Individual response to the idea/thoughts about group choice

We each had different ideas on the setting, Daniel S had the idea to go to a park near the school, but when we started filming we realized the place wasn't good to work with so we had to decide on a different setting, I had the idea of filming in manor park, it was a good place to film but it was too far, on the way of finding different parks Kiran had the idea of going to blagdon park in New Malden, this was a good choice because it was near, quiet and easy to film in, the only problem with this park is that parents and children can come inside the park so we had to stop filming, we had to go to the park during school time where children and parents would be at work and school, we filmed on two different days but we had to start over on the second day because of change in the weather, it was easy for us to decide on what the characters would wear because it's advertised in music and we're familiar with the situation, so we definitely knew what type of clothes they would wear, we also got ideas by watching opening sequences and trailers for props for example we used the trailer of adulthood which can be viewed above, we decided to let Jay wear a black hooded jumper and a black hat, this shows he's not looking for attention from passers by, for Curtis we simply used casual clothes. on the setting we needed to find a blunt object to be used as weapon, this is a significant object and it could carry on the story.

Planning meetings week 3 (Jan 16-20th)

On the third week we finished up our very final storyboard which included a setting change and actor change, we planned every shot in detail and tried to commit to every idea we got, After we decided what props to use, we decided on black clothes, black hat and a black bandanna for Jay, we chose to use the black bandanna because it represents the Jays gang, He wears outfits that could be seen as a troubled kid just to be seen in public to gain respect, The other character, Curtis, wears normal clothes, for the audience he wouldn't be seen as a criminal, The story begins with Curtis entering the park and sitting on the bench, as he was playing around with his phone, he recognized a mysterious man who dressed in a uncertain way that he couldn't tell but the audience could, then that mysterious man who is called Jay was walking up to him in a swaggered motion to show his status, Curtis didn't take him serious and answered Jay's question sarcastically. Jay didn't take too well to his response, and he was getting aggressive towards Curtis, the situation escalated which Curtis couldn't control, Suddenly Jay punches him and it was clear to the audience that Jay wasn't messing around, After a few shots Curtis is lying helpless on the floor, Jay was very serious and picked up a blunt object, he strikes at Curtis with all his strength and the shot fades out, Jay called someone and started in another language, we have placed subtitles at the bottom so the audience knows what he's saying, and then you can hear a zip and a car door which Curtis won't realise but the audience will, and this will carry on the story. We decided call the movie "Redemption" because its a complex story which is not easy to deduce, can Jay clear his sins?

Planning meetings stuff from week 2 (Jan 9-13th)

We brainstormed a completely different idea to our first one, it involved a troubled teenage girl who found a friend that can relate to her, but behind the computer he was a criminal looking to manipulate this vulnerable girl, he was acting kind to the girl and she trusted him, the problem with this story is the girls religion which forbid her to be in a relationship with him. we felt this story wasn't exciting enough and we wanted something unique. During the planning we suddenly had an amazing idea which we could commit too, it involved a troubled teen which is played by Tawhir and a criminal thug which is playing by Danny Glazier, the story starts with a long shot at the bus stop in which tawhir receives a text message from his friend saying 'are you bunking from lesson' he just ignored him and didn't care about him, he catches the bus to an elusive park, on the ride we tried to film him and the scenery so that the audience can make a picture of the setting, we also wanted to add a special effect where he puts on his headphones and the music can be heard by the audience. when he arrives he enters the park by jumping over the fence, the audience can tell he's a dodgy character by his actions, in an over the shoulder shot you can see him taking what looks to be an illegal substance possibly marijuana, As he smokes the shot is changing from the over the shoulder shot to a medium shot in which you can see another character who is played by Danny Glazier, He comes to him and they start arguing, and Danny ran out of Patience and set Tawhir straight, he punched him and robbed him, on the next day Tawhir was eating in a fast food restaurant and as he was walking out he sees Danny on the high street, Danny recognised him and ran away, Tawhir ran after him and Danny into the back of a deserted building where he trips and is crying for mercy, You can see the anger in tawhir's face and the audience can tell that something is going to happen in the next few seconds, the camera focuses on a brick and this is a significant object as it will be a murder weapon, Tawhir picks it up and you can only see the shot where he drops the brick and walks away. This idea was good but during when we were filming we realized that it was hard to film in some places like the bus scene or the park, we needed permission to film there, so after a few tries we changed the story slightly.

Planning meeting stuff from week 1 (jan 4-6)

We where put into groups, my group consists of Daniel S and Kiran, the first thing we did was brainstorming ideas for our story board, everyone came up with some good and useful ideas, our first ideas was good but we couldn't commit to it, because we didn't have the right props and location to make our story effective, we looked at a few opening sequences by students to get some inspiration, after our first story we decided to make another story as backup just in case there was a problem, we brainstormed ideas for the second story which was completely different to our first.

Personal response to the brief

At first we all came up with ideas for a story, these where varied and we voted on which story would be better, we took ideas from each others story, for example different camera shots and the plots, it was quite easy finding a location for our opening sequence and we all agreed that we filmed the opening sequence in a park, our first attempt of filming didn't go too well, our story wasn't that easy to execute so we decided on a new story, a few lessons later we came up with a solid idea that we were able to execute with success, we now have a perfect location, and we have some added props, a black bandanna which will be a significant object later on. I've been assigned to be an actor in the film and I'm confident that it will be a success.