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New Idea

As a group, we discussed that our film opening was becoming too much like a music video which we didn't want. We discussed a few ideas as to how we could change it and this is what we came up with.

The representation of class/status in This Is England.

In my last Media lesson, me and my class watched This Is England. The characters in This Is England are represented as low class due to where they live and the things that were going on in society at the time e.g the miners strike and Margaret Thatcher being PM. This Is England was set in Sheffield, England in the 80's where there wasn't much respect for other races apart from British people and there also wasn't a lot going for the characters living in the set area leading them to cause havoc and go off the rails due to their poor upbringings. The characters of the film all split apart and two groups of 'friend's' are formed: one including Woody and Lol and the other including Combo and Shaun, a young lad lead astray by Combo who's own beliefs influence him. Woody, Lol and their group of friends seem nihilistic and rebellious by drinking etc. Combo, Shaun and their group however are even more rebellious but self destructive too by drinking and smoking weed. They then gain the roles of leaders of their 'artificial tribe'. The dress sense that the characters have seems very preppy yet casual for example most of them wear Fred Perry tops, jeans, Doc Martens and big jackets however, they were not worn in a smart way but in more of a scruffy, rough way indicating that they do not know how to present themselves due to their status' in society. Lastly, the characters, mostly the males, do not speak in a civilised way. They swear a lot and speak in an aggressive tone leading us as an audience to perceive them as stereotypical teenagers living up to their self-fulfilling prophecy.

Another successful day of filming

So today we went filming again and got some shots that we have never done before like a tracking shot of Elisha coming towards the camera on the bike, a close up shot of Elisha's face while on the bike and a high angle shot of Elisha on the bike riding into the distance. Also, we continued on from the aerial shot we did previously carrying on the clip for longer. Here are some pictures of us working on it.

Media changes over time.

So over Christmas, I watched one of my favourite films, The Wizard Of OZ. While watching it, it never really occurred to me how much Media resources have improved. I noticed that old films are really grainy and mostly, the scenes are just taken in one whole shot but of different angles however in films that are more up to date, resources have been created since then to allow films to be 3D and HD. Also, films nowadays have more camera movements and a lot more transitions depending on genre of the piece. I am looking forward to all the other media related resources that technology bring us in the future.