We first thought of a script for the voice over which had to be rewrote when we recorded it for the second time, this was because when edited alongside the film we had shot, it did not make sense and needed to be improved. We then came up with a new voice over script, however has some explicit language.
"That's me, DJ, made an orphan at the age of 3, and committing crimes before I could walk, the way i see it is, you can let life fuck you over or you can get on with it and make something of yourself.
And then you've got my associate Pillz, a mad bastard, in fact hes a complete fucking nutter. Here he is kicking the shit out of some poor cunt. But look, that's just us, give a shit and expect it back ten times fucking worse, if you don't understand what we do, then don't worry i don't expect you to, cos to understand us, you'd have to think like us..."
We feel that this voice over better justified the context of the film and helped outline the character that DJ is supposed to portray, a corrupt youth living in a gritty neighbourhood.
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Problems when filming and editing
Problems -
A continuity error, the character played by Dan Wiltshire was in one shot standing against a wall, and in the following shot where it was a direct cut he was not against the wall. This was therefore fixed with a dissolve transition to represent the passing of time, and the error was then resolved.
The first attempt at the voice over failed, as the script for the voice over was not well thought, and once edited to fit the film it did not make sense. Because of this, we had to record a voice over for the second time. The second attempt was successful, however we had to research into the language that we used, and see if it could be justified by the '15' rating that we decided on during the development stages - But this was successful and we found sufficient information in order to keep the voice over as it was.
There were few problems regarding sound, as we decided over the development stages that there would be no natural audio (such as speech, as due to the camera the sound would be poor) so we therefore decided to have a soundtrack and a voice over. the soundtrack was developed using equipment in order to collate different sounds into one track, and this was successful. However we had to fix the sound in the voice over as there was some hum in the background which made the voice over sound distorted, however this was eventually fixed with filters.
A continuity error, the character played by Dan Wiltshire was in one shot standing against a wall, and in the following shot where it was a direct cut he was not against the wall. This was therefore fixed with a dissolve transition to represent the passing of time, and the error was then resolved.
The first attempt at the voice over failed, as the script for the voice over was not well thought, and once edited to fit the film it did not make sense. Because of this, we had to record a voice over for the second time. The second attempt was successful, however we had to research into the language that we used, and see if it could be justified by the '15' rating that we decided on during the development stages - But this was successful and we found sufficient information in order to keep the voice over as it was.
There were few problems regarding sound, as we decided over the development stages that there would be no natural audio (such as speech, as due to the camera the sound would be poor) so we therefore decided to have a soundtrack and a voice over. the soundtrack was developed using equipment in order to collate different sounds into one track, and this was successful. However we had to fix the sound in the voice over as there was some hum in the background which made the voice over sound distorted, however this was eventually fixed with filters.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Justifying Language
Throughout the developing and planning stages, we decided that the film would be rated 15, so that it could attract a wider audience and appeal to people that could relate to it.
After recording the voice over for the we had to research what language was tolerated for a 15 classified film, as there is some strong language, this therefore meant that we had to research the BBFC.
WEBSITE: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/c_15.php
For language, the website states:
"Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (eg 'cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable."
We feel that the use of this language can be justified by context. The aim was to create an urban style, and the use of language represents the character. We therefore made the decision to keep the language present in the voiceover, as we feel that we did sufficient research and was the strongest use of language was only used once, and is not glorified.
After recording the voice over for the we had to research what language was tolerated for a 15 classified film, as there is some strong language, this therefore meant that we had to research the BBFC.
WEBSITE: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/c_15.php
For language, the website states:
"Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (eg 'cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable."
We feel that the use of this language can be justified by context. The aim was to create an urban style, and the use of language represents the character. We therefore made the decision to keep the language present in the voiceover, as we feel that we did sufficient research and was the strongest use of language was only used once, and is not glorified.
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