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.