Cast list

Call sheet 1-6

 

Location List

Location reccie

Production Schedule

Script

Production log - week 11

This week me and my partner had began on making our script for our opening sequence of the film that we are going to be making. We talked about the camera type , camera angle, movement , descrption, dialogue , actors and the timing of each of the shots that we are doing. There was not many issues that we faced with writing the planning but we had to make sure that in each camera shot that we wrote a clear description of what is going to happen so it is clear to us when we begin to shoot our film that we are making. To fix this issue we thought about the story line very carefully making sure we added everything that was taking place in the shot. Also we had to make sure that we changed the shot about using a range of shots. We decided to use close ups to show the emotions for the main characters face as thought that was the most effective shot for this. We also had to make sure that all of our shots timing was reasonable and did not have a duration that lasted for a long time. The music that we thought of we ahd to think of the timing to the music will start and stop to make the opening sequence more intense for the viewers to see. Us planning our script will make us more organised for when we start to film, making it a lot easier for us to do We then recieved detail of what we should add in our script and what we should not include for example we should make sure that our script is in detail and to spend time on the finer detail of my work like props, music and camera directions. The thing that we should not is that we should not rush our work and we should not copy and paste our work. Overall I think that we have done that successfully and as a group are doing the things we are ment to be doing.

Production log - week 10

This week me and my partner Delon have created a Vox pop video asking the audience questions relating to our film , 'Choice'. This have us a better idea of how to make our film and we got some good ideas from the audience that we asked. From the primary research we asked people what did they think of our film. They gave us feedback why they liked it and feedback on how to make our film better to fit our target audience. Also we asked questions like what themes should we include so that knew what the audience liked to see making our film suitable for them. Asking them questions like do you think that the working class is neglected in society made us realise what we need to include in our film to show this as the actors in our film are from the working class. As they rather see a gritty version of the film and not a varnished version shows that the audience would like to see how it really is living it them type of conditions. It has influence our planning by making us keep it gritty with the area they are living in showing that living in them conditions are not easy. Also they wanted to know more about the boys background So I will include that in my film.  

Meet My Audience

This is one of my people who are my target audience for the film I am going to make. I found out information about her like who she lives with, how old she is and where she is from. I then talked about what intrest she is into and what she like doing. Then I found out what films she like to watch and how she watches them. She had a range of show that she enjoyed watching and channels that she watched. She had a wide range of music that she was intreasted in spoke about how she downloads them.

Vox Pop

Results:

  

What ideas would you like to be included in our film? - People said that they would like to see the police abusing the boy, film the police station, the older brother is involved, make the brother find out, make the gang find out what the boy up to, more back ground of the boy and to find people who have been in difficult situations and see how they felt

What themes would you want in our film? - People would like to see sex , violence but not too much, corruption of youth, action, realistic, no comedy to make it more real, not to much action, don't make it steyotypical 

How is this going to help?

By looking at all the results of my work It have helped me and my partner idea develop into something that our target audience is going to like.

The audience said that our story line is realistic but from looking at it we need to make sure that it is not over exaggerated and also people show how it's going to be really hard for the boy to make his choice. 

This also helped as I found out that people want the film to be kept gritty. This will show to the audience how it really is for people living in them type of conditions and for it to be kept real. 

It had also helped as as they do not to see any comedy tried to be involved withythe film so it would be left realistic. Also themes like violence should be included but there should not be too much violence through the film.

From looking at what people think of the working class society and how they are treated in the everyday life needs to be included in our film also. This is because it brings out more realism and it shows more struggles of the peron. Also it let people know how it feels to be in a position like them. 

Finally it has help by them wanting to know more information about who the boy is and what type of boy he is. Also by taking on board the  with the gang finding out with what the police are trying to make the do is a good idea giving the boy a hard life.

