the 180-degree rule to ensure continuity. We also used close ups to express anger, this allowed the shots to correlate with the emotions felt by our characters.

Also, we experimented with the concept of a flashback by using cross-cutting adding something extra to our final draft. This was also my first time trying to use match on action which I think was edited quite precisely even though at this time I had never edited before. 

What was less successful?


(first draft allowing you to see broken 180-degree rule)

Unfortunately, when filming we did not follow our storyboard correctly resulting in a broken 180-degree rule which you can see at (0:53) where the school girl is on the left instead of the right in our first draft. This could have been avoided with better planning but meant we had to film again to correct it. This created problems as the conditions we filmed most of our work in were not the exact same as our final footage. During filming we should have referred more to our storyboard to avoid this, and our planning could have been better. 

Another weakness was one of our actors was being used by another group. This meant finding days for everyone to be available was extremely hard, which meant we couldn't always film when we wanted to. If we carried this task out again I would consider the actors I chose more carefully, making sure they could commit to the project. 

Another weakness would be the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds means that the audience's main focus would lie on the top imaginary line of the screen. I think on some of our close-ups the rule of thirds could be much clearer, as the top of the shot is quite empty.

(rule of thirds)

How did you improve upon each of these areas when making your BSR? 

I think the final BSR opening is a much higher standard than the continuity exercise in terms of filming, editing, planning and creativity.

We planned much more for the BSR and had more time to carry it out. We did not feel stressed at all towards our deadline, as we finished everything fairly early. We had a shooting script which we followed and stuck to and also made a treatment and narrative structure to have our story all planned out. This helped us create the opening we wanted. Our actors were also very committed and stuck to the days we wanted to film, which we were extremely thankful for. This allowed us to finish filming relatively early, and we also decided we did not wish to re-film. 

At first, the editing took a while, as our idea of parallel editing just didn't seem like it was working, we considered our ordering, and finally started to see it coming together. Although I said editing was a strength, I have practiced editing much more now and feel like the final opening is much smoother. Initially we edited in iMovie than imported the opening sequence into Final Cut Pro, we felt this was the best option for us as we were both quite confident with iMovie. We also had to learn how to use new software such as LiveType and Final Cut Pro. The transition from iMovie, which I have become very familiar with now, to Final Cut was difficult and time consuming due to the amount of rendering we had to do. Importing our graphics caused some technical problems which took a while to be resolved. 

When filming, we found it difficult in some locations due to size of rooms and the angle required. We still used lots of different shots like in the continuity exercise, but found a better balance in the opening so it flowed. We used a tripod in most of our shots, but also experimented with hand held, which came out very still which was very pleasing. We used hand held on shots of Becca getting ready and used it for some tilts. 

(hand held shot)

I feel that we were much more creative with the non linear opening, as we enjoyed creating it much more and were more inspired by BSR as a genre. The parallel editing was something we had never done before, yet found it really worked in how we wanted the audience to feel.

BSR Evaluation // Part 7 (How I Have Improved With Technology)

BSR Evaluation // Part 6 (How We Addressed Our Audience)

BSR Evaluation // Part 5 (How Our Media Represents Social Groups)

The main aim of our film is to challenge the representations of teenage pregnancies always being the result of careless acts of young girls and instead show the hardships some girls are forced to face. It shows young girls in a different light, being vulnerable and taken advantage of rather than willingly being sexually active. The amount of teenage pregnancies of recent years have caused many people to believe that all young people are irresponsible and are forced to think about abortion and adoption, as they are not ready for responsibility and are not in a position that they can support a baby.

The BSR archetypes we feature in our film are the failing man, seen later on in our media,  Becca's single father struggles to take care of Becca and feels like he has failed raising her when he first finds out about the pregnancy. He often takes out his anger on Becca, and they do not have a positive relationship which he beats himself up about. This is not stereotypical as single parents are usually shown as the mother rather than the father. This is also differs in the fact that we portray a man as weak when weakness is often portrayed through a woman. Also later on in the film we see the archetype of the saviour, a boy who tries to aid Becca when she considers self harm at the result of her depression. This contrasts the character of the rapist as it shows a teenage boy to be sensitive rather than aggressive. We also see a follower, a girl who used to be Becca's best friend but follows a group of bullies who constantly pick on her for her pregnancy.
In our opening we see the archetype of the weak but aggressive man, which represents the character of the rapist. He is weak as he takes advantage of a girl who is vulnerable, but shows that he is aggressive through the acts of rape.

