Call Sheet 2

Call Sheet 1

Production Log 6

One of the main issues me and Chanel had this week was coming up with a new title. We decided our old title 'washing machine' wasn't very good and needed to be changed. At first we thought it would be good as our film is based in a laundry factory, so washing machine went well with this. But then we realised there wasn't any meaning behind the title so we changed it to something more meaningful. We wrote down a few words relating to the film and put thought in to it to come up with our new title. Another issue this week is what font we was going to use for our credits and how we was going to show them in the opening sequence. The font had to look good for our film and sort of show what its about and the graphics had to be in the right places on the frame so they dont stand out too much but so the audience can see them.

The new title we came up with was 'Drained'. We feel this title relates more to the film and creates more of an enigma than washing machine, and it sounds better for our film. The character in our film works hard and doesn't live a very good lifestyle, so she would feel drained, so this is where our title relates. With the credits, we decided to get our font from the website 'dafont'. They have really good fonts that would be good for our film. We went with a bold font that stands out so the audience can clearly see it. We used the software LiveType to add some effects to the credits, but the effects are only fade in or fade out , and slight movements because more lively affects wouldn't relate to the conventions of BSR films, so we had to keep it plain and simple. As we hadn't filmed any shots yet, we couldn't really tell were the credits were going to be placed on the frame, so to save time in the future we made all the graphics and added the animations, so all we had to do once we edited all of the film was to move the position of the credits. The only credit we knew the position of was the title, because this had be planned out already to go over a graphic match of a clock and a washing machine between the two locations of Adriana's house and the laundry factory.

Production Schedule

Here is mine and Chanels Production Schedule

Shooting Script

Here is mine and Chanels Shooting script for our film

Production log 5

The key issues of pre production this week, have been making sure that our idea is perfect for our audience  and so it appeals to them. We used our primary research, and started making the treatment and narrative to our film.  We had many things to think about like what the characters will be like, who is going to be who, where could we film that is different from other people, and what would make this film realistic. Another key issue, is that we were coming close to the deadline for pre production to be fully completed, and we got set to do the script and production schedule, so we had to try and plan time where i could meet up with my partner to plan these things and get the work done for Tuesday.

In the end, me and Chanel decided to do a rough bullet point of what will be in the script with small details so we could get it done quickly, then i could go home and write it all up in the script. We also spoke about what locations we were going to use, then Chanel could go home at do the blog post on our locations. This was easier for us as we were both busy and couldn't stay with each other for long, so doing this helped us get all the work done for the deadline that was set. We came up with an idea that portrays some different themes that a lot of BSR films do not show, which was the idea of immigration workers. We decided to go with this as our main theme because we though it was more original compared to other peoples ideas that were more based on films like Kidulthood and Adulthood and we thought that the audience has seen to many films like this, which is why we went with a theme less portrayed. So this theme is who our main character is based on then we came up with the rest of the story from there, which can be read in the 'Narrative' and 'Treatment' blogpost.

Location Reccies

Our first location will be two rooms in a house, the bedroom and bathroom. The house will be, very scruffy and dirty looking, as it will be Adriana's home, however to the audience it will look like she lives in just one room which shows she is very poor. We will be using this location instead of somewhere else, as it has more of the conventions that we need, like the mise-en-scene with the bed. We will be able to keep the rooms the same, but may have to make it a bit more messy so that it looks more like a house in a BSR film. The natural lighting in the room is good as it looks quite dull with the curtains closed so this goes with the normal conventions of BSR films. This location would also be better than other locations as it is local to us, and we have easy access.

Our second location will be the laundrey factory. It will alternate between the laundry factory and back to what Adriana's doing, before she gets in to work. This location will be better than any other location, as it fits perfectly into our storyline, as it is about immigration and exploited workers, so using a factory relates to these themes. The factory also looks very scruffy, as it is quite old, so the mise-en-scene, relates to the normal conventions of a BSR. This location is also very unique, as it was very hard for us to find, and to film in here, as it is always in use, so we had to find ways to work around this.

Or final location, will be the roads that Adriana is walking on her way to work, which will be around Chadwell Heath. This will be a good location for us as it is local, and it is a multi cultural area, which relates to some of the concepts of the film. It is a good location as the streets look rough, and the roads are busy, with buses and loads of people.

                                                

This is the roughly the area we will be shooting in as it has a few dirty looking buildings, lots of graffiti and its also very busy with bustops and many cars which is what we need in our story.