Treatment

Target Audience

 The target audience for my story line is going to be for teenager around the age of 15 to 25 as I think these are the people who would be able to relate to the story-line better than anyone else. The gender of my target audience would be for boy and girls as these are situations that they both go through. They would be interested in media consumption like action films as that what that age group what the most. Also have an interest in there social life like using social networks like twitter and Facebook as that is a what they interact with their friends. The class of the people would be aimed for working class and lower class as it is showing the struggles that they have to go through in their life and showing that it is not easy. The film would appeal to them as it is going to be a modern film that includes themes like corruption of youth, racism, violence, aspiration and escape as he is trying to get away from all the struggles with his brother and poverty from where he is living in a bad area. Our film would be different from anyone else as it would be realistic for the lower classes and it has a wider target audience to relate to. Also some people from other classes can relate to it as they have to make hard choice like the boy in our film. What’s going to appeal to them is the interaction the audience would have with the young boy to make they feel sorry for him as he goes through his struggles.  The target audience would watch TV shows like Top Boy, Eastenders , family guy, E news and 106& Park. Shows like top boy would show the gritty part of Britain and how the lower class people in them areas are living.

Representation 

The key characters in my film are the protagonist in the film which is a thirteen year old guardian less boy. He will be Black Caribbean. This will be so he is stereotyped in the audience mind before they know much about him. Also from the where he lives would make our protagonist seem stereotyped. His attire will consist of clothes like hoddies; jogging bottoms, trainers like air forces this would get a realistic feel of how boy are in bad areas. Our film will challenge some typical representation as the boy is a smart boy at school who does well but he wants to protect his brother from all of the troubles that is happening with him. His teacher in his school want to support him making sure that he does well in school as he is really cleaver unlike some of the people in his area. The antagonist in the film are the police that are trying to black mail the young boy into making choices that he does not what to make.The young boy has to make the choice of helping the police plot his brothers gang for the crimes that they do or they would put the brother away in prison. 

Conventions 
This film will only contain one genre element in the film which is going to be British Social Realism. If we leave it as that then it is more reliable as it is more real. I will use conventions like a smash mouth opening as it would start off with him running away. This will automatically get the attention of the audience as they would start to think who he is running away from. This then will create enigma as everyone want to know what going on in the film creating mystery. We will make sure that the music in the film is engaging as that would bring attention the start of the film to interact with the audience better. There will be an establishing shot at the start as this will make the audience get a feeling of where the character life and the struggles that he lives in. I would stick to mise-en-scene to make sure that the film is like a British Social Realism. The boy lives in an estate in Barking that is very rundown showing that he is poor and does not have much money and that he is quite poor. The lighting in the film will be natural throughout the film so it would be realistic and it shows the film raw without it being varnished with a unnatural light. The costumes that the boy would be wearing is nothing too fancy like jogging bottoms and trainers with a hoodie. In the house there would only be the basic amount of props to show that the boy and his brother does not have much. The area of my film would include graffiti all on walls and the boy would visit chicken shops to eat to show that he cannot afford any other expensive restaurant as the chicken shop is cheap. The camera would include many close up of the main character , Kaden to show his emotions throughout the film. The camera will be hand held at parts when the boy is running away from the gang of people. For the smash mouth opening I got the inspiration from the film 'Trainspotting' as at the start of the that film you want to know why the two men are running and start into the action.

Institution

 The production company for my film is film 4.This will have an impact on my film as film 4 have a big contribution into British Social Realism films. They have made many British Social Realism films like 'Trainspotting' and 'This is England' which are very popular British film that have been made. From these types of films I have got a good inspiration on our film to be good enough for film 4 as the films that they make are up to a high quality and have been successful. Trainspotting has inspired us with the themes that are used in the film and how the start of the film begins with enigma that has built up when people are watch the film. As there parent company are Channel 4 the films will be shown on channel four and film 4.  My film would be distributed on film 4 and cinemas as the film it good and get the audience attention with the story line. It would be exhibited cinemas like Romford Vue for people to come and watch the film. The film would be a low budget film that is not expensive.

