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Production Log- Week 5

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Production Log- Week 4

This week I have learnt about what conventions and themes appeal to my target audience, in addition I have also discovered what are the most popular forms of distribution available for me that will appeal to my target audience. I learnt that British Social Realist films are more likely to appeal if the film has some relevance to occurances in society at the time it's being made and if the film has realism to it such as the film being based or inspired by true events.

I have learnt that the institutions involved in the production of a british social realist film will try to target their film at a particular niche audience and have themes in their production that will appeal soley to that audience. The production company will also try to implement controversial themes that occur in current society so as to appeal to it's target audience and tackle subjects that most other films would be afraid to do. The production company will also try their best to use existing locations to avoid rising the budget of their picture because it's cheaper for them and adds to the verisimilitude to the film if they use an existing location, this is also why they tend to use unknown or not very well known actors because it's not a recognisable face they'll accept the film with more ease because the character could be an average person and not a celebrity.

This will inform my production by having a film that has themes that'll appeal to my target audience and will also most likely be inspired by true events. I will also use existing locations as much as possible and will use an unknown actors to increase the verisimilitude of my product.

Treatment Draft By Zak L. Gorman & Tre Mckenzie

Titles:
The two  titles that we are currently considering are as follows:

 

"Queen Khan" because it includes the title of the main characters last name while being a reference to the boxer Amir Khan's nickname. We believe it's effective because the title is short much like most British Social Realist films while because the title references Amir Khan it allows the audience to connote that there may be elements of boxing while telling the ethnicity,religion and gendre of the character for the audience. The title will appeal to our target audience of a British and Asian target audience by the reference to Amir Khan it has.

 

The other title is "The Girl Boxer" which we decided to use because it relates back to the documentry which our product is inspired by this means that we will already be appealing to an existing audience while also appealling to our new British and Asian target audience. However  we are still unsure about the title because it dosn't stand out as film for out target audience and sounds a bit bland and cliche. I would also have no trouble gaining the rights to use this title because the documentry is owned by channel 4 which owns film 4.

 

Target Audience:

Our target  audience is a male and female Asian British audience between the ages of 12-40, with interests in boxing,culture,religion and biographical films. The classes we have as our target audiences are the lower class and middle class, although we are not specifically trying to make the film appeal to the upper class we will not exclude them from our films audience but they will not be our primary target audience.

 

I believe my film will appeal to this target audience because the cast is a mixture of Asian and British actors which means the production will have characters that the audience can rellate to by ethnicity. The story and themes in the film such as the underdog stoory and the cuultural tensions and family dilemmas the film explore are something that everyione can relate to.

 

The representation that the characters are shown in will help the audience relate to the film because the characters will be typical of people that our target audience may have encountered such as over protective fathers and families that still have tradition family values such as the man providing for the women.

 Research I undertook showed me that an audience for British Social Realist films can gain a larger audience if the film is inspired by current events in society and/or if the film is based on a true story. This film will appeal to this target audience who're interested in British Social Realist films because the film deals with current things in society like immagration and racial tensions between different ethnic groups. The story is inspired by the story of  Ambreen Sadiq which gives the film some realism which will also appeal to the target  audience.   http://www.channel4.com/programmes/ambreen-the-girl-boxer/4od

 

Technology:

I'll use Mini DV cameras for the bulk of the shoot because it has been shown by directors like Danny Boyle to be an effective piece of technology in film  when shooting on location and when in locations that are hard to menouver around in. They're fast and cost effective which is also a large benefit. I will use mini DV's to show the state of mind and how the chjaracters are feeling. I will do this by filming in a cocumentry style in the boxing ring with the characters, being steady when the characters are alright and becoming sloppier and more amamteur thhe more danger the characters are in.

 

Mobile phones will be used to show the fights from the spectators in the crowds perspective.  This will be suitable because it lets the audience know that what we're seeing is from someone elses point of view and will tell them that this person is clearly not that important by the picture quality they are seeing.

 Limitations of this technology are that the picture quality won't be as good as that of a HD camera because I won't be filming on HD because i  don't feel confident enough editing on that  software.

