Coursework: Preliminary exercise
1) State the genre you have chosen - horror or coming of age drama.
Coming of age
2) Choose at least five films in your selected genre and watch the trailer and one scene from each film. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene.
Top Boy: TopBoy gives an insightful and realistic view on growing up in a London environment. It tackles not only issues youth goes through but also older generations and how they collectively integrate themselves.
Kidulthood: Kidulthood focuses more on the joys and fun times of growing up, with an emphasis of consequences of your actions. It gives us a narrative from several points of view, ranging from gender ethnicity and age.
Adulthood: Following on from Kidulthood it shows how your actions follow you throughout your life, even after you think it's all over it can still come back to you.
Brotherhood: Less of a focus on youth, and more focused on that same generation but grown up and still having his past life chase him down.
Ill Manors: A movie about crime and focuses on drugs.
3) Write a 250 word statement of intent for your film scene. This should follow AQA's guidance (look in your coursework booklet) and clearly lay out how you will use media language to meet your brief. You should also discuss what representations you plan to create (either reinforcing or challenging stereotypes) and how your scene would appeal to an audience. This is an example Statement of intent for a preliminary exercise - it's 370 words so over the word count but covers the four key concepts as per AQA's guidance.
In my movie I will tackle the current socio-economic problems that London is facing and the sudden surge in knife crime, along with the gang culture surrounding it and how it is growing up in that sort of environment. I will be using a variety of establishing and long shots to really focus on the setting and how the atmosphere is created, along with diegetic and non-diegetic music (UK Drill/UK Trap) in the scene to really set the scene for the audience and make the experience authentic.
I will be delving into the problems young people face and leave the audience wondering what the possible solutions could be, these problems will mainly be financial but of different kinds. I will also make strong references and links to drug dealing, drug abusing and other forms of illegal money making such as credit card fraud and insurance scamming.
I will use a variety of long shots and close up to introduce each character but present them in a different way in order to show the different attitudes that people would see in London, these will be based of off stereotypes.
4) Write a script for your film scene. You'll find guidance for writing a script in the BBC Writers' Room (click on the Script Library to read real examples of professional scripts).
5) Storyboard at least five key shots from your scene, take a photo of the storyboard and upload it to your blogpost. What visual style are you trying to create? Storyboard sheets are available in DF07.
6) Write a shot list containing EVERY shot you plan to film AND additional shots to create flexibility when editing. These additional shots are often close-ups, cutaways, alternative angles or similar. I advise using a simple table on Microsoft Word to set out your shot list - you can find an example here.
7) Plan your mise-en-scene: what iconography are you including to ensure your audience understands the genre? Plan your cast, costume, make-up, props, lighting and setting.
Stereotypical urban outfits, in an urban environment, along with shots of graffiti possibly some drug trades whilst establishing and setting the scene for the first time. Use of natural lighting and a knife as a prop, possibly use of a firearm or suggesting the use of one. Urban slang along with an urban accent.
8) Plan a shooting schedule that will ensure everything is filmed by Wednesday 27 June. Include when, where, who is required and what shots you will complete at each time/location.
June 23/24th most likely at a quiet spot where not many people would go. Re-shoot anything on Monday and Tuesday.
Coming of age
2) Choose at least five films in your selected genre and watch the trailer and one scene from each film. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene.
Top Boy: TopBoy gives an insightful and realistic view on growing up in a London environment. It tackles not only issues youth goes through but also older generations and how they collectively integrate themselves.
Kidulthood: Kidulthood focuses more on the joys and fun times of growing up, with an emphasis of consequences of your actions. It gives us a narrative from several points of view, ranging from gender ethnicity and age.
Adulthood: Following on from Kidulthood it shows how your actions follow you throughout your life, even after you think it's all over it can still come back to you.
Brotherhood: Less of a focus on youth, and more focused on that same generation but grown up and still having his past life chase him down.
Ill Manors: A movie about crime and focuses on drugs.
3) Write a 250 word statement of intent for your film scene. This should follow AQA's guidance (look in your coursework booklet) and clearly lay out how you will use media language to meet your brief. You should also discuss what representations you plan to create (either reinforcing or challenging stereotypes) and how your scene would appeal to an audience. This is an example Statement of intent for a preliminary exercise - it's 370 words so over the word count but covers the four key concepts as per AQA's guidance.
