The document analyzes conventions used in several films that could help make their own student film feel realistic. It discusses camera shots and music used in Skyfall to set mood. For their own film, the students used long shots, medium close ups, and close ups, along with lingering shots, to create a sad effect. Kidulthood used simple text that didn't reflect the social realism genre, which the students also did. Seven used diegetic sounds and added non-diegetic music for the credits to set mood, which the students replicated. The Devil Wears Prada used costume, lighting, acting, makeup and setting to distinguish character types, which the students considered but didn't directly compare characters, wanting to show their

2. We analysed some existing films that are already out there and
quite popular so we could see what the general conventions of a
film were. This way we had an idea of what we need to include in
our film to make it look as real and realistic as possible. The
conventions were: camera work, sounds, text and mise en scene
(costume, lighting, makeup, acting, props and setting)

3. SKYFALL
While watching just the opening two minutes of Skyfall we
managed to identify that many camera shots were used
throughout the opening two minutes of the film. The main
ones that were used were close ups, long shot and extreme
close up. Many close ups were used throughout, this is because
they can be used to create mystery and that is the feel that the
whole opening of Skyfall had to draw the watcher in. Long shot
was the one that was used most throughout the opening of the
Skyfall. This was is to establish who the character was and also
the setting around the character. However, the long shot that
was used in Skyfall didn’t really establish the character well as
it was of a silhouette rather than the actual character. This is
also another aspect that made the opening more mysterious as
the audience would not have been able to establish the
character fully as they couldn’t see him. This film is not of the
same genre as our film but I felt that if I started off generally
then I would be able too see what every film contains no
matter the genre.
OUR FILM
We knew that it was important to correlate the camera shots with
what mood and effect that we were trying to create. The effect that
we wanted to create on the audience was sadness for the
characters within the film. The camera shots that were chose to use
were a mix of long shots, medium close ups and close ups. We also
used some establishing shots also. Another thing that we thought
was important was how long we stayed on one shot before moving
to the next one. To create the sadness effect we made sure that we
did not jump from shot to shot too fast because this an effect that is
apparent in films where they are trying to create tension. We stayed
on a shot for a bit of time so the audience have time to take things
in thus creating a sad effect.

4. KIDULTHOOD
In Kidulthood we noticed that the style of text
for the credits and the title were not anything
too fancy but very simple. Kidulthood is of the
social-realism genre like ours, We thought that
the style of the text did not really put across
that the movie was of the social realism genre.
This movie went against the convention of
using the text to put across what genre the
movie was
OUR FILM
We used what Kiduthood did in our film also. This is
because we realised that it was hard to put across and
portray the genre of social realism through the text and
style of the credits and title. So, we used what kidulthood
did an just kept our text simple and nothing fancy we did
this because we were stuck on the idea of how we could
portray our genre but after watching kidulthood we
realised that is it quite hard to put across. We also
challenge the convention of making our text reflect our
genre just like kidulthood.

5. SEVEN
This film used both types of sounds effectively to create
an atmosphere for the audience At the beginning there
was no non-diegetic sound but there was diegetic
sound that was natural to the scene such as you could
hear the traffic outside as it was going past, However,
when the credits started to appear there was non-
diegetic sound as there was music in the background.
The music enables the audience to know what mood
the movie was trying to portray and also the genre of
the movie. Music is the most important part of the
movie as I feel that by the type of music it can create
many effects and moods for the audience
OUR FILM
We used what Seven did in our film but not having
sound at the beginning of the film but then having
music when the credits started to appear. However,
our film does not have diegetic sounds in it all as
the diegetic sound of the film is blocked out
because of the non-diegetic sound that we edited
and put over the top of the film. Before the
voiceover begin, we have music The music that we
used reflected the mood of the film because it is of
a sad, slow, solemn pace which the effect we are
trying to portray so that the audience would have a
sense a of sympathy for the characters within the
film.

6. DEVIL WEARS PRADA
The mise en scene in this movie is specifically tailored so that they audience can
differentiate between the two types of characters that are shown in the opening
sequence, those who are of the upper class and those who are of the middle class.
Costume played a big part in this because there was a clear difference. The girls who
were of the upper class all wore fancy lingerie and took time picking out their outfits
to make sure that they looked perfect, they are clearly worried about the way they
look. However, the character who is of the middle class and is clearly inferior to the
other girls, just throws on clothes that she first sets her eyes on, not even looking in
the mirror to see how she looks. The lighting also helped us as the audience
differentiate between the two types of people. The lighting in the apartments of the
girls who are of upper class is much brighter and you can see that more filler lights
have been used to create this bright effect. However, in the apartment of the girl who
is of middle class the lighting looks more natural and is quite dim and dark. This
shows that the girls of the upper class are considered more superior to the girl of the
middle class, the effect of lighting helps us to see this. The acting also showed an
apparent difference, the body language and movement of the girls who are of the
upper class was very eloquent and graceful, the way they walked and put on their
clothes. Whereas, the girl who is of middle class, her body language was much more
laid back and ‘normal.’ For makeup, the upper class girls took more time applying
their makeup to look presentable and nice. Whereas, the middle class girl just used
one item and smothered it onto her lips, with no care at all. The props used link to
makeup as the girls who are of the upper class looked like they were using fancy
expensive products compared to the other girl who used one makeup item that
looked cheap. The setting was also different, you could see that the girl of middle
class lived in a apartment above a shop and the upper class girls lived in posh storey
apartments.
OUR FILM
When making our film we ensured that we thought clearly about the mise-en-scene because
if this was not done correctly, the film would look like it wasn’t real and unprofessional. We
had 2 characters that were both going to be introduced during the first 2 minutes of the
opening. However, we were not trying to compare the girls to each other like Devil Wears
Prada did, this is something we challenged. This is because the two girls that were featured
are very similar and are both struggling with something. For costume we worked around the
fact that the girls featured in the film are all teenagers, so the characters were all dressed in
stereotypical clothes that a teenager would wear normally. The characters in the film did not
wear clothes that had much colour generally, this is because we wanted the clothes to reflect
the effect that we were trying to give off which was sympathy and sadness for the
characters. We didn’t focus too much on the lighting because we were filming in places that
the lighting was hard to control and we didn’t have studio lights, so this is a convention of a
real film that we challenged. However, we did put an edit on a film during the editing
process to fake the effect of lighting that we wanted to use. We wanted the lighting to be dull
and dim because we felt that is represented sadness of the characters, it was almost black
and white with a little colour to mimic that there was light for these characters at the end of
the movie. The acting of two characters was as good reflection of the way they felt, the girl
with the eating disorder walked around sloppily and never really smiling. The who was
being bullied sort of sat solemnly on her bed not up right. However, the character who was
bullying her sat up straight on the bed as if she is superior, we used this convention from the
devil wears Prada. We didn’t use many props, but ones that we did use like the phone and
laptop were used to show how bullying doesn’t need to be face to face it can happen over
technology too. We used two settings, the school and Rakha’s house.