Monday, 11 March 2013
Monday, 4 March 2013
McKee's 'classic Narrative Structure'
Exposition - Protagonists
The film begins with Becca's friend, (Jade) walking into the kitchen of the council estate as Jade's boyfriend, (Dan) is awaiting there for her arrival. It sort of signifies the upbringing of a event which is going to occur. As this is happening, Becca is not seen yet but is sitting in her room within the flat.
Becca Wots- A female teenage 18 years old, who finds it hard to cope with all the problems that she goes through during her unvarnished British life. She occasionally skips school and sits alone somewhere away from her home to escape from everything in her life whilst smoking, taking drugs, and taking alcohol to help comfort her.
As Jade walks into the kitchen, Dan begins to create an argument due to the fact that Jade had left the house without letting anybody know. Jade reveals some attitude towards Dan which causes him to become very angry; resulting in domestic abuse being acted upon towards Jade which then causes the beginning scene to appear of a unvarnished atmosphere already as we begin to watch the film out of depression.
Agents Of Change - Antagonists
Callum Britway- Becca's Boyfriend.
Unlike Becca, Callum is a genuine guy who cares a lot about Becca. Through all the aggressive violent actions expressed towards him from Becca, he still remains by her side due to his strong unconditional feelings of love towards her whilst having a very good understanding to how life has treated her. Callum has experienced the same issues that Becca is going through, which highlights his focused goal to help his girlfriend through her troubles. But unlike Becca, Callum's living styles are quite different to how she lives within a broken down flat/council estate whilst living in a nice big house. However it won't be easy as Callum faces many violent off putting obstacles that may challenge his love for Becca whilst being in the process of helping her.
Conflict - Complication
From the abusive experience that Becca witnesses from the actions created by friends, her mind begins to collect in that influence of bad behavior given from Dan. We see how she experiences the domestic abuse that Dan has inflicted upon; Mainly being Dan being violent against Jade and how Jade's injuries has caused Becca to start to become like Dan and inflicts pain and ferocity towards others specifically her boyfriend. Becca decides to twist the world of domestic abuse into her own fingertips. Instead of the stereotypical issue of men beating up women, Becca decides to boost up the power of women and decides to fight for her rights in her world. However, this doesn't turn out to be a pretty picture with the actions she inflicts upon with others during the story.
Elaboration
While constantly living in her broken down council flat in an run down estate block walking around in depression and anger, she finds cocaine in the house which she notices Dan using and begins to smoke on that as an escape and cure for her problems. She does this to clear her mental state; to forget everything that is currently happening in her life and enjoys the feeling of doing it with pleasure she gets from taking it. Callum continuously gives Becca comforting advice regarding her behavior created due to the loss of her friend Jade who was horrifically abused by Dan. Callum sets out to take her many places to help address her dependency on drugs cocaine and her alcohol problems. He takes her to rehabilitation clinics but unfortunately Becca never follows through with that. He also tries taking her mind off everything that has happened to try and help her overcome all this madness. She refuses to go anywhere as she is very stubborn. During these actions that Callum puts forward, Becca's friend Jade dies due to all the harsh injuries that Dan acted upon towards her. Henceforth, Becca still continues to be a very violent depressed person and Callum still chooses to persevere motivates the fact of making her life and behavior better. He talks to her about how Jade wouldn't be happy to be seeing her the way she is acting and that Becca should calm down and live life better by not inflicting what Dan inflicted towards Jade.
Climax & Resolution
After all the struggles that Callum went through in trying to make Becca better, he gets in the way of Becca and her drug dealer and suffers the horrific circumstances whilst getting beaten up. This results in him being in a coma. Callum is on his death bed and for his dying wish he wishes Becca to stop and become a better person. Becca loses everything once her love dies she hits rock bottom. She finally sees how her habit has led to destruction and despair which has caused others around her to get hurt. This is what Becca uses to kick-start herself in a new direction and to get her life back on track due to this dramatic event making her change. She put's down the drugs and alcohol and the harsh domestic actions (what she claimed to be the only escape to her stress and depression) and begins to change into a better person from all that Callum has done. She still remains to be a little upset of how life has treated her, the lost of her best friend and her boyfriend but she manages to contain within herself all the harsh violent actions that she used to act upon with other beings.