 

Representations:

The key characters in my film are the female lead boxer who is the protagonist.

The lead characters brother and sister who act as her emotional support and link to her negative family members who do not approve of her boxing.

Her trainier/coach who will act as a surrogate father figure.

Her father and mother who act as blocker character types.

The rival boxer and her coach will be the villains as they're the primary antogonists that our lead character has to face off against although her family can be interpreted as the real villains.

 

My film will subvert to some of the typical representations of social groups so that it appeals to the target audience but will also subvert from some because this product is inspired by a real life story it should still be accurate to the real life story that it is based upon.

 

Narrative-Brief:

The lead female character who is currently going to be called Noor Khan will compete againsty a rival boxer currently called Jo Simpson to win the national amateur champion title for her age and weight division. The character will only have the support of her brother,sister,coach and uncle as she fights the toughest 30 minutes of  her life all the while having the pressure of her community,parents and exterior family looking down and turning their back on her.

 

Narrative- More detail:

The entire film from the moment Khan enters the location her fight is in will occur in real time.

The story begings with a standard linear narrative focusing on Khan trying to prepare herself in in her final week of  training to fight Jo simpson for the ABA title of their weighrt and gendre division. While training her father and mother begin to heavily pressure her to give up boxing.

Her older brother Adil  has recently been released from prison for GBH so is looked down upon by his community and parents and this has a further negative impact  on peoples reactions to his muslim younge sister being a boxer as he is encouraging her to do it. The film explores the racism, family tensions and stress that Khan has to go through  to build up to her fight  while only having her brother and surrogate father figure coach for support. . The film will end with Khan winning her fight and gaining the respect of her community as we see her community openly cheering for her at there homes and in the audience. The film wil close with Khan in an after fight interview hoping her family will support her further in her career now her community does.

 

The films real ltime segment/scenes will make up either half or a third of the film.

 

* The character of Adil will be a negative male character who shows support for the character Khan even if he isn't the best role model. This is a typical charactter type of British Social Realist film so it should appeal to the target audience.

 

* The coach "Keith" will play a large role in the film being a surrogate father figure and possible better role model than Khan's brother Adil. He will be the catalyst behind getting Khan and Adils Uncle to support her and give her uncle the idea to get more muslims and members of the asian community to support her.

 

Conventions:

I'll use social realist conventions such as negative male role models and surrogate father figures to show the struggle that the lead character had to endure to make her victory seem all the more speecial.

I will use conventions like lack of a soundtrack because it'll kkeep the audience in the realm of the film and add to the verisimilituude.

I will subvert  from conventions like a heavily implied sad ambigious ending and instead will have a largely happy and positive ending but that is left ambigious about whether her family supported her to let the audience have something to ponder on.

 

Hybrid elements I will employ will be the biographical aspect by drawing inspiratiion of real life events that happened to Ambreen Sadiq. Other hybrid elements will be the boxing movie conventions such as a possible montage training sceene and the character reaching a point where it looks like that they may lose but ultimately succeed. However I may leave this out because it may take away the realism.

 

Style & Iconography:

I will use extensive long takes and manipulate camera movements to both make the audience feel one with the character but to also express the characters emotions and physical stabilityduring scenes which both occur in the ring/traing and with her famiily.

 

I'll employ a shellshock effect during the boxing scenes so that when Khan is hit depending on the vacinity she's in to the camera and the force of the punch the camera will have a jump cut which will shift to a shot with a slight zoom to show impact  while the camera work gets more amateur and sloppier, i would use  a shell shock sound effect  to show that the characters hearing has dirsorientated; using a hight pitch one note to get louder and the other sounds would get quieter.

 

I will use costumes and props as visual cues. for example if there is a of Khan and her father arguing I would frame the shot so the boxing gloves and religious painting are between the two characters as they argue to show their significence.

 

Institution:

The production company in my brief has impacted the type of film i intend to make by making my film an underdog story because it'll appeal more to an audience who like Film 4's body of work.

The produiction company also impacted my film by the themes that it would tackle because I wanted to tackle themes that most films would be afraid to tackle but Film 4 would allow me to.