Title

The title my partner and I felt was quite fitting and appropriate for our production was 'Choice'. We both felt that our titles had a real sense of ambiguity and connoted to our audience the possibility that multiple themes would be involved in our story as multiple factors would need to be present to allow our protagonist to make choices. Choices is also a relatable title we feel, as it's a gift(sometimes curse) we've all been permitted to have and use, so immediately our audience would think to themselves; with choices, comes both bad and good decisions and wonder what possible decisions could have been made in our film.
I feel that our title is rather conventional for the British Social Realist genre as an enigma is created when seeing this title as to whether the choices made in the film lead to success or failure.

As well as being relatable to the audience, I feel the title would also appeal to our target audience being that our audience would be of an age where the ambiguity would be quite imaginative, and depending on social backgrounds, relative to our story line. The kind of choices some people have to make on a day-to-day basis are at the very end of the spectrum for others. Being that we were aiming towards younger males, a choice of crime or a clean life could be what relates characters to our audience members.




Technology











The technology I intend in using will be of an adequate quality. I don't intend on using the highest quality camera to record my production  as I would like for the scenery and images captured to possess an element of grime/grittiness which would automatically connote poverty and also replicate the way members of the working class society see things. Using this low/average quality technology would also intensify the difficulty my characters are going through as the connotation from the camera not being able to adjust aperture would reflect the lack of hope people in the working class experience. As well as the technology I'll be using to record, certain technologies need too be incorporated in the film. The fact that technology is always advancing in our society and small improvements are being made to products, I would ensure that the tech used in my production would be old products as this would create a clear separation between social classes which would make comprehending the characters situation that little be easier. I'd probably incorporate things like old Nokia phones, PS1 console and games. I feel this technology would be very suitable as it would allow me to imitate the working class lifestyle much more accurately and effectively. Another feature that I would input at certain sections of my film would be the free hand recording, a lot of the time the use of a stand wouldn't be necessary, and with this shaky vibe I would acquire a feeling of being in the scene, running; jumping or walking, with/as the character.












Narrative

Infusing our initial ideas, my partner Delon and I decided our protagonist, Kaden a 13 year old boy, would find himself separated from his passion to learn and be educated, and stuck with a choice. His Brother will be wearing jeans, a shirt and a jacket. This will show his status that he is a higher class. He is the drug supplier and he talks to all of them about stories that happened during the day of some violent act that he had done in  the day. Behind the drug supplier a trashy looking girl that is an addict and rubbing up against the drug supplier once again showing his status. The drug supplier will then start talking about how he wants all the money that everyone owes him from selling the drugs. Chas however doesn't have the money and gets all nervous. He had purposely done this due to the fact he wants to get out of the life he is living. The drug supplier asks him for his money and he runs straight out the door. From here the drug supplier stands up casually with a smile on his face, walks out and pulls out a gun.


Style and Iconography

The will be kept the costumes for the drug dealers to a simple plain tracksuit with trainers and a hat to cover their face. This will signify equality of authority between the drug dealers and will signify the difference to the drug supplier showing he has more respect, due to his wealth and clothes. Also this will signify the drug dealers as low class thugs who commit criminal activities to make money but are just assuming without knowledge of their background. Also the drug supplier, will be using the latest gadgets and expensive jewelry to represent his wealth and social status in comparison tot he drug dealers, who wear cheap clothing and do not carry around much as they have no money and earn a living with selling drugs representing the everyday struggles of their lives. Also another prop I will use will be flour to act as my drugs. This is used to signify a life changing object and also to connote the dangers of the life some have to result in due to their struggle for money. Also this links back to one of the main themes being drugs, and represents the title, being Class A, it connotes drugs which makes the audience think about the consequences of this drug which is what the movie is based on.
In consideration to music, We will like to keep to having our own created soundtrack that fits the genre and themes of the film. Also the music will be flowing accordingly to the shots so it will look professional and the audience will be able to remember the movie and soundtrack and create an association. Also is creates authenticity. We have ideas of slow paced music during tragic scenes and fast paced music during the action scenes. Also the music will represent the movies era and also will signify who the film is targeted at. 

