Focus Group Discussions
The idea for my
final production is a 3 min extract of a 30 min modern-noir gangster movie
recorded in a eastern European language (Polish) which give it that perfect Art
house cinema feel. It will be about a young man that came to this country for a
new life but gets involved with crime for fast money and he realises that he is
doing wrong too late. It has the aspect of choosing between bad and good.
The
focus group was really helpful as it gave us the oppourtunity to sit down with
whole class and listen to the ideas each group have for their film. By doing
this the class can give
feedback such as questions to think about or how the original idea can be
improved. I presented the idea which was
well accepted by everyone in the classroom who also liked the concept of having
it in a different language, however some thought it might be hard to follow and
fully understand the dialogue even with the English sub-titles. One person
mentioned a reference to ‘Narcos’ on how similar the topic of drugs and
violence is with it having aspects of a native language (Spanish) with English
that helps support the story being told. With that feedback I added a voice
over to the script which will be a line or two in English that will set the
sort of mood and actions that are to come. It will also help understand the
situation being shown except being thrown into a conversation in a different
language. We also haven’t also decided where the 3 min extract will be to do
with the film as the main part is a kidnapping, there are two choices we put
forward to the classroom
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