Production Log Week 1

This week we began preparation for our new piece of coursework which is to make a 2 minute introduction to a British social realism film, this week was used to give us an understanding of what the BSR genre of film is and what the particular conventions of one are. We briefly talked about example of some BSR films like This is England and Fish Tank and what the general plot for these films are.

This week we also looked at past students work and was asked to grade it using the mark scheme given to us, this helped us to get an understanding of what our final product should look like and also what the exam board are looking for in the film to give top marks. From looking at past students work it showed me that editing is very important in this and especially sound editing as students lost marks for the music being too loud and making it hard to hear what characters were saying.

We were shown 7 intros and had to write down what we felt the strengths and weaknesses of the peice were and then asked to give a final grade out of 60.

To help us grade the pieces we were given a mark scheme, particular things which the mark scheme mention to loom out for when grading are to see whether the material is appropriate for the target audience, if it has used titles appropriately, does it sound use sound images and editing appropriately, camera language and is there a clear story established with the help of editing.

This week we also looked at Mise-en-scene which includes; production design, lighting, actors, colour design and era and way to remember this is P.L.A.C.E. 

Product design: This is the props, setting and costumes in a film. In most BSR films the filming in done on location and is normally set where it's filmed the costumes people wear are normal clothes that the actors might wear everyday.

Lighting: There are 3 types of lighting which is artificial natural and ambient in most BSR films natural lighting is used to establish the realism of the film.

Actors:  This form of mise-en-scene focuses on what kind of person was cast and why

Colour Design: Focuses on the hue the film is on most BSR films normally have a blue tint

Era: When was it set and how is it conveyed in the film what can we see that tells us it's from this era.