FILM 4

Looking for eric

Film four show their ideology through the representation of the characters in many ways. One of them is that the characers are from England it-self . From manchester and this is easily recognisable via the accent which is the regional identity for manchester people. This foreshadows film 4 ethic of homegrown actors. As a lot of people would not have known the main character in the film. However giving him a chance to shine. Also the younger kids are inolved in a big part of the film , this is also giving the youth a part in the media which film 4 have empathised on in recent years.  The representation of places by film 4 is fantastically done in this film. It shows the run down area of manchester. The sort of un-varnished background is used to create the effect of poverty in this film , and many other films in which film 4 have co produced or produced. Because they mainly act to show a morale or a view in films and they do it effectively by presenting england as 'gritty' and almost as if it is a tough place to live. Which links to the storyline of this film as the main character himself is having such a tough time in his life , because he is mentally un-stable and fantasises of a footballer during times of the day. For an audience to intepret that , they will indeed think he is mental or maybe even mislead to thinking he is  homosexual etc.



                                                                     Four lions

To start off with ; Four lions is a comedy on a group of  Young muslim men who aspire to be Jihadi's. However they got the wrong concept of Jihad itself , which is only a muslim gesture , but in their case they believe taking part in a terrorist act is the best way to do their Jihad. Firstly one way that film 4 have represented their ideology is through the characters. Kavan Novak ( Face jacker) and Riz Ahmed were up and coming actors during the production of this film. Film 4 took the opportunity to make this film recieve a lot of audience by advertising stupidity basically. However this has now become the actors stepping stone in a way , because film 4 again are a widely supported group and many people watched four lions and now recognise the 4 actors (otherwise known as the four lions ) as good and funny actors. Therefore film 4 are playing the role of producing great films aswell as producing new british talent very effectively aswell as cost effectively.

The representation  of places via four lions , is that most of the film is shot in Sheffield and around the birmingham area of England. Therefore they do have accents , also another representation is that they are obviousely asian and muslim . This gives four lion the chance to show that they are a film production company who show all different types of culture and brings awareness towards it.

                                                            Submarine

                                                                          

                      The film is set in Wales and this is shown through the country side locations and the strong welsh accent. This is slightly different from the other 2 films. This appeals to a larger audience with in the United kingdom. This just shows that film four have looked at the big picture and are covering all tyes of aspect in a normal english , british , welsh or even scottish life as they can relate . First of all there are a few british cultural references , for example the mentioning of "french crooners". A british band. Also there are a lot of again un-varnished run down and derelict  area's in this giving wales and the UK that gritty and tough look. However in this film it was seen as more playful and romantic the scenery of the gritty areas. 

                    

                                                               Inbetweeners The Movie

This film is first of all set in England. It is the based on the tv series 'Inbetweeners'. The boys have a strong cockney accent , again this is not like the other film 4 films. Due to the fact when people go to cinema's to view a film 4 film  they do not recieve much experience , if anything it will make their lives more gloomier. However this is one of the funniest british films of the decade . However it does potray the british social realism in a way which is the ethos of film 4 , because the 4 boys go on a holiday to Malia. The country is kmown for booze drinking , sex and partying madness. it is extremely highly likely for boys when they finish their a-levels to go on a holiday such as malia. The main 4 characters are all white , showing that is almost sort of a white boy ritual to go to malia. This can relate to a lot of boys around the UK . The british cultural references are all embedded in the boys language , also the whole fact they are making the trip foreshadows the britihs cultural reference anyway.

                                                                Attack of the block

This film is set in south london . again film 4 are presenting the social realism. With children stealing people's phones and being violent with their gangs. Also the use of a gun is foreshadowing the fact that a lot of estate's are run down and un-varnished towards the public in the film. Aswell as in real life . There are a lot of british cultural references , such as fried chicken and the slang language the youthful children are using. Overall this doesnt represent the film 4 ethos as much as the other films do as people do criticise saying it is not a 'serious' film.

