The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification within the UK.
The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors. At that time it also took responsibility for classifying videos for hire or purchase to view in the home as well as films shown in cinemas. Home video and cinema versions of a film often receive the same certificate, although occasionally a film may receive a more restrictive certificate for the home video market, as it is easier for children to watch a home video than to be admitted into a cinema.
The BBFC currently issues the following certificates. They use symbols for each certificate and each symbol has a name and definition.
U - Universal: All ages admitted, there is nothing unsuitable for children.
Example: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
PG - Parental Guidance: General viewing, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for children under 8. Example: Ghostbusters
12A: May be unsuitable for under 12s. Those aged under 12 are only admitted if accompanied by an adult at all times during the performance (cinema only). Example: The Dark Knight
12: Suitable only for those aged 12 and over. No-one younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12 rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. Example: Quantum of Solace
15: Suitable only for those aged 15 and over. Nobody younger than 15 can see a 15 film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15 rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. Example: Severance
18: For adults only.
Nobody younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema.
No-one younger than 18 can rent or buy an 18 rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. Example: Saw
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Further Production Planning
During the past few lessons as part of our production, after much discussion we as a group have decided to change the story line of our film and also have made adjustments to our logo.
The name of our company is now called 'Silverline Productions', this title evolves into the screen in glowing letters. The font used will be Mistral, the font size will be 72 and of white colour. On the left hand side of the screen will stand an autumn tree, the leaves of the tree fall and scatter as a gush of wind blows past and one the leaves slams onto the screen, and its veins read 'Silverline Productions'.
The genre is still the same which is drama.
I believe our genre will appeal and entertain to all audiences as the story which is being told throughout the video is or could be something which has hapned to many others. This will help young teenagers to contemplate and appreciate life as well as putting a message across to people with more power that these things go unheard and have affect on people and take a massive toll on their lives.
The new story is based on the life of an innocent Muslim father and his children. The father has been imprisoned for several years on the suspicion of acts of Terrorism but has not been proven guilty. The life of the father is shown as well as his children and how they are feeling without a fatherly figure at home. The mothers emotional distress is revealed in the childs letter to the president to release his father.
The idea of the story was taken from a South London man who is a detainee at Guanatanamo Bay, who's name is Shaker Aamer and has been at this detention camp without charge or trial since 2001. In his last heavily censored letters home Shaker asked for the right to die. The videos of this man and others which are posted on Youtube and other broadcasting sites are very emotional and moving. It gathers the whole world to witness injustice and from whats said it is still evident that nothing is being done about it by higher officials.
The name of our company is now called 'Silverline Productions', this title evolves into the screen in glowing letters. The font used will be Mistral, the font size will be 72 and of white colour. On the left hand side of the screen will stand an autumn tree, the leaves of the tree fall and scatter as a gush of wind blows past and one the leaves slams onto the screen, and its veins read 'Silverline Productions'.
The genre is still the same which is drama.
I believe our genre will appeal and entertain to all audiences as the story which is being told throughout the video is or could be something which has hapned to many others. This will help young teenagers to contemplate and appreciate life as well as putting a message across to people with more power that these things go unheard and have affect on people and take a massive toll on their lives.
The new story is based on the life of an innocent Muslim father and his children. The father has been imprisoned for several years on the suspicion of acts of Terrorism but has not been proven guilty. The life of the father is shown as well as his children and how they are feeling without a fatherly figure at home. The mothers emotional distress is revealed in the childs letter to the president to release his father.
The idea of the story was taken from a South London man who is a detainee at Guanatanamo Bay, who's name is Shaker Aamer and has been at this detention camp without charge or trial since 2001. In his last heavily censored letters home Shaker asked for the right to die. The videos of this man and others which are posted on Youtube and other broadcasting sites are very emotional and moving. It gathers the whole world to witness injustice and from whats said it is still evident that nothing is being done about it by higher officials.
Monday, 13 September 2010
PRODUCTION PLANNING
Today during lesson time we partially planned our production. To do this we had to name our company, have a logo plan for our company, decide on the genre our group was working with, to understand that our 5 minute video should entertain and appeal to the teenage audience, plan a rough treatment and assign roles to each member of the group.
The name of our company is called 'Toilet Pictures' and our logo is most likely going to have lightning passing through a lavatory with the company name below it and as the flush on the toilet flushes the lighting wipes out the whole screen.
The genre we have picked for our video is 'Drama'.
I believe our genre will appeal and entertain the teenage audience as the story which is being told throughout the video is very common in most south asian families and it occurs to girls in their teen years and impacts thier lives severly.
Basic Rundown of our Story: It is about a traditional south asian father who has a high status in his cultural and religious socitey who must do all he can do to uphold his family hononur. South asian families 'izzat' (honour) is what many tradtional asians believe their foundations are built upon, and without this they are nothing, and to do this their children and other family members must abide by the rules and regulations which have been taken out of context from religious and traditional beliefs and values. To this day this kind of custom still lives on and impacts lives of many western people who come from these ethnic and religious background.