Project Log - Week 9

This week I have learnt a lot about the narrative that is in the film. Narratives are about the structure of the text so it is how the story is told. It could be linear narrative which is when a story has a start, middle and end. Example of this could be films like Kes, Fish tank and most British social realism films. Non-liner narrative is where the narrative is not in chronological order and in contains flashbacks. As British Social Realism film that does this is Adulthood as a flashback occurs in the film. I have learnt from this and I will use it as I found out that most British Social Realism film include Liner narrative. Also I learnt about restricted narrative when the film only follows one person and you see event of that one character. An example of this is a film called Kes. We know this because the film was named after him showing that it will follow him Omniscient narrative is when it follows from more that one or more character for example adulthood and Adulthood. This has help me with my treatment work that I done. I then decided with my partner that we was going to do a Restricted narrative film that be about the boy, Kaden.

McKee's 'classic Narrative Structure'

Exposition- Protagonist

The protagonist in my story-line is Kaden. He is a young thirteen year old boy who is guardian less living with just his brother in a run down estate in Barking. He is a student at school but unlike the typical type of boy who lives on the estate he is very smart in school but he seem to hang around with the wrong type of people in his area. When you first see him he is represented as a young boy who is bad person from the area that he lives in. He costume he wears is jogging bottoms or baggy jeans and hoodies with trainers with a hat on his head giving the audience the impression that he is part of a gang or that he is an criminal. He is not interested in drinking alcohol like a lot of people his age as he is smarter then them and know the effects of drinking. He is also represented by the way the places that he goes to like chicken shops as the is cheap to go to and they have no one to cook for them.

Agents of Change- Antagonist

The antagonist in the story-line is a police man named PC Richard and PC Dave. PC Richard is racist toward black people and does not respect them or treat them fairly. PC Dave does not treat anyone of a lower status or class fairly weather they are black or white. If you are on his class or above he would treat you with respect. This is because the people black mail the young boy, Kaden not treating him right and putting him a difficult situation. This show the view of how police treat lower class people and showing the trouble that the young boy is going to have with the police. The police are trying to find out information about Kaden's brother and the gang that he is in and trying to see there acts of crime but if he does not give the information then the police will arrest his brother.

Conflict Complication

Even though Kaden is at school as he has no parents around as his dad recently died and his mum left him he has been getting caught up with stealing items. The young boy have done petty crimes like stealing trainers from stores and taking people phones. This is as he has nothing much himself he does these little crimes showing that he does not have much money as he takes people items.

Elaboration

The themes that will occur in the film are corruption of youth as he grows up living a hard life, racism from the police, poverty as he does not have much money and lives on a estate. Also there would be themes of aspiration and escape, violence and loyalty. The story-line is about a young boy who is running away from a gang trying to escape is how it would start making it a smash mouth opening as it would me shocking to see what is happening. He then escapes and see the police that tried to talk to him before about the police having a plot on how to set up Kaden's brothers gang with the crimes they do but if he deiced not to then they would put his brother away. This then put Kaden in a difficult situation. He then walks into his brothers room and find him wiping a guy staring at it. Kaden then remember what the police said and tears begin to roll down his face. He then goes in his room laying there thinking of what he is going to do. He then looks at a picture of him and his dad before his dad passed away  The character in school is a smart boy and a teacher that he is close with want him to stay out of trouble. He then starts to steal for way to earn money and his brother is up to no good with the gang doing crimes. 

Climax & Resolution

After the hard decision that he had to make the police made him feel like he had to help so he helped the police set up the gang with a plot. The police end up with what they was trying to achieve in the first place.

Coda

A couple of month later there could be that the Kaden brother was caught doing the main crime with the gang by killing some one so as the boy told the police about the gang and set a plot it also set up his brother. The boy the ends up having to get taken in care as he has no one else. We decided to do this as it so the realism that happens in real life as there is not always happy ending for everyone.

