Filming Tyrannosaur Swede

Wednesdays shoot of tyrannosaur 

We change the traditional WARP from into a working title film by making the main actors posh and snobby dressing them in suits and dresses and drinking champagne.

Our first screen was to imagine a man shouting while walking out of a bookies , he then proceeds to walk down an alley and kill his dog. We copied this by having Will ( William ) walk out of a door near the gym that had an alley type pathway running down the side , we showed him walking out then talking to his butler and then kicking his dog killing it. 

The second shoot was the funeral of the dog. We filmed this on the front lawn of our school by an ache of willow that looked appropriate for the situation. We had 2 rows of 3 actors with will and his butler ( Thomas ) and a girl to his left and the priest was in front of him. As the priest said his peach will laughed which contrast with the real film as he was crying. 

The third scene showed will running into an app stores and diving under the table , the girl ( Niamh ) tries to help him and convinces him to come up from under the table , he then invited her out for dinner and she accepts his offer. 

When we first shot the scenes we had difficulties with filming because the areas we choose had limited lighting and it was noisy making the audio hard to hear. We solved these problems in the second attempt by making all the scenes in open out side areas that wouldn't be too loud.

We had three scene in which each group member had part to play and a role to fill while we filmed , we had 2 cinematographers , a director , a producer and actors. Before we started filming we all helped out to create call sheets , screenplays and sorry boards to help the process pf filming easier and quicker.  

I was responsible for the screenplays for all scenes , i also helped with filming and directing , i also acted in it as i was the blonde girl ( Niamh ). I then edited my own final cut . 

Screenshot analysis

• The graffiti on the church denotes the feelings of the director and probably most people in the time the film is set. 
• The old car in the background is a signifier of the time period the film is set.
• "maggie is a twat" on the church connotes roughness and disrespect as they have vandalised a church this also denotes that religion is not present. 
• the graffiti is a polysemy as it can multiple meanings as stated above. 

Screenshot analysis

• We can denote that the title or name of the film is centrally framed this ensures that the emphasis is the photo is on the title. 
• The font used is documentary style , it is also in a bubble font which demonstrates a sense of immaturity , this is appropriate as it is from a young boys view point. 
• The font signifies decay which links to the old flats in the background.
• The flats in the background with the title "this is England" in front clearly shows a certain view point toward England and denotes working class and that the run down old flats are what England is really like.

This is England initial points.

• This is England was realised in 2006 by companies such as Warp films , Big arty production , EM media , Film4 , Optimum releasing and Screen Yorkshire. Screen Yorkshire and EM media were both companies that provided money for the production of the film. 
• This is Yorkshire was directed by Shane Meadows who also directed films such as small time and a dead mans shoes. 
• This is England is a good example of a social realist gendered film , as is it set in the midlands and highlights the contrast between working class England and the stereotypical view of high class culture and living.
•  It made 1.3 million from the uk box office after being screened for 56 weeks , in the uk the starting number of screens was 62 and the highest amount of screens was 151. Whereas in the us it ran for 15 weeks and still only made 328k this is due to the lack of screening it had starting at 1 screening and the highest amount of screenings being 14. This is due to this is England being screened in art house cinemas in the US and not making it to big branded cinema companies such as vue and Odeon. 
• Sweden and France were both countries in with this is England made more than one million pound from box office alone , the total gross of this is England came to a total of $7,847,165 which was highly impressive for an indie film. 

Submarine

This screenshot is the from the first minute of the film , it Is a mid-close up of the main character (protagonist) showing Oliver Tate as a silhouette against the sea of his hometown. He is in the centre of the screen creating a symmetrical picture which I think helps emphasise him , the empty space around him helps us to grasp what kind of person he is without us knowing anything about him as the sea around him and the emptiness could be a metaphor for his vast and empty mind he has.

This screenshot is an extreme long shot showing his house at the top of the hill and his town that he lives in. this helps us to understand the setting and place in which the film is set from this we see that it is a small town in the countryside we also see later on that it is by the sea. The dark colours in this shot sets the mood that maybe it a dull town and maybe miserable.