Cast List.

 The people who we want to be in our opening sequence are all somehow to do with theatre or performing arts. We did it on purpose because it will be easier for both, us and actors to play on the camera. We really want to get for our cast Jake Pratt and Olivia (Liv) Rooks, because they are an actual couple on a day-to-day basis, so it will be natural for them to be in the frame together, and they are also both used to be involved in performing arts. 

Here is a list of the people we think might b hood for the cast of our lift opening titled sequence. 

Girl	Boy
Liv Rooks (Teacher)	Jake Pratt (teacher)
Lottie Alford-Warren	Keir Edkins
Eve Elliot-Sidi	Joel Blaine
Rue Richardson	Luke Bedford

Our Group's storyboard for the sequence.

the first part of the storyboard was done by Adrianna from our group, she did the beginning of our future sequence.

The second part of our storyboard, as you know was done by me:

The last part of the storyboard did Tegan and it is the end of our future sequence.

My impact on the storyboard of our group's idea.

 In my group, we divided the work equally in between. Each of us did twelve small storyboards. We divided the whole work into three stages of our sequence. 

1.  Before the fight -- that part did Adrianna 
2. The beginning of the fight -- I did that part 
3. The ending of the fight and end of the sequence -- that part did Tegan 

Here is what I have done (instead of focusing on the drawings, I made the main focus on the description of it):

The BBFC and Film Age Certificates

 BBFC stands for the British Board of Film Classification. It is essentially a company that sets main rules in the cinemas and it sets the age restrictions. Any film in Britain cannot be released in both cinemas and on DVD without going through a BBFC company.

There are a lot of things that BBFC takes into consideration when thinks about what age certificate they should give to the specific film.  This can include :

• self-harm showed in the scenes 
• scenes that show sex and nudity 
• scenes that include strong language 
• scenes with violence showed towards kids
• strobe lighting -- in case there is someone with epilepsy
• scenes where child actors/characters were involved  
• scenes with potential dangerous behavior e.g. jumping from the roof
• scenes included drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes 
• scenes 3with criminal activities
• the company would also consider the context with what it's been showed 

BBFC also asks the Production company to look at all the tiny details of the film, if the film contains violence, for example, the BBFC might ask the following questions:

1. does the violence get punished 
2. how realistic it is
3. how much is there violence 
4. is it a moment of joy by any sides. 

As well as this BBFC has to look at some parts in more detail in order to be able to give a certain age restriction

The first category is PG or Parental Guidance, so it means that the child can only watch it with an adult in a room 

The main thing about PG restrictions is that all of the violence, nudity have to be on a minimal amount. Sex scenes are not allowed, otherwise, the film will be placed in the higher category. There has to be no aggressive language, only mild bad, otherwise, it also will be put on the higher category.

The next category in the order is 12 or 12A which means that this film can be seen a=by a member of the audience ghat is 12 and/or older. 

Any sort of violence in films that are within that category has to be minimal and without a lot of detail. Reference to drugs can only take place if the narrative of the film goes against the idea of drugs/alcohol/cigarettes. Nudity and sex, however, now can take place but it must be discreet and brief.

The next category in the order is 15 which means that this film can be seen by a member of the audience ghat is 15 and/or older.   

Nudity and sex in films that are within this category can be shown but not with a lot of details. Although now, in this type of film there can be some verbal reference to sex. There can also be sexual violence shown, but it has to. be kept to the minimum, otherwise, that film will be in the higher category.

Talking about the rest of the restrictions, it is clear that films within this category, if they have scenes where some of the characters are taking the drugs, these scenes should not include the whole process of work of the drug, and it also should not promote the usage of the drugs for the members of the audience.

Continuing with violence, it can take place in films that are rated 15 but there should not be sadistic violence. 

The next category in the order is 18 which means that this film can be seen by a member of the audience ghat is 18 and/or older.   

