Character Representations

This opening scene has three main characters and all three have been represented in different ways.

Murderer (Sarah, Rob)- In the first scene the murderer walks with a faltering movement. She also keeps her face covered so the audience do not know who it is. The dress sense and general behaviour of the character make her look maculine and suspicious. During the deal the character's unwillingness to show her face to the dealer again underlines the fact that she is independent and unwilling to reveal her identity. This raises the enigma 'Why is the character hiding his/her face?', this will intrigue the audience, as they want to know the answer.

During the running scene the character shows a more masculine and powerful persona especially when approaching the house. Rob plays the character in this scene, allowing the audience to presume that the killer is a man. His aggressive and forceful knocking of the door and opening of the gate makes the audience believe that the killer is in fact there for violence.

During the unmasking scene the murderer has her identity unveiled, therefore a lot more of her personality is shown. The smile at the end shows her confidence and lack of regret for a woman who has just murdered someone. The fact that she keeps her identity hidden may raise the idea that the murderer wants people to believe she is a man therefore you will never suspect her of anything. This represents the killer as an intelligent person as she does not want to be caught.

Dealer (Rob)- The dealer is only in the film for a short period of time. He seems quite nervous but at the same time in control of the deal. He seems cocky with the way he jumps and checks the money with a swagger, however his constant glances around shows that he is anxious.

He is dressed normally for a young person which makes him easy to relate to however the fact he is handling guns and money with ease may shock the viewer. His aggressive side is shown when he threatens the killer, which may make the dealer seem overpowering.

Narrator (Karl Buckel)- This character is the group's personal favourite. His identity is not revealed however his accent and deep insight into gang crime reveals many sides to the character. Firstly, his London accent and use of swear words makes him gritty and real to the viewer. The way he talks about the murder and respect makes the character unnerving as his forceful script gives him the persona of a 'hard man'.

More representations of the character are revealed with the way he talks about the bussiness. This shows that he is closely linked to violence and gang crime. Altogether the narrator's image is left to the audience to decide via the verbal representations made. This raises the enigma, 'Who is the narrator?' another question that the audience wants answering.

Robert Maclean

Editing

When editing our film, we decided to split it up by adding times, and credits as it would make our film longer and add the feel of it being a real film. By splitting the scenes up, we have added times to show what time of day the scene should have happened. It helps more as the light in which should have been filmed at night is darker so it looks like it has been filmed at that time in the evening. The morning scene was actually filmed in the morning so the lighting reflects on what time of day it was.

Sarah Fowler

Editing

Now we have finished recording the film we have begun editing and when using the I Mac we have noticed some editing features we want to incorporate.

The first is the CCTV style footage that we can input onto the chase scene during the credits. This will give the scene a more criminal look and will also darken the footage so it seems a lot more threatening. This decision will be made by the group after filming the footage.

In the shot changes from credit to action we have used a fade device that is fairly invisible and will help the scene run faster.

We are also considering using a narrative voice in the background of the scene that will describe, what kind of people the murderer is in contact with. The accent will be Southern, as this will give the scene a street feel. The voice and CCTV footage style has been inspired by the film Football Factory.

Rob Maclean

Diegetic and Non-Diegetic

The sounds we are using in are opening sequence are mainly non diegetic to give an authentic sound, if we used the sounds that we film in camera (diegetic) they would pick up lots of background noise e.g car , walkers by. This would give an amateur feel to our production and we would lose marks. the main non diegetic sounds we will be using is the background music are gun shot, the speech, and the heavy breathing at the end. The main dietetic sounds we will be using is some car noise/background noise, running and the knock on the door. This will give an authentic and professional sounding production.

Karl Buckel

Style's and fonts

This post is designed to explain how we plan to set the scene for the audience by using mis en scene that the audience can relate to street/ murder. For example the font we use during the credits may be haunting, for instance the chiller font may be used on a dark background. The Mis on Scene will answer more enigmas to the viewer such as genre and mood.

The character's style will also give away some information to the audience as their walk style and dress-sense will confirm that they are both youthful and street-wise. This will allow the viewer to feel comfortable in that the fact that they know what they are watching.

As well, these styles can also show the genre-hybridity the concurs.

Rob Maclean

Music choice

We have decided to choose a up beat hip hop style that gives the action and a more street appeal, when studying other british dramas they all seem to start off with this sort of music as it gives a representation of the characters age and interests. 

Karl Buckel 

Storyboard

Rob Maclean