evaluation 8

Looking back at your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Digital technology.

In my primarily task i was pretty good with using the technology as i have use the same equipment many times before. It was very easy to set up as we had enough space and  we didn't waste any time filming  we was able to use the camera to its full usability as we knew what buttons did watch. Me and my partner was also comfortable with each other cameras skills so we didn't have to keep asking each other which button did what. We also edited our preliminary task on mac's using the software i movie. We was very familiar with i movie has i had use it before , but remembering what all the icons done was pretty tricky , i soon got the hand of it and was able to cut the the film which made the film look much more smoother and made it flow better. However it took up a lot of time editing the shots as i kept having to redo the cutting of the shot as the pace of the production was not flowing correctly. The only disadvantage was the spacing we had to do all the shots, for example when we wanted a two person shot it was very hard to place the camera into the correct position. When it came to the real task it was much more easier to use the editing software however i found it hard to use the camera as i forgot what all the buttons done.

Creativity.

in my primarily task i tried to make it as creative as possible as we didn't have a restricted brief, we was able to had a very serious side as my main character was trying to stop the enemy from trying to kill him , however we was able to add a comedy side by having the boss do all the dancing. However in our main production we had to stick to having a british social realism theme , most british social realism. films are very realistic and plan and not very creativity , British social realism films catch aspects of every day life but show them at the most extreme points. However was able to use more creativity in our british social realism as we wasn't limited to one location , in my primarily task we was only  had one location which was the school however when we made our main production we was able to use more then once location .E.g Alley-way , Partners house. We was also able to add more character into our story line which made our production much more creative as it gave different aspects to the story line. you would be able to see different characters lives and how they live.

Post production.

In our post production there where three simple rules that we had to keep. The one was the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds was a easy one to keep as we knew we had to put it into our production , however when it came to the main production i had complete forgot about the rule , also it was easier to keep the rule of thirds because their was more space for the camera and the spacing wasn't narrow unlike the main production. We also had to add match on action , this was very hard to do in the preliminary task as i hadn't had much practice doing these types of shots , however when it came to the main task it was easy to add this type of shot into my production because i had learned how to do it in my preliminary task. when editing my work i was able to look back at the work and pick out which shot was which , i checked each shot more then once so we knew that all the shots where there. Also i was much better at editing when it came to the real production has i had help when i done my preliminary task , this made the editing much quicker and smoother then it would of been if i didn't do the preliminary task.

Research and planing.

When we done our preliminary production we was successful with out planing . Me and my partner drew up a detail plan on what shots we want and how we want them look like. we planned the story line together so both our ideas where implemented into our work. When we was in production we could easily look at our storyboard and know what shorts where done and which shots we still needed to do. We also both understood what shots we needed to put into our work as we had look on Google and research what the shots where. The biggest mistake me and my partner made was no having actors in our work , we unfortunately use our self in the production which made it hard for us to know if the camera was in the correct place whilst in production. i didn't make the same mistake whilst we produce the main production as i asked other people to be actors for my film

evaluation 7

evaluation 6

evaluation 5

How does your media product represent particular social group?

 Here we have a screenshot of a posher which was in my media opening scene. This is what kids in east London all want to be driving. They want to be in the best cars with a lot of cash and women. However they don't want to work hard for such items. They would rather sell drugs on corners and rob people then get a good educations and get a good job. They main reason is they are lazy. Most stereotypes of teenagers is they are lazy and are not good to society. This is because they have been influenced by music which shows rappers gaining money and fancy cars by selling drugs and robbing people on the street. Most teenagers aged 16-24 listen to such music and relate so they get influenced by what the rappers are saying and copy what they do. My audience would listen to grime rappers which is a undercover seen in which rappers talk about how they struggles through life in the UK  Also other movies such as Kidulthood can also influence teenagers to commit crimes in order to gain fancy things such as cars.