 

The distribution will effect the film because it'll only be able to have a limited release world wide because film 4 have to produce many other films.  It'll most likely the film would only be released in the UK, USA and Pakistan because of the characters and themes won't appeal to a completely global audience and the themes are tailored to a very specific niche audience.

My film would be exhibited in few cinemas across the UK and would be released for home video exhibition by Film 4 in large stores across the Uk like HMV and would be available to order online at websites like PLAY.COM because of their ability to allow the product to be distributed over sea. The film would also have a television premiere on Film $ and channel 4 because it would cost nothing to distribute because it's owned by Channel 4 and would allow word of mouth to spread on the product.

Production Log- Week 3

This week i have learnt about narrative structures such as linear and non-linear narrative structures.  Linear narrative structures are very common in British Social Realist films because they show what's happening on screen as it occurs and is a more realist narrative approach. Non-linear narrative structures are often uncommon in British Social Realist films because they don't show the events as they occur and are sometimes shown out of context which can be confusing for the audience, they also require more focus on the audiences part. An example of a film with a linear narrative structure is "Four Lions" while Christopher Nolans "Memento" has a non-linear narrative structure.

A device used in narrative structure is a coda which is used by filmmakers to give extra information about a film. Codas can be found before a film starts or after the credits of a film. They can often give back story key or supporting characters if put before the film starts and when put after the credits of a film they tend to explain what has happened to a character. Another device we saw was flashbacks which are often used to show characters past or past events that have affected the story, this device allows backstory for the film to be built up. The flashback device was used in the film "Chariots Of Fire" to open the film.



This task has helped inform my production because I am now taking into account the style of narrative and if I may use a coda in my production. I now know what will appeal more to my target audience and how I can challenge my audience with an interesting and innovative viewing experience.

In my own production I may use a non-linear narrative structure because I can use flashbacks to further develop the characters by showing their past. Another idea that I find interesting is the idea that perhaps I can use a linear narrative structure to the extreme, I could do the film entirely in real time which could grab the audiences attention and  their focus like it would if it was non-linear while still being easy to follow because it all occurs in the correct order.

Timeline Of British Social Realism

1950

 

An iconic British social realist film is the film "Back In Anger" the typical social realist themes present in this film are the themes of characters who live in poverty which the audience connote from the fact the characters live in an attic. We see stereotypical views of relationships of people of the characters social class of the era the film was made by having the male character being the dominat person in the relationship who runs the household, while the female character is shown as a stereotypical housewife who much cook,clean and tend to her family. 

 

 

1960

  

In the 1960's the British Social Realist film "Kes" was released. At the time of "Kes" being released in 1969 England had won the world cup three years prior so the conventions of lower class people in poor living locations was present in the film while employing aspects of current society like football into the plot to appeal to the films target audience. To further express the British Social Realist stereotypes the film depicted a character who comes from a poor background as having no P.E kit to play Football in which resulted in bullying from his friends, this is put in the film because the target audience can show empathy for the character which is something British Social Realist films have long tried to do.

 

 

 

1970

   

1979 saw the release of the British Social Realist film "Quadraphenia" which depicted themes and conventions not often explored as in depth as "Quadraphenia" did such as strained father and son relationships. A character in the films father is an alcoholic which in turn shows the audience the now very common theme in British Social Realist films- addiction. This appeals to a British Social Realist audience because it lets the audience see things that they knew occured in society even though they may not have actually experienced it , this is not however always the case as some members of their audience may watch the film because they can relate to what the characters go through.

 

 

1980

 

The ITV Television play "Made In Britain"(1982) starring now Hollywood actor Tim Roth was released which dealt with the themes of anarchy,violence and racism. The film exploited the up rise of anarchy that young people were the subjects and participants. This once again benefitted the British Social Realist target audience because at the time these were all things that were being increasingly more common at that point in society. The issues of racism that were explored at the time was a risky subject to tackle but the production never the less tackled it so because of the fact it appealled to the target audience and opened peoples eyes to the people that were effecting others with their racism. The themes in this production are now very common with British Social Realist audiences.