Project Log - Week 8

This week I have make three initial ideas for my film. I then decided what one i like best and used that one. I then looked at the Themes, Narrative, Location and the protagonist. I then made sure it was a good story line for a British Social Realism. I used typical themes like poverty, violence and neglect. I then made it relate for working class people and the area of my film would be places like Ilford in run down estates and chicken shops. The influence for my film was by watching other British Social Realism films and change the story line to what I thought was a better story line and going against the stereotypical types of things that occur. We looked at films like Looking for Eric. Also we looked at Fish tank to get the theme of aspiration and escape from and where they live in poverty in the film. In my group we have deiced to do Delon's idea and mixed it with a bit of my idea. It includes themes like corruption of youth, poverty, racism and many more. I think that our group would be really good as we have many creative idea's to share and we will push each other to work hard and to keep up with the work that we do. The title of the idea the we have chosen is called choice. 

Initial Idea

1st Initial 

Narrative: There is a bright girl at school. She then lives on an estate with not  much so she is surrounded by bad influences. She then joins there group and then the teacher who like her see her pick pocketing and tries to stop her

Setting: It is set in an estate in barking where it is very gritty. It includes lots of graffiti

Protagonist: is going to be the teacher who tries to convince her to stop what she is doing

Themes: petty crime , drugs, corruption of youth, violence and poverty.

2nd Initial 

Narrative: a young white girl name claire was neglected by her alchoholic mum and was told to get out of the house as she did not get her mum some alchol one day

Setting: in a fish and chips shop and a alleyway

Protagonist:Is a old women who takes the young girl in

Themes: poverty, alchol, corruption of youth, negect, domestic abuse.

3rd Initial 

Narrative: there are two gay men who fall in love with each other but society does not let them. There parent finds out and no longer want to own the child so one is left alone but the other one decides to make him live with him. When they live together they act like they are going to be friends forever but then they start arguing a lot.
Setting: house in seven kings 
Protagonist: the man (22years) who take the neglect man (17 years) in 
Themes: neglect, sexuality , 

Presentation of BSR idea

This is the narrative, setting, theme and protagonist for my British Social Realism initial idea of my film that I am planning on making

What's in the news?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-25000790
In BBC news there is a story on how an man was stabbed after disturbing three burglars who had broke into his house while his family was asleep. The themes that occurred in this story line is violence and crime which occur in British social realism. This because the man got stabbed  The setting that the plot takes place is in Luton, Welfield Avenue.  The protagonist in this story line is the family as they tried to find the killer. The family could not save the man but they was also able to call the police and the ambulance when this horrible situation happened. The police is then available to track down the burglars and then get them arrested for the trouble that they have caused. This can be used a British Social Realism story-line as there is a theme of violence. It can be also be put into my story as gang violence fighting someone else. I think this could work as a good idea as it show British social realism as it show the situation that take place often in Britain. It can be a story line that grabs the audience attention and be very dramatic and real at the same time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509874/Mothers-campaign-close-Ask-fm-daughter-Izzy-Dixs-suicide.html
In the Daily Mail online there has been lots of bulling reports going on recently. A mother campaigns to close Ask.fm after her daughter's suicide because of online abuse. The themes that are included in this story line is neglect because no one helped her. Corruption of youth because it made her kill herself and verbal abuse that she was effected by making her unhappy with what happened.  The location that the daughter killed herself in was in her home in Brixham. This shows that they could of been a working class family and this shows that these situations can happen to anyone of that age.The protagonist in the story-line is the mum as she is trying to make a stand against bullying. This could be a good story-line for my film as it would show what actually happening in everyday life so it would be British Social realism. Showing this in my film can make it be a effective story-line that can change the way people think about bullying online.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511221/BREAKING-NEWS-Two-people-arrested-woman-rescued-house-allegedly-kept-slave-30-years.html

In the mail online there is a breaking news story about two people arrested after women was 'rescued' from a house after allegedly being kept as a slave for 30 years.
The themes that was included in this story line was violence , aspiration and escape as the women has longed to escape, crime, racistim, rebellion and discrimination as she was not treated how a human should be treated. The setting that she was trapped in was a house in South London. The protagonist that was in the film is the people who found her there and rescued her from the house. This could be a good story line to use for my film as I could show how life was for her living there for 30 years and how empty she would feel without her family. As it is a British social realism is can relate to a real life situation and show how the women would feel living her life there 