These shots show how the rapist is aggressive (linking to the archetype) as he takes up the majority of the screen. This shows him as the more dominant character whilst showing Becca as weak and vulnerable. The scenes of the rape are kept quite short in the way it is edited, as it emphasises the aggression in the rapist's movements in contrast to other scenes. The camera angles used on the character of the rapist are low portraying him as dominant. This represents young boys as aggressive, dangerous and may even show a stereotype of teenage boys being more likely to commit crimes. The high camera angles on Becca portray her as vulnerable. This represents women as weak, and shows the stereotype of women being weaker than men. 

The shots showing the alley is stereotypical as it is where most people would expect something like this to occur. It is stereotypical that rough areas will have a higher crime rate. However using an alley way shows how we conformed to the BSR genre, otherwise it would not create the right atmosphere or look like a BSR location. 
The costumes are stereotypical of the youth today, as it is what is currently fashionable. We were sure not to show wealth through branded clothes to conform to the BSR genre. It represents our characters to be of an average income for working class people, being able to afford fashionable clothes rather than tracksuits (often used in BSR films), which we did not think represented working class people or relate to our target audience well. Our lighting in most alley way scenes are quite stereotypical for BSR, quite dark natural lighting in the alley way scenes again representing the themes of the film, also representing the rapist as a dark character, a villain according to Propp's character types. The lighting in the scenes he is involved in is much more low key than scenes without his presence. 

The sound is not stereotypical for a BSR. The songs used with similar themes are usually quite fast and aggressive, usually what is popular among young people today, as it is quite often dubstep. However we opted for a much slower, softer piece that makes the audience empathise with our protagonist. The anchorage in our opening is the music, as it represents the emotions of Becca, this is quite stereotypical as background music is a quite an effective way of portraying a character's emotions in a film. 
You can listen to our music here:

http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow

In our film we use a black actor for the rapist which is stereotypical in British films as they often use old views on race. However, we also used a black actress for the role of Becca, who would be stereotypically white with a quite chavvy personality, especially considering the location we filmed in. This was not intended to have these characters to be of the same race as we did not realise the stereotypes existed and don't have themes of racial discrimination feature in our film. 
 Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Here, we show subversion and conformity to stereotypes established in other BSR films. Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Later on in the film, scenes were to be set at Becca's school, where we would see many different races and cultures, as we wanted to set it in modern times and not to focus on racial issues which is not common in the area we have set our film in. 

BSR Evaluation // Part 4 (Textual Analysis of How We Used Codes and Conventions)

BSR Evaluation // Part 3 (Impact Film4 Had On Each Production Stage)

BSR Evaluation // Part 2 (Our Target Audience)

BSR Evaluation // Part 1 (How I Met The Brief)

Our task was to create a British Social Realism film aimed at 16-24 year olds. We had to create the first two minutes providing a clear sense of graphical, editing and musical style. We also had to conform to the conventions of the Social Realist genre and meet audience expectations. To keep costs low, all of our work had to be original with the exception of stock sound effects. 

