Looking back at our film opening, as a group we decided
that there was not enough dialogue to link the opening together. We decided
that we should film more of the main characters . We decided that we needed
more of our main protagonist ‘Jake’ in the film. We thought that the
equilibrium at the beginning of the film we wanted to show the audience him
getting ready for work, while he is talking to himself. This is done with an
over the shoulder shot, so that the audience can establish the focus on the main
protagonist.
Later on , we
went to film ‘Jake’ in the pub whilst he was having a conversation with the
customers. This was done to show the contrast between the teenagers who only go to clubs and
parties in a negative manner as well as the teenagers going out work in a positive light in a communal area.
Different camera techniques were used in the pub for example a long shot of the
character working in the pub and to see the surroundings. On the other hand,
you can only hear the customers and only see there hand in the screen shot this
was because we didn’t want the focus to be taken away from the main character.
Furthermore, I decided to incorporate another scene of the main character where
‘Zhane’ is seen doing her
hair and make up for the club she is
going to. This is hot in a range of camera techniques such as the lose up of
her applying her lipstick to a mid shot of her looking throw the mirror and putting blusher to her cheeks. This was used
to not just to show the character preparing for the night but so the audience
can get a better outlook as to what the
character is about. This was done so that the audience can get a much better
perspective on the characters. This gave the film a clear and structured
narrative to out opening sequence of the film. Another scene which I decided to
add was the train scene of the character come off the train this was shot in
close ups , handheld and extreme close ups of the train and the character. This
was a good way to show where the party was set as well as the audience knowing
the location of where the party is located. This was highlighted with the use
of footage of the teenage group walking
to the party in the street, with they yelling and screaming at each other, this
shows that the teenagers are already influence by the alcohol, this is present
in the film when you can here the main character ‘Emily’ shouting about ‘pop
culture’ in the film. This makes the audience make an opinion on the teenagers
before the film has started.
Post edits where done again to the video as, we thought
that as a group that they was not enough footage of the main characters getting
ready for the club which they were going to. Therefore we decided to reshoot
new scene to encode into the partying scene. This is an example of the main
character Zhane applying lipstick
this links to the theorist Laura male gaze theory of footage being made through
men's point of view. The reason why I looked at this theorist in particular was
because that it fitted to the structure of out film. This is because here it
can be seen that the protagonist is getting ready therefore the audience could
argue that she is wanting to be seen my the opposite sex. Berger said that ‘men
act and women appear’ meaning that the teenagers in our film can be seen
appearing to the males naked eye. As she is applying and doing her hair.
Another scene that male gaze theory fits is the partying scene which Emily the
other protagonist can be seen dancing with a beer bottle in her hand, this
again highlights the fact that she is dancing in front of the camera in a
proactive manner. Also this fits the stereotypes of Lipmann's theory as seeing
as the teenagers in our film are all seen in a negative manner and rebellious
teenagers. This is because the narrative structure of our film is a shortcut to
the understanding of our media product as the teenagers can be see partying and
taking drugs. Therefore the audience are able to quickly learn who is who in
the film due to the stereotyping of the characters. In the film this is a bad
representation of the teenagers of our generation seeing as they are all
generalised as bad and rebellious. This can been seen though the fast pace
editing that is helped with the montage of moving images layering over each
other. I have applied the Reception theory to my film, the reception theory
suggest that the full meaning is not
made of a film until the audience engage with the text and in doing so create a fuller meaning. This means that the
director encodes the meaning through the
use of techniques and that the audience decodes a understanding, for most the
understanding is preferred but the reception theory acknowledges the fact that
bringing your own idea some people may have a negotiated reading. This I
present in our film as we have encoded specific meaning through the use of
camera work, editing and sound. This is apparent in the close up shot that we
have of our main character Zhane where she is seen applying lipstick to her mouth. This
is a typical of teenager girl as this is a common thing that they do before
they go out in general or to a party. In another particular shot this can bee
seen at the beginning of the film where the main character is seen with makeup
running down her face with a spoon in
her had this automatically tell the audience that she is taking illegal substances.
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