Final Poster Analysis - Poster (1/3)

With our film title we feel that it is eye-catching as parts of the title itself is in different colours and a Hindi typeface which is paying homage to the Indian national colours; the typeface we have deemed as a unique selling point.

The Imagery of the poster, we have Priya (Baungally) & Jamal (Francis) hand in hand with one another; whilst we have Rakesh (Sakib) & Dipesh (Asab) either side of Priya and Jamal positioned as if they're looking down at the couple who are both on their knees which is intended to give the impression of hierachy of power in force. The background is ironically set of a dark forest where later seen in the motion picture Priya's corpse is disposed of within a suitcase.

The font and size of font are both eye-catching as the font is in Hindi which explores multiple stereotypical conventions seeing as the majority of the characters in the film are of Southern Asian descent and stereotypically tend to speak and write Hindi, Punjabi & Gujarti; the font is relatively huge to state that the film is not your average drama it's a hybrid Southern Asian social drama.

Poster Analysis for the motion picture: Brick Lane By Myles Francis

Textual Analysis of the motion picture: Brick Lane by Myles Francis

                                                Textual Analysis for the Motion Picture: Brick Lane

The motion picture I am going to analyse is Brick Lane which was initially released on the 16th November 2007 ; The film was directed by British director Sarah Gavron,  the film was also adapted  from the novel of the same name written by Monica Ali. The genre of Brick Lane is a drama although its sub-genre could be classed as a Southern Asian drama as the characters starring in the film are of Southern Asian descent.

The story starts with an adolescent Nazneen who  was living in bliss with her mother and younger sister back home in her native Bangladesh, we then see her mother commit suicide which leads to Nazneen's father offers her for an arranged marriage to a much older man who she has never met due to this she relocates to London's East end to settle down with her husband in the 1980's, Many years later Nazneen still tied down to her forced marriage is still dreams of being back in her native Bangladesh with her younger sister instead of being trapped industrial London,  her emotionless husband still lacks basic emotion towards her and his only priority is stepping up in the social ladder and becoming successful although his dream comes crashing down when he becomes unemployed and ultimately becomes a Cab Driver although to make ends meet Nazneen too follows a trait of by doing what the other women in the council houses do: she buys a sewing machine and takes in piecework, finishing blue jeans. This leads Nazneen to meet Karim, the young handsome delivery man who delivers unfinished jeans, their once professional relationship turns intimate where they fall in love and have sexual intercourse two feelings Nazneen has longed for. Although their intimate relationship halts as Chanu, Nazneen's husband finally listens to his dear wife's desire to return back to her native Bangladesh but due to Nazneen finally finding and seeking true love it appears that she doesn't want to relocate back to her native Bangladeshi  seeing as she's found love in Karim, in this time the infamous 9/11 terror attacks take place which sees increased hostility towards Muslims which Chanu felt threatened by and he remained determined to migrate with his settled family back home.

The decision was bestowed upon Nazneen to either leave Chanu and her lacklustre emotionless marriage for Karim who has/can fulfil her lifelong desires with but Nazneen amicable decides to stay in her lacklustre marriage and ends her secret relationship with Karim; the new restored equilibrium sees Chanu leave his western influenced family behind in London whilst he returns back to his native Bangladesh whilst Nazneen and Karim go their separate ways and decide not to pursue their once intimate relationship but we see a cycle in the synopsis with Nazneen feeling free and happy with her kids in London.

I feel that Levi Strauss binary oppositions are restricted/freedom I've come to the conclusion of those oppositions as at the start of the film whilst Nazneen was without any stress a constraints she seemed more open to share her feelings and her personality was more welcoming compared to when she first moved to London to start her new life her personality was extremely reclusive as a result of the struggle of adapting to her new surroundings and lifestyle something she never expected to live; another opposition is Love and Lust as one of the films topics focus' upon the love and affection shown between characters, throughout the film we see what Nazneen desires in terms of affections from a spouse as we continue to see the effects of lust and lack of affection shown by her husband; it's evident how both the male characters in her life differ on the spectrum of love and affections .

