Update on filming

This lesson we have decided to film during media and after school next Monday.
Obviously if it is still snowing we will have to postpone.

What we're up to.

Friday 30th Jan....

Deadline for our animatic, and we have done everything but added some dialog, which would be the arguing of our protagonist's parents. However, as we can't find the portable microphone, to take outside the class room, rather than inside with the rest of the class in the background. so we are going to leave that for now, until our actual title sequence. Then we should be able to use it.

This Is England Analysis.

This Is England
(Shane Meadows, 2007)

In the opening sequence there is no actual introduction of the main characters from the film. Therefor, we have no protagonist to identify with. However, the sequence gives us the idea that the film is about events and trends in Britain, during the 1980’s. This is indicated by all of the clips in the sequence being news headlines and clips of this era. The clips include landmark events that happened during 1983, for example, you have the video clips from the Falkland Islands, and the war that was going on there. There are clips of street riots, and parades of people holding the Union Jack flags, Margaret Thatcher, aerobics and Roland Rat.

Towards the beginning of the opening sequence there are documentary like clips of a housing estate, where most of the windows are smashed and boarded up, and graffiti on the brick walls of the garages with smashes car windows. This also gives us an indication that the This Is England is about the working class and the state of England in the 8o's.

The music throughout the sequence is played by a group from the eighties called Toots and Maytals. There are some clips during the sequence of this particular group live on, what seems like Top Of The Pops.

City Of God Opening Sequence

Brainstorm

Locations:
- St. ives, under bridge, maybe dark?
- council estates in st. ives
- st. ives town centre (outside woolworths) main area
- inside house.. party?

Ideas:
- Credit crunch, to show how it effects the working class.
- house party, effects of drugs & alcohol, on teenagers
- young character gets involves in gangs/ drugs/ alcohol/ partying due to neglecting parents.

Shot ideas:
- shot of drunk character who's vision is blurred, camera is facing him/her at a mid shot, showing us what he's seeing whilst facing him.