(Evaluation) Part 8 - What I have learnt from my preliminary editing task to my opening sequence

For the PRELIMINARY TASK I was set, I filmed and edited an interview scene between two of my peers.

Overall, although I did not get to do all the planning I would have like to for the task, this made me think on my feet more and come up with fresh ideas. When it came it producing my opening sequence I did lots more planning as this had to fit into the British Social Realism genre. Through creating a DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK, researching into THEMES OF BRITISH SOCIAL REALISM and CONVENTIONS OF BRITISH SOCIAL REALISM I got lots of new ideas and useful information that I could and did use in my opening sequence.

To do this I used a Panasonic GS230 Camcorder and a tripod, to make sure the camera was steady and to connote the formal structure of the scene. The simple use of one digital technology to create my interview worked well as it made it easier for me, a first time user of this digital technology, to work out where each shot should be placed in the scene as most of my footage was filmed in chronological order. I learned from my preliminary task that using a handheld camera would make the scene more shaky and realistic. To fit into the British Social Realism genre and to give verisimilitude to my opening sequence I used a handheld camera for most scenes. For my final product I used what I had learnt to improve how the film fit into the British Social Realism genre .

 

Using a tripod to make the camera steady,
connoting the formal structure of the scene

  



Using a handheld camera to give verisimilitude to the scene

As this was my first time putting together a scene, the creativity of it was not as impressive as I would have hoped. However the scene did have different shot types, which worked well and helped me improve my camera and editing skills. In my two minute opening sequence I improved on the creativity side of production. As the preliminary task had already taught me the skills I needed to produce and edit a scene, in my opening sequence I tried hard to improve my creativity by using different new technologies, such as a mobile phone, to make the product stand out from the crowd, whist still fitting into the British Social Realism genre. To add creativity into my opening sequence I played around with the chronology of the films narrative. I did this through showing the main character of the film being arrested first, then rewinding the shots in this scene and then having the scene where the character is getting ready for the day in which she is arrested. I tried to add creativity and originality to my film by making the main character edgy, for example, having died hair and having posters stuck on all her bedrooms walls. also, I tried to do this by having a voice over in my film. From the feedback I received the voice over did make the film stand out and seem creative and original, because voice overs are not often heard in British Social Realism genres. Yet, this type of voice over worked, because it seemed as though it could be diegetic sound from a protest, which it original was.

I found post-production to be the most successful and easiest part of the task, because I already had an idea of what the interview would look like in my head. However the one part of post-production that I found hard was continuity, this was because in some shots I had placed props and in others I had not. I improved from the post-production of my preliminary task to my final opening sequence by spending more time on each different shot in a scene, making sure the mise-en-scene fit into the British Social Realism genre and taking time to research the genre to make sure my opening sequence did fit into the genre.

(Evaluation) Part 7 - What I learnt about technologies from constructing my opening sequence

Decisions about technology during pre-production, production & post-production:

pre-production:
- Before I began filming for my opening sequence, I went on a student protest march in London and filmed some practise shots using my mobile phone. This helped me gage how easy it would be to film footage in this environment. From the recci, I found out that using a mobile phone was easier to film with, under the conditions of a real protest, as it was more portable than a video camera.This was a successful use of new technology as the footage was good enough to use in the opening sequence itself and was a useful tool in teaching me how to film in similar locations when I went back into London to film more footage for my opening sequence.

Production:
- I decided to use a flip camera when filming footage of a student protest, because I felt this would make the scene feel more realistic and powerful. This is because the movements of the camera and close-up shots will allow the audience to connect with the scene and feel as though they are at the location of the scene. This was a successful use of new technology as the flip camera added verisimilitude to the scene and made it fit well into the British Social Realism genre.

Post-production:
 - As my time was limited, I decided it would be best only to use Final Cut in one scene in my TWO MINUTE OPENING SEQUENCE, as I had never used Final Cut before and having to learn how to use it would take to much time. I felt that using I-Movie would allow me to have more confidence about what I was doing, because I was already familiar with I-Movie from previous tasks,such as my CONTINUITY EXERCISE.

- By only using i-Movie when editing most scenes in my work, it helped the film seem more edgy and realistic as the scenes flowed together, which fit into the British Social Realism genre of being more interested in the storyline of the film than the editing aspects of it.

