TREATMENT (drama)

PROGRAMME TITLE……. Pressure

DIRECTOR/
CAMERA OPERATOR……Jill

DURATION…..Max 5 mins

FORMAT…….DV

AUDIO……people talking and there be some music

OUTLINE OF AUDIENCE…..Mainly youngsters

OUTLINE OF STORY:

Girls talking about the pressure they have on them, being with boys, and having sex, they will be teeling me, when they think the time is right, as some girls are affraid what the boys think of them if they say no, also what age should you start if there is an age. They will be telling me if they have had any bad experiances, Also boys and girls talk about being in certain groups, and forced to either smoke or take drugs. I will also be asking girls about how they feel about they looks, and also helping out girls with there apperances.

The images i am going to use is healthly food, un-healthy food, and magazines pictures of slim people. mostly black screen with people talking in the background.

CHARACTERS:

I will be having people giving there views on the subjects and talk amongst each other so there will be no certain characters.

FILM REVIEW SHEET

Name……….Jill

Date…………

Film content review sheet

Name of film……………Pressure on girls

Name of creator or films artist……………………….Me

Duration………3 mins aprox

Briefly give an overview of the types visual images used in this chosen piece. (B&W, colour, locations, actors etc.)…………….

It would probably a black screen with girls talking, so you can not see who is talking.

Briefly give an overview of the types audio used in the video. (Is the Audio Diegetic or Non Diegetic , does the soundtrack fit the imagery?)….........

There will be just speaking, it will be non-diegetic

What do you think the premise or controlling idea of this video is..........

About girls talking about being pressured about things like weight, sex, looks, friendship, drinking, smoking, stealing getting in the wrong crowd

What thoughts are you left with after you have viewed this film.........

It might change girl’s views on things and worry about things girls worry about. The boy’s might actually, think about girls feelings and not just take advantage

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The reaction in the group was all different with all the twelve videos we watched, some people in the class had never seen experimental videos before, so it was all new to them, everyone’s face expressions were different like boredom, or you had people just staring looking so into the video like nothing will make them look away, then you have the ones who laughed at some.

It really does not matter; if someone likes a certain one and someone else does not, we all have our own personal views, some of us might think things are funny, when other people will think it crap, and even people that think a video was absolutely boring, some other person might think it was very interesting.

It is not important that we all have one interpretation, if the main meaning is picked up im the same way, it can be open to all sorts of interpretations.

It does not really matter if the artist has a different message to any of the audience as they will look at their works in different ways, so they will have different expectations.

5.My Inspirations

The work that has inspired me is Telling lies I have never seen that anything like that before it was very creative, I could do something like that, but change the conversation, knowing me I would have a real girl chat going on, or just something to do with music, I could have an argument going.

Another one I liked was Ludias I could do something like that, now that was very creative mind you I would change it to rock, though it was clever I am not saying its crap, I just do not like rap. Instead of having beep boxing, I would have people on drums or guitars with doing different beats, and notes to a rythm, It would not be as good as Telling Lies or Ludias though.

4.

The exhibition space has great effect on the video also how we look at the work.

The environment in which you view a piece of work can change the meaning of the work.Videos and films are shown in all sorts of places such as cinema's, school's, in your own home, in theaters, gallery's and museums. It sometimes depends on the context where you see the specific work, like if you were to view the piece of work in a school or museum it will be classed as an educational piece, then if you were in a public place it will be classed as advertising when it comes to cinema its for entertainment value. Each location has its own importance, like you would not go to the cinema and see a film that you would see in school or college, or you would not expect to be in a public place and see a blockbuster, the pieces of work have there own appropriate place’s.

When we went to the Tate modern to look at 5 experimental pieces. The first piece we looked at was Dominique Gonzalez called the Turbine Hall, the concept was all about being 50 years in the future and it is constantly raining outside, there were blue and yellow metal bunk beds with large sculptures that overshadow them, the idea was that the sculptures were moved inside so they did not get wet. I did not really see the video; I just saw this huge screen at the rear end of the hall.

The one I am comparing it with is the one in the states of flux area on the 5th floor in room 8 of the gallery, it was called Psi Girls by Susan Hiller, this piece fascinated me, it was shown in a dark long room with 5 screens, which all showed images/ clips from films that are all about girls who can use telekinesis also to do with emotions, all the screens were in different colours which were, Red, Pink, Green, Blue and orangey/gold as each clip finishes the clip would swap to a different colour and a different screen, it was very clever mind you if you had watched the pieces of work in a diffident atmosphere it would not have been the same. It was the best one there I thought it was very clever the way it was done.

