Made in Britian - Analysis Of Opening Sequence Sounds In BSR films

  

Themes that are represented in BSR films

 

Themes that are represented in BSR films

The key theme that is in the film called This is England is clearly Racism.

It is denoted when a little boy who has a skin head about 11years old walks into a shop and asks for a drink but is rejected by the shop owner or worker and repeatedly shoats out racist words towards him.The shop owner is infurioated by this andproceeds to chase him until a bunch of older skin heads enter the shop and threaten him and steals items within the shop and they are passive aggresive at first but become more hostile as the scene plays out.

The verbable language used in this is very strong and is very sensitive to asian people and is considered very offensive and this is a clear representation of how London was like in the 1990's - 2000's when racism was still a thing,Some of the men that entered the shop even had weapons such as a machete and threatened to attack the man if he did anything to stop them all just because of his skin colour and social background.This may of never happened if the guy was white,it also may of never of happened if the owner gave the boy the beer,but this is very unlikely because the men that ransacked the shop all were conviently there with some weapons so it was more of a set up and that particular shop was more of a target because of his skin colour and they may of considered him as an easy target because they may think hes weaker due to his different skin colour.

The way I may incorperate this into my film is by the use of psyical threats and maybe hate language towards a particular race or social background and maybe even having people that are different races have lower social class and roles to one race to show superiority and inferiourity within the film and show how people can really be like towards each other.

The key theme that is in the film called Nil by mouth is Domestic abuse.

It is denoted when a man and a women both are parents and they are in a room talking and it quickly escalates into an argument when the man begins to get very angry and aggressive towards the woman and she retalliates back in response and then he punches her to the ground and begins to kick her repeatedly while shes on the floor in pain and suffering and crying.

The language and communication throughout this is very aggresiive and shows a clear anger or hatred towards bothsides and the man clearly has the domincance due to his overwhleming stress and vocal power while the women struggles to voive her emotions not olny that but the mans psyhical appearance is a lot more meanacing than the womens and hes a lot bigger and has more power to cause more damage,and this is evivdently shown when he knocks her to the ground and the audience cant see her on the ground and only the man causing an enigma code and making the audience ask questions on how hurt is she what did he do,and neither do we see his kicks at her either making the person watching create it in the mind mkaing it more scary while instead of showing it.

The way I would incorporate this into my own BRS film would be if a a couple were having relationship issues due to the male having stress from drug deals and he proceeds to punch and abuse his partner to release pain and anger.

The key theme that is in the film called Adulthood is Violence.

It is denoted when person A enters a house which seems be owned by gangs and they are verbally aggressive towards him and called him mild racist names and one has a knife in his hand, but later on person A pulls out a gun an threatens them and another person enters the scene, then person A kicks down the other person with a gun and injures him and it is unknown how badly but it looked very painful.

The way the theme was presented was very intense because at the start of the clip it was fairly calm but as it goes on you can see and fell the tension between the men increase and it gets to the point where the hatred is full focus and the audience doesn't pay attention to anything else due to the hand gestures and facial expressions of the characters also breathe in new life to the performance as it makes the scene much more believable and real for the audience to watch, the props such as the gun that was used also adds a clear vivid view as it shows that one simple object as the gun can ultimately end your life and when the gun is pointed at the man on the table his entire power dominance has vanished because he's scared to death because of the gun pointed at him.

The way I would incorporate thins into my film would be the use of menacing weapons such as knifes and even bats or heavy duty tools to make a more gritty and diverse threat instead of the typical gun that most films would use now.

The key theme that is in this film called Looking for eric is suicidal mental illness.

It is denoted when Eric who is just and average man who has issues with his family is speaking to Cantona,so right away the audience can tell something is weird as someone who is famous is just chilling and hanging around a guy who is barely known. The film is also based around Eric having mental issues and wanting to commit suicide, representing him having difficulties in his personal life


The way the theme was presented was fairly sad and depressing as Eric is literally just talking to a man that isn't there and he has a bond with him and, no-one around him understands him as its all created in his mind, and his idol Cantona is only hope and saviour as if his mind hadn't have played tricks on Eric then he would of most likely would have committed suicide, this can show how lonely depressed he is and his mind literally goes so far to an extent to create a fictional character, which makes this film touching to some who get emotional easily, You can tell he's suffering too by the use of his language and intellect as he appears not to be educated as good as others and his facial expressions shows his sadness only until Cantona appears making him happy and cheerful.