 

1990

 

In 1997 Gary Oldman directed the film "Nil By Mouth", a film that further depicted domestic violence and physical abuse in relationships. The film allowed an audience to see the jealousy of a womans husband and how it poisoned their relationship. These themes appealed to the British Social Realist audience because it let the audience see and witness things that most films would shy away from but that British Social Realist films wouldn't. The film depicted the abuse exactly as how it would occur. Realistic and brutally. This camera techniques  used handheld camera work which had been previously seen in productions such as "Made In Britain", this appealed to the audience because it had already become associated with British social realist films.

 

  

Analysing Sound In Harry Brown

Production Log- Week Two

I have learnt that in the British Social Realist genre that the codes and conventions of the genre are very important in relation to the target audience. Most social films have themes and codes like people being victims of violence and living in poverty or themes and codes similar so that their films can stay popular to their target audience. The target audience seem to enjoy things that are in line with what they're going through in current society or things that they hear of but don't neccersarily experience themselves e.g homosexuality,racism, addiction,gangcrime. Conventions that make an opening scene of British Social Realism appeal to it's target audience are the music,sound,editing,locations/story setting, character stereotypes and narrtative. British Social Realism films seem to start from the very beginning setting a very realistic tone and try to give the audience an idea of what the characters and locations are like in as short amount of time as possible.

This has informed my production now because I now know of the things that I should include in my opening that will appeal to my audience. This has informed of narrative structures I can use to appeal to my target audience in addition to knowing that perhaps I should limit my use of foley sound as most British Social Realist films try to avoid foley sound. I now feel after this research that I feel comfortable that in my production i will now be able to use the right conventions and themes that would appeal to my target audience.

Texts that I found particularly influential were "Harry Brown"," Bullet Boy"," Bronson" and "Trainspotting". I found these films interesting because they all focus on similar and different aspects of British Social Realist themes like gang crime,gun crime,prison life and drug addiction although all the films have similar themes and conventions they each show the themes and conventions in their own unique way, which has influenced me by challenging me to take a theme and try and show it in a distinct way unfamiliar to any other films that have tried to do it.

I will conform to certain conventions of the British Social Realist genre such as focusing primarily on peopel in bad situations like those of the characters in "Harry Brown", "Bullet Boy" and "Trainspotting". However I would also like to subvert from the typical conventions and try to take an approach that is not typical of a British Social Realist film, for example I would like to show people in bad situations, for example say a person suffering from a drug addiciton which is rather typical of a British Social Realist film but take a slightly more unique approach and have the character be a person of higher social class and allow the audience to go on a journey with this character as we see what problems they encounter as they tackle their addiction while being of higher society and how this affects their status and reputation.

Analysing British Social Realism: Generic Conventions

BRONSON

Masculinity & Male Dominance:

The character Bronson's physique and how he obtains it; by exercising vigorously and fighting the prison guards are all key points in this theme of masculinity. The exercising and the speed and force at which the audience exercises allows the audience to connote that this character is a powerful typical masculine force which most men who're interested in British Social Realist films will aspire to be like. The location of the prison lets the audience denote power and strength which are other things commonly associated with masculinity. The colors red and black are very primitive and give the scene an animalistic vibe, this is further enhanced with the colors denoting power which relates back to the theme of masculinity.

The idea of male dominance is something that is often explored in and/or questioned in British Social Realist cinema. Films like "Bronson", "This Is England" and "Looking For Eric" all  deal with different aspects of masculinity and male dominance and are all British Social Realist films.

Violence:

The opening immediately uses violence to set the tone of the film and use it in a very realistic manner. The opening makes the audience feel more comfortable with some of the shocking fight scenes and more violent scenes later on in the film because the audience is already used to the violence because it's the first thing they see in the film. The violence is an essential backbone of the film because the film revolves around Bronson's struggle to become the most powerful and legendary man in his prison and uses violence as his way to get it. The violence is also used to show the personality of the characters because it gives the audience a chance to connote from the fighting style of Bronson and how he never gave up that he is a fighter and won't stop no matter what comes at him until he has what he desires.

