Production Paperwork

Production Log w/11

This week me and my partner have created a script for the next part of planning our BSR opening sequence which involved adding the camera movement, detailed description of what is happening in the shot, the timing ect...

The issues this week with planning was that we were less confident with the timings of each shot and if it would be long or short enough for the 2 minute limit so this made us think a lot. Another issue was with the flow of our opening sequence, we had to make sure that each description made sense with the second description otherwise our whole script would not have a sense of continuity. 

To fix these issues we looked at our treatment to help us which then allowed us to see our whole film narrative so we then broke each section up to fit our script. We also looked at the brief to see what was required.

Meet my audience

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Data

What comes to mind when you think on British Social Realism?

• Violence
• Reality of Britain 
• Gangs
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Reality
• Estates
• Corruption 
• Sexual acts 

Which British Social Realism film have you watched? 

• Adulthood
• Kidulthood
• This is England 
• Fish tank
• 4,3,2,1
• Shank

What narratives/themes would you like to see in this genre of film? 

• Murder
• Drug deals
• Teens being involved in fights (corruption of youth) 

How do you feel about a narrative which includes a young teenage girl going against her parents and religion?

• A realistic idea which occurs
• Not shown in the media enough 
• Strong theme 
• Powerful narrative

Has anything like our narrative ever effected you or have you heard about it? 

• Relatives in the family whom have gone against their religion
• Effected by friends around you 
• Not in the area they live in but has happened else where 

Summary
Over all the Majority of people I asked had a slight idea of what British Social Realism was as they responded saying gangs, violence and reality comes to mind so there for it shows that quite a few people know a bit about BSR genre, the other half of the 10 people I asked were unsure about the genre and needed me to do some explaining and examples. 

The people I asked for my primary research answered back saying Adulthood,This is England, Fish tank ect when it came to saying which BSR films they have watched, this is helpful because these are the BSR films I have watched myself giving me an idea of what my audience might be expecting from my BSR film. I asked the public which types of themes and narratives they might want to see in a BSR film and they responded saying murders, teens involved in fights and drug deals so therefor these are the popular film themes and narratives. 

The people I questioned thought my narrative was effectual because religion is a strong topic and so is going against families and parents who usually play a big role in a persons life. My narrative includes disobeying parents which would be the theme of rebellion which most people thought was different and haven't heard of before. 

When I asked people if anything like our narrative effected them or if they have heard about it they answered saying that this has occured with them with relatives in the family so therefor it goes to show that some people have heard about these types of issues with families and religion making it quite common. Other people i questioned said that these types of problems have happend to their friends and they know about people facing them.

Mckee's Film Narrative

Exposition protagonist 
The protagonist in Fake ID is a young girl named Ayesha. Ayesha is living two different lives one of which where she is a Religious young Muslim girl and the other a Westernized prostitute.Our main characters ethnic background is Asian (Pakistani) and this will be denoted through the appearance of Ayesha and her family members. The Asian background will also be connoted through the name 'Ayesha' because the name is very common for a typical Asian girl to have. 
 In our narrative we have the fact that Ayesha has lost her job in retail due to the poor attendance, this has a big impact in her life as her family are in a negative position, suffering from poverty leads Ayesha to become desperate for money and a better life. This desperation takes the best of Ayesha which soon drives her into prostitution, having to lie to her parents every day to go out and earn money this way.  
Ayesha will be dressed in respectful clothing when she is within the home eg:head scarf, oversized t-shirts and jeans because she is showing that she is extremely religious. 
Ayesha will also be dressed in tigh t-shirts and jeans when we show her westernized side.


Agents of change
Poverty within the family is the disruption of normality as it is the reason for Ayesha going against her religion and parents to earn money through prostitution. The family is suffering from poverty as Ayesha's fathers corner shop goes 'out of business' which leads them into debt. The disruption ruins a young teens life so it is a very strong turning point in the narrative. Poverty is a key disruption point because it wrecks the relationship between her and the family because they become depressed, low and miserable being blinded by her daughters lies and actions. 
As we do not have an antagonist in human form we decided to include the antagonist to be one of the key theme of poverty and prostitution.

Conflict complication
Ayesha tries many attempts to find a suitable job after loosing her job in retail to provide for the family and keep a roof over their heads, but as she fails to do so she turns to the dark, dangerous and desperate road trying to earn money as soon as possible through prostitution.However Ayesha is blinded by her parents state in poverty that she neglects her parents upbringing, the rules and regulations and does what she believes is seemingly right. 