In my movie I will tackle the current socio-economic problems that London is facing and the sudden surge in knife crime, along with the gang culture surrounding it and how it is growing up in that sort of environment. I will be using a variety of establishing and long shots to really focus on the setting and how the atmosphere is created, along with diegetic and non-diegetic music (UK Drill/UK Trap) in the scene to really set the scene for the audience and make the experience authentic.
I will be delving into the problems young people face and leave the audience wondering what the possible solutions could be, these problems will mainly be financial but of different kinds. I will also make strong references and links to drug dealing, drug abusing and other forms of illegal money making such as credit card fraud and insurance scamming.
I will use a variety of long shots and close up to introduce each character but present them in a different way in order to show the different attitudes that people would see in London, these will be based of off stereotypes.
4) Write a script for your film scene. You'll find guidance for writing a script in the BBC Writers' Room (click on the Script Library to read real examples of professional scripts).
Establishing shot of the scene, several pans on the area and a multitude of long shots and medium shots on the characters.
Character 1: Yo, g you still on that ting?
Character 2: What ting?
Character 1: Deets nd dat.
Character 2: Oh nah my mum clocked you know, she said if I keep doing it she'll kicked me out.
Character 1: Rah that's deep, what you gonna do now?
Character 2: Ugh, probably cop a pack and shot that.
Character 1: Oh yeah? You know where you can cop it from?
Character 2: Yeah I know a few people.
Character 1: That's calm then still, but I swear you got beef with man round them other sides?
Character 2: Naw that died out you know?
Character 1: Yeah? Cah they comin here right now you know?
A group of four young men in seen approaching the duo, all have hoods on and stereotypical urban attire
Characater 2: (Mouths) Fuck..
Character 1: You straped g?
Character 2: Nah I left it at yard.
Character 1: Oh my days.
Character 1: You straped g?
Character 2: Nah I left it at yard.
Character 1: Oh my days.
They are approached by the group
Opp 1: Wagwan what you doing round these ends? Swear you ain't from here stillll.
Opp 2: Yeah mums life you don't chill round these sides what you doing down here then?
Character 2: G I thought you said we squashed it?
Character 1: Yeah word you man are moving a bit petty still? Issa minor ting no harm done bro.
Opp 3: Nah you man must thing we're some dickehads you know?
Opp 1: Word, run your pockets for man still
Opp 2: Word word what you man go for us
Opp 1 & 2 approach character 1 & 2 and start patting down their pockets, but as they begin a brawl between the 4 breaks out. Opp 3 is first to fall to the ground, but Opp 1, Opp 2, Character 1, And Character 2, continue fighting before Opp 4 pulls out a knife.
Opp 4: Yo Wagwan now you pussio's?!
Character 1: Yo dip!
Character 1 and 2 Stop fighting and scramble away, opp 4 swings his knife once as they do so and misses.
5) Storyboard at least five key shots from your scene, take a photo of the storyboard and upload it to your blogpost. What visual style are you trying to create? Storyboard sheets are available in DF07.
6) Write a shot list containing EVERY shot you plan to film AND additional shots to create flexibility when editing. These additional shots are often close-ups, cutaways, alternative angles or similar. I advise using a simple table on Microsoft Word to set out your shot list - you can find an example here.
Shot no.
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Shot
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1
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Establishing shot of the area, focusing on character 1 and 2.
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2
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Long shot of the duo.
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3
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Long shot and pan of the duo
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4
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Medium close up of the duo talking
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5
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Close up and medium close up while they speak.
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6
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OTS shot of them speaking
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7
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OTS of the other group approaching
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8
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Side shot of the two opposing groups.
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9
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Close-ups switching between the two groups as the speak
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10
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Close up of the tapping down
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11
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Close up of the first punch being thrown
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12
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Long shot of the first punch
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13
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Pan while they fight
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14
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Long shot of the fight
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15
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Close up on the knife being pulled
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16
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Slow motion of the knife being swung
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17
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Long shot of the two groups dispersing
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18
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Close up of the protagonists running
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7) Plan your mise-en-scene: what iconography are you including to ensure your audience understands the genre? Plan your cast, costume, make-up, props, lighting and setting.
Stereotypical urban outfits, in an urban environment, along with shots of graffiti possibly some drug trades whilst establishing and setting the scene for the first time. Use of natural lighting and a knife as a prop, possibly use of a firearm or suggesting the use of one. Urban slang along with an urban accent.
8) Plan a shooting schedule that will ensure everything is filmed by Wednesday 27 June. Include when, where, who is required and what shots you will complete at each time/location.
June 23/24th most likely at a quiet spot where not many people would go. Re-shoot anything on Monday and Tuesday.
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