Filming Log

Shots types used
Over shoulder
Handheld
Zoom
Pan

Locations in order put into sequence
1st. Walking down mill road with over shoulder shot following main character and another shot looking at opposite side of road walking with camera.

2nd. Graveyard near mill road and used hand held shots as well as tripod filming.

3rd. Estate behind Cambridge crown courts. Variety of shots used mostly hand held though.

4th. Ran down Building with smashed windows etc behind the crown courts again. Zoom used as well as hand held.

Research.

Nil By Mouth - 1997
Family live in working class London district. Alot of drug use, domestic violence, swearing ect.

Natural lighting used, quite dull quite a lot of hand held filming.

Costumes

In our sequence, there is only one main character. His costume will consist of baggy clothes such as a 'hoodie' and 'trackies'. This is the costume style they used in Adulthood which i think works well with the genre being used.
This is similar to the hoodie we wil be using in the sequence. When filming near mill road, he will have his hood up to show a sense of mystery about what is happening.

Contrbiutor Release Form.

This form shows that we have agreed to be filmed, where and when we are going film. These are used in media industry to show information on the filming.

Locations

For our film opening, we have chose to film are sequence in a gritty, poor area of Cambridge. We made a decision that it would be good to film on Mill Road as it has lots of abandoned buildings and looks like locations used in similar films like Adulthood, Dead Mans Shoes etc. This will be for the first part of the sequence. the second part of the sequence will be filmed behind the Courts near the Grafton Centre. this is also a good location to use as it is a small estate with lots of terraced housing. In the film Cass, the is a part in it what looks exactly like a part of the estate. I think it is a good area to film for the genre we are portraying.
Behind the Grafton CentreFirst set of shops after the railway bridge, on Mill Road

Target audience.

Our film is British Social Realism creating a certain target audience. British social realism has a broad range of target audiences depending on the film, for example films such as Adulthood have a teenage target audience. These films are shown in mainline cinema's as it is easier for the target audience to reach these cinemas as they are quite common.
The film openings for these films are usually very action packed to grab the audiences attention as a teenager would need to see action to keep them interested in the film. They also usually introduce the characters immediately making it simple to understand.
Other films such as Dead Mans Shoes have an older target audience and are usually shown in art house cinema's. These films usually have a longer slower opening often showing the surroundings for the film. They often do not introduce the characters as it is for an older, more patient audience. Usually middle aged men.
Our film will use the more conservative art house methods of filming as our target audience will be older than films such as adulthood, however it will be accessible to all ages over 14. Were using a slower approach only introducing one character and using no narrative. This is similar to films such as Dead Mans Shoes and Scum.

Feedback on Blog

We got feedback on our blog from the rest of our class This is what they said.


Positives:
- Good use of pictures, shows props.
- Good use of images explains the written elements.
- Good mood board
- Detailed storyboard
-Good ident well presented, links with film genre.

Improvements:
-More information needed on pictures.
-Need Full synopsis of you overall idea.
-Apart from animatic no info on production
-More content-writing
-descriptions of construction - locations characters etc
-Writing in more detail instead briefly
-Analysis could be in depth
-More pictures and props.
-Description of mood board needed.


In response to this we will attempt to include all the things we have in the improvements section in our blog. Its essential to get feedback as it means we can improve our blog so its as complete as possible.

Animatic Sequence

This is our animatic sequence showing the story board of our film. It gives you a sense of what our opening will be like and a sense to what the music may also be like.