Elaboration
 Ayesha and her very religious family (two children and parents) face serious debt problems, this changes all of their lives to an extremely low point, as they severely suffer from poverty. Considering that Ayesha lost her job as a retail manager recently, in desperate terms she gets easily influenced into prostitution by a hooker she met on the bus. She ends up going to this secret prostitute house were she can earn 'easy' money. After experiencing it for couple days this Soon becomes a perminant job for her, she socialises and mixes with different people that are troubled and upto no good which manage to change her as a person. As Ayesha's entire family are extremely strict religious muslims, infront of them she portrayes herself to be this;'innocent, honest, religious kind loving girl' that would never disobey her parents as she reminds them almost everyday how much she's focusing on carrying out a 'sucessful business' which would make her parents proud. There is no way that she lets them find out she is a prostitute, everything is done secretly. The problem is this doesnt stay a secret for long at all, her true colours come out as she realises she isnt this 'religious' young women her parents (Nina and riad) force her to be. Instantly this prostitute job has an effect on her lifestyle and the person she is as she turns to drugs, changes the way she dresses, openly smokes and drinks in public. Her parents become aware that she has developed into a terrible person, but are still not fully aware of the full situation, the fact that she is a prostitue. It became regular that Ayesha and her parents would argue at the fact that she needs to fix up and go back to the religious, good person that she was, but she did not seem to care.
Themes of; poverty (The family is suffering from money problems), Religion (A very religious family), Drugs (Ayesha turns to drugs), sexuality (Ayesha becomes a prostitute), isolation and exclusion (Ayesha is living a seperate life alone, that her family are not aware of).

Climax & Resolution
It came to a bad point were both parents had no choice but to confront Ayesha and give her a serious warning. This confrontation led to a deep argument, Out of anger Ayesha reveals all; 'GUESS WHAT MUM AND DAD I DONT NEED ANY OF YOU'SE! YOUR BOTH SHIT PARENTS ANYWAY, I BET YOU HAD NO IDEA MY NEW JOB WAS ANYTHING GOT TO DO WITH PROSTITUTION' At this moment both of the parents had a sickening feeling in their stomach, out of disgust and hatred towards Ayesha they told her to leave the house with all her belongings and made it very clear to her that she is; 'Completely disowned from today onwards'.

Coda- 
Couple months later Ayesha falls in love with an elderly man ( named Rob) that she met through prostitution. She's in a relationship with him were she is supposedely happy and has freedom as he provides her with a home and reasonable amount of food.
The ending will show Ayesha living in a better condition with her boyfriend although its still a dull and boring life, which again emphasizes the reality.

Production log w/9

In this weeks lesson I have understood and learnt about narratives, I was able to learn about a linear, non-linear, omniscient and restricted narrative. A linear narrative is a basic narrative which includes a starting, middle and a ending in an order. A non-linear narrative is the opposite as the narrative does not follow the original orders and often involves flashbacks or the future or the past. A omniscient narrative allows us to see the narrative from more than one persons point of view and this is shown in films in like adulthood and kidulthood. Restricted narrative is only one persons view throughout the whole narrative for example Mia in Fishtank.

Learning about the different types of narrative has helped for my initial idea, i now known that my narrative is a restricted narrative because the main character is Ayesha and it is based on her life and the problems she faces.

Treatment

Title

Me and my partner have decided that our British Social Realism film should be called 'Fake ID', we decided to use this as our title because it helps to connote the theme and narrative of our film which is about a teen who is living two separate lives one of which she is seen as a  religious girl and the other as a westernized prostitute. The title connotes confusion, enigma and mystery as the audience would want to know more into the story line to know about the fake identity. 

Fake ID connotes the theme of drugs and this is because underclass people frequently use fake age or names to forge drugs without being caught by the authority.
The theme of religion is also shown in the title because fake identity can be used to access different types of places based on your ethnic/religious background.
Our title 'Fake ID' also shows the theme of isolation because people would fail to recognize the real side of our main character meaning she would be isolated from friends and family. 
Sexuality and Sex as a theme can be recognized through the title seeing as teens suffering from poverty often go into prostitution and use fake identity to get them started in the job. The use of fake ID grants entrance into places such as club, strip clubs or bars.  