I believe we have met this brief well our film targeting teens and young adults predominantly. We conformed to the conventions of this genre and the conventions of an opening sequence, we used non-proffessional actors adding to the realism of the film and we included wide shots showing the location which in our film is an alley way. This connotes a rough area, which are commonly the main focus of British Social Realism films. We filmed in real life locations and used natural lighting to add to the realism of the film. The location may be recognisable to some, but it is set in a non-particularly wealthy area that our target audience should be able to relate too, as our protagonist comes from a similar background. Our opening also introduces themes/ideologies. It introduces the theme of corruption of youth, through the rape scenes and Becca taking the pregnancy test as this is not something 15 year olds should have to deal with. Our opening also introduces the theme of self-harm and unwanted pregnancy. These themes act as an enigma in our opening as it leaves the audience wondering what will happen next: "Will she keep the baby?" and "Will she take her own life?" are some questions the audience might have after watching our opening. Another technical aspect we conformed too is handheld camera shots which creates a more realistic filming style like a documentary. Our characters are wearing clothing fashionable, amongst the youth today making the era accurate and recognisable. The only non-diegetic sound used is our music which conforms to the BSR genre as we do not use SFX. Our diegetic sound consists of dialogue, which is very minimal, which is an example of conforming to the conventions of an opening sequence. The dialogue heard has swear words which show our audience aggression. The accent shows the audience Regional Identity which is South/South-East London. 

Our film is titled "Positive" which forecasts part of the storyline to our audience. It refers to a positive pregnancy test being the result of Becca's rape and also her trying to focus on being positive about the pregnancy as it will change her life forever. The opening hints at her negative thoughts as she considers self harm and our film will look at people trying to tear her down causing her negative, suicidal thoughts to build up. She has no one can turn to, her best friend turning against her and her struggling to tell her single father, the weak but aggressive man, who happens to be extremely strict. (which will be seen later on the film). 

More of the storyline can be seen in my Treatment here: 
http://emilybeatriceshah.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/treatment-and-narrative-structure.html 

Our film explores common themes featured in BSR films. The rape being an example of sexual abuse/violence which is first introduced at 0:44, the shot denoting Becca being dragged round the corner of the alley way.

It also shows a corruption of youth as the act results in pregnancy. Becca is 15 years old and not of the legal age to have sex, so her innocence is taken away from her through the rape and her own youth corrupted by the cause of a baby. British Social Realism films tend to look at what is ignored in society, which is why we targeted rape and unwanted pregnancy. Pregnancy among teenagers nowadays has become expected and today's youth is blamed, as if in every situation they were careless. We wanted to show how some things people have no control over, how some things are not someone's fault but they have to face the consequences. 

Corruption of Youth is shown in "Fish Tank", in the scene of the girl having sex with the older man. It is shown differently in our film, as it was not through choice the act occurred, yet how it still tainted Becca's youth and innocence. 

Our film also explores mental illness, through Becca being depressed after finding about the baby. The theme is introduced through a snippet of her considering self harm in our opening. This is first introduced at 1:24, where it cuts to flashbacks of the alley way and back to the bathroom where she starts reaching for the scissors. Mental illness is a common theme in BSR as it is used to discriminate against and define individuals. This links with the element of bullying later in our film, how individual differences are used against people. Mental Illness is shown in "The Selfish Giant" where Arbor has ADHD. His mental illness is shown quite clearly through his outbursts of anger, which contrasts ours as it will be shown much more subtly, as it is Becca's first time feeling this way. This had to be done for our film to be certificate 15 according to BBFC rules, stating we cannot show self harming in a way it can be copied. However our film has similarities as Swifty is the only one keeping Arbor strong, later in our film Becca finds someone who keeps her sane and prevents her from taking her own life.

British Social Realism // Production Log Eighteen

We are very happy with the final draft of our opening sequence, and how the production process went. We feel this was because we were very organised towards the beginning, filming as early as possible, allowing plenty of time for any re-filming. Although, once we had uploaded and edited our footage we decided there wasn't any need for re-filming. The production process was executed well because of the planning we had done in pre-production. We used our shooting script throughout all filming days and scenes meaning we followed our plan and had a clear visual aid of what needs to be done and what has been done. This helped us as we filmed in locations rather than in shot order. This allowed us to see where the shots we were filming fitted in to our opening. We were extremely efficient in how we carried out the production process, during the first weeks of production we used lesson time to make graphics whilst after school was when we would film. This meant we were prepared for the later stage of adding graphics to the final draft in Final Cut Express. All of our graphics were completed before we edited our footage. Once we completed our edit we went to find music and soon found the piece we wanted to use. Being prepared for the later stage of adding graphics was extremely beneficial as we faced technical problems that took some time to overcome. Adding graphics was the longest part of production for us, but due to something we could not control. The rest of the production process went smoothly and to plan, which we were extremely happy with. 