It is apparent that the narrative throughout the film is a closed narrative as it contains a beginning, middle and end also I feel that the film did not open ended in preparation for a sequel if it was made; The narrative is restricted omniscient seeing as the audience are informed on every event that takes place during the film through soliloquies and normal conversation between two characters.

In terms of the representation of characters when it comes to multiple conventions for starters the behaviour between characters is interesting as we see a stereotypical issue within the southern Asian community at the beginning of the film with an arranged marriage and a lacklustre marriage all of which are hegemonic representations along with the way of speaking as the starring characters are of Bangladeshi  descent,  the older generation tend to speak Bengali the majority of the time but whilst around the younger generation there are multiple dialogues in broken English although the younger generation tend to speak predominantly more English and very little Bengali although this could represent how over v the period that time has changed, the younger generation have been westernized opposed to the older generation who still continue to retain their cultural roots. As this is a southern Asian drama the clothing from the characters are influenced via religion and generations, Nazneen tends to wear sari's and the majority of the time she tends to wear a headscarf and also lack of make-up worn in conjunction of Nazneen showing faith in her strict Muslim religion; these conventions represent her significance in Bangladeshi culture and in the film. Nazneen's daughters have been born and raised in a western society meaning that their views differ compared to the older generation, both of them show their faith in their religion but tend to wear considerable more amounts of makeup compared to their mother, they both do not permanently wear headscarves and their fashion sense is totally western influenced.

The costumes contribute to the representation of ethnicity as we see two generations of the same family who share the same faith, the older generation who were brought up in their native Bangladesh tend to wear Saari's and Shalwaar Khameez' and are more religious compared to the younger generation who have been brought up in a western society tend to share different ideologies and beliefs, this equates to representation of ethnicity being explored via two different approaches the younger & older generation.

The representation of ethnicity in Brick Lane is combined between a negative and stereotypical perceptions as the writer makes out that women are chosen from their native homeland and are sent to an unfamiliar location to marry a spouse usually older than them and are forced to remain in wedlock with a spouse they lack any emotion or love towards him, albeit this tradition does take place frequently in southern Asian culture. Islamaphobia is another issue raised once the 9/11 terror attacks takes place in the film, attitudes towards Muslims living in the predominantly Bangladeshi community are hostile and are at breaking point between racist socialist parties.

The synopsis of Brick Lane is typical to the social drama genre as although the film is focused around Southern Asian community we see issues such as Love - Real Love & Lust; We see the full extent of Woman's ideology on an arranged marriage and what they require from a spouse if they were not forced into wedlock, Which leads the led female character to pursue a relationship from someone who isn't her husband and  becomes entangled in the whirlwind romance that she's always required; it's a traditional southern Asian love story.

The non-diegetic sounds used within Brick Lane tend to be soundtracks that derive from “Bollywood” and are applicable to the characters seen in the motion picture; the diegetic sounds used are applicable to the storyline; we see an insight into the local community with Nazneen repeatedly walking down the local market where we’re enabled to hear the sounds of the vibrant community on every occasion; the news report of the 9/11 terror attacks. The editing throughout the film is adapted to normal life with no erratic actions, although a montage is seen throughout the motion picture whilst Nazneen is reminded of her native Bangladesh via a letter sent from her sister which forces Nazneen to read aloud and produce illustrations and or when Nazneen issues a soliloquy and a montage of images from her imagination are produced; which is a typical convention of a social drama deriving of Southern Asian themes in this instance where Nazneen has been forced into an arranged marriage and she has had to relocate to foreign environment and she is desperately missing her native land.  Furthermore the mise-en-scene has multiple relevance's  to the genre for example: setting is typical to the theme of arranged marriage, a spouse is forced to marry another spouse who they stereotypically know nothing about and in some cases are made to re-locate to facilitate their forced marriage. At the beginning of the film the film is set in Bangladesh with Nazneen and her family but as time progresses Nazneen is forced to relocate to an industrial East London where at first she is unsettled. The props used in Brick lane vary from Shalwaar Khameez that are traditional clothing within the Southern Asian community, A sewing machine acquired from a local loan shark to provide Nazneen with work that'll begin to assist the family income both of which are just a handful of props that are associated with a social drama which relates to everyday life. Lighting in the motion picture differs throughout the film seeing as Nazneen's mood when she first immigrates from Bangladesh is quite dark, secretive and reclusive all seen with the low level lighting within the council flat that she was often seen in alone whilst her family where at work and school respectively; Although artificial light was later used as she became adapted to her new surroundings.

