Post Production: Production Log/Reflective Analyis - Week Seven

WEEK SEVEN - PRODUCTION LOG

This log includes the difficulties I faced during the production/post production this week and the decisions I made.

Pre-production: Daily Call Sheet

 

This was just useful for when I was filming because I could note down what props I would need and the cast I need present for my production.

Pre-Production: Narrative Structure Diagram

My narrative diagram helps to explain what happens in the storyline. I used Robert McKee's theory to break it down into several parts. This consists of the protagonist and antagonist where I described a brief desciption about them; the conflict (in other words when a change happens from stability to problems); and then after I elaborated on how the issue creates a wider problem. Lastly, I came up with a climax whereby the film reaches a massive final change and finishes with a coda.

Pre-production: Seeking permission to use a soundtrack

For my opening sequence, I needed a dubstep soundtrack, therefore, I asked my friend who specialises in music to use one of her instrumentals and she agreed. Therefore, I have a soundtrack ready for when I need to edit.

My friend set her instrumentals to download in order for me to use them and I will rightfully credit her in the production.

Pre-production: Production Log/Reflective Analysis - Week Six

Production Log: Week Six

Pre-Production: Titles

TITLES

For my opening sequence, I will include, 13 titles which will help to keep my sequence in the conform to a British social realism opening sequence. I gained some ideas from my previous research, when I looked at the titles used in "This Is England" which helped me to know what type of titles are typical in for my sequence. In addition to this, the titles will be superimposed in order to match what happens in each scene. It can also help to set up enigma because the short pauses create suspence and mystery.

The production company are the individuals/organisation who fund for the film. This has been included at the start because they deserve a major credit.

The director is the individual who directs what happens in each scene. They are very important for the film because it prominently affects the production. Therefore, credit has been given near the start.

The production name is essential because it represents the whole film as a whole. Therefore, I have placed it near the start.

The next two titles are the main actors/actresses because it has a slight significance for the film. As well as that it is way of fulfilling film four (the production company) by "introducing new" talented filmstars.

The casting supervisor is and the production designer is responsible for how each scene is presented to the audience. This is not too important, therefore, it will go somewhere in the middle.

The music producer is responsible for how the soundtrack sounds in the opening sequence. Her name is Shade Joseph. Therefore, she should be creditted because she managed the sound manager by peoducing this herself .

The producer is responsible for the whole production of the film and making sure it gets distirbuted. This will come near the end because they are quite important in films.

Pre-production: Shooting Script

Here is my shooting script. It's quite easy to use as a guideline for filming our clip seen as it tells me the duration and what shot types to use. Therefore, I will use this as a tool to help me get my film clips done in a efficient way. On the other hand, I may not stick to every type of shot specified because if I feel a different shot is better, I'll use that instead to make my opening sequence more interesting for my audience.

Pre-production: Production Schedule

This week I produced  a production schedule, which acts as a guideline for when we need to meet deadlines for the filming of our clips. Therefore, I have listed the date and time; the shots we are going to film, the people required (as well as what they are expected to wear). This is extremely helpful because it keeps me organised with my production. I believe that if we stick to this, we should be finished by Saturday, with the recording of film clips, however, I realise that we may need to re-record clips if I feel that they need to be re-shot.

Pre-production: The Problems so far I have faced this week...

• The setting/where exactly we are going to film it.
• Making sure the characters in my film are avaliable in the weekend.
• Originally, in the treatment I stated that a piano will be played in the background (by me) however, I now think it would be more suitable and time-efficient to use a readily composed music score. Therefore, I will need to decide how I am going to go about this in my opening sequence.
• The title of the film is something which we are planning/thinking of changing because it has a unrealistic

Pre-production - Cast & Crew for my opening sequence

Mary (Protagonist) - Played by Priya
The reason why I asked Priya to play this role is because she is enthusiastic to do some acting and she is able to co-operate with the times we give her to record our film. She also best fits the description of an "ordinary teenage girl" which I want to signify in our opening sequence.

Mary's friend (Mollie) - Played by Rian
The reason why I asked Rian to play the friend was because she was enthusiastic to be a part of my production and asked me to play a role in the film. She also perfectly meets the description of being an "everyday teenager" and will help to make my British Social Realism  film realistic.

Director & Producer - Marcus (Me) & Davinder
The reason why I decided to be the director and producer is because I'm very good at being in charge of what happens in each scenes and making sure that they are shot appropiately. I am also quite creative, therefore, I may see better ways of shooting the scenes which can help to build up the scenes.

Pre-production: Production Log/Reflective Analysis - Week Five

This week I faced a few key issues for my pre-production. These were time-management issues, organisational problems and problems with coming up with fresh ideas for our narrative and opening sequence. The reason that the time management was an issue because my partner and I faced technical issues with uploading our video clips to the computer.  As a result, I had to get him to send me all the files, so I could edit it at home on software called “Camtasia Studios”.  Despite this though, I managed to create the voxpop in time and gain some ideas for our opening sequence. However, some of these themes the interviewees described such as underage alcohol drinking seemed slightly cliché as a film idea; therefore, we came up with a fresh idea of cyberbullying as this is a new growing problem in society. In addition to this, we combined other themes such as peer pressure because young people are often influenced to do something that they wish not to do and this would help to make it more representative of everyday British teenagers.

On the other hand, we faced another issue which was the fact that we need to create an institutional logo which can build up the raw representations of our film. However, one way I tackled this was by telling my partner to find some good styles of typography from the internet which we can use to connote the gritty nature of our film. We also started to focus on how we are going to get music, however, I suggested that I play my piano as a soundtrack to create suspense and enigma. This will also make it interesting for my target audience to watch.

Lastly, our main concern before anything else right now is making sure we stay organised and good with our time. Before we start anything, we need to finish the shooting script as this will help us to know what to put in the sequence. We should also now be focusing on the titles we are going to implement into our sequence. 

Overall, I have learnt this week that I need to make sure that the opening sequence is appealing, fresh and seems innovative. It also needs to reflect in some ways what my research indicates that is appropriate for my sequence.

Pre-production: Treatment