The title is conventional for BSR as it is short, simple and sharp and in most of these genres of films they include a short and catchy titles such as 'SCUM'. The brief title is an effective way to catch the audience eye and also to make sure  they remember the name of the film. Our title may be short but it connotes numerous themes which are isolation, religion, poverty, drugs, sex, sexuality and exclusion. 
We analysed and gained our inspiration from the film 'Yasmin' which is about a women living two different lives, the title from this film is also abbreviated and memorable as it is the name of the main character.

Fake ID will appeal to our target audience as it includes a puzzle, secrecy and thrill which would encourage the audience into wanting to know more about the narrative and ways the mystery is created.

Target Audience 

Our target audience is starting from teenagers 16 to 24 year old following the brief.We thought that this age is suitable because one of our themes is sex and this may be inappropriate for anyone under age 16 because it is quite a intense and strong topic. 
Fake ID is targeted at both male and female audience but would mainly appeal to the female side because of the main character being a women, this would appeal to them because of personal identity relating to females and their lives or situations they may have gone through.The target audience will likely be middle class or an underclass audience as the themes in our film would not be relate-able for a working class audience such as poverty or drugs and would not appeal the way it would to a underclass audience watching. 


Our audiences media consumption would be on television programs such as Eastenders or Waterloo road because these shows involve situations which will be occurring in our film such as the struggle for money or problems with parenthood. Eastenders and Waterloo road also contain real life situations which is one of the conventions of BSR. These television programs are also set in the more gritty and rough part of Britain which is where my film will also be set making it another reason why these shows fit into my film and relate to the same audience.
The narrative of the media consumption do relate to our film but what makes our film unique is that we included a combination and a contrast between religion and prostitution adding a twist into our narrative, by doing this we believe it will be distinctive from any other BSR film.

Technology

When planning our film (pre-production) we used blogger to analyse and research numerous types of BSR films such as Fish tank, Bulletboy, Adulthood and many more. We then will be using a video camera and a tripod to produce/create our own BSR film. The tripod will be used to give us a more professional and smooth looking film allowing us to get long shots or establishing shots without using handheld. Finally for post-production we will be using Imovie to edit our film adding the final touches eg; changing lengths of the film or adding music on top. For typography in post-production we will most likely be using fireworks as it has been used by us before and we believe that it gives us a positive result allowing us to create typography which suits the theme or our BSR film. The use of fireworks guarantees that the typography we will create defiantly is going to be original and unique.


We would like to use better quality equipment such as HD cameras, we would also like to film in a more gritty location and have props that are more realistic. Due to being students we are limited to access these types of equipment as we are on a budget.   




Representations 

The key characters in our film will be Ayesha who is the protagonist and the antagonist. Ayesha will play both roles as the character goes against her religion but only to provide for her family who are suffering from poverty. 
Another key character in our BSR film will be Ayesha's parents who play the antagonists who force her into becoming religious without her intentions making her do actions which she is not fond of. 



We have applied Propp's character types in our narrative, we did this by having our main character Ayesha as the hero and villain. Hero because she is the lead narrative trying to sort her life our and solve problems. Villain because she has two different sides one of which she is involved in prostitution and drugs. We have made sure to include a helper in our narrative who will plays the role of a man Ayesha meets through prostitution who helps her to receive the aspiration and escape she needed removing her away from the dark and depressing lifestyle.

Fake ID will subvert from the typical Asian family representation, this will be due to the fact that the main character is westernized and disrespectful of her religion. However we do not subvert from the fact that the underclass living condition is cheap and harsh.  


Narrative 

Brief summary of the film; Our film 'Fake identity' is going to have a restricted Narrative as its mostly going to be based on one character's point of view, the protagonist Ayesha.
Ayesha and her family turn from a fairly positive way of lifestyle to an awful low point as they struggle to pay off serious debts. While Ayesha tries to make a living for herself and an extremely religious family, she goes against her religion, in desperate measures she gets dragged into prostitution and along the way faces other negative situations as she approaches life on the streets.

