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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. 

Production Log Eleven

Production Log Ten

Qualitative Data Analysis

I think our research was quite helpful in terms of narrowing down and developing our BSR film concept as we asked the audience what they liked/disliked of films in general and also what they thought of our idea. 

When we asked them about our idea, many of them said it would be interesting as we explained that it was a real life story. They thought it was a good idea, as we could educate people about what happens in the real world, but in an interesting way rather than just through the news. As it's mainly teenagers we're targeting, it would be good that they realise that things like rape are happening in the real world and this film would portray that. The other answer to this question was that they didn't like it as they thought it would be too sad. I have taken this into account so when we make our opening sequence, we want it to be hard hitting, but not so sad that the audience actually feel hurt and very upset and would want to stop watching. I would do this by not actually showing the rape, as I feel that is what would make the story very sad. But I will show the location where it takes place and you can hear her struggling, this will have the same effect on the audience as the rape, without them physically seeing it. 

Another question that was helpful in terms of developing our film was the types of serious issues the audience thought we should explore. It was interesting to see what they came up and most of these we had already had in mind to put into our film, but they also came up with a few more such as exam stress, wrong influences and womens' rights. Issues we had in common were poverty, parenthood and bullying. This helped us as now we know for sure, that we have to show these issues in our opening sequence as these are what will grab the audience in. We will show poverty through the area she's living in, parenthood as she's struggling to provide for her baby, which can be shown through the costume of the baby and the bullying will be shown right in the beginning when the two girls are fighting. 

Asking the audience about music helped us the develop our idea as they all wanted quite upbeat, urban sounding music. We've listen to their feedback of the music and decided to have this type of music in the opening while all the texts are getting exchanged. We thought it would be a good idea to have this type of music then as it goes with the action that is going in. The children are exchanging rumours via text messages which can get pretty heated as people will be offended by what they've read, which will create a tense atmosphere and the upbeat, urban music will heighten this. The genre of music we are thinking of having is Grime, Rap or Hip Hop, as these were the most popular when we asked what type of music the audience likes. 

Professor Green - an artist we will base our background music around.

In terms of the lighting and atmosphere, at first we wanted the film to be quite dark and scary as the subject of the film was quite dark and we wanted the atmosphere to reflect that. But after asking the audience on their opinion, we have decided to change it a little. They thought that if the mood and lighting was quite dark and gloomy through out the film, it would be too scary and people would lose interest. We took this on board and now in our opening, the only time we have minimal lighting, is before the rape as we want to foreshadow the dark act that is about to take place. But the rest of the shots are in a normal light. 

How we want it to look before the rape.

One thing we were unsure of going into our research was the idea of having 3 main black characters. It wasn't a conscious decision that our main characters have to be black, it was more so that the people we want for these characters just happen to be black. We wanted actors that would be able to portray our characters perfectly. When we asked the audience what they thought if the main characters were all black, most of them said they didn't have an issue, but thought it wouldn't represent society as a whole. We were going to have other races in our film originally, but just not as the main characters, I think the audience didn't quite understand that as they may have thought that we said all the characters would be black. We're not going to change our actors as we feel they are the best to play these characters, but we just have to be aware with what stereotypes we place on them as we don't want to offend anyone.

When asking the audience on if they prefer a narrative with flashbacks or for it to be straight forward, most of them said they want it to have some sort of flashbacks. Originally, before we wrote our treatment, the revenge rape was going to be the main plot of the story and we were going to have that in our opening, then turn the film back so it would reveal how the girl got into that situation. But later we had a dilemma as we didn't want to reveal too much of the story in the first 2 minutes, but we also really wanted to show the rape as we thought it would be a good starting point. So we ended up changing our idea, into a film about a single mother who has to bring up her baby that came from a sexual attack. What was going to be the main plot of our film, is now the beginning of how this girls life turns out. So in the case, we aren't going to involve any flashbacks as we feel it would be difficult to do in the first 2 minutes without revealing too much of the story.

Meet My Audience

Data Representation of Research

As most of our questions were qualitative, it's hard to represent them in tables and graphs, but I have taken a couple and made them into bar graphs. I will be summarising the rest of the data from the questionnaires and the Vox Pops. 

From the questionnaires I took the question about the genre of music and the type of narrative they prefer and made them into graphs. 

 From this graph, its evident to see that from the people we asked, the most popular genre of music they like to see in films is Rap and Hip Hop. This was helpful as we needed to know what type of non-diegetic music they would like to hear in the opening. The genre of Rap or Hip Hop goes well with our story as it's set in a very urban area. 

This graph suggests that the majority of the audience prefer flashbacks. By using this research, we will try to involve some sort of flashback in our film as then it would meet the needs of the audience, meaning they're more likely to be engaged with the film. 




Questionnaires 

The rest of my research from the Vox Pops and Questionnaires was qualitative. On the questionnaires we had 10 questions; 

1. 'Have you seen 'Bend it like Beckham' and if so, what did you like about it?' 
   Overall, most people had seen this film and what they liked generally was how it was about a female playing football rather than a male. They also thought it was very funny and liked how the protagonist had a happy ending at the end. A few people said they liked the cultural aspect of the film and how there is a twist on Indian family stereotypes, as the main character doesn't want to be stuck in that life, she breaks off and does her own thing.