Audience Reaction Feedback: Rough Cut

This is the feedback our audience received from an audience viewing our rough cut of our production; the results are based on the opinion of 9 viewers.

Reece Report

Film Review for Honourable Love - First Draft

Storyboard

This is the storyboard for our motion picture: Honourable Love

Final Posters

Second draft poster

Honourable Love's Film Review

Shot List

Resources for mise-en-scene

G321: Foundation Profile

Resources for Mise-en-scene

The Locations

·         Chingford in Sharuk’s house (this is where Priya finds out she’s going to get an arrange marriage).

·         High Beech Forest/Lake (for the dumping of the body).

·         College (build-up of the story) background noise can be an issue but can resolved at editing.

·         In the car (travelling to High Beech and back).

Props

·         General home furniture for e.g sofa, television, dining table.

·         A suitcase (Priya’s body is put into).

·         Car (Suitcase is put into the boot of the car).

·         Bin Liner/ Reusable black bin bag. 

Costumes

·         Multi-cultural clothing to show the ethnicity of characters.

·         Make-up for blood, cuts and bruises for the characters that have beaten.

·         Hoodies and bandanas is worn when Priya is attacked.

Lighting

The lighting of the film is mostly going to be natural lighting

There may be some lighting problems depending on the time of the filming in High Beech Forest/ Lake.

Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Production Company        Black and cream studios       Date        5^th Oct            

Director                               Kayla                                                         5^th Oct                       

Crew                                    Damla, Kayla, Sharuk and Myles            22^nd Sep

                                                Details of Activities                                     Date

Pre-production:

The Pitch                                           Group work to talk to the audience about their film and listen to                                                               their feedback                                                                                                                          22^nd Sep

Proposal                                            Myles to do the proposal, including the synopsis, title, duration, purpose and the target audience of the film.                                                                                                                           22^nd Sep

Treatment                                          Kayla to do the treatment, including the production company, director, production crew, working title, the structure, mise – en scene, sound and editing.            22^nd Sep

Audience profile                              Damla to do the audience profile                                22^nd Sep

Resources for Mise-en-scene       Sharuk to do the mise – en - scene                            22^nd Sep

Textual analysis                               Whole group to analyse a chosen film individually      29^th Sep

Screenplay                                        Sharuk to do the screenplay                                        29^th Sep

Shot List                                            Myles to do the shot list                                                29^th Sep              

Recce Report                                    Sharuk to take the photos for the recce report          6^th Oct                                                                              

Production:

Filming days                                     Monday 10^th October, Wednesday 12^th October, Thursday 13^th October                                                                                                                                     10^th – 30^th Oct

Post-Production:

Production/ filming              Whole film in its first cut over the time period set       10^th – 30^th Oct

Rough cut                           Whole group to do the rough cut                                   31^st Oct – 4^th Nov                                                                                                                                                                

Second Cut                        Whole group to do the second rough cut                    21^st – 25^th Nov

Final Cut Deadline:          Whole group to do the final cut deadline                                                              28^th Nov – 8^th Dec

Audience Profile - Secondary Audience

-         Male:

-         Name: Chris

-         Age: 25-40

-         Occupation: Store manager

-         Gender: Male

-         Ethnicity: British Anglo Indian

-         Genre of films: Action and drama

-         How regularly do they watch films: Rarely

-         Types of music they may like: Classical

-         Where they might go shopping for clothes: Officers club and Burton

What they like doing in their spare time: Reading books and watching films

-         Female:

-         Name: Amina

-         Age: 25-40

-         Occupation: Unemployed

-         Gender: Female

-         Ethnicity: British Asian

-         Genre of films: Romance

-         How regularly do they watch films: Five times a week

-         Types of music they may like: Classical

-         Where they might go shopping for clothes: Online shopping

-         What they like doing in their spare time: Spending time with the children and watching films

Audience Profile - Primary Audience

-         Male:

-         Name: Alexandra

-         Age: 14 – 19

-         Occupation: Full – time education

-         Gender: Male

-         Ethnicity: British Cypriots

-         Genre of films: Action, drama, comedy and romance

-         How regularly do they watch films: Once a week or twice

-         Types of music they may like: Rap/ Hip – Hop

-         Where they might go shopping for clothes: JD, River Island, Next and online shopping

-         What they like doing in their spare time: Dancing and watching films

-         Female:

-         Name: Nesrin

-         Age: 14 – 19

-         Occupation: Full – time education

-         Gender: Female

-         Ethnicity: British Mixed

-         Genre of films: Drama, romance and comedy

-         How regularly do they watch films: Three times a week

-         Types of music they may like: Hip – Hop

-         Where they might go shopping for clothes: River Island, Next and online shopping

-         What they like doing in their spare time: Dancing and watching films

First Draft Poster

The Script - (First Draft)

  The Script

INT – House - Day

Priya who has just woken up is walking down the stairs to go and greet her parents and get some breakfast. As she enters the kitchen her parents who were talking very animatedly stop talking. They look at her with excitement on their faces. 

Priya                                                       Mum                                                    Dad

Morning. What’s
happened? Why are
you two so excited?
                                                    (Smiles)
                                               Well Priya we’ve had some
                                                really good news.
Go on. Tell all.
I’m excited now too.
                                                                                                                (Clears throat)
                                                                                                         Your mother and I have
                                                                                                         been looking for someone
                                                                                                         suitable to marry you…
(Looks shocked)
                                                                                                          And we’ve come to a …

                                             Oh Rikesh stop stalling
                                             Priya we’ve found you a
                                             husband. You’re to marry
                                             in two months.

I… I…
(Bursts into tears)

                                                                                                        Why are you crying child?
                                                                                                        This is a great honour.

(Whispers)
I don’t want to.

                                          Speak up Priya.

(Shouts)
I DON’T WANT TO!

Priya then runs out of the kitchen to her bedroom. We hear her parents shouting after her but she doesn’t acknowledge them. Once in her room still in tears she looks around for her phone. When she finds her phone she texts Jamal and asks him to come and pick her up. Priya puts her phone down and goes to get dressed. As she is dressing we hear the doorbell ring. She looks at her door with a scared look on her face. She thinks its Jamal. From downstairs we hear mumbled voices of her mother and a man. A door slams downstairs and she hears a car pull out of the driveway. The camera then cuts to her phone which is on her bed. It’s vibrating. She looks and see’s she has a text from Jamal saying that he’s outside her house. She pulls on her jacket, leaves her room and leaves the house. The camera cuts to the window which her uncle is peering out of. She doesn’t notice him when she gets into the car

INT – House – Day

Uncle Lovely moves from the window and calls Deepesh over. They decided to go into Priya’s room to see if they can find anything to tell them who the unknown boy in the car is to her. The camera then shots to Uncle Lovely and Deepseh searching frantically in Priya’s room. Uncle Lovely looks under the bed and finds a box of things that Jamal has given to Priya. They also find Jamal’s address.

EXT – High Beech – Day

We see Priya and Jamal entering a fieldy area. They walk over to a bench and sit down.


          Jamal                                                                              Priya

Priya I love you so much and I’ve
been thinking... that I want to spend
the rest of my life with you. Do you
get what I’m getting at?
                                                                                       Aww Jamal. But no I don’t see where this
                                                                                       is going.
Well Priya I wondered if... well, will
you do me the honour of marrying me?
Priya will you marry me?


Priya looks at Jamal in shock. She opens her mouth and closes it again. Jamal disappointed with her reaction starts to look impatient.