Project Log - Week 7

This week I have look at different news papers and the news to see the crimes apt hat have been happening in Britian. This has help me with my story line as it would show the struggle that happens In Britian making my story line become more realistic. What came up a lot is a lot of young people that are getting murdered. This ideas could be used in my film but I would change the storyline to be a bit different to what people expect it to be. Also this week I have learnt what a protagonist was and the setting and themes that take place. From this I will add this into my film to make it more realistic and feel like a British social realism. I have thought of three different ideas of what my film could be about using what idea is best for my films.

Camera Work, Editing and Mise-en-scene In Opening sequence.

Here is a slide where I talked about the Camera Work, Editing and Mise-en-scene in the opening sequence Kes, Scum and Bullet boy.

Beachcombing for Inspiration

This type of area for my film as it shows the theme of poverty. The people there do not have much as it is a rundown estate. When someone lives there it shows that they are working class people and show that they only have simple and basic things in life. I think an area like this is effective and it brings out the struggles in someones life as what British social realism do. It would think about also place like chicken shops or fish and chips shops as they are not as expensive as other restaurants and they are basic.

There areas would also include graffiti with different gang names to shows it an area with lots of different types of gangs. Also as they have been messing up the streets with there graffiti work which could show poverty.

The type types of activities these people could be doing is teenagers like taking drugs and drinking a lot as it shows there struggles in society and that the young are up to no good. 

I like the idea of people walking out of place like this. This will show that the person have be up to no good with the law. This lets the audience want to know why they was in a prison. 

In the show top boy the characters in the show top boy. I think the way that they dress has inspired me for my film as it shows how people would dress who live in area that are run down and are of working class people.

http://vimeo.com/38275658

Here is a video of the opening sequence of top boy. I think that it is effective a it show the establishing shot of what the area is like and how the people there live in it. I think it is effective as you see what goes on in area like that. 

This song has inspired me as i think it would be a perfect type of song for a British social realism. It is upbeat and is a grime song. It is about getting money and about people being with their crews. 

 These are the types of clothing that I have been inspired by. This is because the clothing is cheap and they are not wearing much expensive clothing and everything is basic and worn out. The boy are dressed up in hoodies and girls have big hooped earnings looking like a chav.      


The film shank has inspired me as it talks a lot about gangs and it involves the theme of violence.


I would include big clear typography to suit the theme of what I am taking about. This has inspired me as the credits are clear to see and it flows in with the opening sequence but it is not blocking the film at the same time


The actors that have inspired me is the young girl from London to Brighton. This is because the acting that she does seems very natural and it feels realistic

Project Log - Week 6

This week I have looked at the opening sequence of film and looked at the Camera Language, Editing and Mise-en-scene in the start of the opening sequence. The Mise-en-scene for these opening sequence is that the light is natural, the location a real, Simple and they are in working class locations. The Camera language used is hand held making the camera movement jerky. There is a lot medium and close ups of main characters in British Social realism. The editing conventions is that there is long take, there is simple or minimal editing that is being done also the editing is slow pace.
This will have an impact on my work as I will know where to shoot my film to make  it feel more like a British Social realism. The methods that I will use are the Camera being jerky to make you get the feel as if the film is realistic.There will not be much editing that will be taking place as there is not much in other British Social realism films. Looking at the opening sequence for these films the area do not seem to be very nice places so I will take that on board and use that for my opening sequence making it be shot in working areas. My actors will be very natural as they will be untrained. This will be bring more realism to my opening sequence as possible.
This week I have been looking at opening sequence for the films Scum, Bullet Boy and Kes where I saw all of the camera work, Editing and mise-en-scene take place

Production Log - Week 5

This week I have done a study on the film Fish tank. The film contained lots of themes including violence, corruption of youth,  poverty, sex and many more. All of these themes are very popular for a British and has influence my work as it is a realistic theme to talk about and it is very engaging for the person watching the film. I also found out how the representation of the characters are effective if they contrast how a typical person like them would act. For example in fish tank the mum is normally meant to be caring and there for her children but it felt like it was a twist as the mum wasn't there for them and neglected them. There area are real locations and that lighting in the scenes are natural to make it very natural. I also found out that the camera is normally hand held making that movement wobbly. 

