Ill Manors Music Video

Progress Report

Individual Progress:

• I have contributed to the production by doing some camera work and finding interesting shots that we can take which would help the video look more effective.
• WWW: I had contributed by taking some good shots that are clear and stable.
• EBI: I could get more close ups in the filming.
• The next step is to finish the title shot list and improve it.

Group Report:

• We have all gone out and travelled to the destination of the filming and done as much as we could even though the weather may have been difficult to film in.
• WWW: The group as a whole managed to make the filming dates and contributed all together in the shooting.
• EBI: We included more close ups of the characters faces in the scenes that we have currently recorded and were more efficient with our time.
• The next step is to continue shooting our video and try and complete as much as we can.

Photoshop Tutorials

From watching the Photoshop tutorials I had learnt how to use Photoshop to full effect while creating a magazine cover. I now can make edit a persons face and remove any imperfections such as eye bags and spots so that the image looks clean. I also learnt how to create a gradient background suing many different colours. The tutorials showed me how to change the size, colour, placement and font of the text so that it can look affective and appealing when creating the cover page.

Ill Manors TEDx Lecture

1. Plan B's believes that there is not enough support for young people and that is one of the main reasons as to why they turn to criminal behaviour such as violence and drug taking. His ideology is that the government are rich but they are not willing to help, nor will they; therefore it is in all of our hands to help one another, and to help support those in need. he also believes that words that are used to describe children are all negative and if people use those words, it is only natural for them to act upon those words in a negative way by committing the crimes the crimes they do; causing both sides to hate each other.
   
2. The TEDx Lecture's target audience are those who judge and those who have a dominant ideology that all young people now are bad and are criminals without understanding the other side to their story, without maybe giving them a chance. Plan B was also targeting people who knew someone that needed guidance or extra support from somebody, as he wants those people who know somebody in a bad situation that they can't help themselves with, to help that person, as he says so in his lecture. His target audience for his music and films vary as his films target audience is similar to his lecture's target audience, however, his music is for those young people living in the tough situations that look up to artists such as Plan B as he hopes to guide them through his music; we know this as he states in his lecture that that is what his aim is and his lyrics speak the truth and try to show young people that there is another way to life.
   
3. Plan B says that the media is the reason as to why young people are the way they are, and the media portray and create the negative stereotypes for them and therefore reject them from society; which in turn causes the youth to also reject and repel society and the government as they feel separate. This can be linked to Cohen's media theory of moral panic as he says that the media don't represent the good in the young people and don't present it all together as this will challenge the dominant view of young people which is irresponsible, criminals, violent, drug abusers, etc. and this challeng is what becomes a concern to society.

Review (Ill Manors)

The film Ill Manors is directed by Ben drew, also known as ‘Plan B’; who is known for his career in music. His creativity and excellent directing is highly noticeable on this low budget film as this is also the first ever film he has produced. This is shown as it is a 2 hour long film with a budget of just £100,000; many movies of similar quality require millions of pounds on average per day. However, the low budget could help Plan B achieve a more realistic film as the settings used are not artificial.

                                                 

The film is about a series of young people in East London who are all negatively affected in at a young age which then moulds them into adults who have chosen a bad, criminal, future for themselves. It also shows how different choices that young people make may not always affect them instantly, however further down the line it will.

Plan B had either risked it all, or he had jeopardised his entire film by using majority of the actors as the main characters of the film with no previous acting experience. However, it is safe to say Ill Manors characters and actors had become one with their roles. The 4 main characters are Aaron, who is played by Riz Ahmed, Kirby, who is played by Keef Coggins, Chris, who is played by Lee Allen, and Ed, who is played by Ed Skrein. The protagonist in the film is Aaron, who is different to the typical characters shown in the film and also has a different opinion on what he sees is wrong and right in contrast with his friends. 
All the characters and actors perfectly match each other and the professionalism of the actors who have no experience prior to the filming of Ill Manors, is of high standards; they show this by making the audience believe that the roles that they are playing are actually who they are off camera as well as on.

The films genre is a crime thriller as there is a lot of gang related violence in the film, drug abuse, murder, prostitution, etc. The mood the film creates is gritty and tense, which matches the genre of the film. It is also very shocking and thrilling as it fits my expectations of what the film is about and how it should make the audience feel; and that is uncomfortable to a degree in which they understand and want to watch more.

The soundtrack in the film is produced by the director himself, Plan B. He has created an entire album based on the film itself to help with its promotion which then reached number one. The soundtrack is very catchy as the lyrics tend to stick in your head and after watching the film you may find yourself repeating his lyrics.

The atmosphere was largely helped by the soundtrack as the lyrics described what was happening and the sound went hand in hand the scenes that were in the film. Plan B's music talent cleverly helped Ill Manors soundtrack as he was able to identify what he had wanted as the soundtrack and was able to produce a soundtrack to full effect that would change the entire films intensity in an instant.

The target audience of the film is people who would ignore the type of people committing the behaviour shown in the film and don’t understand the reasons and events they have faced in which has turned them the way they are. Also, Plan B’s fan base would be majority of the target audience as he released an album based on the film. However, the film may appeal to the opposite of their target audience; this is because the language and violent nature of the film would be more appealing to audiences like the characters within the film rather than those who don’t understand. Also, people who can relate to the characters and relate to events that have occurred in their life similar to which have occurred in the film, are more likely to view the film.

Review Plan (Ill Manors)

Magazine Covers

INCEPTION is the main coverline and is followed by a series of minor coverlines that are in white and red font. The shape of the minor coverlines also follows the shape of the man in the background.

The coverline on this magazine is written in a large red strip which stretches across the entire front cover at a slight angle with JUAN MATA written inside in bold white.

SKYFALL is shown in big bold letters in the bottom half of the magazine and has a sentence underneath it in small font.

TERMINATOR SALVATION is the coverline on this magazine and is written in all capital letters and is a bold red colour that stands out into the foreground and catches the eye.

The main coverline is in large bold white font that is all capital letters and the theme of the coverlines is white and red.

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