Drama Pitch Ideas

A Step Back in Time’

Pudding Bowl Analysis

Pudding Bowl presents a warmhearted period drama focused on a young isolated girl who is made a mockery by her own family. The mise en scene used highlights the decade (70's) that the film is set, which creates a homely setting for two young children and their single parent mother. The types of camera work used such as a timelapse of the mother cutting her daughters hair with a pudding bowl demonstrates the techniques parents used to use to cut their children's hair whilst being money conscious back when this film is set. This however could connote the mother punishing her daughter for being irresponsible with glue, even though she wasn't aware it was a form of distraction her son created to sneak out the house to play with his friends.
At the end of the film the young girl plucks up the courage to run out of the house and steal her brothers bicycle from the side of the road where he was sitting with his friends. The camera movement and the filter placed on this scene makes the audience sympathise with the young girl for being brave and putting her brother in her place. The non-diegetic sound / music creates a heroic atmosphere which creates a sense of pride the girl has as she flicks the hair that she has left on her head in the wind, laughing smug.

Evaluation

Documentary Evaluation by Nat Clarke

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Curwen, Carly (2016). Pre-production [online]. Last updated 9th February. http://carlycurwencreativeproject.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/pre-production.html

Under The Gun

Editing

The process of editing is slow but progressing really well nonetheless. With the feedback we were given from our tutor we decided that gripping the audience from the start with a comment made by our main interviewee was the best way to approach this task.
We knew that some shots needed slowing down to decrease the movement with in them, and we were also given tips on effectively cutting the interviews down to make sure we took the most important and interesting information from them. I believe we have done this well so far, and linked the interviews together as much as possible.
The aesthetic for this project is really important for us, and we believe the colour correction tools and vignette paint effect we created for each shot sets the tone of the documentary so that the audience could connect with the contributors and the environment we have set the film.
We have also decided to create a title and credit sequence for our documentary to increase the professionalism. This was created in Adobe After Effects using loyalty free footage and font we found online.

Pre-production

The pre-production research and documents were conducted by Carly, the producer for our team. This includes our call sheet, weather and location research and shot and equipment lists. Please use the link below:

Curwen, Carly (2016). Pre-production [online]. Last updated 9th February. http://carlycurwencreativeproject.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/pre-production.html