Fish Tank Case Study

Themes & Situations

Violence is shown in the film when the boys try to attack the girl and there girl is trying to push them off. This is shown in this film as this theme is typical of a British social realism. Showing the violence brings realism as in these area where it is gritty there is a lot of violence going on. There is also part violence when the mum give the girls punches or pinches. This shows British social realism as it realistic to what happens to people living in these bad areas.

Poverty is show in as the film as they have not got much in it. This makes the film more like a British social realism as they are below working class and them not having much in the flat shows up this. The house is a small flat that has alcohol bottles everywhere and is dirty showing they do not have much. The estate is run down and gritty portraying the people as being poor. This shows British social realism as it is hard for families who are working class living in estates show that they will have not much in there house holds and it shows the struggles. 

Aspiration to success this is show in the film when the girl is dancing. This shows that she wants to escape the life that she is living by dancing and have a better life for herself then living in a not so good area. This shows that she is trying to escape the gritty life that she is living show that she in living in a bad state.

Neglect  is shown in the film the way the mother neglects the children. The mother does they as she does not care for her children properly and look after them properly.  The children are not cared for by the mother. 

Corruption of Youth is shown as the children in the film swear a lot. This shows that they have not been brought up and act as her mother acts which is not a good example. The young girl and her friend are drinking cider and smoking showing that they are losing their childlike behavior.  The children mirror actions of their mother from her always drinking, smoking and swearing.

There is also as the man has sex with a girl who is only 15. This is a issue they are going against the way rules. There is petty crime when Mia steals £5 out of the mum's boyfriends wallet. This shows British social realism as it shows all the unvarnished parts of people and how badly they behave 

I could use the theme of poverty has influence me to use it in my film as in British social realism it show the struggles of people and how life is hard so having poverty like living on an estate where it is gritty would have a effect on my work.  I am also influenced to use aspiration to success as in British social realism life is normally hard and dark and the aspiration to success can show that there will be success in the end of it.

Representation (stereotypes & archetypes)

At the start of the film the man is seen as the protective and the hero who comes along to help the family. At the start of the film he takes the father role and the role that the mother should of took for the children by looking after them. He seems to bee funny and a kind at the start also. He then changes as he has secrets of another having another family. From this we start to see him from a different point of view. 

The group of boys at the start of the film are staring at the girls checking them out while they dance. There is an stereotype of the Gypsy's having a caravan in the film. This is typical for boys to do at that as they are looking and  judging the girls. Also the group of girls when are together it is very typical for girl to be trying to impress the boys at the start by wearing less clothing and try to dance sexually. 

The mother is show as a counter type as when you normally think of mother you think of a caring women who is always there for you and supports you with your ambitions. But this mother always tries to bring her down about her dancing and saying what she can't do. The mother neglects the children and from that we see that the mother is not a stereotypical mother. Mia and her sister does not go school showing that they don't care about their education.

The film has influence me to think about how to use stereotype for people or to go against stereotypes. I like the fact that the mother is not part of the stereotype and contrast against how mothers are supposed to be. This brings a change to how people normally act.

Mise-en-scene 

 The costume, set and props are very realistic for a British social realism film. It represent that they was below working class people. It was set in a block of flats in east London. The estate was a run down area which did not look like a nice place to live in. This show that the families that live there are not wealthy and do not have much as they are living in poverty.  The clothing that everyone wore in the film was very basic clothing The costumes that Mia wore through most of the film was jogging bottoms, top, hoodie , looped ear ring and trainers. From this it represent her as a chav also she wore make showing that she take care of her appearance and how she looks. Props that was used was a lot of alcohol and there cigarettes this could show that they spend all of their money on these sort on items. There was not much item that was in her room showing they are poor. This relates to a British social realism as there is realistic nature going on that would happen in real life the the area that it is set in and the type of clothing that they wear is very basic. It shows the area as being a gritty type of area making it fit the genre more.

