Evaluation Question 2

Our film was originally going to be featuring two males and a female. With the female being killed off, but due to some problems in the production of the film, we had to revert to using three males. I think that we gave males a balanced representation overall, showing that youthful males can be successful, but on the other hand our killer is a youthful male. Dressed in a stereotypical way. Our film shows Arjun not being able to cope with housework and trying to look after his child. He is waiting to go to work and his character is based on a typical guy that is making a living to support his family. There is a negative representation of the male character Arjun is playing as he is easily targeted by the murderer as he is not looking after his child responsably. We have tried to compensate for this with the music that we play just before which is representing a sad feeling and sorrow feeling towards Arjun. This is inserted in the film to make the audience feel sorry for Arjuns character rather than think that he deserves what he gets. We have various camera shots showing the murderer entering the house and this shows a negative representation of males. Showing his costume and the way he breaks into the house. We see that he has planned this as he uses the same window to break in the second time, it is shown negatively as he kills Adam's character for no apparent reason. To complete how negatively we are representing the killer, he speeds off in a car away from Arjun showing no remorse for what he has done.

Production of the Opening Sequence - Day 2

As Productions went well yesterday, and we filmed a good number of shots, that we were pleased with for using for our first draft. We filmed the whole sequence of Arjun in the kitchen. And the continuity of the diegetic sound was working well whilst we were using the PS3 to play the music. We decided to use the song, 'I Can Be - Taio Cruz' as we thought it was a typical song that gives a "get up and go" feeling. We used a variety of shots in the opening day of filming, and we got over the problem of the kitchen being narrow. Day 2 of filming will see us starting with the transition of Arjun being in the kitchen to making his move upstairs. This shouldn't be too hard to complete as we have more space, and we have an idea on our storyboards to refer to. We also took a trip to a number of phone shops around Windsor Town Centre to ask if we could use any old Model's that weren't in use anymore. After being told by a few shops that they couldn't supply us with a phone. Luckily the last shop we were going to ask gave us 2 phones to use. One of which fits what we need, to be easily recognized.

Time of filming: Daytime.

Production of the Opening Sequence - Day 1

As we have got all we need in terms of props and settings, nothing is able halt our filming process. We can film a number of shots inside the house, so the outside scenery won't matter for a while. But as we need to shoot some shots at night time, we can only shoot the sequence of Arjun in the kitchen and walking up the staircase. We will use one camera for this as it shouldn't be too hard to film with one camera. We have all of the equipment in Arjuns house to create a realistic recreation of a young males lifestyle. The sound is going to be mainly dialogue, with a diegetic sound coming from the TV in Arjun's house. For this we are going to use a PS3 to play music, this will allow us to stop and start a song as we please, allowing us to retake shots without breaking up the continuity within our film.

Other props we will be using on the first day of filming include.

Cutlery
Kitchenware - (Toaster, Fridge etc.)
Food (Bread, Butter etc.)
Clothes (Tie) - Arjun will appear to look rushed, scruffy and not well prepared.
A Small Blanket

Time of Filming: Daytime