                                                            

                             

Edit workshop evaluation

CRITERIA : * Rule of thirds During my edit workshop experience I was ordered to work under a specific scenario. This scenario being for a character or more to walk down a corridor and then open a door to a room in which another character will be in. They both were asked to make a conversaton. Unfortunately the work was not as easy as this , I had to apply to a certain media language criteria in order to make the work look more better. Therefore this is my first criteria example i will be showing (rule of thirds);

In order for the rule of thirds to work in my piece i had to ensure that the eyes on the camera had to be a third into the screen. This action had to be consistent therefore any other chacacter that acted in my scene had their eyes fixed on to the one third spot of the screen. I had made this act consistent in order for the clip to appeal more towards the audience. * Shot reverse shot Another shot i directed in order for my clip to look better was a criteria which consists of potraying a shot from one persons view then immideately shooting another shot from the other persons point of view. The picture below potrays my version of the shot reverse shot embedded into my edit workshop clip ;

* Match on action Finally my last example of another shot i used in my clip was when i filmed the door getting open from one side and potraying from the other side aswell. Luckily actions speak louder than words therefore here is how i demonstrated Match on action ;

During filming i faced a few challenges such as applying the rule of the thirds onto every character , it was a very long process however in the end it did turn out more successful then i had predicted. If i was to film again i would have adjusted the time spent on the film , due to the fact that it may have come across as boring or too long. Also i may have changed the main actor in order to gain more seriousness about the clip. Whilst editing my clip i felt that gathering the most relevant scenes out of all of my clips to fit with my storyboard was the most difficult and time consuming process of post-production. After saying this i would have changed some of the clips i had chosen and would have used more discrete clips of the boss . Aswell as this i would have made the time-frame of the clips more shorter and changed the music to fit the genre of the clip better. In my view the overall strengths of my work was the idea itself , because i believe that in order to show most of my criteria this would be the most interesting and entertaining way to show the criteria. This infact was a unique idea which i have not come across in an edit workshop clip therefore it gave me the extra urge to push for this idea. One visual picture of me strength of the work would be the rule of the thirds , although i had not coped well eventually i had got the hang of filming in order to match this rule .

The weakness in my clip which is very easy to spot would be the digital techonolgy aspect of the edit workshop clip. By this i mean the sound effects , transitions and digital techonology. Aswell as the comments made by the actors , i could have made it commanding from the boss and less assertive from the main person. As you can see by the picture(below), the actor did not act serious enough in his role. His role was discovered by myself using the storyboard and the whole theme is interrogation and the body language of the main character does not look as if he is in hostage or is getting interogated.

The overall improvements i would have made to my work would be the digital technology as potrayed in a picture (above) , also i would include the post production in this by using more suitable music such as a melody i had found on youtube ;

 

Aswell as this i would have changed this particular shot , which is potraying match on action ;

 



In order to make this better i would have zoomed in more to show at what point the door was and then it would look more realistic and more appealing towards the audience.

 

Finally i would change the shot reverse shot used ;

 

This is because this does not give the feel of any interogation therefore to make it even more intimidating i would have used a facial feature of the other character instead of only the chair. I figured that using an eye instead of a chair is better for this genre ;

The final piece of my edited shot reverse shot will therefore look like this :

 

 

 



Continuity Editing Exercise

* What scenario were you asked to work to?

The scenario for this is to walk down the corridor , open the door and there will be another person in the room. Most of the action will be on both the characters in the room.

*What were the key media language skills you were trying to demonstrate?

Whilst the two people were talking we was in need of an effective way of presenting them , therefore we proceeded with the ; Shot Reverse Shot. This shot consists of action being potrayed from one point of view then to the other point of view.

Another shot we used in our work was the over-the shoulder shot. This shot is where only one point of view from the action is shown. Therefore it will be over the shoulder of the person who in-front  of another character.

180 degree rules , match on action , rule of thirds.

180 degrees rule defines when the camera  action can only be on one side of the 360 degree. So meaning it can only be shot on a 180 degrees circumference.

Match on action is where you shoot all the action through out the way. For example if you kick a door then you will see the other side being kicked aswell. 

 
The Rule of Thirds.
 Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect , usually eyes .  Using the Rule of Thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the eye pictures.
   

 

 

*Who Did I work with to plan and film?

During Planning I orginally worked with Ella Linay and then as the project progressed we had a new addition to the group . However only during filming was Girtaj's input significant.  Also a co-worker as an actor featured called Aleemos Kumar otherwise known as 'Gucci'.

* How successful was this grouping?

The grouping was immensely successful due to the fact that me and Gurtej have a very good understanding on and off the screen. Also Ella and me have a very good relationship therefore working together was very easy.

* How did you use your creativity to develop the scenario ?

We used a large amount of creativity in our piece , for example. I used many ideas such as me running instead of walking , me walking into the room with two body guards instead of myself and finally whilst i was getting thrusted onto the chair i could have simply sat down.

How useful was your storyboard? What did you change and what did you stick to?

Our storyboard was the main route to our success for this production. This is because we did not change anything from our storyboard theirfore all the actions and words were extremely useful as i directly extracted them into the production.
 

Here are pictures of my storyboard;

Finished continuity editing