Production log 8

Production log 8

This week has been a big step as me and Ella decided that our final idea of illness wasn't working. We edited all the shot we had and re-filmed many times trying to convey illness in a new angle however what we wanted to show wasn't being shown therefore when we re-filmed and edited we found it pointless and we were both very un-happy with the opening we had. We also felt that the opening was very slow and boring and had no effect on the audience which is something we wanted and needed to avoid and illness wasn't helping that. Week 8 has showed us that we need to do a lot before we have finished our opening because we changed our idea this week which was a huge decision due to all the pre-production work we did and the time limit we had. 

 

We didn't like anything about our first idea, the shots didn't show anything and the storyline and theme wasn't clear at all. The way we wanted the music to happen didn't happen either as we wanted it to start in her room and flow into her headphones however because the shot order didn't make sense when we edited it we couldn't complete our idea. We also felt when filming our script wasn't being used very well as some shot weren't filmed. Our first idea which we got all the pre production work done for just wasn't working we tried and tried to make it look as good as we could but the filming just looked like a horror movie and when editing the opening it made no sense. We then had the idea of a young girl how was involved in prostitution, me and Ella both wanted to create something that no one else has created. We then had two days to re-film our idea and edit before the draft deadline. The feedback from our new idea was much better then we expected and the feedback we got was things we picked up on ourselves and wanted to change. Me and Ella feel much more confident in the new idea as we feel that we can create an opening which has an impact on our audience. We then didn't want to waste anytime because the deadline was approaching fast. We then created a guideline idea about a young girl who is somehow involved in prostitution. We filmed one day after school http://tarayear12mediastudiesblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/call-sheet_26.html. We the roughly edited the shots we had together which we then showed sir and the class for feedback. 

Overall the feedback from both sir and the class was positive in my view because we created and edited the idea in under two days. Me and Ella both knew before we showed our work, what we need to change and add. We will use the Easter holidays to re-film any shots we need to, we just wanted a base to see what people thought about the idea and a rough guideline to see what we need to film. We still need to add music and take out some sound such as laughing and directors commands. We also both believe that the pace needs to be much faster to keep the audience attention but we also wanted to get the idea across about how she has to get ready and prepare for what she is about to do. All the feedback received has helped us with our idea, we also have our own feedback to ourselves which we will fix over the holidays because our deadline is a week after. We both believe we need to add more shots of her with people to show how often she goes out, we also want music which changed in pace to show she still has a normal life (this will help show the change between her normal life and evening life) and we also believe that we need to make the continuity of the lighting and some shots better. The last thing we want to change is some of the shots because they have no effect on the story.
We also need to decide on a new title for the movie as the title 'switch' won't be appropriate for this new theme. The title needs to connote the film in a strong way to show the theme and Britain. The feedback we received was for the version below about prostitution. Without this week we wouldn't have adapted on our idea so much, this week created a base and guideline to re-film in the Easter and to get rough feedback to see the response.

Mini treatment/Narrative

Damaged good's
We picked this as our title because it explains the main character very well due to how young she is, she could be seen as a new item but due to her experiences (prostitution) society would view her to be damaged.  Our new idea is based on a young girl who is involved in prostitution because she doesn't have money to survive the hard life in Britain. Society doesn't view prostitution as a choice for women which in our view we are trying to reinforce but not straight away. She has moved to this lifestyle due to financial status. She lives with her mum how is divorced and can't provide very much for Rosie (the main character) and her half brother. Rosie dropped our of school when her mother and father divorced and has spiralled out of control since then. She was first introduced to the idea of money for sex when she met a few older boys at a party, She then went on to realise that the money was very helpful from buying clothes which she loves to helping her mum out with bills and food. We will use a run down miss-en-scene we most of the props will be found and the lighting will also be found to help the idea of it being her real life and to show how dull and bad Rosie's life is. Towards the end of the film we will she Rosie get involved with the wrong man and she how she deals with the situation of being forced into prostitution, remembering Rosie is very young ( just turned 17). The locations we will use are very simple found places as we want to show her on streets trying to get jobs and we will use a house which isn't very well kept as we want the miss-en-scene to be dull and run down to connote her lifestyle. As we are creating a film 4 film we don't have a big budget to make the locations and everything perfect but this is a good thing that we don't have a budget because it allows us to use what we have and show the real idea and life of Britain. Also film 4 are very big on showing new talent, we are using an actress which has no experience and we aren't using any big piece of technology apart from the mac (iMovie) to edit. The technology we will use is very limited due to the budget however we have access to the school equipment such as camera, tripod and editing computers. This is all we need to film our opening because it doesn't want to be anything glamorous just what we have is what we got.
As you can see our treatment hasn't changed much compared to the last one http://tarayear12mediastudiesblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/treatment.html its just the treatment and idea of our film that has changed.

The narrative of our movie is explained above briefly however in more detail it would be a young girl named Rosie who has been pushed into prostitution due to the money. She started when she was 15 just turning 16 because she ran away from home because her parents were getting a divorce. She was involved with the wrong people when she left home and now she can't escape the old life expect now she does it because she wants to and for the money. Over the time the life style of a young prostitute becomes too much for her and she gets involved with the wrong man on one of her jobs. She ends up on a hospital bed fighting for her life after her abused her. Can she win the battle of her lifestyle or does her age mean she's more vulnerable. Rosie has always felt she big enough to fight the world by herself. We see her normal day life in comparison to her evening life over the movie, This is to show her boring everyday life to shock people. Her parents are unaware of her job as she tells them she has the late shift in a corner shop. This topic about her lying to her parent would also be dealt with in the story. We want to show that prostitution happens at all ages and however society and our audience may not be shocked that the character is young. We want to conform to the idea of prostitution being for money, but we are kind of challenging the idea of prostitute not liking the idea of it as she then starts to like it. We also have changed the idea because she then has a chance to stop being a prostitute but she doesn't she carries on.

This week has helped our idea so much as the feedback from people showed us what our audience want and what we need to change over the holidays. This week also showed me that you need to have a back-up plan for everything as there is something that could always go wring. Also this week has helped us with our over idea because we have developed from an illness to prostitution. We both now can see whats wrong with our work and we can fix it, we know when we don't like things. We have the Easter to re-film and edit which is a bonus because our deadline is soon. This week i have also completed some primary research as we both had no idea about prostitution, http://www.womenssupportproject.co.uk/content/prostitution/205,172/ gave me a rough idea for our narrative and treatment.