Evaluation - Brief

The brief that i was working towards was to create the first two minutes of a British Social Realist film aimed towards British 16-24 year old's, whilst providing a clear sense of graphical editing and BSR conventions which the audience would expect to witness whilst watching. Also whilst conducting this production, i was asked by Film 4 that every type of audio and visual material would be created originally and if not, then we would need full permission from the original owner so that they have agreed for us to be using their creations.






Through the opening sequence, Becca's best friend (Jade) is denoted walking up the stairs to her flat where her boyfriend lives also. As she walks, the camera cross cuts to what Jade's boyfriend (Dan) is doing within the kitchen of the flat (0.34); he is looking through the fridge. As Jade finally approaches Dan within the kitchen, he creates an argument with her regarding her leaving during the night. Jade then follows his demanding questions with attitude which then causes Dan to become very angry. After this dialogue commences, the theme of domestic violence starts to commence. We denote Dan power walking up to Jade as she walks away
rudely and throws her into the bedroom across the corridor (at 1.00)  As this occurs, Becca is first introduced within the film whilst running up to the door trying to stop these actions which Dan is acting upon towards Jade. At 1.20, the door closes and we hear the screams and banging sounds that Jade creates as she is being abused within the room whilst Becca is there and moving backwards towards the wall to sit down. After this commences, a new scene is introduced of Becca suddenly opening a letter slot through someone else's door.

The title that me and my partner Ellie decided to name the film is ''Unexpected''. The story line as a whole reveals a young 16 year old girl (Becca) being witnessed as a innocent character at the beginning of the production and then throughout the rest of the film, she is denoted becoming a violent depressed character due to Dan's actions causing her to be influenced to inflict these upon others (Domestic Abuse). Due to the stereotypical judgement that Men are the more dominant ones in the world as a gender, we felt that if we were to create a twist and make Becca the more dominant one, then this would be something that people would not expect to see. Also, since Dan is the one at the beginning to be causing this domestic abuse actions, the audience would come to the idea that the story line of the film would be about the Male figure's dominance; as the film continues, Becca IS witnessed as the dominant violent one in the relationship with her boyfriend (Callum).

Within my treatment, i stated that the title ''Unexpected'' was named due to a female character not normally being denoted as the dominant violent character causing domestic abuse to the male figure; therefore, this title connotes the unexpected story line which exists within my film production.



Domestic Violence is a strong theme that is distributed within typical BSR films. It connotes the strong aspect of negativity and the harsh element that dominant men convey through their representations. This being one of the main themes represented within my production, the audience are able to relate to it due to their viewings on previous BSR films such as ''Nil By Mouth'' (1997). Within Nil by Mouth, there is a strong effective scene which emphasized strongly on the theme of domestic abuse where we witness a man beating up a women due to the fact that he has intentions of her cheating on him with another man. From this scene from my research, i chose to interpret this within my own production's story line due to to becoming a strong inspiration towards the main theme that i want to express within my film. The audience witness this theme from 1.20 within my production as the audience hear screams and banging sounds of the violence that Dan inflicts upon Jade within the room.




Another theme which i interpreted within my production is the theme of poverty. The location that i used within my production was a broken down flat estate which established the theme of poverty due to it having such a unvarnished feel whilst the audience would watch it. Within ''Fish Tank'' (2009), the location that the main girl (Mia) lives in is very unvarnished due to the denotations of dried up paint and clothes and furniture laying around within her home. Due to her not having enough space at home, she is denoted in another location where it is completely empty which reflects upon her not being able to afford. After researching within this film, i was inspired to find a location which would best suit this aspect of poverty within BSR films.