Detailed summary of opening sequence; The opening sequence of our film will have a non-linear format and smash-mouth beginning. It will start off with Ayesha stripping her religious clothes off into a revealing, tight fitted outfit, This will be taken place in a narrow, gritty alleyway. The camera will switch shots between Ayesha's family praying whilst she is getting changed into hooker clothes ready to start her day off as a prostitute. On her way to a secret house she bumps into two boys who try violating her because of the way she looks, they scream out 'Oioi sexy' and try touching her up. This makes her extremely nervous and intimidated. She pushes the boys off her in a very aggressive way, as she tries getting away from them, she screams "Get off me you dirty pricks!", She manages to escape but straight away, across the road she spots her Dad as he is on his way to mosk for prayer. At this moment Ayesha panics and quickly hides behind the closest object to her, which is a car. The camera is quite shaky here, as it's seen from her perspective. She peeks through a gap waiting for her dad to be out of sight, It is very intense as we are able to hear her heavy breathing. As soon as her dad is out of sight she gets up and quickly makes her way to a secret house (Brothel), where a odd looking man lets her in. At the end we see her come out this house in a rush, looking extremely messy. This storyline relates to the bsr genre as it involves typical conventions and themes seen in a British social realism film.

Conventions;

To conform conventions of an opening sequence specifically those displayed within the BSR genre me and my partner will make sure the mise-en-scene and other editing seem rough, gritty and unprofessional which will give out a sense of realism and also emphasise the troubled lifestyle of underclass people. We also decided to include a smash-mouth begining, which is a good way to create enigma aswell as an adrelanine rush for the audience, this will enable them to feel more involved and perhaps more interested within the film. A smash-mouth beginning like the one seen in the film 'Trainspotting' influenced me and my partner to include one in our own opening sequence. Although our smash-mouth beginning is not going to be as hectic as the one shown in trainspotting, it will still be shocking for the audience as we will subvert the stereotypical role of a religious person, So they're perhaps not expecting to see someone that looks 'extremely religious' change into the complete oposite, an undercover prostitute. We also decided to conform to the convention of minimal dialogue, due to the fact that we dont want to give too much away in the first two minutes.

Style and Iconography;

In the process of filming our opening sequence I will use alot of basic shots such as; mid-shots, close-ups and long-shots. Mid-shots and close-ups will be used to convey the representation of Ayesha and also to emphasise what she is wearing or how she is portrayed. Close-ups will allow the audience to visualise the characters facial expression or how she is feeling in a much clearer way. Long shots and wider shots will be used within my film to enable the audience with a distinct understanding of what is going on along with establishing the location of the film. The reason why we are quite confident in using these basic shots is because its incredibly typical of a British social realist film. 

Mid-shot

Close-up

Long-shot

Whilst filming we will use hand held camera work so that its shaky and less professional. Jerky camera movement gives the film some verisimilitude which definitaley makes it seem more believable and realistic. We will use camerawork that shows the audience from Ayesha's (main character) point of view, this will allow them to feel more involved with the film, sort of asif they're actually in her position,This also creates a buzz rather then just watching it without any excitement on a tv screen! Unsteady camera work is commonly seen within BSR films as it goes well with the themes and highlights the grittyness of the underclass/working class people living in rough, urban areas. We will also make sure that the rule of thirds is included in our shots, as it's quite important for the eye contact of the character to be the same level as everyone else in the scene. Slow pans or tracking shots will definitely be used in our opening sequence as it's a way to follow the character at his pace of movement and visualise the locations accurately. We will use editing that creates an effect for the audience and represents the British social realism genre appropriately. We have decided to use simple/minimal editing due to the fact that we are trying to make it seem as realistic as possible. Minor edits such as strong, shaky camerawork used in a running scenes are well suited in a bsr film as it makes it less fluent and more convincing for viewers. We will most definitately not use special effects or transitions like; Glow, twirls, wipes and swirls as they may make it seem unreal or artificial and our main aim is to keep it very realistic! 

We will use specific costumes/props as visual signifiers for the audience. Her costume will represent the working class lifestyle she is living in, it will be basic but also related to the the themes and situations. She will be wearing costumes that are appropriate for the main theme of 'Religion' such as; Hijab and burka although she changes into clothing which represents her role. She will be changed into revealing clothes which expose body parts as her job is to be a prostitute. The clothes worn by Ayesha will be rough, creased and dirty this is able to display the theme of poverty clearly and assert the audience that she is struggling through life. Props such as make-up will be used often within the film alot as it plays a big part of her life it also alerts the audience that she has to look her best at all times due to what she does for a living (prostitution). 