The way I would incorporate this into my film is by a person who has a severely bad and miserable life who could have a disability that affects them to an extent where they feel like they can not cope with it.

The key theme in the film called Fish tank is parenthood.

It is denoted when The girl that is the main protagonist in this film is arguing with literally everyone and appears to have anger issues or a mental trauma and she particularly argues with her mother who literally doesn't care about her one bit and is considered a bad parent so the girl has suffered with a bad childhood and parenthood.

The way the theme was presented was very intense and dramatic between the characters as the girl argues constantly between everyone and this can all lead and point to her mother being bad, for instance she may have treated the girl very bad when she was young and her bad habits may have been influenced on her and now she's carrying those habits to the people she hangs around such as the neighbours or the girls that were dancing, The area where she lives can also influence her behaviour as it seems very run down and is in need of repair and regeneration which and signify a sense of depression between them and the mother may want a better life but she cant provide it therefor leading to her having mood swings and sadness.

The way I would incorporate this into my film is by using dramatic and intense fights and sequences that would make the audience feel intense, which would make the film much more alive and affective.

How Mise-en-scene is represented in a film

 

How Mise-en-scene is represented in a film

 

How the lighting in the film is represented (0:45)

 

 

Denoted here is two people looking at each other in the dark.

 

Here we can clearly see a mid shot of two people both of them being black talking to each other and both of them look like they are smiling and  seem to be getting along ,while the lighting in this shot is particularly dark which is a low-key lighting, the only lighting seen in this shot is background lights from what appears to be houses in the distance or street lights

 

What this connotes is that this film fits well with the genre of the BSR films due to its dark and realistic lighting and setting as usually in BSR films there's usually a high amount of dark luminous scenes to maybe show the characters feelings or emotions and maybe to even foreshadow or portray their future as a dark setting, the lighting can also represent the relationships between these two characters as it could show both of their troubled pasts of being together but the light in the background could be a signal of hope just like a religious symbol. This relates to BSR films due to the lighting portraying a realistic insight of what real life can be like making them both link to each other.

 

How the Colour of a film is represented in a BSR (1:45)

Denoted here is a man running over a persons body with a car in the background

Here we can clearly see a long angle mid shot of a person on the ground that appears to be hurt and someone running over him in some pebbled road that fancy houses would have and in the background we can see a car that is driving in front of a house and the situation that is taking place is all set at night. The colour used is very dull bland and not very saturated as it fits well to the BSR genre.

What this connotes is that the film is very true to the BSR films because the colour and texture of all the props and assets used in the production and post production of the film fits to the dark gritty feel of the BSR as ,BSR's are known to have a fairly dark deep story for example drug use and the story for this film is not much different. The colour can signify the depression that happens throughout the film because there are people hurt as we can see in the example above and it can show the true meaning of what life is like instead of the Hollywood glorified films that only show false depictions a lot of the time. It also clearly shows how everyone is fighting for their survival and how dark and grim it can be for instance people could be stabbing, punching and this all can lead to the victim up above. This depicts the representation of BSR characters because a lot of characters in the films under this genre all have the same conventions that are mention here, fighting even killing and trying to make al living.

 

How the setting an Era of a film is represented in a BSR film (2:01)

 

Denoted here is a man running down a path towards a bunch of police cars

 

Here we can see a man who is wearing a hoddie and jeans running down a pathway that looks to be of a wealthy house such as a mansion and on the pathway is a bunch of police vehicles such as cars and ambulances and police officers waiting there. The lighting is very dark once again as tis set at night outside and the only visible lights are coming from what appears to be the house as the path is all laminated and the flashing lights from the police cars and ambulances.