In this story the time has come to get his daughter married and he believes it his duty to find her a husband who fits into his class of ideal son-in-laws. However his daughter has found her own love and is going out with him behind her parents back, this is forbidden in her custom and her parents are not happy when they find out, her father espeacially has something to say about this. Family problems and rows at home drive her away from home and she ends up running away.
The entire video will be shown as a flashback whilst she is packin her bags to leave home, diffrent camera angles and lighting will be used to emphasize diffrent scenes.
The Roles in the groups:
Creative Director: Me (Shahnaz Khatun)
Script Writer: Me (Shahnaz Khatun)
Story Board:
Prop Manager:
Location Manager: Habiba Parvin
Actor/Scout Manager:
The name of our company is called 'Toilet Pictures' and our logo is most likely going to have lightning passing through a lavatory with the company name below it and as the flush on the toilet flushes the lighting wipes out the whole screen.
The genre we have picked for our video is 'Drama'.
I believe our genre will appeal and entertain the teenage audience as the story which is being told throughout the video is very common in most south asian families and it occurs to girls in their teen years and impacts thier lives severly.
Basic Rundown of our Story: It is about a traditional south asian father who has a high status in his cultural and religious socitey who must do all he can do to uphold his family hononur. South asian families 'izzat' (honour) is what many tradtional asians believe their foundations are built upon, and without this they are nothing, and to do this their children and other family members must abide by the rules and regulations which have been taken out of context from religious and traditional beliefs and values. To this day this kind of custom still lives on and impacts lives of many western people who come from these ethnic and religious background.
In this story the time has come to get his daughter married and he believes it his duty to find her a husband who fits into his class of ideal son-in-laws. However his daughter has found her own love and is going out with him behind her parents back, this is forbidden in her custom and her parents are not happy when they find out, her father espeacially has something to say about this. Family problems and rows at home drive her away from home and she ends up running away.
The entire video will be shown as a flashback whilst she is packin her bags to leave home, diffrent camera angles and lighting will be used to emphasize diffrent scenes.
The Roles in the groups:
Creative Director: Me (Shahnaz Khatun)
Script Writer: Me (Shahnaz Khatun)
Story Board:
Prop Manager:
Location Manager: Habiba Parvin
Actor/Scout Manager:
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
ROLES IN FILM PRODUCTION
• Producer: creates the requirements needed to create a motion picture. The producer coordinates supervises and controls different issues such as funding and managing personnel. They are engaged throughout the all stages of the filmmaking process.
• Executive Producer: this person is usually an investor in the development or just a credit that the filmmaker gave to someone who paid for the credit. There may be more than one executive producer on a project this is all dependant on the financial arrangements of that business.
• Production Manager: supervises all the physical aspects of production, this includes factors such as personnel, technology, budgeting. Ensuring the production is staying on schedule and within budget is the duty of the production manager. They also cover tactical decisions of the business such as day-to-day budgets by organizing the operating costs, production costs and every day equipment rental costs.
• Unit Manager: this role is the same as the production manager howver for a secondary “unit” shooting.
• Production Coordinator: is the information nexus of the production, accountable for sort out all the logistics from hiring crew, renting equipment, and booking talent. The PC is an integral part of film production.
• Post-production supervisor
Post Production Supervisors are responsible for the post production process, during which they maintain clarity of information and good channels of communication between the Producer, Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, the Facilities Companies (such as film labs, CGI studios and negative cutters) and the Production Accountant.
• Director: A film director is a person who guides the actors and crew in the making of a film.[1] He or she controls a film's artistic and dramatic factors, while guiding the technical crew and actors, therefore they are said to be overseeing the creative aspects of a film. They chose the location for film to be shot, camera positioning, use of lighting and film tracks used.
• First Assistant Director (1st AD): assist the production manager and director, it is the responsibility to ensure film comes in on schedule while maintaining a working environment in director, actors and crew can be focused on their work. They cover day-to-day management of the cast, crew, equipment, script and set.
• Second Assistant Director (2nd AD): is the leading assistant of the 1st AD who helps accomplish delegated tasks to the 1st AD. They let crew know about schedules and shooting times etc.
• Production Assistant: aids the first director with set operations. Production assistants mostly are referred to as PAs, they also engage in work situated in the production office and general tasks.
• Script Supervisor: also referred to as “continuity person”, they keep note of what parts of the script need to be shot and making deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script. Script supervisors also keep track on props, blocking, and other details to ensure continuity from shot to shot and scene to scene.
• Stunt Coordinator: arrange the casting and performance of the stunt which is needed to be performed by stunt performers
• Casting Director: they chose and allocate the characters of the film by allowing them to audition and practice for a particular script.
