Monday 28th March

We had many technical difficulties due to the college network for our editing suite computer. Therefore we were unable to continue with editing.

However Amy and Chloe were able to convert all files so that we could use it in Final Cut Pro.

Wednesday 23rd March

We stayed in college and Amy continued editing the photographs into size. Then Chloe and Ashleigh took over to edit the film clips and saved all the clips we will be using in the main task to a suitable, tidy folder.
Amy then typed up and planned the recent diary entries that were missing over the past couple of weeks from the blog.

Monday 21st March

We met in college for 9am. Amy edited the photographs - with help in opinion with length by Chloe and Ashliegh - we had taken the day before on Sunday 20th.
Later, we decided to film the ending of the main task which would be the 3 characters walking through the college gates and the camera panning up towards the sky.
For this we had the familiar difficulty of having no one to film. Luckily, being on the college premises and filming in college we were able to cast a double of Chloe so that Chloe could do the filming.
With the camera positioned on the main road infront of college, busy traffic was an interupting problem. We had to film the upward panning seperately so that no traffic, for example; tall lorries, would get in the way.

Sunday 20th March

Amy thought of an effective insert sequence to have for the 'flashbacks'.
As a flashback is a memory, and photographs capture memories. We decided to use a professional photography camera to take snap shots to show the characters stumbling home from a crazy night out.
To do this with full effect of the night time we thought it would be best to do it in darkness outside instead of editing the film with a dark filter.
Therefore, we met up on Sunday evening at Ashlieghs house. Amy borrowed the camera and tripod from a family friend. We also had difficulty shooting out original idea of all three characters being in the shots as there is only 3 of us in the group and there would be no one to take the photos again. We overcame this by using only 2 characters in one shot and then Chloe on her own in the others. This will work with the film and fit in where it needs to be inserted.
Another problem was the SD Memory card. It was a very small memory of only 238mb. This meant we were limited to the amount of shots we could take. However we cut it all down, and it was successful.

Wednesday 16th March

We all met at college at 9am.
We looked through all the footage we had filmed previously and then decided that the shots didnt look as good as they could have.
We want the best effect possible and so got the metrolink to Ashlieghs house once more to re-film what we had already filmed on Monday 14th. Then we were happy with everything.

Monday 14th March

We all met up at Ashleighs house to film the bedroom scenes for the first part of the opening sequence. We decided to film these scenes again in Ashleighs bedroom as in Amys' bedroom, the lighting wasnt right for what we had all pictured and Ashlieghs room suited the desired mise-en-scene more than Amys or Chloes bedrooms.
We also faced a few difficulties with the filming. Due to filming during college hours there wasnt anyone we could use to play any of the characters apart from outselves. We wanted to do a panning shot across from Chloe to Amys face when asleep in bed. However to include all three characters in the same shot prooved impossible as there would not be anyone to film the sequence. Finally, we chose to have Amy film chloe's pan shot over to Ashlieghs face and then pause filming and then Chloe would carry on filming to get Amy in the panning shot.
This was successful.

9th Feb, 2011

We decided not to continue filming the main task as we realized that we should upload posts onto our blog, as not to fall behind on our diary entries.

We also continued to observe and discuss the opening sequence of our main task so far.

We are unable to upload the still images of our animated storyboard due to technical difficulties with a pen drive. However, we are still trying.

7th March 2011

We started our filming for the main task , we decided to film in Amy's house as the mise-en-scene of the room fitted one of the stereoptypes 'girly girl' and also fitted teenage style, we completed numeous shots apart from the flashback, bus and college scenes.

We had casting difficulties as we could not use any teenagers as they were in college so could not have the 5 stereotypes we initially wanted, therefore we used ourselves which was challenging however we overcame these difficulties.

2nd March 2011

Chloe and Ashleigh completed kidulthood final analysis of the opening sequence of the film.

Amy produced blog spot diaries for each day so far of the production. She also produced a to do list and photographed the animated storyboard.

28th February 2011

Amy completed a detailed shot list for our main task, which was uploaded onto the blog.

Chloe researched still images from 90210, skins and kidulthood, which would help to plan character mise-en-scene etc. for our main task.

Ashleigh observed the film kidulthood and watched how social realism was created while producing short hand. Which she then attempted to upload on our blog but unable to do so, with technical difficulty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shsBkmx5oQY

21st-27th February (half term) 2011

Completed a detailed story board with description with a total of 27 shots.