 

What this connotes is that the film is true to the BSR genre again because it has clear conventions from the BSR films such as the era that this film is set in.This film is set during modern times and we know that it is set during modern times because we can see the abundance of technology being used such as the cars and the flashing lights because not that long ago has these uses of technology have been used. We also know that this isn't set in the far future because mostly likely at that point would we have developed far better and more efficient ways of transportation and technology so using outdated equipment would be impractical. What also hints at the era is the clothing some people wearing in this shot, such as the man running as seen above, he is wearing a hoddie and some jeans which all link and relate to the era of today as a lot of gangsters wear this type of clothing making it another hint of it being set in the modern era. This links to BSR films because a lot of BSR films are set during the modern era to show what life is li9ke today but there are also some exceptions.

The film I chose to use for this mise-en-scène analysis was Kidulthood (Stylised as KidUlthood) more specifically I chose the clip of its ending as there was so much to analyze as so much was going on within this single sequence and I had a clear idea for representation of some of the categories of PLACE within mise-en-scène from my first viewing of the scene.

Actors 

 
Katie who killed herself very early on into the film had a strong family, the photo above shows Katie's brother who seeks revenge from her death note shown in the photo (below), he does this in a very convincing fashion from his actions the emotion he uses is very realistic and he is very distraught and crying when he finds one of her sisters bully's and dwells over the fact that Sam the trigger that led Katie to kill herself barely cares or even remembers.

The mise-en-scène that is done here through acting is the convincing performance from Katie's brother making this story much more believable as he had reacted the way someone in reality would react after finding one of your family members persecutors through bullying. This performance further  strengthens this sense of realism we feel almost constantly throughout this film, the performance also reinforces the point that Katie was killed very unjustly and Katie's brother feels like he has to forcefully instate this justice himself as this has not just affected him but everyone who knew Katie, this feeling is what helps the audience further despise this Antagonist and keeps the audiences mind set on the characters roles in the movie. There is also a clear understanding of Katie's brother we know that he is not a completely bad guy from the way he lowers his gun when Trevor says that, "He's not worth it.", however this judgment is severely clouded by the death of his sister and so when Sam starts to act up to get some of his reputation back Katie's brother goes to pull the trigger.

I feel that the mise-en-scène here is done well as we get a very good feeling of how British social realism characters usually behave in this darker genre of film, we see that he is mostly aggressive due to strong themes in this case it was revenge, however, in other films it could be a range of things from depression even to jealousy, even so this gives someone who is new to this genre a clear feel for some of the emotion that could be shown by the actors in such a film. The mise-en-scène here also shows the fallout of events and how things could very easily spiral out of control shown very evidently in the closing scene of the film, however, here all events transpire into one big finale although this could be for a "big ending" as shown in most films, I feel that here it is to further explore this common trait in most British social realism films of this bad ending and how not everything is resolved in the closing sequences. The scene also strenthens the point of these British social realism common traits particularly here we see someone having to embrace this darker side of himself due to the transpring events, the acting proves this as he is not able to fully embrace this darker side after being brought to tears by the final moments of her sisters life and how depressing and sad they must have been, only after a further push by Sam is he brought over the edge and is prepared to kill him, the acting by the actors of both Sam and Katie's brother shows the audience how brutal and harsh the lives of people within British social realism films are.

Production

 

The mise-en-scène in this film has been improved greatly by the production in many different ways, the scene here is where Trife (Trevor) is given the death shot with the baseball bat by Sam (the editing here has also made it much harder for viewers to watch as it seems much more brutal as it has had effects added to it to make it feel truly hard). Also in the scene we see Alisa shocked in the background. The picture that is shown is very dark and a fitting representation of a British social realism film. 

The mise-en-scène in this scene is very strong, firstly regarding the set, this is also well done, although we are in a lower class area the people who live on this set are richer than most in this area this is displayed as off into the distance we see little else but other far neighboring houses and garages. The set more specifically is very open, and that feeling of danger is much more evident as the persecutor Sam is able to attack from anywhere. The props equally have this feeling of danger which is too often present in almost all of these British social realism to illustrate that the lives of the people in this film are almost never not met with threat and are not easy lives to live this is shown through the use of this baseball bat from Sam's perspective we see a threat to his status within this community as he let three young school boys beat him up and rob him. The movie also uses its costumes well showing these roles for all of the characters in the film we also see this slightly sexist outlook, where Alisa is wearing a dress to the party along with most other girls, however, we see that the boys can dress however they want often to maintain this image of masculinity they mainly decide to wear tracksuits. 

