Project log week 2:

What have you learn about social realist codes and conventions in relation to audience?

I have learnt about the conventions of opening sequence clips by looking and opening sequences and analyse every bit of detail  For example, we had to each study a opening clip and create a timeline on it. We included how long each scene occurred for, what titles and how long they appeared on the screen for, cast names etc. As they were British social realist films, the audience being niece British, would be able to relate to the movies as they are set in Britain, the themes explored are real situations that happens in Britain.
How will this inform your productions?

This will inform my production as I now know what to include in my opening scene. I also now when to include it as timing is essential as I only have two minutes for my opening scene and I do not want to make it full of credits and I also do not want to make it with hardly and credits at all so I know I will need a balance. This has also helped me to learn how I will make my credits appear and how much dialogue or what soundtracks I will have in my opening scene.

What texts do you find particularly influential and why?

I looked at Shaun of The Dead and that influenced me. It influenced me as I liked the prologue to the story and also the way they incorporated the credits into the opening scene. It took a long time to get to the final credits, over two minutes but the way the credits showed up with random things happening in the background which added to the humour of it, but you cant really tell its a British social realist movie. I also looked at different newspaper articles showing real life stories which includes the themes and situations of British Social Realism. This has influenced me as I have gained ideas on what I can include in my opening scene and also the narrative and themes to include.

Will you conform to conventions or subvert them?

I will conform the conventions such as maybe having my opening scene containing a smash mouth opening, use minimal dialogue and maybe have a soundtrack playing quietly in the background as Shaun Of The Dead did. Although I may want to include having a smash mouth opening, I may want to subvert it as making an action scene right at the beginning may be difficult to create and may not pride the look I will be looking for and how i envisioned my opening scene.