Films within this category can have all of the aspects of the films together because at that age adults are free to choose what to watch. Most of the films that are rated 18 are likely to include scenes where there are drugs shown, scenes where there are things that are against the law, and simply all the things that were not allowed to be in any of the films that were in the previous categories. 

 I would place our group course work film idea in the category for people that are 15 years old and above. I would do so mainly by the fact that in both, our opening sequence and our film there is not going to be a lot of detailed violence, however, there will be some aspects of the violence. One of the examples of the violence in our opening sequence can be the part where the main woman character is smashing the main man character's head on the lift's wall. Although this scene includes violence, our group is not going to show every detail of it. We are just going to show an actual fight and the blood that is dripping off from a man's head.

Workshop 4, sound in the film.

 There are two types of sound that can be used in the film:

• Diegetic -- the sound that occurs in the world of the movie or in the scene. It can either be seen on the scene or it cannot be seen on the scene but can be heard. 

• Non-diegetic -- the sound that is on the top of the scene and/or the film. It is most transformative for the member of the audience. It brings the audience a special vibe to the scene or even a film.

There are also a total of five different sound layers that can be created from diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, these layers are as follows:

1.  Dialogue  -- diegetic 
2. Voice Over -- that one can be both, diegetic and non-diegetic. It is diegetic only when the thoughts of the character been read out loud (e.g. the character is reading an email and there is a voice-over of that email)
3. Ambient Sound -- diegetic 
4. Music -- it can also be both, diegetic and non-diegetic. If it is non-diegetic then it is normally used to show the mood of the current scene or even character.
5. Sound effects or as it is called in the industry -- foley sound.  It normally helps the member of the audience to better follow the narrative of the story/scene

 One of the most important features to remember, while you are using the sound is to create a deeper meaning of the scene, to emphasize certain aspects of the scene. 

As well as all of the types listed above there are two types of soundtrack within the scene.

1.  Theme music -- it is most commonly used as a melody that can most people recognize at it is used for the audience to spot the film or the scene
2.  Leitmotif -- it is a song/music that keeps coming up with the same character or place, so that audience would associate it with that place/character maybe even situation.

In order to understand it and show the understanding of how to use the sound in the film/sequence, I had to add a soundtrack or a piece of music to my previously made sequence. To do so I have used software called GarageBand, which is an app that goes within my laptop and you can use it to add the music or the soundtrack on any sequence/film. 

Workshop 3: shooting a first sequence

 In that workshop, I have learned the filming technique called 'master and coverage technique'. 

 Essentially a sequence is numerous scenes that were shot at different times and when you edit them together it looks like all of the actions have happened at the same time period. 

The technique is all about making a first (master) shot as a wide shot so that from that shot you will be able to choose what are the rest of the shots are going to be (also known as coverage shots).  So what you will normally have is the Wide Shot first, then as coverage would go mid-shot, and then as another coverage would go an Extreme Close Up shot.  One of the most important things to remember is the fact that all of the scenes have to be filmed from different shots. It is mainly due to the fact that that helps the editor with providing a bigger choice of scenes during the editing process. It is also important to remember all of the composition rules and of course do not forget about 180-degree rule. 

      To get better at this technique I made my first attempt at it. 

Storyboarding.

 Storyboarding is essentially a way in which the film is presented throughout drawings. That then helps the director and actors and after filming it helps the editor. 

Storyboards have a number of things that it deals with before the filming. These include things such as: helping with planning and organization of the film/scene; it also helps to visualize the actions that are going to occur on the screen and finally, it helps to see what things are working within the film/scene and what things are not working. 

It also helps the editor after the filming to editing the film better, like the director saw it. It is commonly used by editors in order to make sure that the film will not be needed in refilling only because the editor has edited it not like the rest of the filming crew wanted it to see.

step-by-step titled sequence outline

 On this post I have worked with my production group, that is why the text on this post is similar to theirs. My group consists of Tegan, Adrianna, and myself.