This shows the generic conventions of British social realism films as we are easily able to see the general main themes of such movies from abuse of drugs to simple violence, this is all shown through the production of mise-en-scène in the film the props such as the smaller knife and the baseball bat that the people here in this film are not very educated or have little knowledge of what could be the consequences due to their youth or just dangerous or desperate people in general due to the weapons they carry, equally it could just be the film creators way of telling us where these people live is very dangerous and the only way that some people can even start to feel safe is by carrying weapons of their own. This conforms to many of the British social realism trends such as living within a dangerous community or place, the theme of petty crime in general or serious crime to try and survive through poverty and even just wanting a high status within a community which Sam clearly wants this is seen especially when he is confused as to why he wasn’t invited to a party.
 

Colour

 

The image here shows Trife (Trevor) on some steps after being beaten very harshly with a baseball bat he is now very injured and is close to death, it is a very emotional scene and the actors show it by some of the expressions in their faces. 

We see the red colour of blood splattered all over Trevor's face mostly people around Trevor are wearing white clothing, however we see Becky in a pink dress and we also see Moony in a darker tracksuit and Jacket combination and Green is also seen from the surrounding grass and weeds. 

This red colour that usually indicates danger and death usually appears towards the dark climax of a British social realism film or in the dark ending here, similarly it is shown in this darker ending we see Trevor spitting up this blood and having is smeared across his face, this is a regular convention in British social realism movies as this sense of brutality and death is present almost within all movies of this genre with action within the film.

Production Log - Week 2

Production Log - Week 2

What I have learnt about social realist codes and conventions in relation to the audience is that what is happening in the film is directly targeted at the audience, for instance when there's a powerful moment that's denotes the true harsh life of a person, this is targeted at the audience to give them a sense of traumatic depression and feeling making the moment so much more powerful, this is with all the conventions of a BSR film such as setting locations and colours, the lighting and colours can do this by giving a dark and gloomy image , such as low saturation and a grey colour Platte and this can give and effect to the audience of sadness, but this can also relate to the audience because it shows the typical working life of some in the Uk so people from th Uk can relate to the film, and all the conventions above can help make the audience relate to the films.

http://www.slideshare.net/hannahmedia123/codes-and-conventions-of-british-social-realism

This will help with my production because will try to portray the events of real people and put it into my film, which it hopefully have a realistic impact upon the audience. Films such as 'Adulthood' gave inspiration and influence to me which will help me when I come up with my own BSR film idea as it has interesting themes throughout the film and I will try to incorporate this into my film as much as possible but also giving new ideas to make my film a lot different from 'Adulthood'.I will conform to the conventions of the BSR genre as it is essential as then it wouldn't be considered a BSR film anymore, the conventions that could change are things such as themes as there's a huge variety of themes inside the BSR genre, this is the same with things such as where it is set, it can be anywhere In the Uk but it has to be in the Uk.

I will most likely try and not subvert the conventions of the BSR genre as it will hinder the experience of the film and it would most likely make the film overall worse and less exciting to watch, so having more conventions would make the film a more interesting, experience. There is once Convention thou that can not be changed and it has to be in every BSR film or else it wouldn't be a BSR film. This is the real depiction of average British workers in a daily life, this is essential as the whole genre is based upon this.

BSR History Analysis

British social realism is the depiction of the average British person that has a typical working life like anyone else hase problems that at one point someone has.They usually are sad and depressing and show you what real life is actually like.

