Call Sheets

We created these call sheets to record the two dates we will be filming and they include everything we will be needing on that date, we have one for each day of filming. They allow us to be organised and keep all of our information in one place, I find them especially useful as we can write the shots we will be filming, this way we will not miss any out which we have done in the past when not using call sheets.

Shooting Script

Our shooting script is very important and detailed so we can understand what we are doing exactly in each shot, we know the type of shot, the length of the shot and the action occouring in the shot and more. These are very useful when filming so we make sure we have a variety of shots and keep to our plan. I also like them as they allow us to see how long approximately our work is going to be so we can make sure it is of a suitable length for an opening sequence.

Production Schedule

Our production schedule is one of the main part's of planning, this allows us to see what we are doing every single day for three months, and I like it because it is simple and easy to read, I also think it is useful as we can give it to our actors or anyone else who is helping and they can also easily interpret what is written, it allows everyone to see what they are doing on each day and therefore avoids going over deadlines.

Location List

Filling out our location list was a very quick task as we do not film in many locations, we chose these ones as we feel they represent the BSR genre well, as well as the characters and their backgrounds. We only have four locations as we are only filming an opening where not much happens, this is useful to us however as we can tick off each location as we go along, and if we were filming somewhere which needed to be authorised it would make sure we done it before going to the location to film.

Cast List

The cast list was important so we could see who we need to ask to give up their time, we also chose these people as we know they are very good actors, their costume is extremely important as it is part of the mise-en-scene and allows the audience to create representations in their mind. I also like the cast list as we can writ the dates we require each actor/actress so we can refer to this and ask them quickly, we could even give them one each to remind them the days they are filming and their costumes.

Week 11 Production Log

Week 11 Production Log

Location Reccie

Chadwell Heath Academy - outside school

    This is a picture of the school, in which our different scenes are taking place. We chose this as we have easy access to it and it fits in with our storyline as the two characters are teenage girls who are still in education. Some of the audience will be able to relate through the uses and gratifications of Personal Identity as most of them will still be in some form of education. 

          Chadwell Heath Academy - lower school playground

This is a shot of the bins, in the lower school playground, we chose this location for the fight at the start of the opening sequence with Chelsea and Jordan, as it looks rough and is a typical location where fights would occur-out of sight from authority figures such as teachers. It is also useful as there are usually other students around here which would look good in the background to add to the realism.

This is a shot of an isolated bench, not far from the bins above. This is where Chelsea will send the text that starts the rumour about Jordan. We chose this location as it's close to the bins and it makes sense for Chelsea to go there. Also there's not many students around there at the time we will be filming, so it won't be too disruptive. 

This is opposite the isolated bench and is a possible location we could use to show Chelsea walking away from the encounter with Jordan, we chose this as the gates represent the urban aspect of the genre BSR and all scarcity of the bikes and broken lockers represents the school as a public school-also representing the social class of the students and the theme poverty. The blue gate also adds dimension to the shot and make it cinematic.

Crucible Park

We chose this park as it has school children in it after school which is when we want to film, this is useful to us as it makes it look more realistic, the park also looks very urban and in an \area which is not of a high class. The skate park has a grunge look, a place for gangs to hang out.

This is a railing in the park which we liked as it represents the urban area very well and doesn't look well cared for-representing the BSR genre of edgy.

Establishing shot of the Park

Goodmayes Park

This is a shot of the park from outside where we will  be filming, we chose this park as it is large and also includes a public toilet facility in which our storyline will continue and the main event of the opening sequence will happen. This park is also local to us and therefore we can get there before it get's dark, so our filming will all be done with the same lighting-important for continuity. 

Public Bathroom

We will be filming in this building here, which is situated in the above park, this is a public bathroom and the interior is slightly rough so we feel it will be suitable for BSR, this will also be a very good filming location for us as it goes along with our storyline as this could be a stop-off for our main character Chelsea.

High Road

This bus stop is along the high road, around the area that Chelsea will live in. We decided to have this bus stop as we thought with having the flats in the background it adds to the urban element of the film and shows the location. 

These are the flats that we will have Chelsea walk into, connoting that she lives here. We chose these flats as they all look the same, connoting how her life is quite mundane. Also it looks quite urban and not very fancy, which is the area where Chelsea would live in. 

Week 10 Production Log

Qualitative Data Analysis

Meet My Audience

Data Presentation

Evidence of Audience Research

This week I collected some audience research with my partner Paman Uppal, we used vox pops and questionnaires as we wanted a variety of methods, some verbal and some written. The vox pop video is below.

Vox Pops

For these questionnaires we each done 10 each and tried to ask people who were in our target audience of 16-24 as this is most suitable, we also tried to give questionnaires to people whilst they were alone and not with a large group of people so their answers would not become biased. As you can see from our questionnaire-we received a mixture of positive and negative feedback which we will take into account. People liked our idea a lot as they said it was interesting and one person even recognized it from a news story and said this intrigued them even more. Most people also didn't mind that their were three main black characters as long as the sub-characters were of different races which we intend to do anyway.
Some people didn't like the idea of having people all our age so we will try our best to have some elder actors as authority figures, such as teachers/police etc.