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Every video we watched have a narrative structure although some are more obvious than others, Some of the films we looked at had a narrative order but with exceptions, 1001 nights there is no traditional structure to this film, as there are five short stories told by women, when they open, the film does not have a certain order begging, middle, and end so what ever it is structured the meaning does not change the coordination, we th audience would probably see this film as very strange as it's not a traditional narative order.

Then you have Koyaanisqatsi at the beginning is the cave drawings with calm music, costing to make this film would have been alot, as there is an Arial view of the planet, it must of been from a helicopter. In the middle it shows day to day life, everyone at work, the creator has put it in fast forward motion to make it look, the whole world is in a rush, during the film there is this slow explosion which is the conclusion how the world will end, then it goes back to the planet scene, then slowly goes back to the caves to end the film. This one will come into consideration if you go on concept. We as an audience will understand the film, as it's a film we will expect to see in the cinema.

Telling lies beginning starts when he gets a phone call, and picks up, in the middle is all the swearing, the tones of there voices, they are different throughout the story, on what happened last night, then the ending you have the credits with a phone call from his mother shouting down the phone at him. we as an audience will aso understand this film as it has a traditional narative to this film.

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With the TECHNOLOGY in Telling lies comes from today’s era, so the cameras are a much better quality, and there are a lot more round now, where as in The Girl Chewing Gum it was made 30 years ago so the technology would of been different then, and not many cameras in those days.

The TECHNIQUES in Telling lies is a different class of its own, as the writing is timed so perfectly with the audio soundtrack going in the background, there is also the pace and rhythm of the film, compared with 1001 nights were there was no rhythm, you just see five women in a line, they open there eyes to speak, then shut them again, to let the next woman speak. We know it has been filmed at different times as there is a pause between each person, that’s why there is a blank screen behind them.

The STYLES in 1001 nights was studio lights it was heavily edited copmared with Telling lies which is also heavily edited, it does not have any lighting. with The girl chewing gum that is natural lighting as it was filmed outside.

1. Discuss

We looked at a few pieces of experimental video we looked at, Koyaanisqasti, by Godfrey Reggio in 1982, The second was, 1001 nights by Jananne Al-Ani made in 1998.

They are only similar in the concept aspects, as they are both different pieces, with a similar idea behind them. The concept is the same as they give you a sequence into the future. As they both give you an insight to what is expected, of the world in chaos, mind you in 1001 nights its five Young women telling other peoples stories and experiences of war and in Koyaanisqsti its more a metaphorical message that comes across.

We also watched 'The Girl Chewing Gum' and 'Telling Lies' these videos stand out individually with a unique concept then any other video we have watched.

The Girl Chewing Gum gives you an idea, that it is being directed as it is being filmed, It soon becomes obvious when some birds fly across the frame when they say, this film is a both concept and craft, it is hard to say which of the two is stronger, as the concept is very clever also strong. It must have been a lot of effort and time to make this video. The craft and concept for this film have got to be equal.

Like I said the video for Telling Lies is a unique film as well very a clever concept, mind you it does rely on the more concept base, if you can not grasp the concept by others for this piece it would have no foundation. It mainly works on the fact that often people will say one thing, but think something else, it maybe to stop hurting someone’s feelings with a small lie, or it could be just to save your own back and not telling the truth, the film is everyone having a conversation whilst on the telephone, we are listening to the conversations between the people, while we are reading what the person talking is actually thinking, although no doubt a lot of time was taken to make the video, the basis and main structure for Telling lies definitely has a in concept.

COLOUR in telling lies is just a black screen, with rainbow words flashing up on screen, there is no picture in any of the frames, as the people are talking, that is different from 1001 nights, this film has grey screen with a black strip across the middle, with five woman just standing there, in the frames, then in ludias film the colour is natural, you can say its not a professional film.

DIEGETIC Ludias film was as you could see the noise that was going on, five people using parts of their body such as their hands, mouths, and the props he used to make a rhythm. Also it’s the same for 1001 nights you can see the Five woman all lined up talking and the only other sound is the crackling in the background, where as Telling lies is non-diegetic as you can not see them talking you just here it.

PACE in koyaanisqatsi is very slow then it speeds up and goes fast then it calms down and goes very slow to the end, compared to telling lies were it is just speedy all the way through, till the end were it calms down for the credits then it’s a bit fast and it stops, and 1001nights its just the same pace all the way through, there’s no change.