Coda
Towards the end, after being effected deeply with the devastating events of her best friends and boyfriends death, she turns her life towards the right direction. She manages to achieve a job working in a supermarket and earns enough money to purchase herself an apartment of her own where she is able to escape from everything and live by herself as a independent being. After putting her foot down to all these actions which Callum guided her towards, she manages to keep a smile on her face throughout that day and the rest of the days to come living in her clean apartment in Britain. With going through with all of these actions, she is satisfied to know that both Jade and Callum would be happy to know how she is living life positive, strong, and brave with any issue that comes across to her in her life and she will try her best to stay that way as long as possible because she knows that it is better that way for her own positive benefit.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Meet My Audience
I have showed my audience for my open sequence, on powerpoint on this slide it shows my audiences interests and some hobbies.
In addition to that I have a Vox-Pop of people who I asked a series of questions to in relation to British Social Realism and my opening sequence.
In my Vox-Pop the questions I asked in relation to British Social Realsim and my openeing sequence were;
1) Have you watched a BSR film ? Which one ? What did you Think of it ?
Many people who had answered this question had watched 'This is England', I believe it was four out of ten respondents that had said they had seen this film. one of the girls had thought that it was very disturbing and that it definitely shows a sense of bad communtity in England, it expolits parts that people have no idea about. Other respondents for This is England had said that it was a really good film, and shows how life is actaully like in England. Some people had said they had seen 'Four Lions' and their feedback was that it was very different to the genre that BRS follows however it does fill the ideology of showing films on sensitive topics such as Terroism. Another film that people had seen would be 'Fish Tank' they has said that it was good and it does show how people can be abused. Finally some people had said that they had seen Kidulthood and said that it was very alike to what appears in the news and that it was very good film.
2) Have you expereinced any stories which you are inspired by whilst watching a BSR film ?
All the participants in the vox-pop had responded by saying they haven't exprienced any stories within the BSR film. However they did reply that the experineces in the films are connected and related to the News, such as drugs, rape, murder, violence are all portrayed into BSR, I believe 4 out of 10 said that this.
3) The storyline for my film will be; a girl being abused by her boyfriend in a council estate being put on drugs and she is trying to find an escape. What are your thoughts on this ? Is it realistic enough to be a BSR film?
Some respondents had replied that it was a good storyline, however they had suggested some improvements and suggestions such as that we need to be careful not to exaggerate the situation or themes being displayed within the film, we have to be precise and make people believe that this is real and not a joke. One person has said that the storyline raises awarness to the audience and people. The majority of people had agreed with our storyline and just gave us some hints such as taking the themes serioulsy and to show a clear age gap maybe between the girl and her boyfriend.
4) What could I change or add to that?
One person had siggested that their should be a distingushed age gap between the girl and boy. and just to make sure we cover the themes effectively to present to the audience.
5) What kind of things would you expect to be viewing in a BSR film?
A load of people had replied by saying that they would expect to see violence and drugs maybe, racsim. Some of them said that they would expect to see gang crime and sex perhaps as they are usally typically portrayed in a BSR film.
6) What type of issues would you prefer to watch?
This answer that people had replied had been simmliar to the previous question, violence, abuse, foul language which is always in BSR films.
7) Do you feel it is imporatnat to relate to a BSR film?
One viewer had agreed with this by saying that if kids watch this, they may feel like they are not alone, not isolated that it happens to other people, its not just them in this situation. Any viewer said it is important as even if you are personally not experinecing these situations you can understand them and beware of these issues. Another person had said that it may inspire people to get out and make something of their lives and that there is a way to get out of this situation, you are not stuck init forever.