 Here we denote a police car going into a police headquarters  Most teenagers aged 16-24 have hatred towards the police as they feel they bully them on the streets. Also older teenagers who have been in trouble with the police before normally tell their young sibling that the police are 'pig' and you should never trust them. This is because teenagers are doing crimes in which police try to stop them , this makes the teenagers hate them because the teenagers are just trying to make money , but the police see the teenagers as a threat to society as they are breaking the law and the police are just trying to their job. Teenagers don't see the dangers in crime they listen to rappers talk about drugs and glamorous crime so the teenagers are influenced in doing so. Also a lot of rappers have been to jail so they also say bad things about the police which teenagers listen to and because they can relate to some of the things the rapper says they think they can relate to everything they say. By having the police car in the middle of the shot it gives all the attention to the police.

 In this shot we can see a lot of cars going back and fourth. This show that the location the main character is living in is a busy environment. Also all the cars that are going pass are all average cars which working class people would drive in . Also the building look very dirty which makes the target audience think that the main character is living in a rough location. Also in the background we can see that the trees have no leafs on them , this gives the target a sense of what time in the season the film is taking place. They are able to see that the sky is looking very dime which is a stereotype of the english weather. We can also see the Tesco sign in the background this also sets the scene as Tesco is only in the UK , it is not a national business so the target audience can relate to the movie if they have ever been in Tesco or shopped there.

 In this shot we see a black male who looks aged 15-18. His wearing a black Hood with a body warmer and jeans. None of his clothes are branded which denotes that the main character is living in poverty as he can't afford to wear big name brands such as Gucci . Armani or Ralph Lauren. Most teenagers cannot get a job in the united kingdom as their are not enough placements , so they are living in poverty. They can't afford to wear different types of clothes every day so their clothes look very dirty and scruffy. We can also see that his hood is up so its harder to see his face , most teenagers where hoods so people can't see their face when they are going to commit a crime. The location is set in a ally-way which looks very rough and unclean. We can see on the lamppost that some of the paint as come of and on the walls the bricks look very dirty. we also tried our hardest to keep the rule of thirds as in  our feedback we got a lot of negative responses about not using the rule of thirds.

 Here we can see two other teenage boys approach our main character , they are wanting to take the main characters valuables. This stereotype of teenagers in east London is very common because most teenagers are brought up in working class family's and are living in poverty. We see these theme in such movies as kidulthood and adulthood which have gained great success around the united kingdom so we used these theme in our opening scene to gain the biggest audience possible. Also you see a character in a big puffy coat. Most people are up on the streets till late so they wear a  lot of layers to keep them warm. The two character which chase after the main character are drug dealers , you see a lot of drug dealer around in east London which are on the corners trying to sell drugs. So if you leave in east London you may know a drug dealer so you can relate to the film.

 Here we have a picture of a bus stop. The main audience we are appealing to are aged around 16-24 so they wouldn't be driving , so to get around most of our audience would be using buses. So a large percent of our audience have been on a bus in their lifetime , so it makes the film seem more realistic rather then seeing people in big cars as our target audience would not be able to afford cars early on in their life's  This shot also sets the location for the audience as they know where the bus is heading to as Romford is one of the big town in the local area , so a lot of people can relate as they have either been to Romford of hear of Romford.

In this screen shot we see our main character with his hands in his head. Most teenagers in east London are not very happy , they go through hard times which makes them depress and miserable. Most stereotypes of teenagers are that they are grumpy and always not grateful for what they have got. Here we have broke the rule of thirds as the main character eyes are 2/3 down the shot rather then only being 1/3 down the screen. we have much feedback from our peers saying that we needed to resolve this issue however we was unable to. Also the door which is behind our character looks very grimy and dirty , some of the paint is coming off where people have been opening the locks. This is a represents most teenagers aged between 16-24 because they haven't been brought up in rich family's where they can afford grand doors they live with the bare minimum.


This screen shot shows the title to our film. We choose a very simple and easy to remember title. This title represents young teenagers as they don't plan ahead , they would rather gain money fast and live a short life rather then earn slow money and live a longer life. Also it shows that teenagers are very selfish as they don't care about others , they don't see the consequences which occur when they commit their crimes as long has they don't gain a negative impact they are happy to commit a crime. We use a white bold typography as it stand out with the black background , the shadow of fast life is red with denotes the blood in which teenagers get into violence and make each other bleed. Also the black background represent teenagers as they normally wear all back outfits so they are unable to be recognized by people when they are committing crimes. Also teenagers are out late so their is not a lot of witness when they commit the crimes , the black background also connotes the danger of being out late at night in east London.

