Choices

Before I start construction and filming I felt that I should investigate and source possible locations for filming, compiling recce reports for the locations. In my recce reports I look to assess the locations and see whether they are viable, containing numerous elements which I should be aware of. Safety is paramount and so I need to ensure all locations are safe and suitable for filming. Feature/elements I look for are:

•             Health and safety concerns

•             Parking or equipment access

•             Electrical outlets/power supplies

•             Available lighting sources

•             Requirement of permissions to film on the site

•             Viable in creating a suitable and intended atmosphere

•             Space and filming possibilities

•             Area for casting, shooting, equipment

2 trooper close:

I am filming my scenes in trooper close because it is appropriate for my script fits the detail of a local or normal close or road. Also because I believe it fits all of the requirements above and the close is big enough to fit all of my equipment in. there will be minimal health and safety reasons as it will be filmed early in the morning so all of the residents in the close will be in work, so even moving cars will not be a problem as none will be getting used so because of this the opposite close is free and will be available for our team to park. The electrical outlets and power supplies will come from the house you see on the picture for this scene, the owners of the house have allowed us to do this after we asked permission, we have done tests and checks to make sure this houses power outlet will support all of our equipment and everything went well and should be fine for the day of filming. The area of casting is again in the exact same road, we have sent one of our team out prior to filming to make sure all of the equipment will fit when we will be shooting, the quick check up went well and again it will be fine for the day of filming. Lighting on the day should be no problem as we are filming in the morning and we have checked the weather report for that day prior to going and it is predicted to be bright and quite dry. Finally the close opposite has allowed for us to park up there, so that has been sorted for the day also and we have recently sent a letter around to the residents off trooper close(place of filming) and the close opposite to say what will be happening on the day and everyone is happy with this and has no problems with us filming on that specific day.

Cast considerations

 

I have picked four male and one female character to star in my 5 minute clip from my movie. The names of these characters are Harry, Sean, Jordy, Ali and Jayne M but before I got to make these my main characters I went through a number of cast considerations in which I had to narrow down to five characters. I will talk to you about why I had to make some vital decisions of why not to pick certain actors and actresses for certain roles.

The role of harry:

The main role of harry is played by Harry Rendell and he is the main leader of the gang; he’s like the ring leader of them all and will always be at the top of an idea when coming to terrorising the local neighbourhood, Harry’s appearance is what you would expect, he is very innocent looking and quite young in the face, he is medium height and an average build but he is far from innocent as a character. Two other people were cast for the role, they were callum and Graeme but unfortunately they did not get cast for the role as although they done very they just didn’t lack enough enthusiasm and uniqueness to be picked for the main role, they did not quite grasp the role and didn’t seem to understand the character of harry as they did not seem to get that even though the character is evil they didn’t have that innocence about them in order to convince and audience.

    

The role of Sean:

The role of Sean is play by Sean Caddick and he is kind of second in command and he basically does all of the dirty work for Harry. For example if Harry wants someone beat up Sean will do this for him no questions asked, the appearance of this character is he is tall but slim and he has very menacing look on his faceand you can tell he is not a genuine man and is just as evil as his other gang members.  So Robert and Elliot were auditioning for this part but despite both of them being very experienced I decided to pick Sean Caddick because the other two didn’t really get a hold of what the character was about they both acted out as if they were the top dog and didn’t get into the character, which was to be Harry’s side kick and not the leader, so unfortunately neither of them had what it takes to be Harry’s second in command.

    

 

The role of Jordy:

Jordy is the youngest of the gang and he is played by Jordan Farrell. Jordy is quite small but has quite a big build for his size and this is a very good trait for him because despite his height he is still strong enough to defend himself.  He is shown up a lot in the group and is terrorised a lot by Harry and Sean but when it comes to it he can just be as mean and brutal as the others when helping out the gang. Connor and Elliot were the two main contenders for the role before I chose Jordan but in the end I could not pick them as both of them despite being very enthusiastic they just did not have enough experience and this was shown in their auditions as both of them just kept making silly mistakes in which beginners do make but I could not afford for this to be happening in my movie.

    

The role of Ali:

Ali has just moved onto the estate and he is recognised as the main character as everything revolves around him throughout the film. He is played by Alexander Birmingham, he is very well dressed, handsome young man he has a very innocent look in his face and you can tell he is from a middle class family from his experience. I decided to pick Alex because he is a very experienced actor and in his audition he was flawless and his look just fitted perfect into the character I wanted for Alex, that look of innocence was what got him the role.

   

The role of Jayne M:

Jayne M is played by Olivia Clarke and her role is that she is the mother of Ali, She has medium length hair that runs just past the shoulders, and a side fringe that she pushes back and clips. She is a trendy mum, that keeps up with the latest style magazines. She prides herself on her appearance. #Fabulous. She has blonde hair but with very small un noticeable grey roots, this shows that she likes to keep on top of her hair dye, and fears going grey as it will make her look her age, which she has always dreaded.

risk assessment

DATE	RISK?	LOW MED HIGH	RESOLVED?	ADDITIONAL ISSUES?
12/2/2014	Availability of the actors	high	It was resolved by the actor’s agents rearranging a few things in their busy schedules so they were able to shoot.	no
12/2/2014	Place of shooting(trooper close)	low	Prior to filming we asked permission of the residents to use the close and they all agreed that it was ok to shoot on that day	no
12/2/2014	Weather conditions when shooting	High/medium	Even though the weather was predicted to be ok you just never know with British weather, so it still could have rained at any time.	no
12/2/2014	Costume storage	low	Luckily the owners of 2 trooper close are allowing us to use their garage to store our costumes.	no

My 5 minute clip

Choices:

Harry is just coming home from work; earlier in that week he had rejected the opportunity to join the local gang but he had rejected their offer and he decided to take his uncle up to go and work with him at his property developing business. The local gang see harry is all alone walking back to his house after he has just been dropped off by his uncle, the gang sneak up behind him and the three of them beat him up right outside Harry’s house, his mum finds him outside and takes him straight to his bed to rest and recover, she wants to phone the police but harry does not want his mum to do this as he is scared of the consequences that will happen to him. The next day his uncle comes to see Harry and Harry tells him that he doesn’t want to work with him anymore as he is joining the local gang, just before the gang left him they said that if he does not join them then his beating will be worse next time.

My Film synopsis

Choices

 

 

harry has moved into a rough area and has already come from a pretty poor background and has been brought quite rough, one day he is walking back home and he sees the local chavs standing on the street corner. He starts to think about what to do and he is in two minds about it, he doesn't no whether to pick that chav lifestyle and stay within that lower class or to take up his job opportunity in which his very rich uncle has offered him. His uncle is a very well known and respected property developer and Harry knows this but throughout the movie he goes through choices of what life path to take in which will help be as successful as he can.

introduction

Social class representation is shown in the same way throughout all film.

my coursework is about how all film shows the way the social structure is within society today through representation.

throughout AS we learnt about representation and i decided to use that macro element in my first coursework at AS. i thought this macro element was the best for my chosen films in A2 so i picked it again.

my film in which i have picked are:

Intouchables

Titanic

The Great Gatsby

Sommers Town

Riff Raff