- I did however use final cut for one scene in my opening sequence, the news report scene. (below)

- Final Cut was useful to me in this scene as I needed to add non moving features to footage I filmed of a news report. I decide to use final cut to add these features, including a production logo of the news company and a clock, as I found that this software made the still features look part of the scene and make the scene more realistic as a news report.


- I decided to use music from the website FREE PLAY MUSIC to create the foley sound of a radio in the opening sequence, because this music fit best with the flow of the scenes it was played in. I used free music, that was not copyrighted, as this is what was asked of me in the brief.

- I tried to use a flip camera in post-production to create foley sound of a frying pan for a scene in my opening sequence where the mother character is cooking breakfast, however I could not get the sound completely perfect so that it seemed natural. As a result, I decide not to use foley sound of a frying pan here and instead left the foley sound of the radio in this scene, along side diegetic sound from the location, such as the sound that was original made from the actress moving the frying pan on the cooker and the singing done by the actress as she pretended to be singing along to the radio.


What I learnt:

from the process of creating my opening sequence I have learnt that:

- when I am editing my footage I should take care to make sure continuity is perfect, because it makes a big difference to the flow of scenes. For example, when filming an actor opening a door and then filming him closing it behind himself from another angle. To help make sure my continuity is perfect I have learnt that I should take advantage of the technology available to me, such as using a flip camera instead of a camcorder, as the cameras available to me have a bigger screen than the camcorders do, so they allow me to see more easily, in playback mode, whether my continuity is perfect or not.
- When editing sound I should spend more time changing a song I have downloaded to make it fit my piece of work and the British Social Realism genre better. I should take advantage of the softwares available to me on the I-Macs to do this.

- I have learnt not to question myself so much on whether I am doing something right or not, as even if I am doing something wrong, such as when editing music, in the long run it might sound better the way I have done it anyway.


This is a table of what technology I used, in what stage I used it and why I used it:

Technology used table

(Evaluation) Part 6 - How we attracted our audience

More on how we attracted our audience:

Audience feedback: Although the audience feedback I received mostly gave me improvements for the technical aspects of my product, I did also receive some feedback on how I could improve my film to make it appeal more to my target audience.
Zarna and Anmol both said that I should make the typography bigger and add more detail to it, because this would help the film fit into the British Social Realism genre. In light of this perhaps next time I will take inspiration from the British Social Realism film Full Monty when producing my titles.

Typography I used

Example of typography used in a British Social Realism film

(Evaluation) Part 5 - How my media product represents particular social groups

Part 5 Evalution


See my TREATMENT for information on how I represented particular social groups.

(Evaluation) Part 4 - Directors commentary, discussing how my product uses, challenges or develops forms and conventions of real media products

More information:

The narrative of my product is established through its dialogue, including a voice over. The voice over helps denote the narrative of the film as the voice over is about student protesting and standing up against the government to enable the working class to have an eduction. the voice over used in my product develops conventions of a real British Social Realism film as the dialogue is similar to what you would here in British social realism themes, e.g. conversations about aspiring to do better for yourself and your family. This can be seen in British Social Realism films, including Looking for Eric, where he aspires to be a better person and have a better job. His aspirations are heard in his dialogue with, dialect such as 'I will do better, I promise'.

(Evaluation) Part 3 - The impact Film4 had on each production stage of my work

Evaluation part 3

Click here for my RESEARCH INFORMATION on This is England.
Click here for my FISH TANK ANALYSIS

(Evaluation) Part 2 - The audience for my product

More information:


The target audience for my product is 16-24 year olds, from working class backgrounds. They may be interested in political matters, such as student cuts, and will be interested in how they can make a change for themselves and other people from their class and age. As my target audience is 16-24 year olds, they will properly be interested in new technologies, such as laptops and mobile phones. For this reason, I have tried to incorporate these technologies into my film. My target audience is mostly students at university or college.
Although this target audience may seem niche, the film may also able to a wider range of audiences as I have chosen to use a range of different races, cultures and ages in the film. This will allow for a greater range of audience appeal.

The research I did in a AUDIENCE, MARKETING AND INSTITUTION CASE STUDY
on This is England and information i found from EXIT POLLS on the UK FILM COUNCIL WEBSITE helped me to have a better understanding of who my audience is and how to attract my audience.