The lighting used through the film is natural. The natural lighting make the film more realistic.  In the dancing scene it is a dark room because there is no lights in the room. The sun shines through while she is dancing . This can connote that her life is in a dark bad place but she is trying to escape that through her dancing. The light shines to represent show that when she is dancing it brightens up her life as it make her feel happy. The lighting brings out the genre more as the lighting is realistic as the is not artificial lighting used the film.

The actors are people who people who are from these type of area and are not the best actors. This is effective for the film as it make it more realistic as these are actors who already know how to act like they are from these place as they are. This make the genre more realistic as they are able to relate to these type of hard situations that go on.It also fit the genre as the actors have little glamour in performance to make it seem more realistic and they seem like the are untrained actors as the performance was very real

The era of the film is a modern film. This is shown by the type of props that are in the film. There are TV and iPod in and that proves that the film is recent. Also by the dialogue used shows the era as it includes a lot of slang that is used now days.

I am influence to used the natural lighting as this would make it very realistic. The film is mainly shot on location in Barking I would use a strategy like this because barking would have run down estates and it is a gritty type of area perfect for a British social realism. Also the colors in the film are dull color palate.

Music & sound effects

The music is mostly diegetic music as it comes from the radio that she uses or the car. It includes lots of urban music like Cassie - me & you . This is the type of music that young people would listen to  making it very realistic. At the end the song Nas - Life is a bitch is played . This shows what Mia preferred to listen to more urban types of songs. The music video that she watches of Ashanti and Ja rule  is a contrast of how her life is as she was in a room that did not have much and was empty. The video then contrast her life as it showed how the richer people live with boat in the music video. There are also Foley noises that are used like the gate opening.
From this I would use music that young people would listen to like urban type of music. This would be effective as it would make it more realistic

Camera work & Editing 

The camera work used was very simple and basic. The effective camera work in the film was when the camera was hand held when Mia was chasing after the mum's boyfriend. From the camera being handheld running behind her made you feel like you was part of the scene and I think that was effective. Another part that I thought was effective was all the close ups that was used in the film. For example when it showed a close up of the mans tattoo. This then told me that there was more to tell about his tattoo as it wouldn't of been shown for no reason so it showed that the tattoo would of been talked about in the film. There are many establishing shots showing the environment that they are living in.

I think using close up is a good strategy as it bring all the focus on the one shot. It also can be used to show the character emotions they also emphasize what your meant to look at. From the shots I found out that the shots included a lot of hand held shots making the camera jerky. There was many establishing shots to show the gritty area they was living in and for you to get a feel of the area that they was in. The was long take in the editing and the editing was minimal and simple. 

Dialogue

The dialogue that was used in the film was mostly slang this showed that they was in gritty areas as they did not speak as if they was educated well as they spoke very basic. There was a lot of swearing included showing that they was disrespectful as the girls swore to people older then and she has not been brought up to respect adults .  I think using slang is effective as it shows social realism as you young teenagers that age speak that way. An example of this is when it says 'Is that her mum or sumthin' her mums butters' this fits the genre as the way they speak includes slang. When Mia says to the man 'Tell her I think her old mans a cu*t' this show that they have not be educated enough to treat their grown ups with respect show that they are rude disrespectful people.

Institutional Background

The film was written by Andrea Arnold 

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The production companies are; 

• BBC Films (presents)
• UK Film Council (presents)
• Limelight Communication (in association with) (presents) (as Limelight)
• ContentFilm
• Kasander Film Company

Target Audience 

I think that the film was target for mainly British people around the age of 12-28. I think this because it can relate to these type of people the most. I has more stereotypes of a British as the slang used may only be fore British people. Other countries would be able to understand the story line on which is going on as that can be relatable to anyone. 

Marketing materials 

The marketing materials used was that they released the film out on blu-ray. The film won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film festival. They also produced different posters to catch peoples attention.