Evaluation

Although I don’t believe our film was a huge success I do think it had elements about it which were good, for example the contrast between light and dark we did represent the contrast between life and death, and I believe this worked as we often romanticise life and we did that by making it appear more vibrant. Another good thing we did was how we used point of view shots to emphasise how these were memories, this worked as it allowed to the audience to see through the eyes of the main character and thus understand this was her story.
Despite this we did have problems, such as how we ran out of time to record clips for our film, so it wasn’t finished; if we were to improve this next time we would arrange our time better, so we could meet up outside of college to film more memory clips and get a better range of locations in our clips to make it appear as if It’s happening over a wider range of time. Another problem was how most of our clips were zoomed in meaning our film didn’t look how we wanted it to, to improve this next time we would spend more time learning about the editing software we used so we could find a way to prevent this 

Cinematic ideas

Cinematic ideas

·      Sound; individual soundtracks

   Sweet start – girl has upbeat preppy music – tove lo – cool girl – very stereotypical

   Her boyfriend - bad reputation

   Bestfriend – intertwined with the girls song

   Transition in music – much more sinister

·      Extreme close-ups to show the face of the person who is dying, blood from nose – gore from horror.

·      Cool tones and darkness – links to horror genre – fear of unknown

·      Long shot – corridor’s, park atmosphere, fear of unknown

·      Handheld camera – adds realism, which is good, as the memories need to come across as real.

·      Individual narrative, each tell their side of the story

·      Lighting- low lighting whilst in the park to add a sinister effect, horror genre.

Story Board

                                                 

Mood Board

Down the Path

Lorikeets

Penguin

Poll Tax within Scotland

What was the Poll Tax and why was it introduced into Scotland first?

It was a system of taxation which was an individual charge that everyone had to pay. It was introduced in replacement of domesticates in Scotland from 1989. It was introduced to Scotland prior to being introduced to England and Wales first because it wasn't conservative and they trialled the Poll Tax because they knew they weren't going to loose many votes due to Scotland being an unhealthy country at the time.

Aesthetic of Trainspotting

One of the most important features of Trainspotting is its aesthetic. The film breaks away from the styles of social realism which would have been the traditional way of depicting poverty and drug addiction in UK cinema. In a way Trainspotting is hyperreal it goes beyond simple photorealism in its style and presentation of social issues. It achieves through its colourisation, set design and use of music.


What are the conventions of social realism?

Social realism is showing on film the real and social issues that are happening within society.