I feel I contributed well to the production process. I was extremely committed to filming, and thankfully so were our actors, and all of our footage was filmed in 3 after school sessions, some no longer than an hour. I was focused and kept to our plans, making post production easier, leaving us more time to perfect our work. By us being prepared and keeping to our deadline, it saved rushing our work and then the final edit not being the best we can produce. Both my partner and I worked really hard, all the filming and editing being a complete team effort. I feel we work well together and I value her opinion. We both had similar ideas for a BSR film so found it easy to come up with an idea together. My partner and I both are familiar with iMovie so editing was done rather quickly, especially since we both edited. Our shooting script also was helpful at this stage putting all our shots in the right order with the right timings. Editing was a strength for us as it did not take as long as we expected because we knew what we wanted it to look like due to planning before and knew how to use the software. Throughout filming we were always asking one and other whether a shot is framed nicely or whether it would look better somewhere else. This ensured team work and communication as we made sure we were both happy with how each shot was framed. We also took it in turns filming and handling the camera so everyone got a turn and this again ensured a team effort on this opening.

The key strengths of our production process was definitely our planning. We stuck to our set timetable meaning we did not have to rush any editing. We were also extremely committed to getting our work done and we both contributed equally. Being prepared and working together made the process much more enjoyable. 


One way I would improve our production process in the future is our graphics. This took us the longest time due to technical issues of them appearing unclear on the screen on top of our footage. This meant we had to change our font to something clearer, and spend time trying to fix this issue. 

This is our final opening sequence of our BSR film, Positive: 

British Social Realism // Production Log Seventeen

Sound

Once we had our first draft, we looked for music and decided on "Tomorrow" from the website: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

You can listen to our music here: 

http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow

We added the music once we had our first draft, we did not face many issues as we quickly decided on the track above as we felt it would evoke our audience to make them feel what we wanted them too, we wanted it to be clear that Becca was extremely vulnerable and wanted the audience to feel sorry for her. The music brought the piece to a whole other level, and made us watch it in a different way, the music contrasting with the acts of rape and we feel making it even harder to watch. 

When one of our teacher's gave us feedback, she thought the music could be too loud, so we exported it to play on a computer hooked up to speakers and noticed that the volume of the music was really overwhelming. We then went back to iMovie and used the adjustments to make our music quieter. We also noticed that there was no background noise on one of our full screen graphics making a clear jump between the surrounding shots with background noise. We learnt how to copy the audio from one shot and place it on another. This made the shots flow better. We also increased the audio of shots with dialogue so that the voices of our actors can be heard above the music. 

The issues we faced were quickly resolved, and the music is by far one of my favourite aspects of our opening sequence. I think it brought the shots together in an unexpected way and is beneficial as it makes the audience feel sympathy towards Becca which is what we had planned. The music builds towards the end, when Becca is considering self-harm, which we like, as it represents her emotions and along with the flashbacks in between creates atmosphere. 

Super-imposed Graphics

This week we started adding super-imposed graphics to our work in Final Cut Express. Me and my partner were both unfamiliar with this software so it took a while for us to grasp. We had to render the graphics from Livetype and then place them on the certain shots we wanted too. The graphics looked unclear and blurry when we placed them on the film in Final Cut Express. We exported our footage with one super-imposed graphic to see if it remained unclear. There was an improvement in how they looked so we placed them all under the impression that they would look clear when the footage was exported. The super-imposed graphics took us the longest as we had to decide where the credits would be appropriately placed on each shot. We used our shooting script which helped, but we needed to make each graphic longer as they only lasted 2 seconds and change each position of the graphic individually. This was the longest part of production for us so we are glad we finished filming earlier and that we did not have to re-film.

