

In the third lesson this week we created a Social Realism Timeline, by looking at British Social Realism films from the 1960s to the early 2000s. This helped me recognize the changes in British Social Realism, the themes and situations in the older films are less explicit and make the issues of the time seem less bad. For example, in 'Kes' the children seem more controlled, although they still display some attitude children in more modern Social Realist genres have no respect for elders or authority figures, for example, in 'Fish Tank' the teenagers and young children swear at each other and adults. This shows a clear change in the social norm as children wouldn't have sworn at anyone in the 1960's, they may have had an attitude the behaviour of children has progressively gotten worse as the years move.
In the fourth lesson this week as a class we analysed three opening sequences of the films 'An Education', ' Blue Valentine' and 'This Is England'. As a class, we discussed how the characters were introduced, how the themes and ideology were introduced, what expectations are created for the style of the film, what information is given about the institution and crew and whether any enigmas are set up by it. We analysed these three opening sequences to gather knowledge about what makes a good opening sequence. This knowledge will help me when creating my own opening sequence, as I can try to stick to the conventions of a social realism film.
What have you learnt this week from looking at the mark scheme and peer assessing previous work?
This week we looked at the mark scheme for this piece of coursework and I realised how tight the marks were. It made me realize that when we plan and produce the opening sequence to our British Social Realist film, my partner and I have to pay close attention to detail, as trivial details added could help us gain substantial marks that mean the difference between levels. By assessing the work from previous years, it made me differentiate between the good sequences and the bad. The good, highly marked sequences at level 1 had ended with an ambiguous ending and made you question what happens next. This well constructed narrative made the examiners interested as to what will happen throughout the duration of the rest of the film and this had gained them a lot of marks. The graphics also helped pairs gain marks, if the graphics conformed to the conventions of the Social Realist genre and if they had a good amount of appropriate graphics. Some of the opening sequences I watched almost didn't conform to the conventions of the Social Realist genre and almost began to look like a trailer, as some of the conventions better suited a trailer. When producing my own opening sequence I will try to conform to the majority or all of the conventions of a Social Realist film. Some of the sequences also had poor camera language and didn't consider it.
How will this inform your production?
Looking at the mark scheme for this piece of coursework and assessing previous pieces of it, has made me realize what the examiners are looking for and I am now more aware of what they want. So in production I will have better awareness in all stages. In pre production, I will plan to include lots of relevant and creative graphics when possible, I will also plan my narrative so that it has an ending that leaves the examiners thinking and wanting to watch more in an attempt to gain as many marks as possible. I will make sure I don't conform to the conventions of a trailer and focus on the conventions of a film and the genre - Social Realism. I will also try to follow the mark scheme at level 4, as best as possible.
What will you try to emulate/avoid?
I will try to avoid conforming to the conventions of a trailer, I will also avoid not using the correct camera language by planning my shots correctly in pre-production and paying full attention in production. I will also avoid making my graphics too cliché and not like those used in Social Realism. I will remember the use of continuity editing throughout and remember to not break rules like the 180 degree rule and the rule of thirds, to make it look more professional. I will also try to make all of the scenes move at the correct pace, so the action doesn't move too fast or too slow. I will also avoid making the narrative too complex, as I do not have the resources to create the opening sequence of a resourceful Social Realist film.
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