(Evaluation) Part 1 - The Brief

The brief I was given:


My brief stated that, Film 4 had commissioned me to make, I was to make a new British Social Realist film aimed at British 16-24 year olds. To give Film 4 an idea of how the film would develop, the brief stated that i was to produce the first two minutes of the film, including a clear sense of the graphical, editing and musical style the film will use. The film must conform to the CONVENTIONS OF THE BRITISH SOCIAL REALISM GENRE and meet audience expectations of the genre. The films visual and audio material must be entirely original (except stock sound effects), to keep cost low.




Title and summary of the opening sequence for my film:


Title: 'Heart Of The Left'
I choose this title for my film as I felt that it connoted the passion the main character has for standing up for what he believes in and as the film is about left wing politics and human rights I felt that it worked well.

Summary of the opening sequence:
The opening sequence of my film is split into two different sections/scenes. The first section, which includes a news report and handheld footage from student protests, is about how the protests are getting out of control. The second scene is where the audience gets introduced to the main character as we see her getting ready for a student protest. There is a more detailed description of what happens in my opening sequence in my TREATMENT. 


How my film explores themes of British Social Realism:

From the research I found when looking into THEMES OF BRITISH SOCIAL REALISM, it is clear that my film centres around the theme of British politics. This is clear as many of the shots used in my opening sequence are of close-ups of posters protesting against cuts the government have put in place and strong views against the government. For example:

 Although not specifically, it could be said that my film is similar to how the Film 4 film HUNGER explores the theme of British politics, as both films explore people's journey to try and change the government.

(Production) Project Log Week 11

(Production) 'Heart Of The Left' final two minute opening sequence

(Production) Production Log Week 10

(Production) Analysis of feedback I received for my draft opening sequence

The feedback I received from my peers, was mostly positive. When asked what they thought of my transactions between the credits and mobile phone protest footage, they said it worked well and tells the audience a lot about the storyline. Another person said that they liked how the opening sequence went straight into the story and opening credits.

I then asked my peers whether the different camera movements used, such as pans, fit into the British Social Realism genre that I was trying to convey in my film. They said yes, the camera movements are hardly noticeable. I will keeps these movements as they are as they seem to fit into the camera movements usually found in the genre.

I asked what I could maybe improve on in order to fit in with the genre of British Social Realism. In response, one person suggested that the jump cut should be taken out and an alternative shot should be used to replace it, this would fit into the genre as this type of editing is not often used. In order to make this section of the film look better and fit better into the British Social Realism genre, I took out one of the three shots used in the jump cut and replaced it with a credit.

Although I had different opinions on where my production logo should be placed I decided to keep it where it is in the draft as one person said it made it original.

In the shots of the news I was told by one person that I need to add features that are usually seen on the news, such as a clock, to make it come across more like a news report. I have taken this into account and will add subtitles, a clock and a logo in the news report to make the scene more realistic.

The last bit of feedback I received was that the transaction between the high power scenes to the slow morning scenes needed to be more distinguished so the audience knew that it is set back in time. In response to this suggestion I have increases the pace and intensity of the first half of my opening sequence, by making each shot shorter and adding more shots into it.

(Production) Feedback from my first draft opening sequence

(Production) Project Log Week 9

(Production) Heart Of The Left draft opening sequence

(Production) Production Log Week 8

(Production) Production Schedule

Production - Production Schedule.

(Production) Call Sheet no.2

Production - Call Sheets.

(Production) Midweek Production Blog Week 8

So far this week I have finished my production logo for my opening sequence. I have also reviewed everything I need to do this week including filming. I found that my lead actor cannot commit this week so therefore I have had to change the lead role to Harry Maxwell, as these actors are similar looking i don't feel it will have an impact on the feel of my opening sequence and film in general.

(Production) My films production logo

(Production) Production log Week 7

(Pre-Production) Final Treatment

Final Treatment

(Pre-Production) Final Shooting Script

Shooting Script final

(Pre-Production) Animatic storyboard feedback analysis

I asked for feedback of my animatics storyboard, asking what they thought of my storyboard and how I could improve it.


One person said that the music I used in my animatics went well with my drawings and fit nicely into the British Social Realism Genre. This is good, is a took my time to look for music that would fit, both, with my drawings and themes as well as into the British Social Realism genre. 
One person said that they thought I should add the title into the animatics to make it clear to the audience what film they are watching. If I was to redo my animatics I would take this into account, as I also think that it may make it clearer to the audience. I will take this into account when editing my opening sequence.