We have decided to use minimal sound effects. We will involve Diegetic sound such as; Birds, pigeons, transport, and the general sound of people's chatter quite frequently as it is able to create atmosphere and add that extra sense of realism. The typical diegetic sound used in British social realism films are; Gun shots, slap, punch, blurring music out of cars, screaming and shouting. Within our film we won't need to use all of these, but we may include few such as; the sound of a lighter, screaming and shouting. Considering that the brief tells us we cannot use any sort of copyright music me and my partner will have to come out with our own composed music that is also relatable with the bsr genre and themes that are taken place within our film. The music will most likely be urban, R&B or rap as all three genres in music are quite commonly played in bsr films because people living in Britain, mostly teens often listen to this type/genre of music.

Institution;

The production company in the brief is film4 which will make a great impact on the type of film we will be producing. As film4 and its parent company are both british companies, they contributed to the development of the british social realism genre hugely. Most films that are produced by them or shown on their channel is highly expected to be british. Film4 is an extremely successful company which produced many popular bsr films such as; 'Trainspotting' and 'East is East' this puts real pressure on us and makes us want to produce something that would meet the high standards and match upto the viewers expectations. Trainspotting is a film produced by film4 which had an impact on the way we want to start our film as it inspired me and my partner on the smash-mouth begining for our opening sequence. One of the main impact film4 has made on the type of of film create has to be the fact that we must include similar conventions to what the viewers have already seen within the bsr films produced by the production company before. The production company will effect the distribution of my film, considering the fact that film4 is an independant company they will have a restricted amount of money for distribution to cinemas. As their budget is low for bsr films I will have to use cheaper marketing strategies such as; social networking advertisement and posters meaning that it can only be distributed in few independant cinemas within Britain as they usually show films within this genre. Film4 is a vertically intergrated company so its likely that our film is going to be exhibited through one of the companies owned by the parent company such as; Channel 4, film4, E4 etc.  

Production log w/8

This week I have developed my idea for my BSR film, I did this by looking into the themes, narrative, setting/location and by looking into the character of the protagonist. For each of these I thought about how I would represent the theme such as the types of props used to denote themes of drugs or religion. To develop my ideas further I thought about possible locations which I could actually realistically visit to film my BSR opening which would show the underclass life and how Britain is in terms of poverty. 

I was influenced by the different types of BSR films I watched in class, I thought this was a good way in helping me look into themes and characters and ways in which i could represent them.
I decided the group I was working in through the combination of initial ideas. As my group member had a similar initial idea to one of my ideas, this helped us understand the  how we could contribute both these ideas to create one whole narrative.

In my opinion I think our partnership will work quite well as we have similar ideas and are ready to listen to each others opinions. 

Nazrins initial idea

One of my initial ideas

Initial idea presentation

Initial ideas

Idea 1

Bad influence 

Protagonist

Age - 16

Name - Tahmid

Appearance -
Teenager

Asian

School uniform 

Trainers 

The Narrative -

A young teenage boy who has a reserved personality and keeps away from any type of crime and violence. Tahmid's character is very focused in his studies until he gets used by a gang of youths who take advantage of his innocence by threaten him into petty crime such as shoplifting alcohol and cigarettes for their own purpose. These threats become consistent and and life of crime becomes too much for the protagonist who turns to drugs for support. 

Setting/Location -

Inside a public school 

Alley way which is set around Ilford

Under bridges 

Chicken shops 

Themes -

Corruption of youth 

Violence 

Petty Crime

Drugs

Idea 2

Undercover

Anti- hero 

Age - 18 

Name - Asma 

Appearance -
Teenager

Scarf                              

Jeans
T-Shirt
Skirt

Narrative -

Asma is a teen from a extremely religious background, she was brought up in a Muslim household with strict abusive Asian parents. Having a religious background and domestic violence at home leads her into neglecting her religion and becomes rebellious by removing her headscarf after leaving the house and changing into western clothing. Asma consumes alcohol and turns to drugs. 

Setting -

Ilford

Mosque 

House 

Alley way 

Corner shops 

Themes - 

Domestic abuse

Rebellion 

Religion 
Parenthood
Drug abuse

Idea 3

Abandoned Alone 

Protagonist -

Deenah

Age - 10

Appearance -
Young girl

Old rough clothing

scars

cuts

Narrative - 

Young girl named Deenah who is neglected by her mother and is put in positions which little girls should not be experiencing which is corrupting her youth. She is abused at home and treating carelessly by her mother who is cold hearted, insensitive and harsh and subverts to the typical stereotype of a mother. 

Setting - 
Goodmayes

Park

School

Home

Production log w/7

This week I researched the current affairs in Britain and the crimes and violence which are happening. By doing this research it has helped me with ideas which are realistic and recent that I could use in my own BSR film.