Decade	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s
Key films	Look back in anger	Kes	Bronco Bullfrog	My beautiful Laundrette
BSR Conventions	The themes shown is a poor/dark vibe and shows family conflict and the situation shown is a paranoid worker and denotes drinking and the wife is going through pregnancy the sound used is mainly dialogue and diagetic music and it appears to be set in East London and the typical housing.The editing is very basic and shows graphics right at the beginning and the mise en scene sohws instruments,lowkey lighting and interior old fashioned rooms.The camera work is a range fo mid shots and long shots and does get repetitive.	The themes shown is a traditional old school life and the situation happening shows conflict in the classroom and the characters are a small boy and tall students and an old strict teacher and it seems like it could be set during WW2 because they mention Germans.The camera work is stale is repetitive as its mostly midshots.Theres little editing used and theres no music and only dialogue,the sound is also ambient.The mise en scene is als tables and classroom objects.	The themes denoted here is some romance and a hard life trying to get by with the things they have.The situation denoteds beer,drinking,and hard labour and shop robbing,and the location is set in East London again in normal housing.The music is non diagetic and has amounts of dialogue there is a lot of tracking shots and pannin shots and close ups/mid shots.The editing is a basic montage of lcips and has the instiution logo.The mise en scene is bikes,streets,houses,roads.	The themes shown here is a dark,jealously,and racisim,targeting immagrants and gay,poverty.Two gay characters one of them are Asian.Its set in the laundrettes denoting poverty,the sounds are ambient and dialogue the camera work is more advanced and the main majority is mid-shots.The editing is basic again and has no graphics.The mise en scene is bright high key lighting and 1980s cloths and building interiors.

Decade	1990s	2000s	2010s
Key Films	Trainspotting	This is England	Ill Manors
BSR Conventions	The themes in it were drinking,gangsters,and maybe a desperate life and the situation was a bunch of people in a Bar talking about a fight showing how corrupt they are and aggressive too,The characters were mostly males drinking and one small guy started a huge fight.It is located in a bar and set in the UK in the 90s and their accents have changed significantly since the 60s.Most of the sound was dialogue and atmospheric and there was no music.The camera work was mostly stills and mid shots and was basic and the mise en scene was very accurate to a real bar in the 90s with the paul tables and beers and cigarettes.The lighting was failr lowkey.	Themes here are racism,anger,poverty,stealing And crime,and the situation happening here is a buch of white males come in and rob a shop from an Asian man who is being prosecuted for his skin colour.The characters her are an aggressive little boy and bunch of older white male skin heads.The location is set in a corner shop in the uk and the soun here is mainly dialogue and not any music and sound ambience.The camera work used here is a lot of midshots and a range of l0ong shots and a lot of close ups witch adds a lot of thension to the scene.The editing is also basic as theres no graphics and is just a collection of clips.The mise en scene used is a highkey lighting as its set during the day and the the probs used was a huge knife and shop items that they stole	The themes denoted here is the use of drugs and and aggression and violence and even poverty and desperate.The situation here is a man trying to sell drugs over the years and he has problems with his sellers and gets into fights.The charaters is some oldered guy and he has serval younger men coming in to buy the drugs from himIt is set in the uk in some warehouse place where it is falling apart and needs renovation.The siund here is non diagetic music and dialogue between the characters.The camerawork used here is a lot of pans and long shots of the characters and the locations.The editing used here is a lot more creative as it has graphics and seems more intense than pervious years.The mise en scene here is also accurate as there lots of drugs on tables and blades with blood on it and fihthing and the lighting is lowkey due to the dark warehouse with poor lighting,
Over the years British social realism has eveolved and changed for instance the editing and camera work has changing significantly and has become more enjoyable to watch and easier to watch and the overall theme has stayed the same but the context in which it has been told as has changed drastically.

 

The Selfish Giant

 The selfish giant analysis

Representation of how young lower class are treated, screengrab one with Arbor crying

Denoted here is a boy,with old used clothes on a side of a fence that is in a ball and he looks like he's in distress and in pain and he doesn't know what to do or he can do to help it,it shows that here he has limited communication or relationships with any other characters as he is alone and deprived from anything.The boy named here is called Arbor and he has a troubled childhood and upbringing and this all can be denoted right here in this particular scene with him crying.

He could be crying about anything to anyone who hasn't seen the film,but the reason hes crying is because his best friend Swifty has died for him,Which could suggest that Arbor is maybe feeling guilt for his actions and may think he was responsible for his death when it wasn't entirely.Arbors character is usually very energetic but also very troublesome and aggressive as throughout the film it appears that he has anger issues as he is seen taking tablets to combat this,which could suggest that he has anger management.One reason why I took a screengrab of this scene is that he is feeling sad for once as this completely contradicts his character as he is unemotional half the time and this makes this scene even more powerful,for the audience which is a good choice for the director to take.

