Voiceover

In my exteneded sequence while Barry is walking to meet the loan shark I am going to use a voiceover. The voiceover will be of Barrys thoughts, this will help the audience understand what he is going through.

'Oh fucking hell, hes gunna kill me, I just know it! I don’t have his money and I know what hes capable of, hes a dangerous man! Alright, just calm down, don’t panic and try talk your way out of it, whats the worst that could happen? Well he could fucking kill me and the worst thing is barely anyone would even notice! Im a dead man walking. No im sure he’s a fairly reasonable man, im sure he will understand what im going through, just don’t panic and don’t piss him off. Everything will be fine and hes gunna have his money in a couple of days.'

First edit

I have completed the first edit of my short sequence and all the filming is done. However, after putting together my first edit it is clear that certain shots need to be re-shot in order to make my sequence the best it can be.
In some of the shots there is a lack of continuity and unfortunately in some of the shots the lighting is poor quality. Despite the few mistakes there are or the things that need to be re-shot I am pleased with how my first edit has turned out.

Filming update

I have filmed most of my sequence and it has turned out really well apart from a few shots that need to be re-shot because of lack of continuity, unfortunately I only noticed this after putting together a rough edit.
I still have some more to film but I will be filming that within the next two weeks.

Update

All of my planning is finished and I am ready to start filming. Although I said I was definitely filming on the 17th December I had dificulty getting a camera to use so unfortunately have to reschedule again for Saturday the 14th January. I am now slightly behind but I will hopefully film everything over the period of the planned weekend and then I will be start editing my footage the following week.

Sound track

For the end of my sequence when Barry is left alone in the alley there will be no dialouge so I am going to put a sound track over it. Here is the song I have chosen to use.

This is Dietro Casa by Ludovico Einaudi and it was taken from the soundtrack of This is England, a film that is set in a similar time to mine and is of a similar genre. I think this a very powerful song and it will reflect the time and the struggles Barry is going through. I wont be using the whole track I will just use a certain cutting from the track to fit the video it will be going over.

Location update

I am no longer filming in the oringal place that i planned to as it was too far away. I am not filming in the old town near the old fruit markets. It looks very similar to my original location and has very similar mis-en-scene. It also has more back alleys and big abandoned warehouses so I think it will look better, it is also closer which makes it look a lot easier for both me and my actors.

Updated aims and context

My aim is to create an extended sequence from an imagined feature called ‘The Debt’. I am filming the scene where Barry leaves his house and goes to meet the Loan Shark for a ‘business’ meeting. The purpose of this sequence is to show my target audience just how hard times were and what people would go through for some money. My imagined feature will be of the social realist genre also with aspects of crime. I will achieve this by using the genres codes and conventions. I will be aiming to make the audience sympathise for Barry and I want to them to be able to understand the situation he is in and understand how hard times are. I also want to be able to make the audience feel scared for Barry and want them to be able to feel how powerful the loan shark is. I will achieve this by using high angle shots to make Barry look small and vulnerable and low angle shots to make the loan shark look tall and dominant, I want to make it so the audience know he is clearly the one in charge.

As my extended sequence is of the Social Realism genre I have looked at the work of Ken Loach, and a massive influence for me was the scene in ‘Raining Stones’ where the loan shark turns up at Bobs house.  I like the use of cinematography and editing in Ken Loach’s films and I aim to produce my film using similar techniques.

For my extended sequence I will be taking on the role of director, producer, editor and cinematographer. The target audience for my extended sequence will be more of a niche audience targeting fans of the social realist genre. I also think this will appeal to more of an older audience aged 25 and above because they will be able to relate to it in some sense.  According to YouTube, ‘Raining Stones’ by Ken Loach is popular among males, aged 35 – 64, this would class as a niche audience opposed to a mainstream audience of 16 – 24. I think it is popular among males of those ages as teenagers and younger males may find it boring because rather than concentrating on special effects and action, it concentrates on real life situations, using the strength of plot, dialogue and characterisation to make its points.