The issue which occurred with this research was that these crimes were quite obvious and were happening on a regular basis such as murder, robbery and political dilemmas. In my opinion, by including these straightforward narrative would bore my audience as they would know what to expect so therefore I would like to include a twist in my narrative to make my film unique and unexpected.

This week we also brainstormed our three initial ideas for the BSR film. We noted down the appearance for our protagonist, the narrative, the setting and themes which we could possibly include.
This task was helpful as it gave a clear understanding on which idea was the most distinct and had the most enigma.

production log week 6

In this weeks work I have learnt about mise-en-scene, editing and camera language for the opening devices of BSR. I created a powermpoint analyzing each of these devices and how they were used in Yasmin, Kidulthood and Made in Britain   I have learnt that in BSR the costume used are very basic casual clothing as the characters are usually underclass people who may not be able to afford more up market brands. I have also learnt that the editing is not used a lot it they do include montages as one of the key edits to show locations to connote the theme and genre.  The last thing I learnt is that the camera language is simple and they used basic shots such as close-ups and long shots because this type conforms to BSR genre.

Learning about all this will impact my work as I will have more knowledge on the types of costume to include to make the genre obvious, also the minimal edits will be included in my work. 

In my opening sequence I will include camera language such as a establishing shot which I saw used in Yasmin which is one of the films I analysed, I though the use of this in the BSR had a big impact as it helped us understand the type of living condition in Britain and gives us a realistic view.

This picture connotes the basic camera work, here we see a mid-shot of the main character Yasmin where we are able to view her facial expression clearly.

I choose this picture as it denotes the under-class status of these characters which

is recognized through their costume. It also shows how these characters are typically under-class british people because most do not give attention towards their appearance.

beachcombing for inspiration

Costume

These costumes are quite basic everyday wear which is quite cheap so therefore it would suit the under-class people. Most characters in BSR tend to not give much attention to appearance and these costumes are quite effortless meaning they would usually wear this. 

Location

I choose these council flats as inspiration for the location as I think they connote poverty and portray the living conditions of the under-class people in Britain showing a realistic perspective.

I think these alley ways would be appropriate for themes of drugs as they are quite secretive and have a rough look towards them with the graffiti. The alley ways help to show the urban parts of Britain and the  vandalism that goes on in these areas.

I think a Chicken shop would be a realistic place to film a BSR because most teens would meet up or go to eat because chicken shops are very local in urban parts of Britain and also very cheap. Teens are usually broke so this is a realistic way to show their underclass status and the poverty.

Props

Drugs are one of the themes I am considering to include in my BSR film so these props would be appropriate to denote the theme and help my audience understand the storyline clearer. The props would also show how drugs look and the way they are used showing the side effects.

I think the use of alcohol in a BSR is very realistic if the target audience will be teenagers. Many under aged teens in Britain drink alcohol which leads them to become quite rebellious, the alcohol also connotes the theme of corruption of youth as well. 

The bike for a prop for transport in BSR is very realistic as it denotes  poverty because most teens cannot afford cabs and cars for transport, they would usually travel by bike as it is a cheaper option. 

Typography

I like the look of these typography styles for the credits because they are quite simple but eye-catching which is what I believe is key to not taking away the attention from the film but also recognizing the credits as well.

Music

I think this type of music would be best suited for BSR as it is quite up to date and modern having quite a rebellious feel towards it. This music was also used in Kidulthood which is a teenage targeted film so therefor it is suitable to teens as well.

I also like this song which was also used in kidulthood as it once again has a thuggish feel towards it which would connote the type of rebellious characters in the film.

Mise-en-Scene style

This is my work on Yasmin, Kidulthood and Made in Britain where I analysed Camera language, editing and mise-en-scene.

Production log w/5

During the half term I have analysed the BSR film Fish Tank, I analysed things such as the themes, representation, mise-en-scene ect. I watched the whole film and made notes on every detail. I was able to see what types of themes were key and common in this film so I could find out more about  it helping me with my work and what themes I would base it on.
By looking at the themes  in this film I recognized that the most common theme in a film targeted at teens is rebellion and drugs because stereotypical most teens turn to drugs and rebel against their family when they are suffering from poverty. I also researched on the characters who were in the film and analysed what type of character they were playing, such as the mother in Fish tank who was playing the role which subverts to the stereotypical mother. 
I now know that the characters i will use must be quite contrasting to their stereotypes to make them fit into BSR better.