• Producer: creates the requirements needed to create a motion picture. The producer coordinates supervises and controls different issues such as funding and managing personnel. They are engaged throughout the all stages of the filmmaking process.
• Executive Producer: this person is usually an investor in the development or just a credit that the filmmaker gave to someone who paid for the credit. There may be more than one executive producer on a project this is all dependant on the financial arrangements of that business.
• Production Manager: supervises all the physical aspects of production, this includes factors such as personnel, technology, budgeting. Ensuring the production is staying on schedule and within budget is the duty of the production manager. They also cover tactical decisions of the business such as day-to-day budgets by organizing the operating costs, production costs and every day equipment rental costs.
• Unit Manager: this role is the same as the production manager howver for a secondary “unit” shooting.
• Production Coordinator: is the information nexus of the production, accountable for sort out all the logistics from hiring crew, renting equipment, and booking talent. The PC is an integral part of film production.
• Post-production supervisor
Post Production Supervisors are responsible for the post production process, during which they maintain clarity of information and good channels of communication between the Producer, Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, the Facilities Companies (such as film labs, CGI studios and negative cutters) and the Production Accountant.
• Director: A film director is a person who guides the actors and crew in the making of a film.[1] He or she controls a film's artistic and dramatic factors, while guiding the technical crew and actors, therefore they are said to be overseeing the creative aspects of a film. They chose the location for film to be shot, camera positioning, use of lighting and film tracks used.
• First Assistant Director (1st AD): assist the production manager and director, it is the responsibility to ensure film comes in on schedule while maintaining a working environment in director, actors and crew can be focused on their work. They cover day-to-day management of the cast, crew, equipment, script and set.
• Second Assistant Director (2nd AD): is the leading assistant of the 1st AD who helps accomplish delegated tasks to the 1st AD. They let crew know about schedules and shooting times etc.
• Production Assistant: aids the first director with set operations. Production assistants mostly are referred to as PAs, they also engage in work situated in the production office and general tasks.
• Script Supervisor: also referred to as “continuity person”, they keep note of what parts of the script need to be shot and making deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script. Script supervisors also keep track on props, blocking, and other details to ensure continuity from shot to shot and scene to scene.
• Stunt Coordinator: arrange the casting and performance of the stunt which is needed to be performed by stunt performers
• Casting Director: they chose and allocate the characters of the film by allowing them to audition and practice for a particular script.
PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION 1 & 2
PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION 1 & 2
We had a session with 2 photographers who are involved in a competition in photography. We were given an introduction to photgraphy and they then told us about camera techniques on a camera, they also showed us a variety of pictures which could be interpreted in different ways. Through this session I had learnt basic functions of a camera, such as Focus which is the adjustment that is made to bring the desired area or the desired part to the sharpest point possible. This is usually done manually, but this is also done automatically in some latest digital cameras. I also learnt how to use the macro function on a camera which allowed me to take close up and defined pictures which looked professional and did not blur the picture due to being in close proximity to the camera. We were then each assigned to a camera and were given a task to take a picture which told a story or had a meaning to it.
The second session we had regarding the photography completion involved the photographers showing us where different students were either making mistakes or where there is room for improvements. These were things such as the reason behind why one took a specific picture, or cutting the feet out if it was a portrait picture etc. We then took these ideas into consideration and went out for a second time to overcome these barriers to produce some high-quality photographs.
We had a session with 2 photographers who are involved in a competition in photography. We were given an introduction to photgraphy and they then told us about camera techniques on a camera, they also showed us a variety of pictures which could be interpreted in different ways. Through this session I had learnt basic functions of a camera, such as Focus which is the adjustment that is made to bring the desired area or the desired part to the sharpest point possible. This is usually done manually, but this is also done automatically in some latest digital cameras. I also learnt how to use the macro function on a camera which allowed me to take close up and defined pictures which looked professional and did not blur the picture due to being in close proximity to the camera. We were then each assigned to a camera and were given a task to take a picture which told a story or had a meaning to it.
The second session we had regarding the photography completion involved the photographers showing us where different students were either making mistakes or where there is room for improvements. These were things such as the reason behind why one took a specific picture, or cutting the feet out if it was a portrait picture etc. We then took these ideas into consideration and went out for a second time to overcome these barriers to produce some high-quality photographs.
Monday, 21 June 2010
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Introduction To Advanced Production
My expectations for this course are to learn what it takes to produce a short film, also during the process i would like to learn how to implement everything i have learnt in AS Media these are things such as camera angles and shots and i would also like gain more knowledge during this course, and this which will help me excel in this region of production.
Watching the exemplar film of the previous year group, showed me another side to learning media, that which i am looking forward to, as the making of the production looks very fascinating and i would like to produce something similar to what i have seen.
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