Overall, the feedback I received was positive and helpful to me. I will take all the feedback I received into account when creating and editing my actual opening sequence, as it will be useful for me to take into account what people found best about the opening sequence and try to make sure this scenes stay the same as I said they would.

(Pre-Production) Animatic storyboard

(Pre-Production) Call sheet

Call Sheets.

(Pre-Production) Production Schedule

As this document wasnt uploading to Scribd.com i have used google documents in order to post it on here. Click on the link to see my prooduction schedule. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y8TtDMWS8kgkxcKuIfSXgPp9qw4ClUN0A1FNp42XJQY/edit?hl=en&authkey=CI-rgY0J

(Pre-Production) Project Log Week 6

(Pre-Production) A 5 part narrative structure for my film

5 part narrative structure

(Pre-Production) Draft shooting script

Shooting script

(Pre-Production) Project Log Week 5

(Pre-Production) Treatment feedback analysis

From the feedback I received from the treatment of my film I am now more confidant with the conventions of the film. As I received no negative feedback for the film, I will try to stick closely to the treatment i created for it as, from the feedback I received, the audience seem to be intrigued the originality of the film and interested in how the film will use different forms of technology to create different effects for the audience.


Also, I received positive feedback on the unique storyline of the film, student protests. As a result of this positive feedback, I will try to strongly connote that the film is about student protest in it's opening sequence as this seems to appeal to the audience. For example, I may start the opening sequence with a mise-en-scene of a hectic protest. From the feedback I received, starting with an 'in your face' kind of scene, gets the audience interested in the rest of the film and they want to now what is happening.


The feedback I received, also, said that they liked how I was going to connote contemporary ideas in the film. As a result of this feedback, I will take into account what is going on in today's British working class and lower working class society and perhaps try to add this into my film, as I feel this will help the film fit into the British Social Realism genre nicely.


In regards to the British Social Realism genre, the feedback I received said that the film seems like it will fit into the genre, whilst still giving a new, unique and contemporary idea to the audience.


Overall, as all the feedback I received from treatment was positive, I will try to stick closely to the original ideas i had for the film. I will take into account what the feedback I was left said was most interesting and unique about the film and I will make sure to have these features in my opening sequence.

(Case study) Institution, Audience and Marketing Case Study: This is England

Institution, Audience and Marketing case study

(Pre-Production) Draft Treatment for my film

Treatment

(Pre-Production) First ideas

Here are some ideas I came up in a brainstorming activity for my film/opening sequence:




- In a closed off flat, where nobody knows his pain. Will he strive for freedom?


- Arron, a 16 year old from East London, has had it with the government and wants to help make a change. But, all actions have consequences.

(Pre-Production) Project Log: Week 4

This week I have paid close attention to the brief given to me, explaining what is needed in my opening sequence. As the brief clearly outlines that the target audience for my British Social Realism film is 16-24 I have tried to come up with themes I could use in my film that would appeal to this age group. For example, One idea I had was to use the theme of growing up and aspirations combined with a working class environment. I thought this was a good idea as this would appeal to the audience the brief wants it to.


I have learnt, this week, that British Social Realism films usually involve many different production companies, as this spread this risk of money loss. Also, production companies, usually, produce the same types of film all the time. Such as, Film 4 usually produce British Social Realism films that appeal to a niche audience - e.g. Four Lions.


From the research I have found this week, I have learnt that I need to pay close attention to the brief given to me as this will help me to understand what is being asked of me and will enable me to create an opening sequence that fits the criteria of a British Social Realism film.
Also, I have learnt that the opening credits in films are very important, especially in British Social Realism films, as they may need to mention all the different companies that help them fund their film. I will take this into account when creating my opening sequence and will make sure to give myself enough time to work on the credits I need to add to my opening sequence.

(Pre-Production) Analysing Sound in British Social Realism: Made in Britain

I decided to analysis the non-diegetic, diegetic and music in 'Made in Britain', as I found that the sound was very relevant in the time the film was set. Also, the music used helped create a big impact in the opening sequence, this will be useful to me in my opening sequence as I now understand how sound is used to help opening sequences flow and bring scenes together.


Through analysing the sound in 'Made in Britain', I now have a better understanding of what sounds I will use in my opening sequences. Such as, the ambient sounds, e.g. echos and murmuring, makes the film feel my realistic. This is useful to me as the realistic feel of the opening sequence fits perfectly into the British Social Realism genre, which I will try emulate in my opening sequence.

