Challenges in getting filming right.

When filming our own scenes to Four Weddings And A Funeral, we came across many difficulties and challenges in the production within our groups, which all contribute to our overall experience of first time filming and when know what things to look for when filming in the future to develop our skills on acting and for me directing.
   
My first challenge when filming was my experience with the video camera. The first camera i used when turning it on had a red battery sign which kept flashing so i then knew i wouldn’t be able to use this video camera due to low battery, so then i called for assistance but i had previously been taught how to use the first video camera so i had difficulty in using the new one given to me and needed assistance again! So when it comes to filming technology/the video camera can be a huge challenge.

Also the actors partaking in the scene can add to the challenges, when i was filming we came across many problems with the actors! One didn’t want to move from one spot, so i found it difficult getting a shot of behind them with a tree in the way! Another was really tall, so it was really hard to get an over the shoulder shot of them, and the last actor had low confidence and kept forgetting all their lines when they only had to lines to remember! So overall the actors in that are being filmed can be a huge challenge when filming.

The preparation time can also contribute to the challenges of filming, as when we did our filming we had about 40 minutes to prepare how we were going to rein act it, i can assume that if we had a longer amount of time to prepare our scenes the output would have been better, as we would have had a longer time to go over lines, actions and filming techniques perfecting our filming.

In conclusion i think many factors effect filming but in time with practise these factors become minor.

Induction task- Film Two - Kidulthood.

      Kidulthood is about a group of London teenagers that grow up on a rough estate. It follows a day in the life of three teenage boys; Trife (Aml Ameen), Jay ( Adam Deacon) and Mooney (Femi Oyeniran) starting out at school and culminating at a party where the protagonist is tragically killed by the sinister character Sam (Noel Clarke who is also the writer of the screen play).

      The key elements of the movie are that it all occurs in one day showing the life of a London teenager from the class room, to home, and relationships with friends and enemies. And is all done from a realistic perspective so that it doesn’t have the fairy tale ending like other teenage movies.  However it is defined as a teenage movie due to the storyline although some adults can engage with the film.

      It’s aiming for a teenage audience by the fact that at the outset the setting is in a school which indicates that the cast are teenagers and it’s going to play out a situation that’s similar to one that the teenage audience know. Also the way in which the characters speak; latest slag that would be hard for adults to follow. Also the real life situation of bullying that starts off the film which was previously a huge issue within schools and it progresses to showing the effects of bullying, that is in some way trying to educate us teenagers.

      Kidulthood portrays the teenagers in the film to be rough, rude, and aggressive; constantly getting in fights and arguments and down grading London civilians. Adults however are seen as ignorant towards the teenagers getting bullied and what they were getting up to which i believe is a contributory factor to the tragedy at the end of the film.

      The locations that feature in the film are the school and on the streets of London, and at the end a student’s house party which are all common to a teenagers life.

      The mood created by Kidulthood is sad and sinister and brings a tear to the audience’s eye.

Induction task- Film one - Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging.

     Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging is based on the series of books and is about a teenage girl; Georgia Nicolson who is slowly overcoming the trauma of being a teenager.  Many obstacles are thrown her way as she struggles in finding her two main desires; one, to get a gorgeous sex-god as her boyfriend and two, to throw the greatest 15^th birthday party on earth!                                                                    

We can define this film as being a teenage movie due to the cast; four teenage girls Georgia, Ellen, Jas and Rosie facing the day to day teenage troubles such as sibling rivalry, fashion malfunctions & boys! Additionally the male protagonist creates sex appeal for all the young girls watching!

     This movie signals its aiming for a teenage audience due to the narrative; a fourteen year old girl talking about her life but also the way she talks, the way adults wouldn’t understand. Also the fact it’s about teenagers, so the teenage audience can find commonality and compare their life with the film.

     Adults in the film Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging are defined as being harsh as they often don’t see eye-to-eye with the teenagers and usually find a way of embarrassing them such as when Georgia is in the fruit shop trying to impress the sex-god and her bonkers mother comes waltzing in telling everyone Georgia has flatulence issues!Teenagers on the other hand are made out to be upper class but weird; Georgia and Ellen go and get kissing lessons from the man the myth the legend Peter Dyer, which as a teenager i wouldn’t dream of doing!

Locations that feature within the film are the docks in Eastbourne, where Georgia is often caught stalking boys. School is also a common location where all the main characters are present which again shows the teenage element to the film.

   When watching the film the mood established is  light hearted and humorous.  And there is hardly ever a grim moment which makes it better suited to teenagers as they enjoy watching.