In this screen shot we have a image of a empty fridge. This connotes that the main character is living in poverty and is unable to eat a healthy meal before he goes to sleep. This common in east London as their is not a lot of jobs for teenagers to do , and  single parents living on befits don't have a lot of money to live on. By showing this shot in our movie some teenagers may be able to relate to this shot and feel the same emotions that our main character is going through , this give the audience a bigger interest into our movie as they want to see how they approach living in such poverty.

Evaluation 4

Evaluation 3

evaluation 2

Evaluation 1

The Brief.

We had been approached by film 4 to make a new british social realist filmed aimed at british 16- 24 year old. we needed to make a 2 minute opening scene which had the conventions of a british social realist genre and to meet all expectations for this type of film. We also needed to keep cost low as its a british social realism so all the material used in the film had to be original. We needed use themes which occur in british social realism films and use the stereotypical conventions that you would see in a BSR.

In my production we clearly used the theme of poverty in our opening scene. This themes come up a lot in british social realism films. At 2:00 we can see the main character goes into the fridge but is unable to eat because theirs no food. This connotes that the main character is poor and is unable to buy food. Also at 0.39 we can see our main characters full costume. He is wearing a Hood with a body warmer. Both these pieces of clothing are not branded which shows he cant afford branded clothes such as Ralph Lauren or Nike. Also at 1:10 we can see the main character getting chased out of the alleyway. In most BSR there is violence and young teenagers fighting each other for money and turf.

We choose the title Fast Life as it connotes the life's of young teenagers today. They are living for today rather then tomorrow so their future are not very bright. Most teenagers in east London which are gangs normally die at a young age as well because they get killed by rival gangs. Also Most teenagers don't have a fun childhoods so they grow up quickly and want to be like the older men with all the money and cars. The title relates to the narrative because the main character Terrell is living in poverty and is not get any money so he switches to the drug game in which he is making fast money , which connotes the title. They don't want to get a education and get a job , they rather sell drugs and get money fast.

The opening scene allows the audience to see that the main character is very lonely as he is not with any friends or family. He goes home looks in the fridge and goes to bed , he doesn't talk to any family members of friends. We also see that his living in poverty as he had no food in his fridge so he goes to sleep whilst his hungry. Also the target audience realize is not the nicest of areas that our main character lives in as two male teenagers chase after him for his phone out of a alleyway in broad daylight. We can see that the main character is not  happy with the way his living as he doesn't smile once in the opening scene  he looks very depressed and lonely

A real BSR that you can compare my opening scene to is OneDay. At 3:07 on the opening scene you can see a bunch of people in a alleyway with black hoods and hats on. I used the same location as them with the same type of costumes. This is a representation of teenagers in the uk which are in gangs, so i used the same mise-en-scene as my movie has the same themes in the movie.

Production log 9

Production log 9

This week we filmed the most important part of the opening scene which was the main character getting chased my two drug dealers out of a ally-way. We choose this location because most robbery's are done in alleyways as there are not a lot of people which go through them so there are no witnesses when committing a crime. With the drug dealers we wanted them to look richer as it seems they are gaining a lot of money from drugs , they are wearing big brands such as super dry and Ralph Lauren which are expensive brands. Our actors worked very well with us as we where friends and they knew how important this work was to us so they cooperate with us very well.

This week me and my partner didn't have a lot of problems as we both planned what we was going to do for maximum efficiency.The biggest problem was with the audio as we did not know how to lower the volume of the audio when the main character is speaking , we gained help from our teacher who soon resolved the problem for us. We still had problems with the pacing of the opening scene as some shots where very long and other shots where short which messed up the pacing of the opening the scene this could of been resolved if we cut the shots but as we didn't have much clips to use it was very hard to balance out the pace. We also finally added the credits onto the opening scene which wasn't very difficult as i had experience with computers and it was very easy to pick up the skills needed to add in the credits. We also adjusted some clips as my peers gave us feedback about the opening scene. They said we needed to add audio and credits in which we done , they also said they could hear the director so we cut out all of the sound and re added the song we wanted so we couldn't hear the director. Also people said that the main character looked at the camera too much but we couldn't redo this shots as my partners house was getting done up and it wouldn't look the same as the other shots. They also said that the camera was shaking too much and the rule of thirds wasn't applied we wasn't able to re-shoot the stuff we already filmed but we was able to implement the feedback into the other shots we done, as they didn't involve my partners house.