(Pre-Production) Project Log - Week 3

This week I learnt how narrative structure, (structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to the audience), is used in opening sequences to help set the scene for the film to come and engages the audience in the film. I found that some film's use voiceovers at the begin of films, such as True Grit, to help the audience feel certain emotions towards different characters.In True Grit a young girl tells the audience how her father was killed and how her mother is grieving, this makes the audience feel sorry for the young girl and gives a brief outline of what has happened and ideas of what is going to happen during the film.

 Also, some films, such as This is England, use montages to help set the time period for the film and place ideas in the audience heads as to what the film is going to be about. This is England uses a montage right at the beginning of it's opening sequence, where there is small clips of different things which went on in the 1980's, such as a clip of Margaret Thatcher.
I have found that using different devices in the opening sequences of films helps create different atmospheres. Such as the montage in This in England, by adding upbeat music current in the 1980's, the montage and music connoted to the audience that the film was going to look at the 1980's in an upbeat, yet perhaps cynical, way. 


(Although this is the trailer for This is England - not the opening sequence for the film - a montage is still used. I was unable to find a video clip of the opening sequence).





I think that, if my opening sequence is going to connote that the film is going to be upbeat I will try and emulate how This is England creates this, through upbeat music current to the time period of when the film is set and a montage of current topics of the time period.
However, if my opening sequence is going to connote that the film is going to, for example, look at the dark side of drug abuse, I may use music similar to the violin used in Donnie Brasco, as it helps to create a downbeat atmosphere and connotes to the audience that the film is going to dark.


Overall I would say that, through studying how films use narrative structures and devices to connote different emotions and ideas of what the film will be about, I have a greater understanding of how to use narrative structures and devices in my own opening sequence.For example, I may use a flashback to give the audience a better understand of how the characters are or what has happened already to lead on to the film. Or, perhaps, I may use a narrator to do this, as I found the use of a 1st person narrator in True Grit was very helpful in giving the audience background information on the character's life.

(Pre-Production) Analysing Conventions of British Social Realist film Kidulthood

Analysing Conventions in Kidulthood

(Pre-Production) Institutional information in opening sequence: Donnie Brasco

Through writing down all the actions, music and credits in the opening sequence I have a clearer of understanding of what goes into an opening sequence and how these things connect and flow together.

By creating this timeline (above) I have identified how the opening sequence to films usually flow. For example, I found that production and distribution companies logo's are usually seen right at the beginning of the opening sequence - above the film has begun.

I, also, found that the title for this film was shown after many of the credits. I will take this into account when creating my opening sequence, as I found that it rose anticipation for the film and is useful when watching the film in the cinema as it would give the audience time to settle in there sits and become ready to watch the film. (Suspend disbelief). As the title, 'Donnie Brasco', appears the mise-en-scene is of a close-up of a man's eyes, this connotes to the audience that the film is going to be about the character in the mise-en-scene of this shot. 


At the beginning of the opening sequence I found that no music played until 0.40 seconds, apart from when the Tristar logo was shown, this helped set the dark tone for the film to come. Also, when the non-diegetic music began to play it was very quite and created quite a spooky atmosphere.At this time, only one instrument is used, a violin, the violin was a high pitch tone. I will take into account how music is used to help create the spooky, dark atmosphere at the opening of 'Donnie Brasco', as I found it to be a quick way of creating a specific atmosphere. I will also take into account the use of only one instrument as I felt that this helped to connote that the film is perhaps going to be about or based around one character.


I was unsure of all the different roles the production time played as they appeared on the screen, such as: Executive producer Patrick McCormick and Alan Greenspan. However any role I was unsure of I researched into.


Executive produce = The executive produce handles business and legal issues and are not involves in any technical aspects of the film making.


Director of photography = The director of photography is the chief of the camera and lighting crew of the film. The DoP makes decisions on lighting and framing of scenes in conjunction with the film's director.


Costume designer = The costume designer is responsible for all the clothing and costumes worn by all the actors that appear on screen. They are also responsible for designing, planning, and organizing the construction of the garments down to the fabric, colors, and sizes. The costume designer works closely with the director to understand and interpret "character", and counsels with the production designer to achieve an overall tone of the film.


By creating an opening sequence timeline for 'Donnie Brasco' I now have a better understanding of what is needed in an opening sequence and how actions, music and credits are used to create different atmospheres to set the tone for the film to come.