British Social Realism // Production Log Fifteen & Sixteen

Mock Exam Week

This week we had study leave due to the week consisting of mock exams in all of my A-level subjects. This meant that we were unable to continue filming until the last day of exams as ourselves and our actors were committed to revision. We filmed more bedroom scenes after our last exam with Jordan. These scenes were very easy to film as Jordan is very co-operative and willing to re-shoot and try different things. These were the last scenes we had to film and only consisted of less than 10 shots. We were really happy to finish filming, but have enjoyed the process and experience of creating this opening. We had one day of lessons on mock exam week so we uploaded our footage onto the iMac which took the majority of the lesson. This allowed us to be ready for the following week to edit our first draft. 

Editing

This week our main focus was editing as we have completed the filming process. We had uploaded all of our footage before our first lesson of editing meaning we were ready to start straight away. We edited fairly quickly as our shooting script was really easy to follow, so not filming in order of our shots was not a problem, and we knew what we wanted our opening to look like and consist of. We have edited in iMovie before, meaning so being familiar with the software had helped with editing, whereas with the new software LiveType we used to make our graphics, it took us a while to get used to it. I enjoyed editing with Nicole, as we were able to confer and decide whether we both liked the shot, whereas when working together before we had to edit separately. We both enjoyed editing the footage and were very happy with how the opening was coming together. I believe editing to be a strength between both me and my partner so we were able to make the edit precise so the opening has continuity. 

Once we had our first draft, we looked for music and decided on "Tomorrow" from the website: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

You can listen to our music here: 

http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow

We then added the music to our first draft on our second lesson editing, and thought it fit really well. It wasn't too dramatic and made the audience feel sympathy which is the atmosphere we planned to create. The music contrasts to the footage, as the rape scenes are extremely rough, whereas the music is quite soft with the occasional accent. The music really brings the opening together in an unexpected way. 

We then showed one of our teachers who gave us some feedback on our first draft. The only criticism he gave us was on one of our shots, where the rapist came out and took Becca away. He said it looked like the camera was waiting for it to happen and that a close up of him grabbing her is required to make the screen feel less empty when he takes her off camera. This was supported by our other teacher when we mentioned it so we thought of what we could do to add a close up of the grab and cut back to the original shot without re-filming. Nicole had the idea to crop the footage which worked well, and meant that the shots have continuity as we used the same footage for each cut. The picture shows an example of what the crop tool in iMovie looks like. This saved us re-filming, and looks better as we could edit more precisely with the same footage. 

One of our teachers also noted that our music seemed extremely loud on iMovie. She then played it to us using the school speakers and we could see that the music is too loud so she helped us reduce the volume. Where we added our full screen graphics there were jumps in the sound where you could hear background noise from the footage and then nothing. To make this flow easier, our teacher helped us copy the sound and place it on this shot so the shots flow together. She then helped us start adding graphics by rendering them in Final Cut Express. We are now at a stage where we need to add our super-imposed graphics. We are also awaiting feedback from our first draft and waiting to find out what a predicted mark would be.

What we plan to do next?

The next step for us would to be add our credits in Final Cut Express. We have never used Final Cut before therefore need to allow time to learn about the software and what we need to do. This is a vital part of finishing our British Social Realism opening.

We also need to find out our mark for our first draft and see what we can do to improve it in the time we have. Also, if we had time I would like to take a closer listen to our music, and see if we can edit more to the beat if possible, and see if we can make the accented parts of the song occur when the rape scenes occur. Apart from that, I am happy with our first draft, and don't think we need to change much for our final draft. The feedback we got from our teachers has already pointed out some areas that needed improving which we have improved and are happy with. 

British Social Realism // Production Log Twelve, Thirteen & Fourteen

Christmas Break
(19/12/14 - 05/01/15)

We are currently on christmas break. Our footage is all filmed near school and our actors are fellow students in our year group. These factors led to our decision of not filming over Christmas. Over christmas, we re-checked with our actors if they are available for certain dates, so we could start filming as soon as we got back to school and our regular schedule. Before breaking up from school we had already planned many aspects of production and researched our locations leaving not much left for us to do over the holidays. 

