Research Of Main Task.

Costume.

Our influence on the clothing was by noting down how in 'The Boat That Rocked' the stereotypical swinging sixties is portrayed through clothing. Here to the left, we see how Richard Curtis has researched into the 60s era and pulled out ecentric characteristics of the dress sense during the sixties. From this and using our own research, we made the decision to use this stereotypical costume design.

Mise-en-scene.

The key idea of creating the swinging sixties was making sure the mise-en-scene was in key with the concept of setting the production during that era. How we made this possible was by using album covers from that time to boost the beliefs of the audience. In our film, we used a panning shot which focused on the mise-en-scene which showed a number of album covers, which included the one on the right. Also, knowing the stereotypical lifestyle of a swinging sixties character, we made sure that we had to create the setting to fit the era. We researched artists and style of household pieces. We mainly used Paisley styled pictures to create the sixties interior, we also used the Paisley style on the character's costume.

Music.

We researched different unsigned tracks which would fit well with our media film, we went through 9 different tracks; Grolling Hone - Rita & The Rock n Rollers, Jazzed - Blue Attitude, Good Ol Days - Kim O Harper, I got A Dime - The Straight 8's, Touch Me 2 - Gareth Johnson, T Bird Roller - Christian Marsac, Stratocaster - Christian Marsac, Stompbox Boogie - Anthony Leonard and Lonely Hearts Club Dance - Jackie Barnett. From these 9 tracks, we both liked the last two tracks, as these tracks both have an upbeat pace and fit well with the era that we were trying to create in the film. However, in the end, we chose to use a copyrighted song, Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones, as we thought this was perfect for the film concept and was used whilst filming the opening sequence. However, if this film was going to be a worldwide product, that we would have to follow copyright laws to gain right to use the music for our media sequence.

Clothing And Set.

Clothing.
As our media piece was set in the swinging sixties, we had to make sure that the character was dressed exactly in time of when the film is set. If we didn't make sure of the costume as part of the continuity of the film, the film would be ruined and the realism would be lost. The main character was dressed in black trousers, pointed leather shoes, a red and orange paisley shirt, a beige tweed blazer and a brown leather jacket, and blue scarf. This costume design was influenced by noticing the stereotypical representation of the different styles in our influential film 'The Boat That Rocked'. We based the clothing style on the character of 'Gavin Kavanagh', who was dressed in an eccentric outfit, full of colours which for the audience, is a clear representation of the 'swinging sixties'. However, we made sure that the costume wasn't too over the top for the audience not to be put off by the costume, otherwise if the clothing was too much like a fancy dress costume, the audience wouldn't believe the plot of the story.










Set.
The setting was key to our production, due to the fact, the film was set during the 1960s era. Of course, as we haven't got a massive budget to create a 60s styled street. So we had to make sure that, when we filmed the main character 'Tommy' running to work, that we did not shot modern day vehicles or any other present day. In fact, during the filming we were troubled with modern day actions. We excluded these by making close-ups to the actor and making shots in areas where there isn't much modern day realities. The first setting was set in the main character's bedroom. We see a lot of mise-en-scene based on the sixties and accessories which linked to the character such as scarves, a fur coat and many vinyl covers. The decor of the room was made to look like a sixties room, with paisley pictures and cigarettes everywhere.

Two Minute Task Ideas.

As a group, we have been influenced by the film, 'The Boat That Rocked'. From this film, we noticed how the life of the 60's would be a different theme for a opening title sequence. We also noticed how the comedy involved with the film is witty and subtle. We favoured the music in the film. We enjoy the music from that era and using that style of music would be a different angle for the film. Another film which has influenced us, was 'Four Weddings And A Funeral'. The opening sequence of where Hugh Grant's character is getting ready in a rush and swearing constantly. With this opening sequence, it creates the genre of the film, which is a comedy. Using this way of showing what genre the film is by the opening sequence, we thought of using this technique in our filming production to create the same effect, such as constant swearing, falling over when getting dressed and being late for 'work'.