R-05 FILM EXTRACT: January 2009

Thursday 22 January 2009

Filming

We have decided to film our part of the film of a fake drugs operation where the drug dealer must kill his buyer who owes his family money, and this is the only way to join his family trait.

this will all happen in the cineworld complex mainly the car park in our lesson on Friday

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Tuesday 20 January 2009

Prop list

for our film sequence the prop list will include:

- a knife
- fake blood
- fake drugs (maybe)

these props will be all we need for our sequence as our sequence consists of a bit of dialogue and the drugs are for the fake deal and the knife is for the murder scene.

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James - Editor

Hey, I’m James and I’m going to be doing the editing for our group. Once we had come up with our idea i went home and watched ‘Kidulthood’, a film we had talked about as inspiration for our project. I thought it would be a good idea to go back and watch this film again to see if there were any editing techniques i thought were particularly interesting. The film in itself was interesting but some of the editing techniques used added to the effectiveness of the film.

There are two bits of this clip i particularly like. The first is in the playground when it is already introducing you to the characters. It switches between the three different groups but i found particularly interesting about it was the way it speeds up when we aren’t focusing on a character, and then it slows down when we are focusing on a character that we need to know about. I thought that was great as it showed the chaotic style of the playground and what the school was like.
The next bit i found interesting was the scene where the group of girls are beating up another girl in the classroom. I thought the way they repeated the shot of the actual hit was very effective as it gives a sort of double take effect. Where you’ve seen something really quickly and weren’t sure what you’d seen so you go back to look again. I thought that was very effective. Another bit i found very effective was when the girl gets hit the clip is sped up, or maybe cut i can’t quite tell, between the actual hit and the girl hitting the wall. I thought this emphasised the power of the hit and what effect it had on the girl and thought it was particularly interesting.

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Friday 16 January 2009

Costume Possibilities

Costumes

as we will have only two characters one character is a drug dealer 'rudeboy' so he will have clothing mainly British urban style

- hoody
- flat peak
- jeans
- trainers

the other character is a normal student looking to buy drugs so he will have clothes such as college topman clothing like an average student and average clothes;

- classic jumper
- converse
- scarf
- long beanie

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Conventions

Conventions of a British Crime

British crime films normally include similar conventions which we will have to relate to these include

- working class
- edge of society
- crime
- unemployed
- troubled
- drugs
- personal relationships
- real life situations
- reality
- rarely stylized and exaggerated

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Location

Location ideas

our ideas for our location would need a lit place but at night to get the dark feel to bring the mood out our ideas go from

- Lit car park
- Train station
- Bus station

As a group decision we have decided to use a lit car park to go with the story and its in a secluded location to get a dark situation which will help emphasize the effect of our story.

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Tuesday 13 January 2009

Sequence from film

The sequence we have decided to make from our film is where the boy who wants to become part of the gang has to beat up the person who has ripped the leader of the gang off. We have decided to film the sequence in a car park in the evening so it is dark outside and we will have the light from the car park lights.

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Friday 9 January 2009

Idea for film

The genre we want to focus on is British crime; influences include Get Carter, Kidulthood, Adulthood and Pulp Fiction. Get Carter, Kidulthood and Adulthood are all examples of British crime films. Kidulthood and Aldulthood are very recent films focusing on youth culture in London. We have also taken influence from Pulp Fiction as we like the use of editing and some of the shots used in parts of the film.

Plot Outline

Plot outline: A young teenage drop out is interested in joining a gang. To become part of this gang he must first prove to them that he is loyal. As a test of his loyalty the leader of the gang sends him to beat up a man who has ripped him off earlier in the film.

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