Production Log 10

This week I made decisions about the content of my BSR through the comments made in the vox pops we carried out which helped shape our storyline majorly. The comments and issues raised in the interviews made it clear that the youth of today are very opinionated, and that us as film makers / writers as directors should listen to them, to make society seem as real as possible and discover issues that have not been addressed and misrepresented in a way which is unfair and there are flaws in the realistic perception of British culture by other nationalities and races of people.

The tumblr tag '#misrepresentation' explores many diverse situations and opinions of angsty teens who feel obliged to blog and put their views out there, on the failure of true representations in the media and general society. Looking at this tag has helped show me the negligence of people in the industry. I am not focusing on women in my production, as mine is a male dominated film, but the portrayal of women in films is for sexual gratification which i feel needs to be challenged by more feminist roles and strong lead charachters in the BSR genre especially.

This personal research made me think about how i will portray women even if they do not have a lot of screen time, and the comments made in passing by characters in my opening sequence. Having a misogynistic, male dominated opening sequence, is not as realistic as it was when women were heavily objectified and times have changed.