Production log 8

Production log 8

This week was a more productivity week then before. The main problem we are having in post production is sharing the mac with the other students in our year , because last week me and my partner wasn't in for most days we needed to catch up so we asked the students if we could use it more this week as they where ahead , however they still needed to do a lot more so their was some conflict with the mac. We filmed most of our production just need to sort out a few shots so they look correct , and so we can fill the whole 2 minutes as the shorts we planed in pr-production only took up 1 minute 40. Me and my partner both learned how to use live-type this week. It was a very easy to use and was very effective. we both came up with the title 'Fast life' for our production as most drug dealers or people which are in gangs die when their at a young age and people who are in poverty and have to struggle normal grow up much faster then anyone else as they mature faster because they have to help their family members. live type was very easy to use as i had use such software before like Photoshop and fireworks to produce fonts and typography. i went for a very simple font for the typography because when i analysed other british social realism credits they didn't have big  fancy typography. It was simple and bold so the audience could easily read them but it wouldn't interfere with the opening scene. We also realized that we needed much more credits then we thought as the gaps in between the credits where too long and it didn't keep up with the pace of the film. This week i have improved my skills with the camera as well , it was much easy to setup the camera and get filming as before it would take me and my partner at least 10 minutes to get started which was wasting our time. We also got our friends to be in our production ,they already knew the location and time where to meet because we planned it before , this made setting up very fast and we was able to film it without any problems. we also got a message from are artist 'sqeeks' saying that we are able to use his music which was good information to hear as we didn't really think about anyone else's music which would represent our opening scene any better.

Production log 7

Production log 7

This week as not been has productivity as last week as me and my partner have not been in as much. this has had a big impact on our work as we are falling behind due to our attendance. This means we are going to make up for the absentee and put more effort into our work. However me and my partner are still working well together , we have had a couple of arguments about the production but this has just made our production better as we are both very passionate about what we want in our production and what we want to portrait in our opening scene. we have needed to change some of our shots so it works more fluently . we also realized that the pacing of our work its not up to scratch. Some points of the opening scene is very fast and other parts are very long and tedious . we also realized that we haven't got enough shots in our plan so we needed to come up with a few shots which will be able to extend our opening scene to get to the full 2 minutes. We also realized that we hadn't had any shots which show the location of where the film is set , me and my partner both agreed to take establishing shots at the begging of the opening scene so the audience have a understanding of where the film is being produced. Also at this point me and my partner have not made a title of our opening scene as we have been to busy producing the opening scene. With the shots we produce we wanted to show a professional look but also a give it a rigid look. we found it hard to keep a balance between the two as most the shots looked to rigid. As a result me and partner have both agreed to be in all next week and increase the productivity as we are lacking behind.

Production log 6

Production log 6

The key issue in production this week as been getting the right shots , my partners house has very narrow corridors in which i can place the camera , this is affecting the rule of thirds as my partner is tall and the camera is unable to get his face a third down the screen. Also another problem that we found is when we are about to film we realize we are not wearing the same clothes as we was wearing in the shots before , this is slowing us down as we have to wait until we have the right clothing to film. Also the camera is shaking a lot even though we have it on the tripod , we are having problems with keeping it straight. Also you can hear the director keep saying 'go' this will need to be edited out . There is also a lot of sound in the background when we film , we would need to take out the background noise when editing so we cant hear the wind or people in the background. Also because we filmed our first scene at 1 pm the lighting is very bright however when we try to film after school the lighting is got a dimmer and doesn't work with the continuity. Also we are sharing a mac with another pair of students in our year. we have talk to each other and come to agreement when each other can use the equipment so its fair. However this is still a disadvantage as the other students don't have to share and get to use the equipment freely. Also me and my partner don't have a lot of camera skills so it took us a little while to get use to the buttons on the camera. Also me and my partner are not very good at acting so it takes us quiet a long time to film one shot to make it look more realistic if we had got a actor it would make the production much more quicker and easier.