The fact such graphic violence is used early appeals to it's audience because violence is often a common theme in these films while also grabbing audience members who're not familiar with films like this because of the documentary like approach the films have makes the violence graphic and draws the audience in. The violence is constantly shown with motives which is often a common theme in British social realist films. The motivated violence is not explained at the beginning of this opening so it gets the audience thinking about why the characters are behaving so violently and what their motives are which in turn make the audience want to know more and get them hooked. The motivated violence not being explained at the beginning lets the opening benefit greatly from this because now the audience will wonder how "Britain's most violent inmate" is the way he is and how he got there.

Aspiration:
"My name's Charles Bronson and all my life I've wanted to be famous."

The film explores how Bronson has dreamt of being the toughest and baddest prisoner in the United Kingdom and we see his aspiration slowly becoming a reality. The film uses his aspiration as the driving force behind the film and we see how this dream helped keep Bronson strong and achieve the things he has by the spark and flicker of this dream he aspired to get.

"I knew I was made for better things"

The theme of aspiration relates back to the target audience of people who watch British Social Realist Films because the audience members may also be in a situation in life they're not happy with and want to aspire to becoming something better and complete a goal they've been dreaming of like how Bronson has even if Bronson's dream is more extreme then what the audience may have in mind.

Mise-en-scene:The cinematography for the solitary confinement chamber that Bronson resides in is red with heavy shadows, this cinematography lets the audience connote danger and fear and in turn then results in the audience assuming that the character of Bronson is dangerous. The idea of a danger male character is often explored in British Social realist films as there is often a male character of negative imagery; Combo ,"This Is England", Begbie "Trainspotting".

The red and black lighting is part of the design of the solitary confinement chamber so it adds verisimilitude to the scene. The design of the solitary confinement chamber seems to appear like a cage that is holding the character Bronson prisoner, because Bronson is naked in this scene while in the solitary confinement chamber it makes the character appear like a caged beast which the audience can easily connote from the production design.

The idea of characters feeling caged in is very common in British Social Realist films with characters often appearing caged in by the environment they're surrounded in; Mia's estate in "Fish Tank" and the urban landscape that Trife in "Kidulthood" was a resident of. 

The costumes of the Prison Guards are the uniforms of Prison Guards in Britain during the 1970's and 1980's. In British Social Realist films the costumes are often existing clothing that is common in Britain, although the Prisoner Guard uniform is not common attire the costume accurately represent what British Prison Officers would wear and therefore adds realism and verisimilitude to the film that British Social Realist films often try to capture.

Camera: The camera is often left in a still position watching what occurs on screen and never moving within a shot. This makes the audience feel like a spectator. In British Social Realist films I have begun to notice that the camera work is either majorly hand held to make the film have a documentary like feel to it or it usually has a fixed camera most of the time that makes the audience feel like a spectator to the film. Both camera techniques help the audience feel like they're in the world of the film. The camera positioning in the shots is often done to mimic that of CCTV which adds to the realism of the film even though the picture quality of the camera never changes. The CCTV style layed out shots lets the film benefit from the feeling once again that audience is a spectator in the world of the film.

Editing: Fades are used to show large passings of time at the beginning of the opening, as the scene progresses jump cuts are used to also show passings of time but these passings of time are much shorter than those that should have occurred when fades are used. Cutaways are used to show more of the prison and that the guards are getting ready to subdue Bronson.

The cutaways also effectively show more of the location and make it more obvious that the current location is a prison by showing hallways. Just before the fight starts there are even more jump cuts, the audience can connote from the jump that this is possibly the state of mind the character Bronson is in.

Quick cuts were used when the fight began this allows the audience to denote speed and adrenaline pumping in the speed of the cuts while once Bronson is subdued the quick cuts stop to let the audience denote the speed and adrenaline that was once present before is no longer present.

The idea of making the audience feel the way the characters are feeling is common in British Social realist films because it makes the audience care about the characters and makes the audience more socially invested.Fades  were also used in "This Is England" to show Combo's frame of mind after injuring the character Milky.