Priya? Priya? Answer me please.
                                                                                      I don’t know what to say. I, I…

Priya. Just give me an answer


Jamal, not impressed with Priya starts to get angry and he slams his hand down on the bench. This seems to startle Priya.
                                                                                             I can’t. I’m so sorry.

                           
Priya gets up from the bench and walks away. Jamal looks upset but he doesn’t go after her.


INT – House – Night


Priya enters the house and takes off her shoes. As she turns to go up the stairs her Uncle calls her and asks her to come into front room. Priya enters the front room and she sees her Uncle and brother standing by the fire place. Her mother is sitting on the sofa.


                           Mum                                                                             Uncle Lovely

Priya, sit down.

                                                                                                         I’m going to get straight to the point.
                                                                                                         We know you’ve been seeing that black
                                                                                                          boy. What do you think you’re doing
                                                                                                          causing shame to your mother? Stop
                                                                                                          seeing him now. This is your first and
                                                                                                          final warning.

Yes Priya. Listen to your Uncle. Do
you understand me?

Priya nods her head and leaves the room. Her Uncle and brother leave the house.


EXT – Alleyway – Night


Jamal is walking down an alley on the phone to someone. It’s getting dark and he doesn’t realise that there is someone following him. As he is walking down the alley another figures comes out from a bush and stands in front of him. Jamal turns around to see if he can leave the alley but the person who was following him is standing behind. He realises that he’s in trouble and drops his phone on the floor. (Priya’s uncle is standing behind Jamal and Priya’s brother is standing in front of him.) They come close to him and push him against the wall. Uncle Lovely punches him to the floor and Deepesh kicks him repeatedly.


                                   Jamal                                                          Uncle Lovely

Ayy. Who are you?
                                                                                    Don’t fucking come near Priya again or I’ll make sure
                                                                                   you never walk again.


Deepesh kicks him again for good measure then him and Uncle Lovely walk off


INT – House – Day

Priya is in her bedroom when her phone vibrates. It’s a text from Jamal asking for them to meet up really quickly. Priya gets dressed and leaves the house to go and meet Jamal.

EXT – Bus stop – Day

                                Jamal                                                               Priya

Babes, yesterday I got jumped.

                                                                                        Oh my gosh. By who?

I don’t know but they told me to
stay away from you. I’m guessing
it was your brother?

                                                                             Jamal I’m so sorry. It was my Uncle and Brother
                                                                             I’m guessing. They told me not to see you anymore
                                                                            
As they are talking they don’t realise Deepesh is walking on the other side of the road, he notices them and walks off. Priya and Jamal say goodbye to each other and leave the bus stop.


INT – House – Night

Priya enters the house. She takes off her shoes and runs up the stairs to her room. As she gets to the top of the stairs she sees her Uncle Lovely standing there, waiting.

                         Uncle Lovely                                                          Priya

Where have you been?

                                                                                              With friends.

Don’t lie to me. I know you’ve been
with that black boy haven’t you?
what did we tell you about him?
You’re a disgrace to your mother.
She’s trying to do you right by
finding you a nice Indian boy...

(He notices that Priya isn’t even looking at him.)

LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M TALKING TO
YOU.

(Priya looks up.) 
                                                                                       But I love him.

You love him?

(Laughs)

You don’t know what love is. You’re
a disgrace.

He then slaps Priya hard on her face. We see her head hit the wall and she falls...falls down the stairs. We then see Priya at the bottom of the stairs. Her head moves a little then she is still. The camera is then from her point of view and we see her vision go black as something hits her in her face. We then see a suitcase with legs that are presumably Priya’s hanging out of it. In the shot there s also another pair of legs and we see hands putting the legs into the suitcase.


EXT – High Beech – Day

We see two figures acting suspiciously in the forest. It turns out to be Uncle Lovely and Deepesh. They are disposing of the suitcase that Priya’s body is in.


EXT – Bush somewhere – Day

There’s a phone in a bush ringing. The camera zooms in and we see that it’s Jamal calling and it’ Priya’s phone.