The Genre that is sequence is working within is British Social Realist Drama. There are key aspects of our film that determine that it is working within that genre. British Social Realist films usually are set in urban/ industrial environments, at character and narrative play within a working class background. Also BSR films often tackle the class issue. This reflects our film very much as it is set in a council estate. The characters in our film fit the criteria further more. Characters in BSR films, similar to ours, are mostly very everyday character, they often have very strong ascents to reflect their region or poorer back ground. Overall of film is hoping to reflect a very day too day struggle for five characters, and how their surrounding influenced that struggle, and portraying their way of life in a very gritty and raw way. Films such as ‘This is England’, ‘A room for Romeo Brass’, ‘Made in Britain’ and ‘Transporting’ are all influential have many parts to them that can be related to or film or part we can be inspired by.
My role within the group is Art Director, my role is the look if the film, besides the camera shots and angles. I look and the various ideas for costume design, mise en scene, and also props. Within my role I aim to create a sequence that has a visible and defined style to it, in the costumes and mise en sene. Portraying a gritty and raw looking film. However carefully to not make it look as though we are a bunch of lads making a film about steeling stuff, and beating each other up. And in fact make a very stylistic film. This can be over came on my part by attention to detail in cloths the characters wear, props and the mise en sene. Films I particular am influenced by, in terms of the look we are going for are ‘This is England’. It has rough and realistic feel to it that I would like to incorporate into our film. Scene filmed inside resemble that poor back ground of characters. Their homes are often filled with stuff, and its often quite dated showing they can’t maybe afford the top of the range its it handed down. And also there often messy, and are usually dull coloured with low lighting. This sort of set and location design could be good for our film, giving a dull and mercy feel.
Over all I hope to change the mood of the film, and give it a realist feel, and also hopefully make it easier for our film to fit into the British Social Realist genre, and making the whole thing look more professional.
Like the gritty nature of this picture, with the rusty, run down looking back group. Also like the mood of the shot from the characters body language and the way there placed. Very similar to the overall look to our film, however set in present day.
The overall look to this is England is very similar to what we are trying to create, run down, dull looking surroundings. Filmed on a council estate. However colourful characters, costumes and language. Are choice of characters would also, similar to 'This is England' be complex. Even though show, no sign of remorse when beating someone up, or stealing a DVD player. They have high morals when it comes to being polite to there mates mum.
Like the gritty feel to this shot from 'London to Brighton', and the subtle lighting, so it actually looks like a grimy public toilet.
Really like the green tint to this shot make the whole feel to it colder, and more intense.
For our coursework sequence, we will be working within the genre of social realist drama. We will be filming the opening sequence of this film, where the audience get introduced to five different characters, giving the audience an introduction to the characters and the narrative of film. This is sticking to the conventions of this genre, with films such as Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000) and Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992). In Snatch there are a number of characters and the audience gets introduced to them with a visual explanation, the narrator telling the audience about them and their name coming up on screen. In Reservoir Dogs there is a specific shot where all of the characters are walking down a road and one by one the camera focuses on their face, with the actors name coming up underneath. Our narrative will be about a group of boys that are quite hard and violent, thinking they are something amazing and to be scared of when really they're not, also fitting in with the convention of small-time criminals in other social realist dramas. The audience will see a short video clip of each of these different characters, explaining visually to the audience what the character is like, with also a voice-over, explaining the characters in more depth. The role I am taking in our group is editor. With this role I am hoping to stick to the conventions of social realist drama and to make sure the sequence is effective and of high standard to be this genre. I will be making sure that the best shots are used out of our footage and that these shots are placed in the best way to achieve the best sequence we could make from that genre. I will be getting influenced by mainly watching films in this genre, by watching carefully to see how these films are edited and to see if there is any sort of technique that a lot of editors use in this genre. With our sequence I will edit it in the best way to begin telling our story, that will make the audience understand completely what the characters are like and the narrative, so they will comprehend and enjoy our film.
Haverhill: This is our most likely choice of location as it has lots of easily accessible areas that would be useful for our scene, for example: . Council estates . Rural Areas (Fields, farms etc) . Most accessible
This is a disused railway station in Haverhill, this would be brilliant for our scene as it emphasizes that the characters live in a poor surrounding.
