Call Sheet 3

Production Log 7/8

Within these couple of weeks, I mainly focused on getting all the footage completed for our opening sequence draft deadline. After doing so and receiving feedback from many other classmates and teachers, this helped to see what we needed to improve on and gave us opportunities to think of new ideas to add to our story line and what shot types we could change or add.

After completing our draft, we noticed that we needed to create more continuity editing within the production so that it created a more of a flow. Also, as the beginning scene commences, we didn't really accomplish the camera angles and bridge of events that we wanted to occur. After exporting the draft, we thought long and hard on what we could improve. We then decided to just change the close up's used in the beginning of the scene and we decided that we should reveal the character's faces.


After completing our draft, we noticed that we needed to create more continuity editing within the production so that it created a more of a flow. Also, as the beginning scene commences, we didn't really accomplish the camera angles and bridge of events that we wanted to occur. After exporting the draft, we thought long and hard on what we could improve. We then decided to just change the close up's used in the beginning of the scene and we decided that we should reveal the character's faces.

After uploading the draft onto YouTube, people within my class viewed the video and gave back a lot of feedback regarding the improvements that we could make in order to make the production more of a success. For instance, they commented that the sound track that was originally created to play at the beginning of the opening sequence did not flow well with the action that was denoted on the screen. Therefore, as a pair, we had to reconsider the sound track and think about making it sound more suited to the action happening on the screen.

Call Sheet 2

Production Log 6

During this week, i have been focusing mainly on the post-production for my opening sequence production. During the beginning of the week in lesson, we had learnt on how to use a new software specially designed for different text animations "Live Type".
Within this lesson, we learnt how to use the software and all the different types of tools it comes with which you are able to use when editing your title sequences or credits. During this lesson, i decided to go on a website called www.dafont.com which allowed me to scan through a large range of different types of text fonts which i would be able to use for the credits of my opening sequence. I will make sure that the title stands out more than the rest of the credits so that the audience are aware strongly of what the title is ("Unexpected").

Due to the fact that the 12th February was a deadline for all of the Pre-Production work to be completed by, having finished my Call Sheet, Production Schedule and other pieces of Pre-Production work, i decided to continue the rest of the week working and editing my original soundtrack for the production for my opening sequence. Due to the fact that my opening sequence begins with a Smash Mouth opening, it was crucial that i thought strongly about how i wanted the soundtrack to exactly sound. I didn't want the tempo of the track to be too fast or too slow. If the tempo was created to be slow, the opening was sound too depressing. If the tempo was really fast then the sequence would appear to be too adventurous. In the end, i came up with three different soundtracks. I tried to make them all sound a little tense in a way which the audience will then be able to feel the pain of the situation occurring in front of their eyes as they first begin to watch the film.

Production Schedule

Location Reccies

Forest Gate

Council Estate

We decided on using the council estate because it is a common living area for someone to typically live in within a British Social Realist film whilst being of a working class character. For example: In Fish Tank and Adulthood, their living environments are in Council estate buildings. This tends to connote that they live in rough environment and this could reflect upon the character's representations as people in Britain.

When viewing characters living within a Council Estate building, we connote that they are unable to provide properly for themselves. It lives up to the stereotypes of the working class living within council estates. The general public associate the working class with unprivileged lifestyles. The colour of a typical estate tend to use dull colours which creates an unvarnished atmosphere if used within a scene of a British social realism film. In addition to this the colour is signifiacnt  as it reflects upon the characters negative miserable lives whilst living in Britain. This associates with the BSR ideology of a mundane life. As Becca's representation as a protagonist character is represented as a violent disturbed being, it reveals her living area of an estate to help  introduce her to the audience of a struggled person as the film begins. 

                                                     Small House
We will be using a small house in Forest Gate within the end of the opening sequence. Moving from the appearance given of Becca's home a coucil estate moving to the second location of Callum's house, It reveals a difference with the living styles which both of them live in due to Callum having a slightly better living environment. This causes the opening sequence to become very effective when representing working class representations of the characters due to the relation of poverty being a very common theme within British Social Realist films. This house will be very suitable for my video due to Callum's house offering an escape from Becca's estate from all the problems that she goes through in her life. We will only be revealing the outside of the house's appearance so that whilst watching the opening sequence, the audience are still unaware of the house's image inside. This creates a sense of mystery due to us not being able to know whether the characters have anything to hide; whether this is relating to drugs, cigarettets. or maybe just a distumpled home.

Production Log 5

Within these couple of weeks, I have conducting many pieces of reliable feedback, research, and important information as a pre-production in making my film a success. In class, we as a group explored the narrative structures which my film will reflect upon and set out to be as. The Narrative that we decided to all use was called "Mckee's 'classical Narrative Structure" This was conducted in a order of the Protagonist and Antagonist being introduced first; followed by the conflict/complication that is yet to occur; followed by the main elaboration where all the main events come in; followed by the climax & resolution; and finally finishes with the coda which basically defines the ending of the film and whether there is some sort of cliffhanger or not. In general British Social Realist films, Cliffhangers tend not to be used due to it leading to the ideology of there being some sort of sequel of the film and most BSR films do not consist in that.

During these weeks, i conducted a Vox-Pop to jot down basic research on what people's thoughts are on British Social Realist films in our daily day life in Britain. For instance, if i were to ask what theme they would prefer, they would reply in ''Violence'' for example; and due to that being a very well known theme to be used within a British Social Realist film and that the person who is being asked is from Britain, then this feedback further becomes very reliable and helpful towards the making of my production.