2. 'Would you be interested in a film about a single teenage mum living in Ilford who has become a mother from being raped?'
    The answers to this question were very mixed, some people said they would be and others said they wouldn't. The people who were interested by it said it was different and it deals with real life issues. Where as the people who said they weren't interested, said so as they thought it would be too sad. 

3. 'Do you prefer watching films including people of your age or not? Does this help you to relate?' 
    Again, the answer to this question was half and half. People said yes, as they feel they can relate to the characters more and get to know what other people their age are thinking. They also feel like the sense of humour would be the same as it's around the same age group. Other people said no, as they feel the acting is more important than the age of the characters their self and some people think that if the people are older, films look more realistic. 

4. 'If you could make a film about poverty and teenagers what would the characters, location and storyline be?'
     We had a range of ideas from the people we asked, but the majority of them were set in estates or 'chavy' areas. People were optimistic with their storylines, they wanted it to be about how the character breaks out of their poverty and goes on to live a better life. In terms of characters, they all wanted them to be quite hostile and aggressive, but also ambitious to get out their areas. One idea we had was about a family, where the sons go out and looking for jobs, but have no qualifications so they can help their mother get back on her feet and they can get out of the area. Another idea was about a group of friends that come from different backgrounds but all live on the same street, in a deprived area and the film would be about their life on the road. 

5. 'Do you like films with a dark atmosphere and minimal lighting? What mood does this create for you?'
    The majority of people liked films with a dark atmosphere and minimal lighting as they think it creates a suspenseful and mysterious mood. But some people did say they don't like it to be too dark as they either find it too scary or can't really see what's going on in the shot. 

6. 'What serious issues do you think the film should explore?'
     There was a range of issues people thought were important that we should explore such as; bulling, gun crime, wrong influences, womens' rights, poverty, parenthood and recent issues such as gangs.

7. 'What genre/type of music do you listen to and like to hear in films?'

    From the graph above, you can see that the majority of people like Rap and Hip Hop, but there were also other genres such as Pop, Grime, Dubstep and Metal.

8. 'Do you feel teenagers are represented fairly in 'Kidulthood' and 'Adulthood'?'
     As we asked teenagers, most of them thought that all teenagers aren't represented fairly, only a select few that actually act that way in the films, e.g the 'thugs' are represented fairly. Many thought it was stereotypical representation, teenagers are made to look 'stupid', 'angry' and 'always in the trouble', when in reality most teenagers try to stay away from that. 

9. 'If a film had three main characters that were all black would this be an issue?'
    Everyone had the same answer for this, they all said it wouldn't be issues but they felt it wouldn't represent society as a whole if the main characters were all black.

10. 'Do you prefer films with flashbacks or them to be straightforward and why?'
      By looking at the graph above for this question, you can tell that the majority of people prefer flashbacks. They said they prefer them as it makes the story interesting and they find out more about the characters life. Where as a few people said that they think flashbacks make the story confusing. One person said that if you can do flashbacks well, they will look good, otherwise leave them out as they can be complex. 

Vox Pops

A few of the questions on the Vox Pops are repeated on the questionnaires as we wanted to get a wide range of answers. We only had 2 questions that were different; 

1. 'What do you think of the films 'Adulthood', 'Kidulthood' and 'Anuvahood'?'
     Most of the people we asked said they thought they were funny but didn't agree with how teenagers are represented. However there were a few people that didn't like them at all as they thought they were 'stupid'. 

2. 'What do you like about films? Music, Camera work, Actors, Storyline?'
     People said they like having suspenseful music that gets louder towards the end as it creates a more interesting atmosphere. In terms of camera work, they don't like it when the shots are static, they like lots of movement, e.g Pans or 360 shots. They all agreed that they need good actors to portray the role of characters. With regards to storyline, they like ones with a twist that reveal something new to the story, they want to be interested through out the film. 

Audience Research

This week I did some audience research with my partner Simran Bhatti, to get some feedback from our target audience on what they thought of our idea, how do they think their age group is represented and in general what films they like.

We chose teenagers for our research, as these are the types of people that our film is aimed at, the 16-24 age range. We did two types of research, Vox Pops and a questionnaire. We chose the Vox Pops as we thought it would be good to have some visual evidence of the research that we watch and actually see what they thought of it and we chose the questionnaire so we could have some data that could be analysed. 

This is a collection of the Vox Pops we did. We questioned about 6 people and asked 5 questions to each of them, these consisted of; what do you think of the films Adulthood, Kidulthood and Anuvahood? Do you like the idea of a story about a girl who is raped by her best friends brother and gets pregnant? What do you like about films - music, actors, camera work, storyline? When you watch films like Adulthood, do you feel you're represented well as teenagers? Does the idea of having 3 main black characters put you off the movie?

We also used questionnaires as part of our research. We each had 10 to fill out by other people. Again, we mainly used teenagers to answer them as that's who our demographic are. We had 10 questions that related to the BSR genre, in terms of lighting, characters and locations and themes but also had questions that were about our idea, just to get an insight of what our audience thought about it. Below is a few of the questionnaires that we conducted.