Representation of hard working class compared to poor working class, screengrab two with Arbor in class with another pupil

Denoted here is Arbor and another Asian boy who is unknown and both are set in school clothes and inside a class at school and both have been set work to do but Arbor isn't working and looks like he is about to through a pencil across the room.Here it shows his relationships with other characters appears to be also yet again limited as he isn't seen talking to anyone but Swifty that is seen just moments later, and he gets told off by the teacher that isn't happy about his behavior showing yet again he has little friends to talk to as a lot of people don't like him.

This connotes that he has no respect or manners no matter where he is and shows how little care he has to others and is also a typical representation of a failure in school as hes chucking pencils and swearing at teachers and having no resilience against them.The Asian boy working is also asterotype as Arbor isn't working and Asian people are known to be hard workers and this depicts a huge contrast between them both as one is a aggressive failure while one could be high graded student making these two opposites connect just like Binary opposites.

 

Representation of desperate low social class ,screengrab three with Kitten angry at Arbor

Denoted here is a two people at a scrapyard one being an adult and one being a boy called Arbor and the Man appears to be Looking down at Arbor as he is more dominant and powerful than Arbor and show.Arbor still is in social class of being poor and having a bad life as a boy and the man known as Kitten doesn't that much better off too as hes working at a scrapyard a hes wearing the vest and his clothes and appearance looks scruffy and worn down to use,which shows that he may have been working there a long time.

This connotes that Kitten and Arbor are both very similar in terms of there situations they both have poor clothes both have mental issues or anger as throughout the film we see Kitten yelling most of the time hes in every scene and he at one point grabs Arbors hand and was about to cut his entire hand off due to the amount of anger and hatred he has towards him.Kitten could  of had a bad upbrin like Arbor and he could be a foreshadowing of Arbors future as they both have so many simularites.The relationship between these two is so powerful as its all about hatred and stress as they are always fighting but they both partly rely on eachother especially Arbor as that's where his source of income comes from.You could also say that Kitten is also a stereotypical representation of a corrupted low end business man and also a person who needs mental management and all he cares about is money and income.

Representation of how family of the lower social class comfort each other in harsh times, screengrab with Arbor and his mum

Denoted here is a scene of Arbor who is crying his eyes or appears to be in distress and depressed is against a fence outside his house where his mum has come to try to comfort him while he is suffering from this trauma,but as the scene goes on his mum tries hugging him but Arbor wants to be alone and continues to knock her off or keep here away from him, showing bad signs in their relationship and could signify a downfall.

This connotes that him and his mum have a very unstable relationship as throughout the film he keeps on trying to help her out such as paying money to keep the house going but also has huge arguments with her and his brothers over things which can cause their relationships to deteriate and eventually can cause them to have a falling out which isn't healthy at all,You could say this is a typical sterotype for abas family that is suffering from a huge crisis point.His mum is also a clear archetype of the motherly figure always trying to help their children have the best lives aas possible.

  Representation of death affects the low working class, screengrab of Arbor up against Swiftys body

Denoted here is a scene of Arbor up close to Swifty which was his best friend who is laying on the floor dead holding the remains of a wire due to a a serve power attack and caused swifty to have an elcectric shock,Arbor here shows huge regression and an enormous amount of pain and suffering because of his friend dying and this shows how much he cared about swifty as he was is only true good friend thoughout his life,showing that their relationship had rough points through it but towards then end was a
clear reslemblance of their true companionship.


This connotes that Arbor and swifty were true great friends and both have been their for eachother and at on point of their lives does it actually show,only when Swiftys gone does Arbor show his emotions.Arbor could also be showing regret and maybe even guilt due to him feeling and thinking that he caused his death as Swifty did take control and take the wire instead causing his demise and this shows a clear archetype of him being the goof as Arbor is clueless half the time and always needs the help and this is due to him having poor education as he doesn't care about school whats so ever making him have poor understanding about anything.