In addition to that I have a Vox-Pop of people who I asked a series of questions to in relation to British Social Realism and my opening sequence.
In my Vox-Pop the questions I asked in relation to British Social Realsim and my openeing sequence were;
1) Have you watched a BSR film ? Which one ? What did you Think of it ?
Many people who had answered this question had watched 'This is England', I believe it was four out of ten respondents that had said they had seen this film. one of the girls had thought that it was very disturbing and that it definitely shows a sense of bad communtity in England, it expolits parts that people have no idea about. Other respondents for This is England had said that it was a really good film, and shows how life is actaully like in England. Some people had said they had seen 'Four Lions' and their feedback was that it was very different to the genre that BRS follows however it does fill the ideology of showing films on sensitive topics such as Terroism. Another film that people had seen would be 'Fish Tank' they has said that it was good and it does show how people can be abused. Finally some people had said that they had seen Kidulthood and said that it was very alike to what appears in the news and that it was very good film.
2) Have you expereinced any stories which you are inspired by whilst watching a BSR film ?
All the participants in the vox-pop had responded by saying they haven't exprienced any stories within the BSR film. However they did reply that the experineces in the films are connected and related to the News, such as drugs, rape, murder, violence are all portrayed into BSR, I believe 4 out of 10 said that this.
3) The storyline for my film will be; a girl being abused by her boyfriend in a council estate being put on drugs and she is trying to find an escape. What are your thoughts on this ? Is it realistic enough to be a BSR film?
Some respondents had replied that it was a good storyline, however they had suggested some improvements and suggestions such as that we need to be careful not to exaggerate the situation or themes being displayed within the film, we have to be precise and make people believe that this is real and not a joke. One person has said that the storyline raises awarness to the audience and people. The majority of people had agreed with our storyline and just gave us some hints such as taking the themes serioulsy and to show a clear age gap maybe between the girl and her boyfriend.
4) What could I change or add to that?
One person had siggested that their should be a distingushed age gap between the girl and boy. and just to make sure we cover the themes effectively to present to the audience.
5) What kind of things would you expect to be viewing in a BSR film?
A load of people had replied by saying that they would expect to see violence and drugs maybe, racsim. Some of them said that they would expect to see gang crime and sex perhaps as they are usally typically portrayed in a BSR film.
6) What type of issues would you prefer to watch?
This answer that people had replied had been simmliar to the previous question, violence, abuse, foul language which is always in BSR films.
7) Do you feel it is imporatnat to relate to a BSR film?
One viewer had agreed with this by saying that if kids watch this, they may feel like they are not alone, not isolated that it happens to other people, its not just them in this situation. Any viewer said it is important as even if you are personally not experinecing these situations you can understand them and beware of these issues. Another person had said that it may inspire people to get out and make something of their lives and that there is a way to get out of this situation, you are not stuck init forever.
Monday, 25 February 2013
Production log 4
In week four I have learnt who my opening sequence would be specifically aimed at, the target audience for my film would be British people but mainly for the young people. The themes which appear the most and receive most attention from an audience would be films which involve: sex, violence, drugs, escapism/aspiration and distraught families. The institutions behind these British Social Realist films have the intention of aiming their films to include the unvarnished and negative side to British life. In addition to this the audience is niche as the content in their films are very powerful and intense, and gritty so they aim them at specific niche audiences.
Film Four tend to aim their films at niche audiences, and in their films they represent and underline the emphasises on gritty rough mundane lifestyle of Britain. The film Tyrannosaur particularly focuses on showing violence and exposes situations British people may ace in everyday life, it shows components of rough unvarnished life.
In my production I will make definite to make sure I show and expose the same content or of differences in my film, so this will suit the target audience more. Everything in the film I hope will represent British Social Realsim, and show awareness to the niche audiences, I will make sure the gritty and maladaptive atmosphere is shown.
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