"You Kill Me, You Kill Me And Kill me..."

Dialogue:The little dialogue there is in the opening comes from a short narration by the lead character Charles Bronson as he talks about how he believed he was destined for greater things. The narration is a bridge to a scene of Bronson gettng prepared to fight some Prison Guards, this short narration and bridge gives the audience the a small insight into what the story will be about before leading into a flashback. There is not much sound other than the soundtrack that is playing. This may sound negative but it is in fact done to it's advantage.

The lack of dialogue and major sound means that the audience has to pay even more attention so it grabs the audiences attention almost immediately. The music playing at first starts eerie and sinister which adds to the verisimilitude that the cinematography has already set however once Bronson begins attacking the Prison Guards the music heavily contrasts what you see on screen by the tone of the music, the dramatic irony almost represents how Bronson feels when he fights as the music retains it's chilling lyrics but takes a transition from dark and serious to a more upbeat tone.

The song that plays is "The Walker Brothers- The Electrician". The films use of existing music is very typical of British Social Realist films because they often use existing music rather than getting their own composer in, however sometimes they don't have a soundtrack at all.

Sub genre and how it's explored: The sub genre of the film is Biographical. They explore this by first having a narration by the character Charles Bronson on whom the film is named and based upon. The sub genre is further explored by having familiar locations with the character Bronson explored almost immediately in the opening such as the solitary confinement chamber. This gives the film historical accuracy that a biographical film would require. The film also has actor Tom Hardy adept the mannerism and appearance of Charles Bronson, this makes the film feel realistic and accurate to the real life events that involved Charles Bronson.

What impact has this research had on the development of your ideas?: This research has helped my development of my ideas because I have now began to consider the effectiveness of sound and what it can be used for. I've also realised that my actors will have to look like the characters they're playing and be believable because British Social realism films are all about realism if my actors don't appear like who they say they're playing for example a drug dealer or someone suffering from abuse  the film loses the element to draw the audience into the world which the film so heavily requires on. I must take into account the realism of the film from all areas whether that be location, actors it must seem real. I have also learnt that even though my film is British Social realism I can still be stylistic with my camera techniques and style of editing.

Institutional Information-Opening Sequence

I was tasked to draw out a timeline that would annotate all of the credits in the opening sequence in Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull". This did not just include annotating the credits but also the music and sound cues and also the actions of what was occurring on camera at the credit and sound cues. The clip lasted 2.29 seconds (not including the production company logos).

Jobs that I've made notes of to definitely include in my opening titles are; The director along with the "A *insert name* Production" because the audience need to know who has put the production together and it will also allow the director and production company to get more attention by other talented individuals and become more aware of by their target audience for future productions.

I would also like to have the credit "A Zak Gorman Picture" because it'll allow my audience to become familiar with my work and in the future when seeing future films by myself they will be able to link my previous work with my newer work.

I will also include a "consultant" credit because this will give my work some authenticity which will benefit my opening scene because it's a social realist film which if it had a consultant would make it seem more realistic and would therefore add to the verisimilitude of the film.

Producer would be a necessity for my opening along with the writer because producers can produce a wide range of work which lets the film appeal to multiple not just British social realist audience. The writer credit would have to be included because the audience may be familiar with the writers work and if they're not familiar with the writers work they in the future will now be familiar with the writers work and it helps exploit the writers work.

I will give the credits Casting, Visual Consultant and Editor because I think that these credits are significant enough to deserve a spot at the beginning of the film instead of the end. The roles of Editor and Casting could not make my production possible and so in turn deserve a position at the start of my opening credit sequence. Visual Consultant will be used because as I said before it adds to the authenticity of my production and will allow the audience to believe more in what is occurring on screen.

Acting credits will be used because it allows the audience to recognise familiar names of actors they may have heard of and will get the audience more interested in the film.

Director Of Photography: A cinematographer

Associate Producer: When  production companies are involved in a project, the head of the smaller company may be given the title of associate producer, and the head of the larger company is called the producer or executive producer. In this case, the associate producer is not so much an assistant as a junior associate.