Credits
(05/01/15)

This week we made our credits in LiveType.  To the right you can see an example of the LiveType set-up. We have never used this software before so we were learning while making these credits so it was quite time consuming to start with. We decided to have a simple font, that is easy to read. We didn't want anything to complex and so we can ensure our audience will be able to see all our graphics. We opted for the colour white, with a black outline for our text as we wanted them to be super-imposed. We decided to use super-imposed graphics so that our audience do not lose interest in our opening. Also the only credits with a simple effect on it are "Film 4 presents," "an EN production" and then our main title, "Positive." This should make the credits more aesthetically pleasing to our audience. We did not want these on all our credits as they would have to be left on the screen to long to ensure the audience has seen them. The only credits that will be shown on a black screen is our production company and Film 4. We have also created a production logo to make our opening look professional. Simple credits  in either black or white that are super-imposed is conventional to British Social Realism films, which helps us show the theme of the film we are creating.

Filming

(05/01/15)

This week was our first week filming shots for our opening. We filmed twice this week. We organised the location of shots so we could film each location in one filming session rather than filming in order of our shooting script which would be extremely time consuming as we are filming our opening in a non-linear style. On our first day filming we filmed all of the bathroom shots and some of the bedroom shots which was both in the same house. The day was extremely successful as we managed to film more than what we thought we could. We are extremely happy with how the shots are turning out and the commitment of our chosen actors. The second day filming consisted of the alley way shots. We found this difficult as people were walking past, and we had to wait for perfect times to film. However we were very happy with how the scenes went and the rainy weather added to the atmosphere of the shots which we never planned. We filmed just before sunset, which created a nice light for these scenes, we didn't want it to be too dark as the audience wouldn't be able to see what is going on. 

After filming the majority of shots we started thinking about our plan, we have decided that we have given too much of the story away with our character Becca's father finding out about the pregnancy. Therefore we want to reconsider the opening sequence ending or add scenes to the begininng making it so the audience only see Becca finding out about the pregnancy and the flashbacks to the rape.

Filming so far has been very successful and next week we are planning to upload the footage and start editing. We are also going to start looking at suitable music, as we are yet to find something we think fits our theme and the tone of our opening. We want music that compliments our smash mouth opening. This may require having separate music, perhaps something quite sad and dark, for Becca waiting to find out her pregnancy results so the audience will empathise with her but then something quite aggressive or maybe a heartbeat sound effect for the flashbacks. 

Our Location Reccies

Alley Way

( Chadwell Heath Lane Alley)
This alley would be a good location to film our scene because it is very long and narrow which would create a very unsettling atmosphere at night for someone to walk down alone. The drawback of this location is that it is closed in so there is no where for the man to jump out from, he would have to be waiting at the end for her. 



(Christie Alley)
We find this alley is a better choice as it has a middle section which is not closed off, meaning there is a large space for the man to jump out at Becca and take her around the corner. It is still long and would still create the atmosphere we want in our film.

(Harvester Alley)
This alley is long and closed off, but the drawbacks are that it is off a main road and so a lot of background noise will be heard whereas we want it to be as remote as possible. Also, this alley is very busy as it is used as a cut through from the station, so it would be difficult to shoot Becca walking on her own with no one around. 

We are going to film our BSR film in the Christie Alley as we feel it is set out exactly as we planned our rape scene to be exactly denoted the way that this alley is set out. It is very local so will be easy to film and re-film if necessary. 

Bedroom
We have decided to film our bedroom scenes in this bedroom because we want the audience's first view of Becca to connote her as a girl who is still very much a child, she is young and innocent. This bedroom denotes exactly that, the teddy bears on the bed, the posters on the wall, the bed sheets, the bright yellow walls; it is not a grown up bedroom, it is made for a child. 



Bathroom

We have decided to film our bathroom scenes in the same persons house so we can re film any necessary footage easily all at once. This bathroom is well suited because it is small, and so seems more realistic in a British Social Realism film than a massive bathroom would. It is not heavily decorated, so all of the audience's attention will be on the actor, not what is going on around her.