After conducting all the feedback given by the British citizens of the UK, it appeared that the idea of my story line for my British Social Realist film did not achieve liking. It appeared to be a very stereotypical idea for a B.R.S film and it needed some changes in order for it to stand out as a independent film. So one of the main issues during the Pre-production within this week was thinking of a better story line which still related to the original but consisted with some sort of 'twist' so that the audience don't expect to see what they have viewed. So my final story line idea is basically turning the world of domestic abuse into a women's hands. We thought this would be good due to our targeted audience having a liking in the theme of violence and their thoughts on changing the story line around a little.

Call Sheet 1

Treatment

Shooting Script

Narrative

Exposition - Protagonists

The film begins with Becca's friend, (Jade) walking into the kitchen of the council estate as Jade's boyfriend, (Dan) is awaiting there for her arrival. It sort of signifies the upbringing of a event which is going to occur. As this is happening, Becca is not seen yet but is sitting in her room within the flat.
Becca Wots- A female teenage 18 years old, who finds it hard to cope with all the problems that she goes through during her unvarnished British life. She occasionally skips school and sits alone somewhere away from her home to escape from everything in her life whilst smoking, taking drugs, and taking alcohol to help comfort her.
As Jade walks into the kitchen, Dan begins to create an argument due to the fact that Jade had left the house without letting anybody know. Jade reveals some attitude towards Dan which causes him to become very angry; resulting in domestic abuse being acted upon towards Jade which then causes the beginning scene to appear of a unvarnished atmosphere already as we begin to watch the film out of depression.

Agents Of Change - Antagonists

Callum Britway- Becca's Boyfriend. 

Unlike Becca, Callum is a genuine guy who cares a lot about Becca. Through all the aggressive violent actions expressed towards him from Becca, he still remains by her side due to his strong unconditional feelings of love towards her whilst having a very good understanding to how life has treated her. Callum has experienced the same issues that Becca is going through, which highlights his focused goal to help his girlfriend through her troubles. But unlike Becca, Callum's living styles are quite different to how she lives within a broken down flat/council estate whilst living in a nice big house. However it won't be easy as Callum faces many violent off putting obstacles that may challenge his love for Becca whilst being in the process of helping her.

Conflict - Complication

From the abusive experience that Becca witnesses from the actions created by friends, her mind  begins to collect in that influence of bad behavior given from Dan. We see how she experiences the domestic abuse that Dan has inflicted upon; Mainly being Dan being violent against Jade and how Jade's injuries has caused Becca to start to become like Dan and inflicts pain and ferocity towards others specifically her boyfriend. Becca decides to twist the world of domestic abuse into her own fingertips. Instead of the stereotypical issue of men beating up women, Becca decides to boost up the power of women and decides to fight for her rights in her world. However, this doesn't turn out to be a pretty picture with the actions she inflicts upon with others during the story.

Elaboration

While constantly living in her broken down council flat in an run down estate block walking around in depression and anger, she finds cocaine in the house which she notices Dan using and begins to smoke on that as an escape and cure for her problems. She does this to clear her mental state; to forget everything that is currently happening in her life and enjoys the feeling of doing it with pleasure she gets from taking it. Callum continuously gives Becca comforting advice regarding her behavior created due to the loss of her friend Jade who was horrifically abused by Dan. Callum sets out to take her many places to help address her dependency on drugs cocaine and her alcohol problems. He takes her to rehabilitation clinics but unfortunately Becca never follows through with that. He also tries taking her mind off everything that has happened to try and help her overcome all this madness. She refuses to go anywhere as she is very stubborn.  During these actions that Callum puts forward, Becca's friend Jade dies due to all the harsh injuries that Dan acted upon towards her. Henceforth, Becca still continues to be a very violent depressed person and Callum still chooses to persevere motivates the fact of making her life and behavior better. He talks to her about how Jade wouldn't be happy to be seeing her the way she is acting and that Becca should calm down and live life better by not inflicting what Dan inflicted towards Jade.

Climax & Resolution

After all the struggles that Callum went through in trying to make Becca better, he gets in the way of Becca and her drug dealer and suffers the horrific circumstances whilst getting beaten up. This results in him being in a coma. Callum is on his death bed and for his dying wish he wishes Becca to stop and become a better person. Becca loses everything once her love dies she hits rock bottom. She finally sees how her habit has led to destruction and despair which has caused others around her to get hurt. This is what Becca uses to kick-start herself in a new direction and to get her life back on track due to this dramatic event making her change. She put's down the drugs and alcohol and the harsh domestic actions (what she claimed to be the only escape to her stress and depression) and begins to change into a better person from all that Callum has done. She still remains to be a little upset of how life has treated her, the lost of her best friend  and her boyfriend but she manages to contain within herself all the harsh violent actions that she used to act upon with other beings.

Coda

Towards the end, after being effected deeply with the devastating events of her best friends and boyfriends death, she turns her life towards the right direction. She manages to achieve a job working in a supermarket and earns enough money to purchase herself an apartment of her own where she is able to escape from everything and live by herself as a independent being. After putting her foot down to all these actions which Callum guided her towards, she manages to keep a smile on her face throughout that day and the rest of the days to come living in her clean apartment in Britain. With going through with all of these actions, she is satisfied to know that both Jade and Callum would be happy to know how she is living life positive, strong, and brave with any issue that comes across to her in her life and she will try her best to stay that way as long as possible because she knows that it is better that way for her own positive benefit.