Representation of how the lower class community are with each other, screengrab of Swiftys mum hugging Arbor

  Denoted here is a shot of Swiftys mum and Arbor hugging eachother in a room insdie Arbors houses,and both of them are in distraught and crying because of Swiftys death.What makes this scene partically powerful is due to the relationship both of them have had,His mum dislikes Arbor because she knew that he was a bad influence to Her son Swifty who she wanted him to have an education and have a good life wile Arbor was always postering around wanting to collect scrap with Swifty to make so money to pay off the house debts.

What this connotes is that since Swift is showing compassion and sadness about Swiftys death,Swiftys mum notices it and realizes he isn't all bad but just has a hard time living and has came to terms to try and make things better by hugging Arbor.When she enters Arbor immediately hugs her without hesistation since she is the closest connection to Swifty making her the most attention and respect, and Arbor to her is like the closest thing to Swifty so she can relate to him.This representation shows what life can be like and how peoples relationships with others can be and this affects the audience beacuase a lot of them didn't even know this world even existed because most of the people that watch are so used to their normal lives that they don't even notice it, and the director would have choosen to use this is because of the clear contrast of hatred these two had for eachother which has immediately dissolved.

Representation of how Harsh and dark the lower class of all ages communicate with each other, screengrab of Kitten talking directly to Arbor

Denoted here is a shot of Arbor in a building with very lowkey lighting that is full of scrap being confronted by Kitten who is incharge or atleast works there at the scrapyard,here we  can see the facial expressions of Arbor looking stunned or lifeless while looking at Kitten who is full of aggressive energy starring at Arbor which shows his entire domanice yet again here,you can see that Arbor is close to given and is completely fed up with Kitten and doesn't want to his work anymore but has to because he needs money to his family.Showing their relationship is quickly getting worse by day by day.

This connotes that they both are on the brink of pure tension and frustration and this shows a representation of how harsh employers can be to their workers making it completely unfair and they get minimal pay making an effect of pure disbelief to some people in the audience because of how bad it can get at times.A clear archetype is the aggressive Male that has aggressive mental problems and is always stressed and clearly Kitten fits it well.The directors choices of using this in the film is good because it shows real life in some areas and people need to know because the media either never reports it or it gets over covered by false hyperbole which makes it unssen by anyone.

Production Log - Week 1

Production Log - Week 1

What I have learnt from this week is that from the mark scheme of the course there are many things that need to be done or used to make the work being assessed good. From what I have gathered from previous years work is that you need to make a some what of a original story that isn't too generic and basic so it doesn't get too stale or boring and repetitive, such as a basic drugs gang fighting over some drugs it over used, you could perhaps use other themes as deprived or trying to escape the harsh reality. Other things I have learn from other students work is that the quality of how the opening sequence is needs to be good, such as the title sequence needs to be clear and readable and not small and pixelated an example of this is 'Bridges'.



You also need to have a clear understanding of what's going on and it needs to makes sense 'Pushing Buttons' did this well with a depressed Women working at work with horrible Boss, Bridges suffered from this and the story that the students were trying to make was very unclear was almost unnoticeable. The camera language also throughout needs to be some what creative and fresh and not just stale midshots that Bridges did suffer from as well, the angles that the cameras are at can high or low which can add a sense of dominance and innocence if used well which can be very useful in BSR films.

This analysis that I have done to previous students work will be transferred and incorporated into my own work, What I mean by this is that I will try my best and make sure that the story and plot of the overall story is original and creative, but to and extent a realistic depiction of the average British worker and it must have good use and wide range of titles and graphics that look good and are readable as well and clear and that they will represent everyone who took part out of the whole filming and production process. The camera language would include most shot types like tracking, midshots, longshots, and many others, the lighting of the whole production also needs to be very good so we can actually see well and we can tell if a scene is set at night time or day which again is very useful.

The things that I will try to recreate is the sense of realism and harsh setting that some past students work have done, but there are also many things that I would also want to avoid too such as the things I mentioned above but also things such as boring locations such as the school, I would go to places that most people haven't gone too or go somewhere that isn't a hotspot for most students, which show a sign of creativity and, shows a sign of independence and reliability.