16th February 2011

We started to look at different genres to base our main task on. We decided to base our film on realistic teen dramas. We chose to analyze two contrasting dramas, we chose 90210 and skins, this is because they are both based on stereotypical teen life; however 90210 based in Hollywood with rich teens that live the high life compared to the realist teenagers in skins. Skins is very realistic in the way its filmed and also the main characters.

14th Feb, 2011

After editing our film, we uploaded our completed preliminary task and started to answer a detailed analysis of our preliminary task.

Locations.

Winstanley Road, Sale, Manchester.

This location is just around the corner from Ashleigh's house.
We achieved a successful still image sequence fro this location, of the three female characters stumbling home from a night out drinking.
Due to the wide fork road, there was plenty of room to move around and play with camera angles and to achieve a shot-reverse-shot.
Furthermore, the close overhanging streetlamp created an amber tone over the shots and helped to create the feeling of night time, even with a bright flash on the camera.

Locations.

Ashleigh's House.
31 Broad Road, Sale, Manchester.

We then decided to film at Ashleigh's house for the opening bedroom shots for the sequence. this was due to lighting issues in Amy's house but mainly because the mise-en-scene, for example the dark purple and black colour scheme of Ashleigh's bedroom; suited the Gothic stereo type much more as we were struggling for Amy's bedroom to compliment any of the 3 stereotypes we had come up with.
Also we were able to achieve better wide shots of the characters, due to the different layout of Ashleigh's room. We were then able to create a flowing panning shot of the characters whereas in Amy's bedroom. This proved difficult to create.
Furthermore, as Amy's and Ashleigh's houses are located in very similar areas, the mise-en-scene and feel for the urban lifestyle wasn't lost.

Locations.

Amy's house.
12 Melsomby Road, Northern Moor, Manchester.

We started filming the opening shots of the three characters in the bedroom at Amy's house, we later re-filmed these scenes at Ashleigh's house due to better mise-en-scene to connote a Gothic stereotype and also due to lighting issues.
However, we used this location, pictured above right, for scenes such as when the characters are walking downstairs. This was because Amy's stairs had an easier angle to film from. We were able to achieve a better side and front view, whereas at Ashleigh's, only a front view would've been achievable.
We also filmed the bus stop scene at the top of Amy's road, along Sale Road. Also pictured on the above left. This busstop was also easy to film from as it was in the local area near to one of the houses we filmed in, this enables the mise-en-scene to flow and to also denote an urban area. It was also at a good angle to get a long shot of not only the characters but the street and traffic too.

analasis of opening sequence of kidulthood

We watched the opening part of kidulthood to try and see how social realism films were done. The film opened with a sound bridge of modern urban music this introduces the films main themes the music continues throughout the start but fades when dialogue comes in. The dialogue consists of many swearwords without to try and emphasize the characters in the opening scene. The camera work was done in a handheld camera style to add to the realism; the playground scene, editing is not used to go from one piece of event to another. Instead the camera quickly pans giving a disorientated look to the scene, adding to the exciting element of the opening scene.

Naturalistic lighting was used to add further to sense of realism, when the villain ‘Sam’ appears on screen the lighting becomes darker, symbolic to the main characters threatened feelings of him. In the opening sequence a fight takes place in the first 5 minutes to demonstrate to the audience straight away the lifestyle of the characters and also to set the plot for the rest of the film the fight is extremely violent with the camera focusing on the victim from a high angle and on the bully from a low angle. The sound is amplified of the punches to make it more involving and shocking to the audience. Lots of close ups of the main characters are used to establish to the audience the main narratives that will take place concerning these people.

When the scene starts it opens In a school playground, the camera focuses on the school uniforms to show their alternative styles and their untidiness and lack of respect to their school. The girls wear jewelry and make up and the boys wear trainers and hoodies, showing the lack of authority the school holds over the rebellious kids.

Overall, the current, modern, r & b style music coincides with the edgy camera work and attention to protagonists of the film help demonstrate the films main themes and narratives making it clear to the audience this is a edgy, realism, urban film that would appeal to a young audience over the age of 15 because of its strong violent and sexual content and its use of swear words in its dialogue. The mise-en-scene in the film helps the audience to straight away understand the characters in the film and what they are like. The ethic variety in the film helps show how it’s modern and current.