Screenplay: A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing

 

Opening Sequence-Watchmen

 Watchmen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14vTrFyHO94

Mise-En-Scene: We can see costumes that give ideas of the era the story is set in by the costumes the characters wear and the locations they're in, the filmmakers also use iconic images from the last century and alter them slightly to allow the audipresent.

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ence to understand that this story is now set in an alternate world. Examples of this are the walking of the moon with the main character Doctor Manhattan being on the moon at the same time, the protestors being shot in the 60's after placing a daisy in the rifle of a gun, JFK shaking the hands of the character "Doctor Manhattan", the sailor kissing the women at the conclusion of WWII is altered to it being a women and the assassination of JFK is altered to having the character of "The Comedian"

These short 10 second or less scenes have costumes that replicate the clothing and locations of the iconic image to allow the audience to denote that this is an altered reality while being based still very similar of the real world universe.

 

Music, Sound And Dialogue:

 The soundtrack used for the scene employs a well known song by a well known music artist- "The Times They Are A Changing"- Bob Dylan. The songs lyrics speak of "the times are a changing", these lyrics foreshadow to story elements of the world changing while also implementing irony that the change is to an already existing that the characters of th film are unaware of. The music allows the audience to connote that the world is changing, this is enhanced with the images of Doctor Manhatten being able to walk on the moon and lesbien relationships being mainstream much earlier then they actually were. The sequence largely lacks sound effects other than the foley sound effects of the camera flashes, cheers,gasps and gunfire. These sound effects are used strategically in shots of the opening when something of importance has happened e.g the assassination of JFK.This allows the audience to remain interested and get the audiences attention when they may begin to lose focus. Dialogue is not heard often and is heard only to foreshadow to story elements for example when the character "Silk Spectre" screams at her husband "I WAS A HERO GODDAMIT!", because the audience has no idea how she was a hero or why they're arguing it keeps them interested and wanting to know more about the reason this argument may have started and what happened between the two characters after that scene.

Camera & Editing: The entire sequence is a large montage which allows the audience to get a large amount of information in one small sequence. The montage has lots of fades to black as transitions because it allows the audience to connote a passing of time, the passing of time tends to be linked with the timing of the fade- the longer the fade= the greater passing of time.The montage has extensive slow-motion to emphasise the scene, this gives the audience the ability to better analyse the shot and see things that would be impossible to see if played in real time. In addition to the slow motion there are also pans and zooms to emphasise things in the shot, for example on the moon the camera zooms into the visor of the astronaut to reveal Doctor Manhatten , there is also a tracking shot when the two lesbiens kiss at the end of WWII which then pans over to a photographer, this gives the shot an emersive feeling and makes that particular part of the sequence stand out as important because the audience were engaed as if they were there.

Production Log- Week One

This week I had to look at the mark scheme and peer assess two candidates previous work. This involved me looking at their production logs and blog to gain an understanding of what I must include in my work and how I can gain high marks and avoid getting low marks via analysing the other candidates work. From what I saw from the two previous candidates work I have decided that I will try my very best to give detailed examples like Candidate 2 did to show the examiner of my understanding of the tasks I have been given and to also show the examiner of my knowledge of correct terminology and what I have been asked to do and how I have done so.

I have also learnt that the overall look and organisation of a blog looks better if the blog has mainly typed up work instead of work that has been photographed and posted on the blog. I believe that typing up the work makes the blog look better and can help your co-workers and examiner better understand your work.

Assessing the other candidates work has informed me that in my production I should be vary aware of time management and should have all stages of production organised and never be behind on any work because it'll bring down the rest of my work.If I fall behind on any work the possible high potential of my work will also likely go into decline with it. In the assessing I have also found that market research plays a huge part in making a successfull piece of work and that it should not be overlooked.



In my work i'll tryt to emulate the organisation of my work and the thorough market research and planning for my opening scene. I will try to avoid having my work build up and lack description in my evaluations,tasks and research that I do and undertake. I will also avoid posting photographs of my work and instead try to type up all my work.