Past Student's Work

 Past students work

Film title	Strengths	Weaknesses	Mark
Rivals	Shot types are very good and show a clear vivid representation of their story.The graphics are also very well made and show a clear understanding of the production process,The music also was a strength due it fitting in well with the story and events that were taking place	However the Sound was poor for instance the wind blowing was really loud and was a hindrance.It also being set during the day time took away the feel and gravity of the moment.The work was also fairly poor as the was a huge amount of camera shake	3
Disturbance	The use of camera throughout this film was also very well presented and was clear and used a wide arrange of shots.The themes in this was also very elaborate and had an interesting plot and was unique when compared to others such as the racism.The finally the music and audio was well edited and wasn't causing any unnecessary noise.	The weaknesses was that the shots got repetitive and eventually got stale and boring due to them being over saturated and the graphics looked very basic and were poor taking down the premium feel of the film	3
Suffocation	The music in this film was also well chosen and selected and the mise en scene was very creative as the lighting and props used in it was a step when compared to the other films and what this film had was a lot of variety in terms of everything from all the shot types and props and miss en scene.	What did lay it back was that there was no institution logo at the beginning so we don't know who it was made by and there was no background noise so it made it feel empty and something felt missing and there was a lack of the major label (film 4) and the graphics that were made wasn't exactly the best but we're readable.	2
Bridges	The strengths here was the Music as it fit very well with there film and was decent quality.The story here was also good and fairly original but it couldn't be understood clearly at all.The camerawork that was required to be there was so it met its brief.	The graphics in this film were so bad that you couldn't see what they were meant to say as it was poor quality and the story even thou it was a good idea,it was executed very poorly and you couldn't understand it one bit	2
Postive	The camerawork was very good actually very impressive when compared to the previous work.The graphics are also very clear and readable and the music used throughout this piece was very enjoyable to listen and fitted it well	The things this film suffered from was the abrupt ending as it just ended without any conclusion and also the lack of dialogue as it was just music so you didn't know what the people were saying.	4

Bridges is one of the past work projects made by students for the BRS, the reason why I choose this is in comparison to the postives the other project I choose, is because it is no where near as good,the quality of the whole thing is significantly less than positives,for example the camera work and picture quality is very poor the shots where un clear and executed badly and the story and plot of the whole things was unable to be recognized as there was poor audio so you couldn't hear what anyone was saying and little dialogue was in the entire film and the graphics were so unclear they were pixels so the could not be read and helped to little of nothing.In contrast Positives is clearly the better film out of the both from the use of camera work,music and seemed a lot more professional when compared to Bridges,the story was more clear and appealing but it did suffer from the lack of dialogue and the abrupt ending.

Bridges

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What worked well in this scene was the establishing shot so we got to see where it is set.What could've made it  better was better camera work and picture quality.

 

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 What worked well in this picture us the location it is set in,it is very populated and feels very dynamic.What could be improved is the camera work yet again because it is fairly shaky.

 

 

Picture 3

What worked well here is the rule of thirds and match on match action,but the downfall of it is poor audio which is overwhelmed by the traffic.

 

 

 

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What worked here is the use of the over the shoulder shot,but what was excuted poorly here was the plot and story as everything from now on is hard to understand or be explained.

  

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What is successful here is that we can see clearly the studio maker and brand. but it is poorly made and could have been thought out a lot better.

 

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Here we have a decent reverse shot between two people having a conversation,but the problem in this is how bad the audio is so the two people having a conversation is irrevlant.

Pushing buttons 

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Here we can see clearly the Maker and how it is very clear,but it did look a little tacky which could be improved.        

 

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What was successful here was the lighting in the room but what could've been better was the rule of thirds which could of been used a bit better as her head is just about on the screen

Picture 3

Here we can see the use of match on match action which is good and also what could be improved is the use camera movement within the shot as it looked slow.

Picture 4

Another good shot that is used here showing the train go past ,which adds to the mise-en-scene,but the lack of sound takes away from the scene which can be changed.

 Picture 5

The use of Canary Wharf station adds sense off realism and dynamics to the scene ,but it too seems a little too long. 

 

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Finally we have the last scene which has lots of shots within London builings and offices which adds a wide range of realism when compared to the others but they do get repetitive after a while.