(Pre-Production) Project log - Week 2

Learning about conventions of British Social Realist films, this week, has given me ideas on how to create an original, stand out, opening sequence, whilst remaining in guidelines of the British social realist genre.


I have, also, learnt that opening sequences usually introduce more than one theme at a time. By looking at the opening sequence of Kidulthood it helped me to get an understanding of how this is done. Through the use of accents,(East London), clothing (Hoods), and camera angles, (High/low angles, to connote power) it was easy to understand the themes the film was going to discuss. For example, the theme of gender roles and relationship was seen right from the beginning when the audience see stereotypical East London rude boys. Through looking at how British Social Realist films, such as Kidulthood, introduce their themes and conventions to the audience, I now have a better understanding of how i can use these themes and conventions in my own style.

Overall this week i would say, through analysing how British Social Realist films use conventions and themes in their opening sequence to give the audience ideas of what the film is going to be like, i now have ideas of how to do this whilst making sure my work is original and current.

(Pre-Production) Conventions of an Opening Sequence

Conventions of an Opening Sequence

(Pre-Production) Conventions of the British Social Realism genre

Conventions of British Social Realism

(Pre-Production) Project log - Week 1

By looking at the mark scheme, I now have a clearer understanding of what is required of me. I can now evaluate my own work and decide whether i need to add more detail or put information in a better order and design.

 Creating a social realism timeline has helped me pin point and understand conventions of social realist films.
I found that working out what Social Realist Conventions were in each film was not to hard. However, i found it difficult to find reasons why the films would appeal to a niche, not mainstream, audience.


Discussing the themes used in British Social Realist films has helped me develop my understanding of the British Social Realism definition and how these themes are incorporated into films. I found that some themes, such as growing up and aspiration, are often used in Social Realist films as they make a big impact on the audience. I will take this into account when creating my opening sequence, as I have a limited amount of time and want to create the biggest impact possible, to raise audience anticipation. I found the trailer the for Billy Elliot to be very useful as it was pact with a variety of themes that occur in the film and gives impressions of what the film is going to be like. For example, the mise-en-scene connotes a working class environment, which gives the impressions of hardship. In my work i may try and emulate the way themes are brought forward through the mise-en-scene and characters and accent and dialect.







Evaluating previous media AS students work has helped improve my understanding of what my work requirements are. Using an evaluation sheet, I have tried to analysis the strengths and weaknesses of two candidates work. By comparing the two candidates work I now have a better understand of the grade boundaries and at what standard my work needs to be at to reach these levels.
In my work I will now try to be as detailed as candidate two and take care on the presentation of my work.

(Pre-Production) Written analysis of 4 opening sequences

Bullet Boy

 

Directed by Saul Dibb, Bullet Boy is set in one of London's most violent neighbourhoods. It tells the story of two brothers growing up in today's society and reflects modern reality within Britain's inner cities.

Bullet boy was released in 2005.
It explores themes such as: family life, violence, crime, relationships, growing up, aspirations and race.

The director, Dibb, interviewed local teenagers before shooting the film to get a better understanding of life in similar areas as the film.

Made in Britain

Directed by Alan Clarke, the film is based around a short period in the life of a 16 year old skin head named Trevor. The film follows his confrontation's with the law and his resistance to conform to the norms of society.
The film explores themes such as: Crime, violence, growing up and aspirations.
Made in Britain was released in 1982.


















My Beautiful Laundrette














Directed by Stephen Frears, this British comedy-drama follows the complex relationships between members of the White and Asian communities during the time of Thatcher's reign.


My beautiful laundrette was released in 1985, with it's themes tackling a variety of issues that were current in the 1980's, such as homosexuality, social class, British politics and racism.














Kidulthood











Directed by Menhaj Huda, this film is about several teenagers living in inner west London.
The film explores realistic and relatable themes of teenagers in London.
These include: growing up, aspirations, social class, violence and relationships.
Kidulthood, a British drama, was released in 2006.

(Pre-Production) Social Realism timeline

Social Realism Timeline

(Pre-Production) Themes of British Social Realism

Themes of British Social Realism

(Pre-Production) Evaluation of past students work

evaluation of past students work

Below are the website addresses of the blogs I evaluated:

 

Student 1’s blog is: http://amanveermediacw.blogspot.com/

Student 2’s blog: http://jbchandler1.blogspot.com/