Working Title- Ground

Role(s) Undertaken- Editor (main role), writer

Date/Secretary- 31/10/22/Hannah

Phase- Producing

Present/Apologies- Matilde (Sound), Hannah (Editor), Molly (Director)

Meeting 3-

Agenda-

1. Go over footage from the summer

Outcomes-

1. Organised footage
2. Planning for future shoots

SMART targets-

1. Finish Filming
2. Begin Post-Production work

19/10/2022

Script written and draft checked

Initial script rewritten based on teacher feedback

Source list compiled

V/O recorded

Still images sourced

Film clips uploaded ready for edit

Timeline assembled on premiere

Initial video draft checked

Initial video draft amended

Final video uploaded to M drive

Source list uploaded to M drive

I have chosen Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian science-fiction thriller, Children of Men, for my textual analysis. The film is set in 2027, in a world where women have become infertile, filling the world with panic and suffering. It is set in England, and follows Theo, a former activist, who is trying to take a miraculously pregnant immigrant to a sanctuary, while attempting to escape the British government and other antagonistic forces. I have chosen a section of the film between 01:08:30-01:12:25, where Theo and Kee attempt to travel to an overnight shelter in a migrant camp, alongside a midwife called Miriam. To analyse this section, I will be focusing on mise-en-scene and cinematography, in reference to the dystopian genre, as well as looking at the historical and social context connected to the film. 

Film- Children of Men

Scene- Kee, Theo and Miriam on their way to the camp

Micro elements- Mise-en-scene, cinematography

Macro element- Genre

Context- Historical, Social

Subclip- 01:08:30 to 01:12:25

Children of Men–

8/10

Memorable Scene- where everyone stopped fighting as Theo and Kee walked past as the baby cried

City of God–

8/10

Memorable Scene- Benny’s death

M–

4/10

Memorable Scene- the court scene

Working Title- Ground

Role(s) Undertaken- Editor (main role), writer

Date/Secretary- 08/07/22/Hannah

Phase- Pre-production

Meeting- 1

Present/Apologies- Matilde (Sound), Hannah (Editor)/ Molly (Director)

Agenda-

1. Work on Script
2. Checking availability- try to create filming schedule

Outcomes-

1. Decided to use my coffee machine
2. Script writing
3. Confirmed 1 filming location

SMART Targets-

1. Receive response from Molly
2. Confirm filming dates
3. Continue working on script

Working Title- Ground

Role(s) Undertaken- Editor (main role), writer

Date/Secretary- 30/06/22/Hannah

Phase- Pre-production

Meeting- 1

Present/Apologies- Matilde (Sound), Hannah (Editor)/ Molly (Director)

Agenda-

1. Look at refining story
2. Choose actors
3. Confirm Filming Locations

Outcomes-

1. Worked on script
2. Looked at filming weeks + locations
3. Decided Chris and Liv as actors

SMART Targets-

1. Look into coffee machine to film
2. Work on Script
3. Look at availability of everyone involved

Ground (Hannah, Molly, Matilde)

Opening and Closing Images- Open with close-up of Detective drinking coffee, Closing with Mute drinking coffee. 

Inciting Incident- Detective thinks mute person is responsible for their partner’s kidnapping- (flashbacks)

First Act Break- Detective leaving their house.  

Midpoint- Chase

Point of Commitment- Catches mute 

All is Lost- Finds out partner is dead 

Climax- Detective dies 

The Resolution- Mute sits alone – cliffhanger.