AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON THE FILM- JACOB

To gather audience feedback for our project the final film was posted on YouTube to gain comments to help us make any changes if completley necessary and to just generally learn about what people thought of our work.

http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T2t0hXf0C0

The link was posted on Facebook, this gave us a wide range of contacts to review our film particularly our target audience of 16 - 24 year olds. Also we interviewed class members to gain more direct feedback.

"this is really good! i though the video had a clear storyline, it followed on and made sense. I especially liked the ending of the boy waving the piece of paper and the intro was clever."

"I thought the first shots worked very well, sets the doc up properly. I think you've created and portrayed the character of Lola brilliantly. The slow motion works well too, like where she's smoking, it looks like she's loving it, but you're having fun at her expense. Works in that sarcastic c4 kinda way.The one criticism I would have is when you write "hidden camera footage" it should either just be overdubbed, or maybe footnoted? Make it a little more subtle. Also, it's good you've got the "fans" involved! Helps to make it feel realistic!"

"A fast paced, funny documentary, i liked the use of hidden camera footage and thought it was very well filmed all together."

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Even though we allowed people to post comments on YouTube this was not enough. With limited access to YouTube accounts we set about interviewing people in class directly along with our friends on Facebook via the links we sent. In class we were able to receive direct feedback and were able to set about on any problem brought up quickly. However time was as an obvious restraint to how much we could actually change about the film. One student noted upon how the exterior of Lola's house wasn't seen during the film and it would work well as an establishing shot if we could find a building to use as the outside of Lola's house.

We were able to find a block of flats not far from college and able to generate a quick establishing shot outside to solve the problem. This was not time consuming and was one of the few problems brought up through the audience feedback that we thought personally would affect the quality of our film.

YouTube LINK TO FINAL FILM - AMBER, AMY, JACOB

REPRESENTATION- AMBER

The main focus of our documentary is a woman, Lola Rouge. Women in the media often are subject to stereotyping of gender roles: namely a sexual, domestic or passive role. Imagining our documentary was real, and that Lola was real, she does not adhere to these negative stereotypes. Although delusional, she has a strong character and is very dominant in her manner. However, the fact that she was once a famous singer -and particularly in the performance scenes- she does take on a role based on physical appearance and attractiveness, as it is a huge part of who she is.

Class is also a theme in our documentary. Lola was once a superstar, and the differences in her lifestyles (before and after her downfall) are evident. Her clothing changes dramatically, from a glitzy dress to a tracksuit- a stereotypical clothing choice of "chavs" (a working class stereotype). The view of the exterior of her home also highlights a working class / underclass lifestyle.

TITLE SEQUENCES- AMY

Creative Review's best film titles of all time:
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/july1/film-titles-list

The Internet Movie Database's list of top and bottom rated documentary titles:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/documentary



Some documentaries have footage, then a short title sequence, and then the rest of the documentary, followed by the closing credits; others have the titles and some opening credits immediately; others use variations of these.
In our documentary we hope to have a short title sequence immediately.

'WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER'- AMY

In our documentary we are using the song 'When Love Takes Over' by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland. Usually on projects like this copyright music is not allowed to be used however after looking at the terms and conditions of Kelly Rowland’s record label we found we could use the piece if it was for educational purposes with out breaching the copyright law; below is the actual paragraph from the website:

Can I email a request to be serviced with promotional product?
Though we have plans to make this service available, it is not at this time, sorry. Please note: The use of any of the information, artwork, photographs or music contained herein is solely and entirely for home entertainment and educational purposes.

RISK ASSESSMENT- JACOB

CALL SHEETS- JACOB

THE RISE AND FALL OF LOLA ROUGE:

SHOOTING DATE: 25th November 2009 - 16th December 2009

CREW DETAILS:

Producer(s) - Amber Belk, Jacob Fisher & Amy Wolstenholme

Director(s) - Amber Belk, Jacob Fisher & Amy Wolstenholme

Camera - Amber Belk & Jacob Fisher

Sound - Amber Belk & Jacob Fisher

CAST:

Lola Rouge - Amy Wolstenholme

Lolas 'date' & Number1 fan - Sam Belk

Victim - Choy Ting Law

CONTACTS:

Amber Belk - 07980407499

SCHEDULE:

LOCATIONS- JACOB

(above)Lola's living room and kitchen: Lola's interview is filmed in the brightly lit living room, with the kitchen being shown briefly when she returns from her night out, and is arguing with her "date".

Studio: for Lola's performance when she was at the height of her stardom.


(above)Barnsley Town Centre: Lola is spotted rooting through a park bin.

Barnsley College corridors: where Lola tells the interviewer about her education and intrudes on the conversations of other students.

Unknown room: an unnamed and indistinguishable individual shown in an unlit room is seen being interviewed about Lola and her infamous downfall 2 years ago, crying hysterically.

PROPS- AMY

(above) Photos that Lola displays to the camera to show her celebrity 'friends.'

Microphone and stand in Lola's performance in the studio.
Food, e.g. oranges which Lola hurls at her 'date' when he will not leave her house.

Camera/camera phone for extras to be using as Lola leaps into their photographs.

Hat to collect money in during Lola's busking.
Autobiography shoddily made which she proudly displays to the camera during her interview.

Sign which Lola's tramp fan waves.

COSTUMES- JACOB

Sam:
Lola's #1 Fan-

-Large green parka jacket
-Nirvana t-shirt
-Skinny blue jeans
-Worn black pumps
-"I love U Lola" banner that the fan waves to the camera sat on the steps at the end of the extract.

This is the outfit worn by Lola's #1 fan in,
Shot 10 - Lola running away from the fan in slow motion.
Shot 36 - Another slow motion shot acting as bridge to the advert break showing Lola's last devoted fan waving his sign.

Choy:
Lola's victim-

-This costume worn by Choy isn't seen in the extract just the outline of her silhouette to conceal her identity.

Shot 33 - An unknown and unidentified individual recollects her traumatic past experiences involving Lola.

Amy:
Lola Rouge

-Over sized basic shades
-Cream trench coat
-Black tights
-Black boots

This is the outfit worn by Lola in many of the short extracts showing what is yet to come in the show. It is also the costume seen in the establishing shots outside the college.

Shot 8 - Slow motion shot of Lola laughing.
Shot 10 -Slow motion shot of Lola running from her fan.
Shot 11 - Slow motion shot of Lola smoking.
Shot 16 - 1st establishing shot outside of college.
Shot 19 - Return to the same shot at the end of the interior college extracts.

-An idea for Lola's character/costume was that she would constantly don her sunglasses even indoors to try and retain some of her fading identity as a celebrity.

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For Lola's main outfit featured in the armchair style interview we set out to achieve a tacky "chav" look to emphasise her character.



Kerry Katona was a key figure in the inspiration of Lola's character so we decided a costume that resembled her would work well in our film. Coleen McCloughin was also an inspiration.

-Large pink hoop earrings
-Black tracksuit jacket
-An old tacky plain pink top