2nd Draft

This is our 2nd draft which is alot differento our 1st 1 but i better. For our final peice we hope to have a voice over on the final clips of the boyfried reading the letter out also we shall replace the clip of the feather falling with a clip of the girlfriend holding a picture of the boyfriend in rememberance which i hope will create more feeling.

Analysis

Firstly i will comment on the title sequence i was'nt quite sure about the previous title sequence and where it was placed, i didnt really think it gave the feel that it was a opening to a film and it seemed more like a trailor. I qalso changed the font and colour because i felt that the last was was to "cheesy" and amatuer i fell that the knew one gives more a proffesional look. This was inspired by the short film "wednesday" which is on my blog.

The first shot i have used is of a black bird flying off a aerial i think this shot really contrasts well with the colour of the title sequence and gives the feel of natural beauty which can relate to love, i also used slow motion on this clip so the beauty of it is shown more.

The next shot is of a sunset which also relates to beauty. But both of these things could connote that something of great beauty will go away or fly away, e.g the sunset looks amazing but its when it is gone there is nothing but darkness this will realate to the boyfriend because the girlfriend see him as beauty but once he has died theres nothing left for her. Also once the black bird has flown away there is no beauty left but only the television aerial.

The next shot is off the girlfriend walking towards the house and the title sequence appears on the lawn. The colour of the text is blue but the lawn is green which comes from the saying"blue and green should never be seen" this could connote that something will happen that will be bad and rather not be seen. Also the girlfriend is wearing pink but over that is the colour black which could connote that something bad will happen because black is the colour of death but the pink underneath could represent that there was happyness before.

The next shot i will comment on is the close up of her putting the key in the door. This shot creates tension and makes the audience want to know whats inside.

Then there is a point of view of the girlfriend looking down at the boyfriend i have used slow motion and muted the sound to create more feel this was inspired by a scen out of "this is england" where milky dies.

Then once again there is a shot of birds but this time there is two bird on top of a aerial and they both fly off this shot is to show that the characters where once close like the birds but then one bird leaves and the other follows and now nothing is left. This connotes that the boyfriend has died and left the girlfriend so the girlfriend has nothing now.
Then there is a shot of a feather gliding in the air this connotes that anything could happen now it unpredictable because the wind will just take the feather just like the girlfriend because now her boyfriend has died she doesnt know where to go so anything can happen.
It then becomes the next scene and it tells the audience its a week before and there is a close up of the letter getting put throught the door then a close up shot of the letter on the floor this shot is to show the audience where the letter has came from.
Then boyfriend comes to pick up the letter and there then is a a low angle of the boyfriend to show his expression on his face which is confusion.
Then the boyfriend opens the letter, this is where we shall have a voice over in the final peice of him reading the letter out in his head.

Analysis of Draft

Firstly we did not have enough time to film the second scene of the draft which is the main part of the product. But when we put the first scene and title sequence together we relised that the draft was nearly 2 minutes so we are nearly exceeding the time. So we need to shorten down the editing. We also found that filming at night with no natural light in the living room was not a good idea so we are re filming the whole scene agin with natural light shining through the window. We also noticed we are not using as many different shots as we a able to do so we have decided to adjust the 1st scene so we can use more shots in it. When we re film we will also dress the characters in more appropiat clothing to represent their character so the audience know straight away from stereotyping what kind of person the charcter will be.
We shall re film next sunday and hopefull yget all the filming we need.

Provide an analysis of the film 'This is England' explaining how the production practise appeals to the target market

The main genre of the film, This is England is realism because it is budgeted by a independent film company. The budget would have been fairly small and would determine the range of cameras, actors and props. Shane meadows thought around this problem and tried to find cheaper methods of making a film and still relating to the genre realism. He made it cheaper by just cutting down on the things which were not really vital on having e.g. top of the range camera, using natural lighting and getting not very well known but cheap actors, but in some ways by having cheap material it made the film more realistic e.g. by using natural lighting it actually gives the audience the feel that they are actually there and by using unknown actors the audience may feel the characters are more realistic rather than if there was a well known actor in the film the audience would spot them from different films and get the feel that its only good acting.
As soon as the film starts there are many famous clips from the 80’s era so the audience immediately know what time the film is set in and what is going on in government and media at the time. This will also relate back to appealing to the target audience because it will appeal to those who were living at the time and people it were effecting at the time. The clips shown were clips which have previously been used so it cost Shane Meadows nothing to put the clips in the film which kept down the budget but still gave that realism effect.
I also noticed that most of the camera work throughout the film was handheld this would obviously be cheaper but also still give a realism effect of that the audience are actually there for example when a character is walking or running the camera is wobbling almost like you are actually running or walking with them. Shane meadows also used quad bikes to film along side fast movement instead of a glider although this is a lot cheaper it is not as smooth.
The film is mainly based on sub cultures and racism in the 80’s the main sub culture the film shows is the skin head culture which were around in the 80’s. The skin head culture was originated among working class youths in the United Kingdom, they often dressed in steel-toe boots, straight-leg jeans or Sta-Prest trousers, button-down shirts, and braces. They felt strongly on black nationalism and had strong beliefs in Britain being fully British. The sub cultures in the film will also open the range of audiences to the film because if a person was once part of that culture before then they will be interested in it. It also may appeal to a newer generation who wants to find out what sub cultures were like in the 1980’ compared to present time. Shane Meadows knew he couldn’t of paid out thousand of pounds to create the perfect set he wanted in his film so him and everyone who was involved in the film went searching for a place to film where it would create the most realism as possible for the time range of the 1980’s. The crew managed to find many untouched and un modernised parts of the country which where prime for filming in, the village they found was in Nottinghamshire which was a untouched village with 80’s housing and shops all around the area. This will also attract more audience who are from Nottinghamshire. Now that he had found the village he had to fill the village in old car which would have been around at the time and also inside the houses had to be appropriate. He managed to achieve this old 80’s look by using something modern EBay. There where many 80’s cheap merchandise he could buy on there which the budget allowed him to buy.

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How does the editing in the castaway trailer construct the meaning about the relationship between the characters?

Firstly we can see straight away that the director has used eye-line match on the gift that he has received from his wife, this shot is used to show the importance of this gift and how important it is to him. The shot last 3 seconds which is quite a long time for a eye-line match bringing it back to the importance of the gift. Also we can see that when he opens the compass there is a picture of his wife and the light shines right on to her face which connotes that she is his light and guides him as well as the compass. The compass is also a enigma code and could connote that something may happen later in the film and he may need the compass.
The next edit i will comment on is when he walks off to get on the plane and then suddenly there is a cutaway shot of the lightning and rain in the dark. This cutaway shot connotes that something bad may happen because darkness represents the bad.
Then shot quickly then changes to him on a plane with a eye mask on. This shot could connote that something bad may happen because no he has his eye mask on he has no-one to guide him and he is lost because his wife is not there.
The pilot then explains that the ride will get bumpy and the editing becomes almost a montage editing we can see this because the edits become fast and the camera shots are handheld and shaky to show disturbance.

Draft Film

This is our draft of our film it is very rough at the minute and the final peice will be re filmed with more lighting. Also we did not get to film the 2nd scene of the draft due to time but me and josh will arrange to film in a weekend.

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